1. The ABQ Journal is a decidedly conservative paper, even though the city is dark purple/blue. I’ve lived here my whole life and it’s always been that way.

ABQ native, and I’m glad you’ve had good experiences. There are a number of conservative pockets in the city, especially the NE heights and the West Side (especially Taylor Ranch and Paradise Hills), but for the most part your impression is spot on. I love living here and will never leave!

She’s totally lying. The Albuquerque Journal is notoriously conservative in it’s editorial pages and in the slant they cover the news, especially politics, but in a stealthy way (I say this a native ‘Burquena). They aren’t outright racist or tea partier bat-shit crazy, but there are plenty of dog whistles and they…

1: The suit with the cowboy hat is considered business attire in many agricultural areas and western states. It is especially formal when paired with a bolo tie.

I live in Bernalillo Co. and the behavior from the Sheriff is totally believable. Keep in mind Bernalillo Co. includes Albuquerque and APD (not the same as the Sheriff’s department but they overlap jurisdiction and a lot of officers and higher-ups transfer back and forth) is one of the worst police departments in the…

Not true. As a woman who has naturally resting bitch face and is very prickly I’ve found that my level of harassment in public was the same as any other woman but I got the added bonus of either being a challenge or needing to be put in my place since I wasn’t “nice”.

I have difficulty picturing Colbert being a harasser himself, but I can totally picture him not doing anything if a friend of his was doing it.

White lady from Texas, that girl totally has a Cricut.

Oh he knows, but probably will build his wall around us and give us back to Mexico since we hate him. He had at least two campaign stops here in Albuquerque and Las Cruces, but he hates our Governor since she refused to endorse him - Latina Republican in a mostly blue state, not a good look for her - and his…

So if no probable cause existed for a warrant they had no reasonable justification for taking the sample in violation of the current law.

Then get a warrant, shouldn’t be hard to do right?

As much as I hate to defend someone with an ‘R’ after their name, Rep. Higgins is not wrong about the underlying cause of the receding deltas and flood plains. Channelization and dams started this shit show. What he is doing here though is muddying the waters (no pun intended!) by implying that since these other…

Defacing and vandalizing these ‘monuments’ is probably one of the most effective non-violent methods (not legal though) to get them removed permanently. Very few municipal departments are going to want to constantly front the funds to rebuild or clean up these things on a regular basis so it will force the private…

Not a lawyer, but while what she did was morally right it is technically illegal. I can’t imagine that she gets off completely. Hopefully it’s just some fines and/or community service but with two felony charges I can’t imagine that they’ll be easy on her - just so they can set an example.

That’s what I hear from the CA folks too. I’m never asked about produce at this checkpoint, only about status which seems ridiculous.

The checkpoint has been there since at least the mid-90s, when I was attending State, but I’m not sure when it was put in.

That’s what I’m used to too.

That’s good to hear, it definitely has not been our experience, but the last time we had to go through it was a few years ago.

I’ve seen the dogs there frequently, but you’re right. Who they do decide to detain and ask for papers can be pretty racist though. I’ve (white lady) never had to produce any - I have to produce more when I’m rolling through Los Alamos Labs than I do at the checkpoint - but my husband and my other Native and Hispanic…

This stop north of Las Cruces on I-25 has been there for as long as I can remember. I-25 is a frequently used corridor for drug and human traffickers coming up from Juarez, and they put this checkpoint in that particular spot because there’s no way to get around it once your north of Las Cruces on your way to…