Sam Reisman
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Last night, Sen. Rand Paul, who unsuccessfully sought to strike hemp ban language from the government spending bill, told Kentucky hemp interests that he was considering legislative language that would return the issue to the states.
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Rand Paul Eyes Returning Hemp Policy To The States - Law360
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., who unsuccessfully sought to strike hemp ban language from the government spending bill, told Kentucky hemp interests Wednesday that he was considering legislative language that...
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November 20, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Last night, Sen. Rand Paul, who unsuccessfully sought to strike hemp ban language from the government spending bill, told Kentucky hemp interests that he was considering legislative language that would return the issue to the states.
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Very proud of this one and I hope you will listen
Good morning. We have a new episode: Kevin. omny.fm/shows/heavyw...
November 20, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Very proud of this one and I hope you will listen
How can I be expected to take the New Yorker seriously.
November 20, 2025 at 2:44 AM
How can I be expected to take the New Yorker seriously.
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A reminder that seven years ago almost to the day, the CIA determined that Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the killing of @washingtonpost.com journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
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I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
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CIA concludes Saudi crown prince ordered Jamal Khashoggi’s assassination
Audio recordings, intercepted phone calls and other intelligence link Mohammed bin Salman to killing that Saudis say was conducted by rogue elements.
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November 18, 2025 at 6:05 PM
A reminder that seven years ago almost to the day, the CIA determined that Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the killing of @washingtonpost.com journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
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I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
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women are always saying “lord grant me the confidence of a mediocre man.” ok well he did. now what. is the world a better place? look at what you’ve wrought.
Olivia Nuzzi's 'American Canto': Read the Exclusive Excerpt
She flamed out and she faded away. 'Vanity Fair'’s West Coast Editor returns to the written word to survey scorched earth.
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November 17, 2025 at 3:46 PM
women are always saying “lord grant me the confidence of a mediocre man.” ok well he did. now what. is the world a better place? look at what you’ve wrought.
Hemp industry advocates are pledging to use the one-year gap between enactment and implementation of the government funding agreement, which effectively recriminalized most hemp-derived THC products, to craft new regulatory legislation that stops short of a full ban.
Hemp Policy At Crossroads After Government Reopening Bill - Law360
Hemp industry advocates are pledging to use the one-year gap between enactment and implementation of the government funding agreement, which effectively recriminalized most hemp-derived THC products, ...
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November 14, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Hemp industry advocates are pledging to use the one-year gap between enactment and implementation of the government funding agreement, which effectively recriminalized most hemp-derived THC products, to craft new regulatory legislation that stops short of a full ban.
www.law360.com/cannabis/art... The government funding agreement approved by both chambers of Congress includes a provision that would effectively recriminalize most THC products derived from hemp.
Congress Approves Spending Bill Banning Intoxicating Hemp - Law360
The government funding agreement approved by both chambers of Congress includes a provision that would effectively recriminalize most THC products derived from hemp.
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November 13, 2025 at 3:50 PM
www.law360.com/cannabis/art... The government funding agreement approved by both chambers of Congress includes a provision that would effectively recriminalize most THC products derived from hemp.
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Does anyone know what Cuomo's dad did for a living?
October 29, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Does anyone know what Cuomo's dad did for a living?
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LOL. "who was most recently managing editor at The Free Press."
Perfect. No notes.
Perfect. No notes.
This colossal Times of London/de Blasio screwup gets more amazing at every turn.
Scoop via @maxtani.bsky.social
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Scoop via @maxtani.bsky.social
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October 30, 2025 at 5:09 AM
LOL. "who was most recently managing editor at The Free Press."
Perfect. No notes.
Perfect. No notes.
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Two main conclusions from this Fuentes-Carlson interview:
1) MAGA has tried to keep Fuentes out of mainstream circles for years—and knows it failed. The movement’s shift to increasingly radical rhetoric, especially in TPUSA circles, was in part them trying to compete for the youth’s attention. 1/n
1) MAGA has tried to keep Fuentes out of mainstream circles for years—and knows it failed. The movement’s shift to increasingly radical rhetoric, especially in TPUSA circles, was in part them trying to compete for the youth’s attention. 1/n
Tucker Carlson's latest guest? White nationalist leader Nick Fuentes.
Carlson and Fuentes have been at loggerheads for years. Earlier this year, Carlson said Fuentes had an "angry gay kid thing going on."
I don't think this kind of episode would've happened prior to Charlie Kirk's death.
Carlson and Fuentes have been at loggerheads for years. Earlier this year, Carlson said Fuentes had an "angry gay kid thing going on."
I don't think this kind of episode would've happened prior to Charlie Kirk's death.
October 28, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Two main conclusions from this Fuentes-Carlson interview:
1) MAGA has tried to keep Fuentes out of mainstream circles for years—and knows it failed. The movement’s shift to increasingly radical rhetoric, especially in TPUSA circles, was in part them trying to compete for the youth’s attention. 1/n
1) MAGA has tried to keep Fuentes out of mainstream circles for years—and knows it failed. The movement’s shift to increasingly radical rhetoric, especially in TPUSA circles, was in part them trying to compete for the youth’s attention. 1/n
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EXCLUSIVE: One Saturday afternoon in October, my phone lit up with a notification.
I glanced down at the message.
“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.
So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.
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I glanced down at the message.
“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.
So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.
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October 20, 2025 at 10:09 PM
EXCLUSIVE: One Saturday afternoon in October, my phone lit up with a notification.
I glanced down at the message.
“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.
So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
I glanced down at the message.
“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.
So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
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Not alcohol though
Supreme Court will consider whether people who regularly smoke pot can legally own guns
Supreme Court will consider whether people who regularly smoke pot can legally own guns
The Supreme Court will consider whether people who regularly smoke marijuana can legally own guns, the latest firearm case to come before the court since its 2022 decision expanding gun rights.
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October 20, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Not alcohol though
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“.. They are the asylum seekers, the rule followers. They go into the federal building holding papers .. hoping for a measure of due process. Some leave the courthouse with a hearing date set months or years from now. Others disappear into ICE’s prison system.”
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October 20, 2025 at 6:07 PM
“.. They are the asylum seekers, the rule followers. They go into the federal building holding papers .. hoping for a measure of due process. Some leave the courthouse with a hearing date set months or years from now. Others disappear into ICE’s prison system.”
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You can now watch Oscar Award winning documentary No Other Land in the United States of America.
Link below.
Link below.
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October 20, 2025 at 4:32 PM
You can now watch Oscar Award winning documentary No Other Land in the United States of America.
Link below.
Link below.
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“Insanely ironic Weiss is whining about leakers when her rag leaked audio of our 9 am editorial over Dokoupil, and now she expects it to be a safe place after rendering it unsafe herself?” one CBS News staffer told me this morning about Bari's leaker hunt.
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Bari Weiss sought CBS-related leaks. Now she’s rooting out leakers as new CBS boss
One CBS News staffer told The Independent that it was ‘insanely ironic’ that Weiss, the network’s new editor-in-chief, was trying to out leakers
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October 20, 2025 at 4:38 PM
“Insanely ironic Weiss is whining about leakers when her rag leaked audio of our 9 am editorial over Dokoupil, and now she expects it to be a safe place after rendering it unsafe herself?” one CBS News staffer told me this morning about Bari's leaker hunt.
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The U.S. Supreme Court decided on Monday to address "a four-way circuit conflict" over whether it is legal to prevent users of drugs — including marijuana, which the majority of states have legalized in some fashion — from possessing firearms.
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High Court To Hear Case Asking If Drug Users Can Have Guns - Law360
The U.S. Supreme Court decided on Monday to address "a four-way circuit conflict" over whether it is legal to prevent users of drugs — including marijuana, which the majority of states have legalized ...
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October 20, 2025 at 4:42 PM
The U.S. Supreme Court decided on Monday to address "a four-way circuit conflict" over whether it is legal to prevent users of drugs — including marijuana, which the majority of states have legalized in some fashion — from possessing firearms.
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Federal prosecutors have asked a Maine federal judge to bar any discussion of medical or recreational marijuana legalization in the state from an upcoming trial of persons accused of illegally growing cannabis.
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Feds Seek To Block Pot Legalization Talk In Maine Drug Trial - Law360
Federal prosecutors have asked a Maine federal judge to bar any discussion of medical or recreational marijuana legalization in the state from an upcoming trial of persons accused of illegally growing...
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October 15, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Federal prosecutors have asked a Maine federal judge to bar any discussion of medical or recreational marijuana legalization in the state from an upcoming trial of persons accused of illegally growing cannabis.
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ICE arrested comedian Robby Roadsteamer for singing a parody of Rod Stewart’s “Do Ya Think I’m Sexy” in a Jeffrey Epstein the Giraffe costume outside their facility.
He sings “If you hate brown people / and you are a Nazi” and ICE thugs grab him and drag him into detention. No violence—just speech.
He sings “If you hate brown people / and you are a Nazi” and ICE thugs grab him and drag him into detention. No violence—just speech.
October 15, 2025 at 4:55 PM
ICE arrested comedian Robby Roadsteamer for singing a parody of Rod Stewart’s “Do Ya Think I’m Sexy” in a Jeffrey Epstein the Giraffe costume outside their facility.
He sings “If you hate brown people / and you are a Nazi” and ICE thugs grab him and drag him into detention. No violence—just speech.
He sings “If you hate brown people / and you are a Nazi” and ICE thugs grab him and drag him into detention. No violence—just speech.
Alcohol has a.) no currently accepted medical use and b.) irrefutably, a potential for abuse. Every new study that comes out seems to say there is no "safe" amount a person can consume. Anyway, I'll get back to reporting on cannabis, a Schedule I substance. www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/202...
No amount of alcohol is safe, at least for dementia risk, study finds
Even a drink or two a day is linked to a chance of developing dementia as you age.
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October 15, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Alcohol has a.) no currently accepted medical use and b.) irrefutably, a potential for abuse. Every new study that comes out seems to say there is no "safe" amount a person can consume. Anyway, I'll get back to reporting on cannabis, a Schedule I substance. www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/202...
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If someone starts off talking about the "temperature" of American politics, odds are you're about to hear something incredibly vapid.
October 6, 2025 at 2:31 PM
If someone starts off talking about the "temperature" of American politics, odds are you're about to hear something incredibly vapid.
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perhaps the biggest story TFPever ran was a catastrophically shoddy argument that George Floyd ackshully died of an overdose. When confronted with irrefutable evidence that the piece was simply wrong, Weiss didn’t take it down, she asked her critic, @radleybalko.bsky.social, to come on a podcast.
David Ellison’s note to staff on Paramount’s acquisition of the Free Press
October 6, 2025 at 1:35 PM
perhaps the biggest story TFPever ran was a catastrophically shoddy argument that George Floyd ackshully died of an overdose. When confronted with irrefutable evidence that the piece was simply wrong, Weiss didn’t take it down, she asked her critic, @radleybalko.bsky.social, to come on a podcast.
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Last year, CNN ran a “fact check” of Kamala HQ that claimed we were lying for saying Trump’s plan is Project 2025.
Now Trump is outright admitting it’s his plan.
Legacy media failed the country.
Now Trump is outright admitting it’s his plan.
Legacy media failed the country.
October 2, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Last year, CNN ran a “fact check” of Kamala HQ that claimed we were lying for saying Trump’s plan is Project 2025.
Now Trump is outright admitting it’s his plan.
Legacy media failed the country.
Now Trump is outright admitting it’s his plan.
Legacy media failed the country.
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a heartwarming story of how being an unethical and talentless hack is no barrier to success when you are willing to endlessly flatter the wretched views of rich dipshits
Bari Weiss is set to be named the editor in chief of CBS News, the New York Post reports
October 2, 2025 at 8:12 PM
a heartwarming story of how being an unethical and talentless hack is no barrier to success when you are willing to endlessly flatter the wretched views of rich dipshits
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In case it wasn’t clear, the anti-DEI crusade has never been about merit. Zero news experience. Never been a reporter. Elevated to Editor in Chief of CBS News, one of the most storied news institutions in the nation. www.mediaite.com/media/news/p...
Paramount Officially Acquiring The Free Press and Making Bari Weiss CBS News Editor in Chief: Report
Paramount Skydance will be officially acquiring The Free Press and hiring its founder Bari Weiss as editor in chief of its CBS News division, with the deal to be announced this coming Monday, accordin...
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October 2, 2025 at 8:22 PM
In case it wasn’t clear, the anti-DEI crusade has never been about merit. Zero news experience. Never been a reporter. Elevated to Editor in Chief of CBS News, one of the most storied news institutions in the nation. www.mediaite.com/media/news/p...
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One of these is not the same.
"Recount familiar partisan complaints"
"Recount familiar partisan complaints"
September 30, 2025 at 6:17 PM
One of these is not the same.
"Recount familiar partisan complaints"
"Recount familiar partisan complaints"