I know not everyone who reads this site is a Democrat living in my precinct, but here’s my sample ballot for this Tuesday’s Democratic primary. While a few things are clear to me, like who I’ll be casting my vote for to be our next State Senator (Jeff Irwin), I’ll confess that I’m still debating […]
https://theintercept.com/2018/04/06/shri-thanedar-michigan-millionaire-bernie-sanders-republican/ Aside from the fact that he’s referred to himself as a “fiscally savvy Bernie,” and has one of the worst slogans in American political history, up until today, I knew very little about Michigan gubernatorial candidate Shri Thanedar. I mean, I had a vague sense of him, but I hadn’t read very much about […]
Posted in Marketing, Michigan, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged Abdul El-Sayed, abortion, Adrian Hemond, Bernie Sanders, Brian Began, Dan McMaster, democrat in name only, Gretchen Whitmer, gubernatorial races, Joe DiSano, pro choice, Shri Thanedar |
I had the opportunity to spend some time this afternoon with Jim Dean, the co-founder and chair of Democracy for America (DFA), as he stopped by the Ypsi-Arbor campaign office for Bernie Sanders on his way to Flint. Among other things, we discussed Bernie’s chances in the Michigan Democratic primary, what the Sanders campaign could […]
Posted in Michigan, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged Bernie Bros, black lives matter, Democratic National Committee, Democratic National COnvention, DNC, Flint, Hillary Clinton, Howard Dean, inequality, interviews, Jim Dean, Mississippi, Neshoba County Fair, Philadelphia, Presidential politics, race baiting, racism, reform, robber barons, Ronald Reagan, sexism, states rights, Ta-Nehisi Coates, TPP, Trans-Pacific Partnership, Tulsi Gabbard, Vermont |
This was sent in yesterday by an anonymous reader… who apparently doesn’t have a very high opinion of Debbie Stabenow. Speaking of Stabenow, as we all seem to have problems with her, why don’t we find a credible progressive candidate to run against her? Is she really so powerful that no one can beat her, […]
Proving the old adage – “yard signs don’t vote” – to be true, Mike Eller and Steve Pierce, in spite of the fact that their campaign signs outnumbered those of their Democratic opponents by an order of magnitude (thanks to the support of several local landlords), came up short today in their joint quest for […]
Posted in Ann Arbor, Civil Liberties, Politics, Ypsilanti | Also tagged America First Party of Michigan, Chuck Warpehoski, election results, homophobia, Karen Maurer, Lois Richardson, Mike Eller, Pete Murdock, primary elections, racism, separation of church and state, sexism, Steve Pierce, Stop City Income Tax, Ted Windish, Ypsilanti City Council, Ypsilanti Ward 1, Ypsilanti Ward 3 |
