Meet Michigan House member Matt Maddock. He’s a Republican who bought into the fiction that a gurgling bucket of Twinkie filling and circus peanut goo couldn’t have possibly lost to that nice man with the […]
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Mysterious robocalls tell millions of voters to stay home, with news of suspicious texts in Michigan
Michigan Poll has Biden Beating Trump 52% to 41%
http://www.freep.com/… An Epic-MRA poll of Michigan voters released today shows Donald Trump trailing in the key battleground state of Michigan, a state he won by less than 1% in 2016. Biden is the only Democrat polled […]
Republicans move to exempt 93.5% of Michigan companies from paid sick leave law.
I’ll keep this short and (not so) sweet. You can read the rest HERE. Most of you know that the group Michigan Time to Care gathered and submitted more than 380,000 signatures to put a solid […]
Proof emerges that Michigan AG wields FOIA fees like a weapon against transparency & open govt
Originally posted at Eclectablog.com. Bombshell news coming via Progress Michigan this morning detailing how Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette is using fees for Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests to interfere with government transparency. Earlier […]
Another attack on Michigan workers: Republicans move to slash minimum wage for under-20 workers
Originally posted at Eclectablog. In their neverending quest to screw over workers to benefit employers, Republicans in Michigan are now turning their attention to those making minimum wage. A bill that would lower the minimum […]
BREAKING: Michigan Gov. Snyder signs “RFRA for Adoption” bills into law
This will be short but bitter. Despite claims that he doesn't support the “Religious Freedom Restoration Act” (RFRA) for Michigan, this afternoon, Gov. Snyder signed a package of three bills into law that are accurately […]
Michigan GOP moves to strip power of local governments to protect workers and the LGBT community
Originally posted at Eclectablog.com. Republicans have successfully branded themselves as the party that worships “local governmental control”. They want federal regulations repealed and the power given to the states on all sorts of things from […]
Michigan AG Schuette's hired gun paid $50K to tell SCOTUS gay marriage creates unwed mothers
Originally posted at Eclectablog.com. There is a great deal of speculation on how the Supreme Court will decide the case of Obergefell v. Hodges, the case that will likely decide once and for all whether […]
DERP ALERT: Michigan bigots now trying to out-bigot each other
Originally posted at Eclectablog. After the owner of Indiana pizzeria Memories publicly declared she wouldn't make her pies for same-sex weddings, she raked in well over $800,000 from a GoFundMe.com fundraiser. Eager to get in […]
GoFundMe: Michigan couple seeks to prove that pizza lovers support marriage equality, not bigotry
Originally posted at Eclectablog. When the owner of Memories Pizza in Indiana recently told reporters that she would refuse to bake pies for wedding receptions if the couple were gay or lesbian, the story went […]
Michigan AG: We must continue to ban marriage equality to protect the dignity of same-sex couples
Originally posted at Eclectablog. Michigan's Bigot-in-Chief, Attorney General Bill Schuette, has put forth some pretty remarkable excuses for his crusade to ensure that same-sex couples cannot marry or adopt children together. For example, he suggested […]
Anti-trans* woman uses Michigan civil rights act to sue Planet Fitness for cancelling her membership
Originally posted at Eclectablog. Earlier this month I wrote about a woman in Midland who had her Planet Fitness membership cancelled because she spent her days in their gym warning anyone who would listen that […]
INTERVIEW & photos with one of Michigan's rare married same-sex couples on their 1-year anniversary
One year ago today, my wife Anne and I spent an extraordinary day at the County Clerk's offices in Washtenaw and Oakland counties in Michigan, watching as some of the 300+ same-sex couples were legally […]
VIDEO: White Michigan man on “open carry walk” prompts school lockdown, taunts cops, and lives
Originally posted at Eclectablog. A man who bravely goes by the name of Nunya Beeswax online went for an “open carry walk” in southeastern Michigan and prompted a lockdown of the Lamphere High School in […]
