Trump Signals Support for Proposal that will Legalize Recreational Marijuana in Florida
(LifeSiteNews) — President Donald Trump is continuing to moderate on social issues.
In a Truth Social post published this past weekend, the former president, who is a resident of Florida, expressed support for a ballot proposal that would legalize marijuana in the Sunshine State.
“In Florida, like so many other states that have already given their approval, personal amounts of marijuana will be legalized for adults with Amendment 3. Whether people like it or not, this will happen through the approval of the voters, so it should be done correctly,” Trump wrote Saturday.
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While touting his “law and order” platform, Trump further added that “someone should not be a criminal in Florida, when this is legal in so many other states. We do not need to ruin lives [and] waste taxpayer dollars arresting adults with personal amounts of it on them.”
Trump proceeded to call on the Florida state legislature, which is dominated by Republicans 83-36 in the House and 28-12 in the Senate, to “responsibly create laws that prohibit the use of it in public spaces, so we do not smell marijuana everywhere we go, like we do in many of the Democrat run cities.”
Trump’s post comes at the same time he was forced to issue a clarification of his opposition to Amendment 4, a Florida ballot proposal that would enshrine abortion-on-demand by overturning the state’s six-week abortion ban and allowing unrestricted abortion up to “viability,” which is usually set at around 24 weeks’ gestation, as well as permitting abortion up to birth for so-called “health” reasons
After pro-lifers decried Trump for stating that six weeks is “too short,” his campaign quickly issued a statement saying he “has not yet said how he will vote on the ballot initiative in Florida, he simply reiterated that he believes six weeks is too short.”
In an interview with Fox News the next day, August 30, Trump admitted that he will vote no on the amendment, which he criticized for allowing the “ridiculous situation” of abortion in the ninth month of pregnancy.
Kamala Harris’ campaign has accused Trump of “brazen flip flops” on marijuana. In a statement, they argued that “as President, his own Justice Department cracked down on marijuana offenses,” such as “withdrawing guidelines to limit prosecutions of marijuana offenses that were legal under state laws” and for “removing medical marijuana protections.”
In 2019, Trump helped pay for an ad campaign warning about the drug’s side effects. His Surgeon General Jerome Adams and Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar also advised against marijuana legalization.
Trump’s pivot on the issue suggests he may be seeking to peel off young and minority voters from Harris, who, despite being in favor of the drug now, was attacked by Tulsi Gabbard in the 2020 presidential primary over it. During a debate, Gabbard accused Harris of putting “over fifteen hundred people in jail for marijuana violations and then laughed about it when she was asked if she ever smoked marijuana.”
In 2022, voters in Arkansas, North Dakota, and South Dakota rejected ballot measures that would have legalized recreational marijuana, which has been linked to cognitive decline and has long been considered a gateway drug that leads to more dangerous narcotics usage. Nineteen states plus the District of Columbia allow recreational use of marijuana at present. Thirteen states have banned it outright.
In April 2024, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration under Joe Biden announced it was easing restrictions on marijuana by reclassifying the drug from a more restricted Schedule I substance to the lesser Schedule III category.
RFK Jr. Forced to Remain on the Ballot in Key Battleground State of Michigan Despite Requesting Withdrawal from the Race
The name of independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will still appear on ballots in Michigan in November, even after withdrawing his presidential bid and endorsing Republican presidential nominee and former president Donald Trump.
In a press conference in Phoenix on Aug. 23, Kennedy suspended his presidential bid and admitted to the public that he no longer saw a path toward victory. Kennedy explained that internal polling showed his candidacy could harm Trump’s chances while inadvertently helping Harris, though recent public polls do not clearly support this claim. Regardless, after several discussions with Trump, he decided to withdraw and support the former president, instead.
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In line with this, he also sought to remove his name from the ballots in 10 key battleground states.
“In about 10 battleground states, where my presence would be a spoiler, I’m going to remove my name. And I’ve already started that process and urge voters not to vote for me,” Kennedy said.
However, the office of Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, a Democrat, claimed that Kennedy would still be listed as the nominee of the Natural Law Party after the party selected him as its nominee at its state convention back in April.
“Minor party candidates cannot withdraw, so his name will remain on the ballot,” said Cheri Hardmon, a spokeswoman for Benson, in an email on Aug 23. “Michigan Election Law requires presidential electors be selected at the fall state convention. The fall state convention must be held no later than the date of the primary. The Natural Law Party held their convention to select electors for Robert Kennedy Jr. They cannot meet at this point to select new electors since it’s past the primary.”
RFK Jr. faces similar problems in other key battleground states
Similar situations are unfolding in other states where election officials have also indicated it is too late for Kennedy to have his name removed from the ballot.
In North Carolina, the State Board of Elections claimed that Kennedy’s withdrawal came just as ballot printing had begun across the state. As of Aug. 29, approximately 1.73 million ballots were already printed in over 60 counties, including those for military personnel overseas and individuals with vision impairments.
Karen Brinson, the executive director of the State Board of Elections, clarified that removing Kennedy’s name would involve reprinting and redistributing the ballots, which would take at least 13 days and incur extra costs. Considering the tight timeframe and the expenses involved, the board concluded that making the changes was not feasible. This, in turn, resulted in the rejection of Kennedy’s withdrawal.
Similarly, in Wisconsin, the Elections Commission voted to deny Kennedy’s request to be removed from the ballot. The decision was based on Wisconsin law, which states that candidates who have filed nomination papers and qualified for the ballot cannot subsequently withdraw.
As of now, reports also claim that Kennedy may also face difficulties in removing his name from ballots in other battleground states like Nevada.
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America’s ‘Ukraine Project’ Has Brought Destruction to Slavic People – Moscow
Washington’s ‘Ukraine project’ has brought destruction to Slavic people, Russia’s ambassador to the US, Anatoly Antonov, warned on Monday. He accused the Americans of using Ukrainians as “cannon fodder” in an unwinnable conflict.
He further warned that the White House will face serious consequences if it removes restrictions on Kiev using Western missiles to conduct long range strikes inside Russia.
Moscow considers the Ukraine conflict to be a US-led proxy war against Russia in which Ukrainian soldiers are used as “cannon fodder.” No amount of military hardware donated to Kiev will allow it to prevail militarily, the ambassador said.
“The American ‘Ukraine project’ has brought destruction and entailed huge sacrifices of the Slavic people,” Antonov added. “There is no doubt that Russia will cope with the new challenge to its security and the goals and objectives of the special military operation will be fully implemented.”
Antonov was commenting on the recent trip to the US by senior officials from Kiev, including Andrey Yermak, the chief of staff of Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky, and Defense Minister Rustem Umerov. According to media reports, they presented the Americans with a list of targets in Russia that they want to attack with Western long-range weapons.
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“Washington’s idea of pitting Europe against Russia through the Ukrainian crisis will not pass,” Antonov said. “The US will not be able to sit it out across the ocean if the current situation escalates into a global conflict.”
Kiev argues that the lack of permission by its weapons donors to conduct long-range strikes puts Ukrainian troops at a disadvantage on the front line. Moscow has warned that it would supply similar military capabilities to enemies of the West if these types of attacks ever happen. The potential escalation would not be limited to the European continent, Antonov warned.
Unlike the UK and France, which donated air-launched long-range cruise missiles to Ukraine, the US has delivered a small number of ground-launched ballistic weapons, which are easier to deploy close to the border through stealth. Kiev has used some of the ATACMS missiles to attack targets in Russia’s Crimea, which the US considers Ukrainian territory.
A Ukrainian MP visiting Washington told CNN that strikes deep inside Russia would be no different from striking Russian border areas, which the US government allowed Kiev to do in late May, because “both are Russian territory.”
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American officials have made it clear to the Ukrainians that they would not get “another significant delivery of ATACMS due to the finite number in US inventories,” the network reported. Many of the targets chosen by Kiev are not even within ATACMS range, sources told CNN.
Brazil’s X Ban Double Standard: Lula’s Party Still Posts While Silencing Critics
Brazil’s government, under President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has continued to use the social media platform X, even as it enforces a widespread ban against its citizens. This ban, initially enforced to curb “misinformation” and “hate speech,” supposedly aimed to protect public discourse and uphold “democracy.” However, the persistent activity on X by Lula’s party PT Brasil, and the Superior Electoral Court (TSE) starkly contrasts with the punitive measures threatened against ordinary citizens. They’re allowed to talk but the people aren’t allowed to talk back.
The issue is not just in the ban itself but in the implications of its enforcement. The government’s decision to silence potential critics on the platform while allowing pro-government voices to remain active raises serious concerns about fairness and equality before the law. This selective censorship effectively monopolizes the digital conversation, ensuring that only the political elite can disseminate information and engage with the public on X, while opposition voices are stifled.
By controlling who can speak and who can’t, the government is not just regulating a platform but is orchestrating the narrative. This creates an environment where “misinformation” can be selectively defined as anything that contradicts the official government position, regardless of its factual accuracy. Such actions compromise the foundational democratic principle that the public should have access to a plurality of views, especially in a digital age where social media platforms are critical arenas for political discourse.
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Historic Christian Churches Are Burning To the Ground In France At a Rate of 1 Every 2 Weeks
Historic churches are burning to the ground in France at the shocking rate of one every two weeks – and yet according to Macron’s government and mainstream media, this situation is completely normal and there […]
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