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We get some fascinating new polling insights from Fawn Bolak (1:10), House Majority Leader Alec Garnett is back to take us through the latest in legislative sausage making (14:16),  President Trump makes a bananas visit to Colorado Springs (35:27), we’re feeling the Bern (whether we like it or not) (50:25), and much, much more.

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This week, the Presidential candidates are coming to Colorado; new polling on impeachment is bad news for Sen. Cory Gardner; and voter and demographic changes hint at more trouble for Republicans.

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Cory Gardner’s impeachment debacle; a wacky vacancy committee underscores Republican troubles in 2020; we finally, maybe have Iowa caucus results; and House Majority Leader Alec Garnett gives us another legislative update from under the Gold Dome.

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This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast...House Majority Leader Alec Garnett joins us again for an exclusive view of the legislature from inside the building; the Iowa caucuses devolve into lunacy; the last gasp of impeachment; and federal fundraising numbers open up a big window into 2020.

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House Majority Leader Alec Garnett joins us again for an update on legislatin’ under the Gold Dome, John Bolton’s bombshell shakes up impeachment (which changes faster than we can record), and we’re one week away from the Iowa caucuses. 

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This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, there’s an impeachment trial in the Senate — or is it OF the Senate (1:08), the New York Times tries to find Cory Gardner (13:33), we try to explain the greater meaning of the departure of a Denver Post conservative columnist (44:49), and we interview journalist Madeline Schmidt about her national reporting on Colorado’s unique abortion laws (22:10). 

Read Madeleine's article on Jezebel:

• The Desperate Trail to Safe-Haven Abortions in Colorado (Madeleine Schmidt, Jezebel, 1/6/20)

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Other Articles

• The White House doubles down on its dumbest impeachment defense (Paul Waldman, Washington Post, 1/20/20) 
• Where Is Cory Gardner? (Elaina Plott, New York Times, 1/19/20)
• Steve Staeger Greets Cory Gardner at DIA (9News, Twitter, 1/16/20)
• Canceled: Jon Caldara (ColoradoPols, 1/20/20)
• Amy Klobuchar and Elizabeth Warren Are Democrats' Best Choices for President (NYTimes Editorial Board, New York Times, 1/19/20)
• More pizza, fewer vegetables: Trump administration further undercuts Obama school-lunch rules (Laura Reiley, Washington Post, 1/17/20)
• 'You're a bunch of dopes and babies': Inside Trump's stunning tirade against generals (Carol D. Loennig and Philip Rucker, Washington Post, 1/17/20)

Finally, congratulations to Ian and Sen. Brittany Pettersen on the birth of their first child, Davis James Silverii.

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Majority Leader Alec Garnett phones in from the capitol, Republicans on the national level are out for Cory Gardner's blood with a new ad, the third president to be impeached is facing a trial in the US Senate (will it be fair or just a cover-up?), Iran becomes even more problematic, and a bunch of people who claim they don't want government interfering in your life march on the state capitol to insist that government interfere in your life.

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We kick off the 2020 legislative session recording from the state capitol, we may or may not be at war with Iran, Cory Gardner gets caught in the impeachment snare once again, we interview House Majority Leader Alec Garnett about legislative priorities and he becomes the latest contestant on the worlds worst game show, Duke or Donald.

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We wrap up with a look at the biggest stories of 2019, make some prognostications for 2020, Jason Bane finally plays Duke or Donald, and we talk about much more in our final episode of 2019.

Hosts: Jason Bane | Ian Silverii
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Governor Jared Polis dishes about his first year as governor and throws shade at New Mexican green chile, the US House of Representatives is slated to impeach the president of the United States for the third time in American History, Congressman Ken Buck gets called out for truancy, our second favorite US Senator from Colorado (Cory Gardner) decides if he wants to roll out the red carpet for Donald Trump after the president promises to be in Colorado “lots”, and more white supremacists show their faces for radio and voices for silent film as 710KNUS comes under renewed scrutiny for harboring neo-nazis.

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