Former SD School of Mines scientist one of several missing in New Mexico

Sandia National Laboratories in New Mexico is part of a network created by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Chemical Sciences Laboratory to monitor anthropogenic aerosols in the Earth's gases of life even as emissions released by oil and gas extraction in the Permian Basin threaten Texas and the other horrible red states on the shores of the Gulf of Mexico. NOAA wants to be able to detect whether Solar Radiation Modification (SRM), sometimes called solar geoengineering or albedo modification, is happening. Sandia is also home to the Plasma Research Facility and is operated by a subsidiary of Honeywell International under contract with the US Department of Energy. 

In 2016 DOE and Republican former US Representative from New Mexico's First District then President Heather Wilson of the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, later Air Force Secretary in the first Trump term, a Rapid City firm specializing in toxic waste floated the idea of a deep borehole in Spink or Haakon Counties where contaminated materials could be dumped. 

In South Dakota’s Black Hills, DOE, New Mexico's Sandia Labs, Los Alamos National Laboratory, South Dakota School of Mines and others are collaborating on the potential for generating electricity using Enhanced Geothermal Systems. While Wilson was president of SDSMT, Denny Sanford donated millions to the university including $2 million to help build a new student wellness and recreation center. Wilson's LinkedIn profile highlights her oversight of the underground lab made possible by a $70 million gift from the now-disgraced Sanford.

Just recently, current University of Texas at El Paso President Heather Wilson was among 24 members of the National Science Board terminated by the Trump Organization on April 24, 2026. The mass firing was delivered via email, ousting members of the body that oversees the $9 billion National Science Foundation just weeks before her term expired on May 10.

The FBI is now investigating the deaths and disappearances of thirteen scientists, researchers, and workers connected to America's nuclear weapons and aerospace programs, reacting to pressure from a public increasingly alarmed by what appears to be a troubling pattern. Nearly half of the thirteen people have direct ties to Sandia and Los Alamos National Laboratories, large weapons science labs in New Mexico. 

Ingrid Lane vanished on State Route 144, a narrow dirt road that runs through the Jemez Mountains. Her black 2019 Subaru Impreza hatchback was found on 144 about 11 miles north of NM-126, near San Antonio Mountain and the Valles Caldera National Preserve, at 9,100 feet elevation and out of cellular range. Lane's educational background reflects someone operating at the highest levels of scientific research. She attended Johns Hopkins University, studied at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, and completed biomedical engineering coursework at the University of New Mexico. [Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez for THE PUGILIST]

Cesar Chavez's name is being stricken from public facilities in New Mexico after revelations of sexual misconduct yet Denny Sanford's name is still smeared all over South Dakota.

Told you so.

8 September, 2025.

140 pound weakling Howdy Doody Dusty Johnson is way ahead in funding since his grift never stops raising money so the South Dakota Democratic Party needs start running opposition ads on every commercial radio station in South Dakota. Johnson needs to be held accountable for coddling a would be dictator, building a war chest on the Big Lie, for his failures to support Medicaid, for voting against marriage, for not moving on immigration reform and for his culpability in driving talent from South Dakota. Johnson went from being a likable moderate to becoming just another tool of the oligarchs who hoard trillions in South Dakota’s banks and trusts because, hey, that’s where the money is.

South Dakota Gov. Larry Rhoden told a gathering of journalists Friday that one of his challengers, U.S. House Rep. Dusty Johnson, attempted to blackmail him into not entering the gubernatorial race. "They let me know he had more than just the $6 (million) or $7 million in his personal fund. That he also had these dark money super PACs that he could maintain cover on. In fact, that's exactly what he did when he released the ads," Rhoden said. [Rhoden: Johnson tried to keep me from entering governor's race]

BHE, NWE merger rankles MFU

Democrat Brian Schweitzer was governor when this interested party was living in Montana but after leaving office he chose not to run for the US Senate allowing raving lunatic Steve Daines to sashay into the seat. In 2021 Schweitzer raked Montana Earth haters after they gave special treatment to NorthWestern Energy calling it "a fine mix of Socialism and Crony Capitalism to match Russian President Vladimir Putin." 

Also in 2021 power lines owned by NWE caused a wildfire that destroyed most of Denton and liability lawsuits from that incident are still being litigated. In 2025, drafted in part by NWE, Kalispell Earth hater Amy Regier was lead sponsor of Montana House Bill 490 that protects utilities from liability for wildfires they start. 

In January the three Earth haters on the South Dakota Public Utilities Cartel approved a rate increase for NWE. And since utilities are not your friends the absence of transparency in the proposed merger of Black Hills Corporation and NorthWestern Energy is worrying the Montana Farmers Union. 

Walter Schweitzer is a third-generation farmer and rancher elected President of the MFU in 2019 and previously worked on his brother Brian's campaigns.

Based on the questions MFU leaders have asked and the [Montana Public Service] Commission docket so far, the proposed acquisition is not designed to help the Montana family farmer. It is designed to build a corporate balance sheet large enough to serve the bottomless appetite of multinational data centers. NWE denies wanting the acquisition for data centers, yet outreach to investors focuses on this acquisition as a necessary step to serve data centers. As in the past, ratepayers are being deceived. We cannot allow a distant holding company to treat Montana’s water and power as commodities to be extracted for Wall Street and Silicon Valley. It is time to put Montana farmers first. [Schweitzer: Northern Ag Network]

In a related story, Blackstone Infrastructure is in the process of acquiring TXNM Energy the parent company of PNM, New Mexico’s largest electric utility for $11.5 billion in a deal announced in May 2025 and is currently undergoing regulatory review while facing significant opposition.

More tribes join lawsuit to stop Pe'Sla encroachment

Earth haters, Pete Lien & Sons is part of Summit Materials, which was acquired by Quikrete Holdings, Inc. in 2025.