COwriter
@hlacey.bsky.social
Retired lawyer, dad, baseball fan. From Colorado. I don't argue online.
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@hlacey.bsky.social
· Dec 14
"If there be time to expose through discussion the falsehood and fallacies, to avert the evil by the processes of education, the remedy to be applied is more speech, not enforced silence.” - Whitney v. California, 274 U. S. 357 (1927) (Brandeis, J.) #freedomofspeech #freespeech #civilliberties
Think carefully about eating meat.
Did you know the bill to end the shutdown eliminates rules to prevent food contamination and foodborne illnesses, even though they are increasing? And it slows efforts to regulate ultra-processed foods, even while RFK Jr touts his MAHA agenda to reduce them? www.levernews.com/shutdown-dea...
Shutdown Deal Kills Food Safety Rules
After lobbyists spent big on the Trump administration and Democratic defectors, the government funding bill cut food-contamination rules and limited ultraprocessed-food research.
www.levernews.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Think carefully about eating meat.
If the Democrats in the U.S. Senate, or even just enough of them for it to pass, support a "deal" to reopen the gov't in return for a "promise" to hold a vote on Obamacare finances, then it will prove what is obvious: The Democratic Party has no fight in it. It's a house of cards with no principles.
November 9, 2025 at 8:44 PM
If the Democrats in the U.S. Senate, or even just enough of them for it to pass, support a "deal" to reopen the gov't in return for a "promise" to hold a vote on Obamacare finances, then it will prove what is obvious: The Democratic Party has no fight in it. It's a house of cards with no principles.
I haven't seen Colorado's famously irresolute governor, Jared Polis, say what he should to the regime's attempt to claw back SNAP funds: "no." Polis agrees with Trump on too much to take a strong stand against him when necessary.
November 9, 2025 at 8:39 PM
I haven't seen Colorado's famously irresolute governor, Jared Polis, say what he should to the regime's attempt to claw back SNAP funds: "no." Polis agrees with Trump on too much to take a strong stand against him when necessary.
I still believe that it's inappropriate to speak ill of the dead when insulting comments are not based on a complete and fair understanding of a person's entire life and whole contribution to society. We all make mistakes and do things we regret. They don't, or shouldn't, entirely define our life.
November 7, 2025 at 9:00 PM
I still believe that it's inappropriate to speak ill of the dead when insulting comments are not based on a complete and fair understanding of a person's entire life and whole contribution to society. We all make mistakes and do things we regret. They don't, or shouldn't, entirely define our life.
Pelosi's retirement in Jan. 2027 will be 16 or so years later than it should have been. If you are age 70 or over, you are not getting my vote nor the vote of most people I know even when we agree with your priorities and policy preferences. You are too old to serve at that age. Retire. Now.
November 6, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Pelosi's retirement in Jan. 2027 will be 16 or so years later than it should have been. If you are age 70 or over, you are not getting my vote nor the vote of most people I know even when we agree with your priorities and policy preferences. You are too old to serve at that age. Retire. Now.
In Hencely v. Fluor Corp., 20 states signed a bipartisan amicus brief asking the justices to overturn a ruling granting immunity to a defense contractor. Colorado AG @philweiser.bsky.social did not sign it. Why did he choose not to defend the veteran in the case? www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24...
www.supremecourt.gov
November 6, 2025 at 12:57 AM
In Hencely v. Fluor Corp., 20 states signed a bipartisan amicus brief asking the justices to overturn a ruling granting immunity to a defense contractor. Colorado AG @philweiser.bsky.social did not sign it. Why did he choose not to defend the veteran in the case? www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24...
This incident of Colorado Democrats cozying up to lobbyists in Vail and dodging our state's ethics law tells me quite clearly that they have contempt for the public's commitment to honest government. And I hope they pay a steep political price for it.
Colorado Common Cause alleges more than a dozen Democratic lawmakers violated the state's prohibition on gift-giving when they asked a prominent dark-money organization to help pay for an October mountain retreat // Story by @sethklamann.bsky.social
Colorado lawmakers face ethics complaints over Vail retreat — and how it was paid for
The complaints allege that the legislators violated a state constitutional prohibition on accepting gifts of more than $75 when the caucus’s leader sought a $25,000 donation to cover hotel ro…
www.denverpost.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:18 AM
This incident of Colorado Democrats cozying up to lobbyists in Vail and dodging our state's ethics law tells me quite clearly that they have contempt for the public's commitment to honest government. And I hope they pay a steep political price for it.
State law enforcement officers need to start arresting ICE and Border Patrol agents and state AGs need to start prosecuting them. Now.
LA: “They took a US citizen father out and left a toddler in the backseat. Two heavily armed border patrol agents got in that car and drove the child and the vehicle away.”
What are we doing?
What are we doing?
November 6, 2025 at 12:17 AM
State law enforcement officers need to start arresting ICE and Border Patrol agents and state AGs need to start prosecuting them. Now.
Please help her.
Go Fund Me for the teacher who was kidnapped in front of children in her classroom today: www.gofundme.com/f/stand-with...
Donate to Help support our teacher illegally detained by ICE, organized by Erin Horetski
Our beloved teacher, who was not just an educator but a central part … Erin Horetski needs your support for Help support our teacher illegally detained by ICE
www.gofundme.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Please help her.
I suspect Suarez will get a long look from the Dodgers and the Giants, among others.
Breaking: Padres All-Star closer Robert Suarez, who led the NL with 40 saves, has opted out. Had $16M over 2 years to go. Now a free agent.
November 3, 2025 at 6:19 PM
I suspect Suarez will get a long look from the Dodgers and the Giants, among others.
Dear @mlb.com owners and @robmanfred.bsky.social: Baseball has regained a special place in the hearts of Americans, Canadians, and people in other parts of the world. Don't screw it up with a lockout in spring 2027.
November 2, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Dear @mlb.com owners and @robmanfred.bsky.social: Baseball has regained a special place in the hearts of Americans, Canadians, and people in other parts of the world. Don't screw it up with a lockout in spring 2027.
The @losangelesdodgers.bsky.social have a big payroll, yes, but the team invests it in very good players and you cannot deny that those guys are resilient and tough. And clearly the Dodgers ownership cares about winning, which is something we don't have here in Colorado.
November 2, 2025 at 8:46 PM
The @losangelesdodgers.bsky.social have a big payroll, yes, but the team invests it in very good players and you cannot deny that those guys are resilient and tough. And clearly the Dodgers ownership cares about winning, which is something we don't have here in Colorado.
I encountered Vermeule's ideas about how to read the Constitution several years ago and asked him what the historical basis for them are. He not only refused to answer, he blocked me. I think the guy is fundamentally authoritarian in his thinking about the law and, yes, very much like the Nazis.
University of Toronto law professor David Dyzenhaus, says that Harvard Law professor Adrien Vermeule “moved away from just being interested in [Carl] Schmitt,” a former Nazi scholar, “to actually embracing all dimensions of Schmitt’s theory: both the political dimension & the legal dimension…” 1/
November 2, 2025 at 8:19 PM
I encountered Vermeule's ideas about how to read the Constitution several years ago and asked him what the historical basis for them are. He not only refused to answer, he blocked me. I think the guy is fundamentally authoritarian in his thinking about the law and, yes, very much like the Nazis.
The regime thinks it gets to pick and choose the laws it must obey. And, of course, SCOTUS apparently agrees.
The president can order the “Department of War” to conduct acts of war wherever he feels like—in this case, the Caribbean—under inherent Article II war powers, and maybe under the old Congressional authorization for the War on Terror, but it’s not a war so the War Powers Act doesn’t apply. Gotcha!
Scoop: Trump’s OLC head tells lawmakers the War Powers Act doesn’t apply to cartel strikes, and the administration does not need to cease strikes by Monday.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
November 1, 2025 at 11:32 PM
The regime thinks it gets to pick and choose the laws it must obey. And, of course, SCOTUS apparently agrees.
Wild.
NAU converts a 2 point try in the dark, the lights went out after the snap
November 1, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Wild.
Anyone who spies for Russia or China or any other U.S. adversary, or who helps those countries, should spend the rest of their life in prison. Especially if they are in the armed forces.
Canyon Anthony Amarys, a National Guard member from New Mexico, is facing a federal indictment on a charge of illegally trying to provide U.S. military equipment to Russia.
Guardsman tried to send military radio to Russia in violation of export laws, DOJ says
Prosecutors say he entered into a relationship with someone he thought was a Russian intelligence agent and agreed to supply a helicopter radio.
www.stripes.com
November 1, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Anyone who spies for Russia or China or any other U.S. adversary, or who helps those countries, should spend the rest of their life in prison. Especially if they are in the armed forces.
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On the left, the refurbished Lincoln bathroom. On the right, picture I took in Saddam Hussein's palace in Basra in 2005.
October 31, 2025 at 5:57 PM
On the left, the refurbished Lincoln bathroom. On the right, picture I took in Saddam Hussein's palace in Basra in 2005.
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To anyone not into baseball I’m sorry but also get into baseball
November 1, 2025 at 3:00 AM
To anyone not into baseball I’m sorry but also get into baseball
ICE and the Border Patrol, a.k.a America's Gestapo, are violently assaulting people and abducting them without warrants or probable cause. Innocent people are being hidden away with no access to counsel and in horrid and unsafe conditions. When will Blue State police and prosecutors act?
October 31, 2025 at 10:32 PM
ICE and the Border Patrol, a.k.a America's Gestapo, are violently assaulting people and abducting them without warrants or probable cause. Innocent people are being hidden away with no access to counsel and in horrid and unsafe conditions. When will Blue State police and prosecutors act?
My story on the effort to restore a threatened ecosystem at Rocky Mountain National Park has been published by @sfgate.com. #ecology #nationalparks #publiclands www.sfgate.com/national-par...
Rocky Mountain National Park wants its beavers back
Colorado's moose and elk are the problem.
www.sfgate.com
October 30, 2025 at 5:07 PM
My story on the effort to restore a threatened ecosystem at Rocky Mountain National Park has been published by @sfgate.com. #ecology #nationalparks #publiclands www.sfgate.com/national-par...
What is the point of paying members of Congress when Congress can't or won't even keep our government functioning by passing appropriations bills on time? At what point do we say, "we expect you to do your job?"
October 26, 2025 at 4:07 PM
What is the point of paying members of Congress when Congress can't or won't even keep our government functioning by passing appropriations bills on time? At what point do we say, "we expect you to do your job?"
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Glad @thedailybeast.bsky.social also picked up this story, also calling attention to First Lady Jill Biden’s Yoshino Cherry.
Still waiting on for press reporting on destruction of President Eisenhower’s commemorative Northern red oak, a gift from the people of D.C. he planted on his 70th birthday.
Still waiting on for press reporting on destruction of President Eisenhower’s commemorative Northern red oak, a gift from the people of D.C. he planted on his 70th birthday.
Not even historic trees are safe from Trump’s path of destruction at the White House.
Trump Rips Out Presidents’ Historic Trees for New Ballroom
Satellite images show that six trees, including magnolias commemorating two presidents, have been erased from the White House grounds.
trib.al
October 25, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Glad @thedailybeast.bsky.social also picked up this story, also calling attention to First Lady Jill Biden’s Yoshino Cherry.
Still waiting on for press reporting on destruction of President Eisenhower’s commemorative Northern red oak, a gift from the people of D.C. he planted on his 70th birthday.
Still waiting on for press reporting on destruction of President Eisenhower’s commemorative Northern red oak, a gift from the people of D.C. he planted on his 70th birthday.
Also here in CO, we have a secretary of state running to be AG and several sitting legislators running to be state officials. None of these people are doing the jobs they were elected to do; they're spending their time trying to get another taxpayer-paid position. We need a resign-to-run law.
October 25, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Also here in CO, we have a secretary of state running to be AG and several sitting legislators running to be state officials. None of these people are doing the jobs they were elected to do; they're spending their time trying to get another taxpayer-paid position. We need a resign-to-run law.
Here in Colorado we have a U.S. senator, who should be focused on getting the government open again (no, I didn't say it's the Dems fault its closed), and a sitting attorney general, who should be doing his job, spending all of their time running for governor. It's kind of disgusting, actually.
October 25, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Here in Colorado we have a U.S. senator, who should be focused on getting the government open again (no, I didn't say it's the Dems fault its closed), and a sitting attorney general, who should be doing his job, spending all of their time running for governor. It's kind of disgusting, actually.