Trump’s targeting of immigrants prompts classical music quartet to cancel performance at downtown T or C venue

Image of Camerata Del Sol members courtesy of their website

Trump's disdain for the woke and immigrants, in combination with his professed unlimited executive powers, has unleashed ICE to target dissidents, intellectuals, artists, scientists, educators and journalists. Border Patrol check stations are to be avoided.

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Musk Chainsaw V: Writing or rewriting history

Elon Musk brandishing a chainsaw

The godfather has two godsons: Elon Musk, his court jester, and JD Vance, his thinker. Together, they give the godfather the appearance of majestic distance as they replace the state nationally and internationally with a corporate business. Today, I look at an Executive Order teaching us to think corporately.

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What you need to know, March 24, 2025: Medicare and Medicare Advantage coming up.

Ancient coin from Sardis (Turkey) with caduceus (c. 140-144 CE)

I am posting a link to an article on why we have Medicare, how private health insurance attacked Medicare, how Medicare Advantage turned Medicare into private profit at the expense of patient health, and the probable end of Medicare under its new director. I add my opinionated comments

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Musk Chainsaw IV: Frauds and “fraudsters”

Elon Musk brandishing a chainsaw

Several thousand people in Sierra County receive Social Security checks every month. Elon Musk's DOG-es retrieved personal information from Social Security's computer system. A court ordered that breech of government security stopped. In response, Social Security threated to shut the whole system down. Now the Commerce Secretary has weighed in.

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Special New Mexico Humanities Council event – Visionary Voices – Then and Now

Please join us for a very special event to be held April 12, 2025 in Albuquerque, NM and on April 13, 2025 in Las Cruces, NM. Three very influential, historical conservationists, John Muir, Aldo Leopold and Teddy Roosevelt will discuss the Conservation and Ethical issues of their day.

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The Water Security Act: Water doesn’t come from the tap

A bit of water in Animas Creek.

The state has reopened the comment period on its draft Rules and Regulations on Regional Water Security Councils. This article explains what this means, why it is important, and why we should all engage in these new entities of grass-roots self-government. Bottom line: water is your life.

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