A viewer named Debbie got the phrase “nut cuttin time down on the ranch” banned from my program. Debbie ruined it for everyone.

👀 Among the races @CookPolitical moved is #CO05 to Lean R from Likely R. Notes increased ad spending, race tightening (although GOP still favored by a couple of its on generic ballot) & both sides treating it as competitive for the move. #copolitics

Starting to get 2016 Darryl Glenn for Senate Bowflex ad vibes from Manny Rutinel's CO-8 campaign. iykyk

Marx is a more skilled communicator than Ganahl and is more upfront about what he believes. Despite our critical coverage, Marx has also been more willing to engage than Ganahl. Marx's supporters' enthusiasm is more intense but I don't know if their numbers are larger.

"Press access is a privilege, not a right." This is the most common objection to the argument that the Trump administration violated the First Amendment by banning news outlets it doesn't like from the White House. But the fact that you don't have a right to something in the first place doesn't mean the government can take it away to punish you for exercising your First Amendment rights. Federal courts have reaffirmed this principle many times. Nobody has an automatic right to a property tax exemption. But in Speiser v. Randall (1958), the Supreme Court held that California could not deny one to residents who refused to sign a loyalty oath. Nobody has a right to a government contract. But in Board of County Commissioners v. Umbehr (1996), the Supreme Court held that a Kansas county could not cancel a trash-hauling contract just because the contractor wrote editorials criticizing the county government. The same principle applies in other contexts. Nobody has a right to be a professor at a public university. But firing a professor over his liberal or conservative beliefs would violate the First Amendment. A driver's license may be a privilege. That doesn't mean the state can revoke your license just because you criticized the governor. If the rule were otherwise, the government would have enormous power to do exactly what the First Amendment forbids it from doing: punish Americans for saying things the government doesn't like.

Hi Ben. I'm not certain that a political candidate's personal engagement with the spiritual realm is particularly newsworthy unless they list it among their greatest accomplishments or outline explicitly religious acts they intend to take once in elected office, as Mr Marx has.

“Paid for by the U.S. Government.”

We are witnesses to history

Thank you, Kyle. As you can see, I’ve stayed true to what I’ve believed from the beginning, including what I said when you did your very first story on me.

NEW: Colorado GOP Gov nominee Victor Marx is calling for 21 days of fasting to cause a shift in "ideologies" before Election Day. Marx's campaign says the election "will all be determined by prayer," calling the election "a spiritual battle against the forces of wickedness."

In what might have been his last start for #Rockies, Kyle Freeland works three innings and allows five runs on nine hits. Freeland’s career numbers are not impressive. But his resilience and loyalty are rare. He always wanted to do right by his home state even if pitching here was bad for his stats and health. Cap tip to Kyle if this was it as a Rockie.

It is fall.

Colorado's elk would like a word...

Rep Gabe Evans (R) and Manny Rutinel (D) both declined to debate on 9NEWS or answer voter questions at a town hall. It's important that voters in #CO8 are heard so 9NEWS is holding the town hall without the candidates on Oct 1. Register to attend/speak: 9news.com/article/news/local…

The Colorado Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a petition from Tina Peters asking to have her convictions overturned, months after she walked free from prison.

Have a question or concern for Phil Weiser, the Democratic nominee for Colorado Governor? Come ask him in person at a televised 9NEWS town hall Sep 29 in Greeley (Republican Victor Marx declined to appear). Register here: 9news.com/article/news/local…