Chase Woodruff

Murder Officially Plunged in 2024 That and more takeaways from the FBI's 2024 Reported Crime in the Nation report.

"The nation’s reported violent and property crime rates stood at the lowest levels since the 1960s in 2024."

If somehow anyone who follows me does media training for political candidates, or knows someone who does, please let me know lol I have a million questions for them

Is there a definitive piece that’s been written about how it became unremarkable for politicians to sound like this while having a live conversation with another human being?

Opposition Party Decides to Oppose Today on TAP: Democrats are fighting in Washington and Austin, denying quick victories to authoritarians.

-Schumer wouldn't advance Trump noms without an end to illegal withholding of federal funds,so Senate Rs left town
-Trump couldn't do recess appointments because House Dems would force an Epstein vote if Rs returned to adjourn
-Texas Dems fled the state to deny Rs a quorum
Is our Democrats learning?

The Mothership Vortex: An Investigation Into the Firm at the Heart of the Democratic Spam Machine How a single consulting firm extracted $282 million from a network of spam PACs while delivering just $11 million to actual campaigns.

The annoying spam texts destroying the Democratic brand:

$678M raised through those spam tactics

$282M to one consulting firm: Mothership Strategies.

$11M to actual campaigns (1.6%)

The party isn’t just treating donors like marks—it’s being fleeced itself yet continues to back Mothership.

A century later, Rep. Gabe Evans echoes anti-immigrant attitudes his grandfather’s family overcame | Colorado Newsline Many of Rep. Gabe Evans’ statements in support of Trump's immigration policies distinctly echo the anti-immigrant rhetoric of the 1930s.

U.S. Rep. Gabe Evans insists past generations of immigrants, including his grandfather's family, did it "the right way," while millions of immigrants in the U.S. without legal status today did it "the wrong way."

History offers little support for any such distinctions.

A century later, Rep. Gabe Evans echoes anti-immigrant attitudes his grandfather’s family overcame | Colorado Newsline Many of Rep. Gabe Evans’ statements in support of Trump's immigration policies distinctly echo the anti-immigrant rhetoric of the 1930s.

Interviews, archival research and government records help illuminate the multigenerational saga of Luz Chavez, her children and their many descendants, including great-grandson U.S. Rep. Gabe Evans, who has misrepresented the family's immigration history.
By @chasewoodruff.bsky.social

Who is DoBetterDNVR? Meet 3 women feeding information to Denver’s loudest social media critic The account routinely excoriates Denver’s current leaders for the way the city approaches addiction and homelessness.

Great reporting. Not a remotely close call that this is all in the public interest, especially given the total lack of transparency about out-of-state "contributors" www.denverpost.com/2025/08/01/w...

Cynics might question the decisionmaking here but what they don't realize is "journalists are required to publish puff pieces about a public figure's photo op no matter how little access or basic courtesy they're given in return" is a little-known subclause of the First Amendment

Evans is still refusing to grant interviews to all but the friendliest right-wing outlets. It's gonna be a long August recess: www.denver7.com/lifestyle/ed...

A century later, Rep. Gabe Evans echoes anti-immigrant attitudes his grandfather’s family overcame | Colorado Newsline Many of Rep. Gabe Evans’ statements in support of Trump's immigration policies distinctly echo the anti-immigrant rhetoric of the 1930s.

Newsline's @chasewoodruff.bsky.social recounts the saga of one Mexican family's arrival in El Paso in pursuit of the American Dream and how decades later a grandson in Colorado who was elected to Congress pursued policies that would have led to the deportation of his forbears.

A century later, Rep. Gabe Evans echoes anti-immigrant attitudes his grandfather’s family overcame | Colorado Newsline Many of Rep. Gabe Evans’ statements in support of Trump's immigration policies distinctly echo the anti-immigrant rhetoric of the 1930s.

Read more about it here, including a firsthand account of growing up undocumented in El Paso written by Cuauhtemoc Chavez himself: coloradonewsline.com/2025/07/31/g...

Until last week, Evans sought to build his political identity in large part on an abridged and misleading version of the story of how the Chavez family achieved the American dream.

The full story, revealed through interviews, archival research and government records requests, is more complicated.

Headlines from the El Paso Times and the El Paso Herald-Post from the 1930s show how aid given to Mexican Americans through Depression-era relief programs became a bitter political flashpoint.

Headlines from the El Paso Times and the El Paso Herald-Post from the late 1930s and early 1940s focused on waves of petty crime and the influence of “marihuana” and other drugs, with young Mexican Americans often singled out for blame.

But there’s almost nothing Evans says about immigrants doing it “the wrong way” today that wasn’t said almost word-for-word a century ago, when immigrants like his grandfather were routinely scapegoated for crime, drugs, gang activity and burdening welfare programs.

Post from @GabeforColorado "Democrats would rather protect these 240+ dangerous illegal immigrants than protect Coloradans. Sheltering these criminals makes our entire state unsafe and Colorado Democrats are to blame."

He has continued to insist his grandfather did it "the right way" by earning citizenship through Army service, and doubled down on anti-immigrant rhetoric labeling ICE detainees without criminal convictions, or even pending charges, "dangerous."

U.S. Rep. Gabe Evans misrepresented family’s immigration history | Colorado Newsline U.S. Rep. Gabe Evans of Colorado has mischaracterized the story of how his Depression-era ancestors immigrated to America.

Evans has refused to answer questions about our reporting last week that his grandfather, Cuauhtemoc Chavez, entered the U.S. unlawfully and had an arrest record, contradicting Evans' long history of claims that Cuauhtemoc immigrated "legally" or "the legal way."

A century later, Rep. Gabe Evans echoes anti-immigrant attitudes his grandfather’s family overcame | Colorado Newsline Many of Rep. Gabe Evans’ statements in support of Trump's immigration policies distinctly echo the anti-immigrant rhetoric of the 1930s.

U.S. Rep. Gabe Evans insists past generations of immigrants, including his grandfather's family, did it "the right way," while millions of immigrants in the U.S. without legal status today did it "the wrong way."

History offers little support for any such distinctions.

The problem here is that a random Bluesky poster with 5 fake diseases can become the face of the Democratic Party while the actual president can say he's mad that Jeffrey Epstein stole his sex slave and he wants Barack Obama executed and people shrug.

Bennet, Hickenlooper, Senate Democratic Colleagues Demand Trump Administration Expand Humanitarian Aid in Gaza and Resume Diplomatic Efforts to Secure a Ceasefire and End the War Washington, D.C. - Colorado U.S. Senators Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper joined 37 Senate Democratic colleagues to express unified alarm about the unacceptable humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip. In their letter, the Senators urged Secretary of State Marco Rubio and U.S. Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff to push Israel to enable the large-scale expansion of humanitarian assistance throughout Gaza and resume diplomatic efforts to secure a ceasefire agreement and end the war. "With recent efforts to secure a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas being unsuccessful, the situation in Gaza remains perilous. Efforts to secure an agreement are as critical and urgent as ever and we urge the resumption of good-faith talks as quickly as possible," wrote Bennet, Hickenlooper, and the Senators. "While we appreciate that additional aid is beginning to enter Gaza, the humanitarian situation remains dire. Yet there still remains a viable pathway to end this war, bring home Israeli hostages, and achieve a diplomatic resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict."

C-Span screenshot of Senate vote: "Measure Would Block Sale of Bombs/Attack Munitions to Israel"

One day after releasing this statement about Gaza, both @hickenlooper.senate.gov and @bennet.senate.gov voted against two measures tonight to block the sale of additional bombs and assault rifles to Israel, declining to join 24 and 27 Democratic colleagues, respectively, who voted yes.

Bennet just voted against a measure to block the sale of more offensive bombs and munitions to Israel, per @caitlynkim.bsky.social

The Sanders resolutions are to end weapons sales to Israel, and every Senator expressing outrage about forced starvation in Gaza has a chance to live up to their words.

CBS News investigation of Jeffrey Epstein jail video reveals new discrepancies A CBS News investigation found discrepancies between the government's description of the Jeffrey Epstein jail video and what the video shows.

Late in the day but this is really phenomenal work by CBS. I didn't think the story could surprise me anymore, but I exclaimed out loud several times reading this.

www.cbsnews.com/news/jeffrey...

Union Pacific to Buy Norfolk Southern in $85 Billion Railroad Deal

It's fitting that in the Trump era railroad barons are likely to get something that even eluded Jay Gould: a coast-to-coast transcontinental railroad.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/29/b...

exact same pattern as the iraq war where the dirty hippie anti-war protesters being retroactively completely vindicated just makes the elites despise them more.

El representante Gabe Evans describió incorrectamente la historia de inmigración de su familia | Colorado Newsline El representante Gabe Evans ha descrito incorrectamente la historia de cómo su abuelo emigró a Estados Unidos, según documentos obtenidos por Newsline. El republicano de Colorado ha repetido una versi...

Our story on Rep. Gabe Evans' misrepresentation of his family's immigration history is now available in Spanish:

Columbia functionally returning to its original name King’s College

Justice Department Told Trump in May That His Name Is Among Many in the Epstein Files Bondi told president at the meeting that Justice also decided to not release more Jeffrey Epstein documents because of the presence of child pornography and the need to protect victims.

Exclusive: The Justice Department told President Trump in May that his name is among many in the Epstein files.

U.S. Rep. Gabe Evans misrepresented family’s immigration history | Colorado Newsline U.S. Rep. Gabe Evans of Colorado has mischaracterized the story of how his Depression-era ancestors immigrated to America.

Colorado Republican Rep. Gabe Evans has centered his pro-Trump political identity — and his support for mass deportation — on the story of his Mexican-American grandfather, who he has repeatedly said immigrated “the legal way.”

Documents show that isn’t true.

U.S. Rep. Gabe Evans misrepresented family’s immigration history | Colorado Newsline U.S. Rep. Gabe Evans of Colorado has mischaracterized the story of how his Depression-era ancestors immigrated to America.

In defense of mass deportations, pro-Trump Republican Rep. Gabe Evans of Colorado has long said his grandfather immigrated "the legal way." Documents show otherwise.
By @chasewoodruff.bsky.social

Evans' office stopped responding to inquiries and declined to answer a detailed list of questions we sent them repeatedly over the last week.

CPR tracked him down on Capitol Hill today to finally get his response: www.cpr.org/2025/07/22/g...