Yesterday, the FBI released the following video which appears to show several of the men involved in the recently thwarted plot to kidnap — and likely assassinate — Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer. The FBI, as you will recall, found the threat — which involved two former Marines — to be both serious and credible, arresting […]
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Whitmer accuses Trump of “inciting domestic terrorism,” saying that he’s “complicit” in the plot to kidnap and execute her
Posted in Civil Liberties, Michigan, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged assassination, call to violence, domestic terrorism, incitement to violence, Liberate Michigan, militias, Muskegon, Wolverine Watchmen 52 Comments
Unidentified federal officers are kidnapping protesters from the streets of Portland
Back in early June, as you may recall, we discussed the fact that William Barr’s Department of Justice had deployed federal agents with no name badges and no unit insignia to police the streets of Washington, DC. Well, it seems to be happening again. Oregon Public Broadcasting last night confirmed that U.S. military members in […]
Posted in Civil Liberties, Uncategorized Also tagged ACLU, authoritarianism, badges, Jade Helm, Mark Pettibone, Oregon, police state, Portland, protests, unconstitutional, we don't need no stinking badges 176 Comments
Exploring Ypsilanti’s place on the Underground Railroad: part two
This past November, I posted a lengthy interview with local historian Matt Siegfried about slavery, the fight for emancipation, and the role played by Ypsilantians in that struggle. We covered an incredible amount of ground, but, as I still had a lot of unanswered questions, I asked him back. Following, as Paul Harvey would say, […]
Posted in Ann Arbor, Civil Liberties, History, Ypsilanti Also tagged 1850, A Woman’s Life Work, Abolitionism, Anti-Slavery Bugle, Canada, Civil War, David Gordon, Detroit, Detroit Free Press, Elsie Hamilton, Fugitive Slave Act, George DeBaptiste, HP Jacobs, John P. Chester, Kentucky, Laura Haviland, Logan Female Anti-Slavery Society, Matt Siegfried, Nashville, personal liberty laws, Quakers, Raisin Institute, reconstruction, Ross Wilkins, runaway slaves, slave-catchers, slavery, Tennessee, Thomas Chester, UGRR, underground railroad, Voice of the Fugitive, Willis Hamilton 18 Comments