sandra fish

holy cow! that looks great - i wondered what was going on there, the space has been vacant for a while... so definitely!!!

Streets are still closed off in front of the Portland ICE facility at 8:30pm. Protesters have gathered on a side street. Dance party in progress.

Unboxing AMERICAN OTHERNESS IN JOURNALISM! Thank you @routledgebooks.bsky.social for seeing this through from proposal to books!

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Every major city in Texas has a higher murder rate than Chicago

Colorado justices deliver favorable ruling for organizations raising open meetings violations The Colorado Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that organizations are entitled to the same recovery of their costs as individuals when they successfully pursue a public entity's violation of the state's ...

A win for transparency, as Colorado's justices concluded organizations are entitled to recover the costs of pursuing an open meetings violation just as individuals are. The chief justice dissented for the *sixth time* since *last month*:
www.coloradopolitics.com/2025/10/07/c...

CO Supreme Court: Aurora Sentinel is a ‘citizen’ entitled to attorney fees for winning an open meetings law case - Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition The Aurora Sentinel is a “citizen” entitled to recover attorney fees and court costs for prevailing in an open meetings lawsuit against the Aurora City Council, the Colorado Supreme Court ruled.

The Aurora Sentinel is a “citizen” entitled to recover attorney fees and court costs for prevailing in an open meetings lawsuit against the Aurora City Council, the Colorado Supreme Court ruled Tuesday.

Colorado’s conversion therapy ban arrives at the U.S. Supreme Court A conservative legal powerhouse is challenge the law, which prevents licensed therapists from trying to change a child’s sexual orientation or gender identity.

On govt shutdown day 7, I’m taking a break and working across the street for a bit as Colorado’s conversion therapy ban law arrives at the U.S. Supreme Court. www.cpr.org/2025/10/07/c... #copolitics

AG Bondi, here’s that correction you requested.

i did something small about this in a larger, very long story about what public records people requested in 2024. the local reporter, Ruth, and a part-time resident filed a bunch of requests because the city wasn't responding... it's pretty crazy stuff

and here's the local story

Former clerk for small Colorado town accused of diverting $26k from water project to personal accounts The town of Aguilar has since set up a separate water account for the project designed to ensure long-term water access for the town of 450

realized something was up in Aguilar earlier this year when i sought 2024 open records requests from state agencies and a reporter was requesting lots of info she couldn't get from the city. #copolitics

it's a beautiful day in Portland.

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Never buy this Maytag washer or dryer. It’s maybe three years old and the dryer sensors have never worked (and you can’t override them) and now we have an overflowing washer. I mean…three years and your product just does not work

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Look at what they have to face

Trump’s Immigration Push Diverts U.S. Agents From Drug, Money and Sex-Crime Cases Federal investigators are resigning, and morale is low, as they juggle complex cases and detain migrants.

“A federal team in El Paso that once pursued child traffickers has been disbanded.

“A task force in Kansas focused on stemming fentanyl has been redirected.

“Highway checkpoints near the border—on roads identified as major drug-trafficking routes—have gone unstaffed”

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Prices through marketplace health insurance could double as government shutdown dispute digs in Colorado resident Aubrey Hix, an independent contractor, said her health insurance costs could still skyrocket despite not depending on subsidies.

Prices through marketplace health insurance could double as government shutdown dispute digs in www.cpr.org/2025/10/06/h... via @codaleynews.bsky.social #copolitics

It’s right in front of our face.

Claims of huge rise in assaults against ICE drive responses, but aren’t seen in available data Despite repeated requests from CPR News for data to support the assault claims — ICE and Homeland Security have produced nothing but a handful of anecdotes.

ICYM: @cprmarkus.bsky.social and I finished this piece last week and it landed Friday amid a busy news day. We could find no evidence that ICE's claims that assaults on their agents have gone up 1,000 percent nationally. Or in Colorado.

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“No one man can terrorize a whole nation, unless we are all his accomplices.” -Edward R. Murrow

More for you! The way it’s done!

One of the largest school districts in the nation, which was taken over by the state of Texas, deciding to shut out local media (us at chron.com and the Houston Chronicle included) should be a bigger story imo

It’s not the exact funding plan Ds backed 13 times. The March ‘25 CR increased defense spending by $6B & cut non-defense spending by $13B. It’s why most Ds didn’t vote for it, including in the Senate, but 10 Ds did vote to help it clear the filibuster. www.npr.org/2025/03/14/n...

that is sooooooo good!

Portland never stops being Portland.

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Where are the commanding officers of those sailors in the background. How are they letting this happen?

The judge is a woman.

BREAKING: California Gov Gavin Newsom says Trump, blocked by the courts from calling up Oregon National Guard, now instead is sending 300 California Guard troops to Portland. "They are on their way there now. This is a breathtaking abuse of the law and power," Newsom says & adds he will sue.