Politics & Elections Archives

The little Michigan school has big clout with the Republican Party — and boasts about its ‘alumni pipeline to the Supreme Court’

Tags: Politics & Elections, Politics & Elections, Longform, Hillsdale, Republican Party, GOP, conservatism, Hillsdale College, U.S. Supreme Court, Cover Story

Many lies have been told about the abortion rights initiative, but what does it actually say?

Tags: Politics & Elections, Abortion Rights, Roe v. Wade, Supreme Court, SCOTUS, Michigan Supreme Court, Governor Whitmer, Prop 3

The untraceable, home-assembled firearms are easily manufactured using a 3D printer

Tags: Politics & Elections, Politics & Elections, Rashida Tlaib, Congress, U.S. House, ghost guns, guns, Department of State, President Biden

The MAGA attack on democracy is only possible because the civic foundation of our democracy has been weakened to begin with

Tags: The Incision, The Incision, MAGA, 2022 election, Democrats

Proposal 2 would expand access to the polls – not encourage fraud

Tags: Politics & Elections, Politics & Government, 2022 election, Chris Thomas

You didn’t see them on the televised debates — and maybe you haven’t even heard of them, or their political parties

Tags: Politics & Elections, Politics & Elections, Michigan, 2022, election, governor, Gretchen Whitmer, Tudor Dixon, Mary Buzuma, Libertarian Party, Donna Brandenburg, U.S. Taxpayer Party, Kevin Hogan, Green Party, Daryl Simpson, Natural Law Party

The Republican gubernatorial candidate used her far-right platform to sow divisions, make insensitive comments, and spread misinformation about elections and COVID-19

Tags: Politics & Elections, Politics & Elections, Tudor Dixon, Gov. Whitmer, election, politics, racism, Real America's Voice, media

How the rich and powerful game the meritocracy

Tags: The Incision, The Incision, college, education, chemistry, student debt crisis

Sherikia L. Hawkins had faced up to 14 years in prison on six felony counts

Tags: Politics & Elections, Politics & Elections, Southfield, Oakland County, Sherikia Hawkins, clerk, Dana Nessel, voter fraud, Michigan Attorney General, absentee ballots

The offer includes two free rides for up to $15 each way to and from the polls and is already available for early voting

Tags: Politics & Elections, Politics & Elections, Election, Detroit, Lime, e-scooter, Transportation

No Exceptions. Except for Herschel.

Tags: The Incision, The Incision, Herschel Walker, GOP, Republican Party, Trump's America, MAGA

Dixon’s budget plan would wipe out police funding

Tags: Politics & Elections, Politics & Elections, Gov. Whitmer, Michigan, Tudor Dixon, Democrat, election, politics, Michigan Association of Police Organizations, police, budget

Of the state’s 148 senators and representatives, 138 have received campaign contributions tied to DTE Energy, totaling more than $1 million

Tags: Politics & Elections, Politics & Elections, DTE Energy, Politics, Election, Gov. Whitmer, energy, utility, gas, electric, Yousef Rahbi, Abraham Aiyash, Rashida Tlaib

Republicans have a choice: pursue political power, or keep faith with their own stated convictions. Guess which one they’ve chosen.

Tags: Informed Dissent, Informed Dissent, Herschel Walker, abortion, GOP, Republican Party, Trump's America, Georgia, Democrats

Lansing police say they are investigating

Tags: Politics & Elections, Politics & Elections, Trump's America, Lansing, Tudor Dixon, Antifa

Why else would you have a twice-impeached, election-denying former president under investigation in three different jurisdictions campaign for you?

Tags: The Incision, The Incision, Trump, Michigan, Tudor Dixon, Trump's America, Republicans, GOP, Republican Party

The Republican candidate for Michigan governor has struggled to pay for her own TV ads — and it shows

Tags: Politics & Elections, Politics & Elections, Politics, election, Tudor Dixon, Gov. Whitmer, Michigan, TV ad, campaign

We all should stand with Iranians protesting against the regime for their dignity and freedom, but nothing could hurt their cause more than Western interference

Tags: The Incision, The Incision, Iran, feminism, Islam, hijab, protest

Kevin McCarthy has proven an exceptionally weak Republican majority leader, easily brought to heel by Donald Trump and the far-right

Tags: Informed Dissent, Informed Dissent, Trump's America, Republicans, GOP, Kevin McCarthy, Biden, Joe Biden, 2024

This is at least the second investigation into election tampering in Michigan as Trumpers peddle lies about election fraud

Tags: Politics & Elections, Politics & Elections, Gaines Township, Kent County, Michigan, election, politics, primary election, James Donald Holkeboer, Lisa Posthumus Lyons