Kris Nordstrom
@krisnordstrom.bsky.social
Budget and tax policy and soccer (Fulham, Revs, USMNT, Levante). Director of Research at New Mexico Voices for Children
"Growing evidence on social capital, belonging and connection challenges a long-held assumption in education: that academic achievement alone is the strongest predictor of success...access to opportunity, durable skills and meaningful relationships may be even more powerful predictors..."
32,000 young New Mexicans are neither in school nor working
NM youth are telling us what they need to succeed. Are we listening? The cost of inaction is $623 million a year.
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"If the personal income tax gets scrapped, the lowest-earning 54% of taxpayers...would see average tax relief of just $122 per year...The top 5%...would clear more than $13,000 per year. This is a wealth transfer to the top of the income scale, paid for by the New Mexicans at the bottom."
Repealing the income tax would cost New Mexicans
Recently, some New Mexico lawmakers urged Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham to call a special session and eliminate New Mexico’s personal income tax outright.
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President Trump lashed out at ExxonMobil and Chevron for “making too much money." Trump’s policies have reduced the federal income tax bills of these companies by two-thirds or more.
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They went so far down the neoliberalism path that they have no normative project anymore. #neverforget:
<every sweaty coked up Wall St. profit chaser> “look, we’re gonna get you AT LEAST a 9% return, and if shit breaks right, which we KNOW <SNORTS LINE> it will, we’re gonna hit 15% GUARANTEED” the humble SNAP investment: “ummm, well, you see, 50% is the baseline, I’m so sorry, please don’t hurt me”
Miranda Yaver@mirandayaver.bsky.social · 4d agoSNAP has an outstanding ROI: every dollar we invest in SNAP generates $1.54 in economic activity. With SNAP cuts, people can’t continue to support these local grocers, so local businesses suffer. Everyone loses.
Say what you will about the New Mexico Ice Wolves junior hockey team, but they're evidently committed to the bit
Albuquerque Public Schools will continue using Amira when school starts, even as Santa Fe and Los Alamos opts out over student privacy concerns.
APS keeps AI reading tool as Santa Fe pauses over privacy fears
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"Haaland said residents 'want a utility company that prioritizes ratepayers, not shareholders, and New Mexicans are rightfully skeptical about who Blackstone will prioritize.'" By definition, pvt utility companies must prioritize shareholders. Only public ownership shifts priority to the people
Could New Mexico buy its own power company?
As Blackstone seeks approval to buy TXNM, some are asking why the state doesn’t purchase a majority stake instead.
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Pretty shameful that the Environmental Improvement Board hasn't been able to enact new heat safety protections for workers before the end of this (very hot) summer. Hopefully the new governor's appointees will be more committed to protecting workers
New Mexico environment officials propose another delay on heat safety protections for workers • Source New Mexico
The New Mexico Environment Department seeks to reschedule rulemaking on heat safety protections to early 2027, documents show.
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Sure, Trump Accounts might exacerbate wealth inequality, but what if wealth inequality magically vanishes? Did ya think of that! Check and mate. www.santafenewmexican.com/opinion/my_v...
"Researchers at the University of Chicago studied the impact of removing police and shifting to restorative practices at CPS high schools and found declines in school-based arrests and high-level discipline violations. Students said they felt a stronger sense of safety and belonging."
Chicago to slash funding earmarked for schools that replaced police with restorative justice programs
At the same time CPS is cutting funding for Whole School Safety Plans, the district plans a new push to help all schools implement a 2024 policy that requires social-emotional learning, maintaining at...
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Memo to the dorks who keep arguing that people are dumb for thinking the economy is bad. The economy is more than just a chart on inflation-adjusted median wages. The economy is also enshittification, white collar crimes, and a proliferation of scammers.
Faine Greenwood@faineg.bsky.social · last wk.it’s never a great sign for your society when all the competent people who believe in doing a good job for the sake of it conclude that they’re actively being punished for these qualities, while malignantly stupid criminals are making bank
If I were interviewing the biggest donor to the NC Republican Party, I’d maybe ask him more than “how are you so good at your job”
SAS at 50: Founder and CEO Dr. Jim Goodnight on innovation, AI and what's next
WRAL sits down for an extended conversation with SAS founder and CEO Dr. Jim Goodnight to discuss the company's 50-year history, the future of artificial intelligence, innovation, and what's next for ...
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While 49 states saw Obamacare enrollment drop after federal subsidies expired, New Mexico had a 14% increase.
NM is the only state where Obamacare enrollment grew in 2026
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All the Fauci stuff is a modern day version of the POW/MIA stuff after Vietnam - a way to try to rewrite the history of a huge failure of conservative ideology to be instead a story about how liberals and foreigners stabbed us in the back.
I think Poch is a good coach, but under him we lost a tournament we'd won 3x under Berhalter (Nations League), played like minnows in the Gold Cup final, and suffered our worst World Cup lost in at least 20 years – arguably 36. And did so at home vs. a team we could've beaten on a good day.
Tom Bogert@tombogert.bsky.social · 2w ago🇺🇸 Sources: Mauricio Pochettino is close to continuing as USMNT head coach. Andres Cantor 1st. Would be 4 year deal Talks with U.S. Soccer progress and in a good place. Not done yet w/ @paultenorio.bsky.social @henrybushnell.bsky.social @david-ornstein.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/athletic/745...
Planting my flag firmly in the “this is a bad idea” camp
Tom Bogert@tombogert.bsky.social · 2w ago🇺🇸 Sources: Mauricio Pochettino is close to continuing as USMNT head coach. Andres Cantor 1st. Would be 4 year deal Talks with U.S. Soccer progress and in a good place. Not done yet w/ @paultenorio.bsky.social @henrybushnell.bsky.social @david-ornstein.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/athletic/745...
If North Carolina ever elects a governor who isn’t happy with Republican rule, they should make corruption (and associated protections for democracy) the only thing they ever talk about
Adam Bonica@adambonica.bsky.social · 2w agoAnti-corruption is how you beat authoritarians. Two lessons from Hungary: 1. Our affordability crisis is a corruption problem. Say so. 2. “a message that treats [corruption] as a Trump problem alone will fail to connect with those who believe the entire system is rigged.”
It would be great if Democrats impeached Trump
In court, Trump administration admits canceling New Mexico grants "solely" because the state voted for Kamala Harris and has two Dem. senators - New Mexico Political Report
The Trump administration told a federal judge earlier this month that the Trump administration had deliberately canceled grants in “Blue States” who had awarded their electoral votes to Kamala Harris ...
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Administering benefits through the tax system often excludes the people who most need those benefits
Almost 25,000 New Mexico parents missing out on child tax credits
The unclaimed tax credits, totaling $9.9 million across the state, can range from $53 to $637 per person, the state said.
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New Mexico has seen a significant reduction in SNAP enrollment since Congress enacted a sweeping spending bill in 2025. Read more from Source NM: https://ow.ly/SqrB50Zspac
I'm consistently impressed by the work of the NM Legislature's central staff. This new report on Industrial Revenue Bonds is excellent. I wish my old state (NC) empowered their staff to do this kind of work...and I wish they had politicians who would actually base policy on such analysis
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I really appreciate the work of Searchlight NM, which makes this misleading headline particularly disappointing. The only evidence supporting the headline is an increase in overdose deaths. That's bad news, but it's not nearly enough to support a conclusion that New Mexicans aren't getting healthier
If the feds are going to abandon the enforcement of civil rights, state education agencies should step up to fill the void
Education Department rescinds disparate impact rule, a key tool used to assess school discrimination
In schools, the standard has most notably been applied to school discipline policies.
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Our tax system is both a reflection of our broken democracy...and a major tool for reclaiming it. 70% of Americans support raising taxes on corporations and the wealthy, yet our politicians keep doing the opposite. We must flip the tables if we want a society that works for us.
