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Gregory Cunningham became the second Republican to file to run in the race for the party's nomination to take on @repgabevasquez.bsky.social in next year's midterm election nmpoliticalreport.com/2025/10/03/gre…

Gov signs 3 of 4 special session bills to soften impacts of federal cuts  - New Mexico Political Report By Alex Ross, NM Political Report New Mexico lawmakers concluded a two-day special legislative session on Thursday, where they shored up state food assistance and health care programs amid looming cut...

After a busy day and week here is my wrap-up of the #nmleg special session
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YouTube video by corradogirli James Dean Interview good quality

Actor James Dean died in a car crash #otd in 1955. Here is an interview of him where he warns about the dangers of the road telling the audience to be careful on the highways and "...the life you might save might be mine." m.youtube.com/watch?v=vz3W...

New Mexico AG's office under fire for immigrant detention oversight - New Mexico Political Report The New Mexico Department of Justice is disputing a recent report that alleges that the state attorney general is not doing enough to police immigrant detention centers.  The New Mexico Advisory Commi...

The New Mexico Department of Justice responded to a recent report which accused them of not making oversight of immigrant detention centers within the state a top priority
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A federal judge has ordered Wednesday that a DACA recipient be released from the Otero County Processing Center
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Report: New Mexico Medicaid more expensive, with diminished quality - New Mexico Political Report Access to healthcare services in New Mexico has, in many cases, not improved, and the burdens on the state’s Medicaid have increased in recent years, according to a new report.  Staff from the Legisla...

New Mexico's Medicaid program is more expensive, plagued by diminished quality of care nmpoliticalreport.com/2025/09/24/r...

Española police chief addresses unease over National Guard deployment - New Mexico Political Report New Mexico National Guard troops could soon be deployed to Española and Rio Arriba County to address a surge in crime and public safety concerns. Española Police Chief Mizel Garcia told members of the...

The Espanola police chief and New Mexico National Guard adjunct general told a legislative committee that troops could soon be deployed to Rio Arriba County to combat crime nmpoliticalreport.com/2025/09/23/e...

YouTube video by sodalitious Richard Nixon-Checkers Speech (9/23/1952)

#Otd in 1952, Richard Nixon, the California senator and Republican nominee for vice president gives his "Checkers" speech on radio and television amid allegation of financial impropriety youtu.be/EqjwBDH-vhY?...

@repgabevasquez.bsky.social of #NM02 announced that he is running for reelection next year in one of the nation's most competitive U.S House districts. www.krqe.com/news/politic...

Bregman policies include language copied from other sources without credit - New Mexico Political Report Overview: Bregman's campaign blamed opponents for “manufacturing bogus and petty charges.” Substantial portions of Democratic gubernatorial candidate Sam Bregman’s platform he released on Thursday app...

Allegations have been made that New Mexico Democratic candidate for governor Sam Bregman's policy blueprint unveiled yesterday had passages lifted from other sources without attribution. Story from my New Mexico Political Report colleagues nmpoliticalreport.com/2025/09/19/b...

Gubernatorial race heats up: Bregman challenges Haaland to policy showdown - New Mexico Political Report Democratic candidate for governor Sam Bregman unveiled a sweeping set of policy plans  Thursday and challenged his chief rival for the party’s nomination, Deb Haaland, to engage him in a policy debate...

The Haaland campaign dismisses Bregman invitation to debate his 189-page plan following today's press conference nmpoliticalreport.com/2025/09/18/g...

YouTube video by British Movietone Bruno Hauptmann Arrested - 1934 | Today In History | 19 Sep 18

Richard Bruno Hauptmann was arrested in connection with the kidnapping and death of Charles Lindbergh Jr #otd in 1934. youtu.be/lbcb94AlCpw?...

Miyagishima optimistic about chances to win Democratic nomination for governor  - New Mexico Political Report Despite being often overshadowed by his two more high-profile opponents in the headlines, former Las Cruces Mayor Ken Miyagishima said he is confident that there is a path for him to capture the Democ...

Despite often being overshadowed by his opponents, former Las Cruces Mayor Ken Miyagishima said he still believes that he has a path to securing the Democratic nomination for governor next year. #NMpol nmpoliticalreport.com/2025/09/18/m...

Contractors push back on immigrant detention center closures - New Mexico Political Report The companies that manage the three New Mexico immigrant detention centers are pushing back against a new report that recommends closing those facilities due to concerns over the alleged mistreatment ...

The two companies managing the three immigrant detention centers in New Mexico responded to a recent report that called for closing those facilities, citing alleged detainee abuses nmpoliticalreport.com/2025/09/17/c...

YouTube video by British Pathé New York Treasury Bombed AKA Bomb Outrage On Treasury In New York (1920)

Thirty-eight people are killed and 400 injured when a horse wagon with a bomb explodes outside the J.P. Morgan building in New York City #otd in 1920
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Lujan Grisham, GOP at odds over special session  - New Mexico Political Report Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham (D-NM) and legislative Republicans are openly clashing about the necessity for next month’s special legislative session and what the priorities should be taken up when lawm...

New Mexico Democratic Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham and legislative Republicans are at odds over the necessity of the upcoming special legislative session, and what priorities should be taken up when lawmakers return to the Roundhouse on Oct. 1 nmpoliticalreport.com/2025/09/16/l...

Zuni Pueblo leaders back Haaland's bid for governor - New Mexico Political Report Leaders of the Zuni Pueblo have declared their support for former Interior Secretary Deb Haaland’s bid for the Democratic nomination for governor.  New Mexico Political Report was the first to report ...

@debhaalandnm.bsky.social has received the endorsement of the Zuni Pueblo in her bid for the Democratic nomination for governor in New Mexico nmpoliticalreport.com/2025/09/16/z...

Robert Redford, magnetic Hollywood icon and Sundance founder, dies at 89 Redford was best known as a go-to leading man of the late 1960s and 1970s, instantly recognizable for his windswept hair and widely beloved for his easy charisma.

Robert Redford, iconic actor, director and founder of the Sundance Film Festival, has died at age 89 www.nbcnews.com/news/obituar...

Apparently, the only thing that Americans agree upon is: Release the Epstein Files.

YouTube video by History Comes to Life McKinley Dead (1901)

American President William McKinley dies from the wounds he sustained in a shooting eight days earlier in Buffalo, NY #otd in 1901.

Here is footage from McKinley funeral.
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Pete Domenici, former GOP senator, has died ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Former New Mexico Sen. Pete V. Domenici, a Republican who became a power broker in the Senate for his work on the federal budget and energy policy over more than 30 years, died Wed...

#Otd in 2017, Pete Domenici, who represented New Mexico in the U.S. Senate for six terms died at the age of 85 www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...

YouTube video by sahistoryonline1 The Life and Death of Steven Biko

Steve Biko, South African anti-Apartheid and black consciousness leader, is killed in police custody #otd in 1977 youtu.be/LTDjKGqP1xs?...

YouTube video by Special Forces in World War 2 Mussolini meeting Hitler after his rescue, Operation Eiche, September 12th, 1943.

#Otd in 1943, Benito Mussolini, is rescued from house arrest by German commandos to be installed back in power. Strangely the narrator in this newsreel refers to Mussolini as "Hitler's boyfriend" youtu.be/IU9b0vLgivI?...

YouTube video by CBS News 9/11/01: The towers are hit

Nearly 3,000 people die in a coordinated terrorist attack #otd in 2001, when four passenger planes are hijacked. Two are crashed into the World Trade Center in NYC, a third into the Pentagon in Washington DC and fourth into a field in Pennsylvania. youtu.be/9eTzV7HvKHU?...

New Mexico leaders outraged by Supreme Court's racial profiling ruling - New Mexico Political Report Members of Congress and the top prosecutor in New Mexico are condemning a U.S. Supreme Court decision that at least temporarily allows immigration officials to stop individuals based on what critics s...

New Mexico Democrats voice outrage over a U.S. Supreme Court decision on immigration enforcement, racial profiling nmpoliticalreport.com/2025/09/10/n...

New Mexico leaders outraged by Supreme Court's racial profiling ruling - New Mexico Political Report Members of Congress and the top prosecutor in New Mexico are condemning a U.S. Supreme Court decision that at least temporarily allows immigration officials to stop individuals based on what critics s...

New Mexico Democrats voiced outrage over a U.S. Supreme Court decision on immigration enforcement, racial profiling nmpoliticalreport.com/2025/09/10/n...

TUES: Lujan Grisham to push immigrant detention ban in next legislative session, + More Although it will not be on her agenda for the upcoming special legislative session, an advisor to Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham (D-NM) said she will make passage of a bill banning immigrant detention in...

My story on the governor pledging to put a ban on immigrant detention facilities in New Mexico on the agenda for next year's regular legislative session has been picked up by KUNM , an NPR affiliate in New Mexico www.kunm.org/kunm-news-up...

New Mexico treasurer urges Supreme Court to strike down Trump tariffs - New Mexico Political Report New Mexico Treasurer Laura Montoya is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold lower court rulings that found President Donald Trump’s tariffs on foreign countries to be unlawful uses of executive powe...

New Mexico Treasurer Laura Montoya is says the U.S Supreme Court to affirm lower court rulings which found that President Donald Trump's tariffs represent an unlawful use of executive authority. nmpoliticalreport.com/2025/09/08/n...

Lujan Grisham to push immigrant detention ban in next legislative session - New Mexico Political Report Although it will not be on her agenda for the upcoming special legislative session, an advisor to Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham (D-NM) said she will make passage of a bill banning immigrant detention in...

“The governor intends to include this legislation in the January regular session call in hopes that lawmakers will pass the strongest bill possible,”  nmpoliticalreport.com/2025/09/08/l...