Beth Rankin

@davidsirota Wtf are you talking about; this is exactly how people work in modern newsrooms, and not a single person in any newsroom I’ve worked in screams “hot take into a webcam” (???) Very out of touch, “ok, boomer” take

BREAKING: #Broncos owners buy 40% ownership stake in the Colorado #Rockies denverpost.com/2026/04/10/bro… via @denverpost

Still my favorite (love you, FT)

Who are the most influential — or notorious — Coloradans of the last 150 years? You can nominate up to 10 people. denverpost.com/2026/04/08/mos… by @byBethRankin

What if the first thing you ever saw was Dinger

SCOOP: Last year we reported extensively on Elon Musk’s desire to break into the data pipes of government to bypass the federal bureaucracy. That approach had major consequences — one of which we reveal today: A DOGE bro allegedly made off with volumes upon volumes of highly sensitive Social Security data - the agency’s “crown jewels” - which he downloaded on a thumb drive and brought over to his new job. Me, @MerylKornfield @FedGirlWaPo report on this unprecedented breach: washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/…

My colleague Marty Weil is one of The Post’s last living ties to Watergate. He’s covered stories that range from local crime to the Sept. 11 attacks to whimsical weather musings. After 60 years, he was laid off yesterday by email. nytimes.com/2026/02/05/bus…

The FBI has so far been unable to get into Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson’s iPhone because it’s using Lockdown Mode — one of my favorite iOS features. You can turn it on for iPadOS, macOS, and watchOS too! 404media.co/fbi-couldnt-ge…

A+ journalistic use of nothingburger; no notes

Taco editor José R. Ralat's (@TacoTrail) work for Texas Monthly demands hundreds of hours on the road each year. For him, being pulled over by immigration-enforcement officers has felt like an inevitability for months. texasmonthly.com/food/taco-edit…

Here's how to identify some crowd control munitions, canisters of which federal agents have left on the ground after deploying them against people in Minnesota. bit.ly/3YWp1jE Graphic by Mark Boswell/The Minnesota Star Tribune

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi wrote to Gov. Tim Walz on Saturday to push the state of Minnesota to hand over its voter rolls and data on Medicaid and food stamp recipients. startribune.com/ice-raids-minn…

Texas Monthly Taco Editor, driver stopped by ICE in West Texas “Well, it finally happened – I came face to face with ICE agents,” Ralat said on the video. Read more 🔗 bit.ly/4jYwI2p

On Instagram, Minneapolis journalist and anchor Jana Shortal of @kare11 - clearly wearing a press credentials - says she was pepper sprayed and punched in the eye by federal agents while trying to capture the aftermath of today’s fatal shooting.

Tomorrow’s front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 23, 2026

ICE agents eat at small-town Mexican restaurant — then detain workers startribune.com/ice-agents-eat…

Everyone should be reading (and subscribing) to the Minnesota Star Tribune. @startribune

Update: More than 100,000 homes and businesses across Colorado lost power Friday amid "particularly dangerous" high winds and planned power shut-offs that could take several days to restore in some areas, Xcel Energy said. trib.al/7v6wVfF

This new East Colfax restaurant’s Szechuan, Cantonese and American-Chinese food is popular for a reason trib.al/uio8zTc