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Tamara Dunn @tamaraddunn.bsky.social · 1d

How to host a fabulous Halloween (or other) holiday theme party: www.denverpost.com/2025/10/07/h... by @thenoellephillips.bsky.social

How to host a fabulous Halloween (or other) holiday theme party

“Get creative and just do you, not caring what people think,” Lisa Geisler, owner of Eclectic Elegance Events and professional party planner.

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Matt Sebastian @mattsebastian.com · 1d

"The court’s conservative majority didn’t seem convinced that states can restrict talk therapy aimed at changing feelings or behavior while allowing counseling that affirms kids identifying as gay or transgender."

In Colorado case, Supreme Court skeptical about bans on conversion therapy for LBGTQ+ kids

Colorado argues the measure simply regulates licensed therapists by barring a practice that’s been scientifically discredited and linked to serious harm.

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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 1d

A majority of the Supreme Court signaled Tuesday it is prepared to rule against Colorado’s ban on “conversion therapy” for minors, with several justices signaling they agree with a licensed counselor in the state who says the law violates her First Amendment rights.

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Matt Sebastian @mattsebastian.com · 2d

Mayor Jacki Marsh opened Loveland’s city hall Sunday night to let up to 15 unhoused residents sleep inside as it rained, a move that sparked sharp criticism from fellow council members and may have violated city procedures

Loveland mayor opens city hall to homeless, prompting backlash

Video from inside showed the interior lobby and council chambers with several people lying on the floor or sitting in chairs, some covered with blankets or coats.

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Elizabeth Hernandez @lizzy-hernandez.bsky.social · 2d

CU to post undercover police in stands as part of new fan behavior policy
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CU to post undercover police in stands as part of new fan behavior policy

The University of Colorado athletics department is implementing new procedures to improve fan behavior at Folsom Field, including using undercover police officers.

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Elizabeth Hernandez @lizzy-hernandez.bsky.social · 2d

A Colorado case going before the U.S. Supreme Court this week could set nationwide precedent for whether states can bar licensed medical professionals from performing the widely discredited practice of conversion therapy on LGBTQ+ kids

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U.S. Supreme Court to hear arguments in First Amendment challenge to Colorado’s conversion therapy ban

The Colorado Attorney General’s Office will argue that trying to change a young patient’s sexual orientation or gender identity is substandard medical care.

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Matt Sebastian @mattsebastian.com · 3d

A Colorado case going before the U.S. Supreme Court this week could set nationwide precedent for whether states can bar licensed medical professionals from performing the widely discredited practice of conversion therapy on LGBTQ+ kids // Story by @lizzy-hernandez.bsky.social

U.S. Supreme Court to hear arguments in First Amendment challenge to Colorado’s conversion therapy ban

The Colorado Attorney General’s Office will argue that trying to change a young patient’s sexual orientation or gender identity is substandard medical care.

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Elizabeth Hernandez @lizzy-hernandez.bsky.social · 8d

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Tamara Dunn @tamaraddunn.bsky.social · 8d

If you need advice on Halloween costumes, follow @lizzy-hernandez.bsky.social for great ideas and where you can buy items (she wears the Halloween crown after all). www.denverpost.com/2025/09/30/h...

Here’s how to create a contest-winning Halloween costume

There is an artistry to a good costume. The combination of whimsy and vulnerability necessary for a grown adult to commit to a public game of dress up with an outfit inevitably revealing a glimpse …

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Matt Sebastian @mattsebastian.com · 8d

In Colorado, Gov. Jared Polis and Denver Mayor Mike Johnston have said there are no indications that military deployments are planned here. Both officials said they would oppose it if it were to happen, with Johnston promising a legal fight on “day one.” // Story by @sethklamann.bsky.social

Trump hasn’t targeted Denver with troops, but officials weigh plans in case of ‘federal overreach’

Both Gov. Jared Polis and Denver Mayor Mike Johnston have said they would oppose a deployment of troops to the city, with Johnston promising a legal fight on “day one.”

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Matt Sebastian @mattsebastian.com · 8d

Attorneys for Denver immigrant-rights activist Jeanette Vizguerra filed a renewed motion seeking her release from detention Monday, arguing that her six-month imprisonment was so prolonged that it violated her constitutional rights // Story by @sethklamann.bsky.social

Detained immigrant activist Jeanette Vizguerra says she feels ‘vulnerable’ six months after arrest

Attorneys for Denver immigrant-rights activist Jeanette Vizguerra filed a renewed motion seeking her release from detention Monday, arguing that her six-month imprisonment violated her constitution…

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Matt Sebastian @mattsebastian.com · 8d

NEW: Staff at Colorado’s juvenile detention centers violated policies meant to protect youth during strip searches more than 1,000 times during nine months between 2023 and 2025, according to a new review by the Child Protection Ombudsman of Colorado released today

Colorado juvenile detention staff violated strip-search policy 1,000 times in 9 months, watchdog finds

There is no effective oversight to ensure strip searches at juvenile detention centers are justified and properly documented, the review found.

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Elizabeth Hernandez @lizzy-hernandez.bsky.social · 10d

Needs to be an app where people document driving routes by how motion sick they made them and the app can suggest the least offensive options.

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Matt Sebastian @mattsebastian.com · 11d

Weld County Sheriff Steve Reams and DA Michael Rourke drew national attention this month with viral claims that a dangerous man was set free from jail because of a 2024 change to Colorado’s mental competency laws — but reality is more complicated than the officials’ soundbites, experts say

What role did a 2024 Colorado law play in the release of Ephraim Debisa from Weld County’s jail?

The Weld County sheriff’s warning about Ephraim Debisa’s release prompted criticism from tech billionaire Elon Musk (“This is insane”) and a reply from Gov. Jared Polis (“Absolutely unaccepta…

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Matt Sebastian @mattsebastian.com · 11d

Boulder Students for Justice in Palestine tried to show the film "The Time that Remains" on campus, but University of Colorado administrators sent police to shut down the screening and "attempt to identify anyone that was there," according to a police report // Story by @lizzy-hernandez.bsky.social

CU Boulder police shut down student groups’ screening of Palestinian film

As students were setting up for the film in the ATLAS Institute, two CU police officers showed up and blocked people from entering, a member of Boulder Students for Justice in Palestine said.

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Amie Rivers @amierivers.bsky.social · 12d

Per the Des Moines Register:

The superintendent of Des Moines schools has been arrested by ICE

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Des Moines Public Schools superintendent Ian Roberts arrested by ICE, district says

"We have no confirmed information as to why Dr. Roberts is being detained or the next potential steps," the district's release states.

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Elizabeth Hernandez @lizzy-hernandez.bsky.social · 12d

University of Colorado Boulder police shut down student groups’ screening of Palestinian film
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CU Boulder police shut down student groups’ screening of Palestinian film

As students were setting up for the film in the ATLAS Institute, two CU police officers showed up and blocked people from entering, a member of Boulder Students for Justice in Palestine said.

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Matt Sebastian @mattsebastian.com · 13d

ICE agents “boxed in” Routt County Commissioner Angelica Salinas at a post office south of Steamboat after she took a video of operations from her vehicle, she said on social media. “I don’t know what would have happened if my husband were not in the car with me,” Salinas says

County commissioner confronted by federal agents as ICE activity increases in Steamboat Springs, Oak Creek

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers “boxed in” Routt County Commissioner Angelica Salinas at the post office in Oak Creek after she took a video of operations from her vehicle, Salinas s...

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Elizabeth Hernandez @lizzy-hernandez.bsky.social · 15d

Longtime Denver Post reporter Virginia Culver dies

For 44 years, Culver covered religion and reported obituaries yet remained intensely private on the matter of her own mortality.

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Matt Sebastian @mattsebastian.com · 16d

Complaints about fake attorneys trying to scam immigrants have surged in Colorado since Trump's mass-deportation campaign began earlier this year // Story by @samtabachnik.bsky.social and @sethklamann.bsky.social

Colorado immigrants are desperately seeking legal help. They often run into fake lawyers and other scams.

Kathia Blanco unwittingly joined a growing number of Colorado immigrants who have been scammed by people impersonating lawyers.

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Matt Sebastian @mattsebastian.com · 16d

Colorado families paid by Medicaid to provide around-the-clock care for adults with disabilities will do so with 8% less funding under one of the cuts meant to close the state’s budget hole. “To me, it’s so unfair that the most vulnerable people are the ones they’re choosing to cut,” a parent says

Colorado families caring for disabled adults to see cut in Medicaid pay

For years, family caregivers received a higher reimbursement from Medicaid than “host homes” where a handful of people with disabilities live with one or more people in charge of their …

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Matt Sebastian @mattsebastian.com · 19d

“What we’re seeing is an unprecedented attempt to silence disfavored speech by the government,” said Brendan Nyhan, a political scientist at Dartmouth College. “Donald Trump is trying to dictate what Americans can say.”

Trump's moves against the media mirror approaches by authoritarian leaders to silence dissent

Since taking office in January, President Donald Trump has waged an aggressive campaign against the media unlike any in modern U.S. history, making moves similar to those of authoritarian leaders that...

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Elizabeth Hernandez @lizzy-hernandez.bsky.social · 19d

Denver Archbishop Samuel Aquila to submit resignation next week as he turns 75 www.denverpost.com/2025/09/19/d... @denverpost.com

Denver Archbishop Samuel Aquila to submit request for retirement next week as he turns 75

It is a requirement of the church that Catholic bishops and archbishops submit their resignation to the pope when they turn 75.

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Matt Sebastian @mattsebastian.com · 19d

Colorado needs more trade-school instructors and hopes to coax people out of industry or retirement to share knowledge. “Just apply, and then we’ll figure it out,” a dean at Emily Griffith Technical College tells @lizzy-hernandez.bsky.social. “As long as you’ve worked in industry, it will translate”

Instructor shortage at trade schools has Colorado looking to lure workers, retirees to the classroom

Due to instructor shortages, Emily Griffith has been forced to close programs — most recently, a program on computer-aided design and building information modeling.

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 22d

The Dept. of Justice has removed a study showing that white supremacist and far-right violence “continues to outpace all other types of terrorism and domestic violent extremism” in the U.S.

DOJ Deletes Study Showing Domestic Terrorists Are Most Often Right Wing

Following Charlie Kirk’s assassination and the Trump administration’s promise to go after the “radical left” a study showing most domestic terrosim is far-right was disappeared.

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