Johana B.
@johana-b.bsky.social
Probably about to be denaturalized Mexicana, community organizer, Las Cruces city councilor, progressive, unapologetic. ✌🏽💛
Interesting take from Rep Block, especially given Alamogordo city staff are currently seeking support from LC city staff on how to navigate their own housing crisis & build capacity to support their newly unhoused residents.
While some of the more controversial bills sponsored by Republicans have started to get hearings, the measures are unlikely to gain traction. All three of the bills listed have been tabled on party-line votes in House Consumer and Public Affairs, which has long been called the “kill committee.”
Republicans' bills get hearings — but little love — from Democrats
Some GOP lawmakers contend their bills reflect their constituents' demands but don't always get a fair shake at the Capitol.
www.santafenewmexican.com
February 14, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Interesting take from Rep Block, especially given Alamogordo city staff are currently seeking support from LC city staff on how to navigate their own housing crisis & build capacity to support their newly unhoused residents.
Pro-lifers want to interfere in our decisions to have children as long as we don’t dare ask them to help feed those children…
Rep. Rich McCormick defends the potential impacts of the White House's federal aid freeze on school lunch programs by suggesting that some children should be working instead of receiving free lunch.
Republican congressman suggests some children receiving free school lunches should work at McDonald’s instead
Rep. Rich McCormick said that the freeze on federal funding would allow the government to do a top-down review of programs including free school lunches.
www.nbcnews.com
January 28, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Pro-lifers want to interfere in our decisions to have children as long as we don’t dare ask them to help feed those children…
I’m so honored! I love LP so much! 💜🩷
⚡️ MORE BIG NEWS! ⚡️
We’re also thrilled to welcome four incredible new additions to our Board!
👏🏽 Yterenickia ‘YT’ Bell
👏🏽 @johana-b.bsky.social
👏🏽 @elliottpayne.org
👏🏽 Sherri Jones
We’re grateful to have their leadership in driving and growing our work in the months and years to come! ✨
We’re also thrilled to welcome four incredible new additions to our Board!
👏🏽 Yterenickia ‘YT’ Bell
👏🏽 @johana-b.bsky.social
👏🏽 @elliottpayne.org
👏🏽 Sherri Jones
We’re grateful to have their leadership in driving and growing our work in the months and years to come! ✨
January 27, 2025 at 10:29 PM
I’m so honored! I love LP so much! 💜🩷
Hating immigrants is the easier story they spin because it keeps their base riled up. The real story is that they just want to make their rich friends richer, it just happens to be on the backs of black and brown people. Their base? Yea they’re still living paycheck to paycheck.
January 26, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Hating immigrants is the easier story they spin because it keeps their base riled up. The real story is that they just want to make their rich friends richer, it just happens to be on the backs of black and brown people. Their base? Yea they’re still living paycheck to paycheck.
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Since Monday, Trump has:
-Halted civil rights investigations
-Suspended public health advisories
-Frozen infrastructure spending on roads and bridges
-Rescinded an executive order prohibiting discrimination by federal contractors
How does this help working people?
-Halted civil rights investigations
-Suspended public health advisories
-Frozen infrastructure spending on roads and bridges
-Rescinded an executive order prohibiting discrimination by federal contractors
How does this help working people?
January 23, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Since Monday, Trump has:
-Halted civil rights investigations
-Suspended public health advisories
-Frozen infrastructure spending on roads and bridges
-Rescinded an executive order prohibiting discrimination by federal contractors
How does this help working people?
-Halted civil rights investigations
-Suspended public health advisories
-Frozen infrastructure spending on roads and bridges
-Rescinded an executive order prohibiting discrimination by federal contractors
How does this help working people?
Silence is loud.
Two key local law enforcement agencies — the Doña Ana County Sheriff’s Office and NMSU Police Department — remain silent after multiple queries from the Las Cruces Bulletin.
“Sheriff (Kim) Stewart does not have any information to share at this time.”
www.lascrucesbulletin.com/stories/lcpd...
“Sheriff (Kim) Stewart does not have any information to share at this time.”
www.lascrucesbulletin.com/stories/lcpd...
LCPD says they won’t assist in ICE raids - Las Cruces Bulletin
The area’s largest, most well-funded police department will not assist in immigration raids and mass deportation in Las Cruces, according to statements made by Las Cruces Police Chief Jeremy …
www.lascrucesbulletin.com
January 25, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Silence is loud.
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First they came for the immigrants, and I spoke out, because I’ve read the damn poem before and I know how it ends.
January 25, 2025 at 2:30 AM
First they came for the immigrants, and I spoke out, because I’ve read the damn poem before and I know how it ends.
Our beautiful border community rejects your hate!
Statement from Las Cruces Public Schools. “Please be assured that every child, regardless of their immigration status, is welcome in our schools.” You can read in full here 👇🏼
A Letter from the Superintendent
The following letter was shared this afternoon with all LCPS families: Dear Las Cruces Public S...
www.lcps.net
January 24, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Our beautiful border community rejects your hate!
Follow the money!!
During a floor speech yesterday, Rep. @aoc.bsky.social pointed out that some House members may have financial incentives to vote for the Ken Paxton Empowerment Act, aka the Laken Riley Act: their own bank accounts.
truthout.org/articles/aoc...
truthout.org/articles/aoc...
AOC: Private Prisons and Politicians Will Profit From Laken Riley Act
“Look at what members of Congress are invested in private prison companies … and look at the votes on this bill.”…
truthout.org
January 24, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Follow the money!!
Are you looking at your faith through the lens of your politics or are you looking at your politics through the lens of your faith?!
Trump criticizes ‘nasty’ bishop who made pro-immigrant and LGBTQ+ plea
Mariann Edgar Budde’s inaugural prayer service sermon draws fury from conservatives as others praise her ‘courage’
www.theguardian.com
January 23, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Are you looking at your faith through the lens of your politics or are you looking at your politics through the lens of your faith?!
I know this isn’t enough to protect our immigrant community but my commitment from my role on the city council is to find all the ways in which we can continue to stand with our immigrant neighbors. Please share, the Spanish version is on my insta @johana4lc.
January 22, 2025 at 7:56 PM
I know this isn’t enough to protect our immigrant community but my commitment from my role on the city council is to find all the ways in which we can continue to stand with our immigrant neighbors. Please share, the Spanish version is on my insta @johana4lc.
Working to put or keep people in the margins doesn't actually make your life better. It just makes you a hater. A miserable hater.
January 21, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Working to put or keep people in the margins doesn't actually make your life better. It just makes you a hater. A miserable hater.
A revolution of values: "we as a nation must undergo a radical revolution of values. We must rapidly begin the shift from a "thing-oriented" society to a "person-oriented" society.
January 20, 2025 at 7:03 PM
A revolution of values: "we as a nation must undergo a radical revolution of values. We must rapidly begin the shift from a "thing-oriented" society to a "person-oriented" society.
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New Mexico: Here’s What the Largest Female Legislative Majority in US History Can Accomplish
New Mexico: Here’s what the largest female legislative majority in US history can accomplish
“There’s a chance for me to help protect my girls from legislators and from laws that want to control their bodies.”
www.motherjones.com
January 19, 2025 at 12:44 AM
New Mexico: Here’s What the Largest Female Legislative Majority in US History Can Accomplish
Democrats have lost the plot on immigration…
The Ken Paxton Empowerment Act, aka the Laken Riley Act, “applies to many immigrants who are authorized to be here, including Dreamers and those with temporary protected status. And the legislation contains no exemption for minors.” www.nytimes.com/2025/01/13/o...
Opinion | Democrats Will Regret Helping to Pass the Laken Riley Act
This cruel and sweeping bill could upend our immigration system.
www.nytimes.com
January 15, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Democrats have lost the plot on immigration…
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AOC: Trans girls are girls. And for all the folks that are so concerned, thank you for your concern for women for the first time. I don't know who has been to gym class, I’ve played co-ed sports all the time
January 14, 2025 at 6:33 PM
AOC: Trans girls are girls. And for all the folks that are so concerned, thank you for your concern for women for the first time. I don't know who has been to gym class, I’ve played co-ed sports all the time
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Bernice King speaking the truth.👏👏💣
January 13, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Bernice King speaking the truth.👏👏💣
@localprogress.bsky.social has been one of strongest pillars of support for me as a city councilor. Couldn’t be more grateful for this network of amazing staff and fellow electeds! 💛✊🏽
Hey everyone! We're Local Progress, a national network of local elected officials united in the fight for racial and economic justice.
It's wonderful to see so many familiar faces here from Twitter 😁.
If you don't know who we are, here's a little primer! 🧵👇
It's wonderful to see so many familiar faces here from Twitter 😁.
If you don't know who we are, here's a little primer! 🧵👇
January 13, 2025 at 7:47 PM
@localprogress.bsky.social has been one of strongest pillars of support for me as a city councilor. Couldn’t be more grateful for this network of amazing staff and fellow electeds! 💛✊🏽
Community of Hope is a guiding light in Southern NM! They deserve all the flowers! 💐💐💐
Mesilla Valley Community of Hope has been assisting unhoused neighbors in #LasCruces for over 30 years, and I am excited to help make their latest project a reality.
#AffordableHousing #NewMexico
www.lascrucesbulletin.com/stories/gov-...
#AffordableHousing #NewMexico
www.lascrucesbulletin.com/stories/gov-...
Gov. leads groundbreaking for Amador Crossing project - Las Cruces Bulletin
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham joined local officials for a groundbreaking on a $15 million apartment housing project in Las Cruces.
www.lascrucesbulletin.com
January 11, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Community of Hope is a guiding light in Southern NM! They deserve all the flowers! 💐💐💐
I can be grateful to @govmlg.bsky.social for supporting our amazing Amador Xs affordable housing project AND be disappointed in her recent tough on crime policy positions. Because one is a recognized best practice, the other is not. #housingnothandcuffs
January 10, 2025 at 8:06 PM
I can be grateful to @govmlg.bsky.social for supporting our amazing Amador Xs affordable housing project AND be disappointed in her recent tough on crime policy positions. Because one is a recognized best practice, the other is not. #housingnothandcuffs
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NM, peeps! LA is my second home, and this place & my chosen family there mean a lot to me. My homie, @rudyespi.bsky.social & the org he leads, Inclusive Action for the City, is raising funds to support workers whose livelihoods depend on working outside. Pls share www.gofundme.com/f/cash-aid-f...
Donate to Cash Aid for Outdoor Workers Impacted by LA County Wildfires, organized by Inclusive Action For The City
Our hearts are with community members, families, small busine… Inclusive Action For The City needs your support for Cash Aid for Outdoor Workers Impacted by LA County Wildfires
www.gofundme.com
January 10, 2025 at 5:22 PM
NM, peeps! LA is my second home, and this place & my chosen family there mean a lot to me. My homie, @rudyespi.bsky.social & the org he leads, Inclusive Action for the City, is raising funds to support workers whose livelihoods depend on working outside. Pls share www.gofundme.com/f/cash-aid-f...
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Proud of Las Cruces to leading the way in addressing housing with Amador Crossing, 50 units of supportive housing at the Community of Hope. Grateful for state and local legislators for funding, visionaries like Camp Hope’s director and MPT @johana-b.bsky.social Next up in February: zoning reform!
January 9, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Proud of Las Cruces to leading the way in addressing housing with Amador Crossing, 50 units of supportive housing at the Community of Hope. Grateful for state and local legislators for funding, visionaries like Camp Hope’s director and MPT @johana-b.bsky.social Next up in February: zoning reform!
Border hawk recently drove through LC, through my district, highlighting mostly poverty and making outlandish claims about the unhoused community. But what else is to be expected by a “news source” created by a white nationalist?!
Rachel Monroe reports on the growing network of right-wing content creators—filmmakers, podcasters, streamers, and self-styled citizen journalists—who populate a media ecosystem that thrives on social media and has been crucial to Donald Trump’s rise.
How the Far Right Reports on the Border
Wid Lyman, who tries to document crossings on the southern border, is one of a growing number of citizen journalists who portray immigrants with a sense of menace.
www.newyorker.com
January 8, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Border hawk recently drove through LC, through my district, highlighting mostly poverty and making outlandish claims about the unhoused community. But what else is to be expected by a “news source” created by a white nationalist?!
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This man and a small group of capitol police officers singlehandedly saved our democracy four years ago.
In November, 77 million Americans said "to hell with them" and voted for the insurrectionists.
Your "Back the Blue" flags are a pathetic disgrace and your patriotism is bullsh*t.
In November, 77 million Americans said "to hell with them" and voted for the insurrectionists.
Your "Back the Blue" flags are a pathetic disgrace and your patriotism is bullsh*t.
January 6, 2025 at 3:30 PM
This man and a small group of capitol police officers singlehandedly saved our democracy four years ago.
In November, 77 million Americans said "to hell with them" and voted for the insurrectionists.
Your "Back the Blue" flags are a pathetic disgrace and your patriotism is bullsh*t.
In November, 77 million Americans said "to hell with them" and voted for the insurrectionists.
Your "Back the Blue" flags are a pathetic disgrace and your patriotism is bullsh*t.
Happy New Year!!
We're entering 2025 grateful, reflective, and clear about the work ahead.
We're entering 2025 grateful, reflective, and clear about the work ahead.
January 1, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Happy New Year!!
We're entering 2025 grateful, reflective, and clear about the work ahead.
We're entering 2025 grateful, reflective, and clear about the work ahead.