Pa. House panel hears lessons learned about pot legalization in other states, Canada Lawmakers are taking in words of advice from experts in places that have legalized recreational weed to help shape a proposal to bring it to Pennsylvania. 04/26/2024 - 1:20 pm | View Link
Six States Where the Voters Could Decide on Marijuana Policy in 2024 [FEATURE] The committees behind the measure, Arkansans for Patient Access and the Arkansas Cannabis Industry Association, are in the midst of signature-gathering and have until July 5 to come up with 72,563 ... 04/24/2024 - 5:20 pm | View Link
Congressional Progressive Caucus Says Dems Can Legalize MJ By Winning House, Senate Majorities This November A newly shared agenda from the Congressional Progressive Caucus suggests that a House and Senate majority is enough for Democratic leaders to legalize cannabis, among other progressive aims. 04/23/2024 - 11:00 pm | View Link
States With Legal Weed See Increase in College Applications States where recreational marijuana has been made legal are seeing upticks in college applications, including from elite students. That is the takeaway of a study published late last year in the ... 04/22/2024 - 11:00 pm | View Link
Fetterman highlights need for 'safe, pure, taxed' marijuana in 4/20 push to legalize weed John Fetterman is pushing for marijuana legalization and lobbying President Biden to remove it from narcotics schedule as enthusiasts of the drug celebrate de facto marijuana holiday 4/20. 04/20/2024 - 6:20 am | View Link
President Biden talked about the lows and highs of his life in an appearance designed to reintroduce him to an audience of millions. Via the NYTimes:
In a surprise interview on “The Howard Stern Show” that lasted for more than an hour, Mr. Stern, a skilled interviewer versed in the art of oversharing, repeatedly asked Mr.
Trump lickspittle Sen. Lindsey Graham blew off any concerns that The National Enquirer's David Pecker paid for catch-and-kill stories in order to help Trump's presidential campaign. I still want to know what Trump has got on Graham since he did his 180 back when Trump was running the first time.
Here's Graham's lame response when CNN's Dana Bash asked him about Pecker's testimony this week:
GRAHAM: Apparently, a lot of people do this, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Tiger Woods.
Monroe County District Attorney Sandra Doorley refused to pull over for speeding and went home and called the police chief to quash the incident instead. That's a no-no.
Unfortunately for her (or fortunately for the rule of law), the entire incident was recorded on the officer's bodycam and now DA Doorley has to explain why she has such reckless disregard for the law, police officers, and common sense.
And although a Republican now (of course), Doorley has been a Democrat in the past.
Civil Rights icon Ruby Bridges is an integral part of U. S. history lessons in classrooms nationwide, given her status as the first Black child to integrate an elementary school in the South. But to the right-wing culture warriors behind efforts to ban books about American history—including systemic racism and discrimination against LGBTQ people—Bridges has become something else: a threat.
He is also pushing back against the fact that, through administrative actions and executive orders, Biden has made himself one of the most powerful presidents ever.