President Donald Trump is once again breaking with his embattled Attorney General and infamous cannaphobe Jeff Sessions, telling reporters today that he “will probably end up supporting” a bipartisan bill that frees states to make their own decisions on marijuana. Several news agencies — including The Denver Post, Politico and The Hill — are reporting […]
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Trump No Longer Just Saying No to Legal Pot
California’s fledgling recreational marijuana industry may soon be able to fully exhale after President Donald Trump indicated this week that he is willing to support federal legislation protecting legal cannabis businesses. Colorado U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner said in a statement today that he received a “commitment from the President that the Department of Justice’s rescission […]
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Did Trump Appoint a Non-Native to Native American Ambassadorship?
Amid a maelstrom of “fake news reports” of indictments, sullied security clearances, resignations, forced resignations, removals and other such sundry vitriol among the many faces of the presidential administration, one name has gone unnoticed under society’s radar. His Highness, or as he is called by many in Native American country “The Great Orange Father,” has […]
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New Cannabis Strains for Today’s Stress
Jefferson Beauregard Express. With a mellow cornbread, Brill Cream and Klansman hood scent, this Indica offspring of Reefer Madness and Jim Crow rolls up on you like a black SUV full of federal agents and shuts down your anxiety about Jeff Sessions overriding California’s cannabis legalization and seizing the very product that you were counting […]
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Huffman Cosponsors Articles of Impeachment
Citing his pledge to “support and defend the Constitution,” North Coast Congressman Jared Huffman has cosponsored a resolution with five articles of impeachment against U.S. President Donald J. Trump. The Articles of Impeachment were introduced by Tennessee Congressman Steve Cohen in November. Huffman has been an active critic of Trump, consistently criticizing and insulting him […]
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Huff to Bring Transgender Veteran to State of the Union in Protest of Military Ban
North Coast Congressman Jared Huffman will bring transgender Marine Corps veteran and Fort Bragg resident Lynda Bengtsson-Davis to the State of the Union on Tuesday in an effort to send a message. “As President Trump delivers his first State of the Union address, my message to him, to my constituents, and to America as whole […]
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Back in Pink
On Saturday, Jan. 20, Madaket Plaza at the foot of C Street was packed with participants for Eureka’s second Women’s March. Last year, the multi-city protest following the inauguration of Donald Trump drew between 6,000 and 7,000 people, the largest crowd of marchers in Eureka’s history. This year’s event, which was a somewhat last-minute affair, […]
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A Year After the Women’s March
Last year at this time, I was preparing for the Women’s March in Washington, D.C. — crossing the country to don my “pussy hat” and raise my fist alongside my 80-year-old mother and my 18-year-old daughter. A loud contingent of people — both in person and on social media — asked me, “What’s the point […]
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Interior Releases Draft Plan to Open North Coast Waters to Oil Drilling
This morning the Trump administration announced sweeping plans to increase offshore oil drilling around the country, including in Northern California. U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke released the draft five-year plan, which would potentially see a combined 47 site leases auctioned off in the Gulf of Mexico, Atlantic Region, Pacific Region and off the […]
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Huffman Introduces ‘Moments of Truth’ on Trump
North Coast Congressman Jared Huffman, an outspoken critic of President Donald Trump, has given the first of what he says will be a series of “moment of truth” speeches on what he describes as the 45th president’s compromised conduct. Huffman’s office said in a release that each of the remarks will describe different examples of […]
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Views: Why the RNC is Supporting Roy Moore
The Republican Party has no choice but to support Roy Moore for U.S. Senate in Alabama to keep the small majority it has. The whole purpose of a political party is to keep its members in the majority so it should come as no surprise that the GOP is supporting Moore. The accusations against Moore […]
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Huffman Votes to Push Impeachment
North Coast Congressman Jared Huffman joined 57 of his colleagues today in a failed vote to allow consideration of articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump. The measure pushed forward by Rep. Al Green faced an overwhelming defeat when a motion to sideline it was approved 364-58, with four Democrats voting “present.” In a statement, […]