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Lujan Grisham, campaign staff duck the press amid latest campaign filing

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After scandal-ridden alleged serial groper Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s latest campaign finance report dropped, many are asking questions about expenses she listed on the filing. That included the leftist Santa Fe-area paper, the Santa Fe New Mexican.

Daniel Chacón, a reporter for the New Mexican, wrote on Twitter Wednesday, “@GovMLG’s reelection campaign is ignoring my repeated requests for information about specific expenditures in the governor’s campaign finance report. I haven’t even gotten any acknowledgment of the many calls, emails and other messages I’ve sent to spokeswoman 

@kswitmer.”

Chacón was inquiring about another large payment the Lujan Grisham campaign made to an Albuquerque-based law firm, Freedman Boyd Hollander Goldberg Urias & Ward PA, for $72,556. According to the paper, the firm is “believed to have represented the governor in a sexual harassment case.”

The harassment case involved James Hallinan, a former Lujan Grisham campaign staffer, who alleged the Governor poured water over his crotch area and then groped him. Lujan Grisham settled with Hallinan for $150,000, which came in the form of two installments.

On Wednesday, one of Hallinan’s attorneys, Rachel Berlin Benjamin, told the New Mexican, “That is a question best directed to the Governor,” regarding the latest payment to the Albuquerque-area law firm.

Many are now wondering what Lujan Grisham is hiding by ducking the press. What other details could come out regarding the large sum paid to Freedman Boyd Hollander Goldberg Urias & Ward PA?

Far-left ex-Lt. Gov. Diane Denish, who failed in her run for governor in 2010, wrote on Twitter, “Her mother died. Give it a break,” referring to the Governor’s mother who recently passed away.

However, the Lujan Grisham campaign has had time to send out multiple solicitations for campaign cash following the death of the Governor’s mother. But somehow, commenting to the press about one’s campaign finance reports is too much to ask for the failed ex-politician.

Others pointed out how Lujan Grisham has been notorious for ducking the media:

Every single time the Piñon Post has reached out to the Governor’s office or campaign for comment, the request has never been returned. Transparency appears not to be a top priority of the Lujan Grisham administration, judging by how the media is treated.

Read more about all the shady stuff in Lujan Grisham’s latest campaign report here.

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All the shady stuff in MLG’s latest campaign finance report

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Candidates recently filed their financial disclosures on April 11 for the first reporting period of the year. While many candidates raked in loads of contributions, scandal-ridden alleged serial groper Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham led the pack by raising over $2.6 million. 

Lujan Grisham is well-known for her lavish spending, such as on hair and makeup and $150,000 in payments to a sexual assault accuser — all being funded by the Governor’s campaign donors. But there were many expenditures in Lujan Grisham’s financial disclosure statement raising eyebrows.

Despite being put on notice for spending thousands on hair and makeup services provided by her daughter, Erin Grisham, Lujan Grisham spent another $400 on these services on February 12, 2022.

In December of 2021, Lujan Grisham spent at least $4,400.30 at the Taos Ski Valley Bavarian Lodge and Restaurant, booking what appears to be 13 rooms at $240.32, while spending on catering and other items.

Lujan Grisham’s campaign gave $4,000 to the far-left pro-abortion group EMERGE New Mexico, which trains radical Democrat women to run for public office. The campaign also spent $6,340.46 on “mail production” supporting the abortion up-to-birth group EMILY’s List, which exclusively gives money to female Democrat pro-abortion politicians.

On January 24, 2022, the Governor’s campaign paid a $4,200 fine to the State of New Mexico. Although it does not specify what the fine was for, it can be gathered it was a campaign finance violation.

Lujan Grisham’s campaign also spent $544 for storage units, one at American Self Storage and one at A-1 Storage, both based in Albuquerque.

Other strange expenses in Lujan Grisham’s report include $9.27 at Last Call Beach Bar in Key West Florida on January 12, 2022, $2,561.62 for “fundraiser” catering to the Santa Fe-based caterer Walter Burke Catering Inc. on March 15, 2022, and multiple expenditures to the Saint Regis Aspen Resort in Colorado on October 13, 2021.

She also spent over $72,556 on October 6, 2021, to the law offices of Freedman Boyd Hollander Goldberg Urias & Ward PA, another potential sexual assault settlement. Lujan Grisham’s office has refused to provide comment to reporters.

Donations

Lujan Grisham’s campaign received a maxed-out $10,400 donation from the abortion up-to-birth group Planned Parenthood Action Fund Inc. PAC. She got $10,400 from the D.C.-based “Elect Democratic Women” PAC. 

The Governor’s campaign also received two maxed-out donations from the wife of Illinois Gov. J. B. Pritzker, Mary Katherine Pritzker, each of them $10,400.

She received two maxed-out $10,400 donations from Pattern Energy Group Services LP, a solar and wind energy company, and a red flag for a potential campaign finance violation. 

Santa Fe-based novelist George R.R. Martin, well-known for Game of Thrones, donated two $10,400 contributions to the Governor’s campaign on March 22, 2022.

Despite her rabid anti-energy policies, oil company ConocoPhillips donated $10,400 to Lujan Grisham, regardless of her 2019 Green New Deal (Energy Transition Act). 

Pro-mask and school lockdown teacher’s union American Federation of Teachers (AFT) donated $10,400 to Lujan Grisham. 

Rabid Mike Bloomberg-funded anti-gun group “Everytown For Gun Safety Action Fund” maxed out to the Governor with $10,400.

PAC contributions include $1,500 from “Fair Shot PAC,” $2,500 from “Progressive Majority PAC,” $500 from Citigroup, Inc.’s PAC, $2,500 from “Home Depot PAC,” $5,000 from “Windstream Corporation PAC,” and $5,000 from “Halliburton Company PAC.”

Other donors to the Governor’s campaign include Heritage Hotels and Resorts with $10,400 and two $10,400 contributions that did not have a name dated March 30, 2022. There were five other contributions without a name dated March 31, 2022, totaling $38,300. On April 1, 2022, there were two unnamed contributions totaling $12,900. On April 4, 2022, Lujan Grisham received five unnamed contributions totaling $33,300.

This report is not meant to be an exhaustive list of all contributions to the Governor’s campaign. The full report, as Lujan Grisham reported to the New Mexico Secretary of State’s Office, can be accessed here. 

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Piñon Post’s John Block outraises opponent in NM House District 51

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During the first reporting period, the Piñon Post’s John Block outraised his opponent, Rachel Black, in New Mexico’s 51st state House District based in Alamogordo. Block’s America First Republican campaign received over 177 individual donations, 50% of them being smaller than $30. The average donation to the Block campaign was $62, with $20,977.56 raised in total.

On the other side, Block’s opponent, who voted for Critical Race Theory and Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s $8.5 billion budget, had an average donation of $716.95, with 15 contributions totaling $8,200.

Rachel Black is relying heavily on donations from sitting politicians, including Republican Rep. Bill Rehm, who voted for the Green New Deal. Black even befitted from a $3,271.30 independent expenditure mailer paid for by Rehm that included her campaign logo and return address, making it appear to come from Black when it did not. 

Other contributions from politicians included $1,250 from Rep. Phelps Anderson, who voted for abortion up-to-birth and left the Republican Party, $500 from Rep. Zach Cook, who is retiring after his current term, $1,000 from Rep. Martin Zamora, and $2,500 from Rep. T. Ryan Lane, who also joined Black in voting for Michelle Lujan Grisham’s $8.5 billion budget.

After the campaign finance reports were posted, Block said, “The massive showing of support for our campaign from REAL people, not Santa Fe Swamp politicians, proves just how much of a grassroots movement this is. New Mexicans are fed up with being ‘represented’ by the same failed politicians who sell us out to the Democrats and now think they deserve to keep their jobs. We The People own this district and this state, not the politicians. It’s time for We The People to clean house.”

While John Block raised more in the first quarter, Black has thousands in cash on hand to try and defeat John. If you would like to support John’s campaign, please visit JohnBlock.com to send a donation and express support for his America First campaign.

John Block is a native New Mexican and proud Alamogordo resident. He’s the editor and founder of the Piñon Post, New Mexico’s #1 conservative news site. He has exposed waste, fraud, and abuse across the state while bringing a conservative voice to New Mexico media through the platform. As a legislator, John hopes to FINALLY send a fighter to the Legislature to battle the Radical Democrats and restore New Mexicans’ confidence in the political system.

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Study finds MLG had 4th-worst response to COVID-19 with ‘F’ rating

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According to a newly released Committee To Unleash Prosperity (CUP) study, alleged serial groper Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham (D) was ranked as the fourth-worst governor handling COVID, coming in only before New York, the District of Columbia, and New Jersey — all run by Democrats.

“The Report Card on the States measures and compares state performance on three metrics: the economy, education, and mortality from the virus. It answers the question: how did states do in balancing the health of their citizens, allowing their economies to remain operational and keeping job losses low, and keeping their schools open so that school-aged children did not suffer long term educational setbacks,” wrote the CUP.

For context, the state with the highest marks, Utah, was rated a 3.46 and an “A” rating. In contrast, New Mexico with its stringent pandemic lockdowns, forced masking, and crippling sanctions on businesses and schools, scored -2.61, an “F” rating.

The report noted how New Mexico was an “outlier” in relation to its geographic neighbors “in the direction of low combined scores.”

New Mexico ranked 40th in excessive age-adjusted mortality due to COVID-19, coming only before states such as New Jersey, New York, and the District of Columbia.

The study researchers wrote, “Our second mortality metric is all-cause excess death expressed as a percentage of expected death, which is widely considered the most accurate measure of pandemic impact because it is not subject to ascertainment bias. It also captures the near-term mortality effects of lockdown policies, such as higher drug and alcohol deaths, and differences in underlying health by being measured relative to the baseline.”

In this second test, New Mexico came in as the second-worst state in regard to Mortality, with only Arizona beating the Land of Enchantment in more COVID deaths with the second mortality metric.

New Mexico also had one of the lowest in-person education percentages, ranking 45 out of 51 during the pandemic with only 34%. 

The study noted, “School closures may ultimately prove to be the largest policy error of the pandemic era in both economic and mortality terms. One study found that school closures at the end of the previous 2019-2020 school year are associated with 13.8 million years of life lost. An NIH analysis found that life expectancy for high school graduates is 4 to 6 years longer than high school dropouts. The OECD estimates that learning losses from pandemic era school closures could cause a 3% decline in lifetime earnings, and that a loss of just one third of a year of learning has a long-term economic impact of $14 trillion.”

“Unlike mortality or economic outcomes, closing public schools was entirely under the control of policymakers. Almost all private schools were open,” the study concluded.

With the abysmal figures revealed in the survey, Lujan Grisham’s pandemic response shows to be one of the worst in the nation, and the third-worst state if the District of Columbia is excluded.

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Colón endorsed by Planned Parenthood abortion business

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On Saturday, far-left State Auditor Brian Colón, who is running for New Mexico attorney general, was endorsed by abortion up-to-birth group Planned Parenthood, which commits over 324,000 abortions annually.

Colón wrote on Twitter, “I’m proud to be endorsed by Planned Parenthood Votes NM.” He claimed that “conservative courts” are ignoring precedent regarding abortion, despite the procedure’s inhumane practice of killing children in the womb — a violation of constitutional rights. 

He wrote, “I’ll stand tall” with Planned Parenthood “to be a firewall in NM.” 

The radical abortion group endorsed Colón, as well as other Democrats vying for seats in the Legislature and statewide. 

Other endorsements by the abortion business include scandal-ridden alleged serial groper Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, Lt. Gov. Howie Morales, Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver, Public Lands Commissioner Stephanie Garcia Richard, state auditor candidate Zachary Quintero, and left-wing radicals in the House such as Reps. Joy Garratt (D-Bernalillo), Andrea Romero (D-Santa Fe), and Joanne Ferrary (D-Doña Ana). 

According to the most recent statistics from 2019, New Mexico’s abortion rate doubled, while abortion mills open up around New Mexico as Gov. Lujan Grisham recently signed a bill in 2021 to legalize unlimited abortion up-to-birth and infanticide in the state. 

Now, as Colón has received the endorsement of the radical anti-life group, it could help his bid for the seat in the Democrat primary by peddling the far-left pro-abortion agenda. In the general election, however, support for the destruction of human life in the womb may not be as kind to him with the electorate, as pro-life Republican presumptive attorney general nominee Jeremy Gay could peel off pro-life Democrats and sway independents.

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Lujan Grisham celebrates killing babies through full-term abortions

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As one of New Mexico’s neighboring states, Oklahoma, passed a bill this week to ban abortions of babies after 15 weeks gestation, scandal-ridden alleged serial groper Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham took to social media to celebrate New Mexico’s abortion up-to-birth and infanticide law that allows the killing of full-term babies without exceptions.

The embattled governor wrote, “As states around New Mexico continue their assault on reproductive health care, the action we’ve taken to protect and expand abortion access is more important than ever.” 

Lujan Grisham’s definition of “reproductive health care” is the opposite of abortion because killing a baby is the antithesis of health care. The American Heritage® Medical Dictionary lists “health care” as “The prevention, treatment, and management of illness and the preservation of mental and physical well-being through the services offered by the medical and allied health professions.” Killing is not in the scope of what is considered health care.

Furthermore, “reproduction” is defined as the “production of offspring by a sexual or asexual process.” Killing a child created through this reproductive process is exactly the opposite. Therefore, the term “reproductive health care” to refer to abortion is an oxymoron.

“Access to abortion is access to health care, and that won’t change here in New Mexico,” added Lujan Grisham.

But the governor, who signed an abortion up-to-birth and infanticide bill into law last year, faces tough reelection, with many Republican contenders vowing to protect the right to life in the state of New Mexico. She cannot promise that access to killing children through abortions “won’t change here in New Mexico.” It very well could change next election, especially if New Mexicans elect a pro-life majority to the state House of Representatives. 

Elisa Martinez, Republican candidate for New Mexico House District 27 wrote on Twitter, in response to Lujan Grisham,  “.@GovMLG: stop celebrating unsafe & unregulated abortions up to birth. One NM clinic alone has sent over 50 women to the ER including one death! 

This is NOT healthcare.” 

She shared a graphic with a screenshot of Albuquerque’s Southwestern Women’s Options abortion mill, which proudly advertises abortions up to and after 32 weeks.

Republican House District 51 candidate and Piñon Post® chief John Block, said in regard to the Governor’s social media post, “MLG is a shameless baby murderer. If elected to the legislature, I will fight day and night to save babies’ lives through life-affirming legislation!” 

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NM man acquitted in Jan. 6 incursion trial

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On Wednesday, a federal judge acquitted Matthew Martin, a contractor for Los Alamos National Labs, of his involvement in the U.S. Capitol incursion which resulted in misdemeanor four misdemeanor.

U.S. District Judge Trevor McFadden acquitted on all four counts, saying Martin’s actions were “about as minimal and non-serious” as anyone who was at the Capitol that day.

McFadden described Martin’s testimony as “largely credible.” The Albuquerque Journal reported, “The judge said it was not unreasonable for him to believe that officers allowed him to enter the Capitol.”

“Defense attorney Dan Cron said Martin saw another person shake a police officer’s hand after entering the Capitol. Martin placed his hand on an officer’s shoulder ‘as a gesture of thanks and of good will,’ Cron said,” according to the Journal.

McFadden added that Martin appeared to be a “silent observer of the actions of others.”

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MLG’s special session: Dems pass payments that could go to illegals

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On Tuesday, the New Mexico Legislature reconvened upon request of scandal-ridden alleged serial groper Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham. The special meeting of the Legislature came after fierce bipartisan backlash following her veto of $50 million in junior money that would go to each representative’s district. 

At the time, Lujan Grisham said she was “unconvinced” that the distribution of more than $50 million for projects across the state “upholds principles of fiscal responsibility.” This comes after she signed a mammoth $8.5 billion budget that included millions in funding for the Green New Deal, anti-gun programs, and taxpayer-funded “free” college.

Also included in the special session was an apparent attempt to buy votes by giving New Mexicans relief payments amid rising gas prices, but she refused to have the Legislature pass a tax cut on gasoline.

According to the Santa Fe New Mexican, these rebates are “payments of either $500 to individual adult taxpayers or $1,000 to households with joint income tax filers.” 

The outlet reported:

The payments will be disbursed in June and August. That way, [Rep. Christine] Chandler said, the economic effect on the state will be split between two budget years — 2022, which ends June 30, and 2023, which begins July 1.

Single taxpayers will receive two payments of $250 each, and couples who filed joint returns will get two payments of $500.

Taxpayers who filed their returns electronically will automatically receive their payments via direct deposit into their bank account. The state will mail checks to others.

But many Republicans claimed the bill would violate the state’s anti-donation clause.

“The gas rebate bill ended up not being a gas rebate bill. HB 2 has nothing to do with gas tax,” said Rep. Stefani Lord (R-Sandia Park). 

“A rebate means you filed taxes, and you get a rebate on personal income. HB 2 had a ‘payment’ (not a rebate) portion in section 2 that not only violated the anti-donation clause of the NM constitution but it also had a financial cap with a first come first serve limitation. 

We presented a substitute that would have removed the constitution violation, but it was denied.”

During the debate, Democrats claimed senior citizens did not know how to file taxes to attempt to ram it through. Rep. Eliseo Alcon (D-Milan) said, “Seniors don’t know how to do taxes.”

Illegal aliens and foreign nationals will receive money through the bill if they are registered with an Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN). The bill will cost taxpayers $700 million, which is taking more desperately needed money from the state’s general fund.

The bill passed 50-13 in the House of Representatives and by 35-1 in the Senate, with Sen. David Gallegos (D-Eunice) being the one vote against.

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BernCo-area elementary student shares edible THC candies with classmates

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According to reports from Tessa Mentus of KOB 4, an Algodones elementary student brought edible THC-infused candies to school, which were shared with classmates. This comes just days after legal recreational marijuana sales began on April 1 following Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham forcing a special legislative session to ram through the bill in 2021.

According to the release from the Bernalillo Public Schools:

At approximately 1:00 p.m., Algodones school administration was notified that a student brought edible THC infused candies and shared them with approximately 14 other students.

The District is collaborating with medical personnel and law enforcement to investigate and respond.

At this time, all involved students have been evaluated and are under the care of medical personnel and are stable. Parents have been notified. We will continue to make sure that all students are safe and healthy.

Like any other school system in New Mexico, we will have to grapple with educating our families, children, and staff on what to look for and how to provide safe environments for our children under this new era of legalization.

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MLG complains about self-inflicted fundraising blackout

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On Tuesday, scandal-ridden alleged serial groper Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham is calling for another special session after she vetoed a junior spending bill that included funding for the Special Olympics, senior centers, and helping solve child abuse cases. 

The special session is likely a tactical move by Lujan Grisham to ram through more of her far-left policies through the pretext of revisiting the special project funding bill. However, reconvening the Legislature for a special session means a fundraising blackout for legislative candidates, sitting legislators, and the governor.

But despite Lujan Grisham’s actions being the sole reason for the special session, she is now complaining about the fundraising blackout. 

She wrote in a fundraising email, “I’m already behind on my fundraising goals because I was not allowed to fundraise during the legislative session from December through March – and ANOTHER fundraising blackout starts Tuesday.” She claimed she needed more cash before the blackout due to her “protect[ing] our state from far-right radicalism.”

In a follow-up email to Lujan Grisham’s, her campaign wrote, “ANOTHER fundraising blackout will start on April 5. This is horrible news in an election year.” 

Apparently, the far-left governor and her team are hoping potential donors to their campaign forget that Lujan Grisham’s fundraising blackout is self-inflicted due to her veto that resulted in bipartisan fury. Now, in true form, the governor is once again playing the victim to raise more cash.

Campaign funds from Lujan Grisham have been used inappropriately in the past, including $150,000 in hush money to the governor’s alleged groping victim and over $8,000 to her own daughter for hair and makeup services — a violation of state campaign finance law.

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