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“The Best 10 Ways to Keep Your Older White Relatives from the Polls Come November 8”

By Mark | September 20, 2016

I know it’s kind of anti-democratic, but I’ve started work on a new project that I think has a lot of potential. I’m putting together a list of “The Best 10 Ways to Keep Your Older White Relatives from the Polls Come November 8.” I know I can do better, but here’s what I’ve come […]

Posted in Mark's Life, Special Projects, Uncategorized | Also tagged 2016, Barack Obama, Benghazi, Bill Ayers, black helicopters, chemtrails, Cracker Barrel, Donald Trump, gun rights, guns, Hillary Clinton, Jeff Foxworthy, Larry the Cable Guy, Make America Great Again, Mark's big ideas, Obaba's private black army, Presidential politics, racism, rapture, Ted Nugent, that evil Socialist Barack Obama, the border with Mexico, the gay, Van Jones | 18 Comments

Should I sign the Snyder recall petition? What are you planning to do?

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, Candice Miller, Dick DeVos, East Detroit, Emergency Manager, 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 | 39 Comments

As it’s become impossible to pass laws in Congress due to Republican obstructionism, the fight for the minimum wage has moved aggressively to the states… Here’s what’s happening

By Mark | April 7, 2014

Last night, Zingerman’s co-founder Paul Saginaw and I met up for a late dinner at Dalat to discuss the various campaigns being waged across the country right now to raise the minimum wage, and how it came to pass that he’s become a spokesman for the movement. My hope is to share my notes later […]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Economics, Local Business, Locally Owned Business, Michigan, Uncategorized | Also tagged Adam Zemke, ballot initiatives, Barack Obama, cheap labor, Congressional Budget Office, Costco, Economic Policy Institute, Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2013, GDP, inflation, Jeff Irwin, jobs, Koch brothers, lobbying, Mark Schauer, Michigan House Bill 4386, minimum wage, Paul Saginaw, Plutocracy, Plutocrats, political strategy, poverty, Raise Michigan, Republican obstructionism, Tom Harkin, Zingerman's | 23 Comments

The successful campaign to stop the ICE deportation of Ann Arbor’s Jose Luis Sanchez-Ronquillo

By Mark | February 7, 2014

A few days ago, I met up with fellow Ypsilantian Martha Valadez, to discuss the case of Jose Luis Sanchez-Ronquillo, an undocumented 16-year resident of Ann Arbor who had been ordered by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to report to the Mexican border for deportation. Since that meeting, ICE has granted Sanchez-Ronquillo a one-year […]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Uncategorized | Also tagged #stopjosesdeportation, AFL-CIO, Alliance for Immigrants Rights, Anaheim, Bach Elementary, DACA, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, deportation, Disneyland, DREAM Act, El Hielo, ethnic studies, green card, ICE, immigration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, immigration interview, immigration reform, INS, Jan Brewer, Joe Arpaio, Jose Franco, Jose Luis, Jose Luis Sanchez-Ronquillo, La Santa Cecilia, Martha Valadez, Mexico, Michigan United, Obama, One Michigan, prosecutorial discretion, racial profiling, racism, talk to the hand, undocumented workers, Washtenaw Interfaith Coalition for Immigrant Rights, WICIR, Ypsi immigration interview, z-snap | 16 Comments

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“The Best 10 Ways to Keep Your Older White Relatives from the Polls Come November 8”

Should I sign the Snyder recall petition? What are you planning to do?

As it’s become impossible to pass laws in Congress due to Republican obstructionism, the fight for the minimum wage has moved aggressively to the states… Here’s what’s happening

The successful campaign to stop the ICE deportation of Ann Arbor’s Jose Luis Sanchez-Ronquillo

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