I haven’t been watching the Michigan gubernatorial race all that closely. Today, though, when I read that the Grand Rapids Chamber of Commerce had decided to endorse controversial, far-right Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette, and that Founders Brewing had, in turn, left the Chamber, citing the Republican’s anti-gay agenda, I decided to do a little […]
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Even people in his own party think Bill Schuette is a douche
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Bill Schuette, Chamber of Commerce, fear mongering, Founders Brewing, Grand Rapids, Grand Rapids Chamber of Commerce, Gretchen Whitmer, homophobia, Jim Haveman, Joe Schwarz, Jonathan Oosting, Michigan Association of Police Organizations, political endorsements, Republicans and Independents for Whitmer, Richard McLellan, Rick Snyder, tea party, Ted Nugent, Vivian Carpenter 33 Comments
Despite what Marco Rubio and his fellow NRA shills may say, gun bans are both popular and effective
One of the biggest applause lines at last night’s CNN town hall on American gun policy came from Florida Senator Marco Rubio. Attempting to make the case that an assault weapon ban wouldn’t be effective, the Senator said “you would literally have to ban every semi-automatic rifle.” He, of course, thought that members of the […]
Posted in Civil Liberties, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged 1994, 2004, assault weapons, assault weapons ban, Australia, automatic weapons, background checks, Bill Clinton, Donald Trump, Federal Assault Weapons Ban, Florida, gun control, gun rights, gun violence, Marco Rubio, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, mass shootings, NRA, Obama, Parkland, polling, polls, Sandy Hook, school shooting, second amendment 132 Comments
We all need to be prepared to take to the streets when Trump fires Mueller… which now looks imminent
I know we talked about the Republican campaign to stop the Russia investigation just a few days ago, but quite a bit has happened since then, and I think it’s probably gotten to the point where we should start discussing how we’re each going to respond when the inevitable happens, and Donald Trump attempts to […]
Posted in Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged 1973, abuse of power, Adam Schiff, Archibald Cox, call to action, constitutional crisis, contempt of Congress, corruption, coup, Donald Trump, Elliot Richardson, Eric Holder, FBI, FOX News, George Papadopoulos, Great America Alliance, House Judiciary Committee, impeachment, indictments, intelligence community, Jared Kushner, Jay Sekulow, Jeanine Pirro, John Cornyn, John Dowd, Justice Department, Kellyanne Conway, Matt Gaetz, Michael Flynn, Newt Gingrich, obstruction of justice, Paul Manafort, Richard Nixon, Robert Bork, Robert Mueller, Rod Rosenstein, rule of law, Saturday Night Massacre, Steve Bannon, Supreme Court, Tomi Lahren, Walter Shaub, Watergate, Will Bailey, Will Bailey, William Ruckelshaus, witch hunt 28 Comments