Matt Hardwick, Public Policy Wonk

Antifa - aka Patton's 3rd Army - liberating Mauthausen. The sign at the back reads "Spanish antifascists welcome the forces of liberation."

We need trust, not fear.

That’s why I’m leading the push to prohibit officers from hiding their faces and require them to clearly display their agency, name, and unique identifier during immigration enforcement.

Transparency is essential for accountability and trust. (2/2)

Across Colorado, families are living with a growing fear of ICE raids.

More than half of Latinos in our state say law enforcement should not be allowed to use masks to hide their identity, and 62% say officers should not stop anyone just because they suspect them of being undocumented. (1/2)

Republicans Bash Barb on Crime Bill With 19 Republicans running for the 2026 gubernatorial nomination, the candidates, many of whom are true MAGA patriots, will have to compete to set themselves apart from one another. And...

While GOP candidates like to quote Reagan's so-called 11th Commandment, "Thou shalt not speak ill of any fellow Republican," in this crowded field, the reality is that another revised biblical mandate applies: "do unto others before they do unto you."
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Attorney for family of Boulder firebomb attack suspect demands to be released from ICE custody An attorney for the family of Boulder’s Pearl Street attack suspect is demanding the release of his family from ICE custody, where they’ve been held for four months.

An attorney for the family of Boulder’s Pearl Street attack suspect is demanding the release of his family from ICE custody, where they’ve been held for four months.

Colorado trial over coerced prison labor begins in Denver | Colorado Newsline The lawsuit alleges Colorado prisons violate the law by punishing incarcerated people who refuse to participate in mandatory work programs.

Turns out that whole slavery thing, not a settled issue

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Religious protesters say ICE threatens religious freedom in Chicago (RNS) — Despite potential danger, religious leaders and faith activists have been a visible presence at Chicago-area ICE protests, some waving signs with slogans such as ‘Love thy neighbor’ and ‘Who w...

Hey look MAGA we found the people persecuting Christians: religionnews.com/2025/10/07/i...

This photojournalist, Ashlee Rezin, has taken some of the best photos that I've seen documenting the occupation of Chicago. If you see people sharing her photos please make sure to credit her.

Hope he's all right...😟🐸

I love the guy making woof-woof noises, but where's the twerking frog?

Global renewable energy generation surpasses coal for first time Record solar expansion and steady wind growth driving world’s shift away from fossil fuels in 2025, report finds

For the first time in history renewable energy sources are now generating more power than coal worldwide.

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Thank you so much everyone for the messages of love and support. I feel fortified by your presence in my life and in the world. I keep thinking about all our neighbors and siblings—hundreds in Chicago alone—who’ve been detained into the unknown of horrendous facilities. We owe them resistance.

Aurora police get tentative OK for facial recognition software use to fight crime - Sentinel Colorado Councilmember Alison Coombs was the lone naysayer, raising concerns about the potential misuse of the technology.

Councilmember Alison Coombs was the lone naysayer, raising concerns about the potential misuse of the technology.

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#AuroraCO #NoPaywall #FacialRecognition

Colorado just became the first state to cap the price of a prescription drug. What comes next is uncertain. The Colorado Prescription Drug Affordability Review Board imposed a first-in-the-nation price cap on the drug Enbrel, starting in 2017.

Colorado just became the first state to cap the price of a prescription drug. What comes next is uncertain. coloradosun.com/2025/10/07/p... #copolitics #coleg

A Colorado restaurant is helping out furloughed government workers! The special runs from October 6-10th, 11 AM through 2 PM. Furloughed workers get a free sandwich with a side or salad with a protein, plus one free beverage (including beer and wine!).

It was so bizarre to see the national dialogue be around a place where a bunch of my friends live and portraying something that had nothing in common with the place I knew.

After months of deportation rhetoric, Trump's first hours in office put Aurora on edge | Colorado Newsline During a campaign full of anti-immigrant rhetoric, Trump, based on falsehoods, targeted Aurora. Now community members fear what's next.

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Same. We get our health care from UC Health, and go to Anschutz for some providers. Our grandkids play rugby at Aurora Sports Park. And who doesn’t stop at Stanley Market Place. All the media had to do was actually visit the city and talk to actual residents.

The Aurora H Mart is my favorite place to shop - it's the Disneyland of grocery stores.
The whole thing set my rage meter on 11. Such obvious lying and national media acted like it was serious.

The precedent for Trump making shit up about cities was Aurora, Colorado during the campaign.
Way too many coastal national reporters who have never spent any time in Aurora - it's the best place to eat in Colorado - acted as if Trump's lying was credible & debatable.
And they still are.

Aurora is the perfect example. A totally fabricated narrative of gang “violence” and a national media that had no clue about the facts on the ground.

They don't want their houses burned down or becoming involved in long expensive lawsuits?

Our establishment media is so addicted to maintaining the idea of “objectivity”, that they cannot wean themselves off of the muted language of false equivalency.

🤔💡At most: 👀🧠 and either access to the internet or access to websites/social media accounts of people who can do something that's now ridiculously simple to do such as check to see if a photo (such as one of the 1992 LA Riots) is clearly being taken out of context.😒🙄

This is actively lying to your audience, @cnn.com. And you wonder why faith in the mainstream media is at an all time low.
@jaketapper.bsky.social @bgrueskin.bsky.social @brianstelter.bsky.social

Today in news from the heartland: The soybeans have no buyer. Dad (D) and the tenant farmer (MAGA) are drifting from passive aggressive to regular aggressive while discussing tariffs. Mom (also D, but tired of listening to it) reminds Dad that the tenant will take a bigger hit than they ever will.

Anyone with eyes and a brain can see Trump and Stephen Miller are totally making shit up about Chicago and Portland - the same way they did about Aurora - as an excuse to set up a miltary takeover against their political opponents.
Why is the media acting as if this is a debatable question?

But they are highly qualified in that they were made to feel bad for their choices one time at previous institutions

GOP gubernatorial candidates oppose using military troops in Colorado cities - Sentinel Colorado Joshua Griffin, a veteran, said, “I would never put one of our people in the city, because we’re trained to kill, not to police."

"Republican candidates for Colorado governor during a forum last week were skeptical of a plan to send federal troops into American cities. “I’m very nervous about the idea of using our military domestically,” state Sen. Mark Baisley said."