Mike Littwin
@mlittwin.bsky.social
Colorado Sun columnist. Befuddled citizen of country in MAGA ruin. Remember when my kind of journalists were called newspapermen or newspaperwomen. And also when newspapers were newspapers.
Just got back from Mexico City, with a grandson on spring break. We had a great time, and we were even allowed to return to the US, although our trip inevitably turned into an Ugly American apology tour. We didn’t even have to go to Plan B—applying for asylum in Mexico. My latest column in the Sun:
Littwin: While I was on spring break, Trump and Musk were busy breaking everything in sight
I was heartened by the huge and fearless Sanders/AOC rally at Civic Center park. But then came the Signal-gate scandal, and who isn’t afraid?
coloradosun.com
March 28, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Just got back from Mexico City, with a grandson on spring break. We had a great time, and we were even allowed to return to the US, although our trip inevitably turned into an Ugly American apology tour. We didn’t even have to go to Plan B—applying for asylum in Mexico. My latest column in the Sun:
Is Trump throwing Liddle Marco under the bus? Is anyone surprised? And, on a related topic, when do you think the bus comes for Elon?
Trump said he didn’t sign the Alien Enemies Act proclamation. So who — or what — did?
Did Trump misspeak? Is he trying to deflect a decision under heavy legal scrutiny onto Secretary of State Marco Rubio?
www.washingtonpost.com
March 22, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Is Trump throwing Liddle Marco under the bus? Is anyone surprised? And, on a related topic, when do you think the bus comes for Elon?
More delusional than I thought, too.
if rahm wants to run he is even more delusional than i thought www.politico.com/news/magazin...
Rahm Emanuel Is Gearing Up to Run for President
The former Chicago mayor is already on the hustings, finding new ways to attack Trumpism from the center.
www.politico.com
March 15, 2025 at 5:56 AM
More delusional than I thought, too.
When Denver Mayor Mike Johnston went to testify before the House Oversight Committee, several GOP members threatened him with arrest. It was a farce. Of course the committee has no real interest in oversight or it wouldn’t refuse to oversee the unelected plutocrat’s nonstop assault on democracy.
Littwin: Mayor Mike Johnston appeared before a House oversight committee that appears to have no interest in overseeing anything
If the committee questioning Mike Johnston was actually interested in oversight, it wouldn’t keep refusing to oversee Elon Musk
coloradosun.com
March 10, 2025 at 5:46 PM
When Denver Mayor Mike Johnston went to testify before the House Oversight Committee, several GOP members threatened him with arrest. It was a farce. Of course the committee has no real interest in oversight or it wouldn’t refuse to oversee the unelected plutocrat’s nonstop assault on democracy.
In their tag-team Oval Office ambush of Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Trump and Vance, in their bullying way, tried to humiliate the Ukrainian leader but actually only humiliated themselves. My latest column in the Colorado Sun:
Littwin: Trump and Vance try to humiliate Zelenskyy in Oval Office clash, but end up only humiliating themselves
Trump threatens to abandon Ukraine in its war with Russia if Zelenskyy doesn’t agree to make peace — Trump’s way.
coloradosun.com
March 2, 2025 at 7:54 PM
In their tag-team Oval Office ambush of Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Trump and Vance, in their bullying way, tried to humiliate the Ukrainian leader but actually only humiliated themselves. My latest column in the Colorado Sun:
Trump’s extortion of Ukraine for a large share of the staggering nation’s mineral rights as “payback” is a low even for Trump. But it’s not the bottom. There is no bottom. My latest column in the Sun:
coloradosun.com/2025/02/26/l...
coloradosun.com/2025/02/26/l...
Littwin: There’s no bottom to Trump’s assault on democracy, including the one in Ukraine
The U.S. joins Russia and a small list of rogue countries in voting against a U.N. resolution blaming Putin for his three-year assault.
coloradosun.com
February 28, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Trump’s extortion of Ukraine for a large share of the staggering nation’s mineral rights as “payback” is a low even for Trump. But it’s not the bottom. There is no bottom. My latest column in the Sun:
coloradosun.com/2025/02/26/l...
coloradosun.com/2025/02/26/l...
This is still Jared Polis’ unapologetic choice to protect our nation’s health:
RFK Jr., America’s Leading Advocate for Getting Measles
Contrary to what the health secretary says, the outbreak of disease in Texas is, in fact, unusual.
www.theatlantic.com
February 28, 2025 at 5:12 PM
This is still Jared Polis’ unapologetic choice to protect our nation’s health:
The main lesson from failed ICE raids in Colorado is that, no matter how scary they seem, we can’t give into the fear. Because fear is the point — and fear is exactly what they expect from us. My latest column in the Sun:
Littwin: Made-for-TV ICE raids flopped, except for the fear they created. Which was the point.
And fear was the point. It’s hard not to give in to fear, but expecting us to give in holds the key to the Trump/Musk master plan.
coloradosun.com
February 9, 2025 at 4:43 PM
The main lesson from failed ICE raids in Colorado is that, no matter how scary they seem, we can’t give into the fear. Because fear is the point — and fear is exactly what they expect from us. My latest column in the Sun:
And so it begins.
Armed federal agents conduct immigration raids at Denver, Aurora apartment complexes coloradosun.com/2025/02/05/i...
Armed federal agents conduct immigration raids at Denver, Aurora apartment complexes
The DEA posted a video of agents raiding an apartment with a smoke grenade and an unknown number of residents were boarded onto a bus
coloradosun.com
February 5, 2025 at 11:21 PM
And so it begins.
Focus, people. Trump is a walking, talking, blithering one-man diversion show. And while Trump is busy talking of turning Gaza into the Riviera, minus Palestinians, Elon Musk is busy destroying our democracy. Focus, please. My latest column in the Sun:
Littwin: Forget the distractions. We can’t lose focus on Elon Musk’s all-out attack on American democracy.
An increasing number of Democrats have called out Elon Musk — sound the alarm: Elon’s coming — but that’s not nearly enough to stop him.
coloradosun.com
February 5, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Focus, people. Trump is a walking, talking, blithering one-man diversion show. And while Trump is busy talking of turning Gaza into the Riviera, minus Palestinians, Elon Musk is busy destroying our democracy. Focus, please. My latest column in the Sun:
Reposted by Mike Littwin
As usual, @mlittwin.bsky.social gets it right. coloradosun.com/2025/01/22/d...
Littwin: Day One of Trump Redux was bad enough. It’s only going to get worse. Much worse.
On Inauguration Day, Donald Trump gave a master class on his contempt for the rule of law and other democratic niceties.
coloradosun.com
January 22, 2025 at 5:05 PM
As usual, @mlittwin.bsky.social gets it right. coloradosun.com/2025/01/22/d...
Reposted by Mike Littwin
For everyone who has taken an understandable break from the news since Nov. 5th, I have two words for you: Wake up. We can no longer afford the luxury of refusing to pay attention. My latest column in the Sun:
Littwin: For progressives who have taken a vacation from the news, Monday is your wake-up call
The stakes are so high that you might even need to bite the bullet and watch Donald Trump take the oath, presumably on a Trump-branded Bible.
coloradosun.com
January 19, 2025 at 5:36 PM
For everyone who has taken an understandable break from the news since Nov. 5th, I have two words for you: Wake up. We can no longer afford the luxury of refusing to pay attention. My latest column in the Sun:
For everyone who has taken an understandable break from the news since Nov. 5th, I have two words for you: Wake up. We can no longer afford the luxury of refusing to pay attention. My latest column in the Sun:
Littwin: For progressives who have taken a vacation from the news, Monday is your wake-up call
The stakes are so high that you might even need to bite the bullet and watch Donald Trump take the oath, presumably on a Trump-branded Bible.
coloradosun.com
January 19, 2025 at 5:36 PM
For everyone who has taken an understandable break from the news since Nov. 5th, I have two words for you: Wake up. We can no longer afford the luxury of refusing to pay attention. My latest column in the Sun:
We knew 2025 would be a bad year, but no one could have guessed it would get quite so bad quite so quickly. The surest thing, though, was Trump’s response to the New Orleans attack. My latest column:
Littwin: We knew the new year might be bad, but who could imagine a worse start for 2025?
The truck bombing/suicide outside a Las Vegas Trump hotel involved a Fort Carson Special Forces member who apparently suffered brain damage.
coloradosun.com
January 5, 2025 at 6:37 PM
We knew 2025 would be a bad year, but no one could have guessed it would get quite so bad quite so quickly. The surest thing, though, was Trump’s response to the New Orleans attack. My latest column:
It’s time for the annual best books I read in (fill in year), just in time for last minute holiday shopping. Turns out there was a lot of great fiction in 2024 — and not all of it courtesy of a certain wannabe dictator. My latest column in the Sun:
Littwin: The best books I read in 2024, when books were my best refuge
The columnist's annual reading list notes that ’twas the season for great fiction, and not just from a certain politician.
coloradosun.com
December 22, 2024 at 5:43 PM
It’s time for the annual best books I read in (fill in year), just in time for last minute holiday shopping. Turns out there was a lot of great fiction in 2024 — and not all of it courtesy of a certain wannabe dictator. My latest column in the Sun:
Another school shooting. Sad, right? Tragic, right? What are we going to do about it? Nothing, right? Same as always, right?
Littwin: After another school shooting, let’s face the facts. This is who we are.
The police chief said after the Madison school shooting that “enough is enough.” But history tells us it’s never enough.
coloradosun.com
December 18, 2024 at 5:38 PM
Another school shooting. Sad, right? Tragic, right? What are we going to do about it? Nothing, right? Same as always, right?
You’ve probably heard that RFK Jr’s top aide and fellow anti-vaxxer had recently petitioned the FDA to ban the polio vaccine. I called Jared Polis’ office to see whether the governor was finally reconsidering his support for Kennedy’s craziness. I know you can’t wait to see his non-response:
Littwin: Now that we know RFK Jr.’s top aide asked FDA to ban polio vaccine, isn’t it time for Polis to admit his mistake?
When asked, a Polis spokesperson said the governor supports the polio vaccine. But Polis said nothing about his Kennedy endorsement.
coloradosun.com
December 15, 2024 at 4:02 PM
You’ve probably heard that RFK Jr’s top aide and fellow anti-vaxxer had recently petitioned the FDA to ban the polio vaccine. I called Jared Polis’ office to see whether the governor was finally reconsidering his support for Kennedy’s craziness. I know you can’t wait to see his non-response:
It is moral and necessary to protest, and to work toward reforming, the corrupt health insurance industry. It is not moral or just to pick one of the industry’s many beneficiaries to kill—or to cheer on the killer. Life is confusing these days, but not that confusing. My latest column in the Sun:
Littwin: There may be much to learn about the United Healthcare killer, but we should already know he’s no hero
Opposing denial of care by corrupt health insurance companies is absolutely called for. Killing the United Healthcare CEO is not.
coloradosun.com
December 13, 2024 at 6:30 PM
It is moral and necessary to protest, and to work toward reforming, the corrupt health insurance industry. It is not moral or just to pick one of the industry’s many beneficiaries to kill—or to cheer on the killer. Life is confusing these days, but not that confusing. My latest column in the Sun:
Kash Patel’s enemies list. Part 1. newrepublic.com/article/1889...
The Who’s Who on Kash Patel’s Crazy Enemies List
Trump’s pick to run the FBI has already made it known who he plans to persecute if he gets confirmed.
newrepublic.com
December 6, 2024 at 5:29 PM
Kash Patel’s enemies list. Part 1. newrepublic.com/article/1889...
This is where we are today in the pre-Trump takeover. Morning Joe felt the need to apologize for a flippant remark that writer David Frum made on the show. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
The Sound of Fear on Air
It is an ominous sign that "Morning Joe" felt it had to apologize for something I said.
www.theatlantic.com
December 5, 2024 at 8:07 PM
This is where we are today in the pre-Trump takeover. Morning Joe felt the need to apologize for a flippant remark that writer David Frum made on the show. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Biden’s decision to pardon Hunter after insisting for months he would never do so was a coda to the selfish decisions he has made in his last year of office, putting himself and his family over the country he has served for so long. My latest column in the Sun: coloradosun.com/2024/12/04/b...
Littwin: The Hunter pardon was Biden’s last grave step in a year of selfish decisions
If Biden had dropped out earlier instead of desperately trying to keep his job, maybe we wouldn’t now be watching the Trump restoration
coloradosun.com
December 4, 2024 at 6:04 PM
Biden’s decision to pardon Hunter after insisting for months he would never do so was a coda to the selfish decisions he has made in his last year of office, putting himself and his family over the country he has served for so long. My latest column in the Sun: coloradosun.com/2024/12/04/b...
It’s no secret that people, particularly anti-Trump types, are tuning out the news. I understand. But ignoring the news — and the spread of MAGA misinformation and disinformation — won’t just go away, no matter how depressing it is. coloradosun.com/2024/12/01/n...
Littwin: More people have turned off the news. That’s not disinformation, but it is dangerous.
My goal is that we all feel safe to read the news by, with luck and resistance, next Thanksgiving. Our democracy needs informed voters.
coloradosun.com
December 1, 2024 at 11:28 PM
It’s no secret that people, particularly anti-Trump types, are tuning out the news. I understand. But ignoring the news — and the spread of MAGA misinformation and disinformation — won’t just go away, no matter how depressing it is. coloradosun.com/2024/12/01/n...
Reposted by Mike Littwin
In our pod chat, former NYT public editor @sulliview.bsky.social is really interesting on the effect of NYT/WaPo ending public editor/ombud roles. This is insulating news orgs from good-faith criticism, which ends up empowering bad faith criticism.
Our exchange:
newrepublic.com/article/1888...
Our exchange:
newrepublic.com/article/1888...
November 27, 2024 at 4:54 PM
In our pod chat, former NYT public editor @sulliview.bsky.social is really interesting on the effect of NYT/WaPo ending public editor/ombud roles. This is insulating news orgs from good-faith criticism, which ends up empowering bad faith criticism.
Our exchange:
newrepublic.com/article/1888...
Our exchange:
newrepublic.com/article/1888...
I hope Jared Polis and other liberal supporters of Dr. Strangekennedy read this piece by the brilliant Rick Perlstein, who explains how the Kennedy liberal talk is all for cover of the real agenda. prospect.org/politics/202...
Dr. Strangekennedy
Or, how you should learn to worry more about illiberal politics in liberal guise
prospect.org
November 27, 2024 at 6:30 PM
I hope Jared Polis and other liberal supporters of Dr. Strangekennedy read this piece by the brilliant Rick Perlstein, who explains how the Kennedy liberal talk is all for cover of the real agenda. prospect.org/politics/202...
Speaker Mike Johnson has an idea. Actually two ideas. It may not surprise you that they are consistently inconsistent. bsky.app/profile/nick...
November 24, 2024 at 9:30 PM
Speaker Mike Johnson has an idea. Actually two ideas. It may not surprise you that they are consistently inconsistent. bsky.app/profile/nick...