But then there’s a paradox of only people who are independently wealthy can then afford to be politicians with the security and housing demands they face. If we want more working class people to run for office, they need some help. How about we just ban politicians and their families from owning individual stocks?

Counter point… Progressive reps like AOC and Max Frost are not wealthy and maybe could benefit from better security

Nothing like a good ole fashion invasion of an oil producing country to lift holiday spirits /s

It currently is the same schedule as heroin (schedule 1)… “Rescheduling” is the name of the regulatory process that was ongoing, but could not conclude in time. These things take time to do properly and hold up in court and make them stick, it wasn’t from lack of desire.

The Biden administration was in the process of federally legalizing cannabis through the proper regulatory channels, but couldn’t finish in time before his term ended.

The prairie dogs are a native species, we’re the invasive ones! I’d also say that all the oil drilling around Minot is more damaging than these cute little guys

We really like our Ioniq 5 for longer road trips, the new models come with an NACS port too. The lack of good CCS chargers has a draw back, but now it seems a simple adapter can enable supercharging with NACS

The $20k compact EV pick up by Slate (new start up) may be of interest https://electrek.co/2025/05/12/slates-20k-electric-pickup-suv-100k-reservations/

It’s no frills, there isn’t even a center console to speak of

Ra-ra-rasputin has ra-ra-resurected

Agreed, a lot of the time I’m in need of a super charger, there’s a line to use it. The demand is there and it’s not like EV owners can easily switch back to gas