Brian Eason

CBS News staffers are ‘literally freaking out’ about Bari Weiss taking over newsroom EXCLUSIVE: ‘People are using words like depressing and doomsday – feels like some sort of doomsday,’ one source told The Independent about the mood inside CBS News right now.

“'The fact that we don't have money to pay journalists, but we have money to pay Bari Weiss between $100 and 200 million is indicative of what the Ellisons' true goal here is,' a network correspondent said. 'And it's not journalism.'"

how on earth did this wirecutter writer find a food historian named gnocchi to interview about pasta

Months Without Sunshine: The Unbearable Darkness of Jail Jails in St. Louis, Cleveland and Jackson, Mississippi, don’t provide direct access to sunlight and fresh air – even when their own policies require it.

Even corrections officers claim Cuyahoga County Jail’s conditions impact their health.

“Over the years, many officers said they have developed breathing problems from the air quality,” says the general counsel for the Ohio Patrolmen's Benevolent Association, which represents corrections officers.

TL;DR: 5 justices say Trump doesn't have to immediately restore the funding, but 5 *also* signal that the underlying directives are unlawful.

That sends a fairly strong (if mixed) message that Trump will lose these cases *eventually,* but only once they're brought in the Court of Federal Claims.

When the state budget boomed, Colorado cut taxes. Now it’s paying the price. This is not the first time that income tax cuts passed at a time of budget surpluses squeezed the state's finances shortly thereafter

Your periodic reminder that before Trump cut taxes, Colorado voters and lawmakers did, too — again and again.

"History speaks loudly and clearly on how this will play out. In years when revenues drop, we will sorely miss those dollars.”

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President Trump called into question the integrity of the Employment Situation report that the BLS released this morning. He accused BLS Commissioner Erika McEntarfer of deliberately reporting false numbers to reflect poorly on this administration. This baseless, damaging claim undermines the valuable work and dedication of BLS staff who produce the reports each month. This escalates the President’s unprecedented attacks on the independence and integrity of the federal statistical system. The President seeks to blame someone for unwelcome economic news. The Commissioner does not determine what the numbers are but simply reports on what the data show. The process of obtaining the numbers is decentralized by design to avoid opportunities for interference. The BLS uses the same proven, transparent, reliable process to produce estimates every month. Every month, BLS revises the prior two months’ employment estimates to reflect slower-arriving, more-accurate information. This rationale for firing Dr. McEntarfer is without merit and undermines the credibility of federal economic statistics that are a cornerstone of intelligent economic decision-making by businesses, families, and policymakers. U.S. official statistics are the gold standard globally. When leaders of other nations have politicized economic data, it has destroyed public trust in all official statistics and in government science. We call on Congress to respond immediately, to investigate the factors that led to Commissioner McEntarfer’s removal, to strongly urge the Commissioner’s continued service, and ensure that the nonpartisan integrity of the position is retained. The statement from the President undermines these tenets and politicizes data which cannot and should not be used for political points.

"...escalates the President’s unprecedented attacks on the independence & integrity of the federal statistical system.

"The president seeks to blame someone for unwelcome economic news.

"...firing Dr. McEntarfer is without merit & undermines the credibility of federal economic statistics..."

All fun and games when the federal government undermines trust in climate science or public health, now we get to see if the financial class cares about economic truth

I'm sorry but tourist attraction is hilarious

"And still, she failed."

Republicans say Medicaid work requirements target the lazy. Here’s who could be collateral damage in Colorado. Medicaid work requirements would hurt eligible Coloradans, studies show

What Medicaid work requirements actually mean in practice, by @taydolven.bsky.social

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Nearly 70% of Colorado land zoned for housing prohibits the most affordable types of homes, study finds In the first comprehensive review of Colorado land use laws, the National Zoning Atlas found that you can build single-family homes almost anywhere. But apartments, condos and townhomes are widely pro...

Read more about the report findings from @brianeason.bsky.social in @coloradosun.com. coloradosun.com/2025/07/01/n...

Nearly 70% of Colorado land zoned for housing prohibits the most affordable types of homes, study finds In the first comprehensive review of Colorado land use laws, the National Zoning Atlas found that you can build single-family homes almost anywhere. But apartments, condos and townhomes are widely pro...

You can build a house almost anywhere in Colorado. You just can’t build one that most people can afford.

Local zoning codes overwhelmingly prohibit duplexes, townhouses, condominiums & apartment units.

by @brianeason.bsky.social
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Nearly 70% of Colorado land zoned for housing prohibits the most affordable types of homes, study finds In the first comprehensive review of Colorado land use laws, the National Zoning Atlas found that you can build single-family homes almost anywhere. But apartments, condos and townhomes are widely pro...

A landmark study from @zoningatlas.bsky.social found that local governments in Colorado overwhelmingly prohibit duplexes, townhouses, condos and apartments, as well as single-family homes on small lots, effectively outlawing the most affordable types of #housing

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A White Nationalist Wrote a Law School Paper Promoting Racist Views. It Won Him an Award.

Man. This quote.

“I just find it fascinating that this student can write an article, a series of articles that are essentially (racist) manifestoes, and that’s free speech. But my class can’t be called ‘Race, Entrepreneurship and Inequality.’ ”

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How the GOP budget bill will make the rich richer and the poor poorer, according to a nonpartisan analysis The Congressional Budget Office finds the lowest earners will be hurt most by the Republican-backed budget

The biggest winners of the Republican-backed spending bill are the wealthiest Americans, a new analysis from the Congressional Budget office shows, while the biggest losers are the poorest.

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Thanks for letting me know! I'll mention this to our editors at the Sun as well.

Thanks for reading!

As Colorado ages, seniors are colliding with the housing crisis Most older residents want to age in place. But experts say Colorado’s housing stock wasn’t built with their needs in mind.

Seniors didn’t cause Colorado's housing crunch. But in many ways, they are increasingly at the center of it.

Wrote about the mismatch between Colorado's #housing stock and the needs of older generations, and the pressure that puts on everyone in a tight market.

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Ossoff launches investigation into corporate takeover of Atlanta housing market Citing American Dream for Rent, Georgia’s U.S. senator demands answers on bulk purchases of single-family homes.

U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff is launching a new probe of corporate landlords, citing our 2023 American Dream for Rent investigation in Atlanta

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'How come I can’t breathe?': Musk's data company draws a backlash in Memphis The company’s turbines — enough to power 280,000 homes — run without emission controls in an area that leads Tennessee in asthma hospitalizations.

"In just 11 months since the company arrived in Memphis, xAI has become one of Memphis’ largest emitters of smog-producing nitrogen oxides. The plant is in an area that already leads the state in emergency department visits for asthma."

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Harrowing account of what was happening behind the scenes in Colorado's most competitive congressional race

Yadira Caraveo’s former aides say they were mistreated, traumatized by Colorado congresswoman The Congresswoman twice appeared to attempt suicide last year in situations witnessed by staffers. Aides asked that a safety plan be implemented, but say they were rebuffed.

Yadira Caraveo’s former aides say they were mistreated, traumatized by Colorado congresswoman

This report came out too late to make it into my story, but there's a lot of reason to believe the $15M projected annual cost of Colorado's proposed data center tax breaks could increase exponentially if it achieves its stated goals

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Ultra-processed Food and Obesity: What Is the Evidence? Obesity is a growing global healthcare concern. A proposed driver is the recent increase in ultra-processed food (UPF) intake. However, disagreement surrounds the concept of UPF, the strength of evide...

I guess you could quibble with the term "driving" but the link between ultra-processed foods and obesity is pretty clearly established pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

As state lawmakers mull tax breaks for tech giants, critics wonder: What’s in it for Coloradans? Senate Bill 280 would exempt data centers from state sales taxes to attract jobs to Colorado. Other states show there are costly trade-offs.

When Virginia in 2016 passed a law extending its data center tax breaks, legislative analysts expected it to cost the state around $50 million a year.

By 2023, the tax abatements were worth nearly 20 times that — $928 million.

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Gotta wonder when its audience will get tired of being lied to

DOGE drove layoff announcements to their third-highest-ever level in March | CNN Business More than 275,000 layoffs were announced last month, reaching a level not seen since the pandemic, according to a new report published Thursday.

More than 275,000 layoffs were announced last month, reaching a level not seen since the pandemic, according to a new report. The biggest culprit was one particular employer: the federal government cnn.it/42dIxcF

Since I’m a housing and homelessness guy I feel like I need to remind everyone that these tariffs are likely to have a cataclysmic effect on housing affordability and homelessness.

The price level increase from all 2025 tariffs so far will cost the average household around $3,800.
But the burden will be extremely regressive, with lower-income households taking a bigger hit as a share of their income.