According to The Hill, the fall 2014 edition of the academic journal Perspectives on Politics will contain definitive evidence that, statistically speaking, you and I, as average Americans, have “virtually no impact whatsoever on the making of national policy in our country.” Here, with more on the findings of Princeton University’s Martin Gilens and Northwestern […]
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Mark Schauer on fundraising challenges, gay rights and the takeover of Detroit
As of this last January, before even announcing his intention to run for re-election, Michigan Governor Rick Snyder already had approximately $4 million in his campaign war chest. Money on the right, it would seem, is relatively easy to come by, when you’re willing to bring the likes of Scott Walker, Jed Bush and Chris […]
Posted in Detroit, Michigan, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged Arbor Brewing Company, campaign finance reform, Comeback Kid, Dick DeVos, election reform, gay marriage, gay rights, John Kasich, Kevyn Orr, Mark Schauer, Netroots Nation, public funding of elections, Rick Scot, Rick Snyder, right-to-work, Scott Walker 20 Comments
It’s time to let the nine Michigan Republicans in Congress know that we hold them personally responsible for the shutdown
Today I received an email from Lon Johnson, the Chair of the Michigan Democratic Party. In it, he shared the following fact. “Every single Michigan Republican member of Congress,” he said, “voted in favor of the government shutdown.” I suppose I knew that, but, as I tend to hold those members of Congress who identify […]
Posted in Michigan, Special Projects, Uncategorized Also tagged Affordable Care Act, Bill Huizenga, call to action, Candice Miller, Congress, Dan Benishek, Dave Camp, gay marriage, government shutdown, Grand Rapids, House of Representatives, John Boehner, Justin Amash, Kerry Bentivolio, Libertarianism, Michele Bachmann, Mike Rogers, Obamacare, portents of endtimes, rapture, shutdown, tea party, Ted Cruz, threats to Democracy, Tim Walberg 35 Comments