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He’s willing to publicly criticize government corruption and child abuse, so there’s no way MAGA would accept him. (Both these stances came up in the defamatio

by hedora 7mo ago

He’s willing to publicly criticize government corruption and child abuse, so there’s no way MAGA would accept him. (Both these stances came up in the defamation lawsuit and in the music video.) When he ran for president in 2024, he registered as an independent, “citing inflation, the housing market, law enforcement corruption, and legalizing marijuana as key campaign issues”. Even if he is ultra right wing on secondary issues (I have no idea) those are all anti-MAGA or bipartisan stances. https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/664027-afroman-2024-presidential-campaign https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/664027-afroman-2024-presidentia... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afroman https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afroman

parineum 7mo ago
> citing inflation, the housing market, law enforcement corruption, and legalizing marijuana as key campaign issues The first two of those issues were Trump issues in his campaign and Trump rescheduled marijuana to schedule 2.
- flatline 7mo ago
  There was an EO, but that is not law. Cannabis is still schedule I last I checked. The order is to make it schedule III.
  - themaninthedark 7mo ago
    A president can not make a law, only sign them into existence. He can also direct enforcement or lessen it. As far as I understand, the Schedule of Cannabis is written into the US Code. So Congress would need to amend it. https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title21-section802&num=0&edition=prelim https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim...
    - parineum 7mo ago
      It's under the purview of the executive branch to determine drug scheduling > The term "list I chemical" means a chemical specified by regulation of the Attorney General ... until otherwise specified by regulation of the Attorney General
      - themaninthedark 7mo ago
        Thank you, TIL!
efreak 7mo ago
The problem isn't finding people who will publicly criticize child abuse and government corruption. The problem is finding people who actually will do something about those specific problems and not find some way to enrich themselves (or their supporters) in their name instead.

by hedora 7mo ago

parineum 7mo ago

> citing inflation, the housing market, law enforcement corruption, and legalizing marijuana as key campaign issues The first two of those issues were Trump issues in his campaign and Trump rescheduled marijuana to schedule 2.

flatline 7mo ago
There was an EO, but that is not law. Cannabis is still schedule I last I checked. The order is to make it schedule III.
- themaninthedark 7mo ago
  A president can not make a law, only sign them into existence. He can also direct enforcement or lessen it. As far as I understand, the Schedule of Cannabis is written into the US Code. So Congress would need to amend it. https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title21-section802&num=0&edition=prelim https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim...
  - parineum 7mo ago
    It's under the purview of the executive branch to determine drug scheduling > The term "list I chemical" means a chemical specified by regulation of the Attorney General ... until otherwise specified by regulation of the Attorney General
    - themaninthedark 7mo ago
      Thank you, TIL!

efreak 7mo ago

The problem isn't finding people who will publicly criticize child abuse and government corruption. The problem is finding people who actually will do something about those specific problems and not find some way to enrich themselves (or their supporters) in their name instead.