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Michelle Malkin vs. Adam Kokesh

Adam Kokesh is a candidate in the Republican primary for a New Mexico Congressional seat that Republicans virtually never win.  Third District GOP candidates rarely make it onto the radar screens of the Big Guns of the national political scene.  To be sure, Michelle Malkin is one of those Big Guns, and the day before [...]

Posted 12 March 2010 † Brigette Russell § New Mexico § Politics ‡ Comments (13) ° Also tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

The most sense I’ve heard anyone make yet about health care reform

A Facebook friend posted the link to this article, and because my friend leans leftward, and the piece is in the Atlantic, and ran six pages, and is entitled “How American Health Care Killed My Father” (here we go with a diatribe about the evils of health care being a commodity not a right, I [...]

Posted 18 August 2009 † Brigette Russell § New Mexico Independent columns § Politics ‡ Comments (4) ° Also tagged: , , , , , , , ,

Luján healthcare townhall tonight

Today, Mon. Aug 17 at 7:00 p.m. Northern New Mexico’s Congressman, Ben Ray Luján, is holding a healthcare town hall at the Unitarian Church at 107 W. Barcelona Rd.  It will feature a panel discussion with  health care professionals — no doubt cherrypicked by Mr. Luján so that they will all say health care reform [...]

Posted 17 August 2009 † Brigette Russell § Politics § Santa Fe ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Ben Ray Lujan among the most far left in Congress

Today my NMI column discusses northern New Mexico’s Congressman, Ben Ray Lujan, was one of a small House minority voting against an amendment to prevent federal money being used to employ illegal aliens. The issue was such a no-brainer that the Democrat-controlled House voted 349-84 in favor of the amendment, with both other New [...]

Posted 30 June 2009 † Brigette Russell § New Mexico § New Mexico Independent columns § Politics ‡ Comments (6) ° Also tagged: , ,

Princess Caroline, after the fact

I never mentioned Caroline Kennedy (Princess Caroline, as right-wing bloggers like to call her) during all the “Will she or won’t she?” hoopla, in part because I was busy, and in part because I didn’t really care. Nepotism is a fact of life, folks. Is and always has been. Here in New [...]

Posted 01 February 2009 † Brigette Russell § History § New Mexico § Politics ‡ Comments (5) ° Also tagged: , , , , , ,