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Philip Bump
@pbump.com

Simply doesn't make sense as a reconsideration of justice. This is a person who actively attempted to undermine democracy, to subvert the will of Colorado voters.

NPR@npr.org

Gov. Jared Polis' controversial commutation follows a pressure campaign by the Trump administration to free Tina Peters, an ex-county official who was convicted of tampering with election equipment. n.pr/4uMbo4k

n.prColorado's Democratic governor will let Trump ally Tina Peters out of prison earlyGov. Jared Polis' controversial commutation follows a pressure campaign by the Trump administration to free Tina Peters, an ex-county official who was convicted of tampering with election equipment.
Philip Bump
@pbump.com

I think if someone *entrusted to fairly administer elections* decides to actively attempt to undermine elections, clemency should be hard-earned *particularly when being granted by a constitutional officer of the state*.

Philip Bump
@pbump.com

[sees clock hit 5pm on a friday] "uh this clemency is the right thing to do and i am proud of it"

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rbrown5518
@rbrown5518.bsky.social

As a journalist and author who has spent much of his career covering politics and society through a data-driven lens. Why the investment in this and not in any of the other Statewide Colorado’s local jails, which held about 657,500 people?