As we’re getting ready to rent our 10th and final office at Landline Creative Labs, now seemed like a good time to step back, reflect for a minute, and say thank you to everyone who played a role in getting us to where we are today. First and foremost, we’d like to thank all of […]
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Earlier today, the above photo was sent to me by a prominent local politician. He wanted to know how Ann Arbor City Councilman Chuck Warpehoski and I came to be perched so perfectly on the shoulders of beloved State Rep Yousef Rabhi, and, more importantly, which of us, in this scenario, was the Devil. For […]
Posted in Mark's Life, Uncategorized | Also tagged Angel, Chuck Warpehoski, Devil, facial hair, Kronk, monocle, mustache wax, mustaches, shoulders, The Emperor's New Groove |
By Mark | December 8, 2016
Remember how I was telling you last week that you really needed to call your State Reps because Republicans were trying to push aggressive, new voter suppression laws through the Michigan House? Well, last night, at 10:00 PM, the Michigan House of Representatives voted 57-50 to approve the bills [HB 6066, HB 6067, HB 6068]. […]
Posted in Civil Liberties, Michigan, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged Donald Trump, gerrymandering, HB 6066, HB 6067, HB 6068, Jennifer Schlicht, lame duck, Michigan House of Representatives, Michigan Senate, poll tax, Rick Snyder, rigged elections, voter fraud, voter impersonation, voter suppression, Voting Rights Act |
By Mark | November 30, 2016
A few days ago, after Trump made the unsubstantiated claim that “millions” of people had voted illegally for his opponent during the recent presidential election, we discussed the possibility that this heightened rhetoric of his concerning voter fraud, which was particularly odd given the fact that he’d won the election, might have been a preemptive […]
Posted in Civil Liberties, Michigan, Uncategorized | Also tagged Aric Nesbitt, Bradford Jacobsen, call to action, discrimination, Donald Trump, early voting, Eric Leutheuser, gerrymandering, Gretchen Driskell, HB 6066, HB 6067, HB 6068, House Elections Committee, Jeff Sessions, Jon Hoadley, Klint Kesto, lame duck, Lisa Posthumus Lyons, Michigan House of Representatives, North Carolina, poll tax, redistricting, threats to Democracy, voter ID, Voter ID Act, voter impersonation, voter suppression, Voting Rights Act |
By Mark | February 8, 2016
I know that all anyone wants to talk about these days is our story about the elaborate “fuck Flint I want to go shopping”-themed cake Governor Snyder had made for his wife’s birthday, which has now spread to the likes of Gawker and Wonkette, but, for my own sanity, I’ve got to move on. So, […]
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