Remember how we were talking yesterday about how, thanks in large part to Republican Senator Jeff “I Think I May Have Located My Vestigial Backbone” Flake, there was going to be an FBI investigation into the charges of sexual abuse against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh? Well, the more time that passes, the more it […]
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The White House ties the hands of the FBI, severely limiting the scope of the Kavanaugh investigation
Posted in Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged Adam Schiff, binge drinking, Brett Kavanaugh, call to action, Christine Blasey Ford, confirmation hearings, Deborah Ramirez, Don McGahn, Donald Trump, FBI, Jeff Flake, Kamala Harris, Leland Keyser, Maine, Mark Judge, Mazie Hirono, obstruction of justice, PJ Smyth, sexual assault, Supreme Court, Susan Collins, Yale 32 Comments
Conservatives attempt to rewrite Michigan’s social studies standards, erasing mentions of gay rights, Roe v. Wade, climate change, and the existence of racism
Remember how, last week… before the Canadians became our enemies and we began diverting American resources toward the production of North Korean propaganda films… we were talking about how, in order to undo all of the damage that’s been done to the fabric our civil society over the past several years, we’d have to invest […]
Posted in Civil Liberties, Education, History, Michigan, Uncategorized Also tagged abortion rights, Canada, Citizens for Traditional Values, Climate Change, democratic values, Donald Trump, gay rights, Great Lakes Justice Center, KKK, NAACP, North Korea, Patrick Colbeck, propaganda, prosecution complex, racism, rewriting history, Roe v. Wade, social studies, The Center for Michigan, Thomas More Law Center, white victimhood 62 Comments
Exploring Ypsilanti’s place on the Underground Railroad: part one
On the evening of December 1, our friend Matt Siegfried, who I interviewed here not too long ago about Ypsilanti’s Native American past, will be at the downtown branch of the Ypsilanti District Library, presenting his research on the role Ypsilantians played on the Underground Railroad. In hopes that it might inspire a few of […]
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