How America Chose Not to Hold the Powerful to Account Our national project of elite impunity

After the arrests of powerful men across the world, you might be asking why the US has so much trouble holding its leaders accountable for lawbreaking. Since Nixon, all three branches of government have worked hard to ensure they can break the law with impunity www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

NEW: State Rep Scott Bottoms (R) claims, without offering evidence, that there are pedophile rings involving elected officials at Colorado's Capitol.

When the GOP candidate for Governor wouldn't agree to a scheduled interview, we met him for an unscheduled interview.

Comic. [Person talking to person with black hat.] PERSON 1: Historically, it refers to a ceremony to predict the weather using a rodent. But nowadays people often use it to mean “a time loop experienced by one person.” PERSON 2: …What. [caption] Easily our weirdest holiday.

Groundhog Day Meaning

xkcd.com/3202/

drew this parody gadsden flag six years ago, and it seems it’s still relevant as the bootlicking has only increased.

(if you’ve shared a version, I’d appreciate if you shared this one — I’m making more stickers, flags and t-shirts to give 100% of profits to MN mutual aid! www.tommysiegel.net)

3-panel comic. (1) [Three small arthropods on ocean floor.] ARTHROPOD 1: Now that we’re multicellular, what are your plans? I’m gonna evolve little legs and swim around with them! ARTHROPOD 2: I’m gonna evolve sharp pincers and use them to crunch stuff! ARTHROPOD 3: I’m gonna evolve glands to make string from my butt and use it to construct elaborate geometric nets hundreds of times my size to catch other animals. (2) [Silence] (3) ARTHROPOD 1: *Dude.* ARTHROPOD 2: Can you *please* just be normal about this? ARTHROPOD 3: *What??!*

Early Arthropods

xkcd.com/3199/

Streets are public spaces, and everyone has a right to be safe in that space. No one should fear violence on our streets, whether from cars or from our own government. Join the @denverbicyclelobby.bsky.social on a Ride for Alex Pretti this Saturday.

Aurora's ICE Detention Center is near capacity; one detainee is a bassist from an up-and-coming Colorado band: westword.com/music/denver-bassist-has-been-in-ice-custody-for-nearly-a-month-40832399/

Climate issues are kitchen table issues | Colorado Newsline Political candidates that neglect to include climate change in their messaging and policy platforms are making a mistake.

Commentary: Messaging from political candidates is increasingly focused on affordability, leaving some issues, like climate change, in the dust. Yet political candidates who neglect to include climate change in their policy platforms are making a mistake.
By @sammyherdman.bsky.social

Broncos!!!!!

DAVIS: Venezuela, Manifest Destiny, and the Farce of Christian Nationalist Foreign Policy As fighter jets screeched through the sky above Caracas on the third night of the year, raining munitions on residential buildings, the clouds of destruction took on the shape of...

The revelry with which Christian nationalist leaders greeted the attack on Venezuela is a glimpse into the foreign policy ideals of a movement which rose to power in the administration based on its domestic policy agenda, writes @loganmdavis.bsky.social.

coloradotimesrecorder.com/2026/01/davi...

This feels like something we should stop.

The Denver Streets Partnership is seeking Advisory Board members. Join the movement! Applications are due January 31, 2026

Do you have have a passion for people-first communities, improving mobility options & access, fostering equity through our built environment, & a desire to get involved? The Denver Streets Partnership is seeking Advisory Board members! Apply by Jan 31: denverstreetspartnership.org/apply-to-dsp...

Denver finishes with its 2nd-hottest December on record, with an average monthly temp of 42.3° ranking only behind 1933 (43.8°).

Fort Collins: Hottest December on record (43.0° avg monthly temp)

Boulder: tied its hottest December on record (44.4°, tied with 1933)

#COwx

Cannot wait to go fuckin birdwatching in 2026

OPINION: Where Cities are Investing, Vision Zero is Working  — Streetsblog USA As the Vision Zero Network turns 10, it's time to look at what works and what is achievable (a lot!).

"For the most part, [effective Vision Zero projects are] unsexy, low-cost improvements — adding speed humps, lowering speed limits, improving street lighting . . . The challenge now is to scale up what works and to prioritize safety in design and policy decisions as the rule, not the exception."

I’m late to this joke of a op-ed, but it’s a good reminder that the richest family in Denver doesn’t care if our streets are safe for anyone but themselves.

This is the first "Particularly Dangerous Situation" Fire Weather Warning ever issued anywhere in the state of Colorado.

#COwx

Mayor Johnston, bowing to business interests and wealthy families, is moving Denver’s road safety backwards (Opinion) During this latest budget crunch, when DOTI staff members were being laid off and safety projects went unfunded, the city found nearly $100,000 to replace a thoroughly vetted design to accommodate …

As the Co-Chair of the DOTI Advisory Board, I don’t take criticizing the Mayor lightly. But we just hit the highest number ever of people killed in traffic crashes in Denver, and it’s not a priority for Mayor Johnston. Something needed to be said.
www.denverpost.com/2025/12/17/d...

Yesterday's low of 45 in Denver was our warmest December low temperature in over 60 years.

Torchcember continues...

#COwx

How the Assemblies of God became a safe haven for sexual predators A sweeping NBC investigation exposed decades of abuse, cover-ups, and indifference inside the world’s largest Pentecostal denomination

Predators restored. Background checks ignored. Victims silenced.

There's a systemic abuse crisis inside the Assemblies of God denomination—and the details are infuriating.

www.friendlyatheist.com/p/how-the-as...

How to fix I-270: Designers offer plan with toll lanes, no widening and a boost to mass transit All-toll lanes, green berms to absorb pollution, and greatly increased mass transit could be an alternative to widening I-270 through Adams County.

Thank you Green Latinos and Earthjustice for putting forward a solution that will *actually* reduce congestion on I-270, while supporting community health and sustainability! The CDOT proposal to widen the highway would just do the opposite. coloradosun.com/2025/11/21/i...

About time! Good work RTD for getting this done!

Awesome…

A Colossal, Hidden Pile of Trash Ignites Outcry in Britain The discovery of a mountain of garbage near a highway is the latest example of what experts say is a growing problem of criminal organizations profiting from illegal dumping.

An enormous wall of trash about 500 feet in length and up to four stories tall was recently discovered near a highway in the English countryside, leading to a national outcry across Britain. nyti.ms/4oP3vbP

Give a man a bird and he’ll eat for a day.

*Teach* a man to bird and he’ll eat for a lifetime, but mostly just breakfast burritos from the gas station by the park

4-panel vertical comic. (1) 100 Years Ago [two people standing next to bicycle with small car nearby] PERSON 1: It’s too dangerous riding a bike with these cars around. I should get a car, too. (2) 50 Years Ago [two people between smaller car and bigger car] PERSON 2 with short hair: Small cars are less safe in collisions with larger vehicles, so I should get a bigger one. (3) Today [two people between big car and even bigger car] PERSON 1: Everyone has huge SUVs now. If I don’t get the biggest one, I’m putting my family at risk. (4) Soon [two people next to large armored car with spiked clubs attached] PERSON 2: If I don’t install more whirling spike clubs, I’ll be destroyed by all the other drivers who...

Car Size

xkcd.com/3167/

Do you hate how narrow the Cherry Creek Trail is next to Denver Country Club? Come to an open house anytime tomorrow morning between 1030 and 12:30 PM at Bromwell Elementary.

Is it considered a journalistic best practice to quote a group run by a person that has the same last name as the owner of the paper without disclosing it?

as a bird artist, in honor of tonight’s game i have attempted to draw the gorgeous blue jay as accurately as possible. as always please let me know if you have any constructive criticism