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Commerce City wants to impose some order on its marijuana sector.
Nearly all of its retail cannabis stores are located in the southern half of the city — with several clustered close together and more on the way — and elected leaders there want to spread the wealth.

By FARNOUSH AMIRI and LISA MASCARO, Associated press
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Ethics Committee on Monday accused Matt Gaetz of “regularly” paying for sex, including with a 17-year-old girl, and purchasing and using illicit drugs all while the Florida Republican was a member of Congress.
Gaetz has denied all wrongdoing.

The radical left has fallen very, very low by making this suspect into an idol.

Maxwell Frost in the House & Chris Murphy in the Senate are doing what ALL their colleagues should be doing--LEADING. Donald Trump, diaper king of Mar-a-Lago, is threatening Liz Cheney & nominating criminals to the cabinet. Musk, a cringe fool suffering from delusions, is an unelected billionaire in control of our government making deals in backrooms that will decide the direction of our lives. We live in oligarch America. Call it The Monopoly State.

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The insurance industry is shaken after Luigi Mangione was charged in the shooting death of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson. The perp walk for Mangione was surreal-looking and likely backfired. Mangione allegedly committed murder, but he did send a message to the insurance industry: We are pissed off.

Sen. John Fetterman downplayed the expected drama that El Cheato insists he will cause, telling fellow Democrats not to “freak out” before the aspiring fascist has even returned to office. Via HuffPost:

President Joe Biden announced this morning that he is taking 37 people off federal death row to serve out life sentences behind bars — a decision that leaves only three federal prisoners awaiting execution when Trump takes office next month. Via CNN:

In a speech at the Christian nationalist group Turning Point USA, Donald Trump claimed no one has ever made ads targeting drug abuse and he will eradicate drug addiction with a big ad campaign.
It's bizarre that Trump focuses on how drugs hurt your physical appearance only. If that's the case, Trump must have done a lot of drugs.