Tag Archives: Debbie Dingell

If we can’t organize to stop the appointment of Steve Bannon, a known white nationalist, we’re not going to be able to do anything to stop Trump

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, Candice Miller, Cicilline letter, Dan Kildee, David Cicilline, 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 | 50 Comments

Elected leaders and civil rights organizers join Sheriff Clayton to discuss the policing of communities of color at Unity Town Hall

By Mark | July 21, 2016

This evening I attended the Unity Town Hall at Eastern Michigan Union, during which Congresswoman Debbie Dingell, Black Lives Matter Organizer Myles McGuire, Wahstenaw County Sheriff Jerry Clayton, Mark Fancher of the Michigan ACLU’s Racial Justice Project, and Washtenaw County Prosecutor Brian Mackie sat before an audience of about 250, responding to questions about civil […]

Posted in Ann Arbor, Civil Liberties, Michigan, Ypsilanti | Also tagged ACLU, Aura Rosser, black lives matter, Brian Mackie, de-escalation, dismantling of public education, drugs, fear, Jerry Clayton, Mark Fancher, mental health, Mobile Justice, Myles McGuire, police violence, public education, Racial Justice Project, Seattle, slavery, social work, threats to public education, Unity Town Hall, Washtenaw County, Washtenaw County Prosecutor | 15 Comments

Civil rights icon Representative John Lewis leads House sit-in to demand vote on gun legislation

By Mark | June 22, 2016

In the wake of the recent mass shooting in Orlando that left 49 people dead, Democrats in both houses of Congress have proposed legislation aimed to curb gun violence by expanding background checks to include guns purchased either online or at gun shows, and block anyone on the federal terrorist watchlist from purchasing deadly weapons. […]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Uncategorized | Also tagged assault rifles, background checks, C-Span, Chris Murphy, filibuster, gun control, gun laws, gun rights, gun violence, House of Representatives, John Lewis, Mark Walker, mass shootings, Mitch McConnell, Orlando, Paul Ryan, terrorism | 12 Comments

Singing about heartbroken monsters with Fangs and Twang, discussing the condition of Michigan’s roads with Representative David Rutledge, and reliving the horrors of Totally Awesome Fest… on episode 16 of The Saturday Six Pack

By Mark | May 12, 2015

My favorite moment of this week’s episode happened within just the first few minutes. I was looking at State Representative David Rutledge’s face when Fangs and Twang performed the opening theme song that they’d written for the show, and he was just beaming. While I think he genuinely liked the song, which was admittedly pretty […]

Posted in Art and Culture, The Saturday Six Pack, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged AM 1700, Amber Fellows, Autumn Nicole Wetli, Ben Miller, Black Jake, Black Jake and the Carnies, Bob Krzewinski, Danica Danger, David Rutledge, Deadbeat Beat, Fangs and Twang, Michigan House of Representatives, Patrick Elkins, Riverspirit, Totally Awesome Fest | 13 Comments

The family photo that could get me into Congress

By Mark | August 18, 2014

This is the best picture we’ve ever taken as a family. Our friend Leisa Thompson took it about a year ago. For reasons that still aren’t quite clear to me, we were hanging out inside a giant piece of sculpture at the time. We had a print of it made, and it’s hanging upstairs, about […]