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New Mexico lawmakers are raising concerns following a surge in ICE activity in Santa Fe, where at least eight people were reportedly detained in a single day. A father was approached by masked agents outside La Familia Medical Ctr after taking his daughter to an appointment. tinyurl.com/bdvbj2zd
New Mexico is one of 12 states suing to stop Paramount’s takeover of Warner Brothers. LULAC recently joined that suit, arguing jobs will be lost and Latino voices silenced. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
Prominent Latino group blasts proposed Paramount-Warner merger
The group urged California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta to continue his fight to block David Ellison's $111-billion deal, saying it would have a "devastating and unacceptable impact on Latinos."
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Sign a petition to say “NO” to Blackstone! Support public funding for PNM! The goal is 1,000 signatures to put pressure on our elected officials and put Deb Haaland on notice of where we stand on this opportunity to own our energy future. Link to petition: tinyurl.com/4bxpm5de
The saying is, “As Valencia County goes, so goes the nation,” because it’s a swing county that votes with whichever party wins the presidency. You’re telling us the flip off energy is down in Valencia County?
Valencia County Indivisible ❌👑@valenciaindivisible.org · 3d agoWe held our regularly scheduled Stand Up Saturday event this morning. For some reason, there were fewer MAGA supporters flipping us if than we usually see. 😎
Residents from across New Mexico gathered outside the state Environment Department office in Santa Fe Friday afternoon and called on its officials to deny an air quality permit for the controversial Project Jupiter data center under construction in Doña Ana County.
NM residents protest pending Project Jupiter air quality permit outside Environment Department • Source New Mexico
From outside the state Environment Department, New Mexico residents called on officials to deny an air quality permit for Project Jupiter.
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Good news: Many more 18-year-olds are registered to vote in the midterms than at this point in 2022. New Mexico has had a 30 point increase.When young people are registered, they vote! The Civics Center’s website shows ways to help young people participate in democracy. www.thecivicscenter.org
A punch in the gut for New Mexico ranchers. In March Rep Gabe Vasquez got bipartisan unanimous support for his amendment to the Farm bill declaring Argentinian beef imports harm domestic markets.
@cbstexas.bsky.social · 4d agoPresident Trump announced Friday that the U.S. will waive higher tariffs on ground beef imports, a bid to lower prices for consumers who are facing historically high beef costs. https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/trump-waives-ground-beef-import-tariffs/
I’m on my way to the Torrance County Detention Facility to inspect it and ask questions about why ICE took a child’s parents and left her stranded in the parking lot of a health clinic in Santa Fe today. This cruelty has no place in our communities.
Which states are working to pass anti-detention legislation? (hint: NM) ❤️ ⬇️ “Instead of fighting over a piece of the pie, we can make the whole pie bigger — and our immigrant neighbors and friends, current and future, are a part of that solution.” www.detentionwatchnetwork.org/take-action/...
Organize and Advocate to Abolish Detention
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The Department of Health and Human Services is accepting public comments right now. This is our opportunity to put strong opposition directly into the federal record. Click here and please personalize actionnetwork.org/letters/subm...
Submit a public comment: Stop the Trump administration from dismantling Head Start
The Trump administration is proposing to wipe away more than 1,400 federal requirements governing Head Start, stripping back national standards that help ensure children and families receive high-qual...
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Hillary Rodham Clinton@hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 3w agoThe measure of a society is how it invests in its children. For decades, I have advocated for Head Start because every child deserves a strong start in life. Today, I stand with the more than 100 civil rights and child advocacy organizations opposing efforts to dismantle the program from within.
Last several months over 21,000 New Mexicans, including over 10,000 children, have lost access to food assistance because of Trump‘s Big Ugly Bill. New Mexico is stepping up! Calling on state leaders to continue to make state investments and anyone who can to help support our food banks!
Rep. Gabe Vasquez stands up for families, farmers, small business owners, homeowners, renters, veterans, and law enforcement across New Mexico. His opponent would put billionaires ahead of New Mexicans, threaten our public lands and water, strip away women’s rights, and put Trump’s agenda first.
Almost one out of every four construction workers in New Mexico is an immigrant.
The Bulwark@thebulwark.com · 2w ago"It’s not just construction trucks being targeted. It’s workers on job sites. ICE agents have stormed onto properties, dragging roofers off roofs, and snatching workers building homes."
While China is increasing wind and solar power generation by 53% over the next five years, the Trump administration is freezing routine reviews of land-based wind projects across the United States. NM AG Raúl Torrez + 19 others, are suing DoD & Secretary Pete Hegseth. Article: tinyurl.com/3v7t8h45
U.S. Sen. Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) convened a group of state and nonprofit leaders in Albuquerque’s South Valley to discuss food-access impacts of the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” President Donald Trump signed into law last July. sourcenm.com/2026/08/12/n...
New Mexico food banks describe significant increase in demand after federal food aid cuts • Source New Mexico
Roadrunner Food Bank has seen a 79% jump in demand between January 2025 and January 2026, a leader told U.S. Sen. Ben Ray Luján on Tuesday.
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This Albuquerque resident argues that public funds should be directed toward education, ensuring children have enough to eat, expanding access to healthcare, supporting working parents caring for sick family members, and helping families struggling to make ends meet despite having 2 working adults.
New Mexico says DOJ promised to share Epstein evidence when the fed’l investigation ended. Instead, the state says DOJ withheld it—making it harder to investigate what happened at Zorro Ranch. That’s not how this normally works. So why is it happening? joycevance.substack.com/p/zorro-ranc...
Zorro Ranch, Jeffrey Epstein, and Donald Trump's Justice Department
Last week, New Mexico’s Attorney General Raúl Torrez sued DOJ for access to unredacted Epstein-related investigative files that he says the Justice Department has been withholding.
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Rep. Gabe Vasquez announced more than $3.4 million in federal funding to help New Mexico law enforcement combat gun violence, drug trafficking, substance abuse, suicide, and other violent crimes. The investment will support state, local, and Tribal agencies. Link to article: tinyurl.com/279ckvww
Medicaid will have new work requirements next year. But some people with disabilities, who already work, say they'd like to work more, but risk losing their Medicaid coverage if they earn too much. n.pr/3UmXwR2
Some disabled people want to advance their careers. They say Medicaid rules stop them
Medicaid will have new work requirements next year. But some people with disabilities, who already work, say they'd like to work more, but risk losing their Medicaid coverage if they earn too much.
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Chaco is an irreplaceable cultural & sacred landscape that deserves lasting protection.New Mexico leaders are urging the administration to withdraw its proposal to revoke existing protections and instead engage in meaningful consultation with Pueblo leaders, Tribal nations, and local communities.
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Border wall contractors ordered to stop unauthorized work on state land
PRESIDIO COUNTY — Montana-based firm Barnard Construction was formally reprimanded by the Texas General Land Office (GLO) on Friday morning after the company illegally cleared more than a mile-long sw...
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This hits me hard. It hits Texans hard. Big Bend is our Eden. These fuckers.
🌹WeegieFromWA 🍀@onefussyone.bsky.social · 2w agoMike Davidson, a tour guide in Big Bend, told Newsweek; "They might as well send a bulldozer through the graveyard where my parents are buried or something like that. It hits me very strongly." Soulless, wretched people are responsible for this. They have to go. www.newsweek.com/bulldozers-p...
God already built a wall through Big Bend — it's called the Chisos Mountains. We don't need to give billions of our tax dollars to out of state vendors. We don't need to desecrate this sacred land. We don't need this useless, disgraceful, corrupt Big Bend border wall.
“People look at New Mexico and truly see us as a beacon right now.” —Rep. Melanie Stansbury www.bluecd2nm.com/stansbury-ev...
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Join Congresswoman Melanie Stansbury in a Zoom conversation about what’s going right for New Mexicans since they elected all Democrats to lead their state government and to represent them in Congress.
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U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich filed legislation Friday that would repeal tax breaks for oil and gas companies to drill overseas — which he says are outdated and currently create incentives for oil and gas companies to go abroad. sfnm.co/4wM3vx5
Heinrich proposes legislation that would end tax breaks for oil and gas drilling abroad
Major oil and gas companies currently have their U.S. tax obligations reduced for overseas oil and gas production.
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Childcare and in-home elder care are foundational to our economy, and about a third of all care workers in our country are immigrants. Rep. Gabe Vasquez introduced a bill that would create a visa pathway for caregivers, addressing a worker shortage that impacts New Mexico. tinyurl.com/mt6rt2dr
NM U.S. Rep. Vasquez introduces bill to create visa pathway for qualified caregivers • Source New Mexico
U.S. Rep. Gabe Vasquez introduced a bill creating visa pathways for caregivers to address a shortage in workers
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This film industry worker argues that society should stop expanding and relying on AI because it is eliminating jobs and harming entire industries. She believes taxpayer money should be invested in education, affordable housing, and other essential public services that directly benefit people.
Raul Torrez is a badass. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/05/u...
New Mexico Sues Trump Administration for Unredacted Epstein Files in Zorro Ranch Investigation (Gift Article)
The Zorro Ranch outside Santa Fe, where Epstein victims said they were abused, is at the center of an ongoing feud between the state and federal government.
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State sovereign power takes on the feds.
Source New Mexico@sourcenm.com · 3w agoThe New Mexico Office of the State Engineer on Tuesday announced it had formally threatened the licenses of two well-drilling companies that are helping federal agencies construct a border wall along New Mexico’s shared border with Mexico. sourcenm.com/2026/08/04/n...
