Something is a Brewing
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When politicians put governance and cadence in place and don’t adhere to those rules and regulations, the people suffer the consequences from those actions.
Brittney Griner, a WNBA professional basketball player for the Phoenix Mercury is currently being held in a Russia prison due to carrying, medical prescribed hash oil. She has been detained since February 2022.
In Russia, cannabis is illegal. If you are caught with less than 6 grams of cannabis or 2 grams of hash, you can be fined or jailed up to 15 days. Anything more than that would be considered a more serious crime.
Brittney, like others in the WNBA, must play additional games outside the country to supplement their income since many of the women in the WNBA make way less than their NBA counterparts. The average income for an WNBA player is $120k and the average salary for an NBA player is $8.5 million as of the 22’ season. The disparities among women salaries and men salaries for playing the same sport is astonishing.
Biden is working on getting Brittney released but Putin has stated that releasing her is not a top priority right now. Just recently, Brittney’s defense team lost their request for an appeal to reduce her 9-year prison sentence.
The Student Loan Forgiveness portal opened on Oct 17, 2022. Over 30 million people took the time to fill out the 1-page form to apply for up to $20,000 in student loan forgiveness. Shortly after this program went live, six Republican led states requested that the Court of Appeals block this program. Student loan forgiveness is currently on hold for now.
Nowadays, it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to run for political office. Former NFL player Hershel Walker is running for Senate in the State of Georgia. Hershel has displayed that he is unfit to run for any political position when he struggles to understand what is reality versus fiction. When you’re given an honorary police badge for whatever cause, that doesn’t mean that you work for law enforcement. Hershel probably should have taken the advice from his family and not run for Senate.
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