[The above quote, offered earlier today in Charlottesville, is from white supremacist David Duke. You’ll find the context below.] As news was breaking this morning about the events in Charlottesville, many of us, in our own little ways, tried to help push members of the GOP into making statements rebuking those who had taken to […]
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As Trump refuses to distance himself from America’s white domestic terrorists, we appeal to members of the GOP to acknowledge the blood on their hands and do the right thing before things get even worse
Posted in Civil Liberties, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged birther, Charlottesville, David Duke, Donald Trump, fake news, FOX News, global warming denial, impeachment, James Alex Fields, Marco Rubio, Maumee, Ohio, race baiting, racism, Sheldon Adelson, Stephen Miller, Steve Bannon, Ted Cruz, Unite the Right, white nationalism, white nationalist 103 Comments
Should I sign the Snyder recall petition? What are you planning to do?
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, executive orders, Flint, Flint water crisis, gross negligence, 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
A “terrible blow to journalism, ” MLive cuts 29 jobs at a time when Michigan desperately needs quality reporting
I think everyone knew, when it was announced a few days before Christmas that Laurel Champion, MLive’s general manager for Southeast Michigan, would be leaving the organization, that something was up. Champion, after all, had been with the digital media company since the very beginning… since the moment when she, as the Publisher of the […]
Posted in Michigan, Rants, Uncategorized Also tagged accountability, Ann Arbor News, AnnArbor.com, Cindy Heflin, click bait, digital media, EAA, Flint, Flint Journal, Flint water crisis, future of journalism, gag orders, Jen Eyer, Jenn McKee, Jessica Webster, John Counts, journalism, Julie Taylor, Laurel Champion, libraries, media consolidation, MLive, Newhouse, Newhouse Newspapers, newspapers, Paula Gardner, Rick Snyder, SB 571, the sad state of journalism, transparency 49 Comments