Featured Analysis
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South Dakota Finally Decides Free Speech Should Not Be Bankrupted
April 17, 2026 For years, South Dakota had a hole in its legal architecture that should have embarrassed any state claiming to respect free speech. If someone with money, status, or institutional backing wanted to punish a critic, a journalist, a blogger, or an activist, the process itself could become the weapon. Even a weak…
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Start Here: What WeedPress Is, What It Covers, and Why the Record Matters
April 16, 2026 WeedPress is a publication about records, policy, law, and power. It exists for one reason: in cannabis politics, if you do not document the record, someone else will rewrite it. For 17 years, WeedPress has tracked the gap between rhetoric and structure — between what movements say, what institutions do, and what…
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Science Measures Outcomes. Patients Measure Survival.
April 16, 2026 Science likes clean variables. Patients rarely get that luxury. Pain is messy. Nausea is messy. Trauma is messy. Insomnia is messy. The body does not wait for the literature to become elegant. It does not wait for committees to grow comfortable. It does not wait for institutions to decide whether the suffering…
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Why Cannabis Reform Keeps Winning Headlines but Losing on Structure
April 16, 2026 Cannabis reform has spent years winning the visible fight while losing too many of the structural ones: That is the contradiction at the heart of the modern marijuana debate. The headlines look triumphant. More states legalize. More politicians soften. More investors return every election cycle to promise that normalization is just around…
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The Next Cannabis Boom Will Reward Operators — Not Amateurs
The real 2026–2027 unlock is not federal reform alone. It is the moment policy relief begins rewarding scale, infrastructure, experience, and real business discipline. April 15, 2026 For years, cannabis commentary has treated federal reform as the singular unlock. That was always too simplistic. The real 2026–2027 cannabis unlock is not just a policy shift…
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No. 18 — Federal Question Preservation in State Cannabis Prosecutions
April 15, 2026 ⸻ I. Introduction: The Structural Risk No One Discusses Cannabis litigation frequently turns on constitutional arguments. Yet many disputes fail not because the constitutional theory is weak, but because the federal question was not properly preserved. In state prosecutions, litigation sequencing determines whether a federal issue survives long enough to reach meaningful…
Policy
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South Dakota Finally Decides Free Speech Should Not Be Bankrupted
April 17, 2026 For years, South Dakota had a hole in its legal architecture that should have embarrassed any state claiming to respect free speech. If someone with money, status, or institutional backing wanted to punish a critic, a journalist, a blogger, or an activist, the process itself could become the weapon. Even a weak…
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Start Here: What WeedPress Is, What It Covers, and Why the Record Matters
April 16, 2026 WeedPress is a publication about records, policy, law, and power. It exists for one reason: in cannabis politics, if you do not document the record, someone else will rewrite it. For 17 years, WeedPress has tracked the gap between rhetoric and structure — between what movements say, what institutions do, and what…
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Why Cannabis Reform Keeps Winning Headlines but Losing on Structure
April 16, 2026 Cannabis reform has spent years winning the visible fight while losing too many of the structural ones: That is the contradiction at the heart of the modern marijuana debate. The headlines look triumphant. More states legalize. More politicians soften. More investors return every election cycle to promise that normalization is just around…
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The Next Cannabis Boom Will Reward Operators — Not Amateurs
The real 2026–2027 unlock is not federal reform alone. It is the moment policy relief begins rewarding scale, infrastructure, experience, and real business discipline. April 15, 2026 For years, cannabis commentary has treated federal reform as the singular unlock. That was always too simplistic. The real 2026–2027 cannabis unlock is not just a policy shift…
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Communication Mistakes During Campaigns: A Leadership Institute Training
Campaigns invest significant time refining how a candidate explains their values, their priorities, and their vision to the voters they need to reach. The expectation is consistency. The expectation is control. But discipline does not always hold in real time. REGISTER NOW For the first hour and a half, we will walk through several well-known…
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Google Scholar Just Sent Traffic to WeedPress. That Matters More Than It Looks.
Google Scholar Just Sent Traffic to WeedPress. That Matters More Than It Looks. By Jason Karimi | WeedPress April 7, 2026 WeedPress just picked up a referrer that stood out from the usual traffic noise: Google Scholar. According to the Jetpack stats page, one of the site’s visits appears to have come from scholar.google.co.il, alongside…
Law
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South Dakota Finally Decides Free Speech Should Not Be Bankrupted
April 17, 2026 For years, South Dakota had a hole in its legal architecture that should have embarrassed any state claiming to respect free speech. If someone with money, status, or institutional backing wanted to punish a critic, a journalist, a blogger, or an activist, the process itself could become the weapon. Even a weak…
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Start Here: What WeedPress Is, What It Covers, and Why the Record Matters
April 16, 2026 WeedPress is a publication about records, policy, law, and power. It exists for one reason: in cannabis politics, if you do not document the record, someone else will rewrite it. For 17 years, WeedPress has tracked the gap between rhetoric and structure — between what movements say, what institutions do, and what…
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Science Measures Outcomes. Patients Measure Survival.
April 16, 2026 Science likes clean variables. Patients rarely get that luxury. Pain is messy. Nausea is messy. Trauma is messy. Insomnia is messy. The body does not wait for the literature to become elegant. It does not wait for committees to grow comfortable. It does not wait for institutions to decide whether the suffering…
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Why Cannabis Reform Keeps Winning Headlines but Losing on Structure
April 16, 2026 Cannabis reform has spent years winning the visible fight while losing too many of the structural ones: That is the contradiction at the heart of the modern marijuana debate. The headlines look triumphant. More states legalize. More politicians soften. More investors return every election cycle to promise that normalization is just around…
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The Next Cannabis Boom Will Reward Operators — Not Amateurs
The real 2026–2027 unlock is not federal reform alone. It is the moment policy relief begins rewarding scale, infrastructure, experience, and real business discipline. April 15, 2026 For years, cannabis commentary has treated federal reform as the singular unlock. That was always too simplistic. The real 2026–2027 cannabis unlock is not just a policy shift…
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No. 18 — Federal Question Preservation in State Cannabis Prosecutions
April 15, 2026 ⸻ I. Introduction: The Structural Risk No One Discusses Cannabis litigation frequently turns on constitutional arguments. Yet many disputes fail not because the constitutional theory is weak, but because the federal question was not properly preserved. In state prosecutions, litigation sequencing determines whether a federal issue survives long enough to reach meaningful…
Science
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Email To Nebraska Medical Cannabis Commission About Federal Law
lcc.frontdesk@nebraska.gov The Nebraska Examiner three hours ago published an article stating public comment was being requested. See this link: https://nebraskaexaminer.com/2025/06/26/nebraska-commission-approves-emergency-medical-cannabis-regulations/ In response to the public policy making invitation for expert commentary I shared the following expertise. Dear commissioners, The Iowa medical cannabis advisory board for three years now has recommended policy makers follow federal law…
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Navigating the Alphabet Soup of Legal Cannabinoids: A Comprehensive Consumer’s Guide To THCO, THCP, THCA, HHC, Delta 8, Delta 9, Delta 10, CBN, CBG, CBC, CBDA and CBD
Navigating the Alphabet Soup of Legal Cannabinoids: The 2024 New Year’s Comprehensive Consumer’s Guide To THCO, THCP, THCA, HHC, Delta 8, Delta 9, Delta 10, CBN, CBG, CBC, CBDA and CBD Follow WeedPress on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/WeedPressWordpress Cannabis cards available at https://www.swiftiemed.com/ Medical cards are still half off, just $50 for your medical cannabis card, apply…
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DEA likely to OK marijuana rescheduling by 2024 Presidential Election: Reports
Will this happen by Christmas? Or early Spring? Either/or seems to be what it’s coming down to, not a question of if DEA will recognize marijuana has medical use in the United States as a matter of law, but when. From MJBizDaily (emphasis ours)DEA likely to OK marijuana rescheduling (This story is part of the…
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Books I Read In 2022 — 19,592 Total Pages
Total pages read: 19,552 List to read: 1. From The Finite to the Infinite, by Muktunanda 2. I Am That, by Baba Muktunanda 3. Jhaneshwar Gita, by Swami Kripananda 4. Evidence That Demands A Verdict: Life Changing Truth For A Skeptical World, by Josh McDonell and Sean McDowell, PHD (800 pages) 5. How To Be…
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“Declining to Prosecute: A Discussion with Policy Directors on How to Get Started” Recording And Notes Here
Just received this email from last week’s drug policy panel. Watching doctors and prosecutors and DA office representatives around the country discussing best updated practices was very informative. My notes on this panel are here via WeedPress. Below is the email received this morning with future notes and critical links to presentations. Greetings, On behalf…
Current Events
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Iowa Medical Cannabis Board Meeting Dates For 2026 Announced!
I rarely attend these but once a year via zoom to give data stats and updates on the $2,000,000 in sales I’m directly and solely responsible for in Iowa annually. Political theatre is a waste of time. For those seeking clout fame attention and celebrity status, when you attend these things, nobody cares about your…
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Updates From Visiting South Dakota Capitol So Far Today
From recent official remarks and events: The Supreme Court is hosting treatment court sessions at the Capitol Drug court policy and funding is a major legislative talking point Drug Court Advisory Council met Jan 27 (yesterday) This ties directly into: – Cannabis vs. criminal justice – How the state frames “treatment” vs. legalization – Budget…
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S. Rep. No. 91-613 (1969)
S. Rep. No. 91-613 (1969) is the Senate Judiciary Committee report accompanying S. 3246, the bill that became Title II and III of the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970 (Public Law 91-513), also known as the Controlled Substances Act (CSA). This is the foundational federal law classifying drugs into schedules and…
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Help A REAL Cannabis Leader Win Office In South Dakota!
Dear friend and supporter, I’m reaching out because you are on my list of role models, trusted friends and past supporters who I can count on – if you haven’t heard already, I am running for State Representative, to serve in the South Dakota House of Representatives on behalf of the hard working, good people of…
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When “Good Trouble” Becomes Federal Felony Trouble: The Nekima Armstrong Case and Why Cannabis Can’t Afford Activism-by-Impulse
When “Good Trouble” Becomes Federal Felony Trouble: The Nekima Armstrong Case and Why Cannabis Can’t Afford Activism-by-Impulse A protest inside a Minnesota church has now turned into a federal felony case — and it’s the kind of story that doesn’t stay confined to one courtroom. It spills into the credibility of activist leadership, the public’s…
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Civil Case Inquiry — Cannabis Chem Lab, LLC v. Dakota Natural Solutions (Sept. 2025)
Update: case confirmed Bradley County, South Dakota court officials have confirmed that Cannabis Chem Lab, LLC v. Dakota Natural Solutions is an active civil case filed September 4, 2025 (Case No. 02CIV25-000228). The docket reflects no recorded updates since October 9, 2025, indicating the matter remains unresolved or inactive at this time. Where Dakota Natural…
Legislation
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No. 17 — Federal Rescheduling and State Statutory Insulation: Indiana as a Case Study in Vertical Federalism Design
No. 17 — Federal Rescheduling and State Statutory Insulation: Indiana as a Case Study in Vertical Federalism Design By Jason Karimi | WeedPress Policy Series No. 17April 7, 2026 ⸻ When the federal government signals that marijuana may be rescheduled under the Controlled Substances Act, public debate gravitates toward legalization politics. That is the wrong…
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South Dakota District 35’s Republican Primary: Who’s Best Positioned in the Four-Way Race?
South Dakota District 35’s Republican Primary: Who’s Best Positioned in the Four-Way Race? By Jason Karimi | WeedPress April 4, 2026 South Dakota House District 35 is one of the more interesting Republican primaries in the state this cycle because it is an open-seat race with four Republican candidates competing for two House nominations on…
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Iowa Set The Example For Pressing The Feds. Hawaii’s Senate Just Backed The Same Approach.
Iowa Set The Example For Pressing The Feds. Hawaii’s Senate Just Backed The Same Approach By Jason Karimi | WeedPress April 4, 2026 For years, too many states have talked big about medical cannabis while acting like helpless subsidiaries of federal drug policy. Iowa challenged that weakness. Hawaii is challenging it again now. Hawaii senators…
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Leadership Matters: Strategy Failure — Not the Supreme Court — Doomed Legalization in South Dakota
Editors note: This piece analyzes past campaign strategy using publicly available court records and election results. When South Dakota voters approved Constitutional Amendment A in November 2020 to legalize, regulate, and tax marijuana, many supporters saw it as a historic victory for reform. But what followed — a legal challenge and a ruling from the…
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No. 15 — The Uniform Controlled Substances Act and the Architecture of Modern Drug Scheduling
No. 15 — The Uniform Controlled Substances Act and the Architecture of Modern Drug Scheduling A Structural Analysis of State Scheduling Mechanisms in a Post-Medical Recognition Era By Jason Karimi | WeedPress Policy Series No. 15 March 1st, 2026 Note: The following notes were provided from Vicente LLP and are referenced in this article: I.…
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Deadwood Was South Dakota’s Origin Story
Deadwood Was South Dakota’s Origin Story HBO’s western is not just about one outlaw camp. It is about the culture of theft, violated Lakota land, gold obsession, and rough power that helped shape the state By Jason Karimi | WeedPress March 26, 2026 HBO’s Deadwood is not a documentary. It is something more dangerous to…
RFRA Updates
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The Record Is the Case: Religious-Cannabis Claims Are Won Long Before the Judge Rules
The Record Is the Case: Religious-Cannabis Claims Are Won Long Before the Judge Rules By Jason Karimi | WeedPress April 14, 2026 Religious-cannabis cases are not won on sympathy. They are not won on slogans. They are not won because a claimant sounds sincere in the hallway or because a cause feels morally compelling in…
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The Next Religious-Cannabis Test Case: What Courts Will Actually Need To See
The Next Religious-Cannabis Test Case: What Courts Will Actually Need To See By Jason Karimi | WeedPress April 14, 2026 Religious-cannabis cases have been discussed as though the central question were whether a judge personally finds the practice unusual, controversial, or politically inconvenient. That is not the real question. The real question is whether a…
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St. Kitts and Nevis Did What Most Governments Refuse to Do: It Put Rastafari Cannabis Rights Into Law
St. Kitts and Nevis Did What Most Governments Refuse to Do: It Put Rastafari Cannabis Rights Into Law By Jason Karimi | WeedPress April 10, 2026 For years, governments across the Caribbean and beyond have tried to posture as enlightened on cannabis while ducking the harder question: what happens when cannabis use is not merely…
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WeedPress Has Tracked the RFRA Front Since 2009 — Now Google Scholar Is Sending Readers
WeedPress Has Tracked the RFRA Front Since 2009 — Now Google Scholar Is Sending Readers After more than fifteen years covering religious liberty, cannabis litigation, and the federalism problems created by Employment Division v. Smith, WeedPress is reaching a wider legal audience. By Jason Karimi | WeedPress April 10, 2026 WeedPress has consulted with and…
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Wyoming Man Came To Court Talking RFRA And Left With A Discounted Fine
In Wyoming, He Came To Court Talking RFRA And Left With A Discounted Fine If you do not know the four-part religious-freedom test before you walk into court, do not expect the court to save you from your own lack of preparation. By Jason Karimi | WeedPress April 9, 2026 A Wyoming cannabis case recently…
Upcoming Events
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They Don’t Get To License The Press
Recent reporting indicates a Florida judge extended a temporary restraining order involving James O’Keefe and also ordered firearm surrender pending further proceedings. Whether that order is a pure First Amendment prior-restraint problem depends on what it actually forbids. If it regulates threats, contact, or violence, that is one thing; if it blocks publication, reporting, or…
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Iowa Medical Cannabis Board Hearing Friday March 27 (DETAILS)
Meeting Information: March 27, 2026 – Medical Cannabidiol Board Beginning at 10:00am on Friday, March 27 the first Medical Cannabidiol Board meeting of 2026 will be held virtually using the information below: * For those who wish to participate in the public comment period virtually, please send an email to medical.cannabis@hhs.iowa.gov expressing your interest. You will use the zoom or…
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Nebraskans for Medical Marijuana Launches Statewide Town Hall Tour
Nebraskans for Medical Marijuana Launches Statewide Town Hall Tour By Jason Karimi | WeedPress | February 7, 2026 Scottsbluff to Lincoln: Advocates Take Patient Access Conversation Across the State Nebraskans for Medical Marijuana (NMM) is hitting the road this week with a statewide town hall tour aimed at updating patients, families, and community members on…
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Federal Public Comment Available Now (Texas Too)
Public input needed! Federal first then Texas: Federal Update: CMS & Hemp-Derived Cannabinoids On November 28, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) filed a proposed ruleto incorporate the federal definition of hemp that will take effect on November 12, 2026. This proposed rule clarifies that cannabis or hemp-derived products illegal under federal or state…
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Tomorrow: Best Attorneys Discuss Federal Rescheduling At Noon
https://x.com/jamiecampbell/status/2006159843267145790?s=46 RSVP and attend at noon central/ 1 eastern 1-6-2025 Be there or be square. Link also here: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_UKmdX9EBQs2HYOW7epomvA#/registration
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Reminder: Rising to the Moment: Protecting and Advancing Cannabis Legalization in a Changing America
Rising to the Moment: Protecting and Advancing Cannabis Legalization in a Changing America Date & TimeDec 17, 2025 12:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada) Webinar ID815 7712 0875 Description BGM and Marijuana Policy Project (MPP) invite you to join us for a timely discussion on the current state of the national legalization landscape. We will…
For The Record (2026), By Jason Karimi
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Chapter 9: The Record vs. the Narrative
Table of Contents Preface Chapter 1 — The First ArrestEarly rupture, authority, and the beginning of resistance Chapter 2 — Before the File Was Opened Gifted education, faith, discipline, and early legitimacy Chapter 3 — Becoming a ProblemWork, exhaustion, collapse, and the cost of visibility Chapter 4 — Learning the Language of PowerCourts, probation, jail, campaigns, and proximity to decision-makers…
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Chapter 10: What Remains
Table of Contents Preface Chapter 1 — The First ArrestEarly rupture, authority, and the beginning of resistance Chapter 2 — Before the File Was Opened Gifted education, faith, discipline, and early legitimacy Chapter 3 — Becoming a ProblemWork, exhaustion, collapse, and the cost of visibility Chapter 4 — Learning the Language of PowerCourts, probation, jail, campaigns, and proximity to decision-makers…
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Chapter 8: What the Media Gets Wrong
Table of Contents Preface Chapter 1 — The First ArrestEarly rupture, authority, and the beginning of resistance Chapter 2 — Before the File Was Opened Gifted education, faith, discipline, and early legitimacy Chapter 3 — Becoming a ProblemWork, exhaustion, collapse, and the cost of visibility Chapter 4 — Learning the Language of PowerCourts, probation, jail, campaigns, and proximity to decision-makers…
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Chapter 7: Why I Never Left
Table of Contents Preface Chapter 1 — The First ArrestEarly rupture, authority, and the beginning of resistance Chapter 2 — Before the File Was Opened Gifted education, faith, discipline, and early legitimacy Chapter 3 — Becoming a ProblemWork, exhaustion, collapse, and the cost of visibility Chapter 4 — Learning the Language of PowerCourts, probation, jail, campaigns, and proximity to decision-makers…
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Chapter 6: Staying Power
Table of Contents Preface Chapter 1 — The First ArrestEarly rupture, authority, and the beginning of resistance Chapter 2 — Before the File Was Opened Gifted education, faith, discipline, and early legitimacy Chapter 3 — Becoming a ProblemWork, exhaustion, collapse, and the cost of visibility Chapter 4 — Learning the Language of PowerCourts, probation, jail, campaigns, and proximity to decision-makers…
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Chapter 5: The Apprenticeship
Table of Contents Preface Chapter 1 — The First ArrestEarly rupture, authority, and the beginning of resistance Chapter 2 — Before the File Was Opened Gifted education, faith, discipline, and early legitimacy Chapter 3 — Becoming a ProblemWork, exhaustion, collapse, and the cost of visibility Chapter 4 — Learning the Language of PowerCourts, probation, jail, campaigns, and proximity to decision-makers…
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Chapter 4: Learning the Language of Power
Table of Contents Preface Chapter 1 — The First ArrestEarly rupture, authority, and the beginning of resistance Chapter 2 — Before the File Was Opened Gifted education, faith, discipline, and early legitimacy Chapter 3 — Becoming a ProblemWork, exhaustion, collapse, and the cost of visibility Chapter 4 — Learning the Language of PowerCourts, probation, jail, campaigns, and proximity to decision-makers…
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Chapter 3: Becoming a Problem
Table of Contents Preface Chapter 1 — The First ArrestEarly rupture, authority, and the beginning of resistance Chapter 2 — Before the File Was Opened Gifted education, faith, discipline, and early legitimacy Chapter 3 — Becoming a ProblemWork, exhaustion, collapse, and the cost of visibility Chapter 4 — Learning the Language of PowerCourts, probation, jail, campaigns, and proximity to decision-makers…
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Chapter 2: Before the File Was Opened
Table of Contents Preface Chapter 1 — The First ArrestEarly rupture, authority, and the beginning of resistance Chapter 2 — Before the File Was Opened Gifted education, faith, discipline, and early legitimacy Chapter 3 — Becoming a ProblemWork, exhaustion, collapse, and the cost of visibility Chapter 4 — Learning the Language of PowerCourts, probation, jail, campaigns, and proximity to decision-makers…
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“For The Record” Chapter 1: The First Arrest
The following 8,580 word book is ten chapters long and written for future advocates. FOR THE RECORD How Power Actually Works—and Why Documentation Outlasts the Narrative By Jason Karimi Table of Contents Preface Chapter 1 — The First ArrestEarly rupture, authority, and the beginning of resistance Chapter 2 — Before the File Was Opened Gifted…
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On Independence, Accountability, and Why I Don’t Build My Work Around Approval
On Independence, Accountability, and Why I Don’t Build My Work Around Approval By Jason Karimi At 19, I ended up in a homeless shelter. Not because I committed a crime.Not because I was addicted.Not because I couldn’t work. I was there because I stood up in court for religious cannabis rights, made the front page…
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Why WeedPress Chooses to Be a High-Heat, Contrarian Watchdog
Why WeedPress Chooses to Be a High-Heat, Contrarian Watchdog By Jason Karimi | WeedPressJanuary 24, 2026 WeedPress was not created to be polite. It was not created to echo press releases, recycle activist talking points, or play nice with institutions that have repeatedly failed cannabis patients, small operators, and civil liberties. WeedPress exists to document,…
Commentary
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Why So Much Cannabis Activism Burns People Out — and Why Mine Doesn’t
Why So Much Cannabis Activism Burns People Out — and Why Mine Doesn’t By Jason Karimi | WeedPress | February 4, 2026 If this work can be energizing, why do so many advocates flame out, disappear, or turn bitter? The answer isn’t workload.It’s structure. Burnout Is a Design Failure Most activist burnout isn’t personal weakness…
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Why WeedPress Exists the Way It Does: How I Learned to Navigate Hostile Systems — and Still Publish Solutions
WeedPress focuses on documented facts, public records, and procedural analysis, not personal vendettas or speculation. Why WeedPress Exists the Way It Does: How I Learned to Navigate Hostile Systems — and Still Publish Solutions By Jason Karimi | WeedPress | January 29, 2026 WeedPress wasn’t built by someone who grew up with a safety net.…
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Updates From Visiting South Dakota Capitol So Far Today
From recent official remarks and events: The Supreme Court is hosting treatment court sessions at the Capitol Drug court policy and funding is a major legislative talking point Drug Court Advisory Council met Jan 27 (yesterday) This ties directly into: – Cannabis vs. criminal justice – How the state frames “treatment” vs. legalization – Budget…
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On Independence, Accountability, and Why I Don’t Build My Work Around Approval
On Independence, Accountability, and Why I Don’t Build My Work Around Approval By Jason Karimi At 19, I ended up in a homeless shelter. Not because I committed a crime.Not because I was addicted.Not because I couldn’t work. I was there because I stood up in court for religious cannabis rights, made the front page…
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Why WeedPress Chooses to Be a High-Heat, Contrarian Watchdog
Why WeedPress Chooses to Be a High-Heat, Contrarian Watchdog By Jason Karimi | WeedPressJanuary 24, 2026 WeedPress was not created to be polite. It was not created to echo press releases, recycle activist talking points, or play nice with institutions that have repeatedly failed cannabis patients, small operators, and civil liberties. WeedPress exists to document,…
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Who Actually Holds Power?
Who Actually Holds Power? Another hit master piece by Jason Karimi, WeedPress News Scroll social media for five minutes and you’ll see the same illusion repeated in different forms: whoever controls the narrative controls the system. Influencers, viral posts, cultural momentum — these are presented as the new centers of power. The message is simple:…
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Give Them What They Want: How to Truly Connect With Your Audience
Most people think influence is about being louder, sharper, or more controversial. Chapter 7 of The 50th Law quietly destroys that myth. Its central message is simple but ruthless: Power grows when your value grows to others. That single idea changes how we understand influence, loyalty, reputation, and even conflict. If people don’t need what…
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Truth Telling = Treason ? Thought on Fixing Propagandized Divisive Narrative Spreading
The real problem in the world today and as always is not “bad people.” It’s broken information systems. And the most effective, non-destructive way to fight that is not rage, humiliation, or ideological warfare — it’s: • calm clarity • good-faith reasoning • source literacy • pattern awareness • explaining how manipulation works • slowing…
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How Paul Hijacked Jesus’s Message And Built Christianity
My Rasta buddy in Minneapolis used to say Paul was a test and not to fall for it…good talk from the best professor in the world.
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Why Success Is So Rare: Zig Ziglar’s Five Gates You Must Pass
They stab you in the backAnd they claim that you are not lookingBut Jah have them in the regionIn the valley of decision Go down back-biter, (down back-bite)Go down back-biter, (down back-bite) Now you get what you wantDo you want more? (want more)Now you get what you wantDo you want more? (want more?) – Bob…
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Haile Selassie and the Highest Art of Power: Winning Without Drawing the Sword
History remembers emperors for their conquests. Haile Selassie I is remembered for something rarer — for proving that the highest art of politics is not domination by force, but mastery of legitimacy, symbolism, patience, and law. His reign stands as one of the clearest demonstrations in modern history that enduring power does not come from…
Patient Perspectives
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South Dakota Finally Decides Free Speech Should Not Be Bankrupted
April 17, 2026 For years, South Dakota had a hole in its legal architecture that should have embarrassed any state claiming to respect free speech. If someone with money, status, or institutional backing wanted to punish a critic, a journalist, a blogger, or an activist, the process itself could become the weapon. Even a weak…
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South Dakota District 35’s Republican Primary: Who’s Best Positioned in the Four-Way Race?
South Dakota District 35’s Republican Primary: Who’s Best Positioned in the Four-Way Race? By Jason Karimi | WeedPress April 4, 2026 South Dakota House District 35 is one of the more interesting Republican primaries in the state this cycle because it is an open-seat race with four Republican candidates competing for two House nominations on…
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Iowa Set The Example For Pressing The Feds. Hawaii’s Senate Just Backed The Same Approach.
Iowa Set The Example For Pressing The Feds. Hawaii’s Senate Just Backed The Same Approach By Jason Karimi | WeedPress April 4, 2026 For years, too many states have talked big about medical cannabis while acting like helpless subsidiaries of federal drug policy. Iowa challenged that weakness. Hawaii is challenging it again now. Hawaii senators…
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Discernment, Not Drama: How to Carry Yourself When Evil Is Real
Discernment, Not Drama: How to Carry Yourself When Evil Is Real By Jason Karimi | WeedPress April 3, 2026 There are some subjects polite society would rather mock than confront. Spiritual darkness is one of them. Many modern people are willing to speak of “energy,” “trauma,” “vibes,” and “mental health,” but the moment anyone raises…
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Deadwood Was South Dakota’s Origin Story
Deadwood Was South Dakota’s Origin Story HBO’s western is not just about one outlaw camp. It is about the culture of theft, violated Lakota land, gold obsession, and rough power that helped shape the state By Jason Karimi | WeedPress March 26, 2026 HBO’s Deadwood is not a documentary. It is something more dangerous to…
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Iowa Medical Cannabis Board Hearing Friday March 27 (DETAILS)
Meeting Information: March 27, 2026 – Medical Cannabidiol Board Beginning at 10:00am on Friday, March 27 the first Medical Cannabidiol Board meeting of 2026 will be held virtually using the information below: * For those who wish to participate in the public comment period virtually, please send an email to medical.cannabis@hhs.iowa.gov expressing your interest. You will use the zoom or…
WeedPress: The Paper Trail 