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Voting out the Michigan politicians who helped scrap the Bill of Rights

By Mark | January 1, 2012

A Reddit user who goes by the name of DrowningSink has compiled a list of potentially vulnerable politicians up for reelection in 2012, along with their voting records on controversial legislation, such as the recently passed National Defense Authorization Act, which, as we’ve discussed here repeatedly, gives the government the right to imprison American citizens […]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Michigan, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged 2012, Bill of Rights, common ground, Cook Partisan Voting Index, corporatocracy, Dan Benishek, Dave Camp, DrowningSink, due process, Mike Rogers, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012, NDAA, Obama, Patriot Act, PROTECT IP Act, PVI, reelection, SOPA, Stop Online Piracy Act, Thaddeus McCotter, Tim Walberg | 25 Comments

The 2010 census and what it means to Michigan

By Mark | December 21, 2010

The results of the 2010 Census were made public today. Among other things, it was revealed that the U.S. population grew 9.7% over the course of the past decade, which is the slowest rate of growth since the Great Depression. That, of course, is an average, and some states did better than others. While several […]

Posted in Michigan, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged 2010 census, 9/11, Anthony Weiner, census, first responders, Great Depression, House, Hurricane Katrina, John Conyers, John Dingell, Jon Stewart, Louisiana, Lynn Rivers, Michigan's 13th congressional district, Michigan's 16th congressional district, population decline, redistricting, Sander Levin, Thunderdome, Voting Rights Act | 13 Comments

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