Chase Woodruff
@chasewoodruff.bsky.social
Reporter, @coloradonewsline.com
You absolutely cannot separate the possibility of clemency for Tina Peters from stuff like this. Every individual act of defiance by state and local Dems raises the cost and degree of difficulty of federal coercion. Every concession normalizes it and incentivizes more, across the board.
Breaking news: The Justice Department has issued subpoenas for Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey as part of an investigation alleging that they are impeding federal law enforcement officers’ abilities to do their jobs in the state.
Justice Dept. launches criminal investigation of Minnesota governor
The Justice Department has issued subpoenas for Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey as part of an investigation into impeding law enforcement.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 17, 2026 at 1:12 AM
You absolutely cannot separate the possibility of clemency for Tina Peters from stuff like this. Every individual act of defiance by state and local Dems raises the cost and degree of difficulty of federal coercion. Every concession normalizes it and incentivizes more, across the board.
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Decent story but infuriating that this is still being cast as a good-faith institution that failed to achieve its lofty goals rather than a fundamentally cynical right-wing project.
Look what Bari Weiss is doing to CBS! Why would you assume her goal here was any different?
Look what Bari Weiss is doing to CBS! Why would you assume her goal here was any different?
January 16, 2026 at 10:31 PM
Decent story but infuriating that this is still being cast as a good-faith institution that failed to achieve its lofty goals rather than a fundamentally cynical right-wing project.
Look what Bari Weiss is doing to CBS! Why would you assume her goal here was any different?
Look what Bari Weiss is doing to CBS! Why would you assume her goal here was any different?
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Colorado at 150: On the morning of Jan. 15, 1876, Boulder’s leading citizens gathered at the train depot to welcome Colorado Gov. John Routt from the territorial capital, who had been invited to inspect the future site of the soon-to-be state’s flagship university.
By @chasewoodruff.bsky.social
By @chasewoodruff.bsky.social
In 1876, Colorado's new public university in Boulder stood finished but empty | Colorado Newsline
In 1876, the University of Colorado trustees were eager to show off to Gov. Routt the 55-acre site donated by the town to the new college.
coloradonewsline.com
January 16, 2026 at 3:29 PM
Colorado at 150: On the morning of Jan. 15, 1876, Boulder’s leading citizens gathered at the train depot to welcome Colorado Gov. John Routt from the territorial capital, who had been invited to inspect the future site of the soon-to-be state’s flagship university.
By @chasewoodruff.bsky.social
By @chasewoodruff.bsky.social
In a week, we've gone from "contradict(s) Trump administration account" to "sheds light on contested moments." The new footage *strengthens* the original conclusion but somehow the language gets *softened*. Not the video team's fault but something is really broken.
January 16, 2026 at 5:01 AM
In a week, we've gone from "contradict(s) Trump administration account" to "sheds light on contested moments." The new footage *strengthens* the original conclusion but somehow the language gets *softened*. Not the video team's fault but something is really broken.
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if you try to focus on Trump’s authoritarianism, Schumer will deflect and say people want us to focus on affordability. but when Zohran Mamdani made affordability the heart of his campaign Schumer refused to endorse him because they disagree about Israel. it’s all mealy mouthed bullshit.
January 15, 2026 at 6:50 PM
if you try to focus on Trump’s authoritarianism, Schumer will deflect and say people want us to focus on affordability. but when Zohran Mamdani made affordability the heart of his campaign Schumer refused to endorse him because they disagree about Israel. it’s all mealy mouthed bullshit.
I've been thinking a lot about this quote again lately. Not so much the sentiment (which Johnston quickly walked back anyway) but how it betrays a real lack of preparation and imagination on the part of elected Dems about how this would all play out. denverite.com/2024/11/20/d...
January 15, 2026 at 8:54 PM
I've been thinking a lot about this quote again lately. Not so much the sentiment (which Johnston quickly walked back anyway) but how it betrays a real lack of preparation and imagination on the part of elected Dems about how this would all play out. denverite.com/2024/11/20/d...
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That is what was relayed
January 15, 2026 at 4:09 AM
That is what was relayed
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And @mprnews.org’ Chris Farrell tried: www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
January 14, 2026 at 7:19 PM
And @mprnews.org’ Chris Farrell tried: www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
The fact that we’re getting this a full week later suggests to me that this something the administration has been trying to get somebody to print for days, and was so non-credible that not even Fox would oblige them.
I have full confidence that the two bylined reporters indeed heard this from U.S. officials, but to go ahead and uncritically report it as such when we all saw the video is just humiliating. What is happening at CBS, man.
ICE agent who shot Renee Good suffered internal bleeding, officials say
Jonathan Ross, who shot Renee Good in Minneapolis last week, suffered internal bleeding after the incident, two officials said, though it's not clear how extensive the bleeding was.
www.cbsnews.com
January 14, 2026 at 7:06 PM
The fact that we’re getting this a full week later suggests to me that this something the administration has been trying to get somebody to print for days, and was so non-credible that not even Fox would oblige them.
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I love the loaded baked potato soup at CBS News. Made with real ale from a local brewery.
Update — Here is what the new apparent CBS News segment "Whiskey Fridays with Tony Dokoupil" may look like:
January 13, 2026 at 11:38 PM
I love the loaded baked potato soup at CBS News. Made with real ale from a local brewery.
"How should Colorado Dems deal with Trump's retribution campaign?" is a question worth asking. I can't think of a less objective "analyst" to answer it than a shareholder in a major lobbying firm that sells access to top Trump officials (and employs former ones) www.denverpost.com/2026/01/13/d...
January 13, 2026 at 11:40 PM
"How should Colorado Dems deal with Trump's retribution campaign?" is a question worth asking. I can't think of a less objective "analyst" to answer it than a shareholder in a major lobbying firm that sells access to top Trump officials (and employs former ones) www.denverpost.com/2026/01/13/d...
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New story from @jcollins.bsky.social on ICE attempts to intimidate ICE Watch observers in Minneapolis, including ICE letting them know they know where they live—by leading them to their homes www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
January 13, 2026 at 2:40 PM
New story from @jcollins.bsky.social on ICE attempts to intimidate ICE Watch observers in Minneapolis, including ICE letting them know they know where they live—by leading them to their homes www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
How many times in the last week have DHS agents explicitly invoked Renee Good's death to threaten to extrajudicially kill someone and it *hasn't* been caught on video?
January 13, 2026 at 6:14 PM
How many times in the last week have DHS agents explicitly invoked Renee Good's death to threaten to extrajudicially kill someone and it *hasn't* been caught on video?
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Wow — New YouGov / Economist poll:
46% support abolishing ICE
43% oppose abolishing ICE
This is the first time that abolishing ICE has received net positive support
46% support abolishing ICE
43% oppose abolishing ICE
This is the first time that abolishing ICE has received net positive support
January 13, 2026 at 2:38 PM
Wow — New YouGov / Economist poll:
46% support abolishing ICE
43% oppose abolishing ICE
This is the first time that abolishing ICE has received net positive support
46% support abolishing ICE
43% oppose abolishing ICE
This is the first time that abolishing ICE has received net positive support
There's no better way to do it because the entire idea is silly, but it's so so so funny for Weiss and Dokoupil to come to Colorado on their two-week private-jet tour of Real America and end up... talking to a few people on 16th Street and interviewing the governor at Union Station??
January 13, 2026 at 12:59 AM
There's no better way to do it because the entire idea is silly, but it's so so so funny for Weiss and Dokoupil to come to Colorado on their two-week private-jet tour of Real America and end up... talking to a few people on 16th Street and interviewing the governor at Union Station??
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There are Bari Weisses everywhere for those with the eyes to see defector.com/bari-weiss-i...
Bari Weiss Is The Symptom | Defector
Who says Bari Weiss doesn’t know how to run a newsroom? “My general view here,” the CBS News editor-in-chief wrote in a memo before shelving the now-infamous 60 Minutes report on El Salvador’s CECOT c...
defector.com
January 12, 2026 at 5:19 PM
There are Bari Weisses everywhere for those with the eyes to see defector.com/bari-weiss-i...
Imagining squawking flocks of birds and all the beasts of forest and fen fleeing headlong from the subtle telluric currents and infrasonic waves radiating outward from the location the Polis-Dokoupil interview
January 12, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Imagining squawking flocks of birds and all the beasts of forest and fen fleeing headlong from the subtle telluric currents and infrasonic waves radiating outward from the location the Polis-Dokoupil interview
I don't know what percentage of the democratic backsliding this country has experienced over the last decade can be attributed to the pattern of elite journalistic failure embodied in the use of the word "clash" here, but it's not zero.
Breaking News: U.S. prosecutors are said to have opened an inquiry into Jerome Powell, an escalation of the clash between the Fed chair and President Trump.
Federal Prosecutors Are Said to Have Opened Inquiry Into Fed Chair Powell
The investigation, which centers on renovations of the Federal Reserve’s headquarters in Washington, signals an escalation in the long-running clash between President Trump and the chair.
nyti.ms
January 12, 2026 at 12:49 AM
I don't know what percentage of the democratic backsliding this country has experienced over the last decade can be attributed to the pattern of elite journalistic failure embodied in the use of the word "clash" here, but it's not zero.
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Crucial context: ICE agents have typically been taught not to get scared, shoot fleeing moms in the head, and then call them a bitch afterwards on days 48 and 49 of their training.
Chris Murphy: "The amount of training that's given to an ICE officer has been cut in half by this administration. The number of days of training they get are 47. You know why they get 47 days? As an homage to the vanity of POTUS. No wonder the number of violent incidents are going through the roof."
January 11, 2026 at 5:54 PM
Crucial context: ICE agents have typically been taught not to get scared, shoot fleeing moms in the head, and then call them a bitch afterwards on days 48 and 49 of their training.
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The Virgin Democratic Party Establishment Candidate: "ICE isn't coordinating with local police. This is no way to bring down prices!"
The Chad Episcopalian Bishop: "I have instructed my priests to prepare for martyrdom."
The Chad Episcopalian Bishop: "I have instructed my priests to prepare for martyrdom."
At last night’s candlelight vigil for Renee Nicole Good, Bishop Rob Hirschfeld of the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire announced he had asked the clergy of the diocese to get their affairs in order and to make sure they have their wills written ...,
January 11, 2026 at 3:52 AM
The Virgin Democratic Party Establishment Candidate: "ICE isn't coordinating with local police. This is no way to bring down prices!"
The Chad Episcopalian Bishop: "I have instructed my priests to prepare for martyrdom."
The Chad Episcopalian Bishop: "I have instructed my priests to prepare for martyrdom."
How can a 34,000-acre airport that has covered 230 of those acres with solar panels over an 18-year period during which the kWh cost of solar has fallen by 95% continue to add generating capacity?
I am willing to sell the “solution” to the city for a mere $1.24999 million.
I am willing to sell the “solution” to the city for a mere $1.24999 million.
January 10, 2026 at 9:17 PM
How can a 34,000-acre airport that has covered 230 of those acres with solar panels over an 18-year period during which the kWh cost of solar has fallen by 95% continue to add generating capacity?
I am willing to sell the “solution” to the city for a mere $1.24999 million.
I am willing to sell the “solution” to the city for a mere $1.24999 million.
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Copy editors and all other headline writers should have bylines so people can scream at whoever actually wrote the headline instead of the reporter(s) who wrote the story
January 10, 2026 at 4:59 PM
Copy editors and all other headline writers should have bylines so people can scream at whoever actually wrote the headline instead of the reporter(s) who wrote the story
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WSJ investigation: In the past 6 months ICE agents have fired at vehicles 13 times, leading to:
* 8 people shot
* 5 of which were U.S. citizens
* 2 died
* no victims drew a weapon
The playbook: Agents box in a vehicle, block attempts to flee, then fire
www.wsj.com/us-news/vide...
* 8 people shot
* 5 of which were U.S. citizens
* 2 died
* no victims drew a weapon
The playbook: Agents box in a vehicle, block attempts to flee, then fire
www.wsj.com/us-news/vide...
Videos Show How ICE Vehicle Stops Can Escalate to Shootings
A WSJ visual investigation found that the Minneapolis ICE killing is one of 13 incidents where federal immigration agents have used deadly force against civilians in vehicles since July.
www.wsj.com
January 10, 2026 at 3:44 PM
WSJ investigation: In the past 6 months ICE agents have fired at vehicles 13 times, leading to:
* 8 people shot
* 5 of which were U.S. citizens
* 2 died
* no victims drew a weapon
The playbook: Agents box in a vehicle, block attempts to flee, then fire
www.wsj.com/us-news/vide...
* 8 people shot
* 5 of which were U.S. citizens
* 2 died
* no victims drew a weapon
The playbook: Agents box in a vehicle, block attempts to flee, then fire
www.wsj.com/us-news/vide...
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The only way the next democratic administration is going to do anything even somewhat resembling reforming and rooting out lawless thugs from ICE and elsewhere is due to sustained popular pressure. Otherwise, the instinct from the Dem elite to just turn the page and move on is going to be massive
A woman recording an ICE agent tells him "Shame on you."
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
January 10, 2026 at 3:29 PM
The only way the next democratic administration is going to do anything even somewhat resembling reforming and rooting out lawless thugs from ICE and elsewhere is due to sustained popular pressure. Otherwise, the instinct from the Dem elite to just turn the page and move on is going to be massive
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"A chronic, devastating cancer in American society is prominent Democrats outright refusing to share their constituents' urgency and horror in the face of what is being done to society by Republicans..."
January 9, 2026 at 9:19 PM
"A chronic, devastating cancer in American society is prominent Democrats outright refusing to share their constituents' urgency and horror in the face of what is being done to society by Republicans..."