Vintage legal office with a wooden desk, law books, and an ashtray holding a smoking joint, a March 1978 desk calendar, and an autumn window scene in the background, shown under a #HighQs note about DEA Judge Francis Young calling cannabis one of the safest therapeutically active substances, with the Pot Culture Magazine logo and PotCultureMagazine.com at the bottom.

#HighQs: In 1978, the DEA’s own Administrative Law Judge Francis Young later called cannabis “one of the safest therapeutically active substances known to man” during rescheduling hearings, a statement still part of the record. #PotCultureMagazine #Cannabis #CannabisCulture

Actor-author George Takei turns 89 today...

Takei brought enjoyment to so many thru his performances in Perry Mason, Black Sheep Squadron, the iconic Star Trek TOS/movies...

An American patriot, he & his family endured racially motivated internment camps of the 1940s...

Live longer, Mr. Takei!

Multiple oil spills are visible from space after Iranian and US-Israeli strikes hit oil facilities and ships in the region, with experts warning of an impending environmental catastrophe. https://cnn.it/3Ovxzwk

Trump just raised the $39 trillion national debt with the largest budget hike since World War II—and nobody can figure out how to pay for it “MAGA was told an untruth by Trump—no foreign wars, no adventurism,” Steve Hanke told Fortune. “This is a massive militarization.”

Notoriously anti-science RFK def wants to cut NIH programs.

Notoriously anti-government Russ Vought deffffff wants to cut NIH programs.

Trump's 2027 budget proposal would pile onto our national debt with the largest budget hike since WWII. finance.yahoo.com/economy/poli...

CEO of Palantir Says He Spends a Large Amount of Time Talking to Nazis CEO of Palantir Alex Karp unexpectedly revealed that he spends a lot of his time having conversations with "real Nazis."

The company run by the guy who literally said “I talk to nazis all the time online” while on camera? futurism.com/future-socie...

EU top court strikes down Hungary’s anti-LGBTQ+ rules Viktor Orbán had banned mentions of homosexuality in media accessible to children and outlawed Pride marches.

www.politico.eu/article/eu-t...

Bear.

I always choose the bear.

Though #3 is HALF-right.

Hegseth cancels ‘absurd’ flu vaccine requirement for ‘brave warriors’ in military Hegseth described his latest directive as ‘restoring’ what he called ‘simple medical autonomy’ in response to the Biden administration’s Covid-19 policies

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

A mass shooting that took the lives of eight children should stop this country in its tracks. Instead, the Shreveport tragedy disappeared from the headlines in a day. We cannot allow this level of violence to fade into background noise. Ending America’s gun‑violence epidemic is a moral oblligation.

Emails show Amazon colluding with other firms to raise prices, California authorities allege The previously redacted messages were unveiled as part of an antitrust battle with California attorney general Rob Bonta

Emails show Amazon colluding with other firms to raise prices, California authorities allege.

What is it doing in the UK? Will any regulator even investigate?

Exec pay linked to profits. Every incentive to rig the market, fleece customers.

Technofacism? Why Palantir's pro-West ‘manifesto' has critics alarmed Palantir's 'manifesto' has been described as an 'AI-driven threat to humanity's existence' and 'technofascism'.

Palantir's 'manifesto' has been described as an 'AI-driven threat to humanity's existence' and 'technofascism'.

In voting rights win, Virginia agrees to stop mass voter purges near Election Day The dispute exposed a growing national tension between Republican-led efforts to aggressively purge voter rolls and federal protections designed to ensure eligible voters are not wrongly removed.

🚨BREAKING: A federal court Monday approved a settlement forcing Virginia to halt voter purges near elections — delivering a major win for voters by reinforcing federal protections against last-minute disenfranchisement.

🤭 Laughter erupted in the Danish parliament‼️.. 🙄

..when #Trümp demanded in a letter to receive the #NobelPeacePrize for protecting #Greenland from #China and #Russia.

#ItMakesMeCringe

it’s a great day for transphobes to eat shit

Sam Stein & Will Sommer: Major MAGA Figures Say Trump’s Assassination Attempt Was Staged MAGA Monday

Watch the full episode of Bulwark Takes at The Bulwark and YouTube, or listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts: lnk.thebulwark.com/4trVdsO?utm_...

...I need to get this deck.

He only cared about ONE thing...how it looked on TV. Enough has been said regarding the impossible healing job...not enough said about the depravity it takes to kill your followers to make good television.

#ArrestHegseth

Join the campaign: buff.ly/jpjid5z

Opinion | The Trump Administration Is Coming After Birth Control Access in a Terrifying New Way

Title X, the 1st Fed. program dedicated to family planning has prevented ~20M unintended pregnancies, providing women with free/low-cost birth control. It significantly reduced child poverty. Now HHS tells Title X clinics to return to the "rhythm method."
#ProudBlue www.nytimes.com/2026/04/20/o...

As people celebrate 4/20, let’s be honest about the contradiction: In many states, marijuana is legal. In too many lives, the consequences are still permanent. People are still carrying records. Still locked out of jobs, housing, and opportunity - for doing what is now sold legally in storefronts. That’s not justice. That’s hypocrisy. State laws have changed, federal law hasn’t. And thus: Small businesses are squeezed. Research is restricted. A growing industry is taxed and regulated in some places - generating real revenue - while the communities most harmed by prohibition are still waiting to be restored. We should be building a fair, well-regulated national framework that de-schedules, taxes responsibly, expands research, and reinvests in the very communities that paid the highest price. Progress has been made - because people fought for it. But we are not done. 4/20 shouldn’t just be a celebration. It should be a call to action. Expunge records. End the disparities. Empower small businesses Pass comprehensive federal reform.

Federal Judge Vacates Kennedy Declaration, Permanently Blocks Trump's Trans Youth Care Hospital Threats The judgment overturns the Kennedy Declaration which has been used to force 40 hospitals to drop trans youth care.

www.erininthemorning.com/p/federal-ju...?

What I Saw When Hasan Piker and Abdul El-Sayed Came to Town Two theories about the Senate race making so much news right now.

Abdul El-Sayed has been called the “Michigan Mamdani” because of his unabashedly progressive campaign, his Muslim faith - and the possibility of an upset victory. ICYMI @citizencohn.bsky.social:

Tell Congress: Stop Trump’s Illegal Plan to Destroy the US Forest Service Contact Congress today!

Mike Johnson is a coward and a fool who only does whatever Trump allows him to—so we’re gonna have to work around him.

Write your members of Congress and urge them to protect the US Forest Service. It only takes 30 seconds.

We must act NOW!

Easy solution: Ban these gluttonous resource hogs.

Everything the Ellison family could own if Paramount buys Warner Bros:

Paramount+
CBS
CNN
Showtime
HBO
Warner Bros
TNT
TBS
MTV
DC Studios
Nickelodeon
Comedy Central
Cartoon Network
And more...

This is a rotten deal that the Trump regime has rubber stamped.

State AGs must step in and block it.

Just a thought: How about we stop shaming the poor for buying things that may not be essential, and start shaming the rich for making a profit off things that are essential?

Pancreatic cancer mRNA vaccine shows lasting results in an early trial Scientists caution that more research is needed, but nearly all of the patients who responded to the personalized vaccine are still alive six years later.

“Pancreatic cancer mRNA vaccine shows lasting results in an early trial. Scientists caution that more research is needed, but nearly all of the patients who responded to the personalized vaccine are still alive six years later.”

This is why we should fund science. 🧪

EU: The European Union will require sale of mobile phones with “user-replaceable and longer-lasting batteries” starting in 2027.

The regulation demands “availability of spare parts and manuals for 10 years to curb planned obsolescence”.

I have Orion's Belt in spots on the side of my left upper leg.