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Apr 20 2020
News
Marijuana's big moment: Pot stores are essential businesses. Will legal weed go mainstream?
DENVER – The marijuana industry embraces change.
Edible products and pre-rolled joints are out. Vape concentrates and loose "flower," which can be packed into bongs or pipes or rolled into joints and provide more bang for the buck, are in.
Stores are effectively closed. Instead, customers order online and pick up curbside, a major shift from when each buyer had to be personally
USA TODAYNov 30 2019
News
ICE arrests 90 more foreign students at fake university created by DHS in Michigan
DETROIT – About 90 additional foreign students at a fake university in metro Detroit created by the Department of Homeland Security have been arrested in recent months.
A total of about 250 students have now been arrested since January on immigration violations by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement as part of a sting operation by federal agents who enticed foreign-born students,
USA TODAYJul 21 2019
News
The pros and cons of a $15 minimum wage
A Congressional Budget Office analysis released last week "makes clear that the benefits of a $15-an-hour minimum wage would heavily outweigh the downside," said Michael Hiltzik at the Los Angeles Times. The agency found that as many as 1.3 million people could be lifted out of poverty if the federal minimum wage rose from $7.25 in stages over five years, boosting the wages of 27 million
The Week - NewsApr 15 2021
Analysis
No, We Don't Need Biden's $2.3 Trillion Infrastructure Plan
While President Joe Biden's administration doesn't seem to need an excuse to spend money, two recurring arguments for his gigantic $2.3 trillion infrastructure proposal are that our roads and bridges are "crumbling," and that modernization would generate economic growth and jobs—hence its name, the American Jobs Plan. But none of this clever marketing makes any of these claims true.
Let
ReasonJan 04 2016
Opinion
OPINION: Face it, Oregon building takeover is terrorism
Juliette Kayyem: There is no justifying what the armed group did in Oregon, but federal authorities should be patient. Time is on their side.
Guest WriterApr 05 2017
News
Senate Is Running Out of Compromises to Avoid ‘Nuclear Option’ in Gorsuch Vote
A bipartisan group of 14 senators in 2005 ended a bruising fight over federal judgeships with a compromise agreement that stopped GOP leaders from changing the chamber’s rules for confirming Supreme Court nominees.
Wall Street Journal (News)Apr 03 2019
News
Trump Misleads on Aid to Puerto Rico
President Donald Trump claims that “Puerto Rico got 91 Billion Dollars for the hurricane” and that it received “more money than has ever been gotten for a hurricane before.” Neither of those statements is true.
According to the Federal Emergency Management Agency, as of the end of last year, Puerto Rico had actually received about $11.2 billion in disaster relief payments since 2017.
FactCheck.orgJun 01 2021
Opinion
The Six-Trillion-Dollar President Gambles with the Economy
Joe Biden finally released his proposed federal budget Friday, just before the Memorial Day holiday. It’s almost as if the White House didn’t want people to look at it too closely.
The Congressional Budget Office reports that if everything that Biden has proposed were to be approved by the Democratic Congress, the national debt would climb by $22 trillion over the next decade. That’s a
National Review (News)Aug 30 2017
News
Trump’s gaffe-free Texas trip forces media to pounce on shoes, avoiding flood zone
President Trump vowed swift federal aid to victims of Hurricane Harvey during his visit Tuesday to the flood-stricken region, where he met with local officials and tried to boost spirits -- and still took a beating in the press.
Fox News DigitalAug 01 2017
News
House Judiciary Member: Mueller Legally Required To Resign Over ‘Conflict Of Interest’
Republican Arizona Rep. Trent Franks says that Robert Mueller is in “clear violation” of federal law prohibiting a special counsel from having a conflict of interest and therefore must immediately resign as special counsel overseeing the Russia investigation.
The Daily Caller