Mark Maynard

William Barr’s private army

By Mark | June 3, 2020

Images like the one above have been making their way around the internet today — images of heavily armed men blocking streets in Washington, DC — men with no unit insignia — men with no name badges — men who are apparently refusing to tell people under whose authority they are blocking people. And, understandably, […]

Posted in Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged Attorney General, Clint Watts, Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Prisons, Jenn Budd, police state, threats to Democracy, Tom Nichols, William Barr | 19 Comments

A former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff warns of the President’s use of the military, saying, “I am deeply worried that as they execute their orders, the members of our military will be co-opted for political purposes.”

By Mark | June 2, 2020

[above: Military police block peaceful civil rights protesters from approaching the Lincoln Memorial on the day that Donald “don’t be too nice” Trump declares that his administration “has done more for the black community than any president since Abraham Lincoln.”] There are a lot of different ways that I could take things this evening, but […]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged Abraham Lincoln, armed forces, authoritarian, authoritarianism, Ben Sasse, Bible, black lives matter, Constitution, constitutional crisis, Donald Trump, future crime, George Floyd, George W. Bush, Insurrection Act, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Kasie Hunt, Lafayette Square, Lincoln Memorial, Lisa Murkowski, mark Esper, Mike Mullen, military, military police, Minority Report, Mitch McConnell, National Guard, non-violence, police state, police violence, political ads, protests, racism, rubber bullets, St. John's Church, tear gar, thought crime, violence, Will Hurd | 75 Comments

Marking the first day of the Trump administration with Debbie Dingell and Gretchen Whitmer, firsthand accounts of the DC, Lansing and Ypsilanti women’s marches, and a discussion about the role of community-based art in improving society… on this weekend’s edition of the Saturday Six Pack

By Mark | January 19, 2017

This weekend’s episode of the Saturday Six Pack, our first under the Trump administration, will be told in two parts. First, we will be talking with people on the ground in D.C., and elsewhere, about the response to the Trump inauguration, with special emphasis on how women are standing up and letting it be known […]

Posted in Art and Culture, Civil Liberties, Politics, The Saturday Six Pack, Uncategorized | Also tagged abortion, anti-immigration, art, Barack Obama, birth control, civil rights, Debbie Dingell, Desirae Simmons, Donald Trump, family planning, Frederick Douglass, gay rights, Gloria Allred, grab them by the pussy, Gretchen Whitmer, healthcare, immigration, inauguration, inauguration day, Lansing, LGBTQ, Lynne Settles, manifesto, marches, Martin Luther King Day, Matt Siegfried, misogyny, Nick Azzaro, old white men making decisions on women's health, Planned Parenthood, pro-life, Rebecca Gregory, reproductive justice, reproductive rights, Roseville, sex education, Summer Zervos, The Apprentice, The Perils of the Republic, The Saturday Six Pack, violence, violence against women, women, women's health, Women's March on Washington, women's rights, workers rights, Ypsi High | 18 Comments

Dischord’s Ian MacKaye on touring as a family, building community, making the world a better place, and what he’s got in mind for Ypsilanti this Friday evening

By Mark | June 27, 2013

I had the occasion this evening to speak with Ian MacKaye, the former frontman of Minor Threat and Fugazi, who will be visiting Ypsilanti this Friday evening to play an all-ages show at the Dreamland Theater alongside Amy Farina, in their heavy yet minimalist two-piece band

Posted in Art and Culture, Civil Liberties, Crimewave USA, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged 1968, alternative art venues, Amy Farina, churches, D.C. riots, Defense of Marriage Act, DOMA, Dreamland Theater, Fugazi, great interviews, Ian MacKaye, interviews, liberation theology, Minor Threat, music, music for kids, music industry, music venues, Pancake Mountain, performance venues, punk rock, religion, Saint Stephen and the Incarnation, Shelley Salant, The Evens, Voting Rights Act, Vowel Movement, WCBN | 18 Comments

Restoring Truthiness

By Mark | September 8, 2010

It would appear, based on last night’s Colbert Report, that Stephen has not only heard about the groundswell of support for a Restoring Truthiness rally in DC in October, but that he’s actually considering it. The Colbert Report Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c

Posted in Media, Politics | Also tagged awesome t-shirt ideas, Colbert Report, faux teabaggers, fauxbaggers, Glenn Beck, Hummer, I'm Voting Tea Party, mockery, rallies, Restoring Truthiness, satire, Stephen Colbert | 8 Comments

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William Barr’s private army

A former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff warns of the President’s use of the military, saying, “I am deeply worried that as they execute their orders, the members of our military will be co-opted for political purposes.”

Marking the first day of the Trump administration with Debbie Dingell and Gretchen Whitmer, firsthand accounts of the DC, Lansing and Ypsilanti women’s marches, and a discussion about the role of community-based art in improving society… on this weekend’s edition of the Saturday Six Pack

Dischord’s Ian MacKaye on touring as a family, building community, making the world a better place, and what he’s got in mind for Ypsilanti this Friday evening

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