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Allen Park, MI, where “City Admin.”, “Emergency Mgr”, &“Dictator” all mean...
Originally posted at Eclectablog.This past week, the City Council of Allen Park voted to fire their City Administrator Karen Folks. Why? Because she has essentially made herself the dictator of the...
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VIDEO: White Michigan man on "open carry walk" prompts school lockdown,...
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...
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Satanic Temple of Detroit demands groups who discriminate on religious...
Originally posted at Eclectablog.Amy has been doing a terrific job of letting the world know how regressive our state is becoming with regard to the use of religious beliefs to deny health care,...
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No, Washington Post, President Obama did NOT "suggest requiring everyone to...
Originally posted at Eclectablog.Ya gotta admit, it's terrific clickbait, though, right?Yesterday, the Washington Post ran a piece titled "Obama suggests requiring everyone to vote". It was total...
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INTERVIEW & photos with one of Michigan's rare married same-sex couples on...
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...
View ArticleAnti-trans* woman uses Michigan civil rights act to sue Planet Fitness for...
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...
View ArticleMy Planet Fitness post provokes a "rebuttal" from extremist right-wing...
Originally posted at Eclectablog.My Eclectablog post yesterday ("Anti-trans* woman uses Michigan’s Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act to sue Planet Fitness for terminating her membership") which I...
View ArticleMichigan AG: We must continue to ban marriage equality to protect the dignity...
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...
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GoFundMe: Michigan couple seeks to prove that pizza lovers support marriage...
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...
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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...
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Michigan AG Schuette's hired gun paid $50K to tell SCOTUS gay marriage...
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...
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Father of black Detroit youth shot by ICE agent: "They brought my son...
Originally posted at Eclectablog.On Monday of this week U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Officer Mitchell Quinn shot and killed 20-year old Detroiter Terrance Kellom. The killing took place...
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UPDATED: Asst Wayne Cty prosecutor re: Baltimore protesters: "Shoot em....
Originally posted at Eclectablog.com.Shoot 'em?Teana Walsh, an assistant Wayne County, Michigan prosecutor posted this on her Facebook page after watching images of protesters and rioters in Baltimore...
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Michigan GOP moves to strip power of local governments to protect workers and...
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...
View ArticleA glimpse behind the curtain of how Koch-funded corporate front groups...
Originally posted at Eclectablog.Over the past several years, I have written about how corporate front groups, largely funded by corporatists like the Koch brothers and their network of fake grassroots...
View ArticleBREAKING: 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...
View ArticleCongresswoman Debbie Dingell gives a fiery floor speech slamming Fast Track...
Since I live in Michigan's 7th District which is "represented" by the odious tea partier Tim Walberg, I have adopted neighboring 12th District Congresswoman Debbie Dingell as my true Representative in...
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Another attack on Michigan workers: Republicans move to slash minimum wage...
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...
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Former Dean of the House John Dingell to be named "The Dean of Twitter"
After last year's successful Eclectaversary Fundraiser party featuring Friend of the Blog Lizz Winstead, we decided amp it up a notch this year by inviting newly-minted Congresswoman Debbie Dingell and...
View ArticleVIDEO: John Dingell crowned "Dean of Twitter", reads his tweets LIVE at...
This past Saturday, Eclectablog held its 2nd Annual Eclectafundraiser. At the event, we crowned former Congressman and Dean of the House John Dingell "The Dean of Twitter". As a special treat, "Private...
View ArticleA black woman's negative encounter with a Sanders supporter after #NN15...
This morning at Eclectablog, I published a Guest Post from my friend Sommer Foster. Foster is an African American woman from Michigan who, like me, was at the #BlackLivesMatter protest during the...
View ArticleMyth busted: Access to doctor appts after Medicaid expansion in Michigan...
In the run up to the expansion of Medicaid by states, some of the fecal matter flung at the wall by anti-Obama types was that, if Medicaid expansion took hold, the system would be overwhelmed and...
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Donald Trump to Detroit autoworkers: you make too much money
Originally posted at Eclectablog.Donald Trump's "Let Detroit go bankrupt" moment?Donald Trump has something to say to Detroit autoworkers: you make too much money. Talking about U.S. vehicle...
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Proof emerges that Michigan AG wields FOIA fees like a weapon against...
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)...
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Mich woman who shot at alleged Home Depot shoplifter "was not being...
By now you've probably heard about the Michigan woman who pulled out a gun in the parking lot of the Home Depot in Auburn Hills and fired shots at someone running from the store with a security guard...
View ArticleCatholic hospital argues that religious exemption allows them to deny...
Christianity RedefinedEclectablogger Amy Lynn Smith has been following the story of a lawsuit filed by the ACLU of Michigan against Michigan-based Trinity Health Corporation, a Catholic...
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Female photographer on Facebook proves that everyday misogyny is a real thing
Originally posted at Eclectablog.There are two things that worry me most about Donald Trump's presidential candidacy and the national, even international, megaphone it gives him. The first is that he's...
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Mich. GOP State Dir. of African American Engagement posts hideous...
Originally posted at Eclectablog.com.That guy up there is Wayne Bradley (or “Wayne WB Bradley as he calls himself), the Michigan Republicans' State Director of African American Engagement. He runs the...
View ArticleDonald Trump is playing the role of The Mule from Isaac Asimov's Foundation...
Originally posted atEclectablog.com.Anyone making predictions about the outcome of the 2016 presidential race is on a fool's errand. The existence of a Donald Trump candidacy is a disruptor. It...
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Mich Dem Zemke excoriates GOP who put the profit statements of for-profit...
"This package [of legislation] is a handout to criminals." - Rep. Adam ZemkeOriginally posted at Eclectablog.com.Gary Naeyaert is a "member of Team Jesus" and the Executive Director of the Great Lakes...
View ArticleReflections on Clinton’s historic achievement, superdelegates, and the fight...
Originally posted atEclectablog.On May 21st of this year, I was elected to be the male delegate pledged to Hillary Clinton for Michigan’s 7th Congressional District. To say I’m proud to be supporting...
View ArticleIt’s time for the nat'l media to show solidarity with the WashPo & other...
Originally posted at Eclectablog.On Monday of this week, Donald Trump revoked the media credentials of journalists working for the Washington Post covering his events. This follows on the heels of his...
View ArticleA reminder about Democratic unity: there's a whole world out there beyond...
The bitter primary rancor at Daily Kos might, if you didn’t venture out into meatspace, make you think that Democrats are as divided now as they were in 2008. Facebook, at least my timeline, would...
View ArticleRep. Cummings: "Mich Gov Snyder now appears to be openly defying Congress"...
Originally posted Eclectablog.com.The Ranking Member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee in Washington, D.C. is Rep. Elijah Cummings of Maryland. He has been a fierce progressive...
View ArticleFLASHBACK VIDEO - Trump on undocumented Mexicans: "They're great workers......
Originally posted atEclectablog.An anonymous Eclectablog reader pointed me to this video from 2010 of Donald Trump talking to Larry King about undocumented Mexican workers working in this country. In...
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One year since Gov. Snyder admitted the #FlintWaterCrisis, only 0.7% of lead...
Cross posted fromEclectablog.com.At the Michigan Nurses Association conference taking place in Lansing this week, residents of Flint got up to talk about the ongoing catastrophe happening in their...
View ArticleRepublicans set to pass law defining the burning of wood for energy as...
A new law called the Energy Policy Modernization Act is on the fast track to being sent to President Obama to sign into law. Inside this bill is a small provision that could have wide ranging impacts....
View ArticleSo, I started a podcast with @LOLGOP...
Hi, folks! A bit of shameless self-promotion here. LOLGOP and I have started a podcast called “The Sit and Spin Room with LOLGOP & Eclectablog”. We posted our4th episode last night with special...
View Article[PODCAST] Trump’s pick for Sec. of Education Betsy DeVos UNVEILED & REVEALED
LOLGOP and I started a podcast a few months ago and this week’s episode is solely dedicated to Michigander Betsy DeVos, Donald Trump’s pick for Secretary of Education. Not only is Betsy DeVos...
View ArticleGOP Rep. Tim Walberg (MI-07) makes public “men-only” appearance during...
Cross-posted from Eclectablog.comFor weeks and weeks now the Indivisible group in Dexter, Michigan ("Indivisible Dexter") and other residents of Michigan's 7th Congressional District have been asking...
View ArticleJust a reminder about who the people calling you a "special snowflake" really...
Just wanted to be sure we’re all clear about that.
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LOLGOP and I are going to Flint to do some interviews. What should we ask about?
LOLGOP and I have a weekly podcast called “The Sit and Spin Room with LOLGOP & Eclectablog”. For next week’s episode, we are traveling to Flint, Michigan to do some reporting on the ongoing Flint...
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My County Dem Party asked our GOP counterparts to join us in condemning...
I’m the Chair of the Washtenaw County Democratic Party in Michigan. We’re a liberal bubble where the University of Michigan and Eastern Michigan University are. Yesterday, following Donald Trump’s...
View ArticlePoor folk still paying the costs of Mich Emergency Mgrs. One sold off the...
Crossposted from Eclectablog.com.In April of 2012, control over Muskegon Heights schools was handed over to an un-elected Emergency Manager, appointed by Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder. By July, Emergency...
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A true social justice warrior has passed. Godspeed, Tony Trupiano.
Yesterday morning I got a text from my friend Stephanie White that said, simply, “Sad news about Tony.” I hadn’t heard any news but I knew which “Tony” she meant. I know several Tonys but THE Tony is...
View ArticleMich Republican grovels before his puppetmasters w/ resolution creating...
Cross-posted from Eclectablog.It’s no secret that Michigan Republicans are deeply in the pocket of corporations in our state. One of their first orders of business after taking control of our state...
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UPDATED: THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU! My Community Quilt has arrived!
Late last winter I came down with a pretty bad case of diverticulitis that landed me in the hospital for a few days with some of the worse pain I’ve ever experienced. I got out and made it back to work...
View ArticleRepublicans 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 paid sick...
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The deceptive corporatist rewriting of the history of the #FlintWaterCrisis...
Cross-posted from Eclectablog.comDuring the time when the Flint water crisis was unfolding, right wing conservatives spent a lot of time trying to convince the country and the world that it was all the...
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The truth about Ivermectin
By Chris SavageINTRODUCTIONIvermectin is an anti-parasitic drug that was discovered in 1975. It was initially used in veterinary care for the prevention and treatment of heartworm and acariasis. In...
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