ICE raids appear to be 100% responsible for the current housing crunch in south Texas. Indeed, they have brought residential construction to an end.

Phang: If that happened in January, how in the actual hell is Blanche now telling the American people that they suddenly discovered a million more documents? GTFOH. As far back as January, the entirety of the Epstein files were transferred to Main Justice at DOJ…

Editorial cartoonist @dennisgoris.bsky.social is exceptional. Please follow and share (&credit his work).

This is the 290th consecutive week of your Word of Thanks microgiving. You have raised $17,170,175 for non-profits across Colorado. Thank you. If you know of an organization doing exceptional work, please DM me or email [email protected].

Every child deserves to grow up with wonder, joy, and confidence. The Anchor Center for Blind Children changes the lives of kids with visual impairments or blindness - building lifelong skills and independence. I'll match the next fifty $5 donations here: host.nxt.blackbaud.com/adaptive-don...

Surprise, surprise

Healthcare tax credits for working families expire in 5 days. Republicans refuse to extend them. Earlier this month I asked a Republican Congressman a simple question -- why can't his constituents have the same health care coverage he does?

Here are the Top 5 Dogs of the week!

Federal judge blocks ICE from arresting immigrants who show up for court appointments in Northern California

Trump has installed an attorney and part-time beauty salon owner to decide which foreigners are allowed to enter the U.S.

Former Trump Hotel DC guest— www.forbes.com/sites/zachev...

NEW: Alan Dershowitz tells Jeffrey Epstein prosecutor "You are a real mensch:" Newly released emails show that Florida federal prosecutors had "social" meetings with Epstein's lawyers as they worked to mitigate the sex trafficker's sentence. www.miamiherald.com/news/local/a...

This is Colorado's lowest snowpack on record on Christmas Day. Notable note: snowpack records only go back to 1987 (38 years). No matter how you slice it though...absolutely brutal start to the snow season. Especially when you factor in today's rain below 10k feet. #COwx

GOP operatives Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman, convicted election fraudsters, were paid $960,000 in the second quarter to secure a pardon for a former nursing-home operator who defrauded the government of $38 million. Trump pardoned the man, Joseph Schwartz, last month.

Currently raining with temps in the 40s and 50s across many mountain towns right now. A weird sentence to type on Christmas Day. #COwx

Tenet Media founder Lauren Chen, who secretly took money from two people with ties to Russian state media to involve conservative influencers in an unwitting propaganda scheme, is back in the US after being deported to Canada under President Biden. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

One person who has benefited from AquaBounty coming to Pioneer, Ohio is the town’s mayor. His company bought land for $600K before the deal was publicly announced, then flipped that property to AquaBounty for ~$2.1M. (Published Feb.)

On the disorganized, confusing and chaotic way that DOJ is dumping Epstein documents: This is not primarily incompetence. It’s intentional. They could have released more or less orderly files. But confusion and delay are a tactic to try to create public exhaustion and resignation—“we’ll never know.”

Freight trains. Box cars. Stuff them full. And then a quick selection when they arrive at the detention facility to identify those capable of good, hard work. For additional profit, also check for gold in their teeth and smuggled currency.

It's likely going to be raining in Aspen, Vail, and Steamboat Springs on Christmas Day. Lemme repeat that: It's likely going to be raining in Aspen, Vail, and Steamboat Springs on Christmas. My goodness. Go away, October. #COwx

Neighbors complained about noise, security guards, and hordes of traffic. An unlicensed school named after the Zuckerbergs’ pet chicken tipped them over the edge.

Officially Denver's warmest Christmas Eve on record. High of 71° today...and we'll probably have our warmest Christmas on record tomorrow as well. Woot. #COwx

If only we had an amendment to the Constitution that protected speech . . .

“I’m 84 years old. Threats against my life expectancy are kind of hollow. I don’t have much time anyway. I’m more concerned that our democracy is at risk because of the trends against the rule of law.” www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...

how did this guy run an investment bank?

Nine-year-old Ukrainian gymnast Oleksandra Paskal wins bronze.

He either doesn't know how percentages work, or he transparently pretends not to. Either way, does not inspire a lot of confidence bsky.app/profile/atru...

This Xmas, 2 police officers would like someone to finally hang the legally-mandated Jan 6th police honorary plaque at Capitol GOP Congressional leadership has defied March 2023 deadline to do so So officers Dan Hodges & Harry Dunn filed this yesterday storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Just pointing out that this has been the plan all along, aided by the Claremont Institute, and Tom Homan, who have always wanted to see this happen.

concentration camps.

Thanks, @katiephang.bsky.social, for calling out the lawlessness of the Trump Administration. Great to join you to discuss my work standing up for Colorado, protecting the rule of law, and fighting for affordability, opportunity, and resilience for all Coloradans. www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKSX...

SPORTICO: “Riley Gaines received $474,313 in compensation last year from the Leadership Institute, according to the conservative organization’s most recent tax filing… a staggering $420,155 (89%) classified as bonus or incentive compensation…” www.sportico.com/business/med...

This is sinister. If you're wondering why so many people don't report sexual assault, this is why.

Sean Duffy on blue states: "What I can do is I can pull their money. That's the leverage I do have ... I guarantee you that the federal taxpayer is not going to fund their roads and bridges and their systems when they are putting illegals on the roads."

🚨BREAKING: Missourians filed a lawsuit Tuesday asking a court to stop the state from using its new congressional map until voters have the chance to approve or reject the measure in a referendum. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

THIS is among the most important list of documents the public needs to see. www.justice.gov/epstein/file...

The DOJ lawyer who cleared the way for this abortion ban is Josh Craddock, a fetal personhood devotee who believes the 14th Amendment requires states to ban abortion. He also wants to revive the Comstock Act: ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...

At a time when performative politics has become the norm, we’ve tried to do something different: To show up — everywhere. To listen. And to deliver results. We hosted events in 50 different cities this year — including yesterday in Timnath. And we’re just getting started!

Out-of-state traveler possibly exposed people to measles at Denver International Airport this month

Today, Americans can breathe a huge sigh of relief. SCOTUS rejected the Trump Admin’s unprecedented invocation of a little used statute to justify the limitless deployment of National Guard troops on American soil. We look forward to asking the lower courts to reach the same result in CA's case.

The Trump admin sanctions several European officials today after Elon Musk was fined for several violations of their Digital Services Act.

thinking of the fugitive slave act and people who profited from it

The Trump administration has made good on its promise to ban abortion care for veterans. The new directive, obtained by Mother Jones, states that it won’t prohibit care to “pregnant women in life-threatening circumstances, including treatment for ectopic pregnancies or miscarriages."

Denver hit 60°+ yet again today (69° high so far), the 13th time this month Denver has hit 60°. That’s the most 60°+ days in Denver in December since 1980, 4th-most on record. We’ll break that record this week. Zero doubt. #COwx

the owners of the KC Chiefs are worth 25 BILLION. But sure, put the stadium burden on taxpayers. Again.

Trump administration to scrap federal rule requiring transparency into health AI tools  www.statnews.com/2025/12/22/h...

Trump Administration Orders Nearly 30 U.S. Ambassadors to Leave Their Posts (without any explanation). A union representing career diplomats said such a mass recall had never happened in the history of the US Foreign Service www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/u... what could possibly go wrong? #loligarchy

Colorado’s youth detention centers are facing a staffing crisis, leading to serious safety concerns for employees and youth and low worker morale. The Division of Youth Services employs more than 1k employees. Nearly 500 additional jobs remain vacant. www.denverpost.com/2025/12/22/c...