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[link removed]'Rescheduling Is Not Enough,' Advocates Say of HHS Cannabis Recommendation <[link removed]"The goal of any federal cannabis policy reform ought to be to address the existing, untenable chasm between federal marijuana policy and the cannabis laws of the majority of U.S. states," said NORML's deputy director. <[link removed]'Trump Is Ineligible': Top Election Officials Urged to Bar Former President From Ballot <[link removed]"The enforcement of Section 3 of the 14th Amendment against Trump will ensure that our republic is protected and that this insurrectionist-in-chief is forever disqualified from holding any future public office," said the president of Free Speech for People. <[link removed]"The U.S. government can demand the UAE demonstrate through this high profile release its commitment to the human rights principles required for healthy civic space at this upcoming global gathering," said one campaigner. <[link removed]'s Cave on White Supremacy Helped Pave Way for Jacksonville Shooting <[link removed]"We must not be fooled into treating each massacre as its own tragedy," said one civil rights advocate. "The tragedy first lies in the unchecked proliferation of the violent racist ideology coupled with the unchecked access to weapons of war." <[link removed]'Recipe for Annihilation': UN Chief <[link removed]" said United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres. <[link removed]"These students have lived their entire lives under threat of violent death and tragedy," said one observer. <[link removed]'Much-Needed' Overtime Protections for 3.6 Million Workers <[link removed]'Vote Them Out': âTennessee GOP Ends Special Session Without Major Gun Reforms <[link removed]'Deceptive' Ballot Language for Ohio Abortion Rights Amendment <[link removed]