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NM abortion rate doubles, Planned Parenthood opening new locations in state

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On Friday, New Mexico Alliance for Life released a report showing that New Mexico’s extremely loose abortion laws are causing even more babies to be killed through abortions annually. In 2019, the number of babies’ lives ended through the deadly procedure doubled.

The group wrote, “The Center for Disease Control released its 2019 numbers and the findings are shocking: New Mexico’s abortion rate doubled—in just one year. The out-of-state abortion rate outpaced in-state residents ending their child’s life by abortion, largely due to pro-life laws in neighboring states.”

“This is an eye-opening report, while Texas, Arizona, and other states pass life-saving laws, New Mexico’s Governor and the abortion lobby fought to rescind all protections for women and unborn babies,” said Elisa Martinez, New Mexico Alliance for Life Executive Director.  

The group’s report further stated, “New Mexico also leads the nation in elective late-term abortions, also due to neighboring states passing pro-life laws.  This is why New Mexicans must elect pro-life leaders to send to Santa Fe and Washington D.C. to represent our values.”

Now, as pro-abortion politicians in Santa Fe rammed through an abortion up-to-birth bill in 2021, New Mexico, which has already been the abortion capital of the United States, is a haven for inhumane killing of babies up to and in some cases after birth. 

New Mexico’s neighboring state of Texas recently passed a pro-life law to save babies from Abortion, which has already prompted abortion businesses to open new locations in the state, with at least one new location opening in Las Cruces, according to the Southwest Coalition for Life.  

Mark Cavaliere wrote in a March email, “Now, in a move that is tragic yet also not surprising, the nation’s largest abortion corporation ‘Planned Parenthood’ has been distributing literature promoting a new center “coming soon” to Las Cruces, which will distribute chemical abortion pills.

MLG makes surprise appearance at ABQ weed shop

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On Friday, scandal-ridden alleged serial groper Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham made a surprise appearance at Everest Cannabis Co., a pot shop in Albuquerque. The visit came as April 1 marks the first day of recreational marijuana sales in the state of New Mexico.

In 2021, Lujan Grisham demanded a special session to ram through the legal weed bill after the proposal failed in the regular session. 

The law, which the Governor touted as an economic booster, will only bring in a meager $28 million annually, according to the Legislative Finance Committee, includes a 12% excise tax, which will ultimately be passed down to the consumer. This could create an incentive for drug cartels to make big profits off of cheaper products due to the illicit substance being cheaper than that which can be bought over the counter.

Weed dispensaries across the state have already been broken into ahead of the April 1 scheduled opening, with fears of more of this type of behavior ramping up in weeks ahead as legal weed is now widespread across New Mexico.

According to Matt Narvaiz of the Albuquerque Journal on Friday, “@GovMLG makes an appearance at @everestnm’s Uptown location in Albuquerque. Today is the first day of adult-use sales in New Mexico.”

Despite concerns in ramming through the recreational weed bill in the 2021 Legislative Session, the consequences of the hastily passed law will reveal themselves in areas such as public safety, with traffic accidents and DUI arrests likely to go up, not to mention increased illegal drug activity.

National media calls out MLG over massive failures

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On Thursday, pro-energy group Power The Future’s Executive Director Daniel Turner joined the Fox Business Network to discuss Democrats’ failed policies that have resulted in massive inflation and historically high gas prices that hurt the poorest Americans the most.

Front and center in Turner’s criticism was scandal-ridden alleged serial groper Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, who is now trying to plug the gaping political hole she and her allies created with $250 checks to people as another government handout. This proposal will be considered in an upcoming special session anticipated to start on April 5th.

Turner said, “You’ll notice in all of these proposals, they never include anything to increase our supply, which is the only real and secure, and stable way to lower prices down.”

“And this example of New Mexico… the governor there — Michelle Lujan Grisham. She’s in trouble, and it’s an election year.” 

“Her state had one of the worst recoveries coming out of COVID; they have one of the highest unemployment rates in the nation. She imposed mask mandates longer than, I believe, almost every other state other than the city of Washington, D.C.”  

“And so this is a political gesture. This is trying to tell the constituents, ‘Hey, ignore the fact that I have driven the state into the ground. Maybe if I throw more government money at you, I can get your vote come November.’” 

“We are tired of these politicians proposing solutions that don’t solve the problem. They just exacerbate the problem and give them something to run in November.” 

In response to Turner’s appearance, the Republican Party of New Mexico wrote, “​​@GovMLG gets called out on @FoxBusiness over her Band-Aid response to high gas prices.”

NRCC adds Stansbury to 2022 target list

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On Wednesday, the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC), added first-term Democrat Rep. Melanie Stansbury of New Mexico’s First Congressional District to its target list, putting all three of New Mexico’s congressional seats in play. Emmer previously announce the Third District, held by first-term Democrat Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez was on the target list.

In the news release about Stansbury being added as a target, NRCC Chairman Tom Emmer, a congressman from Minnesota, said, “Republicans have the message, the candidates, and the resources needed to take back the majority,” He added, “Vulnerable Democrats who chose not to retire will be shown no mercy.”

One of the two Republicans who qualified for the June 7 GOP primary ballot, Calibers owner Louie Sanchez said, “One month ago, [CD1 was rated] rated favorable Democrat and now it is on their target list,” said Louie Sanchez, candidate for the First District.”

He added that the NRCC’s decision “says a lot about our team and our campaign that we’re running that the NRCC would put CD1 in play.” 

“I think it’s hugely in play,” said GOP congressional candidate Michelle Garcia Holmes who previously ran for the seat. Since then, the seat has been partisanly gerrymandered, which added Republicans to the district. The Republican-leaning Second District’s conservative voters were stretched into the two other districts.

Garcia Holmes said, “The benefit of having run before is we now [have] a bird’s eye view of where we were weak and where we were strong with the old district.”

Stansbury’s team sent out a panicky fundraising email, saying, “We already knew that First-term Representatives are often seen as the most vulnerable. Now, we know how serious the GOP is about defeating Melanie this year.”

“They’re looking for any signs of weakness within our campaign, and this upcoming public FEC filing is our chance to show just how strong our momentum is.” 

Stansbury won a special election in 2021 after Deb Haaland vacated the seat to join Joe Biden’s Department of the Interior. During that race, Stansbury was criticized for comments she made telling displaced Native American workers to just “sell your art or your wool” — a slur against Native Americans.

Now, the formerly heavily Democrat First and Third Districts could flip Republican this year, possibly resulting in all three New Mexico U.S. House seats to the Republican column.

Maggie Toulouse Oliver, Hector Balderas sued in federal court

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On Monday, election integrity watchdog Voter Reference Foundation (VRF)  filed a lawsuit against New Mexico Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver and Attorney General Hector Balderas to ensure the publication of the state’s voter rolls.

The suit was filed in ​​U.S. District Court in Albuquerque with the First Amendment being front and center in the complaint about the group’s right to publish the voter rolls for taxpayers to view.

VRF claims Toulouse Oliver falsely claimed in public statements that the group illegally published New Mexico’s voter rolls. She has a past of refusing to release voting records, as she did in 2017 when they were requested by President Donald J. Trump. 

“After VRF published the New Mexico voter roll in December, Oliver said it was illegal and referred the matter to Democratic Attorney General Hector Balderas for investigation and possible prosecution, according to a ProPublica article cited in the lawsuit,” Just The News reports.

“We are not going to be deterred by partisan election officials who believe the election records taxpayers pay for are their personal possessions,” said Doug Truax, Founder and President of Restoration Action, which started VRF. “The public has a right to see them and if they try to block us, we will assert that right in court.”

“The taxpayers of New Mexico pay for election administration, and they have an absolute right to view the records that are produced,” added Truax.

The lawsuit reads, “Because their First Amendment rights to use and disclose the voter data for purposes of encouraging voter participation and protecting election integrity are being chilled, Plaintiffs sue the Defendants in their official capacities to obtain a declaration that their conduct is lawful and to enjoin Defendants from enforcing any statute in violation of Plaintiffs’ rights.”

MLG touts abortion, pot, taxpayer-funded college as biggest accomplishments

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On Tuesday, scandal-ridden alleged serial groper Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham sent out yet another fundraising email, this time trying to claim her administration has been a success on three major issues: abortion, recreational marijuana, and taxpayer-funded “free” college programs.

She spoke about how her signing of a 2021 bill to legalize abortion up-to-birth and infanticide was a “safeguard” for the ability to kill more children in the womb in New Mexico.

Lujan Grisham wrote, “I safeguarded our reproductive rights as the GOP attempted to enact near-total abortion bans in other states.”

Regarding pot legalization, she wrote, “I legalized cannabis to take a step toward ending the war on drugs, which has disproportionately harmed Black and brown communities.”

Lastly, she wrote, “​​I just signed a bill that will provide free higher education to every New Mexico student – opening doors for a generation of young adults.” This program costs the taxpayers a recurring $75 million, which in times of economic crisis will require tax increases to fund.

Lujan Grisham did not, however, talk about the 40% of small businesses killed under her pandemic lockdowns, the high pandemic virus numbers despite stringent mandates, or New Mexico having the highest unemployment rate in the United States.

Under her tenure, other than mass economic devastation, the Governor faced scandal after scandal, including a $150,000 payoff from campaign funds to a sexual abuse victim who claims she groped him. At the Children, Youth, and Families Department, important records were being deleted while whistleblowers who sounded the alarm got fired.

The Department of Workforce Solutions also had hundreds of millions of dollars missing while she paid people not to work during her pandemic lockdown — further exacerbating the economic devastation.

But despite these grievous offenses in office and more, Lujan Grisham is banging the drum on her legislative record of killing more babies up to the date of their birth, legalizing drugs, and forcing New Mexico’s already impoverished taxpayers to fork over more dough for “free” college programs.

Lujan Grisham faces multiple GOP opponents, one of which will be selected on the June 7 primary to take her out. Multiple Libertarians are also running for the nomination, showing a competitive race to defeat the scandal-ridden Governor in November.

As NM families struggle, state pays Dem consultant $125/hr for pro-pot propaganda

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Democrat political insider and consultant for some of New Mexico’s highest-ranking Democrats was recently reported to have been given a no-bid contract with the state’s Cannabis Control Division to help generate propaganda supportive of Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s pro-pot law that legalized recreational marijuana use. 

The contractor, Heather Brewer of “HB Strategies,” was paid “$125 an hour under a no-bid, $64,750 consulting services contract designed to make the agency look good,” according to the Santa Fe New Mexican.

Brewer ran Maggie Toulouse Oliver’s failed U.S. Senate race, has assisted pro-abortion up-to-birth group Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains, worked as a staffer for U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich, and consulted for Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, appointed Supreme Court Justice Shannon Bacon, and pro-abortion group “Respect ABQ Women.”

She is a founding board member of the extremist Democrat training camp “Emerge New Mexico,” which promotes radical pro-abortion female candidates to run for political office in the state.

Now, all of Brewer’s support for radical Democrat policies and politicians is paying off with this hefty contract that some could construe as a political kickback from Democrats who are in charge of the state.

But Bernice Geiger, public information officer and marketing director for the New Mexico Regulation and Licensing Department, claimed, “HB Strategies brings years of high-level communications experience, and the compensation is commensurate with that experience.” 

To further defend the lucrative contract, Geiger said, “It’s also important to note that overall costs for an independent contractor are likely to be less, given that they are paid a flat rate without the overhead costs of payroll taxes, employee benefits, etc.”

But Republican contenders for governor blasted the payoff to the Democrat consultant. 

State Rep. Rebecca Dow, who is one of the GOP contenders for governor, wrote in a release from her campaign, “While New Mexicans across this state are suffering from skyrocketing gas prices and the highest inflation in decades, Michelle Lujan Grisham paid a sweetheart deal to a party faithful. The no-bid contract was given to Heather Brewer, a Democrat consultant who has worked with New Mexico Democrats and Planned Parenthood, and was billed at a rate of $125 an hour to the New Mexican taxpayer. What is a cannabis spokesman anyway?”

“When I call for MLG to get New Mexicans back to work, this isn’t what I have in mind,” Dow said. 

“MLG is signing premium checks to her far-left friends and allies who are turning exorbitant profits. With our dollar being devalued more every day due to the Biden inflation crisis you would have hoped to see our leaders in Santa Fe getting the most out of our hard-earned tax dollars. New Mexicans are struggling to make $125 per day; to pay that rate for an hour’s work to a Democrat operative is a textbook example of Santa Fe waste from MLG. New Mexico is last in unemployment, but one thing is clear – it sure pays to be one of MLG’s cronies!”

After signing $8.5B budget, MLG touts mere $31M/yr recreational pot will bring

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On April 1, recreational marijuana sales start in New Mexico after scandal-ridden alleged serial groper Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham rammed through a bill legalizing the illicit substance in 2021 following a failed attempt to pass it in a regular session.

“[A]ll adults 21 and up will be allowed to buy up to 2 ounces (57 grams) of marijuana at retail outlets throughout the state. It’s enough pot to stuff a sandwich bag or roll about 60 joints or cigarettes,” reports U.S. News.

But despite budget concerns about the cost of implementing the new law, as well as troubles it will bring with more crime on already crime-ridden New Mexico streets, the Democrat governor is touting the measure. 

Lujan Grisham claimed on Saturday, “We legalized cannabis and with it, we’re going to bring in $31 million in revenue in its first year alone. This means new opportunity for New Mexico!”

Even if the figure Lujan Grisham cites is true, the mere $31 million in tax revenue would generate would be a drop in the bucket as the far-left budget bassed by the Legislature this legislative session was the largest in the history of the state at $8.5 billion. 

That means it would be a mere 0.36% of the needed revenue to make up for the Democrats’ anti-energy policies implemented under the Lujan Grisham administration.

Elisa Martinez announces candidacy for NM House District 27

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On Friday, pro-life leader and conservative activist Elisa Martinez announced her candidacy for New Mexico State House of Representatives in District 27, based in Albuquerque.

In her announcement, Martinez wrote,  “As you know, I have fought tirelessly for the past decade to try to get our laws changed in Santa Fe, and I have often been discouraged by how tone-deaf our legislature can be. Many are simply unwilling to listen to the voices of the people. And the results are clear: sadly, we are last in everything good and first in everything bad. This is why I am excited to share this news with you. I have decided to take on the Santa Fe establishment – it’s time to put New Mexico’s voices first – not last.” 

“If the Santa Fe politicians won’t listen to our serious concerns with rising crime, failing education, lack of jobs, and ever-rising prices, then I’m running to MAKE them listen to us. It’s way past time for accountability and new representation. to move New Mexico forward – not backward,” she wrote.

Martinez has lived in Albuquerque for over 25 years and worked as a small business owner as well as a family and community advocate. 

According to her website, “Elisa has vast experience working with every level of government including the White House, Congress, as well as state, city, and county governments across the state for over 10 years for a safer. She is a nationally recognized speaker on economic and social policy issues, and has been featured in national media from Fox News to the New York Times. Elisa has worked on policy issues for over 10 years and is passionate about youth, Hispanic and Native American engagement in politics.” 

Martinez is challenging incumbent Rep. Marian Matthews (D-Bernalillo), who was first appointed to the Legislature in 2020 after the sudden passing of Rep. Bill Pratt (D-Bernalillo). She is a party-line Democrat who has been a rubber stamp for Gov. Lujan Grisham’s leftist agenda. In the GOP primary, Martinez faces former candidate for District 27, Robert Godshall. 

Toulouse Oliver campaign claims she’s ‘been upholding election integrity’

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In a recent fundraising email, Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver’s campaign made an inaccurate claim that she “has been upholding election integrity since she took office.” This comes after she has repeatedly tried to unilaterally change the election code, which has forced the state Supreme Court to strike down her attempted changes.

Also, Toulouse Oliver backed multiple far-left proposals in the Legislature to remove integrity measures and let absentee ballots arrive the Friday after an election. That proposal also called for universal unsecured ballot drop boxes, ballot harvesting, and other measures that would have left New Mexico elections even more wrought with fraud.

But despite that, her campaign claims, “In one of the most vital election years on record, they say it’s all about election integrity for them, yet we’re not sure why because Maggie has been upholding election integrity since she took office. She intends to continue ensuring our elections are fair, free, safe, and secure when she wins reelection.”

Also, Toulouse Oliver’s campaign asserts it is “busy fending off attacks from far-right extremist billionaires with deep pockets claiming our election was a lie,” citing an unnamed “billionaire-backed dark money group.”

The comment reeks of irony as Toulouse Oliver has had the backing of far-left billionaire-backed dark money groups, including George Soros-funded pro-abortion EMILY’s List, Planned Parenthood Votes New Mexico, eco-Marxist “350” and the “Sierra Club,” among others.

The Secretary of State has weaponized her office throughout the years to go after political opponents, including her attempt to stop the Otero County audit of the 2020 election, which has already shown multiple abnormalities. She has worked in concert with Attorney General Hector Balderas and State Auditor Brian Colón to attempt to stop the county-sanctioned inquiry.

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