By Mark | November 17, 2016
Earlier this week, as we discussed a few days ago, President-elect Donald Trump announced that he would be appointing Steve Bannon, the race-baiting head of Breitbart News, his chief White House strategist. And this, my friends, is something that we, as civilized people, who value things like civil rights and diversity, should do everything in […]
Posted in Civil Liberties, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged #DumpBannon, advice and consent, Alt Right, Andrew Breitbart, Andy LaBarre, anti-Semitic, Brenda Lawrence, call to action, Cicilline letter, Dan Kildee, David Cicilline, Debbie Dingell, Debbie Stabenow, Donald Trump, Dump Bannon Caucus, ebbie Dingell, Fred Upton, Glenn Beck, Harry Reid, Jews, John Conyers, nationalism, neo-Nazi, political correctness, Pravda, racism, Russia, Sander Levin, Stephen Bannon, the press, the shameful state of the American press, threats to Democracy, threats to journalists, Tim Walberg, Van Jones, White House, white nationalism, white nationalist, white supremacist |
By Mark | February 9, 2016
In the wake of evidence surfacing that proves the Snyder administration knew of a connection between Flint’s water and a deadly outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease a full ten months before they took action, and Snyder’s subsequent refusal to testify before a Congressional committee as to what happened in Flint, it’s not surprising that even the […]
Posted in Civil Liberties, Michigan, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged Bill Schuette, breach of duty, Brian Calley, cake, Cakegate, Dick DeVos, East Detroit, Emergency Manager, executive orders, Flint, Flint water crisis, gross negligence, Koch brothers, lead, lead poisoning, Legionnaires' disease, manslaughter, Michigan Attorney General, petitions, Rick Snyder, School Reform Office, State Board of Canvassers, Warren Consolidated Schools Board of Education, water |
By Mark | October 9, 2013
Today I received an email from Lon Johnson, the Chair of the Michigan Democratic Party. In it, he shared the following fact. “Every single Michigan Republican member of Congress,” he said, “voted in favor of the government shutdown.” I suppose I knew that, but, as I tend to hold those members of Congress who identify […]
Posted in Michigan, Special Projects, Uncategorized | Also tagged Affordable Care Act, Bill Huizenga, call to action, Congress, Dan Benishek, Dave Camp, gay marriage, government shutdown, Grand Rapids, House of Representatives, John Boehner, Justin Amash, Kerry Bentivolio, Koch brothers, Libertarianism, Michele Bachmann, Mike Rogers, Obamacare, portents of endtimes, rapture, shutdown, tea party, Ted Cruz, threats to Democracy, Tim Walberg |
By Mark | February 17, 2009
Politico has an article today on Obama’s rail strategy that I think some of you might like. Here’s how the piece begins: Railroads made Chicago, and now a Chicago-rich White House wants to return the favor: remaking rail with a huge new federal investment in high-speed passenger trains. The $787.2 billion economic recovery bill — […]
