In his latest bid to win over the hearts and minds of the left leading up to his 2020 presidential campaign, Senator Cory Booker (D-New Jersey) has rolled out a new federal marijuana legalization bill. On Thursday, Booker and Representatives Barbara Lee (D-CA) and Ro Khanna (D-CA) introduced the Marijuana …
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Rep. Jim Jordan (R.-Ohio) is many things: an ardent climate change denier, a fierce opponent of reproductive rights, an advocate for “traditional” marriageand a staunch defender of the President’s right to straight-up lie to the American people. He is also alleged to be something else: an ignorer of rampant campus …
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Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has been removed from Roku after the streaming platform faced fierce criticism from users, The New York Times reports. Last year, Jones’ InfoWars channel, as well as his other media projects, were scrubbed from most major social media platforms and streaming services for violating various rules …
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Jake Thomas Patterson, 21, led an unremarkable life before allegedly kidnapping 13-year-old Jayme Closs and murdering her parents in their Barron, Wisconsin on October 15, 2018. Patterson has been charged with two counts of first degree intentional homicide, one count of kidnapping and one count of armed burglary after being …
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Shelby Svensen admitted to killing his wife Jamie Ivancic — but only after he was arrested for also killing three of her family members. Authorities believe Ivancic may have been dead for as long as a year, but Svensen convinced her friends and family that she was still alive by …
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Colin Kroll, the co-founder of popular apps like Vine and HQ Trivia, died Sunday of a suspected drug overdose in New York. Kroll was 34. HQ Trivia tweeted, “We learned today of the passing of our friend and founder, Colin Kroll, and it’s with deep sadness that we say goodbye. …
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Lawyers hired by CBS have found cause for the company’s board of directors to deny former chairman and chief executive, Leslie Moonves, a $120 million severance package. This is according to a draft of a 56-page report obtained by the New York Times which details the findings of an independent …
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On Tuesday, November 6th, voters in Michigan overwhelmingly approved Proposition 18-1, a ballot initiative that legalizes marijuana for adults who are age 21 or older, and allows for the sale of flower, concentrates or cannabis-infused edibles. The measure, which passed with 56 percent of votes, makes Michigan the tenth state, …
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ATodayinterview withSean Pennand Natascha McElhone turned into a frank discussion of the #MeToo movement. The topic arose from discussing their newHulu series The First, a sci-fi drama about a mission to Mars, when McElhone noted that her character was informed by #MeToo and women coming forward with their stories of …
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For years, experts have predicted that if the cannabis industry expands at its current rate, the American market will reach $20 billion by 2020. But it turns out that one market is spinning off into a mega-industry of its own: according to a new estimate from cannabis industry analysts the …
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