There was a protest against Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer in Lansing today… I get it. People want to put this behind them and get back to business-as-usual. They want to go back to work. They want a return of some kind of normalcy. And, apparently, they think that’ll happen if Governor Whitmer just lifts her […]
Posted in Free Speech, Health, Michigan, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged 1918 flu, anti-science, Betsy DeVos, Confederate flag, coronavirus, Corporate Crime, corporate speech, COVID-19, DeVos, Donald Trump, double-peaked curve, flatten the curve, Gretchen Whitmer, guns, hair dye, Howard Markel, Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation, Lansing, MAGA, Michigan Conservative Coalition, Michigan Freedom Fund, Monica, Monica Echeverri Casarez, motor boat, Ohio, pandemic, public health, shelter in place, social distancing, zombies |
By Mark | October 13, 2018
To all of the Republicans who have jumped on the “Democrats are a danger to the rule of law” bandwagon as a way of delegitimizing protest, and obscuring the fact that regular Americans have very real and legitimate reasons for being upset with their leaders in Washington, who are essentially taking health care from working […]
Posted in Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged ACA, Affordable Care Act, Amy Klobuchar, birther, Brett Kavanaugh, bullying, Charlottesville, Christine Blasey Ford, David Pecker, Donald Trump, face stomping, health care, Hitler, hypocrisy, law and order, Melaina Trump, narcissism, National Enquirer, Pennsylvania, preexisting conditions, professional victims, reproductive rights, rule of law, Scott Wagner, snowflakes, Ted Cruz, Tom Wolf, unhinged mob, victimhood, violence |
By Mark | February 19, 2018
Quite a bit has happened over the past few days, since we first learned of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida that left 17 people dead. While it doesn’t look as though the 19 year old killer had connections to a white nationalist hate group, as was first reported, it […]
Posted in Civil Liberties, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged Alfonso Calderon, assault weapons, assault weapons ban, automatic weapons, background checks, blame the victim, call to action, Cameron Kasky, Christin Yared, Christine Yared, collusion, David Hogg, Donald Trump, Emma Gonzalez, FBI, Florida, gun control, gun reform, gun violence, high school, inaction, inspiration, lobbying, Make America Great Again, Mar-a-Lago, March for our Lives, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, National Rifle Association, National School Walkout, Nikolas Cruz, NRA, obstruction of justice, Parkland, Republic of Florida, Russia, Russiagate, school shooting, second amendment, speaking truth to power |
By Mark | September 30, 2017
Yesterday, a full 10 days after Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico as a Category 4 storm, the Mayor of San Juan, unsatisfied by the response of the United States government to the crisis being faced by her constituents, made the decision to go on the offensive. Calling out the “inefficiency” and “bureaucracy” that was preventing […]
Posted in Environment, Uncategorized | Also tagged Bedminste, Caribbean, Carmen Yulin Cruz, Elaine Duke, extreme weather, flooding, global climate change, Global Warming, Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Maria, islands, national anthem, NFL, Puerto Rico, racism, Republican lies, rump National Golf Club, Russel L. Honoré, San Juan, tax reform, tax the rich, water |
By Mark | January 22, 2017
Last night, on the radio, I talked with a number of local women who had headed off to D.C. to participate in the Women’s March on Washington. At the most basic level, I just wanted to record their thoughts and experiences, having just participated in the biggest post-inauguration protest in American history. I wanted to […]
