“He assured me it was nothing personal and this is just how he talks to young women.” It’s been quite awhile since a Michigan Republican has made the news for being a disgusting, sexist pig. But State Senator Peter Lucido reset that clock this week with remarks he made to Michigan Advance cub reporter Allison Donahue: I waited outside the […]

Amanda Litman on Twitter: @AmandaLitman Run For Something on Twitter: @RunForSomething Run for Something’s Facebook page is HERE. Run for Something’s website: RunForSomething.net Read Run for Something’s debrief of 2017/2018 and their comprehensive strategic plan for 2020 on Medium HERE. Aim low and aim early by helping us raise $10,000 by Super Tuesday by clicking HERE. Read @LOLGOP’s explanation about […]

It is with great pleasure that I am able to announce that we have added a new blogger here at Eclectablog. Barb Byrum is a dear friend and a passionate warrior for progressive issues and voting rights & election integrity in particular. Barb is currently in her second term as Ingham County Clerk, serving as the county’s chief elections official. […]

What can and should you say? This president violates the most basic premise and purpose of his office: To represent Americans and govern for our wellbeing. — Anat Shenker-Osorio (@anatosaurus) January 4, 2020 Stephen Miles on Twitter: @SPMiles42 Win Without War on Twitter: @WinWithoutWar Win Without War’s website: WinWithoutWar.org Jordan Zakarin on Twitter: @JordanZakarin Progressives Everywhere on Twitter: @Progressives50 Help […]

We’ve been writing about Line 5, Enbridge’s 67-year-old twin pipelines under the straights of Mackinac for 5 years now: June 23, 2015 — Enbridge Line 5 pipeline beneath Straits of Mackinac – too old, unsafe, and a threat to the Great Lakes September 10, 2015 — As protesters call for Straits of Mackinac oil pipeline to be shut down, Enbridge […]

“Two North” is a story about a Christmas when I was in grade school during a period when my mom was spending time on the psychiatric ward of our town’s hospital after trying to commit suicide to escape a physically-abusive husband. I was thirteen. It was a cataclysmic event in our lives but it brought us together into a two-person […]

Mitchell Robinson on Twitter: @MRobMSU Mitchell Robinson at Eclectablog: Rating the Presidential Candidates at the Public Education Forum…with the Danielson Teacher Evaluation Rubric! Eddie Scarry at the Washington Examiner: Betsy DeVos has cut 600 staff positions at the Department of Education Danielle Douglas-Gabriel at The Washington Post: Education Secretary Betsy DeVos wants to spin off federal student aid office into […]

The following opinion editorial was written by Cayley Winters, the West Michigan Communications Organizer for Progress Michigan. She is from Battle Creek and shares her perspective on Donald Trump and Mike Pence holding a rally there today, in the Congressional District of Congressman Justin Amash, an ardent opponent of Trump who left the Republican Party over his opposition to Trump’s […]

“The partisan divide in the country was on stark display Monday as U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin explained her decision to support the impeachment of President Donald Trump. A small contingent of Trump supporters chanted, hollered and booed throughout the entire town hall, making it difficult to hear any of her explanation. The majority of the audience, however, was in Slotkin’s […]

Rich Yeselson on Twitter: @Yeselson Read Rich’s work at Dissent Magazine HERE. Read Rich’s work at The American Prospect HERE. Jordan Zakarin on Twitter: @JordanZakarin Progressives Everywhere on Twitter: @Progressives50 Progressives Everywhere website: ProgressivesEverywhere.org Help Progressives Everywhere by becoming a Patreon donor HERE. Jordan’s important project: Election-Calendar.com Give us a five-star review at iTunes! The GOTMFV Show Facebook page is […]

Leah Greenberg on Twitter: @LeahGreenb Ezra Levin on Twitter: @EzraLevin The Indivisible Team on Twitter: @IndivisibleTeam For information on joining the Indivisible movement, got to their website Indivisible.org. Find out how YOU can join Indivisible to ensure that Donald Trump is held accountable and impeached by clicking HERE. Read Indivisible’s scorecard of the 2020 Democratic presidential nominees HERE. Buy the […]