By Mark | November 26, 2019
It looks as though we’ve just taken another big step toward addressing gerrymandering in the state of Michigan today, as U.S. District Court Judge Janet T. Neff thew out the case by the Michigan Republican Party to block the nonpartisan redistricting ballot initiative passed overwhelmingly by Michigan voters. 61% of the voters in Michigan voted […]
We know for a certainty that the tide is turning against the Republican Party demographically speaking. And, as a result, we know that the Republican Party, in an effort to retain power, has been devoting more time, effort and resources to gerrymandering, voter suppression and other activities intended to prevent non-Republicans from voting, like continuing […]
Posted in Civil Liberties, cycle powered cinema, Detroit, Michigan, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged 2020, 2020 census, census, Constitutional amendments, demographics, Donald Trump, Elizabeth Warren, Generation Z, gerrymandering, Millennials, racism, Republican Party, shifting national demographics, the collapse of the Republican party, Thomas Hofeller, voter suppression, voting rights, Voting Rights Act, young voters |
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, Michigan, Mitch McConnell, money in politics, Nina Turner, nonpartisan, populism, Proposition 2, RepresentUs, rigged system, threats to Democracy, Tulsi Gabbard, Unbreak America, Unrig Summit, vote the bums out, voter suppression |
By Mark | December 16, 2018
I know I should probably be writing about something a little more in my wheelhouse this evening, like Stephen Miller’s spray-on hair, or the fact that Ivanka Trump could very well end up being indicted for the misallocation of donor funds collected for her father’s inauguration, but I feel obligated to at least note the […]
Posted in Civil Liberties, Corporate Crime, Michigan, Uncategorized | Also tagged anti-democratic, approve and remove, Arlan Meekhof, cheap labor, Ivanka Trump, Jim Ananich, lame duck, Michael Dykehouse, Michigan Chamber of Commerce, Michigan Minimum Wage Increase Initiative, minimum wage, paid sick leave, Rick Snyder, Sam Singh, SB 1171, SB 1175, spray-on hair, Stephen Miller, undo and screw |
By Mark | December 16, 2016
I don’t know how well it’s being covered by the television news, but, at this very moment, there’s a coup underway in North Carolina, as the Republican legislature, which was ostensibly called back to the capitol for a special legislative session to deal with the aftermath of hurricane Matthew, started passing bill after bill intended […]
Posted in Civil Liberties, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged asshole Republicans, coup, demographics, Donald Trump, gerrymandering, Moral Monday, North Carolina, racism, reconstruction, Republican strategy, Roy Cooper, standing up to the Republicans, Supreme Court, tea party, the south, threats to Democracy, voter suppression, Voting Rights Act, William Barber |
