Matt Sebastian
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Managing Editor, @denverpost.com. "There's a bit of magic in everything, and then some loss to even things out" — Lou Reed
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The Trump administration has “virtually stopped enforcing the Clean Air Act,” lodging just one consent decree in a relatively small case since Trump’s inauguration, compared with 26 in the first year of Trump's first term, & 22 in Biden’s first year. peer.org/under-epas-z... 1/
Under EPA’s Zeldin, Pollution Enforcement Dying a Quick Death
Department of Justice Civil Pollution Settlements Plummet to Record Lows
peer.org
January 27, 2026 at 8:11 PM
The Trump administration has “virtually stopped enforcing the Clean Air Act,” lodging just one consent decree in a relatively small case since Trump’s inauguration, compared with 26 in the first year of Trump's first term, & 22 in Biden’s first year. peer.org/under-epas-z... 1/
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"If you believe in what you can do, nothing is impossible." — Dr. Daddio, a true Denver radio legend and community giant. denverite.com/2026/01/27/d...
Remembering Black radio pioneer James “Dr. Daddio” Walker, a Denver legend
Dr. Daddio built a Black radio institution and inspired generations of youth. James “Dr. Daddio” Walker, the legendary radio personality and longtime owner and operator of AM 1510 KDKO Radio, has died...
denverite.com
January 27, 2026 at 4:33 PM
"If you believe in what you can do, nothing is impossible." — Dr. Daddio, a true Denver radio legend and community giant. denverite.com/2026/01/27/d...
"One sign slated for removal at Bent’s Old Fort National Historic Site in Colorado described key figures in the site’s history and included references to the forced removal of a Native tribe, a family’s slave ownership and another historic figure who had a miscarriage."
National park signs related to Native Americans, climate change to be removed
Among the national parks targeted in the new removal orders are some of the country’s most iconic: Grand Canyon, Glacier, Big Bend and Zion.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 27, 2026 at 11:49 PM
"One sign slated for removal at Bent’s Old Fort National Historic Site in Colorado described key figures in the site’s history and included references to the forced removal of a Native tribe, a family’s slave ownership and another historic figure who had a miscarriage."
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"I fought like hell to stop that launch. I'm so torn up inside I can hardly talk about it, even now."
Tomorrow will be 40 years since Challenger. It feels like yesterday; I can still feel how cold it was that morning.
Howard Berkes recalls the story of the engineers who tried to stop the launch.
Tomorrow will be 40 years since Challenger. It feels like yesterday; I can still feel how cold it was that morning.
Howard Berkes recalls the story of the engineers who tried to stop the launch.
40 years after Challenger: Lingering guilt and lessons learned
Forty years after the Challenger disaster, NPR explores the engineers' last-minute efforts to stop the launch, their decades of guilt and the vital lessons that remain critical for NASA today.
www.npr.org
January 27, 2026 at 6:03 PM
"I fought like hell to stop that launch. I'm so torn up inside I can hardly talk about it, even now."
Tomorrow will be 40 years since Challenger. It feels like yesterday; I can still feel how cold it was that morning.
Howard Berkes recalls the story of the engineers who tried to stop the launch.
Tomorrow will be 40 years since Challenger. It feels like yesterday; I can still feel how cold it was that morning.
Howard Berkes recalls the story of the engineers who tried to stop the launch.
“There are two types of people to whom these messages will quickly look familiar,” Oren Segal, a vice president for counterextremism at the Anti-Defamation League, said of the panoply of postings, “white supremacists, and those who study white supremacists.”
Administration Social Media Posts Echo White Supremacist Messaging
www.nytimes.com
January 27, 2026 at 5:55 PM
“There are two types of people to whom these messages will quickly look familiar,” Oren Segal, a vice president for counterextremism at the Anti-Defamation League, said of the panoply of postings, “white supremacists, and those who study white supremacists.”
“It’s about the legacy, but it’s also about the present and the future,” said Nozomu Tim Higashide, Sakura Square’s CEO. “We already exist. We’re not trying to build something new. We’re trying to enhance and preserve and then evolve what we already have.”
Sakura Square leaders fighting to preserve Denver’s historic Japantown
Community leaders are seeking funding from the Denver Downtown Development Authority to continue the block’s legacy
www.denverpost.com
January 27, 2026 at 4:28 PM
“It’s about the legacy, but it’s also about the present and the future,” said Nozomu Tim Higashide, Sakura Square’s CEO. “We already exist. We’re not trying to build something new. We’re trying to enhance and preserve and then evolve what we already have.”
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Neil Young is giving free access to Neil Young Archives to everyone in Greenland. What a boss.
January 27, 2026 at 2:04 AM
Neil Young is giving free access to Neil Young Archives to everyone in Greenland. What a boss.
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From @wired.com: A number of employees at Denver-based Palantir questioned the company’s close relationship with ICE after the killing of Alex Pretti this past weekend, prompting leaders to respond and provide more info on Palantir’s work for the agency: www.wired.com/story/palant...
Palantir Defends Work With ICE to Staff Following Killing of Alex Pretti
“In my opinion ICE are the bad guys. I am not proud that the company I enjoy so much working for is part of this,” one worker wrote on Slack.
www.wired.com
January 27, 2026 at 1:35 AM
From @wired.com: A number of employees at Denver-based Palantir questioned the company’s close relationship with ICE after the killing of Alex Pretti this past weekend, prompting leaders to respond and provide more info on Palantir’s work for the agency: www.wired.com/story/palant...
The U.S. government is negotiating for the release of a Colorado academic — Dennis Coyle, from Pueblo — whose family says was kidnapped by the Taliban one year ago tomorrow and has been held in Afghanistan ever since // Story by @samtabachnik.bsky.social
U.S. negotiating for release of Colorado man detained by Taliban for past year
Dennis Coyle, a 64-year-old from Pueblo, was kidnapped on Jan. 27, 2025, near his workplace by the Taliban General Directorate of Intelligence, his family says.
www.denverpost.com
January 27, 2026 at 1:13 AM
The U.S. government is negotiating for the release of a Colorado academic — Dennis Coyle, from Pueblo — whose family says was kidnapped by the Taliban one year ago tomorrow and has been held in Afghanistan ever since // Story by @samtabachnik.bsky.social
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Something odd happened at the Colorado Supreme Court this morning. In one announced decision, this footnote appeared indicating the majority opinion was handed off to Justice Rich Gabriel in mid-September. 🧵 (1/5)
January 26, 2026 at 8:14 PM
Something odd happened at the Colorado Supreme Court this morning. In one announced decision, this footnote appeared indicating the majority opinion was handed off to Justice Rich Gabriel in mid-September. 🧵 (1/5)
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Oh man. Writing the Marley piece I listened to a LOT of Sly Dunbar, the man who moved reggae past the one-drop and (with Robbie Shakespeare) formed one of the most incredible rhythm sections/production duos ever. RIP
RIP Sly Dunbar (1952-2026)
January 26, 2026 at 8:04 PM
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USA TODAY Co., owner of the Detroit Free Press, will acquire The Detroit News from MediaNews Group. The deal is expected to close by month's end; terms not disclosed. #Detroit #News
The Detroit News to be acquired by USA TODAY Co., owner of Detroit Free Press
USA TODAY Co., owner of the Detroit Free Press, will acquire The Detroit News from MediaNews Group. ...
www.detroitnews.com
January 26, 2026 at 5:51 PM
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A bloodbath at The Washington Post. What a terrible day for journalism.
January 26, 2026 at 7:42 PM
A bloodbath at The Washington Post. What a terrible day for journalism.
ICE agents operating near Vail placed branded ace of spades playing cards — similar to “death cards” left on corpses by U.S. forces during the Vietnam War — in immigrants’ cars after their arrests, an advocacy group alleges // Story by @sethklamann.bsky.social
ICE investigates after Colorado group says agents left ‘death cards’ in arrested immigrants’ abandoned cars
Immigration agents operating near Vail left branded ace of spades playing cards in cars left behind after immigrants’ arrests this week, an advocacy group alleged. ICE is investigating.
www.denverpost.com
January 26, 2026 at 5:14 PM
ICE agents operating near Vail placed branded ace of spades playing cards — similar to “death cards” left on corpses by U.S. forces during the Vietnam War — in immigrants’ cars after their arrests, an advocacy group alleges // Story by @sethklamann.bsky.social
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Sly Dunbar, the pulse of so many great records. RIP. www.dancehallmag.com/2026/01/26/n...
January 26, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Sly Dunbar, the pulse of so many great records. RIP. www.dancehallmag.com/2026/01/26/n...
Photos by Rebecca Slezak for @denverpost.com of today's anti-ICE protest at the Colorado Capitol and march in Denver, a day after federal agents killed Alex Pretti in Minneapolis
More photos: denverpost.com/2026/01/25/ice-protest-alex-pretti-denver
More photos: denverpost.com/2026/01/25/ice-protest-alex-pretti-denver
January 25, 2026 at 9:50 PM
Photos by Rebecca Slezak for @denverpost.com of today's anti-ICE protest at the Colorado Capitol and march in Denver, a day after federal agents killed Alex Pretti in Minneapolis
More photos: denverpost.com/2026/01/25/ice-protest-alex-pretti-denver
More photos: denverpost.com/2026/01/25/ice-protest-alex-pretti-denver
Colorado is getting a break with this weekend’s arctic blast, but the broader dry-weather pattern that’s set to return in coming days is raising worries not only about the ski season but also about impacts this summer for the state's water supply and the farms and industries it sustains
In Colorado’s devastatingly dry winter, hope abounds for big snows to round out the season: ‘It’s not time for panic’
It will take more than this weekend’s arctic blast and snowstorm to make up for Colorado’s dearth of snow. “You need February and March to be nonstop snowstorms,” the state …
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January 25, 2026 at 6:17 PM
Colorado is getting a break with this weekend’s arctic blast, but the broader dry-weather pattern that’s set to return in coming days is raising worries not only about the ski season but also about impacts this summer for the state's water supply and the farms and industries it sustains
Saw this festival in LA the next day. Ian Astbury's two-date pre-Lollapalooza Lollapalooza. Got there early to make sure we saw The Charlatans. (Sadly, Public Enemy didn't perform at the second stop)
A lifetime ago. Back where it all started
A Gathering of the Tribes October 1990
We got to play alongside The Cramps, Ice, Iggy Pop, Michelle Shocked, Public Enemy, Soungarden and Queen Latifah
A Gathering of the Tribes October 1990
We got to play alongside The Cramps, Ice, Iggy Pop, Michelle Shocked, Public Enemy, Soungarden and Queen Latifah
January 25, 2026 at 5:10 PM
Saw this festival in LA the next day. Ian Astbury's two-date pre-Lollapalooza Lollapalooza. Got there early to make sure we saw The Charlatans. (Sadly, Public Enemy didn't perform at the second stop)
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Filming ICE is an act of journalism. Cell phone footage is vital source material for reporters who can’t be everywhere at once.
Shooting, killing and other targeting of those documenting news is an attack on press freedom and all else that's good in the world.
Shooting, killing and other targeting of those documenting news is an attack on press freedom and all else that's good in the world.
Videos show federal agents killing Minneapolis man
Some details of federal government’s account of the shooting aren’t supported by footage captured by bystanders.
www.startribune.com
January 25, 2026 at 12:40 AM
Filming ICE is an act of journalism. Cell phone footage is vital source material for reporters who can’t be everywhere at once.
Shooting, killing and other targeting of those documenting news is an attack on press freedom and all else that's good in the world.
Shooting, killing and other targeting of those documenting news is an attack on press freedom and all else that's good in the world.
"As of Saturday evening, the family said they had still not heard from anyone at a federal law enforcement agency about their son’s death."
Man killed in Minneapolis shooting, Alex Pretti, had Colorado ties
The Colorado parents of Alex Pretti, who was fatally shot by a U.S. Border Patrol agent in Minneapolis on Saturday, said they told him to be careful during protests.
www.denverpost.com
January 25, 2026 at 4:48 AM
"As of Saturday evening, the family said they had still not heard from anyone at a federal law enforcement agency about their son’s death."
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Tomorrow's front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 25, 2026
January 24, 2026 at 8:49 PM
Tomorrow's front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 25, 2026
The National Science Foundation announced today that it will consider proposals for new private or public ownership to take over the National Center for Atmospheric Research’s Mesa Lab — the renowned climate research hub in Boulder that the Trump administration is trying to dismantle
National Science Foundation issues call for new ownership of Boulder’s NCAR Mesa Lab
The National Science Foundation announced on Friday that it will consider proposals for new private or public ownership to take over the National Center for Atmospheric Research Mesa Lab in Boulder…
www.dailycamera.com
January 24, 2026 at 1:00 AM
The National Science Foundation announced today that it will consider proposals for new private or public ownership to take over the National Center for Atmospheric Research’s Mesa Lab — the renowned climate research hub in Boulder that the Trump administration is trying to dismantle
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Denver jam-band scene fixture and former Grateful Dead-themed bar owner #JayBianchi was sentenced to more than a decade in prison after his 2025 sex-assault convictions.
More details and comments from the DA, for @denverpost.com
More details and comments from the DA, for @denverpost.com
‘Serial sexual predator’ Jay Bianchi sentenced following 2025 convictions
The former Grateful Dead-themed bar owner was convicted on five counts in November.
www.denverpost.com
January 23, 2026 at 11:53 PM
Denver jam-band scene fixture and former Grateful Dead-themed bar owner #JayBianchi was sentenced to more than a decade in prison after his 2025 sex-assault convictions.
More details and comments from the DA, for @denverpost.com
More details and comments from the DA, for @denverpost.com
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Colorado school district drops appeal days before oral arguments in book-ban case www.denverpost.com/2026/01/23/e... via @denverpost.com
Colorado school district drops appeal days before oral arguments in book-ban case
Oral arguments before a three-judge panel had been scheduled for Friday, according to the American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado.
www.denverpost.com
January 23, 2026 at 11:43 PM
Colorado school district drops appeal days before oral arguments in book-ban case www.denverpost.com/2026/01/23/e... via @denverpost.com
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ICE is investigating - and issued a rare condemnation - after a Colorado nonprofit said agents left behind branded “death cards” in vehicles abandoned after their owners were arrested in the state’s high country: www.denverpost.com/2026/01/23/c...
ICE investigates after Colorado group says agents left ‘death cards’ in arrested immigrants’ abandoned cars
Immigration agents operating near Vail left branded playing cards — similar to those used by U.S. forces in Vietnam — in cars abandoned by arrested immigrants earlier this week, an advo…
www.denverpost.com
January 23, 2026 at 10:58 PM
ICE is investigating - and issued a rare condemnation - after a Colorado nonprofit said agents left behind branded “death cards” in vehicles abandoned after their owners were arrested in the state’s high country: www.denverpost.com/2026/01/23/c...