Friends and Comrades-

We tried really hard to think of a good President's Day joke for this. We failed. We apologize. However, we do have an important pressure campaign for Housing Justice, a protest against our beloved Federal Government, and our monthly general Meeting coming up!Please read on to learn more:

SB 216(Legalizing Rent Control) has stalled in the Senate Health and Public Affairs Committee and is not scheduled for a hearing as of this writing. This is an unconscionable attempt to bury this incredibly important bill! Please reach out to the members of the members of the Senate Health and Public Affairs Committee ?and let them know you support this bill. We cannot build solidarity when housing justice is so desperately lacking in our state!

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You can email Senators with this template.

Join fellow New Mexicans horrified by the continuing unconstitutional horror show that Trump and Musk are unleashing on the country TODAY! Indivisible and other allied groups will be gathering the Roundhouse at Noon. Show you solidarity with Federal workers,

We will have our monthly General Meeting this coming Sunday, February 24, at 2pm at Earthcare. We will be electing new members of our Organizing Committee and discuss ongoing and upcoming actions relating to the Legislative session. You can join the meeting online at this link.

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If you are a member in good standing, you can nominate yourself or another member of the chapter to run for our Organizing Committee by emailing our Nomination Committee at [email protected].?

Unfortunately, many, though not all, of the bills we have our eyes on seem to be stuck in Committee at the moment. However, with this being a longer session, we still hope to see progress on them. Please make sure to contact Committee members to support these bills!

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HB 169, Public Expression Protection Act was passed out of House Consumer Protection and Public Affairs and is now with the House Judiciary Committee. This important bill will significantly increase protections against SLAPP lawsuits, which are often used to intimidate and curtail constitutionally protected speech. This is a long overdue bill in NM, which has some of the weakest anti-SLAPP protections in the country.?

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HB 128(Local Solar Access Fund) is with the House Appropriations and Finance Committee. You can sign up to help support this bill with Public Power New Mexico at this link.

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Sadly, and amended version ofHB 137(Strategic Water Supply Act,)? a dangerous bill that will risk the health of New Mexican by allowing wastewater from oil and gas exploration to be used for potentially dangerous purposes, passed out of the House Agriculture, Acequias, and Water Resources Committee, despite members of the committee who voted to pass it expressing serious ambivalence about the bill. However, this terrible bill is now with the House Energy, Environment, and Natural Resources Committee. Please contact members of this committee and urge them to vote NO on HB 137!

Our friends at Burrito Brigade Mutual Aid have been doing amazing work feeding free breakfast to dozens every Sunday morning, along with distributing sleeping bags and other cold-weather essentials to the unhoused.?

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If you'd like to get involved you can contact Burrito Brigade at [email protected]. If you would like to pitch in with resources, you can donate to our mutual aid fund.

DSA depends on support from ordinary members, rather than corporate funding or grants. As we ramp up our campaigns to take on the millionaire and billionaire class in New Mexico, any donations you can provide will go a long way.