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‘Grassroots’ movement of local residents keeps a watchful eye at Denver immigration court Denver-area residents provide support and information to families at federal building.

New: Meet the volunteers “bearing witness” at Denver immigration court.

These are the court watchers. They keep eyes open for ICE. They pass out resources to immigrants.

“It’s the best I’ve felt about being white in my entire life.”

www.denverpost.com/2025/11/23/v... via @denverpost.com

Student journalists say they were banned from CU Boulder campus after covering pro-Palestine protest Sophomore Ašiihkionkonci Parker, one of the student journalists, was banned from campus for two weeks after covering a Students for Justice in Palestine protest against Lockheed Martin at a career …

New: Student journalists say they were banned from CU Boulder campus after covering pro-Palestine protest www.denverpost.com/2025/11/20/c... via @dailycamera.com

“I Lost Everything”: Venezuelans Were Rounded Up in a Dramatic Midnight Raid but Never Charged With a Crime Authorities said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over the building. A ProPublica investigation found little evidence to back up the government’s claims. For the first time, the Venezuelans arres...

You probably saw videos of a nighttime raid in Chicago. Agents rappelling from a helicopter, bursting down doors, questioning brown-skinned immigrants.

We investigated -- and found little evidence to support the government’s claims about Tren de Aragua.

www.propublica.org/article/chic...

Christian law firm sought Colorado test case for religious public schools, emails suggest Alliance Defending Freedom approached a Colorado lawyer about starting a school in Colorado to spark a legal test of publicly funded religious education, according to an email authored by the lawyer.

After the Supreme Court tied on religious charters, Alliance Defending Freedom asked a Colorado school district lawyer to initiate a "parallel case," according to emails obtained by Chalkbeat. A self-described Christian public school opened a few months later. www.chalkbeat.org/colorado/202...

In Matt Gaetz Scandal, Circumstances Left Teen Vulnerable to Exploitation

Jesus Christ: "Ultimately, between the money she made from her interactions with men and in the food services industry she was able to save up enough money to get braces."

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...

Trump Ramps Up Pressure on G.O.P. To Thwart Epstein Vote

Boebert has also been summoned to the situation room in the White House, NYT reports: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...

President Trump called Colorado’s U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert about the congresswoman’s support for releasing the Epstein files, per NYT’s Annie Karni:

On a call with reporters just now, U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet ducked a question about whether Sen. Schumer should stay on as minority leader: “That’s not where I’m focused today.”

"In journalism, there’s a code: Don’t make yourself the story. But what happens when the story lives inside you? How the pain of others becomes the lens through which you see the world." www.newsweek.com/crime-report...

Man in camouflage uniform "ERO SRT New–O5" His weapon is pointed directly at the camera. Caption: A Border Patrol agent points a weapon while briefly detaining and then releasing a woman pulled from her car while community members gather along West 26th Street on Saturday, Nov. 8, 2025, in Cicero. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)

2/2 Are there any experts out there who can correctly identify the weapons being pointed directly at these two @chicagotribune.com photojournalists?

What type of rifle/long gun is this?

cc: @briancassella.bsky.social

5 of 7 A federal officer points a gun out of a vehicle during an immigration enforcement action in the Little Village neighborhood on Saturday, Nov. 8, 2025 in Chicago. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune

1/2 Are there any experts out there who can correctly identify the weapons being pointed directly at these two @chicagotribune.com photojournalists?

What type of gun is this?

cc: @mandophotos.bsky.social

Air Force Academy’s accreditation under review after cuts to civilian faculty Concerned alumni and former faculty told The Denver Post they believe the academy is losing too many civilian Ph.D.-level instructors without the ability to replace them with qualified military mem…

The U.S. Air Force Academy's academic accreditation is under review following a formal complaint that the institution no longer has sufficient Ph.D.-level faculty as the federal government reduces its civilian workforce // Story by @thenoellephillips.bsky.social

Federal agents pulling a woman out of Rayito Del Sol, a daycare by Lane Tech high school

BREAKING: Zohran Mamdani wins the New York City mayoral race, NBC News projects. nbcnews.to/4nIzNUC

thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting.

now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.

Judge orders Trump administration to release billions in SNAP contingency funds The government did rely on contingency funding to keep food aid going when it shut down during President Donald Trump’s first term.

Breaking News: The Trump administration was ordered to release billions of dollars in backup funds for SNAP, the nation’s largest anti-hunger program, after the administration said the government shutdown meant it couldn’t tap contingency funds.

ICE officers mistook Durango father for someone else, official says, but arrested him and children anyway “It’s my understanding that the father was mistaken for somebody else when (ICE) encountered him,” testified Gregory Davies, Denver’s third-ranking ICE official, in court Fr…

ICE agents mistakenly identified a Durango father when they pulled him over this week, a senior enforcement official testified in court today, but still arrested the man and his 2 kids in an incident that quickly sparked protests in the Colorado mountain town // Story by @sethklamann.bsky.social

This was one of those stories you weep through writing.

Your local food bank is desperate for donations right now.

I know it feels big and hopeless sometimes, but you can make a difference.

Thank you, Michael

Coloradans scramble for help as SNAP suspension looms and food banks ‘just don’t have enough’ State and local leaders in Colorado, as well as food bank operators, this week scrambled to help meet the already overwhelming demand of people without means to eat.

"I know the stigma around SNAP is it’s people who are lazy and don’t work and want to benefit off the government," a single mother of two young kids tells @lizzy-hernandez.bsky.social. "I work. I always work. I work full-time, so without those benefits, we are not in good shape.”

This was just posted by a CBS News producer on their Instagram stories.

Windows smashed at multiple Denver LGBTQ+ businesses last weekend “These attacks do not resemble random vandalism. They are intimidation designed to push LGBTQIA+ people, families, and especially youth-serving organizations back into fear and isolation.”

Windows smashed at multiple Denver LGBTQ+ businesses last weekend trib.al/tt18KD3

ICE’s arrest of father, two children in Durango spark local protests Two children and their father were detained by federal immigration agents on their way to school in southwestern Colorado on Monday, sparking protests from demonstrators who tried to prevent the fa…

Two children and their father on their way to school were detained by ICE in southwestern Colorado on Monday, sparking protests from demonstrators who tried to prevent the family from being separated and moved to different facilities // Story by @katielang.bsky.social and @sethklamann.bsky.social

Per Fox News’ Bill Melugin, the head of Denver’s ICE field office has been removed and will likely be replaced with a Border Patrol official, as part of broader DHS reshuffle intended to further escalate arrests:

Police used Flock cameras to accuse a Denver woman of package theft. She had her own evidence "Like I said, nothing gets in or out of the town without us knowing."

Surveillance in action:

"You know we have cameras in that jurisdiction and you can’t get a breath of fresh air, in or out of that place, without us knowing, correct?”

denverite.com/2025/10/27/b...

Douglas County teacher arrested by ICE had legal authorization to work, school says “We are currently working closely with our legal team and outside immigration attorneys to understand if and how we might be able to help facilitate their return,” Principal Stacy Bush …

ICE detained a Colorado teacher and her family during a routine check-in at a field office last week despite the educator having legal authorization to live and work in the United States, according to school officials // Story by @sethklamann.bsky.social

Resignations and rainbow removals: What DU’s move to end DEI looks like on campus Eric Duran said he couldn’t bring himself to dismantle DU’s Pride Lounge, so a colleague removed all LGBTQ-related items from the room.

Diversity used to be something the University of Denver touted as a positive.

Now, DU employees are resigning amid directives to oust rainbow posters & remove "pride" from resource names.

Here's how anti-DEI is playing out at DU.

www.denverpost.com/2025/10/24/u... via @denverpost.com #higherEd

Colorado’s most valuable company is among donors for Trump’s White House ballroom It’s unclear how much Palantir, which has a market cap of nearly $440 billion, contributed to the project.

Colorado’s most valuable company, Palantir, is among the donors supporting Trump’s ballroom construction, according to a list released by the White House: www.denverpost.com/2025/10/24/c...

This ‘Christian public school’ in Colorado could spur a fight over religion in education Backers of a new Christian public school say if the state doesn’t agree to fund the school, it would amount to religious discrimination.

Backers of a new Christian public school say if the state doesn’t agree to fund the school, it would amount to religious discrimination.

Stuck in Aurora ICE facility, more detainees are agreeing to leave the U.S. voluntarily The government’s goal, lawyers argue, is to create conditions inside ICE facilities that push immigrants to voluntarily leave or to accept a deportation order.

The federal immigration court in Aurora, Colorado, has issued more than 1,900 removal orders this year — 1,200 more than the same time period last year. “The deportation machine is running at full speed,” Denver immigration attorney Hans Meyer tells @sethklamann.bsky.social