No Doubt About It

Groceries are up, gas is up, and a lot of New Mexico families are doing that quiet math at the checkout line, hoping the card doesn’t decline. We start with the most surprising development we’ve seen in a long time: a top New Mexico Democrat, Sen. George Muñoz, publicly laying out a serious case for reducing and ultimately eliminating the New Mexico state income tax. We read the strongest lines, t...

A 30-year incumbent loses a deep-blue Colorado primary to a Democratic Socialist, and the clip that follows stops us cold. We listen to the candidate’s comments tying 9-11 to American foreign policy, then zoom out to the bigger story: Democratic Socialists of America candidates winning primaries, the internal fight brewing inside the Democratic Party, and whether everyday voters understand what th...

New York didn’t just pick a few new candidates, it flashed a warning about where one of America’s major parties may be headed. We break down the stunning set of Democratic primary upsets where three socialist-backed candidates win, how New York City Mayor Zoran Mandani’s endorsements reshape the map, and why we think this is bigger than “progressives beating moderates.” We get specific about what...

El Nino is no longer a “maybe.” We’re staring at a near-certain El Nino pattern, and we walk through what that could mean for New Mexico weather, Albuquerque precipitation, and mountain snowpack as we head toward fall and winter. We compare two very different analog years, including the huge 1997-1998 setup and the more disappointing 2015-2016 pattern, then translate the meteorology into what you...

New Mexico’s safety net is supposed to feed families, not fuel a budget bomb. We walk through the state’s rising SNAP error rate and why the numbers are so serious that New Mexico could be on the hook for up to $173 million per year in lost federal support. We also get into what “error rate” really means, where fraud can creep in, and why accountability protects the people who truly need food stam...

A leaked, fresh poll can cut through months of rumors, and that’s exactly what we got for the New Mexico governor’s race. We walk you through the toplines and the telling cross-tabs: how Deb Haaland looks on favorability, why Gregg Hull’s biggest advantage might be that so many voters still don’t know him, and what the early head-to-head (48 to 42) suggests about the work both sides have to do. We...

A house build at nearly 11,000 feet is a mountain of problems all by itself. Now add grief, a scary medical diagnosis, and the emotional residue of a public campaign that didn’t end the way we hoped, and you get the real story behind Mark vs the Mountain going national. We share the announcement that our new season premieres on Pure Flix first, then later on Great American Family, and explain why...

California is still counting votes days after Election Day, and the longer that gap stretches, the more it invites one corrosive outcome: people stop believing the system. We start with Donald Trump’s contentious Meet the Press interview and the walk-off that followed, then zoom out to the real issue underneath the drama: election administration that drags on for days and the media reflex to defen...

Election night is the easy part. The hard part is what happens the morning after, when the New Mexico governor race stops being a primary and turns into a brutal contest of money, message, and momentum. We react in real time to a decisive Democratic result for Deb Haaland and a Republican surprise as Gregg Hull breaks through, then we get practical about what those outcomes signal for the general...

We go from New Mexico election headlines to a frank, practical talk about midlife health, focusing on why so many women feel dismissed when their symptoms spike but their labs still look “normal”. With wellness clinician Jolene Fallhaber, we break down hormone shifts, safer weight-loss tools, and what both women and men can do to feel stronger, clearer, and more resilient as they age.  • GOP gover...

A 25% undecided number this late is not “noise,” it’s the whole story. We sit down with pollster Nicole McCleskey and strategist Jay McCleskey to walk through a real New Mexico Republican primary poll for governor and what it reveals about who’s voting, what they care about, and how quickly the race can swing in the final stretch. We get specific on polling methodology (live calls plus text-to-web...

A close primary does not just test candidates, it tests the whole campaign machine behind them. We’re in the field with a brand-new Republican primary poll and we tell you why it’s worth your time: it doesn’t just say who’s up or down, it points to what voters are hearing, what they care about, and why this New Mexico governor race is coming down to the wire. We also tee up our Sunday release feat...

A three-gigawatt data center sounds like a sci-fi punchline until you realize it can outdraw an entire region’s electric customers and push real families’ bills higher. That’s why we start with Project Jupiter in Doña Ana County and use it as a window into the next decade’s fight over AI infrastructure, local consent, water use, and grid capacity. We talk through why people are skeptical, what ben...

The quiet part of New Mexico politics is over. Mark and Krysty dig into the Republican race for governor as it starts to heat up, using the most revealing moments from a Legacy Church candidate forum where each contender gets a true “hot seat” question. We listen to the toughest hits, then break down what the answers actually mean in a primary where sound bites travel faster than context, and wher...

A governor in a custom jockey uniform at the Kentucky Derby sounds like harmless fun until you realize it’s also a window into how leaders think about optics, seriousness, and whether anyone around them is willing to say “maybe don’t.” We start there because the moment is so absurd it’s unforgettable, and then we pivot to what’s happening back home in Albuquerque where the stakes are a lot higher...

Forty percent undecided with early voting days away is not a “settling” primary, it’s a scramble. We walk through the latest Albuquerque Journal poll in the New Mexico Republican governor race and explain why the usual rules shift when nobody has enough money to “drop the hammer.” From Albuquerque name ID to regional splits, we map what actually moves votes in a low-information statewide primary....

A leaked poll can do what campaign ads can’t: force an honest look at what voters actually believe. We walk through fresh numbers on the New Mexico Democratic primary, including favorability for Deb Haaland and Sam Bregman, what negative hits do to both candidates, and why the topline “horse race” stays stubbornly stable even when the messaging gets louder. Then we dig into the most revealing sect...

Gunshots outside a ballroom full of the country’s most visible political and media figures should never be treated like background noise. We walk through what happened at the White House Correspondents Dinner, what the early video appears to show, and why it felt like the response lagged at the exact moment it couldn’t afford to. Then we dig into what’s been reported about the attacker, including...

A civil rights nonprofit gets indicted, a swing-ish state gets remapped into near one-party control, a U.S. senator seems to cheer a crack in an Iran pressure campaign, and a string of scientists connected to sensitive work vanish in ways that don’t add up. That’s the kind of week where you either tune out or you start pulling on threads. We choose the threads. We walk through the Southern Poverty...

A Pope condemns an “unjust war.” A President calls him weak on crime. What sounds like a headline circus quickly turns into a serious question: when faith leaders jump into foreign policy and immigration with political talking points, do they gain influence or burn trust? We walk through Pope Leo’s remarks on Iran, the moral language around peace, and why we think the framing ignores the brutality...

New Mexico lands near the very top for tax burden, and the frustrating part is how quiet the damage can feel. We break down why it is not always one dramatic tax rate, but the pileup effect of gross receipts tax, rising property taxes, and a narrow tax base that keeps pressure on the same working families. We also share a property-tax comparison that shocked us: in some cases, a high-value home in...

Campaigning isn’t a bus tour anymore. It’s a production schedule. We dig into why the old model of speeches, fundraisers, and hoping for fair coverage is breaking down, and why the candidates who win in 2026 and beyond will look more like full-time content creators with a clear message, a content calendar, and the discipline to show up daily on the platforms where voters actually live. From there,...

Texas flirting with the idea of annexing parts of eastern New Mexico sounds like political fan fiction until you read the emails we’re getting from people who live there. We start with a mailbag that’s raw, specific, and honestly hard to dismiss: resentment over oil money, frustration with Santa Fe, and the nagging question of why turnout still lags in the places that feel the most ignored. If you...

Texas lawmakers are floating a wild idea for 2027: what if a few eastern New Mexico counties just joined Texas. That headline is designed to hit a nerve, so we slow it down and walk through the legal barriers, the voting reality, and the oil-and-gas economics that make a “county takeover” far more clickbait than credible policy. From there, we turn to the New Mexico governor race and a Republican...

We dig into a question New Mexico insiders are asking out loud: why is there no Republican candidate for U.S. Senate, why did the governor field take so long to form, and why is fundraising such a grind? We talk about what statewide campaigns do to families, why party chairs can’t “pick a nominee” anymore, and how voter registration trends suggest New Mexico could drift back toward swing-state ter...