President Trump says he's pardoning Tina Peters even though the law says he can't pardon state charges.
Colorado's AG tells me Peters isn't getting out while the claim is litigated.
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President Trump says he's pardoning Tina Peters even though the law says he can't pardon state charges.
Colorado's AG tells me Peters isn't getting out while the claim is litigated.
President Trump has no more power to pardon Tina Peters on state charges than he has to declare flag burning illegal or to declare Sofia Vergara unattractive.
Simply saying it does not make it so.
the haircut probably doesn't help
12.12.2025 02:39 โ ๐ 14 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Sen Hickenlooper (D-CO) issues a four-word response to President Trump's claim that he has pardoned Tina Peters on state charges: "Look! Felons helping felons."
12.12.2025 02:36 โ ๐ 422 ๐ 89 ๐ฌ 15 ๐ 8NEW: Colorado Gov Jared Polis (D) responds to President Trump claiming he has pardoning Tina Peters on state charges:
"No President has jurisdiction over state law nor the power to pardon a person for state convictions. This is a matter for the courts to decide, and we will abide by court orders."
have you considered that I could be both a liar AND dumb?
12.12.2025 02:32 โ ๐ 28 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 3 ๐ 0bsky.app/profile/kyle...
12.12.2025 02:25 โ ๐ 311 ๐ 51 ๐ฌ 6 ๐ 2AG Weiser says Colorado will not release Tina Peters from the state prison in Pueblo if Peters' attorneys or representatives of President Trump show up and attempt to remove her from state custody.
12.12.2025 02:23 โ ๐ 453 ๐ 70 ๐ฌ 14 ๐ 10AG Weiser says President Trump's attempt to expand presidential pardon power to state charges is "an off the wall legal theory."
"It's total garbage," Weiser said. "Any lawyer who argues in favor of this should be embarrassed and ashamed."
"We're not going to give in," Weiser said. "Those who cave in, those who are folders, they're the ones who end up sacrificing."
12.12.2025 02:23 โ ๐ 414 ๐ 41 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 1NEW: Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser (D) says Colorado will not release Tina Peters after President Trump announced he is pardoning her state-level convictions.
"This is a lawless act. It's an act of intimidation," Weiser said. "It has no basis in the American law."
NEW: President Donald Trump says he is granting a pardon to Tina Peters, who was convicted on state charges related to tampering with Colorado's election systems. Legal experts say presidential pardons do not apply to state charges.
12.12.2025 00:08 โ ๐ 1856 ๐ 528 ๐ฌ 360 ๐ 341Rep Lauren Boebert's now-explained campaign expenses at a Kid Rock concert were tied to her $12,000/person fundraiser in a suite at the Kid Rock show.
That's about $521 for every diggy-diggy-diggy in Bawitdaba, or $173 on a per diggy basis.
Rep Lauren Boebert says $3k in expenses for Kid Rock tickets and a hotel were for a fundraiser
A statement from Boebert's office said the spending "isn't a story, but I understand the new bosses at Nexstar want to see those clicks and views before they decide to keep you around"
Rep Lauren Boebert says $3k in expenses for Kid Rock tickets and a hotel were for a fundraiser
A statement from Boebert's office said the spending "isn't a story, but I understand the new bosses at Nexstar want to see those clicks and views before they decide to keep you around"
NEW: Sen Bennet (D-CO) endorses mid-decade redistricting effort to create new Dem seats in Colorado to counteract GOP gerrymandering elsewhere. Bennet's rival for the 2026 Gov nomination, AG Phil Weiser, came out in favor weeks ago.
11.12.2025 02:32 โ ๐ 541 ๐ 97 ๐ฌ 16 ๐ 6COMMENTARY: Broncos fans may get one last chance to boo Philip Rivers (he'll love it) but here's why I'll be cheering
10.12.2025 03:46 โ ๐ 121 ๐ 9 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 3I haven't worked this hard for this long to become indistinguishable from tens of millions of other pale, boring American men to let some imposter snatch away my unique brand of total conformity.
Please ignore this copycat account.
Bawitdaba, da-bang, da-bang, diggy-diggy-diggy
Said the boogie, said up drop the campaign finance reports www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/de...
COMMENTARY: Broncos fans may get one last chance to boo Philip Rivers (he'll love it) but here's why I'll be cheering
10.12.2025 03:46 โ ๐ 121 ๐ 9 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 3A constitutional law attorney reviewed Tina Peters' request for a presidential pardon on state-level charges and found it full of "factual inaccuracies, procedural inaccuracies, and legal inaccuracies." @marshallglasses.bsky.social reports.
09.12.2025 02:34 โ ๐ 409 ๐ 83 ๐ฌ 16 ๐ 4I appreciate that. But I just try to ask simple, relevant questions and then listen carefully to the answer, or lack thereof.
09.12.2025 18:41 โ ๐ 9 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 0Right? I found a belated appreciation for Aaron Rodgers, one month my junior.
09.12.2025 18:40 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0This is a weird metric, but I never considered myself middle-aged until I was older than the oldest active NFL player. And now, for just a moment, Iโm young again.
09.12.2025 18:36 โ ๐ 193 ๐ 6 ๐ฌ 19 ๐ 0bogus. not me. but credit to them for the effort.
09.12.2025 18:27 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0As I said on air the day of her sentencing, I was surprised by the nine year sentence - but it was like watching the meter run as she lambasted the judge, showed no remorse, and essentially tried to put on a mini trial at sentencing. We'll never know, but I wonder what she woulda gotten without that
09.12.2025 18:21 โ ๐ 11 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 0My full 30 minute conversation with State Sen Julie Gonzales (D-Denver) as she launches a primary bid to challenge Sen John Hickenlooper: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tlw...
09.12.2025 18:19 โ ๐ 24 ๐ 5 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0I appreciate that but if they're doing a better job of being me than I am, they should keep it
09.12.2025 18:18 โ ๐ 75 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 7 ๐ 0As usual, @ariarmstrong.bsky.social has a thoughtful take on Colorado's headlines. The libertarian columnist argues that Tina Peters' allies calling for vengeance & mass killings obscures what could be a compelling case for her to leave prison for home detention. completecolorado.com/2025/12/09/t...
09.12.2025 18:09 โ ๐ 36 ๐ 6 ๐ฌ 23 ๐ 1Thanks for giving it a listen
09.12.2025 17:55 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0