Skip to content
$12.8 million
Montana’s recreational cannabis market topped $12.8 million in sales its first month, putting the state on pace to meet the state’s projections of $130 million in sales in 2022, the Helena Independent Record reports.
“Lindsey’s a nice guy, but he’s a RINO. Lindsey’s wrong …. Lindsey Graham doesn’t know what the hell he’s talking about.”
— Former President Donald Trump ripped Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), one of his staunchest supporters, telling Newsmax that the senator is a “RINO” for saying that pardoning the Capitol rioters would be “inappropriate.”
“Former President Trump has been a prolific fundraiser for himself. But in a sign of his diminishing influence within the Republican Party, Trump isn’t seeing his endorsements translate into campaign cash for his most high-profile allies on the campaign trail. It’s becoming clear Donald Trump’s popularity isn’t easily transferable to candidates who aren’t named Trump.”
100-plus
“More than 100 far-right candidates are running for political office across the country as Republicans this year according to the Anti-Defamation League, a non-profit that monitors hate groups,” The Guardian reports.
“Don’t go anywhere near the court. Don’t meet with anybody. If you’re getting a haircut or having your nails done, don’t say a word to anybody, and reserve your comments for the hearing. Somebody will have heard it.”
— Former GOP lobbyist Tom Korologos, quoted by the New York Times, offering advice to President Biden’s Supreme Court pick.