Seth Klamann
@sethklamann.bsky.social
Politics and immigration, Denver Post. KC born, Mizzou made. Admirer of public records and Lionel Messi. Joy cometh with the morning.
Yell at me: sklamann@denverpost.com.
Yell at me: sklamann@denverpost.com.
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Stuck in Aurora ICE facility, more detainees are agreeing to leave the U.S. voluntarily
The government’s goal, lawyers argue, is to create conditions inside ICE facilities that push immigrants to voluntarily leave or to accept a deportation order.
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At Aurora’s ICE detention center, person after person either requests to be removed from the U.S. or accepts a deportation. With bail serially denied to detainees, voluntary departures have surged in the only immigration court in the US with no dedicated judge: www.denverpost.com/2025/10/22/i...
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In September, federal agents swarmed a Hyundai manufacturing site, detaining more than 500 workers, including more than 300 from South Korea.
Now, nearly 200 detainees are preparing to sue ICE, alleging human rights violations and unlawful arrest.
Now, nearly 200 detainees are preparing to sue ICE, alleging human rights violations and unlawful arrest.
These South Korean workers came to the US to build an EV battery plant. They left in shackles. They still want to know why
ICE agents raided, arrested workers at a Georgia battery factory in September.
abcnews.link
November 11, 2025 at 2:31 PM
In September, federal agents swarmed a Hyundai manufacturing site, detaining more than 500 workers, including more than 300 from South Korea.
Now, nearly 200 detainees are preparing to sue ICE, alleging human rights violations and unlawful arrest.
Now, nearly 200 detainees are preparing to sue ICE, alleging human rights violations and unlawful arrest.
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Laura Loomer said that she would never “make the sacrifices” she’s made for President Trump for someone else. But some in Washington have started to wonder whether she is being compensated for what she portrays as a selfless mission. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/bf6nyC
November 11, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Laura Loomer said that she would never “make the sacrifices” she’s made for President Trump for someone else. But some in Washington have started to wonder whether she is being compensated for what she portrays as a selfless mission. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/bf6nyC
On a call with reporters just now, U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet ducked a question about whether Sen. Schumer should stay on as minority leader: “That’s not where I’m focused today.”
November 11, 2025 at 10:14 PM
On a call with reporters just now, U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet ducked a question about whether Sen. Schumer should stay on as minority leader: “That’s not where I’m focused today.”
The Benevolent Billionaire who ushered in the slow death of his hometown paper and dozens like it across the United States.
In one of his last letters to Berkshire Hathaway’s shareholders as the firm’s chief executive, Warren E. Buffett said Monday that he would speed up his plans to give away much of his $150 billion personal fortune to his children’s philanthropic foundations.
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Farewell: ‘I’m Going Quiet’
In one of his final missives as the company’s leader, Mr. Buffett said he would accelerate his plans to disburse his fortune to his children’s foundations.
nyti.ms
November 11, 2025 at 4:53 AM
The Benevolent Billionaire who ushered in the slow death of his hometown paper and dozens like it across the United States.
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Colorado has been one of the most expensive states in the country for home insurance for a number of years, said Michael Conway, the state's insurance commissioner. “The vast majority of that is hail.”
As premiums skyrocket, Colorado now one of most expensive states in U.S. for home insurance
Colorado is No. 2 in the country for hail insurance claims and the number of properties in areas at risk for wildfires.
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November 11, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Colorado has been one of the most expensive states in the country for home insurance for a number of years, said Michael Conway, the state's insurance commissioner. “The vast majority of that is hail.”
November 11, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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Journalism friends, please share: @denverpost.com is seeking a Sports Editor to oversee the newspaper's sports staff and produce a sports section that has repeatedly earned national recognition for excellence. More details, including pay range, at the link below #journalismjobs
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November 10, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Journalism friends, please share: @denverpost.com is seeking a Sports Editor to oversee the newspaper's sports staff and produce a sports section that has repeatedly earned national recognition for excellence. More details, including pay range, at the link below #journalismjobs
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The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments today in a class-action lawsuit against Aurora’s immigration detention center, considering a legal question in the more-than-decade-old case that accuses the facility of enacting a system of forced labor.
Colorado case heads to U.S. Supreme Court to consider question in lawsuit against Aurora detention center
“This case has been going on since 2014, and we … are deeply frustrated by Geo’s efforts to continue delaying this litigation. All we want is the opportunity to have our claims vi…
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November 10, 2025 at 6:16 PM
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments today in a class-action lawsuit against Aurora’s immigration detention center, considering a legal question in the more-than-decade-old case that accuses the facility of enacting a system of forced labor.
A deeply horrifying story about detentions of Venezuelan migrants in El Salvador: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
‘You Are All Terrorists’: Four Months in a Salvadoran Prison
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November 9, 2025 at 7:01 PM
A deeply horrifying story about detentions of Venezuelan migrants in El Salvador: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
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Footage shows Israeli settlers attacking Palestinian journalist Raneen Sawafta and a colleague as they covered the olive harvest in Beita, south of Nablus, in the occupied West Bank.
November 8, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Footage shows Israeli settlers attacking Palestinian journalist Raneen Sawafta and a colleague as they covered the olive harvest in Beita, south of Nablus, in the occupied West Bank.
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'Mega detention centers': ICE considers buying large warehouses to hold immigrants
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'Mega detention centers': ICE considers buying large warehouses to hold immigrants
The Trump administration is exploring a plan to buy warehouses designed for companies like Amazon, sources said, which would drastically increase the Trump administration’s capacity for detaining immi...
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November 7, 2025 at 9:52 PM
'Mega detention centers': ICE considers buying large warehouses to hold immigrants
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Exclusive: The US gathered intelligence last year that Israel’s military lawyers warned there was evidence that could support war crimes charges against Israel for its Gaza military campaign — operations reliant on US-supplied weapons, ex-US officials said reut.rs/4i7mXy9
November 7, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Exclusive: The US gathered intelligence last year that Israel’s military lawyers warned there was evidence that could support war crimes charges against Israel for its Gaza military campaign — operations reliant on US-supplied weapons, ex-US officials said reut.rs/4i7mXy9
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It seems untenable for the Democratic Party’s top leader to view himself as a “guardian of Israel” at a time when like 70% of the party’s voters think Israel committed genocide
Senate Democratic Minority Leader Schumer’s decision not to endorse Zohran Mamdani in the NYC mayoral race “was driven in large part…by his self-conception as a guardian of Israel, something he considers a core part of his personal and political identity.”
Gift link:
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Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/u...
Even on Election Day, Schumer Is Mum on Mamdani
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November 6, 2025 at 2:17 PM
It seems untenable for the Democratic Party’s top leader to view himself as a “guardian of Israel” at a time when like 70% of the party’s voters think Israel committed genocide
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NEW - The Trump admin has disbanded its federal cultural property investigations team and reassigned the agents to immigration enforcement, delivering a blow to one of the world’s leaders in heritage protection, according to multiple ppl familiar with the changes.
www.denverpost.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.denverpost.com/2025/11/06/u...
The U.S. was a leader in cultural heritage investigations. Now those agents are working immigration enforcement.
Homeland Security Investigations, the department’s investigative arm, once had as many as eight agents in its New York office investigating cultural property cases.
www.denverpost.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:04 PM
NEW - The Trump admin has disbanded its federal cultural property investigations team and reassigned the agents to immigration enforcement, delivering a blow to one of the world’s leaders in heritage protection, according to multiple ppl familiar with the changes.
www.denverpost.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.denverpost.com/2025/11/06/u...
On this AM’s earnings call, private prison company Geo Group’s chairman says Geo expects ICE to add 40,000 more detention beds (to its roughly 60,000 present number). He says slower recent expansion due to Kristi Noem’s tight grip on contracting; the government shutdown; and ICE recruitment efforts.
November 6, 2025 at 4:16 PM
On this AM’s earnings call, private prison company Geo Group’s chairman says Geo expects ICE to add 40,000 more detention beds (to its roughly 60,000 present number). He says slower recent expansion due to Kristi Noem’s tight grip on contracting; the government shutdown; and ICE recruitment efforts.
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NEW: Aurora City Councilwoman Danielle Jurinsky has conceded. A stunning defeat for a MAGA media fixture who built a national profile on claims of a "complete gang takeover" of Aurora that led President Trump to visit and falsely proclaim the city "conquered" by an immigrant gang
November 6, 2025 at 12:09 AM
NEW: Aurora City Councilwoman Danielle Jurinsky has conceded. A stunning defeat for a MAGA media fixture who built a national profile on claims of a "complete gang takeover" of Aurora that led President Trump to visit and falsely proclaim the city "conquered" by an immigrant gang
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NEW: Far-right Colorado podcaster Joe Oltmann is suing MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell, a onetime ally in the national election conspiracy theory movement, alleging Lindell breached the terms of $3 million loan agreement.
By @chasewoodruff.bsky.social
By @chasewoodruff.bsky.social
Far-right Colorado podcaster sues Mike Lindell, MyPillow over unpaid $3 million loan | Colorado Newsline
The suit alleges that Lindell secured a loan of $3 million from the plaintiffs in 2023 and has failed to make any payments since then.
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November 5, 2025 at 7:09 PM
NEW: Far-right Colorado podcaster Joe Oltmann is suing MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell, a onetime ally in the national election conspiracy theory movement, alleging Lindell breached the terms of $3 million loan agreement.
By @chasewoodruff.bsky.social
By @chasewoodruff.bsky.social
After word of the complaints leaked yesterday, Colorado Common Cause was pressured to drop the idea because, Common Cause’s attorney said, it would reflect poorly on Democrats. The attorney declined to identify who had pressured his group to drop the ethics complaints.
Colorado Common Cause alleges more than a dozen Democratic lawmakers violated the state's prohibition on gift-giving when they asked a prominent dark-money organization to help pay for an October mountain retreat // Story by @sethklamann.bsky.social
Colorado lawmakers face ethics complaints over Vail retreat — and how it was paid for
The complaints allege that the legislators violated a state constitutional prohibition on accepting gifts of more than $75 when the caucus’s leader sought a $25,000 donation to cover hotel ro…
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November 5, 2025 at 11:56 PM
After word of the complaints leaked yesterday, Colorado Common Cause was pressured to drop the idea because, Common Cause’s attorney said, it would reflect poorly on Democrats. The attorney declined to identify who had pressured his group to drop the ethics complaints.
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Sen. Michael Bennet was featured free of charge on Katie Grossbard’s account, but AG Phil Weiser’s team was told it could cost thousands.
Influencers are trying to cash in on politics, including Colorado's race for governor
Sen. Michael Bennet was featured free of charge on Katie Grossbard’s account, but AG Phil Weiser’s team was told it could cost thousands.
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November 5, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Sen. Michael Bennet was featured free of charge on Katie Grossbard’s account, but AG Phil Weiser’s team was told it could cost thousands.
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Colorado lawmakers face ethics complaints over Vail retreat -- and how it was paid for
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Colorado lawmakers face ethics complaints over Vail retreat — and how it was paid for
The complaints allege that the legislators violated a state constitutional prohibition on accepting gifts of more than $75 when the caucus’s leader sought a $25,000 donation to cover hotel ro…
trib.al
November 5, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Colorado lawmakers face ethics complaints over Vail retreat -- and how it was paid for
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i wanted to be mayor. i would have run for mayor if i knew there was going to be an election. do another one
November 5, 2025 at 2:15 AM
i wanted to be mayor. i would have run for mayor if i knew there was going to be an election. do another one
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Colorado voters provided a vital boost to the state’s universal school meals program tonight, as 2 ballot measures directing more funds to the effort cruised to comfortable victories // Story by @sethklamann.bsky.social
Colorado voters give vital boost to school meals program, approving Props. LL and MM
Two ballot measures that would bolster Colorado’s universal school meals program jumped to early leads shortly after polls closed statewide Tuesday night.
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November 5, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Colorado voters provided a vital boost to the state’s universal school meals program tonight, as 2 ballot measures directing more funds to the effort cruised to comfortable victories // Story by @sethklamann.bsky.social
👀 Danielle Jurinsky, an outspoken and conservative Aurora city councilwoman who played a key part in boosting the gang takeover claims last year, is trailing in her at-large reelection race. Jurinsky currently third, ~2,000 votes behind leader and 1,300 votes behind second. (Voters select two.)
November 5, 2025 at 3:23 AM
👀 Danielle Jurinsky, an outspoken and conservative Aurora city councilwoman who played a key part in boosting the gang takeover claims last year, is trailing in her at-large reelection race. Jurinsky currently third, ~2,000 votes behind leader and 1,300 votes behind second. (Voters select two.)
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The great @attackerman.bsky.social on Dick Cheney www.thenation.com/article/poli...
His Works Completed, Dick Cheney, Mass Murderer of Iraqis and American Democracy, Dies
As much as the Trumpists claim to disavow the War on Terror, they walk a path paved by the most powerful vice president in U.S. history.
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November 4, 2025 at 5:58 PM
The great @attackerman.bsky.social on Dick Cheney www.thenation.com/article/poli...
This directly contradicts what government lawyers and senior ICE officials in Denver said in court last week.
Homan: "Others are in the country illegally but may not have a criminal history, but guess what? They're coming too. ICE is no longer turning a blind eye to illegal aliens in this country."
November 4, 2025 at 3:50 PM
This directly contradicts what government lawyers and senior ICE officials in Denver said in court last week.