Recently, Matt Walsh of the Daily Wire tweeted that Singapore is able have “nice things” (referring to the technological and economic advancements the country has made) because of their severe penalties on criminals, including the execution of drug traffickers. This...
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Political Theater: Joe Biden Pardons ZERO Federal Marijuana Prisoners
by Matt Agorist | Oct 25, 2022 | Criminal Justice, Featured Articles
Earlier this month, President Joe Biden announced what many perceived to be one of the largest acts of clemency in history. Biden said he was rolling out a mass pardon for all those currently sitting in jail on a federal marijuana possession charge. This announcement...
Whether Medicinally Effective or Not, Marijuana Ought to Be Legal
by Laurence Vance | Jun 22, 2022 | Featured Articles
Earlier this year, Mississippi became the 37th state to legalize the medical use of marijuana, which is also legal in the U.S. territories of the District of Columbia, the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. Since California became the...
Is the GOP Finally Turning the Corner on Weed?
by Ryan McMaken | Nov 17, 2021 | Criminal Justice, Featured Articles
Both Bloomberg and the cannabis industry publication Marijuana Moment now report that Republican congresswoman Nancy Mace is preparing to introduce new legislation ending the federal prohibition on marijuana. According to Bloomberg: A Republican bill to legalize...
On-Duty Cop Solicited Child for Sex, Will Serve No Jail Time And Won’t Be Registered as Sex Offender
by Matt Agorist | Sep 27, 2021 | Criminal Justice, Featured Articles
Benjamin Reinhart, a disgraced officer with Genesee County received some great news this week. Despite being caught up in a child sexual trafficking sting, he won’t have to go to jail and he won’t have to register publicly as a sex offender. Reinhart was “sentenced”...
They Never Learn: National Review Demands Marijuana Criminalization
by Mark Thornton | Aug 31, 2021 | Criminal Justice, Featured Articles
Aron Ravin, a self-described “nudnik,” who writes for National Review thinks so and I suspect others do as well. This thinking, however, is that of an ever-shrinking minority and it is hard to imagine the pro-legalization trend being reversed. Nevertheless, let’s look...
7/9/21 Jared Wall on the Delta-8 THC Loophole Allowing Americans to Buy Cannabis Legally
by Scott Horton | Jul 13, 2021 | The Scott Horton Show
New advertiser Jared Wall joins the show to discuss his website, thchempspot.com, which offers cannabis products containing Delta-8 THC, a form of psychoactive THC that's perfectly legal almost everywhere in the United States. This episode of the Scott Horton Show is...
News Roundup 6/29/21
by Kyle Anzalone | Jun 29, 2021 | News Roundup
US News Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas says the federal ban on cannabis is contradictory and maybe unconstitutional. [Link] The city of San Francisco spent over $18 million to put 260 homeless people in tents during the pandemic. [Link] Iran Biden told the...
News Roundup 6/15/21
by Kyle Anzalone | Jun 15, 2021 | News Roundup
US News California will spend $100 million to try to help the legal cannabis business compete with the illegal sellers. [Link] Biden backs a House bill that will repeal the 2002 AUMF. [Link] USAID is giving El Salvador $115 million. About half of the money will go to...
News Roundup 5/17/21
by Kyle Anzalone | May 17, 2021 | News Roundup
US News A Louisville detective, Mark Handy, was sentenced to a year in prison for falsifying evidence and testimony that led to four men serving decades in jail. One of the men has been released after ten years and received $8.5 million from the city. [Link] A North...
Should Libertarians Compromise with Taxing Marijuana?
by Laurence Vance | May 4, 2021 | Featured Articles, Libertarianism
Marijuana freedom is a good thing. The taxation of marijuana is a bad thing. Unfortunately, owing to the greed of spendthrift politicians, it looks as though we will have to take the good with the bad or not at all. Now, this does not mean that smoking marijuana is...
News Roundup 4/14/21
by Kyle Anzalone | Apr 14, 2021 | News Roundup
US News FBI special agent James Hendricks was labeled by his colleagues as a “skilled predator” and the DoJ IG found he sexually harassed at least eight women. After being exposed as a predator, he was allowed to retire with benefits. [Link] Marvin Scott was arrested...
News Roundup 4/13/21
by Kyle Anzalone | Apr 13, 2021 | News Roundup
US News New Mexico legalizes marijuana. The bill doesn’t legalize the sale of cannabis until 2022. The bill expunged low-level marijuana offenses. [Link] The number of US soldiers with serious sleep disorders is increasing. [Link] Mexico doubled the number of troops...
News Roundup 3/31/21
by Kyle Anzalone | Mar 31, 2021 | News Roundup
US News Two police officers threaten and handcuff a 5-year-old boy for leaving school without permission. [Link] The New York State Senate passed a bill that legalizes cannabis. The governor has signaled he will sign the bill. [Link] The US affirms its recognition of...
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My Testimony Before the Maine State Senate
In support of Ld 1054, Defend the Guard legislation: Thank you all so much for the opportunity to testify before your committee today. Today is the 20th anniversary of the beginning of Iraq War II. The consensus now is that we should not have done it. Iraq was not...
These Iraq War Supporters Are Still in Congress
On March 19, 2003 the United States began its military invasion of Iraq. The Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq passed Congress in October 2002, with 296 congressmen and 77 senators voting in favor of giving President George W. Bush carte blanche...
Laci Green is Wrong: Democratic Competition vs. Free Market Competition
In environments where there's a lot of competition, people tend to lie out their ass and you can apply this to any competitive situation. Take capitalism. As industrialization took full effect, the Federal Government had to interfere because there was so much false...
Empower the Workers: Decriminalize Economic Activity Between Consenting Adults
The most reliable and effective protection for most workers is provided by the existence of many employers. As we have seen, a person who has only one possible employer has little or no protection. The employers who protect a worker are those who would like to hire...
Chris Rock’s New Special Exposes His Political Ignorance
A common claim among Democrats is that, "It's not that people don't want to be educated, they just haven't been given the opportunity, thus government spending on education needs to increase." If there were ever a group of people capable of "educating" themselves it...
War and Delusion: A Critical Examination
In this episode of the Protestant Libertarian Podcast, Alex Bernardo sits down once again with Laurie Calhoun. Laurie is a philosopher, a cultural critic and an author. She is a senior fellow at the Libertarian Institute, where she regularly writes articles analyzing...
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