“When a statement is repeated, it starts to feel more familiar. That feeling of familiarity is easily interpreted as the feeling of truth.”
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This was the first election in our lifetimes where the federal results were more important than the state results, from the perspective of marijuana policy nationally. The Democratic takeover of the U.S. House was the most important outcome, because the House speaker, committee chairs, and subcommittee chairs will all be Democrats for the first time
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