The Democrats, as you know, made huge gains across the midwest during this past midterm election. States like Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin, that had helped put Donald Trump in the White House, all took big strides back in the other direction. Here in Michigan, not only did we flip two historically Republican House seats, […]
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Michigan Republicans attempt a naked, lame duck power grab in advance of Whitmer, Nessel and Benson taking office
Posted in Civil Liberties, Michigan, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged #MiPowerGrab, campaign finance reform, Dana Nessel, dirty tricks, gerrymandering, Gretchen Whitmer, Jocelyn Benson, lame duck, Lansing, Michigan House Bill 6553, Michigan House of Representatives, Michigan Republican Party, Michigan Republicans, Michigan Senate, Michigan Senate Bill 1251, Michigan Senate Bill 1252, minimum wage, paid sick leave, right-to-work, threats to the middle class, voter suppression, Wisconsin 19 Comments
Is the charter school industry paying off Michigan politicians to avoid oversight?
There’s a coordinated attempt afoot to dismantle America’s system of public education, and Michigan Republicans, for the past several years, have been at the forefront, passing laws to weaken our traditional, neighborhood public schools, while, at the same time, clearing the way for unaccountable for-profit charter schools to move in. While I don’t hold out […]
Posted in Michigan, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged Arne Duncan, Bill Moyers, Casandra Ulbrich, charter schools, corporate money, Detroit Public Schools, Diane Ravitch, Dick and Betsy DeVos Foundation, Dick DeVos, dismantling of public education, education reform, Florida, for-profit charter schools, GLEP, Great Lakes Education Project, hedge funds, John Engler, Michigan Board of Education, Michigan Campaign Finance Network, money in politics, Netflix, no child left behind, oversight, privatization, public education, Reed Hastings, schools of choice, teachers union, threats to Democracy 58 Comments
Saying they “delayed our action plan,” Rick Snyder lays the blame for the Flint water disaster at the feet of “career civil servants” who cared more about process than people
You have to give him credit for having chutzpah. It took him a few days, but our Governor, with he help of multiple consultants and a few top flight PR firms, is attempting not just to deflect blame for what happened in Flint, but actually turn the deadly public health crisis into an anti-government parable […]
Posted in History, Michigan, Observations, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged accountability, bureaucrat, career civil servants, checks and balances, Cher, civil service, crisis communications, Dana Milbank, Emergency Manager, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, framing, individual responsibility, lead, lead poisoning, public employees, public health, public health emergency, public relations, Republican framing, revisionist history, Rick Snyder, water 19 Comments