There are so many useful outcomes of the use of cannabis and the legalization of it. People can obtain cannabis for all the wonderful medicinal reasons it has. Crime rates drop as well, therefore Police forces are less taxed. People who have been incarcerated for its use and sale are now able to once again become productive in our society.

I'm an avid cryptocurrency enthusiast and investor in the AriseBank project. I came to know Jared Rice, Sr. in 2016 while hiring him for a personal business project. My first impression of Jared was that he was complicated, misunderstood, and brilliant! There was no doubt in my mind that Jared would be the next Steve Jobs, Elon Musk, or the Bill Gates of the world. I was there when the vision of AriseBank came to fruition. The first cryptocurrency bank that would give people all across the world the ability to take control of their money. Was it a big idea? - YES! Were the big banks of the world going to try to stop him? – YES! And here we are today. A few months after the launch of the AriseBank ICO (Initial Coin Offering), several team members were raided by the Feds, had their assets seized, and the ICO contributions confiscated. As said perfectly in a recent article on Steemit by gank, “AriseBank is a direct threat to a system that has been built to manage our wealth for profit and of course, there are going to be enemies of the project with deep pockets and influence. A scam implies premeditated intent to defraud, and my belief that AriseBank's intentions are the exact opposite of that. They want to create an environment where our money is protected from the fraud that is happening every day.” Here are the 9 biggest bank settlements agreed to by banks for defrauding investors. These are the true fraudsters that AriseBank is trying to free us from. JPMorgan Chase $5.29 billion Credit Suisse $5.3 billion Wells Fargo $5.35 billion Deutsche Bank $7.2 billion Bank of America $8.5 billion BNP Paribas $8.9 billion Bank of America $11.8 billion JP Morgan Chase $13 billion Bank of America $16.65 billion (credit: http://www.businessinsider.com/the-biggest-bank-settlements-of-all-time-2017-4/#8-credit-suisse-53-billion-2) “Of course this idea AriseBank brought forth is a huge swing for the fences, and risky for all those involved because it goes against the grain of the status quo.” In the Medium article, by Crypto Kong, you will see that many of the SECs false accusations can be proven false. https://medium.com/@CryptoKong123/arisebank-scam-or-not-a-scam-you-decide-accusations-answered-with-facts-and-documentation-dd166d81c03c There has also been a lot of talk about Jared Rice, Sr.’s flawed past. Well, I believe that a person’s past does not define their future successes. Some of the greatest leaders in the world had to endure many failures before they found success. The argument that because Jared has had legal issues or relationship (divorce, child custody) issues in the past – should prevent him from creating one the greatest projects in history is laughable. Donald Trump’s background is riddled with financial and relationship failures and look at where that landed him! Leader of the free world! (just saying….) Jared has now been left unable to support his family and children. His bank accounts frozen along with the rest of his assets (personal and business). The government wants to silence Jared by throwing him in jail leaving this kids and family without any support. Jared is now fearful for his life. Should something happen to Jared in jail over this nonsense - we will know who to blame. Not one AriseBank contributor contacted the SEC with a complaint. The SEC was motivated thru online misinformation created by competitors of AriseBank and an ex-wife who has been fighting Jared for custody of their son for years now. AriseBank contributors and supporters want this nonsense to end now! Don’t let the government tell every young entrepreneur who wants to build something in the cryptocurrency and blockchain space that Innovation = Jailtime. Join the AriseArmy and tell the US government and our local legislatures that WE WANT OUR BANK BACK!

Corporate welfare for billionaire NFL team owners is a terrible investment of public dollars. But whenever football teams want to build a new stadium, governments end up in a race-to-the-bottom bidding war. That's why I've introduced a bill to create a treaty between Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia to have all three governments agree not to pay for Dan Snyder's new stadium. The bill has been introduced in MD, DC and Virginia and has bipartisan support.

Fake biased news has divided the country and is destroying our institutions by misleading and deliberately deceiving the public to further a political agenda. Let the truth be known. Knowledge is power!

With our new Progressive New Jersey administration in place, New Jersey needs to form coalitions with other States to stop all of the negative aspects of the Trump regime. Let's start with something all New Jerseyans understand and want to protect - our precious Jersey Shore - from offshore drilling.

Why is it even a question that cannabis should be legalized for recreational as well as medical use for adults? New Jersey has the highest property taxes in America! With the millions or billions of tax dollars the sale of legal cannabis would provide, it would help us immensely!! In addition, if all cannabis is legalized and regulated, it will be much safer because we will know where it came from, and what is in it !! I am also advocating strict penalties for allowing minors to gain access to it. This is what they are already doing in Colorado and the other states. Additionally, and most importantly, none of the states that have fully legalized cannabis are back peddling. With nine states participating already, that speaks volumes. Let's bring New Jersey out of the Dark Ages and into the 21st Century!

Donald Trump has repeatedly shown that he is motivated to compromise that investigation and is setting the stage through Devin Nunes' memo to make a case to the American people that the investigation should be ended. Congress needs to pass legislation to preserve the integrity of our governing system and reinforce that nobody is above the law.

President Trump has decided that his personal interests supercede the right of the American people to know whether he or his business interests have conducted any illegal business with entities or individuals connected to governments or illegal cartels hostile to the interests of the United States. The Presidential Candidate Tax Transparency Act requires certain candidates for President or Vice President of the United States to file copies of certain federal income tax returns and written consent for the disclosure of those federal income tax returns with the State Board of Elections no later than 65 days before a presidential general election; requiring the State Board to make federal income tax returns filed by candidates for President or Vice President of the United States publicly available on the State Board's website; etc.

Net Neutrality is a very important issue to me. A free and open Internet is what allows us to make contact with others, start businesses, and keep up to date on the world around us.

Besmirching the reputation of the FBI hurts the effectiveness of the agency when the public no longer has confidence in it.

On January 31st at 6:20 pm, my sister, Maricela Barajas, was run over while crossing the street at the crosswalk. She was pronounced brain-dead on 02/01/18. This is an extremely busy intersection with a light right after the crosswalk and drivers only pay attention to the light and don’t notice pedestrians crossing on the crosswalk. The city needs to revisit this intersection and make it safe for the residents.

Because I have not seen prominent women's groups or labor unions taking an active role in opposing this ruling.