.@JamesTalarico on Texas officially banning THC:
“This bill is insane.
Texans aren’t going to stop smoking weed and eating edibles because politicians in Austin say so. Texans will still use THC — but instead of getting it safely from a local small business, they’ll go back to getting it from the black market. From the drug cartels.
This ban is a gift to the cartels.
We are now telling full-grown adults how to live their lives. This is the nanny state at its worst; this is big government at its worst.
Instead of fully funding our schools, guaranteeing healthcare, or making childcare more affordable — this Legislature is focused on banning a product that gives people a little peace.
We’re making people’s lives harder, not easier.
I want to leave you with a quote: ‘It is time to end needless arrests and incarcerations of adults for small amounts of marijuana for personal use.’ That wasn’t a Democrat. That was President Donald Trump.
To my Republican colleagues, I’m asking you to oppose the cartels, stand with President Trump, and vote no on this insane bill.”
Texas just made marijuana a felony after 70% of Texans voted to legalize it.
Republicans don’t give a shit about the will of the people.
The sooner the United States realizes this, the sooner everything begins to improve.
2 weeks before migrants from Morocco invaded Ceuta, the GOP passed a bill with $40 million for Morocco and a committee report advising:
Spanish-administered cities of Ceuta and Melilla are located in Moroccan territory and remain the subject of Morocco's longstanding claim.
Hemp/THC products are now a felony in TX.
A DUI isn’t a felony until 3 DUI’s.
Over 13,000 alcohol related deaths each year in TX.
0 Hemp/THC related deaths ever because = harmless plant.
The ban will cost the industry $7.5 billion dollars and 40,201 jobs in TX. Around $260 million in annual sales tax disappears, with an estimated $10.2 billion reduction in economic activity overall.
Who benefits financially? Alcohol companies, state government from insane regulatory fees, prison systems.
Don’t fall for the fake Fox/GOP outrage. Two weeks ago the House passed a bill that greenlighted the transfer of Spanish territory to Morocco. Every Republican except me voted for it, but now THEY are acting shocked at the invasion.
https://t.co/a7ROEAtoOD
https://t.co/886sJycfeL
Pay attention to what Thomas Massie is saying. Congress literally voted to TRANSFER Spanish territory to Morocco! Trump, JD Vance and Fox News are lying. It’s another psyop.
There is so much misinformation being spread about what’s actually happening in Spain:
1) Migrants are not swimming or taking boats to Spain’s mainland. Ceuta is a Spanish enclave on Morocco’s northern coast.
2) This is a coordinated effort by Morocco’s government, seen in the video below transporting migrants in trucks to Ceuta.
Morocco’s government aligns with Israel and the US, so these efforts most likely aim to punish Spain for supporting Palestine and opposing the US and Israel’s war against Iran.
🚨 BREAKING: The DOJ is moving to dismiss the indictment against David Hearn in the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool case and is admitting the damage was the result of a flawed, botched installation job, not vandalism. https://t.co/RruNALQIZH
The man who promised to "Make America Healthy Again" is presiding over a 35-year high in measles, the largest cyclosporiasis outbreak on record, and a food-safety system so hollowed out by DOGE cuts, the FDA and CDC can't trace the source of people’s sickness.
They’d rather use today’s hearing to grandstand and audition for the Fox News segment than focus on their own culpability in eroding our public health infrastructure.
https://t.co/bwZIVvlAjd
The GOP is desperately trying to rewrite history, but just a reminder that Donald Trump was president during the lockdowns, and he awarded Fauci a presidential commendation for his work on COVID.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Trump appointed Fauci.
Trump locked down the country.
Trump spearheaded the vaccine.
Trump was President while ~400K died.
So, naturally, in the mind of MAGA, all of this is Fauci's fault.
ICE grabbed a roofer in Missouri with no warrant. His wife self-deported so her kids wouldn’t lose both parents. Both found bound and shot in a cane field. Their 14-month-old was crying next to her mother’s body, dehydrated. Not a side effect. The point. Enough of this bullshit.