desertlavender
@desertlavender.bsky.social
Proud resident of Silver City, New Mexico. Organizer of gilahikers.org and author of desertlavender.com. Web designer for local non-profits and small businesses. International folk dancer/singer with a phonographic memory. Patron saint of homeless cats.
Fasten your seatbelts, Hartmann connects the dots and the picture that emerges is terrifying.
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Putin and Trump: When Cowards Play with Matches
Trump, Putin, and the sparks that could set the world on fire…
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September 26, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Fasten your seatbelts, Hartmann connects the dots and the picture that emerges is terrifying.
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So a real estate developer in Animas, NM, just explained to me that water in the Sulphur Springs Valley flows "from south to north", and that "by pumping water out of the aquifer, the pecan groves are increasing the flow by drawing down water from the Sierra Madres."
September 21, 2025 at 4:31 PM
So a real estate developer in Animas, NM, just explained to me that water in the Sulphur Springs Valley flows "from south to north", and that "by pumping water out of the aquifer, the pecan groves are increasing the flow by drawing down water from the Sierra Madres."
Note this is the CATO INSTITUTE crying foul!
"... FCC retains the authority to police broadcast content, every licensed station operates under an implicit threat: say something a powerful political faction dislikes, and your license is in jeopardy. That’s incompatible with a First Amendment worthy of the name.
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www.cato.org/blog/jimmy-k...
Jimmy Kimmel, the FCC, and Why Broadcasters Still Have “Junior Varsity” First Amendment Rights
For reasons the Supreme Court has never persuasively explained, broadcasters enjoy only a diminished version of First Amendment rights.
www.cato.org
September 20, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Note this is the CATO INSTITUTE crying foul!
100s of posts on FB this morning with the same copypasta claiming "y'all don't understand how the First Amendment works", it only protects you from gov't overreach, not from the consequences of your actions. But even "Far Left" FoxNews concedes that the FCC threatened to pull ABC's license.
FCC chair levels threat against ABC, Disney after Kimmel suggested Charlie Kirk assassin was 'MAGA'
FCC Chair Brendan Carr threatened to take action Wednesday against ABC and Disney over Jimmy Kimmel's comments about the suspected Charlie Kirk assassin.
www.foxnews.com
September 19, 2025 at 3:33 PM
100s of posts on FB this morning with the same copypasta claiming "y'all don't understand how the First Amendment works", it only protects you from gov't overreach, not from the consequences of your actions. But even "Far Left" FoxNews concedes that the FCC threatened to pull ABC's license.
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"As of late July, more than one-quarter of all firefighting jobs remained vacant at the US Forest Service, and a recent immigration raid within an active firefighting crew in Oregon has reportedly reduced firefighter morale."
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Climate crisis will increase frequency of lightning-sparked wildfires, study finds
These wildfires tend to burn in more remote areas and grow larger faster, posing a higher risk to public safety and health
www.theguardian.com
September 8, 2025 at 11:51 AM
"As of late July, more than one-quarter of all firefighting jobs remained vacant at the US Forest Service, and a recent immigration raid within an active firefighting crew in Oregon has reportedly reduced firefighter morale."
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Excellent article on a subject that needs much more attention. We were shocked to see the Rio Grande nearly bone dry on our trip last December. But I had no idea the pecan growers are also pumping the groundwater dry. Environmental disaster in the making!
"A single mature tree — which can produce 50 or more pounds of nuts in a season — requires around 30,000 gallons of water per year. In southern New Mexico, over 50,000 acres are currently in production."
Powerful food interests in the West are putting profit ahead of the environment. @thefern.org
September 9, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Excellent article on a subject that needs much more attention. We were shocked to see the Rio Grande nearly bone dry on our trip last December. But I had no idea the pecan growers are also pumping the groundwater dry. Environmental disaster in the making!
"National security scholar Tom Nichols commented: 'I am adamant about people not falling prey to conspiracy theories about Trump and the Russians, but this is a classic moment where it's understandable to ask: If the Russians owned him, how would his actions be any different?'"
September 5, 2025
Today President Donald J.
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September 6, 2025 at 1:06 PM
"National security scholar Tom Nichols commented: 'I am adamant about people not falling prey to conspiracy theories about Trump and the Russians, but this is a classic moment where it's understandable to ask: If the Russians owned him, how would his actions be any different?'"
This story is NOT getting the coverage it warrants!
By protecting him from accountability, the Court gave him power to end lives at will — and he’s wasting no time using it…
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When the Court Says Trump Is Above the Law, Who Protects the Eleven Dead on That Boat?
By protecting him from accountability, the Court gave him power to end lives at will — and he’s wasting no time using it…
hartmannreport.com
September 5, 2025 at 7:04 PM
This story is NOT getting the coverage it warrants!
Wildlife officials shot a 3-month-old wolf pup. From a helicopter. In the Gila National Forest. Why? No reason given. nm.news/2025/08/22/f...
Federal agents kill Mexican gray wolf pup in New Mexico - nm.news
Federal wildlife officials shot and killed a 3-month-old Mexican gray wolf pup from a helicopter last week in New Mexico’s Gila National Forest, according to newly released government records and […]
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August 25, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Wildlife officials shot a 3-month-old wolf pup. From a helicopter. In the Gila National Forest. Why? No reason given. nm.news/2025/08/22/f...
We're number one. Why? Why does one of the poorest and least urbanized states lead the nation in pedestrian deaths?
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By the #s: New Mexico targets its pedestrian death rate — the highest in the U.S. • Source New Mexico
With enough coordination, education, planning and proactivity, New Mexico can eliminate traffic deaths and no longer rank as the deadliest state for pedestrians, a state transportation official told l...
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August 25, 2025 at 2:00 PM
We're number one. Why? Why does one of the poorest and least urbanized states lead the nation in pedestrian deaths?
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Sorry to say I share this author's skepticism. Nothing like a Master's in History to kill your faith in the inevitable triumph of good over evil.
Sobering read
"I researched every attempt to stop fascism in history. The success rate is 0%.
Once they win elections, it's already too late."
by Chris Armitage
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"I researched every attempt to stop fascism in history. The success rate is 0%.
Once they win elections, it's already too late."
by Chris Armitage
cmarmitage.substack.com/p/i-research...
I researched every attempt to stop fascism in history. The success rate is 0%.
Once they win elections, it's already too late.
cmarmitage.substack.com
August 25, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Sorry to say I share this author's skepticism. Nothing like a Master's in History to kill your faith in the inevitable triumph of good over evil.
"According to multiple reports, Trump’s sudden rant on mail-in ballots followed a private conversation with Vladimir Putin, who reportedly told him that mail-in voting was the reason he lost in 2020."
From Putin’s whispers to an executive order in the making, Trump openly declares his intent to shred America’s electoral system for 2026 before our eyes…
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The Dictator’s Dream: Controlling Who Gets to Vote
From Putin’s whispers to an executive order in the making, Trump openly declares his intent to shred America’s electoral system for 2026 before our eyes…
hartmannreport.com
August 19, 2025 at 2:49 PM
"According to multiple reports, Trump’s sudden rant on mail-in ballots followed a private conversation with Vladimir Putin, who reportedly told him that mail-in voting was the reason he lost in 2020."
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Public lands might be out of the mainstream headlines, but they're very much front and center in the Trump admins attempts to enrich themselves: wessiler.substack.com/p/where-nati...
Where National Parks And Public Lands Stand Now, As Trump Administration Prepares To Privatize
All signs point to a mass sell-off, as park service begins to fail and private equity circles
wessiler.substack.com
August 15, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Public lands might be out of the mainstream headlines, but they're very much front and center in the Trump admins attempts to enrich themselves: wessiler.substack.com/p/where-nati...
"Better not pull up with no knife / 'Cause I bring guns to fights."
Lyrics from DHS rap video of new trucks with ICE logo and Trump's name in gold on the back window. Your tax dollars at work/You can't make this $hit up!
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Lyrics from DHS rap video of new trucks with ICE logo and Trump's name in gold on the back window. Your tax dollars at work/You can't make this $hit up!
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August 15, 2025 at 12:37 AM
"Better not pull up with no knife / 'Cause I bring guns to fights."
Lyrics from DHS rap video of new trucks with ICE logo and Trump's name in gold on the back window. Your tax dollars at work/You can't make this $hit up!
www.msn.com/en-us/news/u...
Lyrics from DHS rap video of new trucks with ICE logo and Trump's name in gold on the back window. Your tax dollars at work/You can't make this $hit up!
www.msn.com/en-us/news/u...
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Via the BasicBloggerBitch on Instagram…
August 13, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Via the BasicBloggerBitch on Instagram…
"Starting to ask questions"? Didn't any of them reading the f'ing bill they voted for?
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Trump's big bill is powering his mass deportations. Congress is starting to ask questions
Included in the Republican Party’s big bill of tax breaks and spending cuts is funding to power President Donald Trump's deportation agenda.
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August 11, 2025 at 9:31 PM
"Starting to ask questions"? Didn't any of them reading the f'ing bill they voted for?
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Teenage sociopaths on ATVs have destroyed dispersed camping in New Mexico's national forests. Change my mind.
August 9, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Teenage sociopaths on ATVs have destroyed dispersed camping in New Mexico's national forests. Change my mind.
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here's today's post: "oh look, it’s Diddler on the Roof" — just another perfectly normal day in the life of Donny Demento.
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oh look, it’s Diddler on the Roof
just another perfectly normal day in the life of Donny Demento
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August 6, 2025 at 3:25 PM
here's today's post: "oh look, it’s Diddler on the Roof" — just another perfectly normal day in the life of Donny Demento.
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"Donald Trump, once again, is facing a story he’d rather bury in a golf course like his first wife."
History is filled with politicians who believed they were untouchable. But the pattern always cracks. Always. The lie gets too big. The system bends just far enough. The coverup fails…
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The Art of the Coverup: Trump, Epstein & the Secrets Buried Beneath the Sacred Scepter
History is filled with politicians who believed they were untouchable. But the pattern always cracks. Always. The lie gets too big. The system bends just far enough. The coverup fails…
hartmannreport.com
August 6, 2025 at 3:13 PM
"Donald Trump, once again, is facing a story he’d rather bury in a golf course like his first wife."
