I asked folks who are deep in the fight to save our democracy for their thoughts.
Year: 2025
Heath Haussamen
NM won’t bow before these Neo-Nazis
The Trump Administration is gloating about mass deportation with Nazi-coded messaging.
The collapse of local news led to democracy’s fall
Newspapers were the glue that held communities together.
Reject ICE-supporting politicians like Darren White
In the mayoral race, I hope Albuquerque voters repudiate extremism and cruelty.
Democratic Party leaders must choose voters over billionaires
The movement to defend democracy must be big enough for Zohran Mamdani and Joe Walsh, or we will fail.
Trump is helping climate change kill more people
Why would anyone support this, other than billionaires who are getting a tax break in exchange for Trump’s cuts?
All cops aren’t bad, but they must be better
We have to guard against local police acting like Trump’s federal goon squad.
We can’t let billionaires take our land
The proposal to sell public lands is an assault on our rural way of life and our heritage.
Democracy defenders must form a broad coalition
We must re-establish the social contract that binds us together.
Border land grab is a step toward martial law
With the feds taking our land and rights, we need our governor to lead the resistance.