Seth Klamann @sethklamann.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Rest easy knowing that millions of dollars will be spent to further hurl platitudes at you from your TV screen over the next month. 000
Seth Klamann @sethklamann.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Rewatching this debate now, and it’s wild how — in this, the only debate for the most expensive House race in America — it is basically just a substance-free, talking point palooza. If you took a drink every time Rutinel or Evans rattled off a catchphrase, you’d be unconscious by the halfway point. 151
Reposted by Seth KlamannMatt Sebastian @mattsebastian.com · 07/10/2026The vast majority of the unauthorized YouTube videos flagged by Colorado court officials show so-called sovereign citizens representing themselves in legal proceedings, with titles like “SOVEREIGN CITIZEN Ran From The Police, And Is Now Facing YEARS IN PRISON!! Pro Se FAIL!!!”denverpost.comPeople who misuse Colorado court livestreams make up less than 1% of all viewersIn 2026, 352,000 people viewed livestreamed state court proceedings on the Colorado Judicial Department’s website, spokeswoman Suzanne Karrer said. 085
Seth Klamann @sethklamann.bsky.social · 07/10/2026• East Coast-based dark money groups are solely funding Amendment 84, which would institute strict voter ID laws in the state. $4.2 million from these groups, the sole funders of the campaign. A dark money group opposing 84 has donated $120K against it, plus $50K from a Boulder environmentalist. 053
Seth Klamann @sethklamann.bsky.social · 07/10/2026• ACLU dolled out >$360K to various groups opposing conservative ballot measures. • Jeff Coors, former president of the beer giant, gave $10K to a Marx PAC. • Weiser has a cash advantage over Marx: AG has $724K on hand, vs. $158K for Marx. Both of em spent more than they raised in past 2 weeks. 182
Seth Klamann @sethklamann.bsky.social · 07/10/2026• The Anschutz Corporation gave $200,000 to a fund that’s trying to keep state Senate Republicans from slipping into a superminority. Anschutz is a well-known conservative mega donor (he helped launch Advance), but he hasn’t donated directly to a GOP candidate campaign fund in a few years. 171
Seth Klamann @sethklamann.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Some tidbits in new campaign finance filings: • Victor Marx’s campaign paid another ~$6K to the LLC his campaign said he controlled (he’s since denied that). • Spending against the graduated income tax is rolling. Americans For Prosperity donated $760K, and an Advance-aligned group gave $300K more. 1145
Seth Klamann @sethklamann.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Took a closer look at Amendment 81, which would open the door to more Colorado cooperation with ICE authorities. Proponents say it targets criminals, but opponents - including Denver’s DA - warn it would have a much wider impact and may lead to racial profiling: 032
Reposted by Seth KlamannThe Denver Post @denverpost.com · 06/10/2026Amendment 81 would not fully upend Colorado’s so-called “sanctuary laws,” which limit cooperation with immigration authorities. But it’s drawn split opinions from some law enforcement officials.denverpost.comColorado’s Amendment 81 would open door to ICE cooperation. Critics warn of racial profiling, other risks. 135
Seth Klamann @sethklamann.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Not an exact count, but there’s been roughly $7.5 million in outside spending alone on this race since the end of the June primary, per FEC filings (that doesn’t include Dem-v-Dem primary spending or some spring, pro-Evans spending). 000
Seth Klamann @sethklamann.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Some new spending in CD8 from the last few days: The Congressional Hispanic PAC dropped $240,000 in anti-Evans ads Saturday. Elon Musk’s America PAC added $36,000 in anti -Rutinel ads last week, while a right-wing dark money group spent $116,500 on Evans media, too. 100
Seth Klamann @sethklamann.bsky.social · 05/10/2026New less-than-forthright messaging here from Colorado Dawn. Say what you will about the fentanyl ballot measure, but it is certainly not chiefly concerned with providing treatment to people who use fentanyl. 471
Reposted by Seth KlamannStephen C. Rea @stevierea.bsky.social · 03/10/2026The “ceasefire” will be one year old next week. Since then, Israeli strikes have killed more than 1400 Gazans 71230556
Seth Klamann @sethklamann.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Pretty misleading text about the graduated income tax ballot measure (appears to be from conservative group Colorado Dawn, based on text in the image). No evidence the proposal would do this. Notable that this text uses the same language that Polis + Advance Colorado have used in opposing GIT. 052
Seth Klamann @sethklamann.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Attorneys and advocates have long criticized the facility’s conditions. Three men died there between 2012 and 2022. But oversight bodies have been gutted. Outside access has been further curtailed. And the pressure to get detainees to deport is higher than ever. www.denverpost.com/2026/09/27/c...denverpost.comPepper spray, health crises and rotten food: Inside Colorado’s only immigrant detention centerIn interviews with The Denver Post, current and former detainees described frequent fights and feelings of hopelessness. They say they’re often served inedible or rotten food that frequently gives the... 000
Seth Klamann @sethklamann.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Roughly 75% of the facility’s detainees are listed as “noncriminal” by ICE. Many have no experience in detention. And as the facility has expanded, 911 calls have, too. We reviewed calls that described overdoses, mental health crises, sexual assaults, and stabbings and other fight injuries. 101
Seth Klamann @sethklamann.bsky.social · 02/10/2026We spoke with a man who was beaten while he experienced a panic attack, with a gay detainee who was threatened regularly, with a father who struggles to talk to his family because of the pain their distance causes him, with a man who watched fellow detainees be beaten for refusing to eat. 102
Seth Klamann @sethklamann.bsky.social · 02/10/2026ICYMI: More than 12,000 immigrants have come through Colorado’s only detention center since January ‘25. Several of them described hopelessness, fights, racial and homophobic abuse, inedible food and delayed medical care. From @lizzy-hernandez.bsky.social and me: www.denverpost.com/2026/09/27/c...denverpost.comPepper spray, health crises and rotten food: Inside Colorado’s only immigrant detention centerIn interviews with The Denver Post, current and former detainees described frequent fights and feelings of hopelessness. They say they’re often served inedible or rotten food that frequently gives the... 116
Seth Klamann @sethklamann.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Man City’s ownership has always been really shady at best. It became intolerable as the UAE financed a genocide in Sudan, and this latest drama is what happens when you try to bring a sliver of accountability to people who’ve never had to face it before and aren’t interested in starting now. 020
Reposted by Seth KlamannMatt Sebastian @mattsebastian.com · 29/09/2026A federal judge in Denver says immigration agents involved in the violent arrest of an 18-year-old should be punished for violating a court order, and the federal government should release the teenager and pay his medical bills. // Story by @sethklamann.bsky.socialdenverpost.comICE agents involved in two Colorado arrests deserve to be punished for violating order, federal judge saysA federal judge in Denver says immigration agents involved in two arrests of immigrants in Colorado should be punished for violating a court order on warrantless arrests. 1199
Reposted by Seth KlamannElizabeth Hernandez @lizzy-hernandez.bsky.social · 28/09/2026New: @sethklamann.bsky.social and I talked w/ current & former detainees at Aurora's GEO immigration detention center & reviewed 911 calls to write about what it's really like inside Colorado's only immigrant detention facility. "There is no mercy here." www.denverpost.com/2026/09/27/c...denverpost.comPepper spray, health crises and rotten food: Inside Colorado’s only immigrant detention centerIn interviews with The Denver Post, current and former detainees described frequent fights and feelings of hopelessness. They say they’re often served inedible or rotten food that frequently gives the... 089
Reposted by Seth KlamannMatt Sebastian @mattsebastian.com · 27/09/2026To understand what it's like inside ICE's Aurora detention center, @lizzy-hernandez.bsky.social and @sethklamann.bsky.social spoke to current + former detainees and reviewed 911 records and audio recordings from emergency calls. “They treat you as if we’re animals, basically,” a Venezuelan told themdenverpost.comPepper spray, health crises and rotten food: Inside Colorado’s only immigrant detention centerIn interviews with The Denver Post, current and former detainees described frequent fights and feelings of hopelessness. They say they’re often served inedible or rotten food that frequently gives the... 11616
Seth Klamann @sethklamann.bsky.social · 22/09/2026In new campaign finance reports, another $2 million, from two other Ohio-based dark money outfits, has arrived to bolster this campaign. More than $4 million, all from Ohio conservative groups that don’t disclose their donors, now funding this effort to change how Coloradans vote. 034
Seth Klamann @sethklamann.bsky.social · 21/09/2026We love the Chiefs, don’t we folks. We love when they win, they are a great favorite of the people. 010
Reposted by Seth KlamannThe Denver Post @denverpost.com · 20/09/2026The proposal would cut the majority of Coloradans’ tax bills by hundreds of dollars, but the highest-earning Coloradans — the top 0.01% — could see their income tax bills almost double.denverpost.comHow the ballot proposal to overhaul Colorado taxes could change your tax bill — and who pays more 4107
Seth Klamann @sethklamann.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Jose Mourinho is such a shit coach, so grateful he’s back at Madrid. 110
Reposted by Seth KlamannMatt Sebastian @mattsebastian.com · 18/09/2026Foreign actors gained access to 2 small water utility systems in Colorado last month, state officials confirmed to @sethklamann.bsky.social, just weeks after hackers with suspected links to Iran had attempted to access similar systems elsewhere in the United Statesdenverpost.com‘Foreign actors’ briefly hacked two small Colorado water utilities last month, state saysThe governor’s office said that, to the state’s knowledge, “treatment processes and water quality were not impacted at either provider” affected by the August hacking incidents. 276
Seth Klamann @sethklamann.bsky.social · 16/09/2026It’s not a surprise he’s opposed: Polis has long supported eliminating the income tax. He killed a successful anti-poverty tax credit earlier this year because lawmakers refused to cut the income tax rate in exchange. 050
Seth Klamann @sethklamann.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Gov. Polis went on a podcast this week and took a big ol’ swing at the graduated income tax ballot measure, which would increase taxes on Colorado’s wealthiest residents/ corps. Polis, a centimillionaire who is ardently anti-income tax, echoed conservative talking points: youtu.be/5yt-ey7BEo8?...youtu.beA Conversation with Colorado Governor Jared PolisYouTube video by Crux Politica 422
Reposted by Seth KlamannThe Denver Post @denverpost.com · 13/09/2026Phil Weiser’s role starting a CU tech hub offers a window into the gubernatorial candidate’s approachdenverpost.comPhil Weiser’s role starting a CU tech hub offers a window into the gubernatorial candidate’s approach 012
Seth Klamann @sethklamann.bsky.social · 13/09/2026With the help of former Gov. Bill Owens and Colorado’s wealthiest megadonor, Advance Colorado has kept the conservative moment alive and close to power in a blue state. They’re set for an enormous ballot slowdown in November, with opposition finally organizing: www.denverpost.com/2026/09/13/a...denverpost.comAs Colorado Republicans slip from elected power, a dark-money conservative group has racked up ballot wins“Conservatives have long said that our ideas win, even if our candidates don’t win,” Republican consultant Tyler Sandberg said. “They put that to the actual test by putting them on the ballot.” 497
Seth Klamann @sethklamann.bsky.social · 06/09/2026A group of fintech companies spent more than $500,000 on lobbying (plus >$41,000 on campaign contributions) to carve themselves out Colorado’s lending laws. But it didn’t work, and one of them is now getting sued under the laws they said didn’t apply to them. www.denverpost.com/2026/09/06/c...denverpost.comPay advance company that backed efforts to change Colorado lending laws now faces AG lawsuitThe earned-wage access industry has twice backed legislation in Colorado that would’ve required companies to receive licensure before operating in the state. But those bills didn’t pass. 063
Reposted by Seth KlamannMatt Sebastian @mattsebastian.com · 31/08/2026New legal filings allege federal immigration agents operating in Colorado have acted illegally and violently at times amid a summer surge in arrests. ICE agents arrested 495 people in Colorado last month — a 93% spike from March. // Story by @sethklamann.bsky.socialdenverpost.comColorado attorneys accuse ICE of violently ignoring court order as immigration arrests surge againWhile ICE has scaled back its high-profile public surges since the Minneapolis killings, the Trump administration has not abandoned its plans to arrest and deport millions of immigrants. 088
Seth Klamann @sethklamann.bsky.social · 29/08/2026(Only point I’m making here is that, as appears to be the case with Milo’s arrest, the deportation machine works differently depending on who is caught into its gears.) 131
Seth Klamann @sethklamann.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Not sure of circumstances but Milo’s deportation was unusually fast. Other deportees, even those who’ve stopped fighting their case and ask to leave, often wait weeks or months until they’re flown out and get passed through multiple facilities in the meantime. 131
Seth Klamann @sethklamann.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Big scoop from @coltrain.bsky.social: www.denverpost.com/2026/08/27/f...denverpost.comBackers set to pull Colorado ballot measure after deal is struck on road funding, source saysColorado officials will earmark more money for roads in future years and backers of a proposed constitutional amendment to require more road spending will pull back their measure under a deal struck T... 063
Reposted by Seth KlamannThe Denver Post @denverpost.com · 26/08/2026Coloradans can still expect to receive their ballots in the mail in early October, regardless of this week’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling in favor of President Donald Trump’s anti-mail ballot executive order, Secretary of State Jena Griswold said.denverpost.comColorado will still mail out all ballots, despite Supreme Court ruling in favor of President Trump’s order 0103
Reposted by Seth KlamannSam Tabachnik @samtabachnik.bsky.social · 25/08/2026The Trump admin has launched probes targeting DEI at CO colleges, all-gender bathrooms at K-12 schools, and the conditions inside the state’s prisons. I took a look at 4 federal investigations to see what actually happened after the public announcement. www.denverpost.com/2026/08/25/t...denverpost.comThe Trump administration says it’s investigating these Colorado institutions. Here’s what’s really happening.The Denver Post took a closer look at four federal investigations in Colorado to see what, if anything, the Trump administration has done to follow up on its public pronouncements. 068
Reposted by Seth KlamannMatt Sebastian @mattsebastian.com · 21/08/2026The Colorado governor's office very much does not want to talk about Jared Polis' conversations with Trump before the commutation of Tina Peters' sentence // Story by @sethklamann.bsky.socialdenverpost.comAs Tina Peters eyes new elections job, Gov. Polis remains mum about contacts with TrumpTina Peters has been offered a job as an assistant registrar of voters in California’s Shasta County, the clerk, Clint Curtis, said in a radio appearance last week. 03218
Reposted by Seth KlamannMatt Sebastian @mattsebastian.com · 20/08/2026A federal judge blocked provisions of a new state law that required Colorado’s only immigrant detention center to open its doors for unannounced health inspections. Judge found the provisions were preempted by federal law and Geo Group’s contract with ICE // Story by @sethklamann.bsky.socialdenverpost.comFederal judge blocks part of new Colorado law requiring regular inspections of immigrant detention centersThe Thursday decision from U.S. District Court Judge Daniel D. Domenico defangs the most immediate part of House Bill 1276, which Democratic lawmakers passed earlier this year. 65029
Seth Klamann @sethklamann.bsky.social · 20/08/2026The email, from a White House aide last December, was sent to the chiefs of staff for the departments of interior, ag, education, transportation and energy, plus a White House counsel & a senior OMB official. White House aides were also looped into subsequent conversations about ideas for Colorado. 010
Seth Klamann @sethklamann.bsky.social · 20/08/2026New: Sen. Bennet calls for Senate investigations into the “smoking gun” email that showed Trump admin officials meeting to discuss actions to take against Colorado. Full email has now been released in court, showing 14 mostly senior agency officials involved: www.denverpost.com/2026/08/20/c...denverpost.comBennet requests Senate investigation into Trump administration’s ‘smoking gun’ Colorado emailThe request comes a week after attorneys for the state of Colorado disclosed a December email from a White House aide summoning officials from several agencies to discuss “immediate actions that your ... 2123
Seth Klamann @sethklamann.bsky.social · 19/08/2026This gets at the two big dynamics for Evans: He’s not running (and hasn’t served) as a moderate, which has become Dems’ strategy for this seat, and he’s mostly running against Colorado Democrats. 021
Reposted by Seth KlamannMichael Karlik @michaelkarlik.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Colorado's federal judges, who are seeing record caseloads in large part because of the huge increase in immigration detention challenges, are having to spend time ordering ICE to give people back their property that even the US Attorney's Office isn't trying to defend. 086
Reposted by Seth KlamannMatt Sebastian @mattsebastian.com · 19/08/2026Geo Group, which runs Colorado’s sole ICE detention center, did not provide records about a June tuberculosis case to state officials by a Monday deadline, running afoul of a second public health order and escalating a weekslong standoff with health inspectors // Story by @sethklamann.bsky.socialdenverpost.comOperators of Aurora immigration detention center ignore state health order, setting stage for potential court battleThe operators of Colorado’s sole immigrant detention center did not provide records about a June tuberculosis case to state officials Monday, escalating a weeklsong standoff with health inspectors. 3109
Seth Klamann @sethklamann.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Gray is an interesting character. Worked for a radio station owned by his dad after moving to the state after college. He hated the paper I worked for but would also get incensed if we didn’t cover the random conservative media awards he’d win. Gets a congressional seat at his second time of asking. 010
Seth Klamann @sethklamann.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Interesting night in Wyoming, where moderate Rs appear to have generally prevailed over more right-wing headliners, per @wyofile.com. Big exception is Secretary of State Chuck Gray, an election conspiracist who screened the “2,000 Mules” film across the state. Gray won a congressional primary. 101