Gerry-Mandered

His name forever associated with partisan political trickery, unfortunately few people know much else about Elbridge Gerry. He was a leading revolutionary, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, a highly influential figure at the Philadelphia convention, one of only 3 who didn’t sign the Constitution, and the 5th Vice-President, serving under James Madison.

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Second California Assembly Committee Passes Bill to Legalize Some Psychedelics Despite Federal Prohibition

The legislation would legalize the “possession, preparation, obtaining, transfer, as specified, or transportation of” specific amounts of psilocybin, psilocyn, DMT, ibogaine and mescaline for personal or facilitated use. The bill specifically provides for “group counseling and community-based healing” involving entheogenic substances.

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State of the Nullification Movement: Summer Update

“The ground of liberty is to be gained by inches.” Advice from Thomas Jefferson that helps us push on against the largest government in history. And the nullification movement keeps doing just that: gaining ground – step-by-step, person-by-person – and state-by-state – for the Constitution and liberty.

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