Or forever hold your peace. I know, I know … there’s been talk of a vote in the Michigan Senate on Medicaid expansion for months. But this time, it’s possible it could actually happen this week. Which means everyone who supports Michigan Medicaid expansion needs to tell their Senators how they feel. Tea Party groups in Michigan have been screaming […]

‘While poverty persists, there is no freedom.’ – Nelson Mandela A few months ago, PPP Polls found that my Twitter account @LOLGOP would be slightly ahead of Rep. Justin Amash in a head-to-head race for Michigan’s U.S. Senate seat. Since then, Amash has expanded his national profile as a leading voice calling for an end of the broad surveillance being […]

Michigan LCV helps make sure the Mitten’s natural resources are in good hands. If you’re spending the last blast of summer enjoying Michigan’s great outdoors, you can thank the Michigan League of Conservation Voters, at least in part. According to their website, “the Michigan League of Conservation Voters is the leading non-partisan political voice for protecting Michigan’s land, air, and […]

There are two sides to this story Earlier this month, the Detroit News printed an op-ed from an anti-union corporatist group known as the Franklin Center. This Koch brothers’ funded group is nothing more than a propaganda arm of the corporate-funded effort to destroy unions, stop the regulation of corporations whenever possible, and to pass laws that benefit corporate profits […]

It’s not the ideas they hate, is it? Republican obstructionism isn’t exactly new in Washington, D.C. It’s been all the rage since Barack Obama was elected President. Since then, a majority of Republicans have gone to great lengths in an attempt to torpedo his Presidency. The twisted irony is this: Many of the ideas President Obama and the Democrats have […]

You can’t have it both ways, Congressman. UPDATED: Based on the tweet below from Matthew Chisholm, I have made updates to this post, including the headline, in an effort to be as fair as possible. However, questions remain unanswered by the Congressman’s office. If those are answered, I’ll update further. At a Republican club meeting in Michigan’s 11th Congressional District […]

If you have nothing to hide, what’s with the pants? Oregon’s senior senator Ron Wyden has spent years trying to make Americans aware of the secret surveillance law being written by a secret court made up of judges all appointed by one man — Chief Justice John Roberts. Wyden along his colleague Mark Udall attempted to get Congress to make […]

What the…? Updated below. The day after Detroit’s mayoral primary, pundits everywhere were astonished at his write-in campaign victory. According official tallies immediately after the election, Duggan got an amazing 44,395 write-in votes. Today, however, according to the Detroit News, the Board of Canvassers declared his opponent, Sheriff Benny Napoleon, the victor. According to the News’ reporting, Napoleon’s vote count […]

Calling all artists! Harbor Country Progress is putting together an art show on gun violence in America at their office/gallery in Union Pier, Michigan in the very southwest corner of the state. The show is titled GUNS? They are soliciting artwork from artists around the country. Here’s the schedule: Submissions being accepted now via email to gunstheartshow@gmail.com. Deadline for submissions […]

When asked about individual elements of healthcare reform, a majority of people from both parties like many key benefits. Maybe we should just stop calling it “Obamacare.” Because when you ask average Americans — both Democrats and Republicans — they support many of the benefits of healthcare reform. For those who oppose the law, maybe they just don’t like President […]

It’s good to be the king bank Graphic/photo by Anne C. Savage | Eclectablog There are two big questions swirling around Detroit’s bankruptcy, questions that will ultimately be decided by federal bankruptcy judge Steven Rhodes. The first is whether or not the public employee pension funds are actually underfunded by billions of dollars. Are they? As it turns out, it […]