The explosive New York Times exposé about Cesar Chavez’s abuse of young women has many communities erasing celebrations and commemorations across the country of the civil rights icon. Missing in the reckoning of Cesar Chavez’s legacy is how he treated Mexican immigrants as he sought to empower farm workers. The women abused by Chavez deserve […]
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Paul Foster’s Wife and the Rise of the Dual-Citizen Political Class In El Paso
Most El Pasoans are unaware of the dual citizen political class that has been quietly exerting political power in El Paso’s political system since at least 2019. The Juárez media has taken note of the people who live in El Paso but manage millions in social services and public works projects in Juárez from their […]
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El Paso Matters Put on Notice About Potential Libel and Defamation Lawsuit Over Editorial
The local online publication El Paso Matters and several of its officials were recently put on notice about potential lawsuits from an editorial published on September 6, 2025. The editorial was written by Nicole Alderete-Ferrini, a former city employee and candidate for city manager, who left the city after questions were raised about her academic […]
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Chihuahuas Owners Fund Republicans and Veronica Escobar and Beto O’Rourke
Recently there have been discussions about how Texas is primed to turn blue in the upcoming November 3rd elections, mostly led by Beto O’Rourke at the local level. O’Rourke has been ramping up his fundraising for his Powered by People PAC by writing about how important it is for the Democrats to show up at […]
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El Paso Lawyer Patrick Gordon and Associates Sued for Negligence
A lawsuit was filed against longtime El Paso attorney Patrick Gordon and three of the firm’s attorneys last week. The lawsuit alleges that Gordon, and attorneys Cynthia Canales, Rob Edwards and Joshua W. Snider violated the attorney client relationship in a divorce case originally filed in 2022, which led to millions in losses. Patrick Gordon, […]
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El Paso City Council To Revisit Donald Trump Half-A-Million Debt To Taxpayers
Since March 27, 2019, the City of El Paso has been trying to collect $569,204.63 from Donald Trump. The city has sent several reminders about the past due amounts owed to the city’s taxpayers. According to the city’s February 2 statement, Trump owes El Paso’s taxpayers $569,204.63. On April 20, 2020, then Mayor Dee Margo, […]
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Mayor Johnson Should Also Be Held Accountable
As recently reported in the El Paso Times, U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar, D-El Paso, has once again called for accountability for UTEP President Heather Wilson after a federal investigation into a cancelled National Science Foundation grant concluded that “no apparent wrongdoing” had occurred in the preparation of the grant proposal. The grant was initially suspended […]
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Bob Moore Responds to Our Report: His Attempt to Spin Who Controls El Paso Matters is Contradicted by the IRS.
Update: about 15 minutes after we published our latest article, Bob Moore sent us another email. We are updating the article throughout to include additional information that Moore provided in this article. We have clearly marked the changes. We are also publishing the second email below. On Saturday we published an exposé on how Bob […]
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Political Operative: Case Study of How El Paso Matters Criminalizes People for Political Gain
Update, Bob Moore responded to our article late on Monday, February 10, 2026. We have published his entire email to us and responded to him in a follow up article available here. Political operative (noun): A person who works behind the scenes to advance the goals of a candidate, political party, or interest group, often […]
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Show Me Your Papers Immigration Enforcement
Senate Democrats are threatening to shutdown the federal government for a second time over the recent death of two U.S. citizens in Minneapolis by immigration agents. The Democrats have outlined three demands they want before voting on six funding bills before Saturday to avert another shutdown. Without the funding legislation the government would partially shut […]