Journalist in southern New Mexico, writer, retired stage actor, citizen. ABQJournal.com DesertSageNM.substack.com Signal: Algernon.26
GOP congressional candidate Greg Cunningham announced today that he had secured a halt to illegal water drilling near the border on his own. So did a state lawmaker. The sitting congressman and area ranchers aren’t clear what’s actually happening. A Friday night news dump…
GOP candidate claims win on border water drilling disputeGreg Cunningham takes credit for a DHS policy shift, but New Mexico ranchers say the dispute isn't over yet.www.abqjournal.comMusk did, in fact, step back from politics for a while, and journalists reported about that. Now Musk is previewing massive spending to influence elections, and journalists are reporting about that, too. That’s their job. If they didn’t, this guy would attack the press for not covering Musk. 1/2
A.R. MoxonTip of the hat to mainstream media, who credulously gave us those "Musk is getting out of politics" headlines last year and those "Musk has regrets" headlines last week, and will give us those "regretful Musk is getting out of politics" headlines next spring.
Tomas Rivas was sentenced Friday morning to serve three consecutive life terms for his role in the 2025 Young Park mass shooting.
Young Park shooter gets three consecutive life termsTomas Rivas, 22, sentenced for his role in the 2025 Las Cruces shooting that killed three teens and injured over a dozen.www.abqjournal.com"I can think of one policy that needs to be implemented immediately: Never turn over a 15-year-old at the international border unescorted.”
Governor, AG spar over teen left at border crossingNew Mexico's governor and attorney general trade blame over CYFD's decision to send a 15-year-old American citizen into Mexico unescorted.www.abqjournal.comThree data center opponents who were arrested yesterday, including a woman knocked to the ground by private security, were released from jail today as local officials react to the use of force at a public meeting.
Woman knocked down twice at heated Doña Ana County meetingOfficials from Las Cruces to Washington condemn use of force at Project Jupiter data center meeting. Three arrested on misdemeanor charges.www.abqjournal.comThree people were arrested and a scuffle ensued among security staff, sheriff’s deputies and members of the public ahead of a presentation from developers of the controversial data center known as Project Jupiter.
Project Jupiter update sparks scuffle, arrestsOpponents removed after disruption in front of Doña Ana County Commissionwww.abqjournal.comAppeals court upholds Judge Perea's decision to hold Kim Skaggs in jail as she awaits trial over a fatal crash in Fairacres.
Appeals court keeps Kim Skaggs jailed ahead of trialNew Mexico's Court of Appeals upheld pretrial detention for Skaggs, accused in a fatal hit-and-run near Las Cruces.www.abqjournal.comAttorney General sues CYFD over dropping a teen at a bridge and telling him to walk into Mexico during the night...
AG sues CYFD over teen dropped at border crossing alone at nightNew Mexico's attorney general is suing CYFD after a 15-year-old was dropped at an El Paso border crossing and told to cross into Mexico alone.www.abqjournal.comOn Substack, Chuck Webster wrote this extended review of the Journal’s Route 66 series.
Somewhere in New Mexico: Reading My Way Down Route 66 with the Albuquerque JournalMixed emotions.open.substack.comJust ordered a new supply of checks, as it happens. I still write them, trying to make the handwriting pretty (just because).
The Conversation U.S.Despite the rise of digital payments, Americans and businesses still use—and need—paper checks more than many people realize, a business professor explains: theconversation.com/should-paper...
I’m off, but Matt Reisen has the folo on our CYFD reporting…
CYFD details ‘virtual home’ visits before teen was left at border to reunite with motherOne video call was done hours before the July 6 drop-off. The teen refused to cross and spent days in a Texas shelter.www.abqjournal.comA new generation has its version of the Boomer/X joke, “Did you know Paul McCartney was in a group prior to Wings?”
Stephanie Bri 🏳️⚧️ D&D 2024 Edition IS 6EYoutuber: "Mark Hamil, you know that guy who was Luke Skywalker? I was blown away to learn he did other things outside of Star Wars" Me: Really? its shocking a professional actor would make more than one movie in his 50 year career? Kids. pff. @markhamillofficial.bsky.social : "story of my life"
Discussions among ranchers in southern Luna County, the Office of the State Engineer and the Department of Homeland Security continue over supplying water for border wall construction from the Columbus area west into the Bootheel.
Vasquez slams unauthorized border wells draining NM ranchers' waterLuna County ranchers say federal contractors are drilling wells without permits, threatening the aquifers they depend on for farming and daily life.www.abqjournal.comA 15-year-old Doña Ana County resident reportedly was removed from foster care by CYFD on and left at a border crossing in El Paso and told to walk into Mexico. And that’s where this strange story begins.
NM child welfare agency drops citizen teen at Texas border crossingA 15-year-old New Mexico foster child was left at a border crossing to Mexico by CYFD, despite past abuse concerns and his own objections.www.abqjournal.comTrue fact: The cyclops was real and Odysseus fooled him with a dad joke.
Elon Musk: Grok Imagine Will Make "Historically Accurate" 'Odyssey'Elon Musk syas Grok Imagine will make an "historically accurate" AI version of 'The Odyssey' as his criticism of Christopher Nolan's film continues.deadline.comDoña Ana County Commissioners unanimously voted to terminate County Manager Scott Andrews’ employment contract Tuesday afternoon.
Doña Ana County manager out after turbulent year in officeCommissioners unanimously voted to terminate Scott Andrews' contract, ending a tenure marked by audits, controversy and public uproar.www.abqjournal.comSierra County became the latest in New Mexico to enact a temporary moratorium on data centers.
Sierra County Commissioners pass 18-month data center banCommissioners unanimously voted to halt data center development, joining Santa Fe and Socorro counties in pushing back against the industry.www.abqjournal.comThe Alien Terrorist Removal Court was established in 1996 but had never received a petition until this past Wednesday, when the Justice Department filed an application seeking the removal of an individual whose name is withheld from the single-page document posted on the court's website.
Justice Department activates untested court for 'alien terrorist' deportationsThe Alien Terrorist Removal Court was established in 1996 but had never received a petition until this past Wednesday.www.pbs.org