CANNABIS: “Police and Prisons are Fighting Marijuana Legalization in California” / Secular Talk / Kyle Kulinski ☮

Roughly half of the money raised to oppose a ballot measure to legalize recreational marijuana in California is coming from police and prison guard groups, terrified that they might lose the revenue streams to which they have become so deeply addicted.

POLITICAL COMMENTARY: “DNC Chair Embarrasses Herself on National Television—Won’t Say She’ll Debate Tim Canova” / The Humanist Report / Mike Figueredo ☮

The DNC Chair, Debbie do-anything-for-Hillary Wasserman Schultz was on MSNBC and made an absolute fool of herself. She refused to say whether she would debate her opponent, Tim Canova, and was being incredibly rude and condescending to the host.

POLITICAL COMMENTARY: “Will the Millennial Generation’s Current Political Activism be Permanent?” / Robert Scheer ☮

A lot of people have talked about how much the millennial generation has been mobilized during this election. Do you think this political activism is going to be permanent – especially into the next mid-term election?

POLITICAL COMMENTARY: “Robert Scheer Examines the Potential Impact of a Hillary Clinton Versus Donald Trump Presidency” ☮

Truthdig went live with Editor in Chief Robert Scheer as he examined the potential impact of a Hillary Clinton presidency versus a Donald Trump one and how each would affect progressives.