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Gov. Lujan Grisham and Speaker Egolf hoist Pride flags atop the Capitol in Santa Fe

MLG and Egolf’s ‘climate’ summit to cost taxpayers at least $14K, organizers to protest event

On October 25 and 26, New Mexico House Speaker Brian Egolf (D-Santa Fe) will hold the “2021 New Mexico Climate Summit,” which aims to push radical enviro-Marxist policies upon the state, while bragging about job-killing anti-energy initiatives, such as New Mexico’s Green New Deal, the “Energy Transition Act.” 

According to public documents obtained exclusively by the Piñon Post, Egolf’s event will leave New Mexico taxpayers on the hook for at least $14,134 for the event. According to the figures provided by Egolf’s office, taxpayers will shell out $2,500 for keynote speaker Maite Arce of the “Hispanic Access Foundation’s” travel, $500 for “printing,” $7,000 for “meeting planning,” $2,134 for “catering,” $750 for a supposed second keynote speaker’s travel, assumed to be Andrew Baumann of Global Strategy Group, $600 for a “Zoom operator,” $100 for email platform “Survey Monkey,” $50 for “name tags,” and $500 for “volunteer lunch.”

Scandal-ridden alleged serial groper Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham is set to speak on the first day of the conference from 11:00 to 11:45, in which she is to speak about supposed “progress made and next steps” from the administration. Egolf will speak, as well as Secretary of Environment James Kenney, Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department Secretary Sarah Cottrell Propst, and other administration officials.

State Rep. Harry Garcia (D-Bernalillo, Cibola, McKinley, Socorro, San Juan, and Valencia) and Sen. Gay Kernan (R-Chaves, Eddy, and Lea) have already RSVP’d for the event. Announcements for the event claim over 150 “fellow state, local and community leaders are expected to attend.” 

The event is likely to be chock-full of race-baiting regarding climate, according to Speaker Egolf’s press release announcing the function, writing, “Black, indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) in New Mexico have long lived and worked on the frontlines of energy industries, bearing the heaviest burden and impact wrought by climate change, yet they are the most likely to be left behind by climate and clean energy policies.” 

According to his bio, the second keynote speaker Andrew Baumann “worked for numerous advocacy groups with a particular focus on climate, clean energy and conservation issues, having worked with LCV, Environmental Defense Fund, Climate Power 2020, the Sierra Club, and many others. His work in 2020 was instrumental in helping convince Joe Biden to make climate a centerpiece of his campaign and embrace a more ambitious climate plan.”

Fringe enviro-Marxist groups Somos Un Pueblo Unido, Rio Grande Chapter of the Sierra Club, Natural Resources Defense Council, OLÉ, Center for Civic Policy, Western Resource Advocates, Environmental Defense Fund, Conservation Voters New Mexico, NM Wild, Power4NewMexico, the Angelica Foundation, and the Energy Foundation are all sponsors of the summit.

All attendees are required to wear masks and be vaccinated, according to the event’s invite.

A protest organized by pro-energy activists is set to take place outside of the building called “Rally Against MLG’s ‘Climate Change’ Summit” to buck the taxpayer-funded liberal propaganda event. It will take place from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. on October 25 when Lujan Grisham is scheduled to speak. People in the Albuquerque area will be driving in a caravan up to Santa Fe at 10:00 a.m. that is meeting at 9:30 a.m. at the 550 Exit. More event details are below:

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MLG returns illicit campaign donations after ethics complaint filed

After an ethics complaint was filed by Santa Fe Republican Party officer and “Stop MLG” founder Brett Kokinadis, scandal-ridden alleged serial groper Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham returned illicit campaign donations that exceeded contribution limits.

The Governor returned $4,200 to Intrepid Potash, a Denver-based mineral company, which gave Lujan Grisham $25,000 when gubernatorial candidates are only allowed $20,800 from each entity. 

According to the Associated Press, “The Lujan Grisham campaign also amended its filing to identify previously undisclosed sources of four recent campaign contributions. Those include two donations totaling $10,400 from Chevron Policy, Government & Public Affairs, a $4,000 contribution from a political committee led by Democratic state Senate President Mimi Stewart and $2,500 from the Health Care Service Corporation Employees political committee.” 

Health Care Service Corporation reportedly oversees BlueCross BlueShield of New Mexico, a state-sanctioned provider of Medicaid health care coverage.

Republican House Leader Jim Townsend (R-Artesia) is a contributor to Stop MLG. 

When Kokinadis filed the complaint, he said, “New Mexicans deserve better than this. This Governor’s habitual behavior is hurting the state and its citizens–all for personal gain for the Governor.” 

“Her illegal actions have embarrassed New Mexico for too long. From ignoring the legislature during the extended COVID restrictions, ignoring and violating her own public health orders, using campaign donations to settle alleged sexual allegations, purchasing lavish meals and alcohol, covering up issues at CYFD, and now violating ethics laws, all while New Mexicans continue to suffer from her unfair policies, it’s obvious why should accept monies in any amount–she needs them to aggressively campaign to combat her failed and unfair policies.”

Another ethics complaint filed by Piñon Post founder and editor John Block in May is still ongoing, in which Block is going after the Governor for improper use of campaign funds to pay her daughter, Erin Grisham, for hair and makeup — a direct violation of state law and Secretary of State guidance.

Gov. Lujan Grisham is up for reelection in 2022, facing off against seven Republicans, including businesswoman Karen Bedonie, Sandoval County Commissioner Jay Block, state Rep. Rebecca Dow, Right to Life of New Mexico executive director Ethel Maharg, businessman Louie Sanchez, former Gary Johnson staffer Tim Walsh, and financier Greg Zanetti. Note: These candidates have been listed in alphabetical order.

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Rep. Yvette Herrell crushes Democrat opponent in fundraising by 700%

According to the latest Federal Election Commission reports, Congresswoman Yvette Herrell (R-NM-2) is crushing her Democrat opponent Gave Vasquez in with her fundraising numbers.

The reports show that donors poured $500,192.70 into Herrell’s war chest between July 15 and September 30. 

During that timeframe, Herrell’s campaign spent $218,338.24 and closed the period with nearly one million dollars — $980,687.50 — cash on hand.

The Roswell Daily Record reports, “The latest figures bring Herrell’s total fundraising haul since January to $1.3 million, more than seven times what Gabriel Vasquez has received in contributions. A Las Cruces city councilor, Vasquez last month became the first Democrat to enter the race. Reports state he received $70,182.50, and had $9,281.53 in expenditures. He finished the fundraising cycle with $60,900.97 in his campaign account.”

According to the report, The House Freedom Fund, a fundraising arm of the House Freedom Caucus, has already spent $219,146.59 in support of Herrell.

Vasquez has the endorsement of far-left Sen. Martin Heinrich and other left-wing party leaders. He is a fringe Democrat who believes America is a racist nation.

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Redistricting Committee approves three radical state House map concepts

On Wednesday, the New Mexico Citizens Redistricting Committee (CRC) reconvened for its final meeting to approve maps for the New Mexico House of Representatives, adopting three concepts, including two that extremely gerrymander the state and one that does not. Last week, the Committee approved map concepts for Congress, state Senate, and the Public Education Commission.

Far-left Member Lisa Curtis, a former Democrat lawmaker, said regarding the heavily gerrymandered Center for Civic Policy (CCP) map drawn (Concept E), “What we have heard from the public that have come to talk to us is the existence of vote dissolution in certain parts of our state within the Native American Community and especially within the growing Hispanic community.”

She said regarding the map that claims to be the “People’s Map,” “I’m not in favor of a status quo map. We have white majorities created solely to defeat [people of color].” She added, “It fixes a generational problem in this state.”

Curtis claimed the map “cannot be attacked on a Voting Rights Act level. The only way this map gets attacked is on partisanship reasons and that is just not appropriate. We should not be saving things.” 

However, Member Ryan Cangiolosi, a Republican, said, “I do disagree.” He noted the blatant partisanship of the map denoting gerrymandering, including “snake-like districts.” He said, “We’re seeing what seems like gerrymandering in that regard.” 

The CCP map used wide population swings from district to district, some even over ten percent. Traditionally, New Mexico House maps have not deviated more than five percent, which Member Cangiolosi had an issue with. 

Cangiolosi said, “What we see here in this map is a partisan map meant to make a majority in the House a supermajority in the House.”

“I’m going to vote no on this map. I don’t agree with this map, and I am going to stick to the CRC’s maps,” he added, referring to maps drawn by the Committee — not outside bad actors like the CCP.

Member Robert Rhatigan argued in favor of the heavily gerrymandered CCP map, saying,
“Equity and equality cannot be confused.” He said “in order to reach equity,” he is “okay with the deviations” of more than five percent.

Justice Edward Chávez, the Democrat chairman of the Committee, chimed in, saying, “I am persuaded that we can deviate accordingly, as long as we don’t exceed ten percent.” 

The final vote on the extremist CCP map was 5-2, with all members except Republicans Ryan Cangiolosi and Christopher Saucedo approving the concept. 

The committee went on to vote on another map, Concept I, which deviates over five percent and includes many of the criticisms Cangiolosi and Saucedo had of the CCP map. It passed the Committee on a vote of 4-3, with Member Michael Sanchez voting with Cangiolosi and Saucedo against it. 

The panel discussed House Concept C, which is a map that does not deviate over five percent, while also taking into account much of the testimony heard in the Committee over the last few months. 

Member Rhatigan said of the map, “It’s a decent option insofar as it is something different.” The map, however, failed with a vote of 4-3. Rhatigan, despite his comments, voted against the concept. 

Another extreme map, Concept J, was then passed by the committee, which is similar to map I. All three maps are not good news for rural or conservative voices, which are lacking in the Legislature, to begin with. It is unclear which map is the least harmful to conservatives, although the prospect of a GOP House majority appears slimmer now.

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Pro-abortion, anti-Trump Democrat Nadia Sikes running for Alamogordo mayor

The race is heating up for Alamogordo’s open mayorship as incumbent Mayor Richard Boss is not running for reelection. Two Alamogordo City Commissioners, Susan Payne and Nadia Sikes are vying for the position. 

Sikes is a retired marketing professional. Sikes has been a far-left voice, shouting down citizens participating in meetings and publicly shaming citizens for not wearing masks or obeying tyrannical edicts from Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham.

But in Alamogordo, which went predominantly to President Donald Trump in 2016 and 2020 and has long been a Republican stronghold, Sikes has been rabidly anti-Trump and supportive of extreme late-term abortion.

In multiple posts on Sikes’ Facebook page, she has posted vulgar content about the 45th President, including a post of someone holding a sign that said, “Our expectations were low but HOLY F**K.” In another post, Sikes shared a post comparing President Trump to Benito Mussolini, which read, “Holy f**king s**t.” 

CAUTION: Vulgar language included in Sikes’ posts:

While Democrats ran their first sham impeachment charade against President Trump, of which he was overwhelmingly cleared by the U.S. Senate, Sikes wrote, “Happy Impeachment Eve!” President Trump held a “Save America,” rally on January 6, 2021, in Washington, D.C., which resulted in many ANTIFA infiltrators dressed in MAGA gear leading a few Trump supporters into the Capitol. After this happened, Sikes wrote on Twitter regarding senators who voted against the Democrats’ second failed impeachment sham, “44 votes. 44 senators are okay with insurrection. Good to know.” 

On January 19, 2017, the day before President Trump was sworn in, Nadia Sikes changed her profile picture to that of former President Barack Obama. In another post, Sikes called Obama “the best President we’ve ever had.”

Sikes has shared multiple posts promoting abortion up-to-birth groups, and even participated in multiple abortion marches, such as the “Women’s March” and the “Roe v. Wade Commemorative Demonstration,” celebrating the Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion-on-demand in America. Sikes has also shared “climate change” conspiracy posts promoting the fringe activist Greta Thunberg and content from the disgraced anti-Trump PAC, the Lincoln Project.

On Sikes’ radio program she runs out of KRSY AM 1230, she has interviewed extreme abortion up-to-birth groups Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains and Young Women United, Democrat Sen. Martin Heinrich, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s lieutenant governor, Democrat Howie Morales, among other far-left figures, and organizations. 

But her rabidly anti-American social media posts are not the only thing Sikes has to face the voters over. She also has personally targeted citizens of Alamogordo, including lodging a complaint against a postal worker, Rich Merrick, apparently claiming he is tampering with her mail because he has exercised his First Amendment rights at City Commission meetings. Nadia’s complaint failed, but her attempt at going after a citizen’s livelihood to get back at someone politically appears to be the lowest a person can go.

The complaint came years after Merrick spoke out against Sikes at Commission meetings in 2015 because Sikes used her official capacity as a commissioner to try and close a gun show being held at New Mexico State University Alamogordo. 

Sikes has consistently bashed citizens who do not support Gov. Lujan Grisham’s mask mandates and has voted against multiple resolutions brought forth before the City Commission against these draconian rules. Sikes calls them “public health guidelines.” Watch a moment from an August 2021 meeting here:

Sikes endorsed extremist Democrat Gabe Vasquez for Congress against incumbent Congresswoman Yvette Herrell (R-NM-2). Here is Sikes pictured on Vasquez’s website:

The municipal election is November 2, and citizens will make a decision on whether they want a radical far-left extremist to serve as the mayor of conservative Alamogordo or a conservative Christian to serve as mayor.

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Alleged MLG groping witness says governor ‘represents the very best’ of NM

On Tuesday, longtime Michelle Lujan Grisham ally, former business partner, and retiring state Rep. Debbie Armstrong claimed the scandal-ridden alleged sexual predator governor is the “very best” of New Mexico.

“Gov. Lujan Grisham is committed to leading New Mexico toward a brighter future. Every single day, she does everything she can to improve the lives of our families, friends, and neighbors. Over her nearly three years in office, I’ve been so proud of everything Gov. Lujan Grisham has accomplished,” the lawmaker claimed in a fundraising email for Lujan Grisham’s reelection.

Despite the failures of the Lujan Grisham regime other than the constant scandals involving misusing campaign and taxpayer dollars, the Governor has racked up some of the worst statistics for New Mexico, including our failing energy grid with the implementation of the Green New Deal, the lowest child wellbeing rate in the nation, high unemployment rates, among other failures.

Armstrong, who previously was in business with Lujan Grisham at “Delta Consulting,” reportedly grifted the people of New Mexico by upcharging the sick in the state’s high-risk insurance pool despite Obamacare effectively making the program obsolete. 

Armstrong was reportedly a witness to the sexual assault allegedly carried out by Lujan Grisham upon a former staffer, James Hallinan. Gov. Lujan Grisham paid off Hallinan over $150,000 in hush money following him coming forward. We previously reported: 

He claims this assault happened during a senior staff meeting held at Representative Deborah Armstrong’s (D-Bernalillo) home in the summer of 2018…. Hallinan claimed then-U.S. Rep. Lujan Grisham “took a water bottle and dumped it on my crotch and then slapped and grabbed me in front of everybody.” 

But despite all the scandal and the failures, Armstrong claims Lujan Grisham “represents the very best of our state. It’s hardworking, kind New Mexicans like her that make me so proud to call this state my home.” 

Gov. Lujan Grisham is up for reelection in 2022, facing off against seven Republicans, including businesswoman Karen Bedonie, Sandoval County Commissioner Jay Block, state Rep. Rebecca Dow, Right to Life of New Mexico executive director Ethel Maharg, businessman Louie Sanchez, former Gary Johnson staffer Tim Walsh, and financier Greg Zanetti. Note: These candidates have been listed in alphabetical order.

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Far-left ‘social justice’ group at UNM disbanding

On Monday, it was reported by the University of New Mexico’s (UNM) student-run far-left paper that the “social justice” group, “Fight For Our Lives” at UNM, was shutting down, effective on October 2.

According to the report, “FFOL was focused on advocating for gun violence prevention in 2018, seeking climate crisis action in 2019 and creating ABQ Mutual Aid in 2020, according to FFOL co-founder Jonathon Juarez-Alonzo. He said on social media that the decision to dissolve the organization was a tough one and that ‘all good things must come to an end.’” 

Apparently, the group was formed as an offshoot of the fringe David Hogg group “March For Our Lives” to push for anti-gun legislation that would disarm the American public in 2018.

“There’s no one reason why we’re dissolving,” Juarez-Alonzo claimed. “It’s really (that) everyone has their own life situations that are keeping them from their commitments to the work.” 

Former vice-president of the group, Emil Phan, said FFOL served as a vessel for community outreach and positive change, and “opened the doors for endless possibilities,” even with its dissolution.  

The report notes that Juarez-Alonzo “said they worked to develop ABQ Mutual Aid in 2020, which is a collective of organizers that seeks to fulfill basic human needs during the pandemic, such as distributing hygiene products and groceries. Juarez-Alonzo said ABQ Mutual Aid, while a separate entity from FFOL, holds many of the same values and missions and is an ongoing effort that has served over 60,000 community members. ABQ Mutual Aid, like FFOL, is fiscally sponsored by the Southwest Organizing Project.”

“Mutual Aid” is a framework of anarchical communism that presents a scientific basis for communism as an alternative to the “historical materialism” of the Marxists. It is an offshoot of social Darwinism. 

The dissolution of the fringe group is just the latest far-left organization disbanding amid internal turmoil. Other national Marxist groups, such as Black Lives Matter, have had similar issues, with infighting and extremism pushing them to the breaking points. 

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Piñon Post demands Dems speak out amid MLG groping scandal or they are complicit

On Monday, Piñon Post editor John Block sent a letter to high-ranking New Mexico Democratic Party officials and lawmakers demanding accountability for Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s alleged groping of multiple men, including that of James Hallinan, which resulted in her paying him $150,000 in hush money.

The Piñon Post is calling for high-ranking officials, including legislative, congressional, statewide, and Democratic Party of New Mexico leaders, to denounce Lujan Grisham or else they are complicit in perpetuating sexual violence.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo faced bipartisan pushback against his alleged sexual abuse, of which he never paid off his accusers like Lujan Grisham. But Lujan Grisham said regarding Cuomo in March 2021, “I’m, frankly, in that group of elected leaders, that you believe the individual, you give real credit and credibility there, if you don’t, we are revictimizing brave men and women who come forward.” 

The Piñon Post is demanding Lujan Grisham live by her own standard and not revictimize these men who have accused her by remaining in office to perpetuate more violence upon the people of New Mexico.

“New Mexico Democrats must hold Michelle Lujan Grisham accountable or else they, too are complicit in covering up sexual assault victims’ voices,” said Block.

“There is absolutely no excuse — not one — to justify the governor’s depraved behavior and her subsequent gagging of accusers with hush-money payments from her campaign account. New Mexico Democrats must bravely stand up against Michelle Lujan Grisham and call for her immediate resignation,” he added. “The time for action is now.” 

Read the letter sent to the lawmakers here. 

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MLG points fingers to defend her abuse of power

According to a new report, scandal-ridden alleged serial groper Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham is trying to defend her abuse of power by unilateral spending of hundreds of millions of federal funds during the pandemic, which has sparked a lawsuit from two lawmakers, a Democrat, and a Republican.

The Governor’s chief general counsel Holly Agajanian claimed “precedent” gave Lujan Grisham sole authority to blow  $1.7 billion in federal monies, while also saying, “unallocated dollars from the federal American Rescue Plan Act are currently in a suspense account – not the state treasury – [meaning] the Legislature lacks the legal reach to earmark the money,” according to the Albuquerque Journal.

“In short, the ARPA funds are not subject to appropriation because they are not ‘in the treasury,’ ” Agajanian argued.

Sens. Greg Baca (R-Valencia) and Jacob Candelaria (D-Bernalillo), both attorneys, argued the case as a “constitutional emergency of generational importance.”

Democrat State Treasurer Tim Eichenberg reaffirmed the two lawmakers’ arguments in a filing requested by the Supreme Court on his agency’s opinion of the matter dealing a crippling blow to Lujan Grisham’s argument.

But Agajanian tried to point the finger back at legislators who don’t approve of Lujan Grisham’s lawless spending. “It would be just as much of a violation of [the] separation of powers to intrude on the governor’s executive managerial function to administer federal funds in the state’s custody,” she claimed.

Lujan Grisham has spent millions of these critical federal dollars to bribe New Mexicans to get inoculated, with a $10 million lottery, $100 stipends for shots at certain points in the pandemic, and ​​$5 million to incentivize New Mexicans to stay home and not work — a move that is crushing the economy and fueling a staffing shortage. 

Despite the Governor’s office claiming it is meeting with lawmakers to discuss spending the remainder of the federal cash, she hasn’t specified who she is speaking with and what proposals such conversations would be about. 

The Governor is currently embroiled in a sexual assault scandal, where she paid a former staffer, James Hallinan, $150,000 in hush money from her campaign after she was said to have poured water over his crotch and then groped him. Another man came forward in 2018 alleging similar conduct from Lujan Grisham. She is also under investigation by the State Ethics Commission due to a complaint by Piñon Post founder and editor John Block over Lujan Grisham spending over $8,000 in donors’ funds for paying her daughter for hair and makeup.

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Far-left lawmaker who party leaders told to ‘f**k off’ not running for reelection

State Sen. Jacob Candelaria (D-Bernalillo), announced he will not be seeking another term in the chamber in 2024 after about a year of tumultuous outbursts by the senator, along with many squabbles with his party leaders.

“It’s been a beautiful chapter — it’s been incredibly rewarding — but it’s also incredibly demanding,” Candelaria told the Santa Fe New Mexican.

Candelaria, a lawyer, is a far-left extremist who marched with violent anti-police rioters in the streets of Albuquerque during the George Floyd riots and then offered to represent anyone arrested during the lawlessness. 

The lawmaker then erroneously claimed his life was in danger due to one constituent calling him with harsh words. He called the police and berated them in his home. He then threatened to call Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on them before kicking them out in an act of disrespect. Lujan Grisham won’t take the dramatic lawmaker’s calls or support his legislation. She previously ordained Candelaria and his husband in marriage.

After Candelaria kicked out the police officers who were trying to help, in an ultimate sign of disrespect, he then claimed to have PTSD from the encounter, despite him being the reason for all the drama.

Then, during the pandemic, while New Mexicans were losing their jobs and small businesses were going under due to Lujan Grisham’s edicts, of which Candelaria approved, Candelaria bragged on social media about purchasing luxury goods from a French fashion house, Hermés. 

During the 2021 Legislative Session, Candelaria bashed Judiciary Chair Joseph Cervantes (D-Doña Ana) for not taking up Candelaria’s radical legislative priorities over the priorities of Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham.

Far-left group ProgressNow New Mexico even went after Candelaria for his tantrums:

During consideration of S.B. 71, the Patients’ Debt Collection Protection Act, Candelaria forced a debate on the bill, which led Democrat Majority Leader Peter Wirth (D-Santa Fe) to scold him on the floor of the Senate. 

“Why don’t you just f**k off and put an amendment on like the rest of us?” said Wirth. 

After the altercation, It was reported by the Santa Fe New Mexican that Candelaria started crying and claiming it was a “low day” for the New Mexico Senate: 

“I’m sort of heartbroken,” claimed Candelaria, who sat slouched in his chair in tears after the confrontation. “This is a low day for the New Mexico Senate.”

Now, Candelaria will not have to worry any longer about the veracity of the state Senate, as he will be gone from the chamber come 2025 when a new member is elected following a redistricting process that will be finalized later this year.

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