Colorado Pols

Secretary of Defense (we’re not calling him “Secretary of War”) Pete Hegseth is testifying in front of the House Armed Services Committee today on the Iran War. It’s going about as well as you would have guessed. As The Washington Post explains: Questions and contentious exchanges about the war in Iran quickly dominated Defense Secretary […]

This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, is Donald Trump the least popular president in history, or just the least popular president in history so far? We dig in to the President’s latest pathetic polling numbers. Then, in a unique twist for our FAFO of the week, it includes, well, pretty much everyone! Except, you know, us, and if […]

King Charles III became only the second British royal to address a joint session of Congress on Tuesday, delivering a speech that included a few subtle barbs at President Trump’s monarchical desires. As the BBC reports: When King Charles noted that executive power “subject to checks and balances” was a British legal tradition, enshrined in […]

UPDATE: We were just informed that her name is spelled Hope Scheppelman, not “Scheppleman,” and we want credit for how many times we had to correct this. —– For those who have followed the unlikely rise of former Colorado Republican Party vice-chair Hope Scheppelman since she was convening stealth state party meetings under a literal […]

“This country has come to feel the same when Congress is in session as when the baby gets hold of a hammer.” –Will Rogers