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Our Future Role in Iraq, from a Veteran's Perspective

Ted Johnson, Maegan Carberry, Teresa Valdez Klein | Posted 07.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Congress, Adam Kokesh, New Mexico, Wilshire and Washington, President Obama, Ted Johnson, Isolationism, Teresa Valdez Klein, United States Marine Corps, Maegan Carberry, Veterans, Politics News

On today's Wilshire & Washington, we have a very special guest: Adam Kokesh, a Corporal in the United States Marine Corps Reserve and a veteran of the Iraq War.

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Congress, the F-22 and the Monkey on Our Back

Lorelei Kelly | Posted 07.24.2009 | Politics

Anybody who has lived with an addict knows about denial. So it goes with Congress and defense spending. Case in point this week is the F-22, a gold-plated Cold War barnacle.

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Letting Texas Secede

Robbie Gennet | Posted 05.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: New Orleans, Wind Power, Supreme Court, Phil Gramm, Willie Nelson, Obama, Tibet, Arizona, Canada, Sxsw, Civil Rights, Military, New Mexico, Racism, Hurricane Katrina, Oklahoma, Constitution, Wikipedia, Energy, T. Boone Pickens, Karl Rove, Bible, California, Crime, War, Mexico, United States, Texas, Anti-Americanism, Darwin, Oil, Florida, Texas Secession, Alberto Gonzales, Unions, Politics News

Governor Rick Perry of Texas brought up the specter of Secession recently and upon polling, a fair amount of Texans and other Americans seem to think Texas seceding from the US would be a good idea.

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WATCH: Tea Bags: Red Or Green? Scenes From A New Mexico Tea Party (Video)

Lee Stranahan | Posted 05.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Albuquerque, New Mexico, Rush Limbaugh, Ayn Rand, Fox News, Albuquerque New Mexico, Glenn Beck, Michelle Malkin, Tea Party, Albuquerque-New Mexico, Los Angeles-California, Teabag, Tea Bagging, Video, Politics News

There's a danger in mobs that allows people to act much worse than they ever would on their own.

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Wrongful Convictions Are Still Possible in New Mexico

John Terzano | Posted 04.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Wrongful Conviction, The Justice Project, Death Penalty, New Mexico, Bill Richardson, Politics News

I applaud Governor Bill Richardson for his commitment to the fair administration of justice and hope that he continues to ensure that life and liberty are both protected in New Mexico.

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Death Penalty Repeal in the Land of Enchantment

Diann Rust-Tierney | Posted 04.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gail Chasey, Capital Punishment, Death-Penatly, Repeal Death Penalty, Thomas Jefferson, Georgia O'Keeffe, Murder, National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty, New Mexico, Prison, Electric Chair, New Mexico Governor Richardson, Death Penalty, New Mexico Death Penalty, Lethal Injection, Land-of-Enchantment, Dna Evidence, Politics News

New Mexico's lawmakers concluded that they'd had enough of a system that does not deter murders, is unfairly and unequally applied, risks wrongful convictions, and diverts resources.

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Feingold To Death Penalty: Drop Dead

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 04.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Russ Feingold, Capital Punishment, Abolition, Death Penalty, New Mexico, Bill Richardson, Politics News

Senator Russ Feingold (D-Wisc.) reintroduced legislation Thursday to abolish the death penalty at the federal level. The "Federal Death Penalty Abolit...

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New Mexico Bans Death Penalty

AP | DEBORAH BAKER | Posted 04.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: New Mexico Death Penalty, New Mexico, Death Penalty Ban, Death Penalty, Politics News

SANTA FE, N.M. — Gov. Bill Richardson signed legislation Wednesday repealing New Mexico's death penalty, making it the second state to ban execu...

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Cinderella Teams Get Stuffed This Year

New York Times | Posted 04.16.2009 | Home

Read More: u.n.l.V., NCAA Tournament, Cinderella, Cinderella Teams, March Madness, Selection Sunday March Madness, San Diego State, New Mexico, Creighton, 2009 NCAA Tournament Ballot, n.c.a.A., Selection Sunday, NCAA March Madness, St. Mary's, Ncaa Basketball, Home News

If there's one dominant theme that came out of Selection Sunday it's that the N.C.A.A. tournament is becoming more like the B.C.S. -- an insider's clu...

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Water, Water Everywhere? Sustaining Scarce Resources in the Desert

Randall Amster | Posted 04.05.2009 | Green

Read More: Tragedy of the Commons, Progress, Sustainable Resources, New Mexico, Water, Acequia, Environment, Privatization, Environmentalism, Climate Change, The Commons, Arizona, Water Crisis, Bottled Water, War, Oil, Green News

It's one thing when the desert is bereft of water, but the marshlands? The nation's agricultural leader? Major cities? Whole continents? And this is only the beginning.

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Ledbetter Fair Pay Act Not Enough

Martha Burk | Posted 02.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: New Mexico, Lilly Ledbetter, Wages, Sexism, Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, Ledbetter v Goodyear, Goodyear, Barack Obama, Bill Richardson, Politics News

Congress did the right thing by bringing us back to a 40 year old standard when it fixed Ledbetter. But the State of New Mexico is way ahead of the curve, looking forward, not backward.

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Republicans Fiddle with Abortion While America Burns

Paul Jenkins | Posted 02.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Communism, Cultural Revolution, Mao, Ronald Reagan, Chicago, Economy, National Journal, Rahm Emmanuel, George W. Bush, Vermont, Gun Control, Colorado, Same-Sex Marriage, Dccc, Howard Dean, Virginia, Gay Rights, Rnc, Bailout, New Mexico, Maine, Nancy Pelosi, Travis Childers, Stimulus Package, Mississippi, Republican Party, Bobby Bright, Tarp, North Carolina, Abortion, Bill Clinton, Republican National Committee, Appalachia, David Paterson, Alabama, Congress, Democratic National Committee, Soviet Union, Jon Kyl, New York, Idaho, Recession, Barack Obama, Religion, Log Cabin, South, Marxism, Harry Reid, San Francisco, Hillary Clinton, Moderate Republicans, Dnc, Utah, Kirsten Gillibrand, Senate, Indiana, Stalin, Late Night Shows, Politics News

The Republican strategy sounds like the demon child of Mao's Cultural Revolution and Stalin's five-year plans: a criminal intolerance of social differences combined with an outrageously failed economic policy.

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HuffPost Video Premiere: Playing For Change Presents "Don't Worry"

Mike Ragogna | Posted 02.19.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: The Huffington Post, Variety Magazine, Bono, Usher, Sam Cooke, Josh Groban, Congo, South Africa, New Mexico, First Lady Michelle Obama, Garth Brooks, Shakira, Mark Johnson, Stevie Wonder, Tiger Woods, Will.I.Am, Barcelona Spain, Queen Latifah, Subway, President Barack Obama, Los Angeles California, Washington Mall, President Abraham Lincoln, Joe Biden, Los Angeles, Brazil, New York, Barack Obama, Hbo, Sheryl Crow, Santa Monica California, Herbie Hancock, U2, Entertainment News, Henry Rollins, Youtube, Rickie Lee Jones, Norman Lear, Ashley Judd, New Orleans, Samuel L. Jackson, John Mellencamp, Los Lobos, Pete Seeger, Paul Simon, Washington Memorial, Obama, Apartheid, Santa Monica, Grammy, Lincoln Memorial, Concord Records, Ebay, Woodstock Film Festival, John Legend, Michelle Obama, Entertainment, Jerusalem, Video Premiere, Beyonce, President George Washington, Playing for Change, Pierre Minetti, Keb' Mo', New York City, Tom Hanks, Venezuela, Moscow, Jackson Browne, Vice President Joe Biden, Shepard Fairey, President Lincoln, Contemporary Blues Album of the Year, Bruce Springsteen, Isreal, Zuni, Himilayas, Video, Entertainment News

Featuring over twenty musicians from four continents who have never met, "Don't Worry" makes its auspicious debut today, on Martin Luther King Day, and is featured here.

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When Is a Suicide Not a Suicide?

Diane Dimond | Posted 02.18.2009 | Living

Read More: Diane Dimond, Bernalillo County, Albuquerque, Office of Medical Investigators, New Mexico, Dr. Michael Baden, Lt. Todd Parkins, Bernalillo County Sheriff Darren White, Cause of Death, Suicide, Shotgun Death, Re-Examines the Case for Free, Living News

I say the city of Albuquerque owes the Parkins family a second opinion. Dr. Baden, who took this case for free, may conclude it was suicide. But I doubt it.

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Richardson's Beard is Back! And It's Not Attending the Inauguration

Dave Maass | Posted 02.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: New Mexico, Bill Richardson, Bill Richardson Beard, Bill Richardson Commerce, Gilbert Gallegos, Political Humor, Obama Inauguration, Politics News

Yes, in a press conference on the state budget this afternoon, Gov. Bill Richardson confirmed to a reporter (Okay, it was the New Mex's Steve Terrel...

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Video :: Richardson says Goodbye to Commerce Job

Dave Maass | Posted 02.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Cabinet, Commerce, Bill Richardson, New Mexico, Obama's Cabinet, Video, Bill Richardson Obama, Politics News

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Bill Richardson Withdraws Commerce Bid -- Time to Call Leo Hindery

Steve Clemons | Posted 02.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: High Wage Jobs, Penny Pritzker, John McCain Economic Policy, Labor, New Mexico, Economy, Leo Hindery, Department of Commerce, Barack Obama, Bill Richardson, Commerce Secretary, President Obama, Bill Richardson Withdraws Nomination, Barack Obama and Bill Richardson, Obama's Economic Team, Obama's Cabinet, Politics News

Leo Hindery, who was an economic advisor to the Obama campaign and authored the interesting book It Takes a CEO, is a real stand out who the Obama team should consider for Commerce.

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My Crime Fighting Hero

Diane Dimond | Posted 01.22.2009 | Business

Read More: Diane Dimond Column, Albuquerque, Law Enforcement, Crime Stoppers, Greg MacAleese, Statewide Chapters, Involving Public and Media in Crime Fighting, New Mexico, Anonymous, Reward Money, 50 States, Founder, Tipsters, 24 Countries, Detective, Business News

Crime Stoppers programs have helped solved more than 1 million major crimes and have assisted in the recovery of more than 8 billion dollars worth of stolen property and narcotics.

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GOP: Imploding, Meaningless, and Run by Crazies, But not Dead

Paul Jenkins | Posted 01.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Suburbs, Proposition 8, Latinos, Atlanta, District of Columbia, Chicago, Connecticut, Oregon, Colorado, Missouri, Same-Sex Marriage, Nevada, Virginia, Montana, New Mexico, Margaret Thatcher, West, Walnut Creek, Mississippi, Republican Party, Detroit, African-American Issues, Kansas, North Carolina, Abortion, Election 2008 Coverage, Citigroup, Alaska, Alabama, Congress, Barack Obama, Idaho, New York, Midwest, Bill Clinton, South, Great Britain, Wyoming, David Cameron, Utah, Hawaii, Nebraska, United Kingdom, Washington, Immigration, Iraq, Arizona, Democratic Party, Dallas, Maine, New Hampshire, Kay Bailey Hutchinson, Houston, Long Island, New England, Philadelphia, John McCain, Contra Costa, Peggy Noonan, Louisiana, Chris Shays, Hispanic Issues, Asian-Americans, Ross Perot, Georgia, Environment, San Francisco, Gay Issues, English-Only, Calfironia, Politics News

Beyond its regional concentration, the Republican Party's face is from another time. Indeed, nearly half of the Republican caucus is composed of Southern white men.

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Debriefing the New Mexico Dem Chair

Dave Maass | Posted 01.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bingaman, Election Reaction, Democratic Party, Election, Brian Colon, New Mexico, Democrats, Politics News

I grilled Democratic Party Chairman of New Mexico Brian Colon on the election cycle, his political ambitions and whether he taunted his Republican counterpart with text messages.

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Did John McCain Lose Arizona?

Denis Campbell | Posted 12.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Humboldt County CA|, Citizen Warrior, Obama, Mccain, Missouri, Minnesota Senate Race, California Turn Blue, McCain Won Phoenix, Colorado, Nevada, Denis Campbell, Jim March, Ensure Ballot Integrity, New Mexico, 14 Days After the Election, December 2nd, Public-Private Cooperative Effort, Elections Director, Election 2008 Coverage, Maricopa County (Phoenix), John McCain, Conspicuously Red, Razor Close Senate Race, Georgia Run-Off Election, Barack Obama, Mandatory Recount, Judge Edward O. Burke, Libertarian Party, Banana Republic State, Did John McCain Lose Arizona, Systemic Problems Diebold, Problems Pima County, Unbroken Custody Chain, Election Authorities Pima County, Auditaz, BlackBoxVoting.Org, Obama Wins, Breaking Election Law, Tucson, Election Law, Republican Presidential Candidate, Battling Election Authorities, Obama Arizona, John Brakey, 2008 Presidential Race, Wtf, Politics News

We still do not have a final Presidential result in the state of Missouri, 14 days after the election. As was shown time and again this election, our nation's voting systems are badly broken.

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Where To Live Now: Using The Electoral Map As Guide

Jeannie Ralston | Posted 12.15.2008 | Style

Read More: Washington, Mexico, Oregon, Blue States, Colorado, Texas, Election Results, Red States, Virginia, Relocation, Montana, Election Reaction, New Mexico, Ex-Pat, Oklahoma, Tennessee, North Carolina, Style News

I've found that I've increasingly consulted the electoral map as I've been trying to zero in on our new home.

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Arizona Going Rogue?

Beverly Davis | Posted 12.04.2008 | Home

Is it possible that John McCain can lose his home state of Arizona? With new polls and early voting results showing the state is in play, during the ...

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This Wednesday:Will we be Citizens Again?

Lorelei Kelly | Posted 12.04.2008 | Home

Read More: Citizenship, Congress, New Mexico, Bailout, The White House Project, Obama 2008, Progressive Movement, Democratic Party, Republican Party, Civil Rights, Home News

No matter what happens on Tuesday, the Obama campaign will have revisited a lost ideology of citizenship for Americans that has enormous potential for our nation.

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McCain's Mountain Of A Problem

The New Republic | Posted 12.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Gop, John McCain, Early Voting, Public Policy Polling, Presidential Election, Election 2008, Election Day, New Mexico, Colorado, McCain Campaign, Votes, Politics News

Our model does not make any specific adjustments for early voting, but it is presenting a major problem for John McCain in three states in the Mountai...

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