A decades-long drought and population growth has left the Colorado River over-leveraged and in dire need of a new management plan before the water runs out for millions of Americans.
 Negotiations between seven states to reapportion the river’s water have been deadlocked for months, and the federal government is threatening to break the deadlock with its own management plan — whether the states like it or not.
The Department of the Interior has given Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming a deadline to reach an agreement twice, and each time the states blew past it without reaching consensus.
The federal government’s request is unprecedented in U.S. history. The Colorado River supplies water for roughly 40 million Americans. The Bureau of Reclamation has asked the Basin states to cut water usage by about one-third.
The latest deadline passed on Wednesday with six of the seven states agreeing on a plan to cut water usage, with only California dissenting. The Golden State put forward its own plan emphasizing its priority rights over the Colorado River that have been a part of the legal framework governing the basin for a century.
The lack of consensus increases the chance that the Bureau of Reclamation will devise its own plan and force the basin states to follow it whether they like it or not. The bureau needs a plan soon in order to model the water level of the river and its reservoirs and complete an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) on the basin. The EIS will inform the Department of the Interior’s long-term water management strategy.
The Colorado River has been governed under the same rough legal framework of water apportionment for the past 100 years, though it has been updated as new infrastructure has been added and court cases have been settled. The body of law that governs the basin is collectively known as “<a href="https://www.usbr.gov/lc/region/g1000/lawofrvr.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Law of the River</a>.”
The cornerstone of that legal framework was set in 1922 in an agreement called the Colorado River Compact. The agreement divided the basin into upper and lower halves and guaranteed each 7.5 million acre-feet of water from the river. The Mexican Water Treaty of 1944 allotted 1.5 million acre-feet of the Colorado River to Mexico. One acre-foot is about the amount of water two or three households use in a year.
The upper basin, where the Colorado River originates, consists of parts of Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming and is above the river’s two reservoirs: Lake Powell, behind Glen Canyon Dam, and Lake Mead, behind Hoover Dam. The lower basin states – Arizona, California, and Nevada – are located roughly below the reservoirs and can pull from them, whereas the upper basin must rely on the river’s natural flow.
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The 1922 agreement that set out the apportionment for the upper and lower basins may always have been too optimistic. The compact <a href="https://www.nationalreview.com/magazine/2022/07/11/running-dry-in-the-american-west/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">estimated</a> the Colorado River’s annual flows at 17 million acre-feet. In the century since, the river has averaged about 12 million acre-feet annually. The compact, we now know, was drawn up during the river’s wettest season in the past 500 years, according to Shawn Regan, vice president of research at the Property and Environment Research Center.
In addition to poor planning and population growth, the river is under stress from an extended drought that has beat down on the American West for over two decades. A study <a href="https://apnews.com/article/climate-science-west-megadrought-f02449c2db4f0ebeb1557bb39504c62d" target="_blank" rel="noopener">published</a> last year suggests that the West is the driest it’s been in 1,200 years.
“In the Colorado River Basin, the period from 2000 through 2021 has been the driest 22-year period recorded in more than 100 years of record-keeping,” Tanya Trujillo, an experienced water lawyer and Interior’s assistant secretary for Water and Science, <a href="https://www.doi.gov/ocl/colorado-river-drought-conditions" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> Congress in 2021. “The reservoir system was 95 percent full in 2000, but as of September 28th, Colorado River system reservoirs sit at just 39 percent, the lowest levels since they began to fill.”
The water level has continued to drop since Trujillo’s testimony. The strain is evident in the Colorado River basin’s two major reservoirs. Lakes Powell and Mead are both at all-time lows. Lake Mead, in particular, has made a number of ghastly headlines over the past year as its water level has dropped, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/sixth-set-of-skeletal-remains-found-in-lake-mead" target="_blank" rel="noopener">revealing</a> sunken ships and bodies weighted and sunk to its lake bed.
Officials across the seven states fear what could happen as each reservoir approaches two low-water <a href="https://www.nevadacurrent.com/2022/05/16/what-is-dead-pool-a-water-expert-explains/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">benchmarks</a>, each of which would have severe consequences.
The first and highest benchmark is known as the minimum power pool elevation: the level at which the lakes need to sit in order for their dams to produce hydropower.
The Glen Canyon and Hoover dams produce power for millions of Americans. Should that power be cut off, the worst effects could be mitigated by siphoning power from other parts of the U.S. electrical grid.
The scenario officials are seeking to avoid at all costs, which would likely have catastrophic effects, takes place at the lower benchmark, a condition known as “dead pool.” If the reservoirs reach dead pool status, no more water can flow downriver from the lakes. The effects would be disastrous for cities such as Los Angeles, which <a href="https://viterbi.usc.edu/water/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">gets</a> half its water from the Colorado River, and Las Vegas, which <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/31/us/california-water-proposal-colorado-river-climate/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">gets</a> 90% of its water from the Colorado.
Despite the urgency, officials across the seven states have not been able to agree on a way to collectively cut down water usage from the Colorado by two to four million acre-feet as the Interior Department has requested. The brunt of the responsibility to cut has fallen on the lower basin states. The upper basin states are only <a href="https://www.coloradoriverdistrict.org/imbalances-in-the-colorado-river-basin/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pulling</a> about half their legal allotment of water because the drought has crippled the river upstream.
The lower basin states cannot agree on how to implement the cuts. The two sides on Wednesday clashed to a large extent on California’s insistence that priority water rights, a feature of the current legal framework that give priority to claims to the Colorado River’s water made earlier, still apply.
“[D]espite big disagreements about how to approach this, we have unanimity among all seven states that very deep cuts in Lower Basin water use are needed,” University of New Mexico professor and Colorado River expert John Fleck <a href="https://www.inkstain.net/2023/02/deadpool-diaries-the-numbers-in-the-states-two-proposals/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a> Wednesday. The two sides both presented plans based on cuts that scale up as the water level in Lake Mead falls.
“The difference is in timing,” Fleck wrote. “California’s cuts don’t kick in until later – essentially a gamble on good hydrology once again helping us avoid conflict by letting us use more water in the short term.”
Officials in Arizona, which has the second-largest water usage in the lower basin behind California, recognized California’s legal claim, but said the approach simply is not realistic.
“If you want to model cutting off most or all of the water supply of 27 million Americans, you can go through the exercise but implementing that on the ground would have the direst consequence for almost 10% of the country,” Southern Nevada Water Authority general manager John Enstminger told <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/31/us/california-water-proposal-colorado-river-climate/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CNN</a>.

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Over 40 Million People Rely On Water From The Colorado River. It’s Dangerously Close To Drying Up.

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Prosecutors have charged actor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/alec-baldwin" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Alec Baldwin</a> with involuntary manslaughter in connection with the shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins in 2021 on the set of the film &#8220;Rust.&#8221;
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/new-mexico" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New Mexico</a> First Judicial District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies announced the charge during a press conference on Thursday morning, according to <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/alec-baldwin-charged-manslaughter-fatal-shooting-set-rust-d-says-rcna7189">NBC News</a>. Hannah Gutierrez Reed, who was the armorer on the film set where Hutchins was fatally shot, will be charged with involuntary manslaughter, as well.
New Mexico criminal law classifies involuntary manslaughter as a fourth degree-felony carrying a maximum sentence of 18 months in prison.
First assistant director David Halls agreed to plead guilty to negligent use of a deadly weapon, according to Carmack-Altwies&#8217; office.
Hutchins&#8217; family released a statement through its attorney, Brian Panish, after the charges were announced.
“We want to thank the Santa Fe Sheriff and the District Attorney for concluding their thorough investigation and determining that charges for involuntary manslaughter are warranted for the killing of Halyna Hutchins with conscious disregard for human life,&#8221; the <a href="https://twitter.com/Angenette5/status/1616109017511890944">statement</a> said. &#8220;Our independent investigation also supports that charges are warranted. It is a comfort to the family that, in New Mexico, no one is above the law. We support the charges, will fully cooperate with this prosecution, and fervently hope the justice system works to protect the public and hold accountable those who break the law.”
The charges come after the Santa Fe Sheriff&#8217;s Office turned over a 500-page report on its investigation to prosecutors in October. The report contains redactions, but the investigation <a href="https://www.krqe.com/news/new-mexico/santa-fe-co-sheriff-releases-full-rust-shooting-investigation/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">found</a> that Baldwin fired a gun with live ammunition. The report also paints a chaotic picture of what happened the day of the shooting, as well as documents repeated problems with firearms on the set.
A report signed by the New Mexico chief medical investigator found Hutchins&#8217; death to be an &#8220;accident,&#8221; according to CNN.
“Review of available law enforcement reports showed no compelling demonstration that the firearm was intentionally loaded with live ammunition on set. Based on all available information, including the absence of obvious intent to cause harm or death, the manner of death is best classified as accident,” the report <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/19/entertainment/rust-movie-shooting-alec-baldwin-charges-decision/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>.
Baldwin has rejected culpability in Hutchins&#8217; death. In December 2021, Baldwin <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/baldwin-on-if-he-feels-guilt-for-killing-halyna-hutchins-no-someone-is-responsible-its-not-me">told</a> George Stephanopoulos in an interview on ABC News that &#8220;I didn’t pull the trigger&#8221; of the prop gun that fired and killed Hutchins. Baldwin further denied responsibility in Hutchins&#8217; death.
&#8220;I feel that someone is responsible for what happened and I can’t say who that is, but I know it’s not me,&#8221; Baldwin told the host. &#8220;I might have killed myself if I thought I was responsible, and I don’t say that lightly.&#8221;

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Alec Baldwin Charged With Involuntary Manslaughter Over 2021 ‘Rust’ Shooting

Alec Baldwin Expected To Face Manslaughter Charge Over 2021 ‘Rust’ Shooting

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Many cities that cracked down on <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/homelessness" target="_blank" rel="noopener">homelessness</a> have been hit with legal challenges over their new restrictions.
New York City, Dallas, and other cities that tried to aggressively address their homeless problem — and the drug, crime, and public nuisance issues that accompany it — are now <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/as-cities-get-tough-on-homelessness-legal-battles-follow-11673960273?mod=us_lead_story" target="_blank" rel="noopener">defending</a> their policies in court.
In New York City, civil rights groups are attempting to block Mayor Eric Adams&#8217; initiative to hospitalize homeless people who are severely mentally ill and appear to be a danger to themselves.
“If severe mental illness is causing someone to be unsheltered and a danger to themselves, we have a moral obligation to help them get the treatment and care they need,” Adams <a href="https://nypost.com/2022/11/29/nyc-to-involuntarily-commit-more-mentally-unstable-people/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> when he announced the plan.
In December, several civil rights groups <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/new-york-city-plan-to-involuntarily-hospitalize-some-mentally-ill-homeless-faces-legal-challenge-11670540243?mod=article_inline" target="_blank" rel="noopener">asked</a> a federal judge to block the policy, claiming it is unconstitutional and violates the Americans with Disabilities Act.
New York&#8217;s policy sometimes involves confiscating homeless people&#8217;s belongings as they are removed from public property and taken to a hospital. The city&#8217;s move comes amid concerns that the city&#8217;s homeless crisis is becoming more visible and spiraling out of control.
Also last month, Dallas was <a href="https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/dallas-sued-for-banning-panhandlers-from-standing-on-medians-15486363" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sued</a> over its October policy restricting people hanging around road medians, where homeless people often panhandle. City officials said the policy is for public safety because people can get hit by passing cars. However, the homeless people and their advocates who sued the city argued the policy violates their First Amendment rights.
Albuquerque was <a href="https://www.kxan.com/news/national-news/ap-new-mexico-city-sued-for-hounding-harassing-the-homeless/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sued</a> last month by homeless people and the ACLU of New Mexico for removing homeless encampments and arresting and fining people living on the street, allegedly violating their civil rights.
Similarly, Phoenix was <a href="https://www.12news.com/article/news/local/valley/aclu-sues-city-of-phoenix-stop-sweeps-homeless-camp/75-232de857-bdf8-411d-9e13-e8250fe89d70" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sued</a> last month by the ACLU of Arizona over sweeps of a huge homeless encampment downtown.
“Rather than confront its housing crisis head-on and invest in sustainable solutions to homelessness, the City is terrorizing the very people it should be helping,” the complaint reads.
In San Francisco, which has one of the nation&#8217;s worst homeless and drug crises, homeless people and their advocates sued the city for fining and arresting homeless people as a way to get them out of public spaces. They also complained that the city throws out homeless people&#8217;s tents and other belongings without enough warning.
Recently, the Ninth Circuit federal appeals court has limited what some West Coast cities with severe homeless crises can do to address the problem if they can&#8217;t offer appropriate shelter.
“It is a serious, serious, problem, probably the biggest crisis we’re facing right now, and I think these decisions are at the heart of what has gone wrong here,” attorney Theane Evangelis, who <a href="https://www.gibsondunn.com/lawyer/evangelis-theane/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">defended</a> an Oregon city&#8217;s homeless policy in the 9th Circuit, told <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/as-cities-get-tough-on-homelessness-legal-battles-follow-11673960273" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Wall Street Journal</a>.
“They’ve caused paralysis at a time when we need action,” Evangelis said.
A federal judge has temporarily banned San Francisco from taking those actions to combat the homeless issue, citing Ninth Circuit rulings.
Back in 2021, Austin was sued for not doing enough to address the city&#8217;s homeless problem. A group of Austin business owners and others <a href="https://www.kxan.com/news/local/austin/save-austin-now-business-owners-say-austin-is-failing-to-enforce-camping-ban-in-new-lawsuit/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sued</a> the city for not enforcing its public property camping ban.

Demonstration Held At NYC’s City Hall Against Mayor Adams’ Plan For Mentally Ill Homeless

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A failed New Mexico political candidate allegedly paid men to shoot up the homes of other lawmakers after he lost his 2022 election bid, according to police.
Solomon Peña, who ran for the state House as a Republican, was arrested on Monday in connection with a string of shootings that the Albuquerque Police Department said targeted the homes of various Democratic lawmakers, according to the <a href="https://www.abqjournal.com/2565117/solomon-pena-arrested-in-shootings-targeting-new-mexico-democratic-politicians-homes.html">Alburquerque Journal</a>. The victims include two county commissioners and two state lawmakers, all Democrats. No one was injured.
&#8220;Peña, an unsuccessful legislative candidate in the 2022 election, is accused of conspiring with, and paying four other men to shoot at the homes of 2 county commissioners and 2 state legislators,&#8221; said Police Chief Harold Medina.
Police said five people were involved in the string of shootings, at least two of which were allegedly committed by others and one of which was allegedly committed by Peña. His alleged involvement was deciphered, in part, using cell phone records.
Peña has been relatively quiet since he failed to win the 14th district, which has historically been Democratic but was recently redrawn. His last tweet from his campaign account was posted on November 15. It said he was &#8220;researching my options.&#8221;
According to the Albuquerque Journal, Peña has been in trouble with the law before, having served nearly 7 years in prison for theft beginning in 2008. His conviction was the subject of scrutiny during the campaign, and his political opponent, Rep. Miguel P. Garcia, tried and failed to have him disqualified over it. Garcia ended up winning by 3,600 votes.
Peña disputed the election results, and according to the <a href="https://www.wpri.com/news/us-and-world/ap-ex-gop-candidate-arrested-in-shootings-at-lawmakers-homes/">Associated Press</a>, confronted some county and state lawmakers over the results. The conversations didn&#8217;t go anywhere, and the shootings started in the following weeks.

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Failed NM Political Candidate Paid For Shootings At Lawmakers’ Homes, Police Say

Failed NM Political Candidate Paid For Shootings At Lawmakers' Homes, Police Say

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A New Mexico judge and her pets were allegedly killed in a murder-suicide by her husband, according to police.
Village of Los Ranchos Municipal Judge Diane Albert, 65, died in the Friday shooting allegedly at the hands of her husband Eric Pinkerton, 63, who also shot and killed several pets before turning the gun on himself, according to the Bernalillo County Sheriff&#8217;s Office (BCSO).
&#8220;A friend of the decedents contacted deputies after receiving a troubling message from Eric Pinkerton. Upon arrival deputies located the decedents inside the residence along with several dead animals,&#8221; the BSCO&#8217;s Twitter account noted.
&#8220;Eric Pinkerton is believed to have shot his wife and several animals in the house before shooting himself,&#8221; it added, confirming the identities of the two deceased individuals.
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This is believed to be a Murder-suicide. A friend of the decedents contacted deputies after receiving a troubling message from Eric Pinkerton. Upon arrival deputies located the decedents inside the residence along with several dead animals. <a href="https://t.co/d5cA7ERdZk">https://t.co/d5cA7ERdZk</a>
&mdash; BCSO (Sheriff) NM (@BCSONM) <a href="https://twitter.com/BCSONM/status/1596615695516639232?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 26, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Local KOAT-TV <a href="https://www.koat.com/article/bcso-homicide-in-nw-abq/42071323#" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that dispatch information said, &#8220;He left a voice-mail to his friend stating that he murdered his wife and his dogs and his cat. And he is about to murder himself.&#8221;
Police conducted a welfare check following the reported message at 820 Ranchitos Rd. NW in Los Ranchos, where they discovered the bodies of the couple and dead animals.
&#8220;We are heartsick hearing the news of this senseless tragedy,&#8221; Los Ranchos Administrator Ann Simon <a href="https://www.kunm.org/kunm-news-update/2022-11-28/mon-nm-supreme-court-justice-cites-security-concerns-in-pushing-exemption-to-public-records-law-more" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. &#8220;Diane Albert, our elected municipal judge, was a longtime Los Ranchos resident, a brilliant mind, and a friend. We can&#8217;t ignore that this happened on the International Day for Elimination of Violence Against Women.&#8221;
KUNM Radio in New Mexico <a href="https://www.kunm.org/kunm-news-update/2022-11-28/mon-nm-supreme-court-justice-cites-security-concerns-in-pushing-exemption-to-public-records-law-more" target="_blank" rel="noopener">added</a> that Albert was a municipal judge for the Village of Los Ranchos, which borders Albuquerque. The judge also served as a former planning and zoning commissioner for the North Valley community, was a Los Alamos County commissioner, and was the president of the Bike Coalition of New Mexico.
Several other state leaders shared tributes on social media regarding the judge&#8217;s death.
&#8220;I am shocked and heartbroken by the senseless shooting death of Diane Albert, Municipal Judge for Los Ranchos, NM, former Los Alamos Co. Councilor and an accomplished &amp; beloved individual. My thoughts are with her many friends, her family and the entire community of Los Ranchos,&#8221; New Mexico Lt. Gov. Howie Morales tweeted on Sunday.
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I am shocked and heartbroken by the senseless shooting death of Diane Albert, Municipal Judge for Los Ranchos, NM, former Los Alamos Co. Councilor and an accomplished &amp; beloved individual. My thoughts are with her many friends, her family and the entire community of Los Ranchos.
&mdash; Lt. Governor Howie Morales (@LtGovMorales) <a href="https://twitter.com/LtGovMorales/status/1596977747368124416?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 27, 2022</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;This terrible tragedy is a stark reminder of how much more we have to do to end the scourge of domestic violence in New Mexico,&#8221; he added.

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New Mexico Judge And Her Pets Killed By Husband In Alleged Murder-Suicide, Police Say

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A <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/new-mexico" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New Mexico</a> mother used her children to allegedly traffic a fatal dose of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/fentanyl" target="_blank" rel="noopener">fentanyl</a> to their father, according to the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/department-of-justice" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Department of Justice</a>.
Authorities arrested and charged Magdalena Silva Banuelos, 46, with distribution of a controlled substance resulting in death, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Texas <a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndtx/pr/mother-accused-using-children-mule-fatal-fentanyl" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> on Tuesday. Silva Banuelos’ boyfriend and father of her two sons died in an airport bathroom in May after overdosing on fentanyl.
“I feel for these children. To lose one parent due to the actions of the other is a calamity for a child,” U.S. Attorney Chad Meacham said in a statement. “This defendant allegedly concealed fentanyl – a synthetic opioid 50 times more potent than heroin – in her own minor sons’ luggage. This drug has stolen too many futures and ruined too many lives. The Justice Department remains determined to hold accountable those who spread it.”
Silva Banuelos faces up to life in prison if convicted. The charge carries a mandatory minimum sentence of 20 years.
The defendant placed her two sons, ages 8 and 10, on a flight from Albuquerque to Dallas on May 31 to visit her on-again, off-again boyfriend — the boys&#8217; father. Surveillance video shows the father meeting his sons at the gate, going through their luggage, and entering a nearby airport bathroom at 10:26 p.m., according to authorities. The man died a short time later after overdosing on fentanyl.
At a November 17 detention hearing in New Mexico, prosecutors said the defendant “used her minor children to mule drugs.”
Investigators recovered a makeup container holding more than a gram of fentanyl from inside the bathroom stall the man died in. Investigators also recovered a series of text messages between the defendant and the deceased that, according to authorities, suggest she knew about the fentanyl and trafficked it to him using their children. According to the DOJ, the messages said:
<blockquote>“Hey you need to be careful,” she wrote a few hours before he died.
“Yes ma’am. Very slow and easy,” he replied.
“Just one and then wait you’ll see,” she said. “Just one.”
“Ok cool. Thank you. Will do,” he said.
“No passing out on the kitchen floor,” she responded. “Seriously you could od. No dying on the kitchen floor … It’s going to f*** you up!!!&#8221;</blockquote>
“This arrest and detention is yet another example of the devastation that fentanyl continues to reap on families throughout the country. The actions of Ms. Banuelos risked the lives of her minor children by concealing a highly potent drug in their luggage during a flight from Albuquerque to Dallas,” Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) acting Special Agent in Charge W. Guy Baker said. “The DEA will continue to work side-by-side with our state and local partners in investigating drug related poisonings and overdose deaths to hold those accountable for their actions.”

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Mother Charged With Using Sons Ages 8, 10 To ‘Mule’ Lethal Dose Of Fentanyl To Their Father

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Incumbent New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham defeated her Republican opponent, Mark Ronchetti, in the state&#8217;s gubernatorial race, <a href="https://results.decisiondeskhq.com/national/2022-senate">according</a> to a projection by Decision Desk HQ.
Ronchetti ran a much closer race in the closing weeks of the campaign to unseat Lujan Grisham than was expected in a state President Joe Biden <a href="https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2022/governor/nm/new_mexico_governor_ronchetti_vs_lujan_grisham-7646.html">won</a> by nearly 12 points in 2020. Lujan Grisham, like Democrats across the United States, ran against strong electoral headwinds driven by high inflation, rising crime, and other issues. Biden’s sagging popularity also weighed down Democratic excitement.
Lujan Grisham, 63, sought to make abortion a key issue in the race. “I want to make clear what the stakes are in this election,” Lujan Grisham <a href="https://apnews.com/article/abortion-elections-new-mexico-campaigns-gun-politics-0f630a67c550c0ecdfadf4f535fb6730">said</a> in the campaign&#8217;s second debate. “A woman’s equality and right to make deeply personal health care decisions is on the ballot in New Mexico.”
Ronchetti ran on moderate abortion policy, supporting a 15-week abortion ban with exceptions for rape, incest, and when the life of the mother is at risk. He also supported a ballot measure for New Mexicans to vote on if they support further restrictions.
Ronchetti, a 49-year-old former meteorologist, largely focused his campaign on education, crime, and economic issues.
The New Mexico gubernatorial race was complicated by the Libertarian candidate Karen Bedonie. Republicans accused Bedonie of running as a spoiler to take some of Ronchetti’s vote and help Lujan Grisham win a second term in office. Bedonie <a href="https://www.abqjournal.com/2545975/bedonie-ronchetti-cant-win-govs-race-with-me-in-the-way.html">denied</a> the allegations.
Bedonie said in an October 16 video posted to her Facebook page that “the only comfort I find in this race is that man cannot win with me in the way. … That man cannot win this race. He will never be governor as long as I’m alive and well, and in this race.”
In the final days of the campaign, an Albuquerque attorney <a href="https://www.abqjournal.com/2546162/tv-station-faces-claims-debate-questions-were-leaked.html">posted</a> what he said were screenshots of text messages showing Lujan Grisham’s 2018 campaign coordinated with a KOB-TV ahead of the local outlet’s debate.
Ronchetti <a href="https://markronchetti.com/bombshell-texts-reveal-kob-provided-debate-questions-and-script-to-michelle-lujan-grisham-weeks-in-advance/">called</a> for the news station to begin an internal investigation into the alleged texts to verify if Lujan Grisham did receive debate questions ahead of time, and if so, to investigate whether the New Mexico governor received a similar advantage ahead of this year’s debate. The Ronchetti campaign also ran a billboard with the word “cheater” over Lujan Grisham’s likeness outside of a rally Biden held with the governor last week.
Lujan Grisham’s campaign accused Ronchetti of “cooking up bizarre and ridiculous conspiracy theories about Gov. Lujan Grisham’s 2018 victory.”
Lujan Grisham was also <a href="https://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_news/former-spokesman-who-accused-lujan-grisham-of-abuse-breaks-silence/article_532aff34-5609-11ed-82f0-e3a564f86e66.html">dogged</a> by allegations she groped a former staffer. James Hallinan, who worked as Lujan Grisham’s communications director for her 2018 campaign, accused the governor three years ago of groping him. Hallinan’s allegations have resurfaced in the governor’s race in attack ads against Lujan Grisham.
Grisham has denied Hallinan’s accusations. Expense reports from Lujan Grisham’s campaign reveal that it had paid out a settlement to a law firm representing Hallinan. The payments were titled “legal expenses” without explicit mention to Hallinan’s allegations.

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President Joe Biden will stump for Democratic <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/new-mexico" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New Mexico</a> Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham ahead of her closely-contested race.
The White House announced Thursday that Biden would travel to New Mexico to attend events with Grisham on November 3. No additional details were given, but the events will occur less than a week from Election Day of the 2022 midterms; it also comes in the middle of a series of campaign events that Biden will attend in Florida and Pennsylvania. The news comes as a new poll showed Grisham trailing Republican challenger Mark Ronchetti.
Insider magazine politics reporter Bryan Metzger shared a screenshot of the White House&#8217;s official announcement. &#8220;On Thursday, November 3, the President will travel to New Mexico for events with Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham and other state and local officials,&#8221; the announcement said. &#8220;Additional details to follow.&#8221;
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While the White House did not announce the specific reasons for the trip, the circumstances indicate that the White House is attempting to boost Grisham in the final days of the campaign.
Vice President Kamala Harris visited the state Tuesday to attend a fundraiser at the University of New Mexico, the <a href="https://www.abqjournal.com/2543226/vice-president-visits-nm-to-campaign-for-lujan-grisham.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Albuquerque Journal</a> reported. Biden&#8217;s visit also comes in the middle of two other campaign events that Biden will attend for Democrats in key races. Biden will attend a rally on November 1 in Miami Gardens, Florida, where he will stump for Democratic gubernatorial candidate Charlie Crist and Senate candidate Val Demings, the <a href="https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida-politics/elections/2022/10/26/biden-trump-miami-rally-crist-demings-rubio/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tampa Bay Times</a> reported. Then on November 5, Biden and former President Barack Obama will attend campaign events for Democratic Pennsylvania gubernatorial candidate Josh Shapiro and Senate candidate John Fetterman in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. Biden and Harris are also attending a fundraiser for Fetterman on Friday, <a href="https://www.axios.com/2022/10/24/obama-biden-campaign-fetterman-shapiro" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Axios</a> reported.
Biden&#8217;s trip also comes after a new poll from the <a href="https://www.thetrafalgargroup.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/NM-General-Poll-Report-1024.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Trafalgar Group</a> showed that Grisham is trailing Ronchetti in her re-election campaign. The poll showed that Ronchetti, a former weatherman for Albuquerque-based news station KQRE, leads Grisham by just over one point, 46.6%-45.5%; 4% of voters were undecided. Grisham is struggling from the fallout over her COVID policies; as well as <a href="https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-new-mexico-campaign-finance-michelle-lujan-grisham-health-37c0fe2024e62fef22a9bea8c180c535" target="_blank" rel="noopener">controversy from 2021</a> in which she allegedly grabbed a gay male staffer&#8217;s genitals, then reached a $150,000 settlement with the staffer to quash claims of sexual harassment.
Ronchetti reacted to the news of Biden&#8217;s appearance on <a href="https://twitter.com/MarkRonchettiNM/status/1585723001936306176?s=20&amp;t=EuaNVjUSdo0B83qeJUdXow" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Twitter</a>. &#8220;I look forward to Pres. @JoeBiden coming to New Mexico to campaign for @Michelle4NM,&#8221; Ronchetti said. &#8220;Biden-MLG policies have led to higher gas prices, open borders, and drugs in our neighborhoods. New Mexicans know how out of touch Joe Biden and MLG are with kitchen table issues.&#8221;
&#8220;Our campaign is excited to have President Biden come to town!&#8221; Ronchetti&#8217;s campaign manager, <a href="https://twitter.com/jeffglassburner/status/1585723497485021184?s=20&amp;t=XQ2JAXY6dIfI6rQd5l2-hg" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jeff Glassburner</a>, added in a tweet of his own. &#8220;Can he stay in New Mexico a couple days and not just one?&#8221;
Republican Governors&#8217; Association spokesman <a href="https://twitter.com/willreinert/status/1585724493577695232?s=20&amp;t=iedOmxPXcsPAHypiZpj2hw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Will Reinert</a> said that Biden&#8217;s campaign stop was trying to fill an enthusiasm gap among Democratic voters. &#8220;A sign of a major enthusiasm gap,&#8221; he wrote. &#8220;@Michelle4NM thought she could win running on abortion &#8211; the 3rd most important issue to voters. @MarkRonchettiNM centered his campaign around #1 &amp; #2 most important issues &#8211; economy &amp; crime &#8211; and it&#8217;s paying dividends.&#8221;

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There really was gold down in an abandoned <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/new-mexico" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New Mexico</a> mine – in the form of a vintage pair of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/levis-jeans-pledges-1-million-gun-control-groups-emily-zanotti/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Levi&#8217;s</a> that sold at auction for a stunning $76,000.
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The blue jeans, from the 1880s, were found by self-described “denim historian” Michael Harris in the mine, <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/jeans-vintage-levis-1880s-auction-buyer-11665444076" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Wall Street Journal reported</a>. They may have been worn by a Gold Rush prospector, and are considered the “holy grail of vintage denim collecting.”
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“I’m still kind of bewildered, just surprised in myself for even purchasing them,” said Kyle Haupert, who bought the pants at an October 1 Durango Vintage Festivus in Aztec, New Mexico.
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“These speak for themselves,&#8217; Haupert wrote on Instagram. “One of the oldest known pairs of Levi&#8217;s to exist.”
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A pair of vintage Levi’s jeans from the 1880’s found in an abandoned New Mexico mine shaft have sold at auction for $87,000. <a href="https://t.co/nF1OP0O5pc">pic.twitter.com/nF1OP0O5pc</a>
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Haupert, a 23-year-old vintage clothing dealer from San Diego, and colleague Zip Stevenson, paid a total of $87,400 including the buyer’s premium. Stevenson has run a Los Angeles store called Denim Doctors since 1994.
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“He&#8217;s seen everything under the sun,” Haupert said of Stevenson. “I trust him to confirm that they are an authentic pair from the 1880s.”
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The jeans have a waist measurement of 38 inches and a 32-inch inseam and have suspender buttons on the waist and a single back pocket. They still bear wax drippings from where their owner worked by candlelight but were listed at auction as being in “good, wearable condition.”
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The lining of the jeans is printed with the phrase “The only kind made by white labor,” which the Journal reported is a slogan the San Francisco-based company used following the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act, which prevented Chinese workers from getting jobs. The company ended the policy in the 1890s, and the act itself was repealed in 1943.
Levi Strauss, a German immigrant whose family moved its dry goods business to San Francisco amid the Gold Rush, founded the company that bears his name in 1853.
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Seller and vintage clothing expert Brit Eaton, who hosts the auction, said he bought the jeans from Harris around 2017 for $23,000.
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“I knew they&#8217;d be a big draw,” Eaton told the Journal.
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The highest known price ever paid for a pair of jeans was $1.3 million for diamond-studded dungarees made by Secret Circus Clothing, <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11307191/Pair-Levis-1880s-denim-archaeologist-New-Mexico-shaft-sell-87k.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the Daily Mail reported</a>.
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Vintage Levi’s Found In Abandoned Mine Sell For Jaw-Dropping Price

Vintage Levi's Found In Abandoned Mine Sell For Jaw-Dropping Price

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Alec Baldwin has reached a settlement with the family of Halyna Hutchins, the cinematographer who was killed on the &#8220;Rust&#8221; movie set last year.
The undisclosed settlement in the wrongful death lawsuit against Baldwin and others involved in the film was announced in a statement from Hutchins&#8217; husband, Matthew Hutchins, on Wednesday.
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Baldwin posted an <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CjVZ-9GO0z-/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">update</a> regarding the settlement on his Instagram account on Wednesday.
&#8220;We are pleased to announce today the settlement of the civil case filed on behalf of the family of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins,&#8221; he said.
The Instagram announcement further revealed that the &#8220;Rust&#8221; film would resume production in January. Matthew Hutchins will be an executive producer on the film and receive a portion of the profits.
Rust Movie Productions also released a <a href="https://deadline.com/2022/10/alec-baldwin-rust-halyna-hutchins-settlement-1235135693/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a> to Deadline regarding the announcement.
“We are pleased the parties came together to resolve this matter, which, subject to court approval, marks an important step forward in celebrating Halyna’s life and honoring her work,&#8221; attorney Melina Spadone of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman said.
The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/alec-baldwin-says-latest-report-on-fatal-rust-shooting-exonerates-him" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> in April that Baldwin said a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-new-mexico-fines-rust-production-company-max-penalty-over-alec-baldwin-involved-shooting">report</a> from the New Mexico Occupational Health and Safety Bureau exonerated him from the on-set shooting that killed Hutchins and wounded director Joel Souza.
“We are grateful to the New Mexico Occupational Health and Safety Bureau for investigating this matter,” Baldwin’s attorney said in a statement. “We appreciate the report exonerates Mr. Baldwin by making clear that he believed the gun held only dummy rounds.”
New Mexico workplace safety regulators previously fined Rust Movie Productions $136,793 and issued a “scathing” review of the production company’s safety practices, <a href="https://apnews.com/article/alec-baldwin-entertainment-business-new-mexico-shootings-593c19fdb4dd7657aaaeacd85c689456" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to</a> an April report by the Associated Press.

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Former <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/new-mexico">New Mexico</a> Democratic Governor Bill Richardson is planning to go to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/russia">Russia</a> to try to win the release of WNBA star <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/brittney-griners-wife-begs-biden-to-get-wnba-star-freed-from-russia">Brittney Griner</a>, according to a report.
Richardson, who served as energy secretary and UN ambassador in the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/bill-clinton">Clinton administration</a> and has mounted several private diplomatic missions over the last few decades, is expected to go to Moscow in the coming weeks, <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/International/gov-bill-richardson-travel-moscow-talks-freeing-brittney/story?id=86531091">ABC News reported</a>.
&#8220;We asked the Richardson Center to help and I&#8217;m encouraged that he might be going,&#8221; Griner’s wife, Cherelle Griner, said in a statement to the network.
Last week, the 6-foot, 9-inch Phoenix Mercury star, who has been held in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/russia">Russia</a> on drug charges since February 17 despite U.S. diplomatic efforts to win her release, pleaded guilty Thursday to bringing hashish oil into the country. Griner, however, said she did not intend to do so. She was playing in the off-season for a Russian team when she was allegedly caught with illegal vape cartridges at the airport.
The guilty plea sparked speculation it could pave the way for a prisoner swap. Russia reportedly wants the release of arms dealer Viktor Bout, who is known as “the Merchant of Death” and is serving a 25-year sentence in the United States, in exchange for Griner.
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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/brittney-griners-wife-begs-biden-to-get-wnba-star-freed-from-russia">Griner</a> had flown to Russia to finish her season for UMMC Ekaterinburg when she was arrested. The team competes in the Russian Premier League and FIBA Europe’s EuroLeague. WNBA players can make far bigger salaries playing in Europe and Asia during the league’s off-season than they can earn in the United States, where interest in women’s basketball is limited.
Richardson in 2011 founded the Richardson Center, a foundation that works to negotiate the release of political prisoners globally. He most recently helped arrange a prisoner swap that brought home former U.S. Marine Trevor Reed after nearly two and a half years in captivity in Russia. He also worked to win the release of Otto Warmbier, who was held in North Korea until 2017, when he was sent back to the U.S. in a vegetative state.
In addition to representing the Griner family, Richardson is working on behalf of the family of Paul Whelan, another former Marine who has been held in Russia for more than three years.
Griner faces up to 10 years in prison if convicted of large-scale transportation of drugs.
The White House National Security Council told ABC it was in contact with Richardson and “valued his efforts” but declined to say more.
Richardson was tied to the sex trafficking case of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/jeffrey-epstein">Jeffrey Epstein</a> in 2019, when his name surfaced in a civil suit Epstein victim Virginia Roberts Giuffre filed against Epstein crony Ghislaine Maxwell. Giuffre alleged she was trafficked to Richardson, among other high-profile men while she was underage. Richardson denied the claim.

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Two <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/new-mexico">New Mexico</a> wildfires now merged into the single biggest blaze in the state&#8217;s history were both started by a federal government agency, officials admitted Friday.
Both blazes were sparked by &#8220;pile burns,&#8221; fires set to get rid of wood and debris from thinning and reforestation projects, the <a href="https://www.abqjournal.com/2503225/officials-pile-burn-caused-calf-canyon-fire.html">Albuquerque Journal reported</a>. Although those fires are meant to be controlled burns, in both cases they have raged out of the control of the Santa Fe National Forest Service. The two wildfires, the Calf Canyon Fire and the the Hermits Peak Fire, have now merged. Between them, they have burned more than 312,00 acres and destroyed nearly 800 structures, including hundreds of homes.
“The Santa Fe National Forest is 100 percent focused on suppressing these fires with the support of the Type 1 incident management teams who are fully prepared to manage complex, all-risk situations,” SFNF supervisor Debbie Cress said. “Our commitment is to manage the public lands entrusted to us by improving the forest’s resilience to the many stressors they are facing, including larger, hotter wildfires, historic levels of drought, rising temperatures, and insects and disease.”
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More than 3,000 personnel are battling the blaze in the state, which as of Friday morning was 47% contained.
The Calf Canyon Fire grew out of the Gallinas Canyon Wildland Urban Interface pile burn, which concluded January 29. Although officials though the fire had been extinguished, and it snowed in the region three times afterward, on April 9, crews responded to smoke in the vicinity. Crews monitored the fire until 10 days later, when it “reignited and escaped containment lines.” High winds caused “significant fire spread,” and the fire merged with the Hermits Peak Fire.
The Forest Service called the event a holdover fire, or sleeper fire – “a fire that remains dormant for a considerable time.”
The National Park Service reported 14 new fires were started as of May 20 in its southwest region, with nine fires burning more than 568,751 acres. Last week, U.S. Forest Service Chief Randy Moore announced a pause of prescribed burns in all National Forest lands.
While officials expect to get the Calf Canyon/Hermits Peak Fire under control in the coming days, on the western side of New Mexico, wildfire dubbed the Black Fire is growing fast. It has consumed nearly 200,000 acres and is showing no signs of slowing down, according to <a href="https://meteorant.com/2022/05/27/57/hermits-peak-and-calf-canyon-fire-activity-winding-down-the-black-fire-grew-to-191459">Meteorant.com</a>.

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