I’ve taken on Trump before—and won. Protecting healthcare, public lands, fundamental rights, and our democracy first in Congress, and then as Secretary of the Interior. Now I am ready to deliver again as your governor, New Mexico.
The newly opened Route 66 Visitor Center—where Albuquerque’s story of Rt. 66 is shared.
This space goes beyond a visitor center, it’s a hub for art, history, and community, open to everyone.
Beginning today, the center will operate on regular public hours
A report released by New Mexico’s Attorney General today reviewed failures by New Mexico’s Children Youth and Families Department. I share New Mexicans’ heartbreak over these disturbing allegations, and I will never minimize the tragedy of any child that CYFD has failed to protect.
It’s important to note that the Attorney General’s report captures a system of the past. The disturbing episodes recounted in the document occurred before our new cabinet secretary, Valerie Sandoval, assembled a dedicated and talented new leadership team. This team has rebuilt CYFD's relationships with advocates, attorneys and community partners who now are rowing in the same direction as they transform New Mexico’s system for protecting our most vulnerable children
Child welfare agencies sometimes fail — sometimes tragically — but they are designed to shield our most vulnerable children from heinous abuse at the hands of adults who are supposed to care for them. Child welfare failures aren’t unique to New Mexico — they exist in every state, driven by decades of structural gaps, misaligned federal and state law and systems ill-designed to keep pace with the complexity of the families they serve. I have always known that. And unlike some, I haven't just talked about it.
When my administration recognized that CYFD needed bold, structural change, we acted. In January, I issued an executive order prohibiting the overnight placement of children in CYFD offices. The order directed the agency to work with partners to ensure every child is placed in a safe and appropriate setting. Overnight office stays ended on Feb. 12. Last summer, I directed CYFD to reform its approach to enforcing the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act, requiring the state to immediately seek custody of newborns exposed to drugs. The program so far has resulted in 168 children removed from dangerous homes.
We’ve increased foster parent payments by 25%, putting more resources in the hands of the people doing one of the hardest and most important jobs in New Mexico. We’ve also extended foster care eligibility from 18 to 21, providing young adults, aging out of the system with housing support, behavioral health services, job assistance, and food access. And we continue to do more.
The Attorney General's report is shocking but shock value doesn’t solve the problems, and our response is to keep doing the important daily work of keeping New Mexico's children safe.
No child should be afraid of their parents disappearing while they’re at school, but ICE is terrorizing our communities and students don’t feel safe.
I will prohibit ICE from operating within 500 yards of schools, courthouses, hospitals, churches and other state buildings, so our communities feel safe and secure.
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In New Mexico, protecting our traditions means protecting our animal relatives.
I’m proud to have the support of Animal Protection Voters New Mexico, an organization doing critical work to reduce animal suffering and pass laws that protect animals across our state.
This has always been part of my work: from strengthening protections against animal cruelty in Congress, to supporting conservation and habitat protections and pushing more endangered species to recovery at Interior.
I’ll keep standing up for humane treatment, protecting habitats, and ensuring our animals, and the lands they depend on, are safeguarded for generations to come.
🚨 The Big Balls Interview: Fighting Fraud, Waste, and Abuse
In this interview with the DOGE legend Big Balls (Edward Coristine), we talk deeply about the fraud and national debt crisis plaguing our nation.
Just while filming this podcast, we acquired an additional $810,000,000 in debt. This demonstrates just how bad the crisis is. If America doesn't cut out all fraud, waste, and abuse, younger generations will never have the same opportunities as those before them.
It is time to end all fraud, waste, and abuse. If you enjoy it, please give this a like and reshare with others!
This is what Jesus Christ endured…
A crown of thorns… not a small ring, but forced down over His entire head like a helmet. Thick thorns—long, sharp, unforgiving—driven into the scalp, one of the most sensitive parts of the human body. Every movement… every breath… pushing those thorns deeper, blood running down His face into His eyes.
Iron nails… not small, but heavy, square spikes. Driven through His wrists and feet with force. The kind of pain that shocks the entire nervous system—sending fire through every nerve. Each breath required Him to push up against those wounds, grinding bone against iron just to inhale… and collapsing back down in agony to exhale.
The scourge… a Roman whip with multiple leather tails, each embedded with bone and metal. Every strike didn’t just bruise—it tore. It ripped flesh open, exposing muscle. Again and again, until His back was no longer whole… but shredded.
This wasn’t quick.
This wasn’t merciful.
It was prolonged… calculated suffering.
And He didn’t resist it.
He didn’t stop it.
He chose to endure every second of it…
For you.
And before he died he asked the father to forgive you.
Wow….
To the broken, to the lost, to the undeserving, there’s hope In Jesus. Repent and believe in The Gospel(Good News).
“But he was pierced for our rebellion, crushed for our sins. He was beaten so we could be whole. He was whipped so we could be healed. All of us, like sheep, have strayed away. We have left God’s paths to follow our own. Yet the Lord laid on him the sins of us all.”
Isaiah 53:5-6