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When I started this Loud News Net, I kind of made a promise to stay out of the political arena. However, after the presidential ineptitude, I’ve witnessed over the past week I no longer can keep that promise. In fact, I don’t even think this is a political issue as much as it is a…
The Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act, also known as the MORE Act, is a proposed piece of U.S. federal legislation that would deschedule cannabis from the Controlled Substances Act and enact various criminal and social justice reforms related to cannabis, including the expungement of prior convictions. Introduced in 2019, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the bill on December 4, 2020, marking the first time a chamber…
A couple of weeks ago I was going to write an article about the Ahmaud Arbery murder in Georgia. I was disgusted by the video, the delay in the arrest, and the murder of an unarmed innocent man. I didn’t. I’m not sure why? Maybe it was I didn’t want to come across as exploiting…
