July 1, 2024

Mescalero Apache Christ Icon taken/stolen by Catholic Church

Mescalero is just recovering from recent fires and flooding when they discovered two pieces of art were taken surreptitiously.
Talk about disrespect. The sheer gall of it is sickening.
The Diocese acknowledges taking them, claiming they belong to the church. The current priest has called them pagan.


https://2ndlifemediaalamogordo.town.news/g/alamogordo-nm/n/265702/catholic-church-controversy-st-joseph-apache-mission-stolen-sacred-relics

November 23, 2023

Who Palestinian prisoners are

I kept asking my husband who the Palestinian prisoners are, what their charges are as the exchange is being discussed because he watches more news than do.
I’m sickened to learn that 3,000 of the 8,300 Palestinians in Israel’s prisons are held in what Israel calls ‘administrative detention’. This means they are held without knowing what the charges are against them and without any ongoing legal remedies, any legal process.
I can only imagine the frustration, fear, growing anger, rage at this Kafka-Esque situation.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/22/middleeast/palestinian-prisoners-potential-release-intl-cmd/index.html

September 3, 2023

W/so much discussion about 14th A, paragraph 3, Francs Mathew is having great day

He’s the judge who ruled Couy G can’t hold office because of his participation in coup and the 14th Amendment Paragraph 3…He’s having a great day .
https://www.npr.org/2022/09/06/1121307430/couy-griffin-otero-county-insurrection-fourteenth-amendment#:~:text=District%20Court%20Judge%20Francis%20Mathew,6%20siege.

June 9, 2023

This DUer finally got to give invocation. The bastards gave a second Jesus-y invocation

After offering to give the invocation before our County Committee meeting and using legal threats since theirs are all ‘Lord Jesus blah blah Jesus God blah blah Jesus’.. I finally got to yesterday. I included Pride..
My invocation was inclusive and I added the importance of Pride month.
And for the first time ever, they gave a second invocation. Bastards. I’m calling them on it and recruiting folks to volunteer for giving the first or second invocation.
The two invocations are right at the beginning.
https://www.youtube.com/live/k2B0lxw9Udc?feature=share

May 20, 2023

Couy Griffin just arrested

I don’t have a link yet but Cowboys for Trump leader was just arrested… locals shared a video.

This election denier, Jan 6 convict can’t run for office but can’t stay out of trouble.

Fraud and human trafficking ( of a grown man) are being mentioned.

March 21, 2023

'I Fought the Law and the Law Won' El Paso's Bobby Fuller 4

Graduated from HS in El Paso in 1969. Bobby Fuller and his folks lived a few houses down so we heard them practice in their garage. I attended dances. I loved Bobby Fuller.

Mr. duhneece listens to Morning Joe, who regularly plays clips of decent music. I told husband that we would be hearing ‘I Fought the Law…’ for sure. Within 5 minutes, we heard it.

It’s a little premature but such fun.

November 9, 2022

Thank you, DU for your support but our DUer Stephanie DuBois lost her race

Our Democratic candidates didn't win in our very red county but, again, we had a (mostly) full ticket. We know we can't win if we don't run.

I've made it my mission to run when I can, recruit and work for our candidates, up and down ballot.

I was electioneering yesterday and Cowboys for Trump Couy Griffin tried to block my car and give me (verbal) grief. I called for help. Help arrived and they left. I'll follow up with law enforcement within days. I've already requested a police report for an attack on one of our canvassers.

Omaha Steve is actually responsible for my running, recruiting others to run and supporting us all the way. Thank you, OS. I am so grateful to this DU hero, angel, brother.

We have met so many younger women and lgbtq folks in our community and we will regroup and improve our strategy for next election.

Thank you, DU
Edited to correct: Our Congressional candidate Gabe Vasquez is tied 50/50 with election denierr, ALEC star but he’s ahead 925 votes

October 20, 2022

DUer Stephanie DuBois replaced Cowboys for TFG County Commissioners

Stephanie is my County Commissioner, appointed by the Governor, since Cowboys for Trump Couy Griffin can never run for office in the US following his trial.

I’m so doing a happy dance.

Gym Jordan was just here with ALEC star, right wing Yvette Herrell. We’re kept busy here.

Back to work!

https://www.krqe.com/news/politics-government/democrat-appointed-as-otero-county-commissioner/amp/

October 17, 2022

Jim Jordan appears here tonight with election-denier Congresswoman

We bought signs and social media ads with DU fundraising so we stopped. We had enough and there are so many other national and local candidates that still need your help.

This is just a quick rant: Jim Jordan is in Alamogordo tonight with Congresswoman Yvette Herrell. We plan a protest/rally for Democratic candidate Gabe Vasquez. I want a sign that says, 'National Pedophile Protector appears with local Pedophile Protector.'

I wrote a rant that I'm considering handing out (the documents don't show here) but it may be a lack of sleep and rage at these people:
"I was fine when Amy Barela chose to run for County Commissioner. I had seen court records that her husband was a pedophile but I don’t think a woman should be held guilty of a crime her husband committed … it did, however, raise a small red flag of alertness and seemed inappropriate, normalizing pedophilia. Then, I got a phone call during the ‘audit’ that a pedophile had come to the door of a woman too afraid to complain. I spoke at a County Commission meeting March 10, 2022 warning of pedophiles being volunteers....I went from being alert to being concerned when I saw that Amy was cited for animal cruelty after two visits.
A pedophile at the Republican booth at our county fair was reported, but protected by local Republicans.
That crossed a line. Now, a nationally known protector of pedophiles, Jim Jordan, appears with local pedophile protectors."
I'm scared of the concept of Republicans winning and pissed at my fear. Whew.

September 4, 2022

Duer duhneece with some good news-Success!

On Aug 2nd the city held a special meeting to discuss the passing of a resolution declaring it a ‘Sanctuary for the Unborn’. One of the people who came to speak in support is the opponent of our Democratic candidate, one of our Combined Campaign candidates, Sharonlee Cummins.

This Republican candidate was at the Jan 6 insurrection… misogynist and traitor.



His partner is the city commissioner who put the city resolution forward, and this special meeting was just a free campaign rally (free for them, but at a cost to the taxpayer) for Sharonlee’s opponent. Sharonlee Cummins is OUR candidate and will stop the hateful rhetoric that can been seen in this video where he spoke in favor of the audit of the 2020 election, calling us fringe extremist leftists and telling us to move. This from a man who has only lived here a year and a half.



Despite majority opposition to the resolution, it passed 5-2, with two of the men voting for it not even being elected, but appointed, to their seats.

This commission underestimated the anger of one constituent. Ashlie Myers is one of the younger folks we’ve connected with since before the R v W through rallies; she read the city charter and found out that a petition could be started forcing a special election to decide whether to keep or trash the resolution. She put the call out and a community came together to support her.

The far right here tried to sabotage the petition efforts via social media and official Republican party emails.

Here is the post the R City Commissioner made on his public Facebook page used for his commission seat.



Here is the email the Chairman of the Republican Party of Otero County, NM sent out officially to everyone on their mailing list.



Despite the county chair inciting his fellow republicans to commit fraud, Ashlie Myers and our team got enough signatures! This resolution is now in the hand of the people.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Yw8kkQWzq_I

The county also recently passed a resolution that was exactly the same as the city's. Stephanie Dubois is running against a forced birth opponent to fill in the seat Cowboys for Trump founder Couy Griffin is vacating.

We need to make sure that Republicans don’t win. The combined campaign of Stephanie Dubois and Sharonlee Cummins will help us keep these far right nuts from taking over our town!

In the middle of all of this, we made a Tik Tok video with our Marine superstar State Rep candidate…fun and it introduced her to many of these young activists we’ve been able to connect with. I’ll try to post when I learn how to share that.
We’re fantasizing about billboards so one activist said she’d try a Tik Tok video.

We’re really close to being able to turn this long-time red county BLUE! Agonizingly close, closer than we’ve ever been. As a long-time member of our local Democratic Party, and for as hard and with so many varied approaches, we’re a mostly over-50 group…BUT WITH YOUR HELP, WE’RE CHANGING THAT. We elders are learning so much, turning over tasks/projects to folks who are showing us how to get it done with our help. Heady, intoxicating days here…after some really hard time.

We made the state news…DUer duhneece with my head down, calling or texting folks to come down:
“Community members opposed to the resolution said their voice wasn’t heard.

“The message that it sends is divisiveness. The message that it sends is, 'we don't want you here if you are pro-choice.' And that's crazy. We all have differences. It's not a black-and-white issue. And this is not partisan to me at all," Myers said.
"Alamogordo City Council recently listened to the people of Alamogordo and took a stand on our God given right to life and passed a resolution declaring Alamogordo a 'sanctuary city for the unborn' which outraged a few residents," said the Republican Party of Otero County in an email.

https://www.koat.com/article/abortion-in-new-mexico-alamogordo/41059990#

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