David O. Williams
@daveowilliams.bsky.social
Skier, freelancer, mountain-dweller, dog guy, owner of RealVail.com, RockyMountainPost.com.
The real purpose of all of this is to strip away everyone's freedoms: www.realvail.com/the-o-zone-t...
The O. Zone: Trump is stoking racial unrest in order to impose martial law - Real Vail
Trump is sending in the troops, and, on June 8, this is just the beginning. Forget the fact he’s spending $45 million for an unprecedented peacetime military parade in D.C. to celebrate the birthday o...
www.realvail.com
June 9, 2025 at 12:21 AM
The real purpose of all of this is to strip away everyone's freedoms: www.realvail.com/the-o-zone-t...
Once again, AG Weiser is first in Colorado to react to Trump-packed, anti-environment SCOTUS. It is possible to both be pro-NEPA reform (something Congress should handle) and anti-oil trains along the Colorado River (not to mention nuclear waste): www.realvail.com/weiser-vows-...
Weiser vows to stay vigilant in wake of SCOTUS ruling in favor of oil trains - Real Vail
An oil train above the Colorado River in Eagle County last summer (David O. Williams photo). Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser on Thursday issued a forceful statement on the U.S. Supreme Court una...
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May 29, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Once again, AG Weiser is first in Colorado to react to Trump-packed, anti-environment SCOTUS. It is possible to both be pro-NEPA reform (something Congress should handle) and anti-oil trains along the Colorado River (not to mention nuclear waste): www.realvail.com/weiser-vows-...
After saving Aurora from a Trumped-up "invasion", now ICE has turned to Colorado ski towns, which will literally cease to function without immigrant labor: www.realvail.com/ice-other-fe...
ICE, other federal agents now active in mountain towns, stoking fear, stress - Real Vail
Federal agents have been active this week in mountain communities, according to numerous sources, enforcing an immigration crackdown by the Trump administration. That has members of the local Latino c...
www.realvail.com
May 23, 2025 at 12:16 AM
After saving Aurora from a Trumped-up "invasion", now ICE has turned to Colorado ski towns, which will literally cease to function without immigrant labor: www.realvail.com/ice-other-fe...
My latest story on behavioral health issues in the Colorado mountains (it first appeared in the Gazette papers on Monday): www.realvail.com/starting-to-...
Precourt Center looks to heal ‘probably the sickest community from a behavioral health perspective’ - Real Vail
Vail Health Behavioral Health Executive Director Chris Lindley shows off the Precourt Healing Center’s state-of-the-art kitchen during an April tour, as Vail Health Public Relations Director Sally Wel...
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May 20, 2025 at 6:37 PM
My latest story on behavioral health issues in the Colorado mountains (it first appeared in the Gazette papers on Monday): www.realvail.com/starting-to-...
I know my vast Blue Sky audience has been on pins and needles waiting for my latest column on RealVail.com: www.realvail.com/the-o-zone-g...
Real Vail
RealVail is an independent, online news and lifestyle site that brings a view of the news and events that shape Vail, Beaver Creek, and the Vail Valley.
RealVail.com
April 29, 2025 at 5:17 PM
I know my vast Blue Sky audience has been on pins and needles waiting for my latest column on RealVail.com: www.realvail.com/the-o-zone-g...
My latest on Newsline:
Sen. Hickenlooper on Tuesday urged the Supreme Court to start holding Trump administration officials in contempt of court and “lock them up” if they refuse to comply with the court’s unanimous order to “facilitate” the return of a Maryland man who was wrongly deported.
By @daveowilliams.bsky.social
By @daveowilliams.bsky.social
Hickenlooper calls on Supreme Court to hold Trump officials in contempt • Colorado Newsline
U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper on Tuesday urged the U.S. Supreme Court to start holding Trump administration officials in contempt of court.
coloradonewsline.com
April 16, 2025 at 7:40 PM
My latest on Newsline:
Politics got you down? Try some policy. The idea of an I-70 truck train is catching on. The Real Vail version of an update that first appeared in the Gazette papers, with statements from Union Pacific and CDOT: www.realvail.com/amid-media-f...
Amid media ‘frenzy’, I-70 truck by train backer touts plan at Denver rail show - Real Vail
ROLA’s truck by train rail solution in Austria in 2019 (photo courtesy of ROLA blog). Retired Amtrak conductor Brad Swartzwelter has achieved minor celebrity since a story on his truck by train rail b...
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April 7, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Politics got you down? Try some policy. The idea of an I-70 truck train is catching on. The Real Vail version of an update that first appeared in the Gazette papers, with statements from Union Pacific and CDOT: www.realvail.com/amid-media-f...
Huge Real Vail scoop: www.realvail.com/realvail-com...
RealVail.com added to Signal chat about Trump plan to confiscate trophy homes in ski towns - Real Vail
RealVail.com over the weekend was added to a Signal messenger app text string between Trump cabinet secretaries discussing a housing plan aimed at high-end resort areas that will apparently be part of...
www.realvail.com
April 1, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Huge Real Vail scoop: www.realvail.com/realvail-com...
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Russ Andrews of Carbondale is elected Secretary. With Routt County's Brita Horn now Chair, two of three new officers hail from the Western Slope. CTR profiled them both last week:
#copolitics
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#copolitics
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Two Western Slope Republicans Hope to Move Past Williams Era in Big-Tent Bids for GOP Party Roles
A pair of Western Slope Republicans vying for Colorado Republican Party leadership slots at Saturday’s statewide GOP reorganization meeting in Castle Rock say it’s time to move past the bitter...
coloradotimesrecorder.com
March 30, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Russ Andrews of Carbondale is elected Secretary. With Routt County's Brita Horn now Chair, two of three new officers hail from the Western Slope. CTR profiled them both last week:
#copolitics
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#copolitics
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Tesla protest today with Trump plane on tarmac nearby in Eagle County: www.realvail.com/peaceful-pro...
Peaceful protest targets Musk, Tesla with Trump Aviation plane nearby at Eagle County Airport - Real Vail
With a Trump Aviation custom Boeing 757 across the street at the Eagle County Regional Airport, dozens of protesters gathered in front of the local Tesla dealership on Saturday with signs such as “Tru...
www.realvail.com
March 30, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Tesla protest today with Trump plane on tarmac nearby in Eagle County: www.realvail.com/peaceful-pro...
It's a simple question. One I'm struggling to answer these days. www.realvail.com/the-o-zone-w...
The O. Zone: Why write about policy when our democracy is circling the drain? - Real Vail
No, by all means, let’s keep doing this on the main highway through the Colorado mountains. Semi crash in Glenwood Canyon (photo courtesy of CDOT). With temperatures in the Eagle River Valley surpassi...
www.realvail.com
March 26, 2025 at 5:48 PM
It's a simple question. One I'm struggling to answer these days. www.realvail.com/the-o-zone-w...
Trouble in Telluride. My latest in the Gazette papers: gazette.com/life/skiing-...
Town manager blasts Telluride ski owner for neglect: ‘Chuck is not here’
Thursday night was one of brutal critique for Telluride Ski & Golf owner Chuck Horning, who bore the brunt of a rare public rebuke from the town manager of nearby
gazette.com
March 17, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Trouble in Telluride. My latest in the Gazette papers: gazette.com/life/skiing-...
Now this is what to do with an underutilized rail line ... get semi-trucks off of I-70 through the Colorado Mountains. My latest in the Denver and Colorado Springs Gazette newspapers: denvergazette.com/coloradobiz/...
Train conductor who revived ski train wants to fix I-70 traffic with 'rail bridge'
A longtime Amtrak train conductor credited with crafting a business plan that helped revive the mothballed Winter Park Express ski train in 2017 now has a plan to get at
denvergazette.com
March 16, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Now this is what to do with an underutilized rail line ... get semi-trucks off of I-70 through the Colorado Mountains. My latest in the Denver and Colorado Springs Gazette newspapers: denvergazette.com/coloradobiz/...
Reposted by David O. Williams
Colorado's Phil Weiser and other AGs sue over ‘reckless and illegal’ mass firings of probationary federal workers
AGs sue over ‘reckless and illegal’ mass firings of probationary federal workers • Colorado Newsline
A group of 20 attorneys general is suing the Trump administration over mass layoffs of probationary federal employees.
coloradonewsline.com
March 10, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Colorado's Phil Weiser and other AGs sue over ‘reckless and illegal’ mass firings of probationary federal workers
Clearly you were not paying attention in the lead-up to the election: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump supporter wrongly detained by Ice questions his support for president
Jensy Machado, a naturalized US citizen from Virginia, believes US immigration agency profiles Hispanic people
www.theguardian.com
March 10, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Clearly you were not paying attention in the lead-up to the election: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Reposted by David O. Williams
More of this! We all know this won’t pass but this is a line in the sand and a great talking point.
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March 8, 2025 at 1:28 AM
More of this! We all know this won’t pass but this is a line in the sand and a great talking point.
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“The [GOP] resolution will ultimately lead to the enactment of a $4.5 trillion scheme that provides tax breaks to billionaires and increases the deficit, all at the expense of critical programs our communities rely on ... .” Neguse wrote.
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As Government Shutdown Looms, Debate Focuses on Debt, Medicaid, and Tax Cuts
Mike Murphy of the nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget (CRFB) visited Colorado late last month with a simple message for the state lawmakers and business leaders he met with: “Bad.....
coloradotimesrecorder.com
March 7, 2025 at 8:47 PM
“The [GOP] resolution will ultimately lead to the enactment of a $4.5 trillion scheme that provides tax breaks to billionaires and increases the deficit, all at the expense of critical programs our communities rely on ... .” Neguse wrote.
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This is what real leadership looks like: www.realvail.com/vail-native-...
Vail native, Denver Mayor Johnston faces torrent of false GOP claims on immigration - Real Vail
Denver Mayor Mike Johnston, second from left, testifies before the House Oversight Committee Wednesday (screenshot from House Oversight Committee YouTube). Colorado’s Republican members of Congress re...
www.realvail.com
March 6, 2025 at 3:38 PM
This is what real leadership looks like: www.realvail.com/vail-native-...
After a brief, travel-related hiatus, the O. Zone is back on Real Vail: www.realvail.com/the-o-zone-r...
The O. Zone: Riding that train, high on disdain for Trump's treatment of Ukraine - Real Vail
Glenwood Canyon from the California Zephyr on Monday (David O. Williams photo). A little over seven months ago I was at my mom’s house in Birch Bay, Washington, when I wrote that President Joe Biden s...
www.realvail.com
March 4, 2025 at 4:08 AM
After a brief, travel-related hiatus, the O. Zone is back on Real Vail: www.realvail.com/the-o-zone-r...
So good ...
I hope America is as lucky as the delta jet - everyone survives but the right wing explodes
February 19, 2025 at 4:38 PM
So good ...
Words and Phrases We Could Do Without
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Words and Phrases We Could Do Without
In the Musk-Trump regime, “appropriations” has come to mean something more like “suggestions” or “ceilings.”
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February 11, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Words and Phrases We Could Do Without
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This is what you voted for, rural America. Good job. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
Farmers on the hook for millions after Trump freezes USDA funds
The White House had repeatedly said the funding freeze would not affect benefits that go directly to individuals.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 10, 2025 at 6:10 PM
This is what you voted for, rural America. Good job. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
Reposted by David O. Williams
We’ve seen this throughout history—when courts are backed by the people, they’re able to oust autocracy
We won’t let Trump 2.0 get away with removing longstanding checks & balances
I explain @msnbc.com👇 - TN
We won’t let Trump 2.0 get away with removing longstanding checks & balances
I explain @msnbc.com👇 - TN
February 10, 2025 at 5:50 PM
We’ve seen this throughout history—when courts are backed by the people, they’re able to oust autocracy
We won’t let Trump 2.0 get away with removing longstanding checks & balances
I explain @msnbc.com👇 - TN
We won’t let Trump 2.0 get away with removing longstanding checks & balances
I explain @msnbc.com👇 - TN
Looking for to this.
The expanding fever swamp of misinformation, bigotry, hatred, greed, corruption, and racism will be exposed, scrutinized, and — to the extent possible — explained during the Colorado Times Recorder's new podcast, the Fever Swamp Review.
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Colorado Times Recorder Launches 'Fever Swamp Review' Podcast
Colorado's — and the country's — expanding fever swamp of misinformation, bigotry, hatred, greed, corruption, and racism will be exposed, scrutinized, and — to the extent possible — explained during.....
coloradotimesrecorder.com
February 5, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Looking for to this.