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‘If You Can Keep It’ returns in 2026 with Colorado in Trump’s crosshairs

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President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference with Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Mar-a-Lago, Monday, Dec. 29, 2025, in Palm Beach, Fla.

Donald Trump returned to the White House a year ago. Since then, his administration has consolidated executive-branch power. Colorado Matters' series “If You Can Keep It”— based on that famous utterance from Benjamin Franklin in 1787— continues into the new year. Our guide through unprecedented politics is University of Denver political scientist Seth Masket.

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Seth Masket, professor of political science at the University of Denver, at CPR News. Jan. 13, 2026.