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Fox 5 DC: Pro-pot protesters prep for Inauguration Day
|| 1/18/2017 || 10:13 pm || Comments Off on Fox 5 DC: Pro-pot protesters prep for Inauguration Day || ||

Today I was live at 5:03pm on DC Fox 5:

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Breitbart: Pot Advocates Try to Smoke Sen. Jeff Sessions’ Nomination for Attorney General Job
|| 1/4/2017 || 9:36 pm || Comments Off on Breitbart: Pot Advocates Try to Smoke Sen. Jeff Sessions’ Nomination for Attorney General Job || ||

“We have come to assume Senator Sessions will overturn the will of more than 70% of the voters in the District of Columbia that voted for full legalization if made Attorney General,” according to a letter sent to legislators in Congress by DCMJ co-founders Adam Eidinger and Nikolas Schiller.

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Snopes: 4,200 Free Joints to Be Given Away Before Trump’s Inauguration
|| || 9:22 pm || Comments Off on Snopes: 4,200 Free Joints to Be Given Away Before Trump’s Inauguration || ||

On 29 December 2016, the Washington, DC, based pro-legalization group known as DCMJ posted an invitation for an event called “#Trump420” on their web site:

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The Independent: Cannabis activists to hand out thousands of free joints at Donald Trump’s inauguration
|| || 8:50 pm || Comments Off on The Independent: Cannabis activists to hand out thousands of free joints at Donald Trump’s inauguration || ||

“The main thing is to show that cannabis reform is not a partisan issue,” Nikolas Schiller, co-founder of DCMJ, told The Independent.”

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Washington Times: DEA disappoints medical marijuana advocates with refusal to reclassify
|| 8/11/2016 || 10:28 pm || Comments Off on Washington Times: DEA disappoints medical marijuana advocates with refusal to reclassify || ||

“the Obama administration and DEA are tone-deaf to cannabis reform,” said organizer Nikolas Schiller.

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Philly Voice: Giant marijuana joints, Sanders supporters among Broad Street marchers on DNC Day 1
|| 7/25/2016 || 9:53 pm || Comments Off on Philly Voice: Giant marijuana joints, Sanders supporters among Broad Street marchers on DNC Day 1 || ||

“We want to make sure all candidates are for full-legalization of cannabis,” said Nikolas Schiller, co-founder of DCMJ.org, an activist group that helped get cannabis decriminalized in Washington, D.C.

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Washington Post: About that ‘bud summit’ at the White House — pot activists are still waiting
|| 6/25/2016 || 10:55 pm || Comments Off on Washington Post: About that ‘bud summit’ at the White House — pot activists are still waiting || ||

Thirty minutes after the meeting began, Eidinger and Nikolas Schiller, co-founder of DC Marijuana Justice, were done and outside the White House. They held a banner that read “President Obama, We need a higher level meeting.”

Screengrab of the Washington Post story About that ‘bud summit’ at the White House — pot activists are still waiting

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Washington Post: On Day 1 of legalization, Bowser submits bill to prevent ‘pot clubs’
|| 2/26/2015 || 6:17 pm || Comments Off on Washington Post: On Day 1 of legalization, Bowser submits bill to prevent ‘pot clubs’ || ||

“A long time ago, we decided there would be no large events with people smoking,” Schiller said. “It was one of those quiet victories to be celebrated in back yards and in living rooms.”

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Quoted today’s in DelMarVaNow
|| 12/10/2014 || 10:00 pm || Comments Off on Quoted today’s in DelMarVaNow || ||

“We don’t want members of Congress to overturn our election,” said Nikolas Schiller, a spokesman for the DC Cannabis Campaign.

Today I was quoted in DelMarVaNow concerning Rep. Andy Harris’s attempt to overturn Ballot Initiative 71.

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Washington Post: Odds are increasing that D.C. will vote on legalizing marijuana — despite Congress
|| 6/29/2014 || 12:41 pm || Comments Off on Washington Post: Odds are increasing that D.C. will vote on legalizing marijuana — despite Congress || ||

“I can’t tell you how many times I heard ‘I’m gonna vote for it, but I will not sign it.’ ‘No, I can’t vote for it, I’m a teacher, I’m a federal worker, I’m a government contractor, ‘I’ll lose my job.’?” Eidinger said.

Nikolas Schiller, another top campaign organizer, said he came to see it as a “Snowden factor.” He said, “People don’t want to be put on some government list.”

Screengrab of the Washington Post story Odds are increasing that D.C. will vote on legalizing marijuana — despite Congress

Look closely and you’ll see my hands in the back right

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Hello! Thanks for stopping by! My name is Nikolas Schiller. I am an American citizen currently living in New York City and working remotely to support structural change in Washington, DC.

This blog is my online repository of what I have created or found online since May of 2004. I've been on hiatus since 2018 but plan on contributing more content in the not so distant future.

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