During a protest Friday the death of Renee Good at an Albuquerque federal immigration facility, two people were detained, an agent used pepper spray and the crowd of about 20 was declared an "illegal assembly" and ordered to disperse or face arrest.
About 20 people protested the death of Minnesota woman Renee Good by immigration officials at the Albuquerque ICE field office.
Two people were detained, an ICE agent used pepper spray and the protest was declared an “illegal assembly” and people were ordered to disperse or face arrest.
with the end of the shutdown looming, here's my look for @wired.com into what life has been like for EPA employees over the past five weeks: little to no heads up about who was getting furloughed next, important projects getting put on the back burner while deregulation moves forward:
“It’s a hard job to make sustainable, being a small farm in America, in the desert, in the southwest, in Albuquerque,” said Evelyn Schiller of Chispa's Farm in the South Valley. “Every [bad] thing that happens makes it harder. Every extra hot year, every cut to SNAP.”
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In a news conference today announcing legislation to keep SNAP funded, U.S. Sen. Ben Ray Luján quoted the late NM Gov. Bruce King: "He always used to tell folks, ‘If you can’t come up with the solution, sometimes you need to lock them up in a barn..."
Trump killed a crucial disaster database. This nonprofit just saved it.
Climate Central revived the federal list of billion-dollar disasters, another example of nonprofits providing data the government deletes.
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#Climate #Disaster #Weather #Data
Check out the first edition of Detours on Source NM, our new photo story segment.
This weekend, Source NM spoke to vendors at the Growers' Market who said upcoming food assistance cuts posed concerns both for the people that it need to eat, and for impacts to fresh food sales.
White words on a black background read: 50+ Immigration agents have the authority to detain whom they reasonably suspect are in the country illegally. We found more than 50 Americans who were held after agents questioned their citizenship. They were almost all Latino. ~130 Agents also can arrest citizens who allegedly interfered with or assaulted officers. We compiled cases of about 130 Americans, including a dozen elected officials, accused of assaulting or impeding officers. ~20 Among the citizens detained are nearly 20 children, including two with cancer.
Hi, I'm the ProPublica reporter who's been tracking an unusual stat: U.S. citizens grabbed by immigration agents.
I did it because the government isn’t.
This is what I found.
A dramatic portrait of an inflatable chicken costume in a protest background
A reporter with two cameras writing down what a man in an inflated chicken costume says
I crossed the street to talk to a chicken today at #nokings March in ABQ today.
It's about 12:45 p.m. on a Thursday. Do you know what your state lawmakers are doing? Catch up on the special session, which is likely to end today.
NM Democratic leaders say they are keeping a tight leash on bills for the special legislative session and they hope to wrap by Thursday. Here's what's happening so far.
The second House bill related to ACA tax credits is now headed for debate on the floor.
HB 1 passes the House after three hours of debate 43-24 during #nmleg 2025 special session.
Now hearing the three Senate bills passed late this afternoon, assigning them each to one committee.
In addition to Wirth, House Majority Floor Leader Reena Szczepanski, another Santa Fe Democrat, also received a similar threat, according to a House Democrats spokesperson.
More here:
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NEW: Santa Fe school evacuated due to a bomb threat at a top Democratic lawmaker‘s home sourcenm.com/briefs/bomb-...
wrote about really interesting new research about how technology that removes PFAS from drinking water also can remove other carcinogenic chemicals:
The Federal Emergency Management Agency cut $14 million from funding it previously promised to New Mexico to deal with the fallout of the South Fork and Salt fires near Ruidoso, according to documents the state’s emergency management department gave Source New Mexico on Wednesday.
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Updated: Trump administration says CDC chief ousted, but her lawyer says she hasn’t resigned or been fired
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This case is the tip of the spear for our free speech rights — especially press freedom, inquiry into those in power, filming of police — and the govt is trying to argue it’s just an immigration issue. But Mario is the only reporter jailed for his filming of police and ICE. Read Sam Barnes story:
DHS Secretary Kristi Noem says Trump wants all 600-plus miles of the border barrier painted black so it will heat up and burn anyone trying to climb it. She made the announcement Tuesday in Santa Teresa, NM, near the deadliest stretch.
via @prokopdani.bsky.social
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Homeland Sec. Noem visits NM, says Trump wants border wall painted black, @prokopdani.bsky.social reports.
“The reasons, Noem said, are twofold. First, it will prevent rust. Second, she said, it will burn the skin of anyone trying to climb over.”
Via @prokopdani.bsky.social
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A heat advisory is in effect today and tomorrow for triple-digit temperatures across much of New Mexico.
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Life After the Atomic Blast, as Told by Hiroshima’s Survivors. Eighty years after the dropping of the first atomic bomb, Hiroshima’s survivors and their descendants describe how health problems and stigma have echoed down the generations. www.wired.com/story/life-a...
We want your glooms
NEW: i spoke to nine (!) scientists across several disciplines whose work was cited in the new Department of Energy report that downplays the severity of climate change. all of them say their work was misrepresented, cherry picked, and/or lacked context —
I’m so glad you knew you were loved, because you loved so fiercely
See you in the next life, Ollie
