Remember Pete Hoekstra, the Michigan Congressman who made national news by running a racist attack ad against Debbie Stabenow during the Super Bowl? [Stabenow went on to kick his ass in their 2012 race for Senate.] Well, guess what? He’s back in the news. And, once again, it’s for being a lying, racist asshole. Remember […]
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Michigan’s Pete Hoekstra, now Trump’s ambassador to the Netherlands, is once again in the news for being a racist
Posted in Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged anti-Islam, anti-Muslim, Debbie Stabenow, Michigan's 2nd Congressional district, Peter Hoekstra, racism, The Netherlands 7 Comments
Matt and Rene Greff, after supporting Snyder for Governor, now work to unseat him
Democratic stalwarts Matt and Rene Greff, the owners of Ypsilanti’s Corner Brewery and Ann Arbor’s Arbor Brewing Company, angered a number of their progressive brethren in 2010 when they publicly came out in support of their friend, Rick Snyder, who was then running in the Republican primary for Governor. The Greffs shared their reasons for […]
Posted in Michigan, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged Affordable Care Act, ALEC, Arbor Brewing Company, Corner brewery, Dick DeVos, electoral politics, guns in schools, John Cherry, Koch brothers, Mark Brewer, Mark Schauer, Matt Greff, Mike Cox, Peter Hoekstra, Rene Greff, Rick Snyder, Scott Walker, Virg Bernero, Wisconsin 62 Comments
AnnArbor.com heroically pushes yet further into the post-journalism frontier, selling their front page to Pete Hoekstra for a desperate, ill-conceived Stabenow smear
I’m tempted to express outrage, but, the truth is, it’s a weak campaign, and, as Hoekstra is polling a full 16 points behind Stabenow, I don’t think it really matters. In fact, I’m kind of happy to see team Hoekstra pissing away what’s left in their coffers like this. In fact, here’s hoping the folks […]
Posted in Ann Arbor, Media, Michigan, Politics Also tagged advertising, AnnArbor.com, Debbie Stabenow, Newhouse Newspapers, newspapers, political ads, Senate, the future of journalism, the sad state of journalism 29 Comments