Phil Weiser and Melat Kiros will be my guests tonight on Next, 6pm on 9NEWS/streaming

Mesa County rescuers coordinate largest-ever evacuation of 123 campers as Snyder fire exploded near the Colorado River

If the current numbers in CO HD1 hold up, we are really going to see an interesting conversation over whether "all politics is local" or whether "look at this 'democratic' socialist"...

UPDATE: Pueblo County officials ordered more mandatory evacuations related to the Aspen Acres and Gold Mountain fires for people living in the North Creek area, including Central Road to the Custer County Line, just before 6 p.m.

@kylec.bsky.social @jesseapaul.bsky.social @ryanhasaquestion.bsky.social Is there any live online coverage/updates of the Colorado primaries tonight through any of your (or anyone else's) outlets? Thank you for all you do.

Reminder to Colorado journalists: if you’re interviewing a winning candidate who usually claims that elections are rigged, ask them why this election was rigged in their favor.

Several huge wildfires burning across Colorado tonight. Most of the state is covered in smoke thick smoke. Denver ranks among the top-10 worst air quality globally, per IQair. #COwx

Emily Barker was one of two women who died fighting a large forest fire in Colorado this week.

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Yikes: The Aspen Acres Fire southwest of Pueblo is already estimated at nearly 23,000 acres, per the NIFC. It was first reported less than 12 hours ago. The Pueblo County Sheriff says "no air support is currently available" because of 100 mph winds.

I think what Jesse is saying here is that there's still time to vote for me as a write-in candidate.

The mountain west (U.S.) is on fire, with more starting every day. While I don't want to hurt the tourism industry (or ruin your plans), this is not the time to travel to Colorado, Utah, etc.

Happy to see King Soopers (and I'm assuming the entire Kroger family, but I'm not sure) now allowing "fuel points" to also be redeemed simply for cash back on groceries. For those of us with EVs, we haven't been able to use those points.

The fire near Ouray looks particularly dangerous. (This is just from the videos I've seen, looks are not always the most reliable indicator of the danger).

I'm beginning to think some folks have such a high standard to support a candidate that they'll never be able to support one. To be clear, I think everyone should think through this in terms of their own beliefs and principles, but at some point you do have to decide among the available choices.

I believe he (probably) doesn't even pay into Social Security right now because he has no earned income. His spending is primarily the "buy, borrow, die" strategy.

Another day of very high fire danger with 30-40+ mph winds in the mountains. Unfortunately will be another difficult day for firefighters battling the Snyder and Ferris fires (and others). Conditions improve marginally tomorrow + Tuesday as the strongest wind moves east. #COwx

This is tragic. And while fighting wildfires has always been dangerous, our climate crisis is making it more and more dangerous each year.

Imagine if hundreds of people died in hurricane or floods smashing through Europe Heatwaves have already killed that many ppl. They are a silent killer in that they dont generate outrage or fear. Hope this by @economist.com helps save lives as Europeans wake up to danger bsky.app/profile/eate...

Today's ExempliFI Conference seemed to go well (after some initial tech difficulties getting the projectors to cooperate). We had about 76 folks total and people seemed engaged and reasonably happy (we'll see how the conference evals turn out assuming folks decide to complete them :-).

So no thinking about things while looking at the water, what’s that called again?

I think we all want to know how he left the building...

I really wish the GOP would decide whether we are becoming socialist or communist. I don’t know which paid protestors to send money to.

“If we don’t eliminate voting, we’ll lose elections.”

Musk says not a single person has died due to him axing USAID. Sadly, part of my job involves tracking aid spending. So here’s a thread with just some of the people who lost their lives because of USAID cuts

Looking forward to the Kinky Bookkeeping Bluesky account.

No matter which candidates you prefer(red), there is something encouraging about this diversity.

Duck, duck, duck, duck,....goosestep!

NEW: Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued for Denver, Fort Collins, Greeley, Pueblo and most of the I-25 corridor until **1 a.m.** tonight. Up to softball-size hail possible tonight, along with isolated damaging winds. #COwx

Kiva is an easy way to make a real difference in someone's life. Will you join me in helping Kellen in Kyarushesha to pursue their dream? www.kiva.org/invitedby/ka...

Eastern Colorado farmers brace for worst wheat harvest since 1965

New Post: Book Recommendation: The Second Estate: How the Tax Code Made an American Aristocracy fischfinancial.org/2026/06/22/b...

You know, it's almost as if Brexit was a bad idea.

Okay. Which one of you launched GLP-1's at Jupiter?

An astonishing expose of the secret directives Tulsi Gabbard received throughout her political career. They appear to have come from the leader of the cult to which she belonged.

Something that's just occurred to me. Many agree with Trump that Iran should not be allowed to have a nuclear weapon. Their religious fanaticism should disqualify them. Then I realize that there's no more insane unpredictable leader than Trump himself. He should never have control of nukes. Never.

OK, that sounds bad, but it’s enough to buy this 1999 Jeep Grand Cherokee with 226K miles at Karl Malone Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram in Heber City, Utah. Though it might not be enough to cover gas money to get back to Colorado.

Douglas County folks, I would encourage you to consider signing this petition to get this issue (expanding Douglas County commissioners from 3 to 5 and making at least some of them regional instead of all at large): www.3to5dougco.com

For the educators who take my financial literacy class, almost all of them say they will work some after retiring from teaching. Educators may be different, but the stats aren't in their favor. www.usatoday.com/story/money/...

Runaway Warming Today is #ShowYourStripes day. A day when those concerned about the climate challenge raise awareness. I helped start the day in 2018 with the genius creator of the Warming Stripes Prof Ed Hawkins and the incredible BernadetteWoods It’s grown by leaps and bounds globally since 1/

The three players in this photo: 1. Nigerian heritage, grew up in England, and is only a citizen thanks to birthright citizenship. 2. Born + raised in Holland, has a dad who immigrated to the US from Suriname. 3. Said he wanted to “make people who look like me proud” while playing on Juneteenth

Happy Independence Day!

Thoughts and prayers for the couch.

Today in bad tables, this one from Vanguard's 2026 How America Saves. (What they mean is that 71% of the plans that offer automatic enrollment also offer auto escalate.)

New Post: Is PERA Paying Its Investment Staff Too Much? fischfinancial.org/2026/06/18/i...

I think all of the candidates for the contested races in the Colorado Democratic primary are good and would do a good job. FWIW, here is who I will be voting for: Senate: Julie Gonzales Governor: Phil Weiser Secretary of State: Jessie Danielson Attorney General: Hetal Doshi