More notable timing: "The IU Media School Task Force, created amid accusations of censorship and negative national publicity, issued its report Friday, calling for clearly outlined administrative roles, policy and editorial independence." www.ipm.org/news/2026-05...

Wrote this for @columjournreview.bsky.social this week: www.cjr.org/analysis/ind...

Colorado bill dealing with administration lobbyists garners support but faces potential veto from Polis buff.ly/Lf28v6M

Minnesota and Los Angeles would like a few words.

Iran would like a word Minnesota would like a word

Gazette newspapers win 51 awards at Top of the Rockies buff.ly/3jcdLbv

Dear Diego Pavia How’s that taste? Signed, Karma

Diego Pavia seems like a guy who will have a successful career in the Canadian Football League

“Fuck that. I’d rather waterboard myself than put on a tuxedo and be used as a prop in a fascist game show host’s ritual of self-love and smug hostility.”

Anybody out there able to run facial recognition software on the C-SPAN feed?

BREAKING: 2 parks/wildllife commission nominees (John Emerick, Christopher Sichko) withdrew their nominations this morning, facing backlash and a possible rejection vote by the state Senate. www.coloradopolitics.com/2026/04/24/w... @coloradopolitics.bsky.social

It really isn't fair to expose Alex Jones to Tim Heidecker like this, the media equivalent of giving a medieval peasant Doritos.

Journalists who are still attending the WHCD this year don't seem to get just how much things have changed. It isn't 1998. You're not going to pose for cute photos with the West Wing stars at "nerd prom." You're enabling a regime who's assaulting your own profession & you're torching your career.

They've always been a special target of fascist dictators ... I wonder why 🤔

I'm crying, this is so funny, he has absolutely no idea.

This is impressively dumb.

We can hear clapping from the suite levels above and/or below us here in the press box, as Fernando Mendoza is confirmed as the No. 1 overall pick in the draft. Then Grant Wilson throws a touchdown pass. The torch is passed. #iufb

A Colorado state Senate panel rejected 2 out of 3 nominees to the state parks & wildlife commission from Gov. Jared Polis. Senate vote on the nominees is Friday. www.coloradopolitics.com/2026/04/22/c... @coloradopolitics.bsky.social

The Texas legislature rammed through a gerrymandering bill at the request of Trump. Virginia actually voted in favor of redistricting to counterbalance what Texas and other Republican-controlled states have done. Yet only one is considered a "power grab." Oligarch-owned media in a nutshell.

I'm having a hard time believing my eyes with water data this year. The Colorado River mainstem through Grand Junction was flowing at 54 cfs last night. Not a typo. 54 cfs. Last year on this date it was flowing at 1,420cfs. Even in 2002, the driest year on record, it was at 690cfs on April 22.

A federal judge has thrown out Patel’s defamation claim against Frank Figliuzzi, a former FBI official, who told MS Now that Patel had “been visible at nightclubs far more than he has been on the seventh floor” of the bureau’s Washington headquarters. trib.al/FZWD1uR

CO Rep. Lauren Boebert amended her 2024 financial disclosure earlier this month. It now includes a personal loan of between $15,001-$50,000. This would have been around the time she was moving to #CO04 from #CO03. #copolitics

New: Kash Patel's FBI launched an unnecessary raid on the home of a former Capitol Police officer, based on Jan. 6 conspiracy theories from right-wing media outlet The Blaze.

During the annual Rio Grande Compact Commission meeting, officials reported they expect river flows to be among the lowest in history this year.

BREAKING: Colorado House ethics committee to investigate complaint against Rep. Mandy Lindsay for misappropriation of caucus funds. Committee meets tomorrow. www.coloradopolitics.com/2026/04/21/c... @coloradopolitics.bsky.social

BREAKING: Feds order Flaming Gorge drop to save imperiled Lake Powell from potential structural failure. Record-breaking heat and historically low snowpack have reduced water storage on the Colorado River system to 36%, officials say. - @wyofile.com wyofile.com/feds-order-f...

Until we meet again…

To be clear, the @nytimes.com is not boycotting this dinner in particular. It has banned participation since 2008. Dean Baquet's explanation: "It just feels like it sends the wrong signal to our readers and viewers, like we are all in it together and it is all a game. It feels uncomfortable.”

Are the @nytimes.com and @huffpost.com the only major media outlets refusing to prostrate themselves to Trump, and boycotting this White House Correspondents dinner abomination? There is no excuse for anyone to attend.

Cannabis overhaul introduced in Colorado Senate buff.ly/KHQtt6Z

A former Republican candidate's nonprofit launched with big pro-business plans, but then gave nearly all its money to conservative group Advance Colorado...for 3 months' of social media posts?

Wet towel in space: NASA astronaut demonstrates how surface tension forms a perfect water sphere in microgravity at the ISS

I hope dem presidential candidates are paying attention. 👀

Oh, look. Rick Scott, one of if not the biggest Medicare fraudster of all time, has an opinion. www.politifact.com/factchecks/2...

This is a great story and well worth reading!

Colorado's Supreme Court just heard arguments on whether Children's Hospital Colo. should resume gender-affirming care to trans plaintiffs in the face of federal threats. Everyone sees the hospital is caught between Trump and the child patients. Justice Rich Gabriel summed up the existential problem

Republican state representative’s demand that Colorado’s budget bill be read aloud cost taxpayers upwards of $10K coloradosun.com/2026/04/14/b... #copolitics #coleg

Somewhere between a roadside Red Lobster and a three-Michelin-starred dining room is the best free restaurant bread in the country. @caity.bsky.social surveyed more than 500 people and traveled more than 13,000 miles on a quest to track it down:

The White House Correspondents' Dinner later this month – with Trump as guest of honor – is shaping up as an embarrassing surrender to a criminal president who is trying to destroy the free press. Cancel the damn dinner. My Stop the Presses newsletter.

Unbelievable stuff from the Washington Post on behalf of Jeff Bezos today.

SPJ has renamed its national award for ethics in journalism in recognition of our departed friend Fred Brown, a veteran Colorado journalist, champion of high ethical standards for journalism, and a longtime state and national SPJ leader. Also, a celebration of Fred's life is planned for May 7.

Rep. Scott Bottoms, R-Colorado Springs, who accused the state House & Senate & governor's office of running human trafficking rings, is absent without permission for a 2nd straight day at the state House, which is casting votes on the legislature's most important responsibility: the state budget.

Take a look at the CNN sourcing and fact-checking on their Swalwell article. Look at how many extra people they contacted in order to corroborate claims. They viewed screenshots, called parents/husbands/friends/colleagues. They viewed TV footage and interviews, & more. Two things worth pointing out:

A rare & wonderful sight at Colorado House: former Gov. Roy Romer, the last governor to serve three terms and last rural governor of Colorado, is here. He looks very good for 97! He's here for a resolution dedicating a portion of I-25 in Denver County in his honor. @coloradopolitics.bsky.social

At this hour: the Colorado House is, for the first time that I can remember in the 28 years I've covered the lege, reading the long bill (2026-27 budget) at length. It's 661 pages and the estimate is for about 15 hours.

Welp, we're really doing this. The budget bill (long bill) is being read at length. Estimated to take 15 hours. By House rules, Rep. Brandi Bradley (who asked for the reading) has to remain in the chambers for the entire time, or her request is rescinded. #copolitics #coleg

NEW: Colorado’s Court of Appeals ruled that the legislature was within its rights to restrict counties from contracting with the feds or private entities on immigration detention: www.coloradopolitics.com/2026/04/09/c...