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“The employment of individuals under the age of 21 in the cannabis industry is strictly illegal, a serious matter, and is not tolerated,” the statement said. “We encourage anyone with information about child labor or trafficking at any facility to immediately contact the Department.” Glass House did not immediately respond to a request for comment Monday. But in a statement posted to X last week, the company said it “does not and has never employed minors.” Federal officials raided the company’s operations in Santa Barbara and Ventura counties as part of the Trump administration’s ongoing campaign against undocumented immigrants in...

The President of Glass House Farms, the cannabis farm that federal immigration authorities raided in California on Thursday despite protests, has donated thousands to Democrats in California. Co-founder, president, and board director Graham Farrar, who self-identifies on social media as residing in Santa Barbara, California, has made numerous political donations to the Santa Barbara County Democratic Central Committee’s federal political action committee and Rep. Salud Carbajal, D-Calif., according to Federal Election Commission records. According to California public campaign finance records, he also donated $10,000 to California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom in 2018, and his most recent public political donation was...

'I've got kids that are older than they are. Who thinks that attacking children, who thinks that spreading false information about children which has not only been spread on conspiracy sites but also on mainstream media sights, who thinks that is going to help them get ahead politically when it's so obvious it's only going to blow up in their faces?' asked Scarborough. 'Let's add on attacking children who are two weeks out from hiding under their desk or watching their friends be shot by an automatic weapon,' pointed out Deutsch. So if you can't have empathy or sympathetic behavior...

Actions Speak Louder Than Words: Will Capitol Hill Dems Back Up Talk of "Fiscal Responsibility" with Real Action? Boehner: House Dems' Half-Trillion Dollar Spending Bill "Just Another Example of How Washington Is Really Good at Wasting People's Money" Washington, Feb 24 - President Obama travels to Capitol Hill tonight, on the eve of a House vote on a half-trillion dollar spending bill. Ironically, the vote on the massive spending bill comes during a week when the President is attempting to shift the focus in Washington away from reckless spending and toward “fiscal responsibility.” The White House held a “fiscal responsibility” summit...