NCCPRICYMI: NCCPR Blog: New Mexico @GovMLG panders to the worst instincts of the worst actors in #childwelfare with a confiscation-at-birth directive that will destroy children in the name of saving them. https://www.nccprblog.org/2026/06/without-ever-intending-it-new-mexicos.html #childabuse #fostercare #nmpol, #nmleg
ICYMI: NCCPR #childwelfare Blog: Without ever intending it, New Mexico’s governor @GovMLG has made it more likely that vulnerable children will die – and used an Orwellian justification https://www.nccprblog.org/2026/06/without-ever-intending-it-new-mexicos.html #childabuse #fostercare #childwelfare #nmpol, #nmleg
NCCPR Blog: New Mexico Governor panders to the worst instincts of the worst actors in #childwelfare with a confiscation-at-birth directive that will destroy children in the name of saving them. https://www.nccprblog.org/2026/06/without-ever-intending-it-new-mexicos.html #childabuse #fostercare #nmpol, #nmleg
NCCPR #childwelfare Blog: The intrinsic toxicity of #fostercare placement is so great we can measure how many more children are likely to die as a result of misguided policies like NM Gov’s child-confiscation-at-birth directive: https://www.nccprblog.org/2026/06/without-ever-intending-it-new-mexicos.html #childabuse #fostercare #nmpol, #nmleg
NCCPR #childwelfare Blog: Without ever intending it, New Mexico’s governor has made it more likely that vulnerable children will die – and used an Orwellian justification https://www.nccprblog.org/2026/06/without-ever-intending-it-new-mexicos.html #childabuse #fostercare #childwelfare #nmpol, #nmleg
Algernon D'AmmassaIn 2026, independent candidates seeking to be on New Mexico’s ballot require “at least 14,200 verified voter signatures. In contrast, Democratic candidates for governor this year were required to submit at least 2,505 signatures to preliminarily qualify for the primary ballot, while Republicans were required to file at least 2,351 valid signatures — or 2% of the votes cast in their party's last gubernatorial primary.”
Story by Dan Boyd.
Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders made an unusual endorsement in the Doña Ana County commissioners' election. Will it help? This story takes a look at two candidates' endorsements and a large gap in fundraising weeks before the primary.
https://www.abqjournal.com/news/bernie-sanders-weighs-in-on-southern-nm-contest/3046957
#NewMexico #NMpol #LasCruces #DonaAnaCounty #BernieSanders #endorsements #election2026
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burque.fun: stuff happening in albuquerqueCafecito
Grandma's Coffee Garden, Saturday, May 23 at 09:00 AM MDT
Marianna Anaya on Instagram: "Join us for another cafesito this month! We’re so excited to support another small biz in HD18, @grandmascoffeegarden which happens to be one of my favorite coffee places and queer spaces in town! 🌈✨ Come for the policy convo, or really, just come to meet the real star of the show, my pup Shadow! 🐾"
Sen. Ben Ray Luján heard from producers and ag economists about the rising costs of fertilizer and fuel stemming from the war in Iran.
Yet current events only exacerbate long-term conditions particular to New Mexico and the American West, they emphasized, such as long-running droughts, labor shortages, price inflation trending upward since 2000 and, above all, water scarcity.
https://www.abqjournal.com/news/lujan-holds-roundtable-on-fertilizer-fuel-costs/3039739
