Nathan Brown
@natebrown.bsky.social
Assistant city editor, Santa Fe New Mexican. Politics reporter in Arizona and Idaho before that. Every calculation based on experience elsewhere fails in New Mexico.
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One of my positive qualities as a journalist is that I always friendzone my sources
November 18, 2025 at 5:56 AM
One of my positive qualities as a journalist is that I always friendzone my sources
I get that there’s a natural instinct to push back when it feels like a place you love is being criticized by outsiders but this is pretty blinkered. I’ve got my quibbles with the NYT piece but it hit the mark more than this response does.
Focusing on divisions, New York Times missed where Idaho is united | Opinion
If we are to steer clear of the fever tearing North Idaho apart, we have to find issues less likely to provoke the Legislature | Opinion
www.idahostatesman.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:52 AM
I get that there’s a natural instinct to push back when it feels like a place you love is being criticized by outsiders but this is pretty blinkered. I’ve got my quibbles with the NYT piece but it hit the mark more than this response does.
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I'm now convinced that Nick Offerman was born to play Chester A. Arthur, and we deserve an Arthur biopic starring Mr. Offerman now-ish. At turns hilarious and calculating and ridiculous, he's the warm blood of the flick.
November 17, 2025 at 8:25 AM
I'm now convinced that Nick Offerman was born to play Chester A. Arthur, and we deserve an Arthur biopic starring Mr. Offerman now-ish. At turns hilarious and calculating and ridiculous, he's the warm blood of the flick.
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Also i'm so fucking tired of people talking about the end of the roman *empire* as if it were relevant to the current era (no you fucking idiots, can you look up from your military history novels for ONE SECOND and read about the end of the roman *republic* for once ffs)
November 17, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Also i'm so fucking tired of people talking about the end of the roman *empire* as if it were relevant to the current era (no you fucking idiots, can you look up from your military history novels for ONE SECOND and read about the end of the roman *republic* for once ffs)
Just saw Keeper. 7/10, it was great at creating an unsettling atmosphere and finding horror in the small details but it sometimes came at the expense of the pacing and storytelling. I get that movies don’t have to explain everything but it felt too slow at first and too rushed after the big reveal.
November 17, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Just saw Keeper. 7/10, it was great at creating an unsettling atmosphere and finding horror in the small details but it sometimes came at the expense of the pacing and storytelling. I get that movies don’t have to explain everything but it felt too slow at first and too rushed after the big reveal.
Here’s number 13. I bought it a few years ago — the author was one of the architects of the Medicaid expansion campaign in Idaho — but just got around to reading it.
November 15, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Here’s number 13. I bought it a few years ago — the author was one of the architects of the Medicaid expansion campaign in Idaho — but just got around to reading it.
Looking forward to the editorial about how this is a bold, praiseworthy move and the preservationists are like NIMBYs who oppose housing construction.
Preservationists sue Trump over plans to paint Eisenhower building
The complaint alleges Trump’s plan would ‘permanently alter one of the most architecturally significant and historic structures in the Nation’s Capital’
www.washingtonpost.com
November 15, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Looking forward to the editorial about how this is a bold, praiseworthy move and the preservationists are like NIMBYs who oppose housing construction.
Some late night anniversary snacks with my baby at one of our favorite places.
November 15, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Some late night anniversary snacks with my baby at one of our favorite places.
No way for this to go bad.
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November 14, 2025 at 9:55 PM
No way for this to go bad.
The past couple years have pretty much cured me of any desire I might have once had to work in national media.
Olivia Nuzzi's memoir is a combustive portrait of America, President Trump and the scandal with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. that upended her career.
In an exclusive interview with The New York Times, she recalls the infatuation that consumed her, Kennedy’s use of psychedelics and much more.
In an exclusive interview with The New York Times, she recalls the infatuation that consumed her, Kennedy’s use of psychedelics and much more.
Olivia Nuzzi Did It All for Love
www.nytimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:40 PM
The past couple years have pretty much cured me of any desire I might have once had to work in national media.
I get there are obvious parallels with Mamdani but it’s also a little grating seeing every piece about other parts of the country get the “View of the World from 9th Avenue” treatment.
Katie Wilson, Seattle’s next mayor, emerged from the city’s left-wing activist class and brings with her little experience in governing.
Seattle Elects a Left-Wing Mayor With a Light Résumé but Mamdani Appeal
Katie Wilson, who narrowly defeated the incumbent, Bruce Harrell, emerged from the city’s left-wing activist class and brings with her little experience in governing.
nyti.ms
November 14, 2025 at 2:03 AM
I get there are obvious parallels with Mamdani but it’s also a little grating seeing every piece about other parts of the country get the “View of the World from 9th Avenue” treatment.
I’ve had fun editing our 175th anniversary history series. Here’s the latest installment about New Mexico’s flip from Republican to Democratic in the 1930 and 1932 elections.
175 Years of Service: Two days after Democrats swept the 1930 state election, The Santa Fe New Mexican sounded the alarm about the newfound unreliability of New Mexico’s political leanings. sfnm.co/43lvkji
Against backdrop of Great Depression, 'New Mexican' was mixed on state's party flip
The shift began with the 1930 state election, then continued through the 1932 presidential election of Franklin D. Roosevelt.
sfnm.co
November 12, 2025 at 12:03 AM
I’ve had fun editing our 175th anniversary history series. Here’s the latest installment about New Mexico’s flip from Republican to Democratic in the 1930 and 1932 elections.
Looks like the Rangers are finally going to win one at home.
November 11, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Looks like the Rangers are finally going to win one at home.
Watched “Death by Lightning” last night. I don’t know enough about the period to speak to its historical accuracy — I doubt a drunk Chester A. Arthur ever rescued Charles Guiteau from arrest — but the broad strokes seem right and it’s an entertaining watch.
November 10, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Watched “Death by Lightning” last night. I don’t know enough about the period to speak to its historical accuracy — I doubt a drunk Chester A. Arthur ever rescued Charles Guiteau from arrest — but the broad strokes seem right and it’s an entertaining watch.
Normally I’d enjoy watching Aaron Rodgers play like that but I had to start him on my fantasy team this week since Mahomes is off.
November 10, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Normally I’d enjoy watching Aaron Rodgers play like that but I had to start him on my fantasy team this week since Mahomes is off.
I suppose they’re consistent in the sense that they’re consistently advocating for a particular partisan outcome.
November 7, 2025 at 9:12 PM
I suppose they’re consistent in the sense that they’re consistently advocating for a particular partisan outcome.
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Hey wait a minute these roads lead all kinds of places
Wow! 😮🤩
There's a new interactive map of Every Known Road in the Roman Empire!! 🤓
itiner-e.org
We might have to have a lie-down.
There's a new interactive map of Every Known Road in the Roman Empire!! 🤓
itiner-e.org
We might have to have a lie-down.
November 7, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Hey wait a minute these roads lead all kinds of places
I suspect a nationwide law telling states how to draw districts would be a much heavier lift than the John Lewis Voting Rights Act. Who’s the hypothetical congressman who opposes preclearance but supports a national gerrymandering ban?
November 6, 2025 at 8:40 PM
I suspect a nationwide law telling states how to draw districts would be a much heavier lift than the John Lewis Voting Rights Act. Who’s the hypothetical congressman who opposes preclearance but supports a national gerrymandering ban?
The discourse earlier this week on blocking and lists spurred me to check which ones I’m on. Most of them are innocuous follow lists — “New Mexico,” “local news,” etc. — but this one was pretty funny. This man is very mad about beans.
November 6, 2025 at 7:24 PM
The discourse earlier this week on blocking and lists spurred me to check which ones I’m on. Most of them are innocuous follow lists — “New Mexico,” “local news,” etc. — but this one was pretty funny. This man is very mad about beans.
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The ranked choice results have been tabulated and Michael Garcia will be the next mayor of the city of Santa Fe.
Election live blog: Garcia to be next Santa Fe mayor; Feghali, Barrett win City Council
Local voters are making an array of choices today, including picking a new mayor and two new city councilors in Santa Fe.
www.santafenewmexican.com
November 5, 2025 at 5:39 AM
The ranked choice results have been tabulated and Michael Garcia will be the next mayor of the city of Santa Fe.
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Santa Fe City Councilor Michael Garcia, a longtime critic of Mayor Alan Webber, will take Webber's place on the dais after winning the city's crowded mayoral race late Tuesday.
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Santa Fe City Councilor Michael Garcia wins city's crowded mayoral race
Garcia was the front-runner throughout the night, winning by more than 10 percentage points ahead of his closest competitor, Oscar Rodriguez.
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November 5, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Santa Fe City Councilor Michael Garcia, a longtime critic of Mayor Alan Webber, will take Webber's place on the dais after winning the city's crowded mayoral race late Tuesday.
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The Albuquerque mayor's race is going to a runoff. Incumbent Tim Keller (D) received 36% of the first-round votes, and Darren White (R) received 31%.
November 5, 2025 at 6:10 AM
The Albuquerque mayor's race is going to a runoff. Incumbent Tim Keller (D) received 36% of the first-round votes, and Darren White (R) received 31%.
I’m live blogging the election results in Santa Fe as they come in tonight. Follow along here.
With 12,505 votes in the city of Santa Fe counted so far, Michael Garcia is leading for mayor with 38% of the votes tallied. Oscar Rodriguez is in second with 22% and Ronald Trujillo is in third with 13%. Justin Greene is in fourth at 10%.
Election live blog: Numbers coming in; Garcia leads for mayor
Local voters are making an array of choices today, including picking a new mayor and two new city councilors in Santa Fe.
www.santafenewmexican.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:39 AM
I’m live blogging the election results in Santa Fe as they come in tonight. Follow along here.