Retake used the Thanksgiving break to catch up in our readying for the 2023 session after taking 8 days off to visit the kids. We use today’s post to catch you up on what is coming, what we’ve written since… Read More ›
NM State Legislature
Guns & COVID Illustrate How Badly the U.S. is Broken
We discuss a NYTimes’ annotated partial list of 2022 mass shootings in the U.S. The list is knee buckling, but the accompanying analysis and research makes clear the root cause of the problem. What is far harder to explain is… Read More ›
Why the NM Supreme Court Should Rule as Unconstitutional, the Amendment Allowing Gov to Appoint PRC Commissioners
Today we revisit a 2020 Constitutional Amendment that a coalition of indigenous organizations is asking the NM Supreme Court to overturn. We outline why Retake and Indivisible ABQ supported the indigenous groups and what is at stake. Before we get… Read More ›
Ruminations on Air Travel, Thanksgiving and NM’s Future
We’ve escaped the election, largely unscathed on the national level. And in NM, our plate is set for a transformational legislative session. Thanksgiving can be a time of food, family and frolic, but with a four day weekend, it can… Read More ›
Election reaction: No Red Wave, But No Blue Tsunami Either…WHAT Happened & What We’ve learned Here & Elsewhere…
Dems did much better than polls projected. Much, much better. Donald did very poorly. Very, very poorly. We assess the status of the race for the U.S.House and Senate and national trends suggested by the shocking results. We also compiled… Read More ›
We Need Booster Shots for Honesty, Grace and Dignity and Fast. Plus, Bolsonaro Concedes. Maybe!
Everywhere you look, there are signs of social disintegration, the last vestiges of grace, kindness and respect fray as we get closer to election day. An 80-year old man is beaten with a hammer and it becomes the butt of… Read More ›