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New Mexico is "literally as dry as physically possible" is the most terrifying thing I may have ever read.
#NMtrue
#NMwx
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So my recap of today’s
#schoolboard
meeting:
-we absolutely out organized the chuds. Literally at least 4 of them left before speaking. Only 2 did speak in total, out of 14 speakers
-the gender inclusion policy survived intact to go to final reading/ vote next month
-next steps:
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The longest Twitter thread I've ever posted. Re:
#AlbuquerqueProtest
tonight & the fact that known terrorists who threatened me 2 weeks ago were allowed to continue to operate & shoot someone tonight because
#NMpol
can't seem to grasp the meaning behind
#DefundThePolice
#BLM
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I live 40 miles north of El Paso Texas and if anyone, ANYONE, needs help getting to New Mexico for abortion care I will give rides and offer my home for staying over if need be.
#TexasAbortionBan
#TexasDeservesBetter
#AbortionIsHealthcare
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Exceptionally proud of my kiddo today for speaking openly about their experience at their school after some racist kids wore some racist, hate symbol shit in response to some other kids wearing Pride and Trans flags. The school just banned all flags... Anyway, proud of her bigly
School officials have banned the trend of wearing flags as a cape at Camino Real Middle School after a student wore a Confederate flag on campus.
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So anyone know what’s up w/ this BCSO unit and it’s markings? Also, why was it at a Sierra County gas station? The Blue Lies Matter spartan helmet feels especially egregious but curious if anyone know something
#nmpol
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Oh look, cops actively enabled the shooter… shocking.
Remember the first colonizer statue shooter & his pals were referred to by Albuquerque cops as “armed friendlies”
A C A B
Deputies had asked Ryan Martinez, who officials later identified as the suspected shooter, to leave the gathering before the incident took place, but a sheriff’s office official then stepped in and allowed him to stay to protect his civil liberties.
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Had to go see it for myself. Where I live the Rio Grande only flows for about a month out of the year so it’s always a very exciting thing. Water in the desert is precious.
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Worth noting in this video you can see the shooter getting his shit rocked, attempting to come back over the wall aggressively and then getting pushed back again. He’s the aggressor here make no mistake about it
#NEW
#VIDEO
shows what led to shooting at
#OnateStatue
#protest
in Rio Arriba County. Go to :30 mark. One suspect in custody - no update on victim's condition.
@KOB4
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-We’ve gotta show up again in January, the new board will be seated so nothing is a given
-As much as I’d like to think we broke their spirit, fash is gonna keep trying to find place to speak. It’s up to us to ensure we shout them down.
Very proud of my community tonight ❤️❤️❤️
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Use the whole video of the fascist attacking people and then getting knocked the fuck out.
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THIS is why it’s important to have policies in place
@LCPSnet
, bc when a kid wore a
#trans
🏳️⚧️ flag to my kid’s school this week, other kids wore a Confederate flag and Thin Blue Line flags IN DIRECT RESPONSE.
Apparently now all flags are banned. I will be following up tomorrow…
What you need to know about Las Cruces Public Schools' proposed gender inclusion policy, from
@mirandabcyr
via
@CrucesSunNews
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White supremacists with guns are the problem. They always have been. The systems in place, the police that protect them and are part of them on and off duty, the courts that filled with appointees from NRA supported elected officials,
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Y'all, the guy arrested for the
#Albuquerque
shootings has association (received campaign donations) with the dude who ran down
#BLM
protestors back in 2020, Michael Fletcher. Click through this QT to see the excellent thread from
@161ABQ
from that year.
#Nmpol
Oh hey, looks like ANOTHER of Solomon Pena's big donors last year is someone we should be thinking about:
#SolomonPena
#NMpol
#NMleg
#Albuquerque
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349 days sober, even after a week of family ish. Just chaired a meeting in my home group and EVERYONE has a family story to tell. Tomorrow will be 350 because it works if you work it. Thank god.
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the state capitals filled with those same NRA shills, all the way up to the oval office, WHITE SUPREMACISTS WITH GUNS ARE THE PROBLEM.
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I’m a white guy with all the privilege in the world and I felt threatened by these terrorists. Imagine living that fear for generation after generation.
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Lots to be proud about already in NM tonight but atm I’m most proud of my mother who, with two more wins for her candidates tonight, is now 20-0 as a campaign manager. Mom, you’re incredible and such an amazing woman. ❤️
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AND, moreover, the people who make up their ranks, people from Cowboys for Trump, the IIIers, ProudBoys, these are all WELL DOCUMENTED hate groups, that seemingly the various police powers in New Mexico all ignored long enough to allow them to shoot someone last night.
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#BlackLivesMatter
because when righteous human beings show up to tear down the symbols of their oppression, white men with guns take it upon themselves to act as executioners on the spot in defense of a piece of metal they see as having more value than a human being.
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If you’re in Las Cruces come take up space with me. I’ll report back more later but for now just come
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Tonight, a fasicst, white supremacist shot live rounds at peaceful protesters in Albuquerque attempting to bring down the memorial to racist colonizer Juan de Onate. At the time of this writing, we know that one protestor was hit and wounded severely and taken to the hospital.
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Watching the scene tonight in Albuquerque was heartbreaking because it was the actual thing that these people said they were going to do. And no one with power or authority did anything to stop it. If you don’t understand the concept of
#DefundThePolice
,
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2 weeks ago in Las Cruces, members of this same group, the so-called “New Mexico Civil Guard” showed up uninvited to “observe” a peaceful protest in Las Cruces. I was not in attendance but when I heard there were armed white men menacing the protest I grabbed my phone & went down
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@ttinytim88881
@minakimes
You don’t look like you were born in 1988. What’s the 88s for there bud?
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But tonight’s violence in Albuquerque is so utterly heartbreaking because we know it could have been avoided. Myself, a number of other sources, have been calling out the potential violence of the New Mexico Civil Guard for weeks now.
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Mad at
@drmistercody
today for expanding
@katystoll
’s “take a bullet for you babe” into “get run over by a tractor for you babe” cause I actually dropped a 25# dumbbell on my toe from laughing so hard.
You’d think I’d learn to stop listening to pods while working out but 🤷🏻♂️
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Yeah, it wasn’t. WE’VE ALL BEEN SAYING THAT. And, it wasn’t just me, or other activists in the last few weeks, but literally it’s been the actual thing Black and Brown and Indigionous folx have been saying for DECADES.
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I’m glad
@MayorKeller
is going to take down the statue, it should have been down years ago as it was a painful reminder to Indigenous people EVERY DAY of the colonialism that nearly resulted in their actual extermination.
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Later that night, some of those men were interviewed by the
@CrucesSunNews
and declared themselves “boogaloo bois” which, right there was a self-declaration of their allegiance to white power, anti-government terrorists.
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I’m glad
@GovMLG
used the word “terrorize” and “menace” but it’s too late, I and others already said those words weeks ago.
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#BlackLivesMatter
because while all this watching and waiting has happened, Black people across the country continue to be found killed in heinous ways and have their deaths covered up by police.
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Just think about the fact that for weeks now the New Mexico Civil Guard has been threatening to and actually showing up to “defend property” with guns and after being allowed to over and over and over again, finally pulled the trigger tonight
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My sincerest best wishes to them and their people are not enough, especially considering we’ve known about this extremist group for weeks. How do we know?
They threatened me.
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I’m glad
@MartinHeinrich
is calling for a federal investigation into the shooting because it “wasn’t the first report of heavily armed civilian militias appearing at protests in New Mexico.” BUT
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and were peacefully and without violence to their bodies arrested while their victim bled helplessly on the ground. The New Mexico Civil Guard are responsible for tonight’s violence without question. But the silence and foot dragging from New Mexico’s political elite
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Oh and shout out to the lady who is “born and raised” here but still pronounces the name of the county as “DONNA Ana” 🙄
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@IwriteOK
Not to uh, distract or dogpile but turns out the ABQ cops that burned the Black child alive last week in pursuit of a “suspect for federal parole violations”… yeah that’s just not true and that person didn’t have any such warrant issued… so yeah, wolves.
No, there was not a federal warrant for the man targeted in last week's SWAT raid that killed a 15-year-old boy
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Hey it’s past midnight which means I’ve been sober 1000 days.
And
It’s Easter.
I woke up in the drunk tank Easter of 2015, so today feels extra special.
One day at a time. ❤️
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#BlackLivesMatter
because I got threatened with violence and had all the privilege in the world to report it, retreat to safe spaces, exercise my right to self-defense, etc.
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I also chose to exercise my own right to self-defense under the second amendment and carried a gun when I went out. That’s likely a whole other post for another time, but for now, I won't apologize for wanting to defend myself and my people.
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I documented what I saw via a live Facebook feed. It was dark & difficult to see faces but it was clear enough that armed, white, men were staging in the parking lot directly across from the protest, wearing long guns on slings at low ready, with other tactical equipment
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@161ABQ
Hard to tell but it appears to me that the handgun from his timeline pic is similar to the one held in todays shooting: iron sights, mag extends past grip slightly, heavy serrations on rear slide.
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This is not the first time I’ve been doxxed in the course of working for
@ProgressNowNM
. It’s not the first time people have said hateful things about me, my body, my political leaning, etc. But this was the first time that people sent me direct messages threatening real violence
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that seem to want to plug their ears to the calls from Black and Indiginous people for JUSTICE NOW and not sometime down the road emboldened every one of those white guys with guns today.
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@IwriteOK
A fun game of “is this Robert tweeting about his real life or a line from After the Revolution 2”
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Two days later, the day after New Mexico’s primary election, I was alerted by a number of friends that private information about me had been shared on the publicly facing New Mexico Civil Guard Facebook page.
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This is the “flameless” device that
@ABQPOLICE
deployed this morning that they showed just now during their press conference.
The product description twice mentions it only “reduces” risk of fire
#nmpol
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The escalation was clear.
I took some steps to ensure my own safety. Double checked on my people, locked down some social media settings, and alerted people out loud that I’d been outed by sharing these screenshots.
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Show hasn’t even started yet but the best part was seeing the
@Eve6
guy outside the venue and just yelling “Max are you tweeting?” And he just looked up and was like “yeah”
The internet is dumb as hell but irl shit rules, and
#eve6fucks
for sure 🤘
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These terrorists not only outed me but other people I know who either shared my original post or commented on it with specific vigor, it seemed.
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Y’all should go 👀 the whole 🧵 above but if you’re seeing this, just wanted to say that by showing up in numbers, early, loudly, and unafraid, we legit shooed off at least two separate groups of fash from talking at this
#schoolboard
meeting today 😬🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈✊🏼
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The men who posed for the newspaper photo were not the original men I documented, they showed up later. That’s worth mentioning because of what happened next.
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The cops murdered a woman and despite all the rage and anger and work to be done around
#abolishthepolice
, in the meantime the family needs help directly so, if you can please help. Thanks 🙏🏼
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In just a few hours I saw every major political person in this state say something about this.
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Hey um,
@knowledge_fight
, since y’all started playing MTG and AJ said this out loud, this had to be done. I’m sorry and you’re welcome.
#iloveyou
#fuckalexjones
#theresnotimeforfunmrjones
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Oh ffs.
Hey
@IwriteOK
or
@hungrybowtie
or
@chadloder
or
@RightWingWatch
one of y’all might be interested in this per all the things.
These are the assholes who doxxed me and my colleagues and made physical threats against us more than once.
#nmpol
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Heads up
#LasCruces
, celebrity fascist rolling through next week.
I say we let him know how we feel about bullshit fashy pigs darkening our doorstep.
There are already plans for protest & the group organizing has some specific asks so hmu if you’re interested so I can inform 🏴
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@Chorpenning
@NoraReed
Yeah the Sparta helmet is definitely a “molon labe” dog whistle, but I’m curious about the Roman numerals underneath especially
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So for anyone who followed me lately after being on
@HappenHerePod
, today's the day of the next
#LasCruces
Public
#SchoolBoard
meeting. I'll be starting a thread later, around 3:30 MST. Thanks for all the support so far, we'll see if our organizing worked!
#nmpol
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.
@ArmyStrang
“you can’t eat an MRAP, I’m just going to point that out.”
@jkass99
“not with that attitude, you gotta harvest that succulent truck-meat.”
Just absolutely dead here laughing y’all 😂😂😂
@lions_by
never disappoints.
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Todays discourse about the future AAA cult worshiping a Toyota Corolla on
@bastardspod
reminded me of A Canticle for Leibowitz and I really really need to know now if
@IwriteOK
,
@hungrybowtie
or
@magpiekilljoy
have read that wonderful book 👀
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I’m at the Matt Walsh event there are dozens, maybe close to 100 protesters outside dancing, laughing, and generally having a good time. No pics cause don’t take pics of the good guys. Thread for the evening starts here. 🧵
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@StephenAtHome
Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument.
#LasCruces
New Mexico!
#MonumemtsForAll
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Alright, let’s kick off this
#SchoolBoard
meeting 🧵 w/ something rad! Right at 3:30 we’ve got 20+ LGBTQ+ organizers already taking up space in the vestibule and signing up to speak, rocking flags, and DEFINITELY fired up.
#lascruces
#nmpol
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Ahem, uh, dear
@IwriteOK
I’m writing to say that your ad for men’s grooming products starts off w/ the hope that we’re quarantined with our romantic partners & thus may need to stay smooth for them. Some of us like to stay smooth for our own damn selves. Sincerely, Single in NM
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Just finished
@IwriteOK
’s podcast and I cannot recommend enough. I think it hits all the right levels of discomfort, first hand accounting, well thought “what ifs,” storytelling, and probably most important, hope. Please listen.
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@ggbootlvr
@chick_in_kiev
I like the part of this guy’s bio where it says “aspiring writer” as he criticizes a best selling author and critiques her for… *squints*
Oh never mind that’s just some bigotry 🤦🏻
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“Democratic Party austerity has horrific ripple effects.”
Fucking THIS
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Drove a rental panel truck across New Mexico today as part of band dad duties. Got pulled over 15 minutes outside my hometown by a statey who accused us of human trafficking. Wish I’d been recording when we opened the back full of trumpets and sousaphones and props 😂🙄
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We did it here! 💪🏼
you know, if enough of us start running for school board and showing up at meetings and pushing back, we can beat the book bannings. it requires organizing, but it can be done.
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I’ve lost nearly 50 lbs (some fluctuations) since July when my doctor put me on blood pressure meds. I’ve been sober 231 days, no cigarettes in 141 days.
My doc at today’s checkup said he’s lowering my dosage and wants me to track for 3 months, I might not need them at all 🙌🏼
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@ukraine_world
@IwriteOK
sunflowers for this absolute badass from Las Cruces New Mexico:
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This is the most brutal piece of prose I've read in a while and I feel called the fuck out.
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Thread!!
Dear
#America
.
Today, in my hometown of
#LasCruces
,
#NewMexico
, USA, we made some history. Two new, young, women of color were elected to our city council. One becomes the second immigrant to serve on the board. 1/?
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Went out to dump my coffee grounds and found
@magpiekilljoy
’s book in my mailbox! Either the post came hella late last night or super early this morning but either way I’m STOKED! (Also check out this swag right?!)
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10 months sober today. No chip for this one but damn it feels good 😊
Walked the dog, made coffee, work, then yoga with my kid later. Life is good.
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@jkass99
Old Joe “Master of genocides” Kassabian over here. Obvs. the next step would be the PhD and become Dr. Genocide.
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@IwriteOK
The mounted goblins from labyrinth wear picklehaubs so I think we know where they were in the early 20th century.
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👇🏼
APD finally admitted that the person killed in a fire during a SWAT operation was a fourteen year old boy.
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Here’s the news coverage of last nights
#boardmeeting
in
#LasCruces
. If you’re following this story this is a good recap with some great quotes and a nice addition from the incoming board member, the board’s first openly queer member. Excellent coverage from local news.
'Who we are is who we are': Las Cruces Public Schools reviews gender inclusive policy
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I got some shit to say about cops in NM which stems from a comment made by a friend who visited from Canada recently who’s first reaction to being here was “dude, why are there so many cops?”
And then today yet another cop murder in LC.
A thread 🧵 1/
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Um, I was literally just fed an ad to “adopt a teen” from some federal organization while listening to
@bastardspod
episode about Bastard Boy Scouts 😳 and I feel like of all the wild/ hilarious/ ironic ads I’ve been fed this was the most upsetting 🥴
@why_sophie_why
@IwriteOK
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