Mass marijuana comm needs a listening, not a hearing
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SUNSHINE WEEK SPECIAL: THE FOILIES 2017
Think of it as the Golden Raspberries but for government transparency, where the bad actors are actually going off script to deny the public the right to understand what business is being conducted on their behalf.
DEMOCRACY IN CRISIS: RUSSIA, RACE, AND JEFF SESSIONS
His Justice Department will likely ignore the epidemic of African-Americans killed by police, and he is against consent decrees, legal agreements between the DOJ and local police departments with patterns and practices of abuse or constitutional violations, intended to curb the unchecked power of local cops.
FRIEND OF THE DEVIL: HEY, PATRICK KENNEDY, YOU’RE PART OF THE PROBLEM
All of which amounts to Kennedy either being a complete fraud ... or just a total dummy.
REEFER MMA-DNESS
How Mass politicians say ‘local control’ when they mean ‘prohibition’
THE LONG GAME: SANCTUARY CITIES FIGHT POINTS TO NEED FOR GLOBAL LABOR PROTECTIONS
The Mexican economy went into immediate freefall—throwing over one million people out of work. Then the American multinationals were able to move more manufacturing operations to Mexico than ever before ...
EXPECT DELAYS: IN MASS, WE NOW HAVE TO WAIT MONTHS FOR PUBLIC INFORMATION REQUESTS
The fact is that the update makes it easy and legal for agencies to delay for months and leaves it entirely possible that any agency or municipality can lawfully delay providing records indefinitely.
JOINT PERSPECTIVE: GRASS ROUTES
How can I get into the cannabiz (without selling weed)?
SHAM CMTE FOR CANNABIS
Legislature’s joint committee on joints convenes (mostly) prohibitionist forces
TRUST ACTING: DOES WALSH THINK PEOPLE FORGOT ABOUT HIS REFUGEE COMMENTS?
Meanwhile, while mainstream outlets surely know about the stances Walsh has taken in the past, as well as about the history of Boston and ICE, reporters seem more interested in flanking Walsh in his war against Trump than in questioning local authority.