The hyperlink below is a simple explanation of Project 2025
www.filmsforaction.org/watch/project-2025-explained-in-schoolhouse-rock-style
A link to the actual do
What we Stand for? Click the tab (above and to the right) 'We Are A Liberal Nation'
Protest the Break-Down of Our Democracy by the Trumpsters - BYO sign or pickup one on-site
Meet Every Tuesday 9- 10 AM - 4th Street Northwest & Lomas Boulevard Northwest (sponsored by Indivisible ABQ)
Nationwide Rally Notice Every Tuesday !!!
Make Good Trouble Every Tuesday 11 - 12 AM
Lomas and 4th Streets
Make Phone Calls or Write An Email
Related to Health Care
The suggested message is below. Who to send this to is at the bottom
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Dear Senator/Representative [name],
I am writing as a concerned constituent to demand immediate action regarding the conduct of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Since taking office, Secretary Kennedy has:
Removed the entire ACIP advisory board, sidelining expert guidance on vaccine policy.
Undermined the CDC, FDA, and NIH — agencies that are vital to our public health infrastructure.
Promoted discredited medical claims and anti-vaccine rhetoric from within the highest levels of government.
Politicized science and endangered children by stoking vaccine hesitancy.
Failed to uphold the mission of HHS to protect the health and wellbeing of Americans.
This is not acceptable. I urge you to support Kennedy’s resignation or, if he refuses to step down, to begin formal impeachment proceedings.
The health of millions — and the credibility of our institutions at home and around the world — depends on your action.
Sincerely,
[your name]
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Please send the following to Senators Martin Heinrich and Ben Ray Lujan, and Congresswoman Melanie Stansbury. Feel free to add your thoughts or to send as is.
https://www.heinrich.senate.gov/contact/write-martin
https://www.lujan.senate.gov/contact/contact-form/
https://stansbury.house.gov/contact
You can also call their Washington offices.
Senator Martin Heinrich (202) 224-5521
Senator Ben Ray Lujan (202) 224-6621
Congresswoman Melanie Stansbury (202) 225-6316
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Related to New Mexico Water Issues
The suggested message is below. Who to send this to is at the bottom.
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Dear NM State Senator/Representative [name],
New Mexico is now in a stage 3 drought. We are rapidly depleting our groundwater and our river waters. What little water we have needs to be appropriately managed. This can be done by fully funding the 4 water bills passed a few years ago.
Please fund the following this legislature:
The Water Management Bills Needing Full Funding Are:
2003 Active Water Management,
2012 Aquifer Mapping Program
2022 New Mexico Water Policy and Infrastructure Task Force,
2023 Water Security Planning Act
Sincerely,
[your name]
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Please ask key Legislators in the following Committees to fully fund Water Management Bills. These are listed below.
Legislative Finance,
https://www.nmlegis.gov/Entity/LFC/Default
Representative Nathan Small (Chair)
nathan.small@nmlegis.gov
Senator George Munoz (Vice Chair)
george.munoz@nmlegis.gov
Senator Nicole Tobiassen (District 21 Senator)
Water And Natural Resource Committee,
https://www.nmlegis.gov/Committee/Interim_Committee?CommitteeCode=WNR
Leads
Senator Elizabeth "Liz" Stefanics (Chair - District 39)
lstefanics@msn.com
Representative Matthew McQueen (Vice Chair - District 50 )
matthew.mcqueen@nmlegis.gov
Representative Marian Matthews (27C Representative,)
marian.matthews@nmlegis.gov
President Trump has cut all sorts of funding that will impact local communities here in New Mexico.
Our Mayor is ringing the alarm bells regarding city projects that may be in jeopardy due to federal cuts. Here is as list of programs that may be cut.
ABQ Police Dept.
funding for 50 police officers,
crime lab equipment,
sexual assault kits,
victim support,
Early childhood education for 900 kids,
Assistance for 400 small businesses.
These cuts could also impact projects like the Uptown Connect housing development and the Rail Trail, which are critical to our city’s future. Go to this website for the full letter:
https://www.cabq.gov/mayor/news/mayor-keller-defending-abq-against-federal-cuts
NM State Legislature. Cut and paste the hyperlink below into your search bar to see what was accomplished.
https://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/BillFinder/Passed_Both?YearStart=56&YearEnd=56
Over the past couple years, the conservative Heritage Foundation think tank has been running a presidential transition project called "Project 2025 ” It includes a 900-page policy bible — far more comprehensive than the 16-page convention platform recently released by the Republican National Committee. The Heritage document’s 30 chapters provide a detailed game plan for how the next Republican president should curb the First Amendment, roll back gay rights, infuse Christianity into more state functions, repeal climate and environmental protections, and limit reproductive care and health care more broadly. Oh, and it also disembowels much of the federal government and concentrates more power in the hands of the president.
Because rampant vacancies and poor training limited Trump’s ability to implement his agenda last time, Project 2025 has also been recruiting and training thousands of loyal foot soldiers to execute these policies. As Paul Dans, Project 2025 director and former chief of staff of the Office of Personnel Management under Trump, put it: “Our goal is to assemble an army of aligned, vetted, trained, and prepared conservatives to go to work on Day One to deconstruct the Administrative State.” (quoted from the Washington Post )
This should scare everyone to death. We need to talk about MAGA’s master plan and share it with our friends and neighbors just how dangerous Project 2025 is, and how destructive it will be if we do not elect Democrats up and down the ballot. The Right Wing Cabal is using Trump as their useful idiot to literally destroy our democracy. Trump is disavowing any knowledge of this sinister plan. Either he is woefully ignorant or he is lying through his teeth. My guess is both.
This is not the time for a purity test of which candidate checks off all the boxes for any one constituent’s most pressing issue. We have to look at the broader picture. By voting for Joe Biden or whoever is our presidential candidate we have the luxury of protesting and advocating for climate change, women’s rights, equal rights, affirmative action, whatever your cause is. If Trump gets elected, protesters will be arrested, political enemies will be jailed or even killed for treason against the state. Education will be indoctrinated propaganda, there will be only one religion forced on us all. Good-bye healthcare, contraception, abortion, for all but the white male elite. The rest of us will be relegated to second class citizenship, or no citizenship at all.
(Please do not go to their site, as it gives them your email and more legitimacy)
In June 2024 John Oliver had a segment on Project 2025 that now is so prescient. Below is a link his June 2024 show.
Jon Oliver Show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYwqpx6lp_s
Video on PBS: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/a-look-at-the-project-2025-plan-to-reshape-government-and-trumps-links-to-its-authors
https://voterportal.servis.sos.state.nm.us/WhereToVote.aspx
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UPDATE - Increased Gun Violence in New Mexico Results in
Governor Lujan-Grisham Declaring A State of Emergency
How to address this issue is a local, state and national issue. What do you think needs to be done, is it in line with what others outside our state think? Click the links below to get some insights.
Gun licensing has support: "Nearly three-quarters support Congress requiring gun owners to take a test, obtain a license, and register their firearms, similar to the process of owning an automobile." Click HERE
Gun licensing has precedent; 15 states have parameters around purchasing and they have fewer gun deaths. Click HERE
Gun licensing has performed: In Connecticut licensing has reduced homicides by 28%, suicides by 33%, across states reduced mass shootings by 56% and significantly impacts gun trafficking, in one study by >60%
Gun and ammo licensing are primary prevention policies, addressing the person who purchases before there is a problem
Gun licensing actually brings in revenue. This is important because right now we are spending about $3300 per person in NM on the cost of gun violence that could be shifted to climate change mitigation, education, or any of our other challenging needs.