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		<title>Peaceful Skies: Holloman might get F-35</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 18:29:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We have learned the air force is considering Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico for a new mission: training US and international pilots to fly the F-35 bomber. There will be three Air Force hearings on a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) this week. At current costs, the F-35 is estimated to be a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NM doing right thing on immigrant driver&#8217;s licenses</title>
		<link>http://www.grass-roots-press.com/2012/01/29/nm-doing-right-thing-on-immigrant-drivers-licenses/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 07:10:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New Mexico is doing the right thing regarding driver&#8217;s licenses for illegal immigrants. As the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators stated in its authoritative 2003 report, New Mexico driver’s licenses including that for illegal immigrants with digital images, aid homeland security and law enforcement agencies. http://www.drivers.com/article/971/ It is funny that a recent Associated Press [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Help keep foreclosure reform on the legislative agenda</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2012 05:55:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi all, The good news is that we have convinced the governor to message foreclosure reform legislation for the session.  In addition, the state bankers associations have agreed to sit down and work with me, the Mortgage Finance Authority, advocates, and the Attorney General to see if we can form consensus around a proposed mortgage mediation bill. The bad [...]]]></description>
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		<title>STOP SOPA: Why MichaelMoore.com Will Be Blacked Out Wednesday, January 18th &#8230;a note from Michael Moore</title>
		<link>http://www.grass-roots-press.com/2012/01/18/stop-sopa-why-michaelmoore-com-will-be-blacked-out-wednesday-january-18th-a-note-from-michael-moore/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 18:38:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tuesday, January 17th, 2012 Friends, My websites MichaelMoore.com and Mike&#8217;s High School Newspaper will both be going dark for 24 hours starting at midnight tonight in protest of the Stop Online Piracy Act now before Congress. I&#8217;m proud to join with Wikipedia, Reddit, Boing Boing and thousands of websites in this action to raise awareness [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Occupy the Courts in Albuquerque Jan. 20</title>
		<link>http://www.grass-roots-press.com/2012/01/12/occupy-the-courts-in-albuquerque-jan-20/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 17:24:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Albuquerque is one of 100-plus cities participating in the National Occupy the Courts event working to over rule Citizens United and to amend the Constitution. Our event will be from 12-3 Friday, Jan. 20, at the Pete V. Domenici Federal Courthouse 330 Lomas Blvd. NW 1-20-12. Our newly affiliated group, Albquerque Area Move to Amend, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sign petition: Level the Playing Field for New Mexico Businesses</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 01:34:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New Mexico&#8217;s tax code favors multi-state coporations over our local businesses.  We are the last Western state with a corporate tax that allows multi state companies to shift profits earned in New Mexico to a state like Delaware which has no corporate tax.  Requiring &#8220;unitary combined reporting&#8221; would level the playing field for New Mexico [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Organized crime&#8217; label is a travesty</title>
		<link>http://www.grass-roots-press.com/2012/01/04/organized-crime-label-is-a-travesty/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 03:54:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Editor&#8217;s note: We rarely publish anonymous writing, but in this case the situation makes it understandable why the author makes the choice to remain nameless. &#160; January 3, 2012 I detest the words &#8220;organized crime&#8221; being used in Mexico to describe victims when it most aptly describes a government gone mad. It is even more [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Be careful what you wish for</title>
		<link>http://www.grass-roots-press.com/2012/01/01/be-careful-what-you-wish-for/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 20:02:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Suppose that the good people of Las Cruces take the advice of those advocating the takeover of municipal government by “Tea Party” and allied right-wing political groups. Troy, Michigan offers an example of the results of that course of action. Mayor Janice Daniels, a founder of the local Tea Party, follows that rigid agenda, which [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Occupy Santa Fe 2012</title>
		<link>http://www.grass-roots-press.com/2011/12/31/occupy-santa-fe-2012/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Dec 2011 22:32:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Open letter: Happy New Year! It seems like the perfect time for an update on the state of the Occupy Santa Fe Movement.The state of the organization is GREAT, STRONG and continually evolving and maturing. The most important news is that, in 2012,  we will be taking an active role in the legislative process.  On [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What George Bush, Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, and a compliant U.S. Congress did to the world</title>
		<link>http://www.grass-roots-press.com/2011/12/18/what-george-bush-dick-cheney-donald-rumsfeld-and-a-compliant-u-s-congress-did-to-the-world/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Dec 2011 18:43:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; 110,000+ people dead, mostly civilians 100s of 1000s more wounded/lives ruined, mostly civilians 1.6 million people uprooted Immeasurable suffering and grief A whole bunch of emotionally damaged U.S. veterans $806+ billion wasted U.S. international standing irretrievably diminished 8 years squandered when we should have been dealing with critical global problems, like climate change, hunger, [...]]]></description>
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