“The idea that Russia would be cutting its military spending seems counterintuitive to us. But that’s just what Vladimir Putin is doing with his new budget.”
“They call it ‘divesting’ from police. The church is part of a tiny but growing movement among liberal houses of worship around the nation making similar vows.”
Read more: http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-dont-call-police-church-20180530-story.html
“After so many grueling years and thousands more immigration cases, Brack has decided enough is enough.”
Read more: http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-border-judge-deportations-20180524-story.html
“McCain, who is battling brain cancer, writes that the Iraq War ‘can’t be judged as anything other than a mistake, a very serious one, and I have to accept my share of the blame for it.'”
Read more: https://www.vox.com/2018/5/25/17394466/john-mccain-memoir-iraq-war-mistake
“States that have legalized either recreational or medicinal marijuana now lead the way in companies which are dropping drug tests.”
“Of course, the policing agencies might just ignore the ruling, and keep violating rights at checkpoints and searching electronics at the border.”
“The moves make perfect sense. What else should happen to convictions for a victimless crime when that victimless behavior is now no longer a crime?”
Read more: https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/2018/may/18/marijuana_conviction_expungements_moving
“Fewer politicians are in a position to say ‘no’ to legal marijuana. Especially in cash-strapped areas of the country where jobs and opportunities are hard to come by.”
Read more: https://www.caseyresearch.com/pot-will-revive-small-town-america/
“Proposals under discussion would replace the population-control policy with one called ‘independent fertility,’ allowing people to decide how many children to have.”
“The two Koreas have reached a landmark Panmunjeom Agreement to achieve full denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula and agreed to pursue a peace treaty to formally end the Korean War.”