Maybe it’s time to head for the hills
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This is no way to govern – and it’s no way to live. Continue Reading
Trump should heed NM’s emphasis on ethics reform and release taxes
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Washington should once again look to our state to remind itself that citizens in the hinterland are demanding transparency and accountability. Continue Reading
Can Trump really eliminate national monuments in NM and elsewhere?
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Maybe. Maybe not. But he could also try to shrink them, which U.S. Rep. Steve Pearce might like him to do to the Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument around Las Cruces. Continue Reading
Trump can pull money from his businesses whenever he wants — without ever telling us
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Previously unreported changes to President Trump’s trust stipulate that it “shall distribute net income or principal to Donald J. Trump at his request.” Continue Reading
Trump’s ‘buy American’ pledge may be at risk with his border wall
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Current trade agreements mean foreign companies, including some big firms in Mexico, might well get in on the building of the president’s wall. Continue Reading
Beyond the wall: A Texas Tribune documentary on immigration and border security
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The Texas Tribune looks past the heated rhetoric to explore why people and dope keep pouring across the border. Continue Reading
A better solution than a wall, using an engineering idea
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Don’t do it President Trump. I have a better plan. Continue Reading
Trump invites bids to build wall, cites importance of ‘aesthetics’
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It’ll cost $20 billion or more. Mexico will pay for it, or it won’t. Amid uncertainty, Trump clearly seems intent on making the border wall handsome. Continue Reading
Meet the hundreds of officials Trump has quietly installed across the government
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ProPublica has obtained a list of more than 400 Trump administration hires, including dozens of lobbyists and some from far-right media. Continue Reading
Scientists say Trump’s border wall would devastate wildlife habitat
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At the U.S.-Mexico border, scientists say existing fencing is hurting endangered wildlife and warn that a continuous wall could devastate many species. Continue Reading
How the Trump administration may be skirting its own ethics rules
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The hiring of three former lobbyists to work in the White House raises questions about how the Trump administration is enforcing the president’s executive order on ethics. Continue Reading
Five Trump Cabinet members who’ve made false statements to Congress
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Attorney General Jeff Sessions isn’t alone. Continue Reading
Why the homeless, Albuquerque and America need the ‘opposition party’
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Is anyone up for a “let’s be nice to media” day? Continue Reading
Justice Department changes position on Texas’ discriminatory voter ID law
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The DOJ, now overseen by Jeff Sessions, is walking back years of effort aimed at limiting the harmful effect of state voter ID measure on minorities. Continue Reading
Haussamen on Trump’s borderland impact, the legislative session
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NMPolitics.net editor and publisher Heath Haussamen joined others on the television show New Mexico Now this week. Continue Reading