Nick Coltrain

Colorado Democrats ramp up anti-ICE strategy after raids, killings: ‘The community’s been calling for it’ “The biggest change I’ve seen is they’re actually talking about (immigration), and they’re not scared,” an activist said of federal and state lawmakers. “It&#821…

Last year, a Democratic lawmaker readying a congressional run voted against a bill limiting state cooperation with ICE. This morning, the candidate, Shannon Bird, put out a plan to “hold ICE accountable.” On the shifting dynamics of Democrats’ immigration politics: www.denverpost.com/2026/02/08/c...

Trump Is Hosting Governors at the White House, but Only Republicans

President Donald Trump "personally blocked" Colorado Gov. Jared Polis from receiving an invite to a White House dinner for the nations governors, per NYT

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/u... #copolitics #coleg

The murder of the Washington Post is devastating for journalism and for Americans’ ability to chronicle and understand our own society. Another case study of what happens when invaluable civic institutions fall into the hands of fundamentally uncivic billionaires.

Let’s remember Lummis owns $$$ worth of BTC. Of freakin’ course she wants the government to buy.

Journalists Georgia Fort, Don Lemon among 4 arrested over protest during St. Paul church service The arrests are tied to a demonstration at a church that has a pastor who is also an ICE official.

“In America, we do not arrest journalists for doing their jobs. The Minnesota journalism community stands united in defense of press freedom and the essential role reporting plays in holding power to account.”

Update: In a new statement - sent 12 hrs after publication - Gov. Polis' spokeswoman said the office is "taking this very seriously and (is) demanding that HCPF ensure it never happens again."

"We are taking actions like requesting future audits ... and are working to ensure full transparency."

Jury finds former Colorado senator guilty of four felonies for faked letters of support in probe The falsely attributed letters drew the attention of the Denver District Attorney’s Office, which brought the felony charges against Jaquez Lewis.

A jury found former Colorado state Sen. Sonya Jaquez Lewis guilty today of 3 counts of forgery and 1 charge of attempting to influence a public servant, all felonies that stemmed from allegations that the Longmont Democrat mistreated aides while in office // Story by @coltrain.bsky.social

ICE investigates after Colorado group says agents left ‘death cards’ in arrested immigrants’ abandoned cars Immigration agents operating near Vail left branded ace of spades playing cards in cars left behind after immigrants’ arrests this week, an advocacy group alleged. ICE is investigating.

In Colorado, ICE accused of leaving “death cards” in arrested immigrants’ abandoned cars. Via @sethklamann.bsky.social

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Live: Man shot by federal agents in south Minneapolis this morning, witnesses say A video appears to shows federal agents wrestling a man to the ground then shooting him.

Man shot by federal agents has died, police chief says
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Protesters decry new immigration detention facility in northern Colorado: ‘ICE is trying to do this in secret’ The ACLU of Colorado sued ICE multiple times last year, forcing the agency to turn over documents that revealed plans for additional detention centers in the state.

Protests are happening right now in Hudson over federal plans to reopen a shuttered prison for ICE detention.
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Immigration officers assert sweeping power to enter homes without a judge's warrant, memo says An Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo obtained by The Associated Press reveals that the agency allows immigration officers to forcibly enter homes to make arrests without a judicial warrant.

BREAKING: Immigration officers are asserting sweeping power to enter homes without a judge’s warrant, a memo obtained by AP says.

Tina Peters grabs, shoves fellow inmate in brief scuffle, video shows The Denver Post obtained the video footage Monday night.

New: Tina Peters was involved in a brief scuffle with a fellow inmate Sunday night, and video shows Peter grabbing and shoving the other woman as the other inmate tries to move a cart out of the way of closet door: www.denverpost.com/2026/01/19/c...

Gov. Jared Polis stops releasing prisoners who’ve spent decades behind bars for youthful crime Colorado’s governor has not approved any of the program’s graduates for early release since 2023 — an about-face from the prior three years.

Gov. Jared Polis unilaterally stalled a specialized prison program aimed at rehabilitating and releasing people who have served decades for crimes committed as juveniles and young adults, @denverpost.com's Shelly Bradbury reports. After 2023, Polis stopped signing off on the early releases.

so former Rep. Doug Lamborn converted his campaign account to a PAC recently. Promoting American Values filed its year-end report and $7,500 of $8,245 spent went to the company owned by Lamborn's wife. #copolitics

NEW: A family member confirms to 9NEWS that Renee Good, the woman killed by ICE in Minneapolis today, was originally from the Colorado Springs area.

How CU Boulder’s student news site got taken over by AI slop The imposter site is confusing readers with articles that appear to be generated by artificial intelligence and is siphoning pageviews from real student reporting, the CUI’s journalists say.

Kind of a wild story here.

A mystery person took control of CU Boulder's student news outlet & turned it into AI slop.

The students made a new website & lawyered up. But, it turns out, AI is a hard beast to fight.

www.denverpost.com/2026/01/05/c... via @denverpost.com

Colorado prison backlogs for sex offender rehabilitation lead to missed parole dates, others getting out without treatment “What it’s intended to do is to lock up the most dangerous sexual offenders until they are safe to rejoin society,” a state oversight board member says. “That is not how it works …

Colorado requires many sex offenders to complete treatment before leaving prison. But a chronic shortage of providers means hundreds have languished past their initial parole date, while nearly 2,000 more - sex offenders under a different sentence - were released with no treatment: trib.al/LubH0ty

CFOIC’s 2025 year in review: press freedom battles, a vetoed records bill, a ‘private’ judicial system, auto-deleted Signal texts and a $25.4 million CORA request - Colorado Freedom of Information Coa... Coloradans fought for press freedom and freedom of information in 2025 in settings as small as the Eastern Plains town of Bennett and as big as the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C.

CFOIC's year in review: Coloradans fought for press freedom and freedom of information in 2025 in settings as small as the Eastern Plains town of Bennett and as big as the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C.

Immigration judge weighs release of activist Jeanette Vizguerra after ICE sought to block media’s court access An immigration judge will decide in the coming days whether to temporarily release immigrant rights activist Jeanette Vizguerra after a Friday bail hearing.

"Proceedings were delayed Friday morning after personnel at the detention center, which is privately run by the Geo Group, told reporters and supporters that they couldn’t enter the courtroom." // Story by @sethklamann.bsky.social

State Sen. Faith Winter legally drunk at time of fatal crash, investigators find State Sen. Faith Winter was intoxicated and at fault for the November car accident in which she was killed, Arapahoe County investigators said Friday.

Colorado state Sen. Faith Winter was legally intoxicated and at fault for the November car accident in which she was killed, Arapahoe County investigators said Friday // Story by @sethklamann.bsky.social

Trump moves to shut down Boulder climate research lab NCAR U.S. lawmakers representing Colorado called the planned NCAR closure “deeply dangerous” and “blatantly retaliatory.”

U.S. Rep. Joe Neguse, a Democrat who represents Boulder, called the move to close NCAR “a deeply dangerous — and blatantly retaliatory action against Colorado — by the Trump administration.” // Story by @laurenpenington.bsky.social

ADVISORY NOTICE OF NONCOMPLIANCE WITH COURT RULES/PROCEDURES: re: 1 Complaint, 2 MOTION to Compel Production of Documents Demanded Pursuant to the Civil Rights Act of 1960 filed by attorney Brittany E. Bennett. The s/signature did not match the filer name on the account for which the login and password are registered. DO NOT REFILE THE DOCUMENT. Action to take - future documents must be filed pursuant to D.C.COLO.LCivR 5.1(a) and 4.3(c) of the Electronic Case Filing Procedures (Civil cases). (Text Only Entry) (echa, ) (Entered: 12/11/2025) ADVISORY NOTICE. Attorney Brittany E. Bennett attempted to enter an appearance in this case by filing a pleading with a digital signature, ECF 5. D.C.COLO.LAttyR 5(a)(5) requires that an attorney be a member of the bar of this Court to enter a valid appearance as counsel of record. Counsel does not appear on the Attorney Roll of this Court because Counsel has not been admitted to practice in the District of Colorado; therefore, the purported entry of appearance by counsel cannot be recognized. Upon admission to the bar of this Court, counsel may then file a Notice of Entry of Appearance in this case. (Text Only Entry) (adubo) (Entered: 12/11/2025)

Not a big deal in the grand scheme of things, but the Justice Department attorney who just filed the lawsuit against Colorado seeking voter records apparently didn't understand the district court's relevant rules for doing so:

President Donald Trump claims to pardon Tina Peters — a power he does not have, experts say Doug Spencer, a constitutional law professor at the University of Colorado, called it “sad that our president hasn’t read or doesn’t understand a basic tenet of the U.S. Constitut…

President Donald Trump claimed to grant imprisoned former Colorado county clerk Tina Peters a “full pardon” tonight — a power constitutional law experts say he cannot wield for a person convicted of state-level crimes // Story by @coltrain.bsky.social

A Denver building for elderly and disabled residents wanted to unionize. The private-equity landlord had other ideas. Residents involved in the tenants union say they want a voice to help them improve living conditions.

This story shows the lengths to which a private-equity landlord will go to quash its tenants’ union efforts, organizers allege, using aggressive tactics honed by employers in the days before the National Labor Relations Act.

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Federal agents arrest citizen observer watching ICE detain neighbors on her north Minneapolis block Susan Tincher, a 55-year-old American citizen, appears to be the first observer arrested by federal immigration enforcement officers since the agency launched an immigration surge in the Twin Cities l...

“She has marks on her neck and wrist from where agents restrained her. Agents cut off her wedding ring and held her in leg shackles at Whipple Federal Building for about five hours.”

Her crime: witnessing ICE, from a distance.

How allies of Sen. John Hickenlooper tried to ward off a progressive challenge by Julie Gonzales In interviews, state Sen. Julie Gonzales and her consultants described a “pattern of pressure” undertaken by allies of U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper to try to stop her from entering the r…

NEW: How allies of Sen. John Hickenlooper tried to ward off a progressive challenge in the primary by state Sen. Julie Gonzales. It didn't work. Read @sethklamann.bsky.social: www.denverpost.com/2025/12/09/c...

Colorado state senator launches progressive primary challenge of U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper State Sen. Julie Gonzales says her candidacy against U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper represents a fork in the road for the Democratic Party. Last month’s elections solidified her decision to run,…

New: Colorado state senator launches progressive primary challenge of U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper www.denverpost.com/2025/12/08/c... via @sethklamann.bsky.social

Gov. Polis tweets favorably about a writer (Hanania) who spent the earlier part of the century writing for white supremacist websites and more recently contributed to Project 2025 and, separately, called for “more policing, incarceration, and surveillance of black people.”

Democratic Sen. Faith Winter changed State Capitol culture in the #MeToo era The senator was killed in an I-25 traffic crash last week

Great reporting from @bentebirkeland.bsky.social on Faith Winter’s courage in standing up against sexual harassment at the #copolitics Capitol. RIP 😓

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