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Illinois Grabs $62 Million For Neighborhoods From Weed Tax Money Ive heard lots of people ask where the tax money from the sales of recreational marijuana products here in Illinois is going. With sales of nearly a billion dollars in 2020, weve got to have a pretty decent pile of cash to spread around, wouldnt you think? A story published by NBC 5 Chicago about $62 million of cannabis tax revenue got my attention this morning, prompting the overall question about where weed tax money is suppose...

Lot of video out there that shows that the naacp countenance is racism and i think more offensively if anybody goes off of the plantation, as it were, whos an african-american, theyre called uncle toms by this group. >> lets bring in david fromm, former speech writer for george w. bush and columnist for the " theweek.com. can you tell me whats off the plantation? what is he trying to say there? >> its clear. whats so painful is andrew is suggesting you can meet false accusations of racism with f...

A.c.o.r.n. to have more supposedly damning videos. >> the naacp -- i believe i can show you more videos, theres a lot of video out there that shows that the naacp countenance is racism and i think more offensively if anybody goes off of the plantation, as it were, whos an african-american, theyre called uncle toms by this group. >> lets bring in david fromm, former speechwriter for president george w. bush and columnist for theweek.com. can you help me with his last remark the plantation? what i...

When the republican party does the self-examination saying, gee, how is it we are unable to attract minority voters? why is it we have so much trouble with women? as lucrative as it seems in the short term, they exact a big long term crush. >> david frum, columnist at theweek.com. thanks for joining us, david. >> thank you. now lets bring in msnbc contributor melissa harris-lacewell associate professor of politics and african-american studies at princeton and a columnist for "the nation." good...

Offensively if anybody goes off of the plantation, as it were, whos an african-american, theyre called uncle toms by this group. >> lets bring in david frum, former speechwriter for president george w. bush and columnist for theweek.com. can you help me with his last remark the plantation? what is he trying to say there? >> its clear. whats so painful is andrew is suggesting you can meet false accusations of racism with false accusations of racism of your own. and that when you come under attack...

Long-term price. >> david frum, columnist at theweek.com. thanks for joining us, david. >> thank you. now lets bring in msnbc contributor melissa harris-lacewell associate professor of politics and african-american studies at princeton and a columnist for "the nation." good evening, melissa. i dont quite get why this vilification of shirley sherrod was so completely successful so very, very quickly before anyone knew the truth. how did this move so fast? >> well, i think its simply because of ...