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A year after President Trump's historic upset victory, the grass-roots biker movement he inspired has become a bona fide political organization that is boosting Republican candidates across the country and making inroads in unexpected places, such as in Amish and Mennonite communities. That's right - Amish families are showing up in their horse-drawn buggies at Bikers for Trump rallies staged in barns in rural Pennsylvania and Ohio.
A little-known federal budget amendment that protects growers, processors, sellers and the professionals who work with them might expire this year at the behest of the Trump administration. Now known as the Rohrabacher-Blumenauer amendment, the measure prohibits the U.S. Justice Department from enforcing federal law against medical marijuana in places where it's legal, as it's been in Ohio since last year.
The Ohio Republican Party raised money in Lucas County Thursday evening with a fund- raiser at the Inverness Club attended by national Republican Chairman Ronna Romney McDaniel and Ohio Republican Chairman Jane Timken. The private event at the exclusive West Toledo club drew some 120 people at ticket prices ranging from $250 to $10,000.
Washington Rep. Derek Kilmer interviews Minnesota Rep. Betty McCollum for his podcast last Thursday before Congress left for the October recess. Washington Democratic Rep. Derek Kilmer broke the news of the Brad Pitt-Angelina Jolie breakup on his podcast - at least to Republican Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler.