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Marianne Goodland
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Award-winning chief lege reporter ColoradoPolitics.com & gazette.com; dean #coleg press corps; president of the Denver Press Club, an award-winning Celtic harpist & best of all, a cancer survivor!
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Ok, yes, this is a public health–adjacent account -- but some of us are also literary nerds. And seeing Joyce Carol Oates roast Elon Musk on his own platform? Just what we needed on an otherwise sh**ty day.
Elon Musk gets roasted on his own platform by Joyce Carol Oates.
Like an ancient cyborg culling through the ruins of a post-apocalyptic planet (twitter, derogatory), Joyce Carol Oates recently fired her full-power death ray at aspiring trillionaire Elon Musk, wh…
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November 10, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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Following widespread pressure — including from @rcfp.org's Kris Cundiff — Indiana University recently backed down from its decision to stop @idsnews.bsky.social from printing news coverage in the campus newspaper.
RCFP attorney represents Indiana Daily Student editors in censorship fight
An RCFP attorney representing the Indiana Daily Student’s editors calls the school’s efforts to silence the newspaper “ill-advised” and "unconstitutional."
www.rcfp.org
November 10, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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“In a brief, unsigned order, the justices rejected Davis’ petition for review of a ruling by a federal appeals court upholding an award of $100,000 to a gay couple to whom she had refused to issue a marriage license.”
Supreme Court declines to hear case on constitutionality of same-sex marriage
The Supreme Court on Monday morning turned down a request from Kim Davis, a former county clerk in Kentucky, to reconsider its 2015 decision recognizing a constitutional right to same-sex […]
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November 10, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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The U.S. Supreme Court temporarily blocked Friday night a lower court’s order that the Trump administration pay for a full month of food benefits. Only about 32,000 Coloradans out of about 600,000 SNAP recipients received payments before the high court's decision.
By @fischler.bsky.social
US Supreme Court temporarily blocks November SNAP payments | Colorado Newsline
The Supreme Court temporarily blocked Friday night a lower court’s order that the Trump administration pay for a full month of food benefits.
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November 8, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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The USDA has announced that it is working to fully fund food stamp benefits for November to comply with a federal court order. https://cnn.it/3Lx3Pgw
November 7, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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If you have a costco membership, PediaSure and diapers are on sale right now. Might be a good thing to grab and hand to your nearest food bank/etc if you want something quick & easy. 💓
November 7, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture will reduce the largest monthly food assistance payments by about 35% in November, a smaller decrease than the department initially estimated, according to a court filing late Wednesday.
By @fischler.bsky.social
USDA revises SNAP benefit amounts during shutdown after admitting miscalculation | Colorado Newsline
The USDA will reduce the largest monthly food assistance payments by about 35% in November, a smaller decrease than initially estimated.
coloradonewsline.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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"Hey, man, what message should we push today as we deliberately deny millions of Americans their food benefits?"
Dr Oz: "Americans will lose 135 million pounds by the midterms"
November 6, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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And I’m pretty sure most of the public doesn’t know the difference between journos and influencers at this point.
November 6, 2025 at 12:33 AM
A dozen Democratic state lawmakers in Colorado are now facing ethics complaints, tied to a 3-day retreat at the Sonnenalp in Vail that was paid for by a group that funds electioneering communications that backed the lawmakers last year. www.coloradopolitics.com/2025/11/05/c...
Colorado watchdog files ethics complaints against 12 Democratic lawmakers over Vail retreat
Colorado Common Cause filed complaints Wednesday with the state ethics commission against 12 Democratic state lawmakers, alleging they accepted funding from the “dark money” group One Main Street Colo...
www.coloradopolitics.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:41 AM
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Trump's appointed Solicitor General admits Americans pay for 30-80% of the cost of tariffs
November 5, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Just in: while Colorado voters gave a thumbs-up to Prop MM, the ballot measure's claim that it will provide funding to SNAP recipients isn't happening anytime soon, for two reasons.

www.coloradopolitics.com/2025/11/05/d...
Despite voter approval, Colorado’s SNAP recipients unlikely to see Prop MM benefits anytime soon
Colorado voters approved Proposition MM to fund school meals and SNAP, but new funds may cover administrative costs instead of reaching recipients.
www.coloradopolitics.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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Santa is losing his shit over the fact an elf won in the Elf Union election last night and is citing this as proof elves should not be allowed to vote on elf concerns.
November 5, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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Election night. Photo by @kevinjbeaty.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 12:13 AM
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What happens when you distill 2025 into a single social media post?

This.

This is what you get.
November 4, 2025 at 8:05 PM
November 4, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Colorado Gives starts today, continues through first week of December. Please consider the Denver Press Club, the nation's oldest continuously-operating press club (founded in 1867) for a donation of any size. www.coloradogives.org/story/DPC100
Support 25,000 for 2025: Keep Our Doors Open on ColoradoGives.org
On November 22, the Denver Press Club celebrates the start of our 100th year in our historic Clubhouse - architecturally significant in Denver, historically significant to Colorado, and nationally sig...
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November 3, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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NEW: #Colorado cop sure did think he had everything he needed with #Flock video. But as @oliviaprentzel.bsky.social reports, he was way off base. “We had to basically exonerate ourselves,” said the falsely accused woman, who never received an explanation from the police or an apology.
After police used Flock cameras to accuse a Denver woman of theft, she had to prove her own innocence
Chrisanna Elser spent days collecting evidence, from apps on her phone to dashcam footage in her vehicle, to prove her whereabouts
coloradosun.com
October 28, 2025 at 3:25 PM
BREAKING NEWS: the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service has ordered Colorado to stop bringing in wolves from Canada or anywhere else not authorized by the agency. www.coloradopolitics.com/2025/10/23/u...
US Fish and Wildlife Services tells Colorado: No more wolves from Canada, Alaska
Efforts by Colorado Parks and Wildlife to bring in more wolves from Canada later this year may have hit a snag after the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service told the state it may not do so. In an Oct. 10 let...
www.coloradopolitics.com
October 23, 2025 at 11:36 PM
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This is what it used to look like inside the lobby area.
October 22, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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The entire Colorado journalism community actually doubles as a @jeffreyaroberts.bsky.social fan club for the amazing, relentless work he does to make our state more transparent.
The freedom-of-information hotline, provided at no cost to the public and journalists, is the signature program of the Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition. Today, CFOIC's executive director responded to the 7,000th hotline inquiry.
October 23, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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The White House is asking people not to share pictures of the East Wing because it’s even worse today.
October 21, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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Manny Rutinel has said a lot about the meat and dairy industries. Now he wants to represent Colorado’s ag capital in Congress. coloradosun.com/2025/10/22/m... #copolitics #coleg
Manny Rutinel has said a lot about the meat and dairy industries. Now he wants to represent Colorado’s ag capital in Congress.
The Democratic state representative's advocacy in the animal agriculture arena dates back to at least his time as an undergraduate student. He has pushed for a transition to plant-based food.
coloradosun.com
October 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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EXCLUSIVE: One Saturday afternoon in October, my phone lit up with a notification.

I glanced down at the message.

“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.

So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.

www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
October 20, 2025 at 10:09 PM