Hello! Here are the topics for today’s column:

• Noem & Sheehy
• Reclassify Marijuana
• Top U.S. Problem
• One More Thing

NOEM & SHEEHY:

An opinion piece in Bloomberg by Francis Wilkinson hit South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem and Tim Sheehy, a Republican U.S. Senate candidate from Montana pretty hard yesterday.

The headline is “Kristi Noem’s Cruelty Fits Right Into MAGA Gun Culture” and the subheading is, “Her ghoulish delight in killing a puppy reflects the mad mosaic of Trump world.”

The puppy was executed for being an untrained puppy.  

I was happy the article gave mention to the goat that Noem executed (it took her two shots). He was executed because he smelled and was mean. Be careful if you are hanging out around Noem from now on and you smell and have a mean streak. I owned a goat named “Billy” that I wrote about in my first book. He was a little mean, but he was trainable.

As for Sheehy, the author had this to say:

In Montana, Republican Senate candidate Tim Sheehy has his own shooting scandal. Sheehy, a former Navy Seal, had been campaigning around the state talking about the bullet lodged in his arm from being shot while serving in Afghanistan. Except in 2015 Sheehy told a Montana park ranger that he had accidentally shot himself in the arm that day. The Washington Post reported that Sheehy’s Colt .45 revolver fell and discharged while he was loading his vehicle during a family visit to the Montana park, according to federal court records. Sheehy’s recklessness could have ended someone’s life.
So Sheehy appears to have manufactured a tall tale about war service, which he thought would convey toughness, while Noem relayed a disconcerting tale about cruelty, which she apparently thought would translate as Trumpy. Republican politicians campaigning during Reconstruction “waved the bloody shirt” to summon the partisan passions of the Civil War. MAGA politicians wave the bloody gun to inflame the culture war.

The author talked about MAGA Christmas cards featuring “young children holding semi-automatic killing machines, poised to unleash holy hell to celebrate the Savior’s birth.”

I can’t wait to see this year’s MAGA Christmas cards.

Check out the full article in Bloomberg HERE.

RECLASSIFY MARIJUANA:  

The Associated Press (AP) has learned that the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration will move to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug.

They should have done this on 4/20.

The AP says once OMB signs off, the DEA will take public comment on the plan to move marijuana from its current classification as a Schedule I drug, alongside heroin and LSD. It moves pot to Schedule III, alongside ketamine and some anabolic steroids, following a recommendation from the federal Health and Human Services Department.

The AP also reports that the election-year announcement could help Biden, a Democrat, boost flagging support, particularly among younger voters.

Is this a great country or what?

Check out the AP story HERE.

TOP U.S. PROBLEM:

Gallup Polling reports that a steady 27% of Americans say the most important problem facing the U.S. is immigration, topping Gallup’s open-ended trend for the third consecutive month, the longest stretch for this particular issue in the past 24 years.

The latest results are based on an April 1-22 Gallup survey, as elevated numbers of migrants continued to seek entry at the U.S. southern border.

The cry of “Biden’s open border” may be working for the Republicans.

We already know that former President Donald Trump does not want Congress to solve this problem so he can use it as a campaign issue. (Source)

Read the complete report from Gallup HERE.

ONE MORE THING:

Stare at the dark too long and you will eventually see what isn’t there. – Cameron Jace

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