Corporatism is alive and well in state governments across the USA The Guardian newspaper has a blockbuster piece out today that shows how the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), has turned to working through state Attorneys General to stop any efforts by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to regulate greenhouse gas emissions. The Guardian has learned that the American Legislative […]

Karen is just one of 272,500 Michiganders who signed up for coverage through Healthcare.gov, where a strong finish to 2014 enrollment bodes well for next year. So much good news, it’s hard to know where to begin. On Thursday, Obama administration officials predicted health insurance premiums would be stable in 2015, thanks to a large and varied pool of insured […]

Wow. Team Eclectablog: (l-r) LOLGOP, Charles Gaba (Brainwrap), me, Anne C. Savage, Amy Lynn Smith, and Emma White Last night’s Eclectablog 10-year Blogaversary party exceeded my expectations in so many ways. We had a tremendous turnout of over 100 people. Everyone who came received an Eclectagrog beer glass (pictured at right), we sold t-shirts, raffled off t-shirts and beer glasses, […]

They keep trying to dig them up, but Americans are responding with success stories instead.

Earlier this week the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Environmental Protection Agency’s rulemaking regarding pollutants from coal-fired power plants. The ruling allows the EPA to put tighter controls on the plants to prevent pollution in one state from having negative impacts on the health and safety of residents of another state. Michigan Attorney General was one of […]

President Obama launched a clean energy revolution and Republicans are still whining about Solyndra At the NRA convention this weekend, you didn’t hear one mention of the issue that’s most threatening to gun owners: the 19,000 suicides by firearms in America each year. But you did hear about waterboarding as a religious rite, #Benghazi and Solyndra. Solyndra became the synecdoche […]

By now, you’ve likely heard about Netroots Nation and the fact that the largest annual assembly of progressive activists in the country is happening in Detroit this year. Yesterday, we learned that progressive hero Elizabeth Warren is going to be the keynote speaker, a major coup and a major draw for the event, for sure. There are a couple of […]

This afternoon, the United Auto Workers formally endorsed Mark Schauer for Governor of Michigan. UAW President Bob King: Our members and their families are proud to stand with Mark Schauer because he supported loans to help the auto companies and their suppliers retool and develop new technologies to build the cars of the future in Michigan. Mark Schauer supports quality […]

Photo by Anne C. Savage, special to Eclectablog Netroots Nation organizers revealed this morning that the 2014 keynote address in Detroit will be given by Senator Elizabeth Warren. A hero for progressives, Senator Warren is a favorite of Netroots Nation attendees. Netroots Nation executive director Raven Brooks describes her as “one of our country’s biggest progressive champions”. She will speak […]

Congressman Tim “the original tea partier” Walberg held a town hall meeting in Saline recently to malign the Affordable Care Act. He lined up a bunch of people, including some business owners, who claim the ACA has harmed them. During the question and answer session, Milan resident Bill Worzel explained how he now has the ability to start a new […]

After mounting what can only be called a lackluster and embarrassing defense of Michigan’s bigoted ban on same-sex marriage last month, Attorney General Bill Schuette was handed a stunning defeat as the federal judge overseeing the case struck down the ban as unconstitutional. Schuette then appealed the ruling and asked for the appeals court to meet “en banc” to rule […]