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For the Turnstiles

By Jeff Proctor January 10, 2025

Alexander Uballez tossed his name in the hat to lead the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Mexico in 2020 after spending four years as a line prosecutor…

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See You in 2025

By Jeff Proctor December 16, 2024

It’s been a long year for New Mexico in Focus, full of staffing challenges, toxic politics during a wild election season, a news cycle that never ends and more. We’re…

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‘Participatory Defense’

By Jeff Proctor December 6, 2024

I remember being struck in July by one of the signs delegates and other attendees of the Republican National Convention gleefully waved ceilingward inside Milwaukee’s Fiserv Forum as speakers frothed…

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Riding the sovereignty train, or how Ozzy Osbourne shaped my metaphorical views on being sovereign

By Shaun Griswold November 29, 2024

Tribal sovereignty will continue to ride alongside the U.S. in a train headed toward a familiar and uncomfortable tunnel. What comes when the light returns is unknown.  What we don’t…

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‘We’re All in This Together’

By Jeff Proctor November 22, 2024

Tumbling down the rabbit hole of news spraying out from President-elect Donald Trump’s transition is an easy temptation: Gaetz out, Bondi in; Mike Huckabee to solve Middle East peace; Dr.…