This year is shaping up to be the most historic ever in the admittedly short history of the cannabis law reform movement. Which means the forces that oppose the legalization of marijuana know this could possibly be their last stand when it comes to slowing or maybe even stopping the momentum behind legalization. At the…
Samantha Bee’s interview with Libertarian Party presidential nominee Gary Johnson is anything but conventional — it’s also considerably more entertaining than most of Johnson’s interviews. “Let’s say you were choosing a sandwich,” Bee said in the opening to Monday’s Full Frontal segment. “What do you do when your only choices are something morally reprehensible, against the…
By Guy Bentley Libertarian Party presidential candidate Gary Johnson promises he won’t use marijuana if he’s elected president in November. Johnson won the nomination for the second time May 29 and picked former Massachusetts Gov. Bill Weld as his running mate. In an interview with The Hill Monday, Johnson freely admitted he had used marijuana as…
Lindsey Graham has experienced the full spectrum of Trump support. He has gone from emphatically opposing Trump, to tacit indifference, to full support, and is now rescinding that support. Graham seems to be having a moral conflict between what he perceives his duty to his party to be and opposing a man who espouses ignorant…
Donald Trump admits he was for the Libyan intervention just like Hillary Clinton by Joey Clark Donald Trump is a “riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma” which is a nice way of saying he’s honestly full of horse dung. Yet, it seems a large segment of the American people is quite ready to…
Is it fair to allow transgender individuals who are biological men to compete in women’s sports? While some would not see a problem with this, others feel it is unfair and could set a dangerous precedent for girl’s sports. In Alaska, a male-to-female transgender named Nattaphon “Ice” Wangyot is causing fierce debate around the issue. Wangynot…
Donald Trump’s recent remarks disparaging a federal judge’s integrity based on his ethnic heritage have drawn ire from fellow Republicans. In a recent CNN interview, Trump impugned U.S. District Judge Gonzalo Curiel , who is presiding over the Trump University case, stating he was be treated unfairly because the judge is a “Mexican.” “He’s a Mexican,” Trump…
By Blake Neff The State Department has announced that it won’t be releasing a trove of Hillary Clinton’s emails until after the presidential election, but the day it plans to release them doesn’t actually exist. International Business Times reported Monday that it had made a Freedom of Information Act request to the State Department for Hillary…
By Thomas Phippen An estimated 92,000 Coloradans enrolled in certain plans under Obamacare will have to find new coverage come November, according to a report from the Colorado Division Insurance released Monday. Those enrolled in the individual market through the state exchange could see their premiums jump by up to 40 percent in 2017. The report announced anticipated changes…
By Russ Read Islamic State militants have not only stolen a majority of the military Humvees provided to the Iraq Security Forces (ISF) by the U.S., they are now re-purposing them into car bombs. Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi confirmed that 2,300 are in ISIS hands, more than 2/3 of all Humvees provided to Iraq by…