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Illinois Grabs $62 Million For Neighborhoods From Weed Tax Money I've 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, we've got to have a pretty decent pile of cash to spread around, wouldn't 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 supposed to go here in Illinois. NBC 5 Chicago's story says that our state has that $62 million collecte...

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, who's an african-american, they're called uncle toms by this group. >> let's bring in david fromm, former speech writer for george w. bush and columnist for the " theweek.com. can you tell me what's off the plantation? what is he trying to say there? >> it's clear. what's so painful is andrew is suggesting you can meet false accusations of racism with false accusations of racism of your own. if you come under attack, the way you respond is not b...

A.c.o.r.n. to have more supposedly damning videos. >> the naacp -- i believe i can show you more videos, there's 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, who's an african-american, they're called uncle toms by this group. >> let's 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 is he trying to say there? >> it's clear. what's so painful is andrew is suggesting you can meet ...

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 let's 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 don't quite get why this vilification of shirley sherrod was so completely suc...

Offensively if anybody goes off of the plantation, as it were, who's an african-american, they're called uncle toms by this group. >> let's 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? >> it's clear. what's 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 the way you respond for a mistake is not by apologizing but going on further attack. what's so...