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Learnings, teachings, tips & tricks for anyone to reference during difficult times, stressful workdays, or moments when manifesting your true self.
🧨 Postscript: How the 1976 Us. v. Randall Case Became the Lit Fuse
📜 “The harm Mr. Randall avoided by smoking marijuana outweighed the harm the government sought to prevent through its prohibition.”
🗂 When Eloise Asked: Where Are the 54 Screenshots?
📣 If you’re a scholar, check the archive. If you’re a policymaker, read the words. If you’re a citizen, ask what’s taken so long.
🌱 Remarks to the Pima County Board of Supervisors
“Somewhere between sand and sky—we became more than soldiers. We became gardeners of memory.”
Guarding Your Ground: Protecting Community Initiatives from Institutional Erasure
“By proactively protecting initiatives through meticulous documentation, external validation, and strategic narrative control, grassroots leaders can ensure lasting integrity and impact.”
“Steel, Soul, and Sunday Mornings”
“For some of us, the car was the escape. For others, it was the home base. And for a few lucky ones, it was both.”
USING AI AS A SWORD
“This is not just a feedback loop—this is a tactical language campaign.”
Capone & Cousin Jorge: What I Learned About Power in Juvenile Hall
“Power doesn’t always look like a badge, a bank, or a ballot. Sometimes, it looks like a cousin who keeps showing up. And sometimes, it looks like a kid in a cell, writing his way out.”
NORML SH*T
“This post doesn’t just survive a Trump administration—it becomes a shield, a weapon, and a map.”
The Veteran Addendum
🎯 Veterans are federal patients.
🧨 That means Uncle Sam already owes them care—and he's breaching that duty.
Ye Ole Miss’
“The magic here is in how it doesn’t just summarize history — it threads law, science, politics, and precedent into a single, unified timeline.”
I Know What You Did Last Century, Uncle Sam
“Anyone on the other side now has to explain away the words and actions of the actual players involved — and that’s a much harder game for them than dismissing ‘hearsay’ or ‘opinion pieces.’”
Cite Your Sources!
“Here. This isn’t my opinion. This is what they said, in their own words, at the time.”
A BURDEN BOURNE
“Yeah, it works. Yeah, we’ll bend the rules for you. But if the cameras show up, we’re slamming that door.”