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RFK Jr. secures ballot access in Michigan as potential spoiler

Whether Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will draw more votes from Biden or Trump is the subject of much debate and speculation

By Steve Neavling
Apr 18, 2024

Tags: Politics & Elections, News, Election, politics, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Natural Law Party, vaccines, conspiracy theories, Donald Trump, President Biden, Michigan
Politics & Elections

Anti-Trump campaign targets Michigan with voices of disaffected Republicans

Republican Voters Against Trump launched a $50 million ad campaign featuring homemade testimonial videos from remorseful voters

By Steve Neavling
Apr 15, 2024

Tags: Politics & Elections, News, Donald Trump, election, politics, Republicans, Political Action Committee, Republican Voters Against Trump, Joe Biden
Politics & Elections

Right-wing fraudsters fined $1.25M for racist robocall scheme in Michigan, other states

Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman were charged with multiple felonies for spreading misinformation to Black voters in the Detroit area

By Steve Neavling
Apr 10, 2024

Tags: Politics & Elections, News, Crime, Jacob Wohl, Jack Burkman, New York, Michigan, Detroit, Black voters, election, politics, Letitia James, National Coalition on Black Civic Participation
Politics & Elections

Lapointe: ‘Romney’ McDaniel takes her turn driving the GOP clown car

No longer just a local joke, Michigan Republicans are now a national punchline

By Joe Lapointe
Apr 1, 2024

Tags: Politics & Elections, Lapointe, Views & Opinions, Ronna Romney McDaniel, Michigan Republican Party, Donald Trump
Politics & Elections

Lapointe: Trump’s trail of ‘blood’ goes back (at least) to Michigan

Trump runs a blood-curdling campaign of doom and gloom, fear and smear

By Joe Lapointe
Mar 25, 2024

Tags: Politics & Elections, Government, Views & Opinions, Donald Trump, 2024 election, Macomb County, Joe Biden
Politics & Elections

Quinnipiac poll: Trump leads Biden in Michigan

The Quinnipiac University survey also found strong support among Democrats for Gov. Whitmer to run for president in the future

By Lee DeVito
Mar 14, 2024

Tags: Politics & Elections, Government, Media, News, Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Gretchen Whitmer, 2024 presidential election
Politics & Elections

Lapointe: Could Michigan’s ‘uncommitted’ vote tip the election to Trump?

If so, Sean Hannity and Tucker Carlson will need to learn Russian

By Joe Lapointe
Mar 4, 2024

Tags: Politics & Elections, Government, Media, Views & Opinions, Lapointe, Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Dearborn, Hamtramck, Listen to Michigan, Michigan Arab Americans, Michigan Muslims, Michigan Democratic Party, Michigan Republican Party, Slideshow
Politics & Elections

Justin Amash returns to Republican Party to run for U.S. Senate seat

Once the only Libertarian in Congress, Amash left the GOP in 2019 citing a ‘partisan death spiral’

By Steve Neavling
Feb 29, 2024

Tags: Politics & Elections, News, Justin Amash, U.S. Senate, politics, election, Republicans, libertarian, Republican primary election, Congress
Politics & Elections

Marianne Williamson ‘unsuspends’ her presidential campaign as Americans watch ‘car crash in slow motion’

Her re-entry into the race comes one day after both Biden and Trump showed vulnerabilities in Michigan’s primary election

By Steve Neavling
Feb 28, 2024

Tags: Politics & Elections, News, Marianne Williamson, Politics, election, Donald Trump, President Biden, universal health care, student debt, tuition-free college, democrats, primary election
Politics & Elections

Outspoken Flint Councilman and TikTok sensation Eric Mays dies

The 65-year-old is known for his outbursts and passionate support of residents during the Flint water crisis

By Steve Neavling
Feb 26, 2024

Tags: Politics & Elections, News, Flint Water Crisis, Obituary, Eric Mays, Flint, Flint City Council, TikTok, Sam Riddle, politics, obit
Politics & Elections

Flint mayor Neeley warns Democrats of Black voter exodus

Polls show an increasing number of Black voters are pulling away from the Democratic Party

By Steve Neavling
Feb 22, 2024

Tags: Politics & Elections, News, Government, Sheldon Neeley, Flint, Sam Riddle, National Action Network, Michigan, Michigan Democratic Party, President Biden, Donald Trump, election, politics
Politics & Elections

Lapointe: Watch out, Detroit. Sore loser Donald Trump is watching you.

The big demagogue makes a muscular new friend in Waterford Township

By Joe Lapointe
Feb 19, 2024

Tags: Politics & Elections, Lapointe, News, Views & Opinions, Donald Trump, Waterford, 2024 election, Joe Biden, Michigan Republican Party, Slideshow
Politics & Elections

Election committee gives green light to recall of Highland Park mayor over skyrocketing water bills

‘Her days as mayor are numbered,’ activist Robert Davis says of Mayor Glenda McDonald

By Steve Neavling
Feb 15, 2024

Tags: Politics & Elections, Government, News, Highland Park, recall, election, politics, Glenda McDonald, Robert Davis, Great Lakes Water authority, utility bills, water
Politics & Elections

Metro Times endorses ‘uncommitted’ in 2024 presidential primary

The Listen to Michigan campaign is urging voters to send a message to Biden over Gaza

By Metro Times editorial staff
Feb 15, 2024

Tags: Politics & Elections, Views & Opinions, Government, Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Gaza, Arab Americans in metro Detroit, Dearborn, Listen to Michigan
Politics & Elections

Recall campaign seeks to oust ‘incompetent and unqualified’ mayor of Highland Park

‘It is glaringly obvious that she is in over her head,’ says activist Robert Davis

By Steve Neavling
Feb 9, 2024

Tags: Politics & Elections, News, Government, Glenda McDonald, Robert Davis, recall, politics, election, Highland Park, Great Lakes Water Authority, Highland Park Police
Politics & Elections

Detroit Councilwoman Waters challenges Thanedar, pushes for ceasefire in Gaza

‘Voters want the killing to stop,’ Waters said

By Steve Neavling
Feb 8, 2024

Tags: Politics & Elections, News, Government, Mary Waters, 13th Congressional District, primary election, election, politics, Hamtramck, Detroit, Michigan, Shri Thanedar, Adam Hollier
This Modern World

The mission

By Tom Tomorrow
Feb 7, 2024

Tags: This Modern World, LOL, This Modern World, Taylor Swift, Joe Biden, The Grammys, Donald Trump, MAGA
Politics & Elections

Biden celebrates UAW endorsement in Macomb County

This is the second time in recent months that Biden has come to Michigan to talk with UAW members

By Anna Liz Nichols, Michigan Advance
Feb 2, 2024

Tags: Politics & Elections, Government, Labor, Joe Biden, UAW, Shawn Fain, Donald Trump, Gretchen Whitmer
Politics & Elections

Businessman Joel Haashiim announces mayoral candidacy, vows to serve all of Detroit

‘Somebody has to stand up and do the right thing for the people of Detroit,’ the 73-year-old says

By Steve Neavling
Feb 1, 2024

Tags: Politics & Elections, News, Joel Haashiim, politics, election, mayoral candidate, Detroit, Mayor Duggan, Mary Sheffield, corporate welfare
Politics & Elections

Lapointe: Reading lyrics to ‘The Snake,’ Donald Trump speaks with a forked tongue

And his scary signature also says more than he knows

By Joe Lapointe
Jan 29, 2024

Tags: Politics & Elections, Views & Opinions, Lapointe, Donald Trump, immigrants, 2024 election, Joe Biden