Lawmakers urge DEA to pick up the pace on marijuana scheduling review While the Department of Health and Human Services recommended last summer that cannabis no longer be considered a Schedule I controlled substance, the DEA historically has demurred from taking that ... 04/25/2024 - 9:34 am | View Link
Biden Tweets Support For Marijuana Reform At 4:20 On 4/20 President Joseph Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris took to social media on Saturday to renew their support for federal marijuana policy reform, calling for an ... 04/22/2024 - 9:42 am | View Link
Buzz kill: Ohio regulators snuff out bar, restaurant plans to host events for marijuana enthusiasts Bars hosting 4/20 marijuana consumption celebrations on outdoor patios? Bars and restaurants can’t risk even thinking about it. Despite 57% of Ohio voters casting ballots to legalize adult-use ... 04/19/2024 - 10:30 pm | View Link
Can I be fired for smoking weed in off-hours? Grow cannabis at home? California laws to know Saturday marks a special holiday for fans of cannabis culture. April 20, known as 4/20, is celebrated by marijuana enthusiasts across the globe. Although cannabis use is legal in California ... 04/19/2024 - 6:00 pm | View Link
Smoking cigarettes can destroy lungs, but shocking new study reveals why vaping can harm the heart The results found that over 3,200 participants developed heart failure within a median follow-up time of 45 months, according to the report. "Let's be honest here. It's great news because ... 04/7/2024 - 4:00 am | View Link
Former Rep. Peter Meijer (R-MI) is dropping his bid for Michigan’s open Senate seat, CNN reports.
Said Meijer: “The hard reality is the fundamentals of the race have changed since we launched this campaign. After prayerful consideration, today I withdrew my name from the primary ballot. Without a strong pathway to victory, continuing this campaign only increases the likelihood of a divisive primary that would distract from the essential goal – conservative victories in November.”
“The Republican Party sent a letter to the Secret Service on Friday urging the police agency to keep protesters farther away from the venue for the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee in July,” the New York Times reports.
“The three-page letter, signed by Todd R. Steggerda, counsel to the Republican National Committee, objected to the placement of an area where protesters would be allowed to demonstrate.
In the early morning, one can hear the birds perched on trees around the Gaza Solidarity Encampment at Columbia University. Farther off, there are sounds of protest and counterprotest. But inside the camp itself—technically the second camp after the New York Police Department cleared out the first and caused even more national attention to focus on this campus lawn—the resistance is often quieter if steady: a community formed to call for ceasefire, divestment, and the end to war.
This is a village built overnight.
A Ukrainian soldier played the national anthem of the United States for the Russian soldiers somewhere on the frontline in eastern Ukraine. Unsurprisingly, the Russians did not care to be serenaded in this fashion and responded with their AK-47s and fired an RPG in the general direction of the offensive tune.
Republicans sure have changed, huh? As if Talking Point USA's Charlie Kirk wasn't bad enough, he somehow decided to bring Curtis Yarvin, an anti-democratic blogger, on as his guest. What could go wrong? Well, I'm glad you asked that. OK, you didn't really ask that. I did. Yarvin wants to give Trump unchecked power in November.
Trump's lawyer is currently arguing in the Supreme Court for presidential immunity, which is not even in the Constitution.