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The GOP I once respected is dead
President Donald Trump (Gage Skidmore/Creative Commons) COMMENTARY: State Rep. Alonzo Baldonado is “willing to bet that your quality of life has improved dramatically since Donald Trump took office.”...
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Public officials can’t block us on social media
COMMENTARY: President Donald Trump violated people’s First Amendment rights when he blocked them on Twitter. Spaceport America violated my First Amendment rights when it blocked me on Twitter. Several...
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After spaceport leases released, NMPolitics.net settles lawsuit
A replica of Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo at Spaceport America. (Heath Haussamen/NMPolitics.net) COMMENTARY: As a teen I photographed the moon through a telescope with my dad. I almost minored in...
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NM GOP leaders don’t really care about corruption
New Mexico GOP Chair Steve Pearce (Heath Haussamen/NMPolitics.net) COMMENTARY: Former N.M. Gov. Susana Martinez once complained that her Democratic opponent Diane Denish and her predecessor Bill...
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Vote like the apocalypse is coming, because it might be
A scene from the destructive 2018 Woolsey Fire near Los Angeles. (Peter Buschmann for the U.S. Forest Service) COMMENTARY: I’ve happened to be reading the apocalyptic novel Parable of the Sower over...
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Election reform worked! Now let’s tackle other issues.
A voting kiosk (Heath Haussamen/NMPolitics.net) COMMENTARY: Tuesday’s elections in New Mexico proved that, in spite of all our dysfunction, society is still able to implement structural reform that...
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We can still build the bridges that make America great
My girlfriend Sarah’s grandfather, Ramón Jiménez, a Mexican immigrant and pecan farmer and a dear man who makes America great. (Heath Haussamen/NMPolitics.net) COMMENTARY: I came across a truck parked...
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Look for Lujan Grisham to get VP consideration next year
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham. (Office of the Governor) COMMENTARY: Michelle Lujan Grisham has an impressive résumé. As governor she’s been highly visible by pushing New Mexico into national debates on...
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Democracy depends on saving local newspapers
The offices of the Las Cruces Sun-News, a newspaper owned by Gannett. (Heath Haussamen/NMPolitics.net) COMMENTARY: Despite years of cutting into democracy’s bones by decreasing news coverage in...
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Why I’m moving on from NMPolitics.net
Me with my girlfriend Sarah Silva backpacking in the San Pedro Parks Wilderness in 2019. Changing channels. It’s a television term that can also apply to navigating life. We’ve all had to do this a...
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