WHITE-WING CONSERVATIVE DOMESTIC TERRORISM: “FBI Foils Terror Plot in Kansas” / Secular Talk / Kyle Kulinski ☮

“The ‘Crusaders’ knew they wanted to kill Muslims — and with luck, use the “bloodbath” to ignite a religious war — but for months they couldn’t settle on a plan.

WHITE-WING CONSERVATIVE DOMESTIC TERRORISM: “Why Isn’t There Wall-to-Wall Coverage of the Kansas Crusaders?” / The Big Picture RT / Thom Hartmann ☮

Thom compares the media coverage of the arrest of three men in Kansas who were plotting to harm immigrants with coverage of previous events perpetrated by Muslims. Is the difference in coverage a reflection of the media’s views on race?

CANNABIS: “A Quarter Of US States Could Legalize Weed This Year” / Secular Talk / Kyle Kulinski ☮

Recreational marijuana users can now legally light up a joint in states representing about five percent of the U.S. population. By the time Americans wake up on November 9, that percentage could be swelling to more than one-quarter.

CANNABIS: “ACLU and HRW Call to Decriminalize Drug Use and Possession After Documenting Arrests Every 25 Seconds” / Democracy NOW! ☮

A new report on the devastating harm of policies that criminalize the personal use and possession of drugs finds that in 2015 police booked more people for small-time marijuana charges than for murder, non-negligent manslaughter, rape, robbery and aggravated assault combined. The report also showed African-American adults are more than two-and-a-half times as likely as white adults to be arrested for drug possession despite comparable rates of drug usage. This comes as four states have legalized recreational marijuana use and five more will vote to do the same next month. Human Rights Watch and the American Civil Liberties Union released the findings Wednesday with a call for states and the federal government to decriminalize low-level drug offenses. We speak with Tess Borden, author of the report “Every 25 Seconds: The Human Toll of Criminalizing Drug Use in the United States.”