Biden pardons thousands convicted of marijuana charges on federal lands and in Washington

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Biden pardons thousands convicted of marijuana charges on federal lands and in Washington
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It just rings extremely hollow after he spent the last three years shoveling money at state police departments that are going to keep on harassing and brutalizing people by the tens of thousands for marijuana possession, not to mention the fact that he could reschedule and effectively legalize marijuana on a federal level but chooses not to do so

More generally speaking, you just can't be surprised that people are skeptical of Biden when his supporters constantly ignore context and straight up lie to pretend that he's someone he's not

As opposed to fucking what? Trump? Because more and worse Trump is what you'd get if you didn't have Biden.

He's not perfect. But he's managed to keep this crumbling nation together for at least a few more years. Every single option on the Republican side is a nightmare compared to Biden. If the Democrats can come up with someone better than Biden who can also defeat the Republican nominee, great, let's do it. Until then, we should all remember that there's a huge fucking cliff from where we are now vs where we'd be without Biden.

Don't get complacent. Don't take it for granted.

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the fact that he could reschedule and effectively legalize marijuana

No he can’t. He can direct the DEA to look into rescheduling the drug, a process he has already started. But he doesn’t have the authority to unilaterally force them to reschedule it. He could theoretically Saturday Night Massacre the DEA into doing it, but they really wouldn’t be a good look.

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