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As neo-Nazis come to Trump’s defense, the United States House of Representatives condemns his blatant racism in a 240 to 187 vote

By Mark | July 16, 2019

Today, while Kellyanne Conway demanded to know the ethnicity of a reporter questioning her outside the White House and Mitch McConnell dodged questions about how he’d take it of someone told his Asian wife “go back” to Taiwan, the Democratic-led House of Representatives passed Resolution 489 condemning our racist President for telling four freshman Congresswomen […]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Michigan, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged American dream, anti-immigrant, Brian Fitzpatrick, Daily Stormer, Donald Trump, FDR, Fred Upton, H.R. 489, House Resolution 489, immigrants, immigration, impeachment, invaders, John F. Kennedy, Justin Amash, Kellyanne Conway, Mitch McConnell, neo-Nazi, oversight, racism, Ronald Reagan, white nationalism, Will Hurd | 64 Comments

State Representative Jeff Irwin on the “frightened patriots” of the open carry movement, forest ecologist Ben Connor Barrie on local trees he’d love to kill, and Matt Siegfried on the racism of Rosie the Riveter… on episode 9 of The Saturday Six Pack

By Mark | March 16, 2015

This is Michigan State Rep Jeff Irwin, my first guest on this past weekend’s episode of The Saturday Six Pack. Our interview, which started off with a weighty conversation on corporate money, gerrymandering, and tax policy, and how, together, they’ve nearly destroyed our state, ended on a significantly lighter note when a caller by the […]

Posted in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Politics, The Saturday Six Pack, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged ALEC, body cameras, Brigid Mooney, charter schools, Chris Sandon, corporate money, crawlspaces, daylight saving time, dismantling of public education, Earned Income Tax Credit, for-profit charter schools, frightened patriot, gas tax, gerrymandering, guns, guns in schools, HP Jacobs, infrastructure, Jeff Irwin, Jim Cherewick, Jordan Miller, Lansing, Local's American Lager, Michigan House of Representatives, Michigan sales tax, Michigan's roads, open carry, parole, Pete Larson, Proposition 1, ribbing, Rick Snyder, rimming, Rosie the Riveter, school funding, sentencing reform, sexual sickness, Shorts Brewing, Steve Irwin, tax policy, tea party, term limits, threats to public education, war on drugs, Washtenaw County Board of Commissioners, Wurst Bar | 20 Comments

The myth of the social mobility in America

By Mark | November 1, 2011

Last night, I had the following to say about Eric Cantor’s appearance at U-M: …In his speech, Cantor apparently talked about his ancestors and how they made good lives for themselves in America by a plying themselves and working hard. The implication, of course, is that others can do the same. Unfortunately, the facts say […]

Posted in Observations, Politics | Also tagged Abe Lincoln, American dream, class warfare, Eric Cantor, fairytales, Herman Cain, leveling the playing field, Mitt Romney, Ponzi scheme, pull yourself up by your bootstraps, Robert Reich, self-made man, social mobility, wealth inequality | 3 Comments

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As neo-Nazis come to Trump’s defense, the United States House of Representatives condemns his blatant racism in a 240 to 187 vote

State Representative Jeff Irwin on the “frightened patriots” of the open carry movement, forest ecologist Ben Connor Barrie on local trees he’d love to kill, and Matt Siegfried on the racism of Rosie the Riveter… on episode 9 of The Saturday Six Pack

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