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Detroit’s Jimmy Aldaoud, deported from Detroit to Iraq, dies without access to insulin

By Mark | August 8, 2019

This is Jimmy Aldaoud. He was born 41 years ago in a Greek refugee camp to Christian parents that had fled religious prosecution in Iraq. As six months old, Aldauod and his family made their way to United States, where they have lived ever since. This past June, ICE deported Aldaoud to Iraq. They did […]

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged American Civil Liberties Union, Andy Levin, Catholicism, Chaldean, Christian hypocrisy, Christianity, Christianity in the Middle East, deportation, diabetes, go back to where you came from, Greece, homelessness, ICE, Iraq, Jimmy Aldaoud, mental illness, paranoid schizophrenia, petty theft, racism, refugees, religious minorities, send them back, white nationalism | 36 Comments

Six Takeaways from the Mueller Report

By Mark | April 18, 2019

I hate to start out yet another post talking about Attorney General William Barr, but, as I’m sitting here, making my way through Robert Mueller’s incredibly dense 448-page report, I find myself with renewed appreciation for just how absurd the conceit behind Barr’s 4-page summary was. The notion that anyone could adequately sum up this […]

Posted in Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged Adam Schiff, Barbara Ledeen, Betsy DeVos, campaign finance, Chuck Grassley, collusion, Department of Education, Department of Justice, disinformation, Don McGahn, Donald Trump Jr., election fraud, Erik Prince, fake news, FBI, frustration, hacking, impeachment, Internet Research Agency, James B. Comey, Jeff Sessions, Jesse Watters, Jim Sciutto, Jody Hunt, Julian Assange, Konstantin Kilimnik, lying, Matthew Miller, Michael Flynn, Minnesota, obstruction of justice, Paul Manafort, Pennsylvania, Peter Smith, Rick Gates, Rob Porter, Robert Mueller, Roger Stone, Russia, Russiagate, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Senate Judiciary Committee, special counsel, Vladimir Putin, Wikileaks, William Barr, Wisconsin | 63 Comments

Unbreaking America: focusing on popular nonpartisan state ballot initiatives to build momentum for national anti-corruption legislation

By Mark | March 19, 2019

I have issues with the nonpartisan political action group RepresentUs. I don’t like, for instance, that, at their upcoming “Unrig Summit” in Nashville, their speakers are going to include the likes of Tulsi “I’ never met a dictator that I didn’t like” Gabbard, Howard “I want to run as an independent even if it means […]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Uncategorized | Also tagged 2020, American Anti-Corruption Act, campaign financing, Citizens Redistricting Commission, corporatocracy, Donald Trump, Election Day, ethics, For the People Act of 2019, gerrymandering, get the money out of Washington, Hillary Clinton, Howard Schultz, Jennifer Lawrence, Jill Stein, lobbying, Mitch McConnell, money in politics, Nina Turner, nonpartisan, populism, Proposition 2, redistricting, RepresentUs, rigged system, threats to Democracy, Tulsi Gabbard, Unbreak America, Unrig Summit, vote the bums out, voter suppression | 47 Comments

While we were all yelling about Trump’s fucking wall, it was established that Paul Manafort funneled internal Trump campaign polling data to the Russians, likely to assist in their anti-Clinton disinformation campaign

By Mark | January 9, 2019

I know I should probably be talking about Trump’s ridiculous speech from the Oval Office last night, and how, surrounded by the deplorable misfits that remain his administration, he moved effortlessly from talking about his boundless love for all people to reciting a list of Americans beheaded and beaten to death by hammer-wielding Mexicans, and […]

Posted in Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged 2016, anti-immigrant, collusion, disinformation, election meddling, election rigging, fake news, fear mongering, Hillary Clinton, immigration, Konstantin Kilimnik, Oleg Deripaska, Paul Manafort, Pennsylvania, plea deals, polling, redaction, Robert Mueller, Russia, Russiagate, social media, treason, Ukraine, Victor Boyarkin, Wisconsin | 72 Comments

Ypsi/Arbor Exit Interview: Caleb Elijah Zweifler

By Mark | December 6, 2018

If you’re planning to attend the DIYpsi art fair this weekend, be sure to swing by the table of illustrator Caleb Zweifler, who, early next week, intends to hitchhike his way out of Ypsilanti, the town that he’s called home for the past decade. Following is his official Ypsilanti exit interview. MARK: What’s your full […]

Posted in Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Amy Sacksteder, Andrew Zweifler, Andy Claydon, archery, Becoming Myth, Bee Roll, Beezy's, BFA, Bipolar Disorder, bitch", Brazil, Brian Little, Brian Nelson, Bruce Lee’s Fighting Method, bug-out bag, Caleb Zweifler, Capoeira, comic books, corn cob pipe, Davey Jones, death metal, depression, Dishwasher Pete, dishwashing, DIYpsi, Do Make Say Think, Elbow Room, EMU, EMU Art Department, exit interviews, garden hermit, graphic novels, Guillermo Lopez, hermit, hitchhiking, Iggy Pop, illustration, Jamaica, Jim Cherewick, John DeHoog, Julian Weisensel, Kris Coley, Lansing Community College, log cabin, mania, Marisa Dluge, Michael Reedy, Munith, Nate Hockman, Nazis, Nightman Cometh, off-grid, Pete Jordan, Peter Pan, Physicians for the Prevention of Gun Violence, political correctness, Portuguese, Richard Rubenfeld, Richard Washington, Rita Jane Riggs, Riverside Park, Ruth Zweifler, Sherzer Hall, Stockbridge, Student Advocacy Center, survivalist, Taru Sterling, Tetris, Visit Ypsilanti, wonderlust, Ypsi Real, Ypsi/Arbor Exit Interviews, Ypsilanti Convention and Visitors Bureau, Ypsilantian of the Year | 53 Comments

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Detroit’s Jimmy Aldaoud, deported from Detroit to Iraq, dies without access to insulin

Six Takeaways from the Mueller Report

Unbreaking America: focusing on popular nonpartisan state ballot initiatives to build momentum for national anti-corruption legislation

Ypsi/Arbor Exit Interview: Caleb Elijah Zweifler

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