SESSIONS WILL END POLICY THAT ALLOWED LEGALIZED MARIJUANA TO PROSPER

JD Thu, 01/04/2018 - 11:39

Attorney General Jeff Sessions will roll back an Obama-era policy that gave states leeway to allow marijuana for recreational purposes.

Two sources with knowledge of the decision confirmed to The Hill that Sessions will rescind the so-called Cole memo, which ordered U.S. attorneys in states where marijuana has been legalized to deprioritize prosecution of marijuana-related cases.
The Associated Press first reported the decision.

WHITE HOUSE BANS STAFF FROM USING PERSONAL MOBILE PHONES AT WORK

JD Thu, 01/04/2018 - 11:37

The White House is banning its employees from using personal mobile phones while at work in the West Wing, despite concerns among some staffers that they’ll be cut off from children and other relatives trying to reach them.

DHS CONFIRMS DATA BREACH: 240,000 CURRENT, FORMER EMPLOYEE INFORMATION LEAKED

JD Thu, 01/04/2018 - 11:29

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced Wednesday that data of over 240,000 current and former employees was breached from an internal source and was discovered during a criminal investigation into the actions of a former staff member of the Office of the Inspector General (OIG).

DNC DEPUTY CHAIR KEITH ELLISON ENDORSES ANTIFA (A TERRORIST GROUP)

JD Thu, 01/04/2018 - 11:21

DNC Deputy Chair Keith Ellison has stoked controversy by appearing to endorse Antifa, a group that is formally classified by the federal government as a domestic terror organization.

Ellison tweeted a picture of a book entitled Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook along with the words, “At @MoonPalaceBooks and I just found the book that strike fear in the heart of @realDonaldTrump.”

NBC REPORTER ASKS WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY IF POTUS IS MENTALLY ILL

JD Thu, 01/04/2018 - 11:18

Trump derangement syndrome hasn’t gone anywhere in the first few days of the new year. Wednesday’s White House Press gathering was a prime example, with reporters asking Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders if she thinks the President is a mentally ill authoritarian.

NBC reporter Peter Alexander informed Sanders that he had “a couple of questions,” which he’d “try to make simple,” before literally asking if Trump is mentally unstable.

Cannabis policy under Federal Attack! Sessions To End Noninterference Policy On Marijuana In Break With Trump Campaign Promise

learnfromfounders Thu, 01/04/2018 - 10:55

U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions is expected to rescind Obama-era guidance that generally allows states to implement their own marijuana laws without federal interference on Thursday, according to reports.

In a memo written in 2013 by then-Deputy Attorney General James M. Cole, the Department of Justice ordered U.S. attorneys to deprioritize enforcement of federal restrictions on marijuana in states that legalized it for recreational or medical use.

Trump Notices Roadside Supporters, Gives Them Surprise Invite to Mar-a-Lago

JD Wed, 01/03/2018 - 16:26

The president noticed the group of flag-waving, MAGA-hat wearing supporters greeting him on the side of the road while in his motorcade en route to Mar-a-Lago after a game of golf, and sent a white van with Secret Service personnel within 20 minutes to invite them for a once-in-a-lifetime experience inside the Florida resort, the Palm Beach Post reported.

“It stunned me,” supporter Mike Sims told the Post. “I didn’t know what to think.”

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