Proud to be a democrat!
First: I’m pardoning all prior federal offenses of simple marijuana possession. There are thousands of people who were previously convicted of simple possession who may be denied employment, housing, or educational opportunities as a result. My pardon will remove this burden.
— President Biden (@POTUS) October 6, 2022
Third: We classify marijuana at the same level as heroin – and more serious than fentanyl. It makes no sense. I’m asking @SecBecerra and the Attorney General to initiate the process of reviewing how marijuana is scheduled under federal law.
— President Biden (@POTUS) October 6, 2022
Sending people to jail for possessing marijuana has upended too many lives – for conduct that is legal in many states. That’s before you address the clear racial disparities around prosecution and conviction. Today, we begin to right these wrongs.
— President Biden (@POTUS) October 6, 2022
Matt McIrvin
60% of Twitter commenters seem to have misconceptions about the constitutional powers of the President.
Mike S (Now with a Democratic Congressperson!)
But, I didn’t inhale!
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It’s about time this happened!
Kristine
Totally OT–but a high of sorts–my Patron quilt square just arrived and it is beautiful! Definitely a hanging of some sort, whether it’s a frame or a cord-and-rod.
And the sweet card with the kitty. Warming on a chilly, rainy day.
Baud
@Matt McIrvin:
I’m pretty sure the president can do anything if he really tries and uses the billy pulpit.
Brachiator
Very cool thing to do.
dmsilev
@Matt McIrvin: So, another day ending with ‘y’ then?
Ejoiner
After perusing the political chats and commentary on Twitter and Reddit for the past several years, I’m shocked we still have any civilization left standing…a lot (most?) people are seriously confused and ignorant about how anything works in our system. Even the most basic concepts – how we pass laws, the powers of the various branches of government, etc. – are wildly misconstrued and unrealistic. Sigh.
hells littlest angel
All hail Dark
seidBrandon!Anonymous At Work
The gauntlet has been thrown down. I wonder if any Republicans are stupid enough (waves to all of them) to pick it up and challenge him on this or threaten impeachment/hearings?
emmyelle
@Matt McIrvin: You are an unrepentant optimist! Just wait another day or so and the percentage will increase.
bjacques
@hells littlest angel: Dank Brandon now, I’m told.
misterpuff
Dark Brandon is better than Narc Brandon.
That’s My President!
UncleEbeneezer
Dank Brandon!
Almost Retired
I hope this move draws broad public support and governors take up Biden’s invitation to do the same. And then, I hope, it will put Republican Governors in difficult situations if they resist doing the same due to opposition from their most lock-em-up-crazed base.
UncleEbeneezer
Somebody on Reddit is having fun with the Dank Brandon meme!
NotMax
New definition of a joint declaration.
Alison Rose 💙🌻💛
@Baud: Well that works for Biden, since according to some people, he is the biggest bully for saying the f word.
Baud
@NotMax:
Haha. The next joint session of Congress is going to be lit!
Jess
@NotMax: LOL
suzanne
Most excellent.
Come on, Shapiro and Fetterman.
Jess
@Baud: To be blunt, I’m doobie-ous about that…
Urza
I think I might pay money to see Congress legalize and then have a temporary lifting of rules against smoking in the chamber so they can all light up.
dr. bloor
@Matt McIrvin: You misspelled “80%”
dr. bloor
@Anonymous At Work:
Unlikely that even Congressional R’s are that stupid. The buried lede there was his urging governors to do the same at the state level. That’s debate fodder for every state and local race in the country now.
Eric S.
@Baud: is a “pulpit” like a club?
oatler
Biden rules! The smoker he drank, the player he got!
Cameron
Amazing. Such a common-sense move, but made with impeccable timing. Between that and his foul mouth, I’m sure my wingnut peeps will have to retire to the fainting couch, barely able to whisper “Fuck your feelings.”
Geminid
@dr. bloor: Beginning the process of changing cannabis’s classification is a big deal also. That would allow for more medical research and could end up helping a lot of people.
Baud
Via Reddit
POT-US
Omnes Omnibus
@Eric S.: It can be.
Baud
@Urza:
It’d be like one of Manchin’s houseboat parties.
Bobby Thomson
@Baud: wasn’t he the protagonist in Slaughterhouse Five?
currawong
Biden will be up there with the most consequential presidents in US history.
Anonymous At Work
@UncleEbeneezer: What to you mean by “somebody”??? Let’s assume 60% of Reddit that are American or follow American politics are having fun and work from there!
dr. bloor
@Geminid: You’re right about that. Much bigger than the political angle.
Anonymous At Work
@dr. bloor: Great point about local and state races now having a new debate topic.
But I disagree about Congressional Republicans being that stupid. Never assume a floor to stupidity, up to and including “too stupid to breath without other people reminding or helping” for all stupid peoples.
piratedan
sorry to be OT, have they posted the new date/time for the next (last?) J6 hearing yet?
Baud
I’m somewhat contrarian on the politics of pot. I believe it drives voting except at the margins.
Spanky
@Jess: ISWYDT.
WaterGirl
@piratedan: I am seeing Oct 13 (a Thursday, 2 weeks after it was supposed to air) possibly scheduled at the same time as the last one was suppose to air: 1 pm.
I have a post set for 12 or 12:30, can’t recall which.
Omnes Omnibus
@Baud: Doing the right thing is right. Sometimes that’s all you need.
Baud
@Omnes Omnibus:
All you need is love, love
Love is all you need
ian
@Matt McIrvin: That low?
Omnes Omnibus
@Baud: Fucking hippy.
raven
@Omnes Omnibus: yes
piratedan
@WaterGirl: tyvm
HumboldtBlue
Dank Brandon.
Dank Brandon.
SpaceUnit
Here in Colorado I’m hoping they will make it illegal to possess or distribute Coors Light.
Eric S.
I just got a fundraising email from Dank Brandon. I had to donate. It has to be $104.20.
Matt McIrvin
There was a time, back during the Obama administration, when I thought pot legalization was a political opening for the Republicans–some of their more libertarian members seemed into it when most Dem politicians were still taking the tough-on-crime angle against it, so they could have outflanked the Democrats by going all in.
But they didn’t. Too bad, so sad.
Geminid
@SpaceUnit: Coors makes that swill just over the Blue Ridge from me, four miles south of Elkton, Virginia. The brewery is right on the South Fork of the Shenandoah River. Anglers are warned not to eat the fish from it more than once a week on account of all the mercury Dupont put in the river, upstream at Waynesboro. Children and pregnant women are told not to eat any.
Coors swears that they use well water to brew Coors Light, but I still call it the Quicksilver Bullet.
SpaceUnit
@Geminid:
Tastes like effing robot piss.
Matt McIrvin
@Baud: Goin’ to the country, gonna eat a lot of peaches. Goin’ to the country, gonna eat a lot of peaches.
OB-1
@Bobby Thomson: Billy [the] Pilgrim in the Pulpit?
Elizabelle
Dank Brandon. Lol. Not up on my 420 Terminology. Figured dank referred to the flooded homes in Florida.
Jeffro
Btw in case there is any wonder that Fox/GOP/but I repeat myself doesn’t know how to deal with this…here are the top five “stories” on Fox News dot com:
5) Tom Brady and Gisele’s divorce
4) Some long-lost murder victim (yes, a white woman) has been identified
3) Some NYT columnist “rips” Herschel Walker’s son as a ‘nasty piece of work’
2) “Hunter Biden in the crosshairs”
and
1) Kanye West blasts ‘godless’ media, defends “White Lives Matter” shirt
Yes, REALLY
They know this is a huge loser for them and that the pardon will extend to thousands of their blessed white working-class followers, so…crickets.
Jeffro
@Geminid: is that why my kayak melted after a run there a few years ago? LOL
Dorothy A. Winsor
@WaterGirl: MSNBC just announced their coverage would start at 12pm.
Baud
Via reddit
https://i.redd.it/ofwywoulq8s91.jpg
WaterGirl
@Baud: I 💕 Beto. Still think he can win.
WaterGirl
@Dorothy A. Winsor: That gives them an hour for blah blah blah. Sounds about right.
David 🌈 ☘The Establishment☘🌈 Koch
Man, he shoulda done dis on day one, man
He only did it cuz we forced ’em, man
He should be growing it on federal land and mailin it to everyone for free, man
geg6
@suzanne:
This is right in Fetterman’s wheelhouse. He did town halls in every county about pot legalization back when he first was elected Lt. Governor. He flew the pot leaf flag from his office’s balcony.
Betty
@geg6: And Oz is already bashing him. What a fraudulent loser.
dexwood
@SpaceUnit: Never happen, but one can wish. Mid-seventies, Coors was not available on the East Coast, Mid-Atlantic, but so many wanted it. I’d fill my van with cases, take them to Maryland, trade them for hashish which was rare in my neck of New Mexico. Everybody was happy.
geg6
@Betty:
Oz is on the wrong side here. Fetterman got lots of good press and community support for his stance, even in Pennsyltucky.