North Coast Congressman Jared Huffman penned a letter to President Barack Obama today requesting an immediate meeting to “demand accountability for (the) alarming treatment of Water Protectors and peaceful demonstrators at the Dakota Access Pipeline in North Dakota.” Huffman, who penned the letter with Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Arizona), also took the opportunity to denounce the […]
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Huffman Urges Obama to Reclassify Marijuana
North Coast Congressman Jared Huffman, D-San Rafael, joined 17 of his cohorts today in sending a letter to President Barack Obama urging him to reschedule marijuana under the Controlled Substance Act. Currently, marijuana is classified as a Schedule I controlled substance under the act, putting it in the same category under federal law as heroin, […]
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Feeling OK
Pop quiz: Sarah Palin, in a speech during the 2008 presidential campaign, famously accused candidate Barack Obama of “palling around with terrorists.” Who were these terrorists she was referring to? Bonus question: How did at least one of these said terrorists handle all of the attention, much of it threatening, that blossomed during the campaign? Answer: […]