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‘Psychological torture’: Unvaccinated Springer inmates threatened with transfer

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According to a release from New Mexico Freedoms Alliance (NMFA), the Springer Correctional Center for women in Colfax County is reportedly threatening inmates with transfer to the Grants NM Women’s Correctional Facility if they decline to be vaccinated.

The group writes, “On Tuesday, there were ~30 women who had chosen not to take the shot. Now, about half of them have already taken the shot under these threats. It is immoral that people who are incarcerated are having their bodily rights and dignity taken away from them under threat of what amounts to psychological torture.” 

The group is urging New Mexicans to contact the facility to oppose the policy. “If you want to speak to the Warden, she is Marianna Vigil. If you have contacted local news (see below), let her know,” writes the group.

The contact information is below:

 Springer Correctional Center

(575) 483-3108

(575) 483-3100

Marianna.Vigil@state.nm.us

Editor’s Note: A previous version of this article said that inmates were threatened with solitary confinement if they did not take the vaccine. However, NMFA has learned that Springer does not have solitary confinement in the facility. This article has been updated to reflect the most current information.

Assisted suicide via lethal drugs, abortion up-to-birth and infanticide bills take effect Friday

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Friday is a solemn day for many New Mexicans as two bills rammed through the 2021 Legislature will take effect, including assisted suicide via lethal drug “cocktails” and abortion up-to-birth, widening the door to infanticide in the state and criminalizing health workers who object to abortion. 

The assisted suicide bill is opposed by multiple disability rights groups, the Navajo Nation, and many patients living with terminal conditions. The law seeks to further normalize a culture of death in New Mexico by letting medical professionals prescribe lethal drugs to patients who have been diagnosed with a terminal illness that could take their lives anytime up to six months.

The bill would legalize doctors to prescribe a “cocktail” of lethal drugs to patients suffering from terminal illnesses, which will save insurance companies money. The American Medical Association is against assisted suicide. 

During the bill’s hearing in the Senate Judiciary Committee on Sunday, the “expert witnesses,” law professor Robert Schwartz and physician Steven Kanig could not even list the drugs that would be prescribed to end an individual’s life and admitted that there is no set “cocktail” that is used. Schwartz claimed the concoction of harmful drugs “has been refined over the years” and that “these drugs do change.”

The abortion bill passed through the Legislature and signed by embattled Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, who claims to be a Catholic, stripped away protections for women and their children in the womb and removed “conscientious objection” protections for physicians and medical professionals. 

The pro-abortion law allows sex traffickers and child abusers to take a pregnant minor in for an abortion without any parental knowledge or involvement–not to mention without any reporting criteria. 

With this law, a pregnant mother would be allowed to have an abortion at any pregnancy stage. It is a medical fact that the risk of death or serious injury to women increases to 76.6% in abortions after five months. 

Despite loud opposition on both of these bills, which were previously defeated in past legislative sessions, the public was cut off and limited to ten minutes of testimony on each side of the argument during “virtual” committee hearings while a fence was erected around the Capitol building to keep the people out of the People’s House.

According to the Albuquerque Journal, “In preparation for the [assisted suicide] bill’s effective date, a new nonprofit group has been created to give information to families with ailing loved ones, and raise awareness of the new law among hospitals, doctors and hospice care providers.”

The Piñon Post organized New Mexicans to oppose these bills, which infringe on Constitutional rights enshrined in our Country’s founding documents. Our editor, John Block, testified alongside other New Mexicans against the abortion up-to-birth bill and prepared testimony against the assisted suicide bill. Despite the Piñon Post’s efforts, the closed-off Roundhouse made it nearly impossible to reach members of the Legislature.

NM remains on lockdown while other Dem-run states fully reopen

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Embattled Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham and her advisors are still not ready to reopen New Mexico despite other Democrat-run states, such as California and New York are fully reopening.

The governor was absent from Wednesday’s COVID-19 briefing with New Mexico Human Services Secretary Dr. David Scrase and Health Secretary Dr. Tracie Collins. 

During the pandemic briefing, the two cabinet secretaries ran around in circles trying to justify why New Mexico was still locked down while all neightboring states had reopened. 

Scrase said in response to a question about the fully open state of Texas having the lowest seven-day positivity rating sinice the beginning of the pandemic, “I mentioned earlier, we have the highest social vulnerability index in America, poverty amongst older people, New Mexico is number one in America amongst all ages, we have a lot of social vulnerability.” 

“Since the very beginning we have used New Mexico data for cases, the modeling from Presbyterian that’s been essential. When making our decisions based on what we believe is really safest and best. There’s always going to be a state that’s more open and I can’t really speak to the accuracy of the data of Texas or I don’t believe that necessarily being reopen caused case rates to be low. We’re doing what’s best for New Mexicans, we’ve done that from day one, we’ll continue to do that, we think we’re doing the right thing.”

Matt Bieber, NMDOH Director of Communications characterized the state of the pandemic in a much more frantic way, claiming the unvaccinated people are contributing to deaths and “pain and suffering.” Bieber said, “The pandemic doesn’t end just because we’ve hit 60 percent. It’s a moment in where we feel it’s safe to open much of the economy and do away with many of the restrictions in place. But you know this is a deadly virus, it’s still out there, there’s still a lot of unvaccinated people unfortunately and it still has opportunities to spread and mutate, and cause pain and suffering and unfortunately death as well.”

Dr. Collins said, “We are diligently working to achieve that [60 percent vaccinated] goal and we can have more updates for you by the end of the week but we’re definitely working towards that.”

The Governor has been bribing New Mexicans with $100 each, including children, to take the virus inoculation, along with $10 million in lottery prizes for those who have taken the jab. None of the three jabs available, Moderna, Pfizer, or Johnson & Johnson, have been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

WATCH: New ad savages MLG for ducking the press amid scandal-ridden tenure

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On Wednesday, the Republican Governors Association released a blistering ad going after embattled Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham for her public corruption, ducking the press, and many other scandals she has had during her short but disastrous governorship. 

The ad highlights Lujan Grisham’s blatant hypocrisy, such as when she ordered New Mexicans to “stay home,” but she had a shuttered business reopen specifically for her to buy jewelry.

The ad features news clips, with a reporter saying, “Non-essential businesses were closed, but one opened just for the governor to buy jewelry.” Another news clip noted how “the governor refused on-camera interviews” amid the scandal.

Another scandal highlighted in the ad was Lujan Grisham paying hush money to a sexual assault accuser, James Hallinan, who says the governor poured water on his crotch and then groped him. 

A news clip said, “He and other staffers had been sexually assaulted by Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham.” Another said, “What does the Governor have to say on all of this? So far, we haven’t heard directly from her.” 

The next scandal the group highlighted in the ad was her issuing over $500,050 in raises to her staffers while New Mexicans were unemployed. The featured news clip says, “While workers across New Mexico face major pay cuts, we’re learning Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham handed out hefty pay raises to her staff.” 

The ad featured other scandals the Governor was involved in while she ducked questions from the media.  

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Far-left Dem ballot harvester seeks appointment to Stansbury’s vacated legislative seat

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Far-left establishment Democrat operative Pamelya Herndon, who also serves as a caucus chair for the Democrat Party of New Mexico, is seeking appointment by the Bernalillo County Commission to be the next state representative to the New Mexico House District 28 seat vacated by Rep. Melanie Stansbury, who was sworn into Congress this week.

During a 2020 closed-door fundraising call for Ben Ray Luján and Xochitl Torres Small, Herndon revealed that she was organizing people to harvest absentee ballots from senior citizens, a tactic that has contributed to voter fraud. 

She said on the call, “Go by and talk to your senior citizens. See if those ballots have been put in the mail, and if not, pick it up and take it to a polling location… you can take at least one absentee ballot for a member of your family to a polling location. We want every ballot counted, Congressman [Ben Ray Luján] because we want to see that you and Xochitl Torres Small and everybody on that ballot for the Democratic Party gets elected.”

New Mexico doesn’t require a “witness” when filling out an absentee ballot, which makes it just that much easier for fraud to sneak in. According to the Daily Signal, “Previously, New Mexico required the signature of a witness as well as the voter on an absentee ballot. However, in 1993, the state Legislature passed a law removing that requirement.”

Herndon also testified as an “expert witness” on extreme far-left bills during the 2021 Legislative Session, including one to harm small businesses by hiking the minimum wage to $15 per hour, a policy championed by socialists like U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY).

Now, Herndon, who has also advocated for other far-left Democrat party-line policies, claims she is the best one for the job, while she is likely to try to hide her radicalism in the moderate district, which has traditionally gone to Republicans in the past. Her top priorities, according to her website, are “social justice” and “civil rights.”

Herndon will face Democrat competition from a prostitute and “jello shot girl” going by the name “Bunni Benton Cruse,” who is also seeking the spot. 

Cruse, who openly has a “conviction” for prostitution, would not be the first controversial figure to seek public office. State Rep. Roger Montoya (D-Colfax, Mora, Rio Arriba & San Miguel), who was endorsed by Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham in 2020, was a porn actor before running for his state legislative seat. 

The Piñon Post will be reporting shortly on the Republicans entering this race.

NM Secretary of State clears MLG for misusing $6K in campaign cash on cosmetics

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On Tuesday, the Secretary of State’s office cleared Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on an ethics complaint regarding her use of campaign dollars for hair and makeup expenses through her daughter, Erin Grisham.

Despite state law and the Secretary of State’s own guidelines explicitly forbidding candidates from using campaign funds for cosmetic expenditures, the Secretary of State’s office appeared to reverse its prior guidelines, giving the all-clear to state candidates to use donors’ funds for beauty needs if they are related to the campaign. 

The letter reads as follows:

Note: (CRA is the complaint and NMFM is New Mexicans for Michelle, the Governor’s campaign committee).

The crux of the CRA allegation is that “The governor’s personal use of campaign funds for hair and makeup through her daughter is a violation of New Mexico state law, as hair and makeup are not appropriate uses of campaign dollars, as set forth by state statute and reaffirmed by the Secretary of State in the official 2020 Campaign Finance Reporting Guide.”

Based on the Response, all the alleged expenditures to Beauty by Erin were for “campaign related photo shoots, campaign commercials, State of the State speeches and Democratic National Convention media and video appearances, some of which were nationally televised.” Response, pg. 2. The Response further stated that these expenses would not have existed but for the candidacy of the Governor. Id.

Based on the Response and analysis of the relevant statutory framework our office is unable to conclude that the expenditures to Beauty by Erin by NMFM are violations of the CRA or NMAC, for they are reasonably attributable to the candidate’s campaign and not an expense that would have existed but for the Governor’s candidacy. We would also additionally note that the example in our Guide in no way precludes a candidate from making an expenditure on hair, makeup and nails. The key analysis is whether the expenditure is reasonably attributable to the candidate’s campaign, not solely what the expense is.”

However, through mentioning that the use of these campaign funds went toward the governor preparing for her State of the State speeches (which are an official act mandated by New Mexico state statute, not a campaign event), it would appear that the office is even clearing politicians to use campaign funds for official acts, such as legislators getting their hair and makeup done during the Legislative Session.

Piñon Post editor John Block, who filed the complaint, released the following statement: 

“Gov. Lujan Grisham’s ability to duck responsibility despite glaring evidence of shameless public corruption proves once again that New Mexico’s political system is rotted to its very core. Whether it be paying $62,500 in hush money to sexual accusers for crotch-grabbing incidents or delving out over $6,000 to her daughter for hair and makeup, institutions New Mexicans are supposed to rely on refuse to hold the governor accountable. It seems only the voters (who Lujan Grisham mocks as ‘lizard people’) can bring long-awaited justice at the ballot box in 2022.”

GOP gubernatorial candidate distances himself from President Trump during KOB 4 interview

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During a Monday KOB 4 interview, the latest Republican to jump into the 2022 governor’s race, financier Greg Zanetti, was asked about his support for President Donald J. Trump, and he did not give a traditional answer, such as candidates Jay Block and Karen Bedonie, who have been quick to embrace the 45th president.

Zanetti said, “This isn’t about Donald Trump. It’s not about one person, it’s about a bigger message.” 

KOB contrasted Block and Zanetti in their support for Trump, writing, “Republican voters will find that Block and Zanetti differ on some key issues. For example, Block has aligned himself with former President Donald Trump. Zanetti, however, appears to be distancing himself from the polarizing ex-president.” 

It is unclear if Zanetti, who describes himself as a “pragmatic conservative,” supported Trump publicly in 2016 or 2020 as he has not shown support on social media for the president. Bedonie attended the 2019 Trump rally in Rio Rancho and Block greeted President Trump as he deplaned at the airport ahead of the rally. 

Although the candidates all agree that Gov. Lujan Grisham’s botched pandemic response led to an economic catastrophe, questions still remain regarding Zanetti’s support for Trump, who won the most votes in 2020 than any Republican in the country’s history. 

Read more about Zanetti and his announcement for governor here.

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Lujan Grisham bribing people, including children, with $100/each to take the jab

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On Monday, embattled Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s New Mexico Department of Health announced it will be bribing people with an “incentive” of $100 upon injection of the “vaccine series” or the single-shot Johnson & Johnson jab through June 17.

The added bribe comes after the Governor has been waving $10 million cash prizes through a “lottery” (of taxpayer funds) to those who get inoculated, and that appears to not be working since she is adding the extra incentive to sweeten the deal.

“All New Mexicans who have received at least one shot are also eligible for the Vax 2 the Max sweepstakes, including a total of $10 million in cash prizes and other awards. On June 18, New Mexico will conduct its first drawings – four prizes of $250,000 each. New Mexicans who wish to participate can sign up,” wrote Lujan Grisham’s Department of Health.

“Eligibility is limited to New Mexicans receiving a booster shot or the J&J shot from Monday, June 14 to Thursday, June 17” 

“To qualify for the $100, New Mexicans must bring the following to their appointments:  New Mexicans must provide proof of residency (e.g. an identification card, pay stub or utility bill). Those who are receiving a second Pfizer or Moderna shot must provide a CDC vaccine card or other proof of vaccination that they have received a primary shot. New Mexicans can locate their vaccination records at vaxviewnm.org.” 

According to the release by the Department, “New Mexicans will receive $100 either on-site or at their home addresses. For New Mexicans eligible to be vaccinated who are under 18 years old, a parent or guardian must be present to qualify for the $100.” 
The caveat that allows parents to get $100 for their children to get the vaccine may end up in added coercive tactics from parents strapped for cash. Children are the lowest population to die from the Chinese Virus, with a 99.997% survival rate and less than 1% of children with the virus require the jab. Find more information on children and the pandemic by clicking here.

Haaland hoists ‘Progress Pride flag’ above Interior Department

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On Monday, far-left Department of the Interior secretary Deb Haaland tried to outdo other “woke” members of Joe Biden’s regime by not just putting up the usual leftist “LGBT Pride” flag with the red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple colors. 

She and staff members trekked to the top of the Interior Department for a photo-op with the “Progress Pride Flag,” which includes the additional colors black, brown, and different light blue and pink.

On Twitter, Haaland wrote, “Today we celebrate love. For the first time ever, the Progress Pride Flag is raised over @Interior. Happy Pride!” 

According to the Progress Pride flag’s gender-confused creator, Daniel Quasar, who reportedly uses the pronouns “xe/xem,” said the “5 half sized stripes representing trans individuals (light blue, light pink, white), marginalized POC communities (brown, black), as well as those living with AIDS, those no longer living, and the stigma surrounding them (black).”

Joe Biden’s U.S. embassy to the Vatican (Holy See) erected a “Pride” flag on the building, a direct affront to the Roman Catholic faith, which believes pride is one of the seven deadly sins. However, embassies to Muslim countries, such as the United Arab Emirates, Iraq, or Afghanistan did not erect the loud-colored flags. 

Haaland putting up the even more radical “Pride” flag follows embattled Democrat Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham who posted a 2019 photo of her on a rooftop with Speaker of the House Brian Egolf (D-Santa Fe) where they hoisted the usual “Pride” flag on the New Mexico Capitol. 

In 2019, Lujan Grisham wrote, “Kicking off the #Pride parade in Santa Fe on the Capitol roof with @BrianEgolf! I don’t know if we were technically allowed up here, and I don’t care! Happy #Pride2019 New Mexico!”

Third Republican, financier Greg Zanetti, jumps into NM governor’s race

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On Monday, Republican Greg Zanetti of Albuquerque announced his candidacy for governor of New Mexico, being the third to throw his hat in the ring after Sandoval County Commissioner Jay Block and businesswoman Karen Bedonie.

According to an interview with Bob Clark of KKOB, Greg Zanetti, an Army National Guard veteran, announced his candidacy for the governorship of New Mexico. Zanetti previously announced his intention to run for the 2010 governor’s race but ended up leaving the race to take a job with Bill Gates in Washington state.

According to his business, Zanetti Financial, “Greg was offered a job managing assets for Bill Gates. Thus, Greg and his family moved to Washington State in 2009. Greg managed money for both Bill Gates and Randy Talbot (the former CEO of Symetra) until 2016.”

On Zanetti’s campaign website, he claims to be a “pragmatic conservative” and veteran who graduated from West Point and Boston College, and his wife, Teresa, graduated from Harvard University. 

Zanetti has focused his campaign against current embattled Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s harsh COVID-19 lockdowns, cutting the tax burden for New Mexicans, and creating what he calls a “kids first mentality.” 

On crime, Zanetti’s position is vague, however, he says “We must also get the crisis on our southern border under control. New Mexico was built by immigrants, and we all love our rich culture.  But it is too easy for those wanting to hurt New Mexicans to illegally cross our borders.   The result is people don’t feel safe in our cities.  And the damage done to our farmers and ranchers in rural New Mexico has been ignored for far too long.”

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