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Alice Fordham

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Reporter @KUNMNews in New Mexico Also @NPR @EconomistPods @FT @guardianaudio @outsidemagazine. She/her.

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📊From @KUNMnews & @AliceFordham: As federal cuts loom, lawmakers discuss drawing on reserves and making cuts #nmleg #nmpol kunm.org/local-news/2025-03-… – at Santa Fe, NM
As federal cuts loom, lawmakers discuss drawing on reserves and making cuts

As federal cuts loom, lawmakers discuss drawing on reserves and making cuts

An initial estimate finds that the state could lose more than $1 billion in Medicaid funding, and many other agencies and entities like universities would be affected.

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Just before this year's legislative session, a secretive group emerged to fight against proposals to cap attorney's fees and other malpractice reforms. Who is New Mexico Safety Over Profit? searchlightnm.org/dark-money…
The dark money group fighting medical malpractice reform | Searchlight New Mexico

The dark money group fighting medical malpractice reform | Searchlight New Mexico

They work to influence legislation. They keep their funding secret. Who is New Mexico Safety Over Profit?

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“Take away our public land stewards and you’re looking at a lot of closed or trashed or burning or flooded lands.” santafenewmexican.com/news/l…
Lawmakers, former federal employees worry about impact of mass layoffs

Lawmakers, former federal employees worry about impact of mass layoffs

Reported cuts include 30% of the Santa Fe National Forest's workforce being let go and 20% of Carlsbad Caverns' staff.

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📺From @KUNMnews & @AliceFordham: New Mexico's public media threatened by Trump cuts #nmleg #nmpol kunm.org/local-news/2025-02-… – at Santa Fe, NM
New Mexico's public media threatened by Trump cuts

New Mexico's public media threatened by Trump cuts

The president wants to defund the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which supports public radio and television stations including rural and tribal outlets.

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I love this on the HTS DOGE ft.com/content/7efc20db-6da9…
The department of flags: Syrian rebels lay bare Assad’s corrupt state

The department of flags: Syrian rebels lay bare Assad’s corrupt state

Transitional authorities grapple with bureaucracy filled with phantom jobs, pervasive graft and culture of obedience

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For years I reported about enforced disappearances in #Syria … the missing … the suffering of their families. Today I was in #Sednaya prison watching the families hang on to false hope. I saw the execution room. Unimaginable horrors. I can’t sleep youtu.be/YqeTeD8jxsc?si=Rp_H…
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Nash Jones@nashjonesnews15 Nov 2024
Some #goodnews out of #NM this week. Freshman college enrollment is up 10% from last year, now higher than pre-pandemic in 2019. Meanwhile enrollment is down 5% nationwide. NM Higher Ed Sec says it’s bc of tuition-free college Opportunity Scholarship. kunm.org/local-news/2024-11-…
New Mexico sees nearly 10% more first-year college students, bucking national trend

New Mexico sees nearly 10% more first-year college students, bucking national trend

While enrollment of first-year college students dropped nationwide this year, New Mexico’s numbers are actually on the rise. The state Higher Education Department announced Wednesday that nearly 10%...

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I reported from across Pennsylvania throughout the election. This is how Trump won

I reported from across Pennsylvania throughout the election. This is how Trump won

Harris’s loss was the culmination of the Democratic Party’s years-long drift away from working-class voters in Pennsylvania, writes Richard Hall

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Dan Boyd@DanBoydNM7 Nov 2024
For the first time in state history, women will make up a majority at the #NM Legislature come January. Based on election results, 60 of the 112 legislative seats will be held by women: abqjournal.com/election/firs… via @ABQJournal @fabflutist2716 #nmpol
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fantastic from @annabower and Benjamin Wittes @lawfare on a nationwide effort to build election-denying mobs by leading New Mexican prophet of falsehoods David Clements lawfaremedia.org/article/dav…

David Clements: The Evangelist of Election Refusal

Former law professor David Clements urges local election officials to refuse to certify elections—and trains citizens to pressure them to do so.

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@Letstalkamanda Do you know if Clements has been having these workshops in New Mexico?
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Dan Boyd@DanBoydNM4 Nov 2024
Happy election eve from Santa Fe!
Image from Dan Boyd (@DanBoydNM)
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good piece on the congressional race in heavily Hispanic southern New Mexico - the Democratic candidate, a Mexican-American, is focusing on the economy and efforts to pass border legislation washingtonpost.com/politics/…

A New Mexico Democrat — and his party — deliver final message to Latinos

Rep. Gabe Vasquez is a Latino man fighting for reelection in one of the most Latino districts in the nation. He is still refining his pitch.

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I wrote this story in October last year, when cross-border fighting first began and it wasn't yet full war. Ali Sweid's house had just been destroyed. Today, his son Wiam - a Lebanese army sergeant -was killed in an Israeli strike while on his motorbike. thenationalnews.com/mena/pal…
Disparate south Lebanon border towns prepare for possible war with Israel | The National

Disparate south Lebanon border towns prepare for possible war with Israel | The National

Residents of some villages say they have been caught in the crossfire between Hezbollah and Israel in what could become second front of Israel-Gaza war

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New Mexico isn't really a swing state and might seem like an odd choice for a last-minute Trump visit. But Republicans have been courting Hispanic voters up and down the ballot hard in the most Hispanic state. This is part of a concerted effort kunm.org/local-news/2024-10-…
Trump comes to New Mexico, where Republicans are courting Hispanic voters hard

Trump comes to New Mexico, where Republicans are courting Hispanic voters hard 

As former President Donald Trump stops in Albuquerque for a rally Friday, his decision to call on New Mexico so close to the election might seem surprising. Polls suggest his Democratic opponent Vice...

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Everything you need to know about what Trump's doing in Albuquerque on Halloween sourcenm.com/2024/10/30/why-…
Why would Trump come to New Mexico? Look lower on the ballot, UNM professor says • Source New Mexico

Why would Trump come to New Mexico? Look lower on the ballot, UNM professor says • Source New Mexico

GOP candidate Herrell will speak at the Trump rally, as dispute over parking lot incenses Republicans

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Dan Boyd@DanBoydNM11 Oct 2024
Here are #NM voting numbers through first three days of absentee and early voting. A total of 42,596 voters have now cast ballots. That's just over 3% of all registered voters. Democrats -- 20,831 (48.9%) Republicans -- 16,429 (38.6%) DTS/independent -- 4,973 (11.7%) #nmpol
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@AliceFordham has not lost her knack for desert survival since we met in Iraq npr.org/2024/09/30/nx-s1-510…
Albuquerque prickly pear festival celebrates abundance of the desert

Albuquerque prickly pear festival celebrates abundance of the desert

The dangerously monikered cactus is a source of joy in the Southwest. Albuquerque celebrates with music and yummy opuntia treats.

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