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Meet the Democrats’ new racist NM House floor leader

4 Comments / New Mexico, News, Politics / By John Block

On Tuesday, it was announced by the House Democrats that their caucus had elected far-left “social impact lawyer” state Rep. Javier Martinez (D-Bernalillo) to be their next floor leader succeeding former Rep. Sheryl Williams Stapleton (D-Bernalillo) being caught up in a large corruption investigation, resulting in her resignation.

Martinez previously ran for floor leader but was unsuccessful. This time, the race-obsessed state representative won the support of his caucus, which has shifted far to the right over recent years.

Martinez is known for his harsh criticism of Republican policies, his support for far-left policies, such as abortion up-to-birth, the anti-police agenda, the “Green New Deal,” and higher taxes. Martinez also supports disrespecting the American flag.

He also advocated for raiding the state’s Land Grant permanent fund for socialist policies. Martinez claimed the state is “racist” not for doing so sooner, writing, “Years of policies that uphold historically racist systems like..failures 2 invest land grant fund in youngest kids, failures 2 build water systems in communities w/out, failures 2 build an economy that works for ALL..are big part of reason why #Covid19 is hitting us the hardest.”

Years of policies that uphold historically racist systems like..failures 2 invest land grant fund in youngest kids, failures 2 build water systems in communities w/out, failures 2 build an economy that works for ALL..are big part of reason why #Covid19 is hitting us the hardest.
— Rep. Javier Martínez (@JavierForNM) April 20, 2020

Martinez believes in racist ideals, including that “one cannot be racist against White people,” which delegitimizes and silences the voices of white people in the state. If his sentiment was reversed and he said, “one cannot be racist against Black people” or “one cannot be racist against Hispanic people,” it would be very much a racist statement.

Dude hates white people. pic.twitter.com/Pv4GeBJ5mH
— Patrick Brenner ✡️ (@pmbrenner91) August 11, 2021

This makes Martinez the second openly racist floor leader the party has chosen, with Sheryl Williams Stapleton disparaging Mexican Americans, calling the former Gov. Susana Martinez “the Mexican on the fourth floor,” which she was forced to apologize for saying.

Martinez supports illegal aliens being teachers in schools and socialist universal basic income.

“I look forward to the increased responsibility and opportunity of this role to move our caucus, Legislature, and state forward in a way that’s truly representative of New Mexico’s diverse communities,” said Martinez after being elected Democrat House floor leader.

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Join the NM Redistricting Committee meeting in Roswell on Wednesday

Leave a Comment / New Mexico, News, Politics / By John Block

On Wednesday, the New Mexico Citizens Redistricting Committee will meet at Eastern New Mexico University, Instructional Technology Center in Roswell at 3:00 p.m. to discuss redistricting plans in the San Juan County area, including state House, state Senate, congressional, and Public Education Commission maps.

This redistricting year is the first in the state’s history where citizens are allowed to submit their very own district maps along with written testimony for free.

According to the committee staff, “Use the public input portal to submit a map or written testimony. The link to do that is here. Submit a Public Comment or Map – New Mexico Citizens Redistricting Committee (nmredistricting.org) This is the first time that communities have had access to this kind of FREE mapping technology during redistricting to help policy makers better understand and respect what we want and need in terms of representation.”

In order to ensure fair districts are drawn, New Mexicans are encouraged to submit their maps to keep communities of interest together and to ensure the maps do not give any side a partisan advantage. The Committee will listen to concerns from voters and make determinations based upon the public’s input, which makes attending these meetings extremely important.

You can attend via Zoom or in-person, so it is even easier to join the meeting.

Here are more details about Saturday’s event:

WHERE: (Portales) Eastern New Mexico University (Portales Campus) Student Union Building, Room: Zia, 1500 S Avenue K, Portales, NM 88130

To submit a public comment, district plan, or community of interest online, visit the CRC’s Public Redistricting Portal.
For in-person attendance at meetings:
Masks are required for those who have not been vaccinated and encouraged for those who have been vaccinated. You are also encouraged to practice social distancing.
To attend the meeting virtually, please see the details below:
Agenda & Meeting Materials: Click Here
Join Zoom meeting through internet browser:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82516642991?pwd=Q21CalMzTUZUWU1pQUREWUU2NWhtQT09
Meeting ID: 825 1664 2991
Dial-in Number: 1 (346) 248–7799
Passcode: 247365
CRC Rules of Procedure

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‘The fourth floor’s revolving door’: Latest cabinet official jumps ship from MLG’s regime

2 Comments / New Mexico, News, Politics / By John Block

On Tuesday, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham announced yet another departure from her ever-changing administration, full of scandal and controversy. This time, the Children, Youth, and Families Department (CYFD) secretary Brian Blalock announced he was jumping ship from the Lujan Grisham regime to “support his wife’s pursuit of new work opportunities in California.”

In his place, Lujan Grisham appointed former associate justice to the New Mexico Supreme Court Barbara J. Vigil to be acting secretary.

“We are lucky to have her, and I’m very grateful to her for her willingness to step back into the arena and take on a challenging opportunity for the benefit of children and families of New Mexico,” said Lujan Grisham.

Republican House Leader responded to the latest departure, writing, “In order for any management system to work, you need consistency and the only thing consistent about [Gov. Lujan Grisham]’s management is that she is constantly replacing staff. I sure hope that the many new cabinet secretaries are able to hold steadfast and not get sucked into the fourth floor’s revolving door.”

Blalock is known for implementing the Gov. Lujan Grisham regime’s data deletion policy, where public records were deleted from the communication application “Signal.”

Once two officials at CYFD tried to bring the policy’s security and transparency concerns to the attention of Blalock, they were fired, in what they contend was retaliation.

Now, it is clear that a similar public records deletion policy exists across the administration, with the “Microsoft Teams” application auto-deleting public documents, in direct violation of the Inspection of Public Records Act (IPRA).

Blalock’s sudden departure comes after other cabinet secretaries and staffers have left abruptly, including former staffer to Lujan Grisham who allegedly tried to silence the governor’s sexual accuser Dominic Gabello.

Department of Workforce Solutions (DWS) Secretary Bill McCamley quit after revelations that DWS was missing $250 million due to “fraudulent claims and human error”

In July, the Governor’s Department of Health and Department of Information Technology (DIT) secretaries left following multiple scandals, including the data deletion issue overseen ad implemented by DIT.

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Vandals urinate, defecate on sacred Cross of the Martyrs dedicated to slain Catholic priests

2 Comments / New Mexico, News, Politics / By John Block

According to Virgil Vigil, the president of the Hispanic cultural group Union Protectiva de Santa Fe, vandals desecrated the Cross of the Martyrs monument dedicated to 21 slain Franciscan missionaries who were brutally slaughtered in the 1680 Pueblo Revolt at the hands of Popé. The bloody revolt led to the death of 400 people in total.

According to Vigil, the cross, which was dedicated and is owned by the Caballeros De Vargas surrounded by City of Santa Fe land, was urinated and defecated on, among other things. “This is direct proof that our religion is being attacked,” said Vigil. The cross was also spray-painted with “1680” in an apparent reference to Popé’s deadly revolt, while a banner was hung on the cross with red paint and the word “NOW.”

Just blocks away, another monument dedicated to Kit Carson was also vandalized by what appears to be the same group of culprits. They used red paint to deface the external barrier protecting the Kit Carson obelisk monument from external evil forces trying to destroy it.

Last year, Democrat Santa Fe Mayor Alan Webber gave the green light for police officers to not act on domestic terrorists toppling the 153-year-old Soldiers Monument sitting in the heart of downtown Santa Fe. When the vandals were finally recognized and arrested, the First Judicial District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies refused to give them jail time.

Webber’s failed response to the obelisk vandals came months after he promised a Marxist “Truth and Reconciliation Commission” to have conversations about taking down monuments.

The Cross of the Martyrs was previously desecrated in October 2020 with the words “LAND BACK” written on stones near the cross. Local media has largely ignored the anti-Hispanic and anti-Catholic hate targeting a large swath of New Mexico’s residents who identify with age-old New Mexico tradition and culture.

The new attacks on the historic monuments eerily mirror previous attacks on the downtown Soldiers Monument obelisk, which was hailed by extremist anti-Hispanic hate groups including The Red Nation and Three Sisters Collective. These groups could very well be responsible for the vandalism. Coincidentally, on Tuesday the far-left online magazine The Nation wrote a fluff piece on The Red Nation’s radical agenda to decimate capitalism and steal land from Americans.

“Who would do something like this?” said Vigil, whose organization has fiercely advocated for Hispanic culture amid the attacks. Democrats added a statue of the bloodthirsty killer Popé as one of New Mexico’s two statues housed in the U.S. Capitol. Tuesday, August 10 marks the day Popé was born.

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Roswell school board to vote on resolution challenging NMPED mask mandates

2 Comments / New Mexico, News, Politics / By John Block

On Tuesday, the Roswell Independent School District will be meeting to consider a resolution challenging Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s New Mexico Public Education Department (NMPED) school mask mandate instituted in the “COVID-19 Response Toolkit” issued July 26, 2021.

The resolution notes multiple factors regarding the forcible masking of elementary school children, such as that the vaccine is not yet approved for children under the age of 12, the adverse effects of masking children, and the authority of the children, parents, and staff to make their own health care decisions.

The Board’s resolution noted, “[W]e recognize the importance of allowing parents and staff members to make medical decisions relating to the wearing of facial coverings and that mask mandates may have unintended consequences that are detrimental to the educational environment in schools. To ensure the ongoing support of students, educators, and communities through this worldwide pandemic, the Roswell Independent Schools Board of Education respectfully requests that the New Mexico Public Education Department (NMPED) reconsider its mandates contained in its COVID-19 Response Toolkit (July 26, 2021 version) and that NMPED revise its mandates and Toolkit after considering and recognizing the following:”

That parents should have the ability to make medical decisions in the best interests of their students, this includes whether or not the student would wear a facial covering, regardless of COVID-19 vaccination status.
That faculty and staff members of the District should have the ability to make their own medical decisions in their own best interests and the interests of their family to decide whether to wear a facial covering regardless of COVID-19 vaccination status.
That school districts keep their focus on continuing vigilant and hygienic cleaning practices at school sites, rather than shifting resources to facial covering enforcement.
That school districts continue to support the health, safety, and well-being of all students and educators within their districts, and not adopt practices that identify and stigmatize students and staff based on their vaccination status.
That, as part of local school board duties granted under NMSA § 22-5-4, school districts through their local decisions making authority be permitted to adopt rules pertaining to the administration of all powers or duties of the local board, which includes the responsibility to identify community and school district needs and opinions and to develop short and long term strategies for the educational success of students.

The resolution further requested that the New Mexico Public Education Department “support and recognize each local Board of Education’s decision making authority, including the ability and responsibility to make the decision of whether masks will be required to be worn at their local school sites based on the conditions present in their immediate local area.”

Also, the Roswell Independent School Board requested that NMPED meet with local school boards, either in-person or virtually, to hear community input on the subject.

The meeting will be held on Tuesday, August 10, 2021, at 6:00 p.m. at the boardroom on 300 N Kentucky Ave., Roswell, NM 88201.

According to an agenda for the Capitan Board of Education in Lincoln County, Capitan will consider a similar resolution on Thursday, August 12, 2021, at 5:30 p.m. Find out more details here.

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Tim Keller’s Albuquerque breaks highest annual homicide record ever recorded

3 Comments / New Mexico, News, Politics / By John Block

According to an August 8, 2021 report from the Albuquerque Journal, Democrat Mayor Tim Keller’s Albuquerque “has had 81 suspected homicides – matching the highest annual total ever recorded in the city.”

A City of Albuquerque crime report from August 9, 2021 shows that there was one more homicide investigation on that day, breaking the city’s annual record with an incident off of Yale Boulevard Southeast.

That same report said that there were three homicides that occurred in the past seven days, with one case from late July being changed to “justifiable homicide.”

“If you just looked at national data, you would still see that murders in total, were higher in the early ’90s than they are now,” Paul Guerin, the director of the University of New Mexico’s Center for Applied Research and Analysis said. “What we’re seeing in Albuquerque is we’re actually seeing a higher number now than we saw in the ’90s.”

The trend in Tim Keller’s Albuquerque follows other Democrat-run cities. According to Charlie Kirk, Albuquerque saw an 81% increase in “murders” since 2020, Austin’s rose 96%, Houston’s 25%, Indianapolis’ 30%, Las Vegas’ 52%, Louisville’s 46%, Los Angeles County’s 82%, Oakland’s 58%, and Portland’s 327%.

The deadly trend in Democrat-run cities shows a troubling spike since the 1990’s, with the Journal report noting “The murder rate in 1996 – when the city had 100,000 fewer residents – was the highest ever recorded, at 16.64 per 100,000 people. In 2021, the rate is 14.41 per 100,000 people, but with 96 killings, or 15 more, Albuquerque would surpass the 1996 rate and reach a rate of 17 homicides per 100,000.”

The homicide rate spike comes as Keller has embraced anti-police sentiments adopted by radical groups, including Black Lives Matter and ANTIFA, which have advocated for “defunding the police.”

Keller has supported these cries to defund law enforcement, with steps to cripple peace officers’ abilities to respond to calls. In June 2020, in the heat of the George Floyd riots, it was reported that Keller would be sending social workers instead of police to respond to certain 911 calls, calling it a “civilian public safety branch.”

Keller denounced police officers, claiming they were not “trained professionals” regarding cases involving child abuse and other issues, saying, “We should have trained professionals do this, instead of folks with a gun and a badge.”

https://twitter.com/MayorKeller/status/1272583671434731521?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1272583671434731521%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fthehill.com%2Fhomenews%2Fstate-watch%2F502856-albuquerque-will-use-social-workers-to-respond-to-certain-911-calls

Keller also stood behind radicals in the City Council who passed a resolution aiming at taking away donated tools from the Military to help the Albuquerque Police Department.

He said, “Under our administration, APD has not received military-style equipment or weapons from this program. Their use is also out of step with our values around community safety. We fully support a formal end to Albuquerque’s participation.”

Councilor Lan Sena, who co-sponsored the resolution, claimed, “These equipments (sic) have been on the battlefields and they don’t belong on our streets.” However, Albuquerque now appears to look more and more like a warzone, as homicides and other violent crimes skyrocket.

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NM Redistricting Committee holding Monday meeting at San Juan College in Farmington

Leave a Comment / New Mexico, News, Politics / By John Block

On Monday, the New Mexico Citizens Redistricting Committee will be holding a meeting in Farmington to discuss redistricting plans in the San Juan County area, including state House, state Senate, congressional, and Public Education Commission maps.

This redistricting year is the first in the state’s history where citizens are allowed to submit their very own district maps along with written testimony for free.

You can attend via Zoom or in-person, so it is even easier to join the meeting.

Here are more details about Saturday’s event:

WHERE: San Juan College, Henderson Fine Arts Building, Room 9008

The Citizen Redistricting Committee will hold a public meeting on Monday, August 9, 2021 from 3pm to 7pm or until adjourned, to provide members of the public an opportunity to share public comment and testimony with the Committee before they begin the development of district maps for New Mexico’s offices to be redistricted.
Satellite locations which will be broadcasting this meeting and providing for public comment are as follows:
(Gallup) University of New Mexico Gallup Campus, Calvin Hall Auditorium, Room 248425 N 7th St, Gallup, NM 87301
To submit a public comment, district plan, or community of interest online, visit the CRC’s Public Redistricting Portal.
For in-person attendance at meetings:
Masks are required for those who have not been vaccinated and encouraged for those who have been vaccinated. You are also encouraged to practice social distancing.
To attend the meeting virtually, please see the details below:
Agenda & Meeting Materials: Click Here
Join Zoom meeting through internet browser: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83881073190?pwd=Y2ZRMW1FTnlEZzVjNk9zYU1MWmVoZz09
Meeting ID: 838 8107 3190
Dial-in Number: 1 (346) 248–7799
Passcode: 247365
CRC Rules of Procedure

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Hundreds attend Alamogordo forum about school mask choice

2 Comments / New Mexico, News, Politics / By John Block

On Sunday afternoon, hundreds filled the Flickinger Center for Performing Arts in downtown Alamogordo for a forum put on by the Republican Party of Otero County regarding school mask choice.

Speaking at the event was Congresswoman Yvette Herrell (R-CD2), who told the crowd, “I trust the people of America and the people of New Mexico more than I trust our government!”

“What happens now when we start complying with everything that the government says?” “Look, our democracy is under attack. This republic will not look the same if we don’t stand up against the government on every single level and do what’s right!”

Herrell concluded, “So don’t be disingenuous to our families who are quite capable of making decisions for their families. Don’t be disingenuous to me, to my friends that are business owners, to my friends that live here. Don’t be disingenuous to Americans because we are stronger than that, and right now our resolve is being tested and our faith in God. This is not a surprise to God. And let me tell you: in government, you’ve got show ponies, and you’ve got workhorses. Well, I am proud to stand with all of you workhorses!”

Panelists included Republican New Mexico House Leader Jim Townsend (R-Artesia), state Sen. David Gallegos (R-Eunice), attorney Robert Aragon, Dr. Roger Black, and Sarah Smith, a leader of the New Mexico Freedoms Alliance.

Leader Townsend said, “The school board’s responsibility is to set a platform so each and every one of those children can flourish and to their God-given abilities.”

Sen. Gallegos added, “If we don’t do what we need to right now, we will never recover this state.” Regarding the New Mexico Public Education Department stripping away power from the Floyd School Board, Gallegos said, “They are looking at power. Every time they take power away, they take it away from you.”

Aragon, who is legally representing the suspended Floyd School Board, said, “What this governor is doing is absolutely beyond the pale. There is no statutory authority that allows her to do this, end of discussion.”

In a presentation titled Dr. Black spoke about the guidance of CDC, NIH, FDA, and about masks, telling the audience, “I have to be machined to see whether my N-95 (mask) works every day. And you think you’re going to stop a virus with a piece of cloth? It ain’t going to happen because I can’t even stop it with my N95 that’s been tested.” He also provided out information on the science behind mask-wearing.

“There’s science right here above me that says ‘I don’t need you to make up my children’s health care [decisions],” Dr. Black continued.

Sarah Smith added to the discussion about adverse effects of the inoculation from the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), talking about only 10% being reported to the VAERS system. She spoke about 13-year-olds who died after getting the inoculation, “A boy from Minnesota who has no pre-existing conditions died of heart failure about two weeks after the shot.” She cited other cases.

“New Mexico kids are counting on this. We have to fix this now, and we can do it together,” she concluded.

Otero County Commissioner Couy Griffin spoke to the attendees during the question and answer session, and many parents and school board members from across New Mexico asked the panelists how they could help.

To see the full event, find the video stream here:

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ABQ commenters overwhelmingly reject Keller’s $50M ‘NM United’ stadium boondoggle

2 Comments / New Mexico, News, Politics / By John Block

According to a new report released by the Albuquerque Journal, a vast majority of commenters on Democrat Albuquerque Mayor Tim Keller’s proposal to have taxpayers fork over $50 million for a new soccer stadium for the privately-owned “New Mexico United” soccer team. The report noted that negative comments on the subject outweighed ones of support 13:1.

According to the Denver-based consulting firm CAA Icon, the stadium would cost between $65 and $70 million.

Commenters chided Keller asking citizens, already hurting from the effects of the pandemic, to shell out more money for another large project, especially one that would pad the bottom line of a handful of wealthy team owners — while doing not much for the city.

One citizen wrote that the idea was “a handout for private industry that adds no value to lives of the everyday people who make up the community.”

Sydney Tellez wrote, “After nearly 17 months of enduring a major public health emergency, massive economic crisis, and exasperating inadequacies of our social programs, it is tone deaf to spend millions of dollars on a new stadium.”

One person wrote that the people who would have the stadium in their backyard wouldn’t even be able to afford a ticket to a game. “As it is many people living in those areas cannot even afford the ticket price to see a United Soccer game,” Mercy Marrujo wrote.

“There is no silver bullet to the problems that plague (Albuquerque), and, even if there were, it would not come in the form of a minor-league soccer stadium. When businesses and storefronts sit empty all across the city, what makes anyone think that plopping a giant stadium in downtown will suddenly bring those businesses back to life or that new ones will suddenly thrive in and around that stadium,” Alex Curtas wrote.

Supposedly moderately conservative City Councilor Brooke Bassan, who is sponsoring the proposal to send the question to voters, told the Journal, “I am definitely questioning whether or not a stadium should be built; however, it is also more reason for me to push forward for putting this on the ballot.”

Others noted how the idea to finance the stadium with taxpayers’ dollars was “reckless,” “thoughtless,” and “egregious.”

However, City Councilor Isaac Benton, also co-sponsoring the bill to bring the proposal to voters, shrugged off the public’s input. The Journal reported that he said, “he does not gauge public sentiment based solely on emailed comments.”

If approved by the City Council, the measure would appear on the ballot on November 2 whether to fund the boondoggle with tax dollars or let the private team finance its own stadium.

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NM Redistricting Committee holding meeting in Albuquerque

1 Comment / New Mexico, News, Politics / By John Block

On Saturday, the New Mexico Citizens Redistricting Committee will be holding a meeting in Albuquerque to discuss redistricting plans in the Albuquerque area, including state House, state Senate, congressional, and Public Education Commission maps.

This redistricting year is the first in the state’s history where citizens are allowed to submit their very own district maps along with written testimony for free.

You can attend via Zoom or in-person, so it is even easier to join the meeting.

Here are more details about Saturday’s event:

WHERE: West Mesa High School, Art Theater

The Citizen Redistricting Committee will hold a public meeting on Saturday, August 7, 2021 from 1pm to 5pm or until adjourned, to provide members of the public an opportunity to share public comment and testimony with the Committee before they begin the development of district maps for New Mexico’s offices to be redistricted. Click here to view the press release for the West Mesa Meeting.
To submit a public comment, district plan, or community of interest online, visit the CRC’s Public Redistricting Portal.
For in-person attendance at meetings:
Masks are required for those who have not been vaccinated and encouraged for those who have been vaccinated. You are also encouraged to practice social distancing.
To attend the meeting virtually, please see the details below:
Agenda & Meeting Materials: Click Here
Join Zoom meeting through internet browser: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84674111692?pwd=RDRENEowR0QxcDRLMHhyMjRpZENqQT09
Meeting ID: 846 7411 1692
Dial-in Number: 1 (669) 900–9128
Passcode: 247365
CRC Rules of Procedure

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