Trenton Sperry
@trentonsperry.bsky.social
Production and design manager for high country ag pubs. Greeley Gadfly creator. UNCO poli sci grad. Okie native. Greeley, CO adoptee. 🍺
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Apprehending someone with a kid there is not an unprecedented law-enforcement situation. Professionals understand this as posing a question of what to do with the kid: wait until a relative can pick them up? Take them somewhere? Etc?
To _not think about this_ is a CHOICE.
To _not think about this_ is a CHOICE.
So immigration agents drove off in a citizen’s car with a toddler in the back.
**Then DHS refused to answer questions about it.**
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
**Then DHS refused to answer questions about it.**
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
November 8, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Apprehending someone with a kid there is not an unprecedented law-enforcement situation. Professionals understand this as posing a question of what to do with the kid: wait until a relative can pick them up? Take them somewhere? Etc?
To _not think about this_ is a CHOICE.
To _not think about this_ is a CHOICE.
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Liquor makers can't get approvals for new releases as long as the government is shut down. Even if it reopens soon, it may be too late to make the holiday season.
How the shutdown is putting a damper on liquor makers' holiday spirits
Liquor makers can't get approvals for new releases as long as the government is shut down. Even if it reopens soon, it may be too late to make the holiday season.
nbcnews.to
November 8, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Liquor makers can't get approvals for new releases as long as the government is shut down. Even if it reopens soon, it may be too late to make the holiday season.
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A federal judge has ruled that the Department of Education violated the First Amendment rights of some agency employees when it sent out-of-office messages on their behalf that blamed Democrats for the government shutdown. https://cnn.it/3JrUohY
November 8, 2025 at 3:01 AM
A federal judge has ruled that the Department of Education violated the First Amendment rights of some agency employees when it sent out-of-office messages on their behalf that blamed Democrats for the government shutdown. https://cnn.it/3JrUohY
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Every day I think about how this period will be written about in my grandkids’ history textbooks.
November 8, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Every day I think about how this period will be written about in my grandkids’ history textbooks.
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Police say cleaning woman shot dead in Indiana after arriving at wrong house reut.rs/47IPR2C
Police say cleaning woman shot dead in Indiana after arriving at wrong house
Detectives in Indiana have completed their initial investigation into the killing of a cleaning woman who mistakenly arrived at the wrong address and was shot through the door by a resident who feared an intruder was outside, police said on Friday.
reut.rs
November 8, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Police say cleaning woman shot dead in Indiana after arriving at wrong house reut.rs/47IPR2C
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This has not gotten much attention, but it should.
Virginia under Youngkin returned to an insanely harsh system where people convicted of any felony lose their voting rights FOR LIFE.
Dems' win this week mean they'll get to advance a constitutional amendment to end lifetime disenfranchisement.
Virginia under Youngkin returned to an insanely harsh system where people convicted of any felony lose their voting rights FOR LIFE.
Dems' win this week mean they'll get to advance a constitutional amendment to end lifetime disenfranchisement.
November 7, 2025 at 8:59 PM
This has not gotten much attention, but it should.
Virginia under Youngkin returned to an insanely harsh system where people convicted of any felony lose their voting rights FOR LIFE.
Dems' win this week mean they'll get to advance a constitutional amendment to end lifetime disenfranchisement.
Virginia under Youngkin returned to an insanely harsh system where people convicted of any felony lose their voting rights FOR LIFE.
Dems' win this week mean they'll get to advance a constitutional amendment to end lifetime disenfranchisement.
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A Denver judge allowed a defendant to represent himself without a full conversation about what the man understood about his case and his responsibilities (very little). The Court of Appeals ordered a new trial:
www.coloradopolitics.com/2025/11/03/a...
www.coloradopolitics.com/2025/11/03/a...
Appeals court orders new trial after Denver judge wrongly let defendant represent self
A Denver judge incorrectly found that a defendant understood what he was doing by giving up his constitutional right to counsel, Colorado's second-highest court concluded on Thursday in overturning th...
www.coloradopolitics.com
November 4, 2025 at 4:11 PM
A Denver judge allowed a defendant to represent himself without a full conversation about what the man understood about his case and his responsibilities (very little). The Court of Appeals ordered a new trial:
www.coloradopolitics.com/2025/11/03/a...
www.coloradopolitics.com/2025/11/03/a...
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Mexican president dismisses report of possible US military mission inside Mexico reut.rs/4oltCXs
Mexican president dismisses report of possible US military mission inside Mexico
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Tuesday that unilateral U.S. military action inside Mexico "won't happen," even as the U.S. has ramped up its military efforts, including fatal strikes, in Latin America in recent months.
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November 4, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Mexican president dismisses report of possible US military mission inside Mexico reut.rs/4oltCXs
Lol
Trump says China’s Xi has assured him that he won’t take action on Taiwan during Republican’s term trib.al/PU3E1d2
Trump says China’s Xi has assured him that he won’t take action on Taiwan during Republican’s term
President Donald Trump says that Chinese President Xi Jinping has given him assurances that Beijing would take no action toward its long-stated goal of unifying Taiwan with mainland China while the…
trib.al
November 2, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Lol
The American people only surrender a monopoly on the use of force to the executive so long as its use is legitimate.
Legitimacy is derived from adherence to law, avoidance of personal gain and, above all, accountability.
Trump throws all three of those to the wind.
Legitimacy is derived from adherence to law, avoidance of personal gain and, above all, accountability.
Trump throws all three of those to the wind.
President Trump told Congress in September that the United States is in an “armed conflict” with drug cartels.
Now (POST EXCLUSIVE) DOJ lawyers say he’s not bound by the War Powers Resolution, under which it would require congressional approval and oversight
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Now (POST EXCLUSIVE) DOJ lawyers say he’s not bound by the War Powers Resolution, under which it would require congressional approval and oversight
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Trump administration tells Congress war law doesn’t apply to cartel strikes
The Office of Legal Counsel told select lawmakers that the executive branch is not bound by the War Powers Resolution, which requires congressional approval for any military action that exceeds 60 day...
www.washingtonpost.com
November 2, 2025 at 7:31 PM
The American people only surrender a monopoly on the use of force to the executive so long as its use is legitimate.
Legitimacy is derived from adherence to law, avoidance of personal gain and, above all, accountability.
Trump throws all three of those to the wind.
Legitimacy is derived from adherence to law, avoidance of personal gain and, above all, accountability.
Trump throws all three of those to the wind.
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President Trump told Congress in September that the United States is in an “armed conflict” with drug cartels.
Now (POST EXCLUSIVE) DOJ lawyers say he’s not bound by the War Powers Resolution, under which it would require congressional approval and oversight
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Now (POST EXCLUSIVE) DOJ lawyers say he’s not bound by the War Powers Resolution, under which it would require congressional approval and oversight
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Trump administration tells Congress war law doesn’t apply to cartel strikes
The Office of Legal Counsel told select lawmakers that the executive branch is not bound by the War Powers Resolution, which requires congressional approval for any military action that exceeds 60 day...
www.washingtonpost.com
November 2, 2025 at 7:21 PM
President Trump told Congress in September that the United States is in an “armed conflict” with drug cartels.
Now (POST EXCLUSIVE) DOJ lawyers say he’s not bound by the War Powers Resolution, under which it would require congressional approval and oversight
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Now (POST EXCLUSIVE) DOJ lawyers say he’s not bound by the War Powers Resolution, under which it would require congressional approval and oversight
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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Did not expect one of the best paragraphs I’d read about baseball would come from an Irish newspaper
www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
November 2, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Did not expect one of the best paragraphs I’d read about baseball would come from an Irish newspaper
www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
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Recently my brother in law explained what gerrymandering was to a coworker and they didn’t believe him because if that were really happening there would be riots in the street
This week I had someone tell me they're not worried about SNAP being cut off because "that's illegal, so it's impossible Trump could do that, so obviously it's just media sensationalism." Another person told me they weren't worried about ICE because "they can't detain you if you're legally here."
November 2, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Recently my brother in law explained what gerrymandering was to a coworker and they didn’t believe him because if that were really happening there would be riots in the street
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Over the past year, the Department of Homeland Security, which oversees ICE, has poured billions into detention contracts, reactivated cross-deputation agreements with local police, and directed ICE to scale up removals inside the US.
ICE Wants to Build a Shadow Deportation Network in Texas
A new ICE proposal outlines a 24/7 transport operation run by armed contractors—turning Texas into the logistical backbone of an industrialized deportation machine.
www.wired.com
October 30, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Over the past year, the Department of Homeland Security, which oversees ICE, has poured billions into detention contracts, reactivated cross-deputation agreements with local police, and directed ICE to scale up removals inside the US.
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Al Qaeda militants are moving closer to seizing the capital of the West African nation of Mali, which, should the city fall, would become the first country in the world run by the U.S.-designated terrorist group.
Al Qaeda Is on the Brink of Taking Over a Country
If the jihadists succeed in taking Mali, it would become the first country run by the group. The U.S. has warned its citizens to leave the West African nation immediately.
on.wsj.com
October 30, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Al Qaeda militants are moving closer to seizing the capital of the West African nation of Mali, which, should the city fall, would become the first country in the world run by the U.S.-designated terrorist group.
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Trying to blame the Dems cutting off SNAP (while sitting on billons of available contingency funds) as his boss bulldozes the WH to build a ball room like Saddam's palace, sends $40 billion to bail out Argentines, and eats "gold adorned" brownies in Korea is not gonna work.
October 30, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Trying to blame the Dems cutting off SNAP (while sitting on billons of available contingency funds) as his boss bulldozes the WH to build a ball room like Saddam's palace, sends $40 billion to bail out Argentines, and eats "gold adorned" brownies in Korea is not gonna work.
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"No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice"
-22nd Amendment
"no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States"
-12th Amendment
-22nd Amendment
"no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States"
-12th Amendment
October 30, 2025 at 3:34 PM
"No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice"
-22nd Amendment
"no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States"
-12th Amendment
-22nd Amendment
"no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States"
-12th Amendment
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This fits a broader pattern of the Trump administration using the shutdown as an excuse to do things that are illegal or not required by law:
*RIFs of employees
*cancelling grants to blue states
*shutting websites of Inspectors General
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/u...
*RIFs of employees
*cancelling grants to blue states
*shutting websites of Inspectors General
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/u...
Trump Administration Tells Court It Has Money It Can’t Spend to Prevent Food Stamp Cuts
www.nytimes.com
October 30, 2025 at 5:08 PM
This fits a broader pattern of the Trump administration using the shutdown as an excuse to do things that are illegal or not required by law:
*RIFs of employees
*cancelling grants to blue states
*shutting websites of Inspectors General
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/u...
*RIFs of employees
*cancelling grants to blue states
*shutting websites of Inspectors General
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/u...
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To recap: Trump is spending money Congress never appropriated to pay federal employees with guns, and cutting programs and grants even when Congress has appropriated funds.
They literally have a contingency fund for SNAP that they are refusing to use.
No Speaker has done more to weaken Congress.
They literally have a contingency fund for SNAP that they are refusing to use.
No Speaker has done more to weaken Congress.
October 30, 2025 at 4:51 PM
To recap: Trump is spending money Congress never appropriated to pay federal employees with guns, and cutting programs and grants even when Congress has appropriated funds.
They literally have a contingency fund for SNAP that they are refusing to use.
No Speaker has done more to weaken Congress.
They literally have a contingency fund for SNAP that they are refusing to use.
No Speaker has done more to weaken Congress.
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Souvannarath is likely a citizen, ICE kidnapped him, he filed habeas, a judge ordered he not be deported, and *the next day* DHS deported him.
DHS told the press they didn't get the order, which is undoubtedly a lie and will be perjury when they say it to the court.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
DHS told the press they didn't get the order, which is undoubtedly a lie and will be perjury when they say it to the court.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
NEW: ACLU of Louisiana asks a federal judge to order the govt to immediately return Chanthila (Shawn) Souvannarath from Laos, to which it deported him over the weekend in violation of the judge's injunction. @acluoflouisiana.bsky.social www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
October 30, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Souvannarath is likely a citizen, ICE kidnapped him, he filed habeas, a judge ordered he not be deported, and *the next day* DHS deported him.
DHS told the press they didn't get the order, which is undoubtedly a lie and will be perjury when they say it to the court.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
DHS told the press they didn't get the order, which is undoubtedly a lie and will be perjury when they say it to the court.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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The House Oversight Committee has issued a 93-page report on Biden’s use of the autopen, a fairly standard practice among U.S. presidents, and called on the DOJ to investigate.
This is the longest full shutdown in U.S. history, and this is what House Republicans are up to. trib.al/TqM5GXn
This is the longest full shutdown in U.S. history, and this is what House Republicans are up to. trib.al/TqM5GXn
Republicans Decide to Focus on Biden Autopen as Shutdown Stretches On
This is the longest full shutdown in U.S. history, and this is what House Republicans are up to.
trib.al
October 28, 2025 at 7:03 PM
The House Oversight Committee has issued a 93-page report on Biden’s use of the autopen, a fairly standard practice among U.S. presidents, and called on the DOJ to investigate.
This is the longest full shutdown in U.S. history, and this is what House Republicans are up to. trib.al/TqM5GXn
This is the longest full shutdown in U.S. history, and this is what House Republicans are up to. trib.al/TqM5GXn
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Notable that the people carrying Trumpism don't act like they believe they're carrying out the will of the public, they act like dictators terrified of a spontaneous uprising so swift and massive it overwhelms their protective services before assistance can arrive.
NEW: Stephen Miller, Marco Rubio, Kristi Noem, and others have taken over military homes that until recently housed senior officers. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Top Trump Officials Are Moving Onto Military Bases
Stephen Miller, Marco Rubio, Kristi Noem, and others have taken over homes that until recently housed senior officers.
www.theatlantic.com
October 30, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Notable that the people carrying Trumpism don't act like they believe they're carrying out the will of the public, they act like dictators terrified of a spontaneous uprising so swift and massive it overwhelms their protective services before assistance can arrive.
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2. To the govt., he's more incredulous. Why won't they agree to an injunction that reflects what they claim ICE's policy to be?
"What kind of a country is it if people can’t bring their grievance if ICE people are just ignoring these policies? There’s gotta be something a court can do about it."
"What kind of a country is it if people can’t bring their grievance if ICE people are just ignoring these policies? There’s gotta be something a court can do about it."
October 30, 2025 at 5:15 PM
2. To the govt., he's more incredulous. Why won't they agree to an injunction that reflects what they claim ICE's policy to be?
"What kind of a country is it if people can’t bring their grievance if ICE people are just ignoring these policies? There’s gotta be something a court can do about it."
"What kind of a country is it if people can’t bring their grievance if ICE people are just ignoring these policies? There’s gotta be something a court can do about it."
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1. To the plaintiffs challenging ICE's warrantless arrests, Jackson is concerned about their standing because there have since been warrants issued and/or they're not at risk of re-arrest.
"Is it enough that they might be re-arrested? I question that," said Jackson.
"Is it enough that they might be re-arrested? I question that," said Jackson.
October 30, 2025 at 5:13 PM
1. To the plaintiffs challenging ICE's warrantless arrests, Jackson is concerned about their standing because there have since been warrants issued and/or they're not at risk of re-arrest.
"Is it enough that they might be re-arrested? I question that," said Jackson.
"Is it enough that they might be re-arrested? I question that," said Jackson.
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I’m at Colorado’s U.S. District Court today, where Senior Judge Brooke Jackson will hear evidence about ICE’s warrantless arrests that allegedly violate federal law. He will decide whether to issue a preliminary injunction.
Background here:
Background here:
NEW: Judge Jackson warned the govt. "all cards are on the table" if he has to issue a preliminary injunction next week requiring ICE agents to follow the law on warrantless arrests. He was alarmed at the govt.'s resistance to accountability on its own policy:
www.coloradopolitics.com/2025/10/24/f...
www.coloradopolitics.com/2025/10/24/f...
October 30, 2025 at 3:04 PM
I’m at Colorado’s U.S. District Court today, where Senior Judge Brooke Jackson will hear evidence about ICE’s warrantless arrests that allegedly violate federal law. He will decide whether to issue a preliminary injunction.
Background here:
Background here: