"We're here on behalf of the people who put us here, and who need to know that their government is accountable to them, and that we, their representatives, will ask questions and investigate discrepancies on their behalf," said District 2 Councilor Sameer Kanal.
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche announced the decision in a post on X, noting that the DOJ would immediately move state-licensed marijuana and FDA-approved marijuana products to Schedule III alongside Tylenol with codeine, ketamine, and steroids.
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche stated that the rescheduling of marijuana 'allows for research on the safety and efficacy of this substance, ultimately providing patients with better care and doctors with more reliable information.' This marks a significant shift in the federal approach to medical marijuana.
"Getting rich by betting on inside information is corruption, plain and simple," Hochul said in a statement. "Our actions will ensure that public servants work for the people they represent, not their own personal enrichment."
"Artificial Intelligence is a coming storm that threatens to alter - and I believe, improve - all organizations. The pace of technological change today means that the Fed does not have the time to sit back and ruminate about changes for months and years on end."
The law did not eliminate the charitable deduction in name. It rendered it functionally useless for anyone who does not already have enough deductions to clear the standard deduction threshold on their own.
A state judge has ruled that every red-light ticket written to a cyclist under the state's vehicle and traffic law since 2019 is bogus. The city legalized the practice of biking through a red light on a pedestrian 'walk' signal, yet NYPD cops have been wrongly writing tickets for cyclists who go through the 'red' on the walk signal.
McMahon is familiar with organizations built around an increasingly unstable man who is a genius at spinning story lines that inflame the crowd and damage enemies and institutions but, if you think too hard about them, don't necessarily add up to a coherent narrative.
In the early 20th century, sociologist Max Weber noted that sweeping industrialization would transform how societies worked. As small, informal operations gave way to large, complex organizations with clearly defined roles and responsibilities, leaders would need to rely less on tradition and charisma, and more on organization and rationality. He also foresaw that jobs would need to be broken down into specialized tasks and governed by a system of hierarchy,
In this new season, I'm asking how the Trump White House is rewriting the rules of U.S. politics, and talking to Americans whose lives have been changed as a result. Today's episode examines the destruction of the civil service: the removal of professionals, and their replacement with loyalists. I've seen this kind of transformation before, in other failing democracies. Everyone suffers from the degradation of public services.
He is not worthy of the presidency. He takes bribes blatantly. And now he's being a racist, blatantly. They were supposed to deport the dangerous criminals. They were not supposed to go after small children, storm schools, bring terror upon, you know, the little kids and the women and children, not just the immigrants in the school. All the children are scared.