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From Silver City Indivisible:
We will have our normal rally on Fridays: Watts Hall 3-5 (corner Swan and 180). We are collecting can goods for The Commons at the Watts Hall rally 3-5.
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Grant County Democratic Party cannot endorse primary candidates, but we will publish announcements provided by Democratic Party candidates for the purpose of voter education. Publication does not imply endorsement of any kind.
Communism
vs
Socialism
What's the difference?
This should be required reading for all legislators




























Sign the Petition:
Project Ranger (Castelion) is moving forward with solid rocket motor manufacturing and weapons system testing and build out in our community. Not in our immediate neighborhood (Rio Rancho) , but the environmental effects can be devastating and far-reaching. Ever see a solid-booster space launch? Do we want that anywhere in NM?
Five critical bills are up for Senate vote this week, along with the appointment of Todd Blanche for Attorney General as early as Saturday Aug 8.
-- The Clarity Act: Vote NO. This bill will further deregulate cryptocurrency by removing it from the SEC.
-- S. 1748 (KOSA Act): Vote NO. This is being presented as protection for children online, but it is simply a ruse to collect more data on users, use more surveillance on users, use "age-gating," and restrict freedom of speech online.
--S. 737 The Screen Act VOTE NO (same reasons as KOSA above)
--S. 4407 The Chatbot Act VOTE NO (same reasons as KOSA above)
--S. 4199 The Youth AI Privacy Act VOTE NO (same reasons as KOSA above)
If anyone wants more info on the last 4 bills regarding online laws, there is a summary on Electronic Frontier Foundation.
Call your senators' DC offices and demand they vote NO on these bills and NO on the confirmation of Todd Blanche.
Martin Heinrich (202) 224-5521
Ben Ray Luján 202-224-6621
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Tuesday September 1
GCDP Monthly Hybrid Meeting
5:30p (potluck); 6:30p (business)
Campaign 2026 Headquarters
520 N Bullard
(Old co-op building)
For Zoom invite, email secretary@gcdp-nm.org before 4 pm
the day of the meeting.
Monday August 10
Gabe Vasquez at Party HQ
6-8 pm
Details soon
Friday, August 21st
Fundraising Reception
Deb Haaland for Governor
5:30 – 7:00pm
The Seedboat Collective
214 W Yankie St, Silver City
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Editorials and articles wanted!
Submit your own op-ed or a link to something you find significant and would like to share.
Feds to impose new cuts on lower Colorado River states amid climate-fueled megadrought
This includes the Gila Basin
Trump admin tries to rebuild election security infrastructure it gutted as midterms near
Tierney Sneed, Sean Lyngaas, Evan Perez, CNN
Big thank you to Joe Wlosinski for the link
Energy leaders tell New Mexico lawmakers large users like data centers could help modernize grid
Riiight... so they can suck up more power for themselves.
Funny thing about electric rates:
Commercial users - The bigger the user, the lower the KwH rate, as low as 6/10 of a cent off peak.
Residential users - The more we use, the higher the KwH rate.
First 450 KwH/ month - 9 cents (rounded)
Next 450 KwH/month - 15 cents
Additional KwH/month - 20 cents
Just a little food for thought.
JR
New Mexico Supreme Court strikes down Republican lawsuit challenging universal childcare
Rancher Welfare
Editorial by Glenn Griffin (PDF)
Screen Actors Guild recommends members opt out of Meta AI
Maybe we all should to protect our privacy?
Omaha Steve on Democratic Underground
Mamdani on Independence Day



