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Santa Fe Native, Sam Baca, with classmate Arturo Rodriguez directed the United Farmworker's Detroit boycott. UFWA Labor story, New Mexico Church Restoration, the Evolution of the Democrat Party in NM… digitalrepository.unm.edu/wphnm/34

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rionchama 🖤💛 @rionchama.bsky.social · 43m
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WITHOUT RESERVATIONS

Day one at a Hopi elementary school.

OK, kids, my name is Mister...

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rionchama 🖤💛 @rionchama.bsky.social · 50m
www.santafenewmexican.com/las_cruces/e...
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Hillsboro residents express worries about copper mine’s return
A controversial copper mine that closed decades ago could be coming back to Hillsboro, stirring fears among residents about pollution and water use.
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rionchama 🖤💛 @rionchama.bsky.social · 1h
New Mexicans deserve to know whether Republican leadership will finally stand up to this nonsense, or if they will simply continue to put their loyalty to Trump ahead of their loyalty to the people of our state.” House Speaker Javier Martinez (D)
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KTSM - News Channel 9 @ktsmtv.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
From NewsNation: About 500 troops are deploying to Texas’ Rio Grande Valley this week as federal forces step up border operations following a shooting incident involving the Coast Guard. More: www.ktsm.com/news/500-troops-deploy… 
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Katie Stone @abqkatiestone.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Jeez @heinrich.senate.gov what are you doing? Listen to @riogranderift.bsky.social who "said the changes reflect the “greatest attack on our bedrock environmental laws in U.S. history.”" You have your constituents baffled with your support of extinction of wildlife and destruction of sacred sites.
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Erik Schlenker-Goodrich @riogranderift.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
With this deal, @heinrich.senate.gov is siding with tech, energy, and finance interests against New Mexico's public lands and sacred landscapes.
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Opinion: Heinrich urged to protect New Mexico lands
An environmental advocate warns permitting reform could favor data centers and fossil fuels over public lands.
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The Santa Fe New Mexican @thenewmexican.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
A bipartisan group of U.S. senators, including Martin Heinrich, unveiled an expansive bill this week aimed at reducing permitting requirements for energy projects, creating jobs and streamlining environmental review and historic preservation processes. sfnm.co/3W4nY2H
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Heinrich, bipartisan group of senators unveil sweeping energy bill
Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-NM)revealed a bill proposal aimed at advancing energy regulations in New Mexico, including more stringent guidelines for data center projects.
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rionchama 🖤💛 @rionchama.bsky.social · 1h
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Jennifer Shin - WTAF @jennifershin.bsky.social · 11h
Way too suspicious and convenient: “He said the retaliation had already wrecked his life, and that he was about to publish more,” wrote German author and former financial journalist Oliver Janich in a social media post on X. “Then he was dead at 57. They called it suicide. I don’t buy it.”
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Horror as final post of banker who outed Howard Lutnick’s ties to Epstein resurfaces
The final online post of a British banker who reportedly died by suicide shortly after outing Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick’s business ties to Jeffrey Epstein left several critics speechless on Su...
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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 20h
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rionchama 🖤💛 @rionchama.bsky.social · 15h
In 2026, JPEC will be making recommendations to voters on 43 judges standing for retention, including two Supreme Court justices, one Court of Appeals judge, 32 District Court judges and eight Metropolitan Court judges. nmjpec.org/en/
nmjpec.org

JUDICIAL PERFORMANCE EVALUATION COMMISSION (JPEC)

was created by the Supreme Court of New Mexico to improve the performance of judges and provide useful, credible information to voters on judges standing for retention
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rionchama 🖤💛 @rionchama.bsky.social · 17h
Our priest is very fond of incense. Sometimes I’d rather listen to the bells ringing at 9 then go over to the bigger curch at 11. Same priest, bigger church, more dispersal. 😁
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rionchama 🖤💛 @rionchama.bsky.social · 17h
All you need to know is in Billy Connelly’s film. AND in the original “Cars.” When I’m in the Covered Wagon in Old Town, we’re looking for suckers with scorpions NOT Route 66 mugs. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_C...
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Billy Connolly's Route 66 - Wikipedia
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rionchama 🖤💛 @rionchama.bsky.social · 17h
When most folks think about the Old West, they picture Texas or Wyoming, but the truth is that the American cowboy was actually born right here in the Rio Grande Valley. Long before the first Anglo settlers arrived with their Stetson hats… www.facebook.com/share/1DUD3g... #HispanicHeritageMonth
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Roots of Cowboy Culture
The Cowboy and cattle ranching were introduced to Anglo-Americans in Texas by the 250 year-old Spanish-American communities in the West.
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rionchama 🖤💛 @rionchama.bsky.social · 18h
#HispanicHeritageMonth www.12news.com/video/news/n...
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12NEWS

Phoenix, AZ >>>

The history of the Quinceañera: How generations of Latinas entered womanhood in Phoenix

The tradition dates back to the 1500s and its popularity continues to this day in South America, Mexico, and the United States
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#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 22h
The Tejano singer trying to win back Latinos who voted for Trump, one quinceañera at a time #TheGuardian
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The Tejano singer trying to win back Latinos who voted for Trump, one quinceañera at a time
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Alex Ross @alexrossreports.bsky.social · 19h
Early voting in the Nov. 3 general election begins Tuesday in Chaves County and throughout New Mexico. Here is what you need know. #nmpol roswelltribune.com/here-is-what...
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Here is what you need to know about early voting in Chaves County | Roswell Tribune
Seven statewide executive offices will be on the ballot, including governor. Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, a Democrat, is term-limited. Among those contests is an open race for New Mexico public land c...
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The Assisi Project @assisiproject.com · 18h
“Let our North Star always be the firm conviction that our advocacy for immigrants belongs to every single disciple of Jesus, and it is, in its truest sense, an act of divine worship.” #CardinalCupich #PrayForAmerica www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news...
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Cardinal Cupich: Advocacy for immigrants is an act of worship - Vatican News
Celebrating the US city of Chicago’s legacy as a “City of Welcome,” Cardinal Blase Cupich calls on Catholics to recognize Christ in migrants and ...
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rionchama 🖤💛 @rionchama.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Should be free wapo.st/4rU2em7
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A record number of Native Americans are running in the 2026 midterms
At least 355 Native American and Indigenous candidates ran or are running in local, state and federal primary and general elections this year — a record number.
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rionchama 🖤💛 @rionchama.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Shocked by 'extreme' PNM bills, Alamogordo residents demand answers - New Mexico Political Report
By Kevin Hendricks Alamogordo residents came to Tuesday’s town hall carrying their PNM bills. Some were double their usual amount, some triple, and one topped $1,900. They wanted state regulators to e...
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Cheryl Rofer @cherylrofer.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
RAISES NEW QUESTIONS, New York Times? RAISES NEW QUESTIONS? How about REVEALS THE DEPTH OF WITKOFF'S AND KUSHNER'S CORRUPTION?
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U.S.-Russia Talks on Ukraine Now Involve an Oil Deal Tied to Trump Allies (Gift Article)
President Vladimir V. Putin brought up a sale of Russian energy assets with President Trump’s envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, pushing a deal that raises new questions about conflicts of inter...
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Michelle @michellesea.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Well, If the hood fits …
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Renee Good's family invokes KKK law against Trump admin officials
Renee Nicole Good's family filed two suits against administration officials and the U.S. government over her death in Minneapolis.
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Jenn @jennburrill.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
AI images used by the New Mexico GOP include a fake mugshot of Sen. Mimi Stewart, as well as a collage of AI-generated images of Democrats including candidate for governor Deb Haaland hugging a man in an orange jumpsuit & House Speaker Javier Martinez wearing a hammer and sickle pin
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Democrats lodge ethics complaint over AI use in GOP posts
New Mexico Democrats allege Republicans’ use of A.I.-generated images constitutes a violation of a law against deepfakes in campaign ads.
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Jennifer Em @jenniferem.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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rionchama 🖤💛 @rionchama.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
A good day to be Indigenous!
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rionchama 🖤💛 @rionchama.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
See, I’m just lucky that way. Speak of, and voila!
Hot pink poster with prices of food offered at yes, I know where, above SFIS enrollment sign, out here on highway crossover
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Greg Morosoff @gregmorosoff.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Art by Charles Addams Cover illustration for The New Yorker July 8, 1961 #SpookySeason #SorcerersArt
Art by Charles Addams
Cover illustration for The New Yorker
July 8, 1961
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Ramin Nasibov @nasibov.me · 03/10/2026
This new photo of the moon from the Artemis II is amazing!
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1stBascombe @1stbascombe.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
'This Scheme Is a Poison Pill': “Instead of strengthening public education,” said one union leader, “Trump is diverting $500 billion in taxpayer cash into private hands, with everyone else left fighting for scraps in a real-life Hunger Games.” www.commondreams.org/news/trump-s...
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'This Scheme Is a Poison Pill': Trump Blasted Over Federal School Voucher Program | Common Dreams
Critics of the Trump administration's looming federal "school choice" program call it a betrayal of public education for funneling taxpayer dollars to private institutions.
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#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The African American Civil War Museum Invites Us To Remember #HuffingtonPost
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The African American Civil War Museum Reopens To Honor The Black Soldiers Who Changed History
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#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
‘It’s been hard'’: families await the return of the USS Abraham Lincoln #TheGuardian
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‘It’s been hard'’: families await the return of the USS Abraham Lincoln
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Tom Hilton @tvhilton.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
A few years ago my wife and I were having breakfast in a railcar type diner, sitting at the counter, watching the short order cook juggle orders (seemingly) effortlessly, and I thought again about what a crock of shit the phrase "unskilled labor" is.
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rionchama 🖤💛 @rionchama.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
If you’re like me, have your Websters open! 😂 Good read!
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Tim Ventura @timventura.com · 26/09/2026
Takaaki Matsumoto began with a question that sounded straightforward: what was happening inside the metals used in cold-fusion experiments? medium.com/predict/taka...
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Takaaki Matsumoto’s Nuclear Frontier: Cold Fusion, Micro Ball Lightning, and the Search for New…
Takaaki Matsumoto began with a question that sounded straightforward: what was happening inside the metals used in cold-fusion experiments…
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The kids are alright. It's our job to do everything we can to build an economy where every kid can grow up and thrive.
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TheBossRoss 🧶 @thebossross.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez has a much better plan:
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rionchama 🖤💛 @rionchama.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Telling my crew, “We have a piano.” Fat Dog is, “Gah Mom! You’re squishing me! Move over!” And the other two just snored louder. Who knows where or what Kitty 🐈‍⬛ is up to?
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rionchama 🖤💛 @rionchama.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Authorities previously said that Johnson was shot by two guard members in the chest on 5 July in Memphis, after he faced them with a gun. AmeriKKKa ennit?
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rionchama 🖤💛 @rionchama.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Mississippi has some of the most dangerous working conditions in the country. In 2024, workers in Mississippi died at a higher rate than anywhere except Wyoming, according to the most recent U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Data. #HispanicHeritageMonth ☹️ mississippitoday.org/2026/10/01/f...
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Farm worker, 24, dies of heat exposure in North Mississippi
A North Mississippi farm worker died of extreme heat exposure in early September amid one of the hottest summers in recent state history.
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rionchama 🖤💛 @rionchama.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The had an exhibition a few years ago at the Albuquerque Museum with quite a few pieces. All their exhibits are fab btw. Nyway… #HispanicHeritageMonth www.indigenousmexico.org/articles/und...
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Understanding the Mexican Casta System: A Historical and Cultural Perspective — Indigenous Mexico
Before delving into the historical intricacies of the Mexican Casta system, it is crucial to acknowledge the sensitive nature of this topic. The Casta system, with its complex layers and implications,...
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rionchama 🖤💛 @rionchama.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The Choctaw Nation rented out its events center for the rally but did not sponsor it, the tribe said. Trump gave a shoutout to Choctaw Principal Chief Gary Batton, who stood next to Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin who is Cherokee. 🤢🤢🤢 www.bozemandailychronicle.com/wire/politic...
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Trump makes rare presidential visit to tribal land for rally
President Donald Trump's campaign rally on the Choctaw Nation puts him in rare company. He's among a handful of presidents who have visited Native American reservations while in office. Trump's
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rionchama 🖤💛 @rionchama.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
We have a precinct right here in Village. www.ksfr.org/news/2026-10...
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Hurdles ahead for New Mexico's Native American midterm voters
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rionchama 🖤💛 @rionchama.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The hymnal, once a symbol of erasure, teaches vocabulary and grammatical structures to a new generation. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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How do you cope when your sacred land becomes Times Square? The art of the first Native New Yorkers
A new exhibit of Lenape paintings, traditional dress and music proves their modern-day culture is vibrant and alive
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rionchama 🖤💛 @rionchama.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
California recognizes the 4th Friday in September On Native American Day, Governor Newsom announced his signature on bills advancing tribal priorities, including making Native American Day a paid state holiday, formalizing an official apology on behalf of the state, and making the Governor’s Off…
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Governor Newsom signs legislation supporting California Native Americans | Governor of California
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rionchama 🖤💛 @rionchama.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Hudson Williams wore an Indigenous designer's cardigan — then it sold out | CBC News
The Heated Rivalry star wore Indigenous designer Justin Jacob Louis's blue-and-black journey knit cardigan to an event in New York on Wednesday along with an orange ribbon on his chest marking Nationa...
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rionchama 🖤💛 @rionchama.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
From the original Cherokee syllabary to banners waved by Native American demonstrators, graphic works by Native people carry a thread through the centuries that operate within their own design framework. 🔴 🔴🔴 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/n...
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Friday, October 2, 2026 — Indigenous design as visual sovereignty
Podcast Episode · Native America Calling · October 2 · 57m
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rionchama 🖤💛 @rionchama.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
“For listeners in Las Vegas, NM on KRRE 91.9, please note our tower sustain minor damage in recent storms. Engineers will be heading to the site shortly once roads become passable again. You can tune into KUNM on 89.9fm, 90.5fm or stream online or our app...” www.kunm.org/kunm-news-up...
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FRI: Retired federal judge named hearing examiner for Project Jupiter permit, + More
New Mexico Environment Department Secretary James Kenney appointed retired federal judge James Browning on Friday as the new hearing officer to preside over the crucial air quality permit application ...
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rionchama 🖤💛 @rionchama.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Volcano Vista’s Kristin Garletts is New Mexico Teacher of the Year 📚📓📖 www.aps.edu/news/news-fr...
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APS DISTRICT NEWS

Volcano Vista's Kristin Garletts is NM Teacher of the Year

Posted October 2, 2026, 1:43 PM. Updated

October 2, 2026, 1:43 PM.

Through authentic learning, tech leadership, and continuous advocacy, the Albuquerque educator inspires lifelong learners inside and outside the classroom.

In a spirited school assembly brimming with silver and black balloons and filled with cheers from students, colleagues, and state leaders, Kristin Garletts was officially announced as the 2027 New Mexico Teacher of the Year by the New Mexico Public Education Department on Friday
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rionchama 🖤💛 @rionchama.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Has anybody heard anything? Is Maggie able to oversee election?
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KRQE News 13 @krqe.com · 02/10/2026
Indian Pueblo Cultural Center holding events alongside Balloon Fiesta
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Indian Pueblo Cultural Center holding events alongside Balloon Fiesta
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The Indian Pueblo Cultural Center is holding a series of special dances and gatherings. The events started on Friday and goes through October 11. Tickets cost $15. To buy…
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