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EDITORIAL: Trump strikes at the heart of American freedom by targeting reporters

EDITORIAL: Trump strikes at the heart of American freedom by targeting reporters

‘Trump, since his first presidency has worked tirelessly to wrongly discredit the media and mold the U.S. government after those…

Toon in Monday

Toon in Monday

A look at the world on Monday through the eyes of political cartoonists from across the globe

Toon in Friday

Toon in Friday

A look at the world on Friday through the eyes of political cartoonists from across the globe

‘Toon into Colorado

Toon in Thursday

Toon in Thursday

SENTINEL Colorado EDITORIALS

EDITORIAL: Colfax Collective making something right in Aurora that went horribly wrong

‘The lies told by local lawmakers and Trump have done serious and long-lasting damage to the northwest Aurora community, and…

EDITORIAL: Primary is over. Voters need to know how candidates will stop, reverse damage by Trump

‘Voters want to know how candidates will refocus the nation on addressing problems of affordability that are hugely consequential to…

EDITORIAL: If Aurora doesn’t like its residency rule, change it. But stop the pretending

“Renting an apartment to get around the law is disingenuous and an absurd waste of money”

EDITORIAL: Call Trump’s Cherry Creek racism claims what they are — corrupt

‘The real threat to Colorado schools is not a committee designed to help students of color thrive. It is a…

EDITORIAL: Aurora needs an alternative to shooting people having a mental crisis

“Insisting that people ‘hide their crazy’ or risk being shot dead is ludicrous and unacceptable”

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Letters to the Editor

LETTER: Reject corporate money and embrace local accountability by voting for Phil Weiser

“I don’t want my state governed by out of state money and unnamed corporate entities, thank you”

LETTER: Sarah Woodson brings common sense to Aurora’s House District 42

Former Aurora state rep and judge Steve Ruddick endorses Sarah Woodson for HD42.

LETTER: Put Weiser in the State Capitol, keep Bennet in DC

Voters have already sent him to Washington, and to date, he has little administrative experience except for a relatively short…

LETTER: Reality reveals Aurora Water not the bad guy as Rep. Carter insists

“What Rep. Carter doesn’t mention is that Aurora Water doesn’t steal water from anybody”

LETTER: Aurora schools teacher contract should include clear academic goals

No where in this contract does it state that a certain percentage of students must read and do math up…

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Editor Dave Perry

PERRY: Excess Marx the spot for yet another whacky GOP candidate for Colorado governor

PERRY: Excess Marx the spot for yet another whacky GOP candidate for Colorado governor

PERRY: Stop, you’re killing me — and thousands of other Colorado victims of the Big Beautiful Bill

PERRY: Stop, you’re killing me — and thousands of other Colorado victims of the Big Beautiful Bill

PERRY: State legislators run the home-school gravy train off the taxpayer tracks, finally

PERRY: State legislators run the home-school gravy train off the taxpayer tracks, finally

PERRY: The need for better rental inspections and accountability is clear. So is the solution

PERRY: The need for better rental inspections and accountability is clear. So is the solution

PERRY: The Elijah McClain homicide trial process didn’t get in the way of the facts, nor the convictions

PERRY: The Elijah McClain homicide trial process didn’t get in the way of the facts, nor the convictions

PERRY: Colorado’s lone anti-union scheme remains as a stain on state democracy, fairness

PERRY: Colorado’s lone anti-union scheme remains as a stain on state democracy, fairness

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Guest Columnists

EVA HENRY: Corruption resurfaces in Adams, Arapahoe County politics linked to One Main Street

EVA HENRY: Corruption resurfaces in Adams, Arapahoe County politics linked to One Main Street

MARCANO: Real history paints the real picture of Mayor Coffman’s fight for slumlords, not against them

MARCANO: Real history paints the real picture of Mayor Coffman’s fight for slumlords, not against them

ARMSTRONG: Test scores show Colorado schools still falling well short

ARMSTRONG: Test scores show Colorado schools still falling well short

GANDELMAN: America loves a comeback. Meet Hunter Biden, again

GANDELMAN: America loves a comeback. Meet Hunter Biden, again

OPED: A win for fairness: Colorado charter students will now get a seat at the table

OPED: A win for fairness: Colorado charter students will now get a seat at the table

REP. CARTER: Gov. Polis stumbles with veto of bill to help firefighters with work-related cancer

REP. CARTER: Gov. Polis stumbles with veto of bill to help firefighters with work-related cancer

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National Columnists

POLMAN: Conservatives used to preach good morals. Now they splash in the sewer

POLMAN: Conservatives used to preach good morals. Now they splash in the sewer

FUNT: No winning for the US banking on a crunchy Trump TACO

FUNT: No winning for the US banking on a crunchy Trump TACO

POLMAN: Tyrants thrive when people are ‘functionally illiterate’ about democracy

POLMAN: Tyrants thrive when people are ‘functionally illiterate’ about democracy

POLMAN: Pam Bondi has me pining for the days of Janet Reno

POLMAN: Pam Bondi has me pining for the days of Janet Reno

POLMAN: The F-word is finally on stage and rightly becoming ubiquitous

POLMAN: The F-word is finally on stage and rightly becoming ubiquitous

PURCELL: The civil rights pioneer history forgot

PURCELL: The civil rights pioneer history forgot

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Quidnunc

QUIDNUNC: Tina Peters is out and reminding everyone she’s like Trump — a stable genius

QUIDNUNC: Tina Peters is out and reminding everyone she’s like Trump — a stable genius

Some like it hot, Quid understands, and some just don’t like reality

July 8, 2026July 9, 2026

QUIDNUNC: Trump tariffs leaving little room for July 4 boom in Aurora these days

QUIDNUNC: Trump tariffs leaving little room for July 4 boom in Aurora these days

June 30, 2026June 30, 2026

QUIDNUNC: Douglas County MAGAloids charge to punish free remaining GOP incurables

QUIDNUNC: Douglas County MAGAloids charge to punish free remaining GOP incurables

June 24, 2026June 25, 2026

QUIDNUNC: ‘Inspector’ Jurinsky wins the Tina Peters Prize for busting big ballot bologna

QUIDNUNC: ‘Inspector’ Jurinsky wins the Tina Peters Prize for busting big ballot bologna

June 17, 2026June 17, 2026

QUIDNUNC: Grimace at the Gaylord and Elon Musk melons

QUIDNUNC: Grimace at the Gaylord and Elon Musk melons

June 1, 2023June 7, 2023

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