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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The woman shouting "shame!" was the wife of Renee Nicole Good who had just watched her being murdered by an ICE agent. That reaction was remarkably mild.
Trump on Renee Good: "When she was shot, there was another woman that was screaming 'Shame. Shame Shame Shame.' So loud. Like a professional opera singer. She was so loud. And so professional. She wasn't a woman that was hurt like, 'Oh my heart is injured.' She was a professional."
January 20, 2026 at 7:23 PM
The woman shouting "shame!" was the wife of Renee Nicole Good who had just watched her being murdered by an ICE agent. That reaction was remarkably mild.
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JUST IN: A federal judge orders Halligan and the US attorney's office in EDVA to stop referring to her as the US attorney or risk discipline.
Judge Novak says DOJ's argument was so vitriolic it was "more appropriate for a cable news talk show" than DOJ. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Judge Novak says DOJ's argument was so vitriolic it was "more appropriate for a cable news talk show" than DOJ. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
January 20, 2026 at 8:26 PM
JUST IN: A federal judge orders Halligan and the US attorney's office in EDVA to stop referring to her as the US attorney or risk discipline.
Judge Novak says DOJ's argument was so vitriolic it was "more appropriate for a cable news talk show" than DOJ. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Judge Novak says DOJ's argument was so vitriolic it was "more appropriate for a cable news talk show" than DOJ. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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A Minnesota man received a life-threatening injury while in ICE custody. It's not clear how he got injured because his memory and ability to communicate are so severely impaired. Agents said "he got his shit rocked." Wild story from @katrinapross.bsky.social sahanjournal.com/health/ice-d...
Minn. man hospitalized with life-threatening injuries after ICE arrest
Alberto Castaneda Mondragon, who is in ICE custody while hospitalized at Hennepin County Medical Center, alleges in a lawsuit that federal agents are interfering in his medical care and that he was so...
sahanjournal.com
January 20, 2026 at 7:33 PM
A Minnesota man received a life-threatening injury while in ICE custody. It's not clear how he got injured because his memory and ability to communicate are so severely impaired. Agents said "he got his shit rocked." Wild story from @katrinapross.bsky.social sahanjournal.com/health/ice-d...
25th Amendment
Trump: "I lost a lot of respect for Norway. Norway controls the Nobel Prize. You have to understand I settled 8 wars."
January 20, 2026 at 8:27 PM
25th Amendment
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Handing SSA data to election deniers seems like more than a Hatch Act violation
NEWS: The Social Security Administration has referred two DOGE employees for Hatch Act violations after discovering contacts with a political group seeking SSA data to overturn election results. www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
January 20, 2026 at 7:34 PM
Handing SSA data to election deniers seems like more than a Hatch Act violation
“Trump has pardoned more people in the last year than Joe Biden did in four years.”
Says a lot about both presidents tbh.
Says a lot about both presidents tbh.
Tuesday marks the first anniversary of President Trump being sworn into office for a second term.
The year was marked by hundreds of executive orders, dozens of trips and more than 100 meetings with foreign leaders.
The year was marked by hundreds of executive orders, dozens of trips and more than 100 meetings with foreign leaders.
Executive orders, pardons and golf: Trump's first year of his second term by the numbers
Trump has pardoned more people in the last year than Joe Biden did in four years.
nbcnews.to
January 20, 2026 at 8:25 PM
“Trump has pardoned more people in the last year than Joe Biden did in four years.”
Says a lot about both presidents tbh.
Says a lot about both presidents tbh.
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Should the Trump administration attempt to change a sovereign European border, America must face the full force of the EU economic “bazooka”, argues a former prime minister of Denmark
On Greenland, Europe must tell Donald Trump that enough is enough
But it must offer an off-ramp that includes a deal over resources, writes Anders Fogh Rasmussen
econ.st
January 20, 2026 at 8:20 PM
Should the Trump administration attempt to change a sovereign European border, America must face the full force of the EU economic “bazooka”, argues a former prime minister of Denmark
Probably the only money Evans has managed to bring back, and even then it’s less than before he was in office. 🤔
In the latest minibus GOP Rep. Evans (toss-up seat) has the largest earmark: $8.6M for Gold Hill Pipeline. (In '23 this project got just under $14M through infrastructure law.) Smallest earmark from Bennet & Hickenlooper was $15k for software for Brighton's EOC. #copolitics
January 20, 2026 at 8:24 PM
Probably the only money Evans has managed to bring back, and even then it’s less than before he was in office. 🤔
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In the latest (& last) minibus package, CO lawmakers have over $96 million in earmarks for projects across the state. Once all minibuses are signed, CO will have received more than $184M in earmarks for FY26. (FY25 earmarks were scrapped when Congress passed a CR for the FY.) #copolitics
January 20, 2026 at 8:13 PM
In the latest (& last) minibus package, CO lawmakers have over $96 million in earmarks for projects across the state. Once all minibuses are signed, CO will have received more than $184M in earmarks for FY26. (FY25 earmarks were scrapped when Congress passed a CR for the FY.) #copolitics
Lol
Q: Now that Maduro is in custody, has any more information emerged that you could share with us regarding Venezuelan election software and Venezuelan ties to tampering with the 2020 election? Would you consider speaking to him personally?
TRUMP: Yeah, they've learned some things
TRUMP: Yeah, they've learned some things
January 20, 2026 at 8:22 PM
Lol
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Hundreds of thousands of polluted, abandoned industrial sites — #brownfields — dot the U.S. For reporters seeking local environmental stories, these problem spots cry out for coverage: www.sej.org/publications... #SEJournalReportersToolbox bsky.app/profile/sejo... bsky.app/profile/ejto...
January 20, 2026 at 7:16 PM
Hundreds of thousands of polluted, abandoned industrial sites — #brownfields — dot the U.S. For reporters seeking local environmental stories, these problem spots cry out for coverage: www.sej.org/publications... #SEJournalReportersToolbox bsky.app/profile/sejo... bsky.app/profile/ejto...
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invading Switzerland after refusing to believe their claims that they have no power over the award of the Fifa Peace Prize
January 19, 2026 at 6:33 PM
invading Switzerland after refusing to believe their claims that they have no power over the award of the Fifa Peace Prize
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I recently published a piece to by website about the urban/rural divide in Colorado.
www.co-political-landscape.org/urban-rural-...
A short thread on measuring the elusive quantity of urbanicity. 1/
www.co-political-landscape.org/urban-rural-...
A short thread on measuring the elusive quantity of urbanicity. 1/
January 18, 2026 at 10:11 PM
I recently published a piece to by website about the urban/rural divide in Colorado.
www.co-political-landscape.org/urban-rural-...
A short thread on measuring the elusive quantity of urbanicity. 1/
www.co-political-landscape.org/urban-rural-...
A short thread on measuring the elusive quantity of urbanicity. 1/
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Judge Gordon Gallagher told ICE it had to remove a woman's GPS monitor and related conditions. The immigration judge who released her on bond didn't order any of those restrictions, and ICE had no ability to do so itself, Gallagher wrote:
www.coloradopolitics.com/2026/01/16/f...
www.coloradopolitics.com/2026/01/16/f...
January 19, 2026 at 5:44 PM
Judge Gordon Gallagher told ICE it had to remove a woman's GPS monitor and related conditions. The immigration judge who released her on bond didn't order any of those restrictions, and ICE had no ability to do so itself, Gallagher wrote:
www.coloradopolitics.com/2026/01/16/f...
www.coloradopolitics.com/2026/01/16/f...
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The Colorado Supreme Court discussed whether a tip about classroom marijuana use submitted through the state's confidential school safety program provided the necessary reasonable suspicion to search a student's backpack for drugs:
www.coloradopolitics.com/2026/01/16/c...
www.coloradopolitics.com/2026/01/16/c...
Colorado justices weigh constitutionality of student backpack search based on confidential tip
The Colorado Supreme Court considered on Wednesday whether a tip submitted through the state's confidential school safety system provided a Douglas County administrator with reasonable suspicion to se...
www.coloradopolitics.com
January 19, 2026 at 5:45 PM
The Colorado Supreme Court discussed whether a tip about classroom marijuana use submitted through the state's confidential school safety program provided the necessary reasonable suspicion to search a student's backpack for drugs:
www.coloradopolitics.com/2026/01/16/c...
www.coloradopolitics.com/2026/01/16/c...
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There may be no more euphoric feeling than when a neighbor shovels the snow off your sidewalk out of simple kindness.
January 19, 2026 at 5:40 PM
There may be no more euphoric feeling than when a neighbor shovels the snow off your sidewalk out of simple kindness.
Imagine typing out this sentence and hitting Publish.
January 18, 2026 at 7:10 PM
Imagine typing out this sentence and hitting Publish.
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New tariff just dropped.
Americans set to pay an additional 10% tax on all goods from Germany, the UK, France, the Netherlands, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and Finland.
It starts in two weeks, rising to 25% by June.
(Aside: A trade war with one EU country is a trade war with the entire EU).
Americans set to pay an additional 10% tax on all goods from Germany, the UK, France, the Netherlands, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and Finland.
It starts in two weeks, rising to 25% by June.
(Aside: A trade war with one EU country is a trade war with the entire EU).
January 17, 2026 at 5:26 PM
New tariff just dropped.
Americans set to pay an additional 10% tax on all goods from Germany, the UK, France, the Netherlands, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and Finland.
It starts in two weeks, rising to 25% by June.
(Aside: A trade war with one EU country is a trade war with the entire EU).
Americans set to pay an additional 10% tax on all goods from Germany, the UK, France, the Netherlands, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and Finland.
It starts in two weeks, rising to 25% by June.
(Aside: A trade war with one EU country is a trade war with the entire EU).
The Donald J. Trump Non-Gendered Bathroom at Constitution Hall
January 17, 2026 at 8:25 PM
The Donald J. Trump Non-Gendered Bathroom at Constitution Hall
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The world of city courts was upended in late December, when the Colorado Supreme Court unanimously ruled that municipalities cannot impose harsher punishments on lawbreakers than state statute would allow for the same offense.
www.denverpost.com/2026/01/16/c...
www.denverpost.com/2026/01/16/c...
How a Colorado Supreme Court ruling is reshaping the state’s municipal courts
Now, weeks after the court’s decision, cities are reexamining their local ordinances, judges are altering their courtroom advisements of defendants, and defense attorneys and prosecutors are negoti…
www.denverpost.com
January 16, 2026 at 4:49 PM
The world of city courts was upended in late December, when the Colorado Supreme Court unanimously ruled that municipalities cannot impose harsher punishments on lawbreakers than state statute would allow for the same offense.
www.denverpost.com/2026/01/16/c...
www.denverpost.com/2026/01/16/c...
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not legal advice but if you're going to hack the Supreme Court e-filing system, maybe don't post about it on an Instagram called @ihackedthegovernment
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January 16, 2026 at 4:46 PM
not legal advice but if you're going to hack the Supreme Court e-filing system, maybe don't post about it on an Instagram called @ihackedthegovernment
bsky.app/profile/anna...
bsky.app/profile/anna...
Goodness I love NPR
January 16, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Goodness I love NPR
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Millions of people who bought health plans on the Obamacare marketplaces face soaring 2026 premium payments. Some are considering going without insurance, taking on extra jobs, or even postponing marriage. kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
As Insurance Prices Rise, Families Puzzle Over Options - KFF Health News
Millions of middle-class Americans who have Affordable Care Act marketplace plans are facing soaring premium payments in 2026. Some people are contemplating big life changes to deal with new rates tha...
kffhealthnews.org
January 16, 2026 at 4:33 PM
Millions of people who bought health plans on the Obamacare marketplaces face soaring 2026 premium payments. Some are considering going without insurance, taking on extra jobs, or even postponing marriage. kffhealthnews.org/news/article...