Tag Archives: kidnapping

Whitmer accuses Trump of “inciting domestic terrorism,” saying that he’s “complicit” in the plot to kidnap and execute her

By Mark | October 18, 2020

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 […]

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

Five men arrested by the FBI in Ypsilanti for plotting to abduct and assassinate Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer

By Mark | October 8, 2020

Last night, there were FBI raids in Wexford County and Hartland, leading to several arrests. At roughly the same time, another five men were taken into custody in Ypsilanti by agents of the FBI. [While they were arrested here, it doesn’t look as though any of the men lived in Ypsilanti.] According to court documents, […]

Posted in Michigan, Politics, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged 202 election, 2020, abduction, Adam Fox, assassination, Barry Croft, Brandon Caserta, Civil War, Daniel Harris, domestic terrorism, Donald Trump, Gretchen Whitmer, Hartland, Hyborian Warlord, Kaleb Franks, Michigan Militia, political violence, terrorism, Ty Garbin, Wexford County, white supremacy, Wolverine Watchmen | 358 Comments

Unidentified federal officers are kidnapping protesters from the streets of Portland

By Mark | July 17, 2020

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

Bruce Conforth on the real life of Robert Johnson, the real hell of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and what it was like coming of age inside Izzy’s Young’s Folklore Center as the young Bobby Zimmerman hammered out songs on the typewriter in the back room… on episode 44 of the Saturday Six Pack

By Mark | July 6, 2016

When I first started talking with ethnomusicologist Bruce Conforth about the possibility of his being on the show, I wasn’t exactly sure what we’d be talking about. He didn’t seem terribly enthusiastic about the prospect of discussing his time at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, where he was the founding curator, […]

Posted in Art and Culture, The Saturday Six Pack, Uncategorized | Also tagged African American Folksong and American Cultural Politics: The Lawrence Gellert Story, Alan Lomax, bare feet, biographies, Blues, Bob Dylan, Bruce Conforth, Cap'n You're So Mean, Cindy Hudson, Cleveland, Cohen brothers, corruption, curation, Dave Van Ronk, Dylan Beckwith, estival of Found Films from the Vault, Etan Patz, ethnomusicology, field recordings, folk, found film, Frank Uhle, Frank Uhler, Gaslight Cafe, Gayle Dean Wardlow, Greenwich Village, Ike Zimmerman, Indiana University, Inside Llewyn Davis, Ivan Kral, Izzy's Young, Izzy's Young's Folklore Center, Jann Wenner, Jazz, Jim Cherewick, John Lomax, Lawrence Gellert, Lead Belly, Mississippi John Hurt, Moody Blues, Nobody Knows My Name, Pete Larson, power trips, record industry, Robert Johnson, Rock and Roll, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, Rolling Stone, Soft Milk, Son House, Steve Miller, The Mayor of MacDougal Street | 12 Comments

Exploring Ypsilanti’s place on the Underground Railroad: part two

By Mark | January 7, 2015

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, […]