Election 2017: Cannabis Reform & Progressive Politics Win Big Across the Board – News

Lead photo via Flickr user & N.J. Governor-Elect Phil Murphy

It’s been exactly one year since America elected Donald Trump the President of the United States. In the 365 days since, Trump has brought his outlandish Twitter troll persona to the White House, using the full breadth of his incompetence to threaten nuclear war against North Korea and restrict civil rights at home. But after one full rotation of the earth with Trump as the leader of the free world, Americans had the chance to return to the voting booth, and they did not disappoint.

In yesterday’s elections, politicians and ballot measures with explicit anti-Trump agendas carried the day across the country, marking what the New York Times described as “a suburban rebellion, where more moderate voters rejected Mr. Trump and embraced Democrats.”

In New Jersey, Gubernatorial disgrace Chris Christie will finally assume a new role as the Garden State’s most famous unemployed beach bum, replaced by Democrat Phil Murphy, who has said on multiple occasions that he plans to sign legislation legalizing recreational cannabis shortly after taking office.

With a bill already introduced in the New Jersey…

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