Seth Klamann

With the help of former Gov. Bill Owens and Colorado’s wealthiest megadonor, Advance Colorado has kept the conservative moment alive and close to power in a blue state. They’re set for an enormous ballot slowdown in November, with opposition finally organizing: www.denverpost.com/2026/09/13/a...

On “60 Minutes,” Tina Peters maintains she didn’t break the law when she participated in a scheme to give an election-denier access to voting equipment. Gov. Polis also gets an interview; asked why he released her amid her resentencing, he says he’d seen what he needed to and had made up his mind.

Centimillionaire Gov. Jared Polis won’t say how much more money he’d have to pay under the graduated income tax proposal he’s been publicly opposing: www.denverpost.com/2026/10/23/j...

In an unsigned statement, an ICE spokesperson did not explain why 78-year-old Edward Nalwamba was denied a wheelchair upon his release. They said the agency was forced to release him because of an “activist judge.” ICE had held him for 13 months and were no closer to deporting him to Uganda.

Some shadowy donors really want Colorado voters to put their personal information on mailed ballots. But they’re not nearly as interested in providing information about who they are, or why they want to overhaul our elections. Or if they even live here. With @coltrain.bsky.social:

At the urging of his archbishop, a prominent Catholic exorcist in the Denver Archdiocese is taking a one-year break from public speaking and interviews which have garnered millions of views on social media.

We’ve interviewed a fair amount of current and former detainees in recent months. It’s striking how many of them are convinced that the American public does not know what’s happening to them inside these detention facilities, because if the public did know, surely none of it would be happening.

Amendment 85 supporters say it would simplify increasingly lengthy and complicated ballots. But critics say it would be used to try to block recent efforts to bring more financial transparency as deep-pocketed outside groups increasingly turn to the ballot to pass sweeping policies.

Maybe the best journalism published in Colorado this year:

Checking in on the Only Democracy in the Middle East.

Lockheed Martin, which has a substantial presence in Colorado, and Palantir, which was headquartered here until earlier this year, each gave $10 million to President Trump’s ballroom, per a list obtained by the Washington Post: www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...

This is not a good result for Victor Marx. This poll, touted by Marx fan accounts on Instagram, was funded by an anti-Boebert group. It did poll Marx/Weiser, per results we reviewed, and did show Marx up one — but in the blood-red 4th Congressional District, not statewide. If he’s only up 1 there…

Republican Victor Marx, if he wins the race for Colorado governor, says he’s bring accountability to state government as a conservative. But how he’d govern is less clear, given a murky campaign.

lol

Took a closer look at Amendment 81, which would open the door to more Colorado cooperation with ICE authorities. Proponents say it targets criminals, but opponents - including Denver’s DA - warn it would have a much wider impact and may lead to racial profiling:

Amendment 81 would not fully upend Colorado’s so-called “sanctuary laws,” which limit cooperation with immigration authorities. But it’s drawn split opinions from some law enforcement officials.

New less-than-forthright messaging here from Colorado Dawn. Say what you will about the fentanyl ballot measure, but it is certainly not chiefly concerned with providing treatment to people who use fentanyl.

Pretty misleading text about the graduated income tax ballot measure (appears to be from conservative group Colorado Dawn, based on text in the image). No evidence the proposal would do this. Notable that this text uses the same language that Polis + Advance Colorado have used in opposing GIT.

Man City’s ownership has always been really shady at best. It became intolerable as the UAE financed a genocide in Sudan, and this latest drama is what happens when you try to bring a sliver of accountability to people who’ve never had to face it before and aren’t interested in starting now.

New: @sethklamann.bsky.social and I talked w/ current & former detainees at Aurora's GEO immigration detention center & reviewed 911 calls to write about what it's really like inside Colorado's only immigrant detention facility. "There is no mercy here." www.denverpost.com/2026/09/27/c...

In new campaign finance reports, another $2 million, from two other Ohio-based dark money outfits, has arrived to bolster this campaign. More than $4 million, all from Ohio conservative groups that don’t disclose their donors, now funding this effort to change how Coloradans vote.

We love the Chiefs, don’t we folks. We love when they win, they are a great favorite of the people.

The proposal would cut the majority of Coloradans’ tax bills by hundreds of dollars, but the highest-earning Coloradans — the top 0.01% — could see their income tax bills almost double.

Jose Mourinho is such a shit coach, so grateful he’s back at Madrid.