Last time we went to war taking the government’s word for it we spent 20 years and countless lives in Iraq… https://t.co/J6zoWh0pSN

— Rep. Nancy Mace (@RepNancyMace) February 4, 2022

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“Forbes reported on Tuesday about Republican Congresswoman Nancy Mace’s efforts to end federal prohibition of cannabis through her States Reform Act. The story details how both corporate giant Amazon and Charles Koch’s free market advocacy group, Americans for Prosperity, are on board.

The piece also digs into the reasons why Mace thinks legalizing cannabis should be a Republican issue.

Libertarian-leaning Republicans like Mace, Rep. Thomas Massie, Sen. Rand Paul, and others have long tried to demonstrate how ‘big government’ can harm Americans in ways that go beyond taxation and overreaching bureaucracy.

The war on drugs has ruined countless lives for generations, particularly for racial minorities.”

Read the entire story.

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I recently used CBD oil for the first time to treat some bruising due to a recent accident. I was amazed at how quickly it helped soothe and heal my injury.

CBD treatment has only been legal in my home state of South Carolina since 2014. Based on my minor experience, it is insane and immoral that it wasn’t available to those who might have needed it prior to seven years ago.

Congresswoman Nancy Mace is also from my home state and District 1 in South Carolina, where she continues to promote her States Reform Act. This bill would allow states to pursue their own paths concerning marijuana with no federal involvement. As the Washington Examiner reported in November, “Mace’s bill would remove marijuana and THC, its main psychoactive compound, from the Controlled Substances Act, effectively decriminalizing the drugs, and allow states to regulate them like alcohol.”

Mace continues to gather both Republican and Democrat support for her bill calling it, “Most bipartisan piece of cannabis legislation ever filed in the U.S. Congress” during a recent interview on the podcast Based Politics.

Some of Mace’s personal comments registered with me most. When asked if working with veterans who have Post Traumatic Stress Disorder inspired her to pursue reforming federal cannabis law, Mace replied, “I am not a military veteran, even though I went to The Citadel. But there are special protections for military veterans who want to make sure that they’re not discriminated against if they are users of cannabis, that want to make sure that the doctors at the VA can prescribe them cannabis for medical use. So we have those protections in there.”

Then the congresswoman described her own traumatic experience and what cannabis did for her.

“I was raped when I was 16,” Mace said. “I have told this story before, but what I hadn’t told people until I filed this bill and talked about it publicly is that when that happened.”

“I had that trauma,” Mace explained. “I dropped out of school. I was prescribed pharmaceuticals, antidepressants, medication, that made my feelings of depression actually much worse than they really were.”

Mace continued, “I stopped taking that medication and started using cannabis. This was a long time ago. I’m 44, so we’re talking a very long time ago when I was 16. But even then I knew that it’s use cut my anxiety down and helped me.”

“So when I talk to veterans, when I talk to people with PTSD that have some sort of physical or emotional trauma, I can feel that pain in my heart and I know why they use it because I’ve had that pain before,” Mace said.

“As the daughter of a military veteran, as someone whose family are veterans, it’s just really important that we put special protections in there for our veteran community as well,” Mace added.

I know what a relative smidgen of CBD oil did for me and my injury. Mace claims cannabis helped her significantly as a teenager through one of the worst traumas a woman can endure.

I know the States Reform Act merely allows the 50 states to pursue their own paths and hopefully it passes with major bipartisan support.

But in the meantime, why should anyone, anywhere who is suffering to any degree, be denied the relief that this plant obviously provides?

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What was cool about today’s civil asset forfeiture hearing is that everyone from @RepNancyMace to @AOC to @andybiggs4az to @AyannaPressley agrees that the government shouldn’t be able to steal innocent people’s stuff.

It’s a great start. Now let’s end civil forfeiture for good. https://t.co/xt9lDA4RQB

— Joe Setyon (@JoeSetyon) December 8, 2021

The Washington Examiner’s Brad Polumbo writes, “This is an issue that so many people in this country cannot believe is real,’ Ocasio-Cortez said . ‘Civil forfeiture means that the government, law enforcement, etc., is allowed to take away your property — often your car or even your home — without an arrest, without criminal charges, and without ever going to court. And then the police can sell your property and use the proceeds as revenue.’

Ocasio-Cortez has identified a very real problem. Over the last 20 years, the government has confiscated roughly $68.8 billion in property through this unfair process, according to the Institute for Justice…

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has identified a very real problem, writes @brad_polumbo.

“As rare as it is, @AOC is right about this one. Our civil asset forfeiture system is unfair, un-American, and ripe for reform.”https://t.co/xMHdGJZ36v

— Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) December 9, 2021

Conservative lawmakers such as Sens. Rand Paul and Mike Lee have introduced legislation to combat this harmful practice. More elected officials from both parties should join these bipartisan efforts.

As rare as it is, AOC is right about this one. Our civil asset forfeiture system is unfair, un-American, and ripe for reform.”

Read the entire column.

Civil asset forfeiture often creates a “seize-first, ask questions later” incentive.

Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Subcommittee Ranking Member @RepNancyMace opened today’s hearing by emphasizing we must protect Americans’ constitutional right to due process. pic.twitter.com/2fi4OlvN1m

— Oversight Committee Republicans (@GOPoversight) December 8, 2021

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FEE’s Brad Polumbo writes, “Dozens of states have legalized recreational or medical marijuana use, while a supermajority of the public supports ending its prohibition. Yet the federal government hasn’t caught up, and marijuana remains technically illegal under federal law even in states that have outright legalized it.

More Republicans need to be like @NancyMace and get with the program.

The drug was has been a colossal failure. Start the path to legalization. Get it done. https://t.co/B18LYQ3KFf

— Jon Miltimore (@miltimore79) November 18, 2021

A libertarian-leaning Republican congresswoman is leading the charge to correct this legislative dysfunction. South Carolina Rep. Nancy Mace recently introduced the States Reform Act, a bill that ends the federal prohibition and leaves it up to states to make their own call on marijuana legalization.

“Every state is different,” Mace said. “Cannabis reform at the federal level must take all of this into account. And it’s past time federal law codifies this reality. This is why I’m introducing the States Reform Act, a bill which seeks to remove cannabis from Schedule I in a manner consistent with the rights of states to determine what level of cannabis reform each state already has, or not.”

Read the entire column.

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Reason’s Jacob Sullum writes, “When Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D–N.Y.) unveiled a ‘discussion draft’ of a marijuana legalization bill last July, he said he wanted to start a conversation that would eventually produce legislation resolving the longstanding conflict between the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) and state laws that allow medical or recreational use of cannabis. But his 163-page Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act was full of unnecessarily contentious provisions that seemed likely to alienate potential Republican allies.

This Republican’s marijuana legalization bill aims to attract bipartisan support for repealing federal prohibition. https://t.co/AfhoE77SLE

— reason (@reason) November 15, 2021

A bill unveiled today by Rep. Nancy Mace (R–S.C.) tries to address that problem by outlining a simpler and less burdensome approach that entails less federal involvement, lower taxes, and greater deference to state policy choices.”

Read the entire story.

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The Hill reports, “Consumer prices grew far faster than expected in October, according to data released Wednesday by the Labor Department.

The consumer price index (CPI), which tracks inflation for a range of staple goods and services, rose 0.9 percent last month and 6.2 percent in the 12-month period ending in October, the highest rate in the U.S. in 30 years. Analysts broadly expected the CPI to rise by 0.5 percent last month, up from a gain of 0.4 percent in August, and 5.8 percent over the past year.

It’s simple. Inflation is a tax on the middle class. This administration is failing the average American: https://t.co/WwqaJDOkL7

— Rep. Nancy Mace (@RepNancyMace) November 10, 2021

The sharp jump in the inflation rate is a dismal sign for President Biden and Democrats as they face growing pressure over rising prices. Despite strength across the economy, the president’s approval rating has fallen steadily since spring due in part to growing political backlash over higher food and gas prices.”

Read the entire column.

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National Review reports, “Last week saw Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), come under heavy fire for his agency’s nightmarish puppy experiments. Sparking the debate was a letter sent to Dr. Fauci by Congresswoman Nancy Mace (R., S.C.) and a surprisingly bipartisan array of 23 colleagues demanding information on NIAID’s gruesome tests. The tests included poisoning and ‘de-barking’ beagle puppies. Congressional letters are typically ignored, but this one caught fire, including at National Review…

Looks like Washington can come together for animal welfare. Dr. Fauci and the NIAID need to be held accountable for the gruesome treatment and killing so many beagle puppies.https://t.co/5mUWeldyEi

— Rep. Nancy Mace (@RepNancyMace) November 9, 2021

Our taxpayer watchdog organization, White Coat Waste Project (WCW), was the first to reveal details about NIAID’s #BeagleGate scandal, with data obtained through Freedom of Information Act requests. This isn’t our first rodeo: WCW was also the first to reveal that U.S taxpayers funded coronavirus experiments on bats and other animals at the Wuhan Institute of Virology via National Institutes of Health grants.

Public reaction to Mace’s letter has been swift and fierce. It certainly showed up on Twitter. The weekend before last saw ‘#ArrestFauci’ trending. This spilled into the workweek; Monday afternoon’s top trending hashtag was ‘#FauciLiedDogsDied…’

As Fauci’s taxpayer-funded animal-testing scandals such as #BeagleGate and the Wuhan lab have made clear, conservatives need to step up scrutiny of animal experiments even more. Bottom line: If you oppose ‘socialized medicine,’ you should oppose NIH’s socialized medical research on animals.”

Read the entire column.

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The Hill reports, “The White Coat Waste Project, the nonprofit organization that first pointed out that U.S. taxpayers were being used to fund the controversial Wuhan Institute of Virology, have now turned its sights on Anthony Fauci on another animal-testing-related matter — infecting dozens of beagles with disease-causing parasites to test an experimental drug on them.

Yesterday, I sent a letter to Dr. Fauci regarding cruel, taxpayer-funded experiments on puppies; debarking before drugging and killing them. Thankful to my 23 democrat and republican colleagues who signed on. This is disgusting. What say you @NIH pic.twitter.com/c54SXipD9Q

— Rep. Nancy Mace (@RepNancyMace) October 23, 2021

House members, most of whom are Republicans, want Fauci to explain himself in response to allegations brought on by the White Coat Waste Project that involve drugging puppies.

According to the White Coat Waste Project, the Food and Drug Administration does not require drugs to be tested on dogs, so the group is asking why the need for such testing.

White Coat Waste claims that 44 beagle puppies were used in a Tunisia, North Africa, laboratory, and some of the dogs had their vocal cords removed, allegedly so scientists could work without incessant barking.

Leading the effort is Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.), writing a letter to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) saying the cordectomies are ‘cruel’ and a ‘reprehensible misuse of taxpayer funds.’

Bipartisan legislators demand answers from Fauci on ‘cruel’ puppy experiments | TheHill https://t.co/pCOdQ2T8hZ

— Joe Rogan (@joerogan) October 23, 2021

‘Our investigators show that Fauci’s NIH division shipped part of a $375,800 grant to a lab in Tunisia to drug beagles and lock their heads in mesh cages filled with hungry sand flies so that the insects could eat them alive,’ White Coat Waste told Changing America. ‘They also locked beagles alone in cages in the desert overnight for nine consecutive nights to use them as bait to attract infectious sand flies.”

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Fox News reports, “Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and other members of the far-left ‘Squad’ collectively spent nearly $100,000 on private security in the third financial quarter despite promoting the defund the police movement, according to FEC records reviewed by Fox News.

Do as I say. Not as I do. ? https://t.co/BH78voczcC

— Nancy Mace (@NancyMace) October 19, 2021

Ocasio-Cortez’s campaign spent over $10,000 on private policing with Cest Bond Collective, Three Bridges NY LLC and Tullis World Wide Protection, eclipsing Rep. Ayanna Pressley’s, D-Mass., personal security bill of almost $4,000 with Ware Security Consultants Inc., FEC records show.

The Bronx congresswoman has been a staunch advocate of defunding law enforcement, while Pressley said she stood ‘ready to continue the systemic work necessary to radically reimagine a system of public safety in our country that finally censures the dignity and humanity of all.”

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