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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
Tags: Politics & Elections, News, Donald Trump, election, politics, Republicans, Political Action Committee, Republican Voters Against Trump, Joe Biden
Disability justice groups demand more resources in Detroit’s budget
More than 128,000 Detroiters – or one out of five residents – have at least one disability
Tags: Metro Detroit, News, Disability Rights, Paratransit, Detroit Department of Transportation, Detroit, people with disabilities, Mayor Duggan, Detroit City Council, budget, wheelchairs
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’
Tags: Politics & Elections, News, Justin Amash, U.S. Senate, politics, election, Republicans, libertarian, Republican primary election, Congress
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
Tags: Politics & Elections, News, Marianne Williamson, Politics, election, Donald Trump, President Biden, universal health care, student debt, tuition-free college, democrats, primary election
Dearborn mayor makes stirring case for ‘uncommitted’ vote in Democratic primary
Abdullah Hammoud says Biden is ignoring Arab Americans who helped him win Michigan
Tags: Politics & Elections, News, Media, Abdullah Hammoud, Dearborn, Arab Americans, Muslims, Michigan, Democratic Primary election, Democrats, uncommitted
Tlaib bill slams door on war cash for politicos and their families
“We are sick of politicians profiting from endless wars,” the Detroit Democrat says
Tags: Politics & Elections, News, Government, Rashida Tlaib, Congress, war, Department of Defense, Washington D.C., Israel, Hamas, Public Citizen, People of Pentagon
Ridin’ with Biden
By Clay Jones
Tags: Claytoonz, Claytoonz, LOL, Joe Biden, Gaza, Israel, Democrats, Republicans
Thanedar blames hack for social media post that called Israel a ‘terrorist state’
The initial post prompted some to question whether the Detroit Democrat has once again changed his position on Israel
Tags: Politics & Elections, News, Hacked, social media, Twitter, X, Shri Thanedar, Congress, Hamas, Israel, Palestine
U.S. Rep. Kildee won’t run for reelection, leaving an opening for Republicans
The Flint Democrat said his cancer scare earlier this year made him change his priorities
Tags: Politics & Elections, News, Flint, Genesee County, Dan Kildee, U.S. House, Congress, politics, election, Democrats, Michigan
Detroit Councilwoman Mary Waters mulls running against U.S. Rep. Thanedar
Former state Sen. Adam Hollier is also running against Thanedar, who has had a bumpy first term
Tags: Politics & Elections, News, Shri Thanedar, Mary Waters, Detroit, Detroit City Council, Congress, 13th District, U.S. House, politics, election, Adam Hollier
Lapointe: Has it really been 60 years since President Kennedy died?
Sometimes, the assassination feels like yesterday
By Joe Lapointe
Tags: Politics & Elections, Views & Opinions, Lapointe, John F. Kennedy, Lee Harvey Oswald, Henry Ford Museum, Democrats
Thanedar was a harsh critic of Israel before becoming an outspoken defender
The Detroit Democrat’s condemnation of Tlaib smacks of hypocrisy
Tags: Politics & Elections, News, Rashida Tlaib, Congress, Shri Thanedar, Democrats, Israel, Palestine, Hamas
Rashida Tlaib reintroduces ‘Restaurant Workers Bill of Rights’ legislation
The bill calls for raising the tipped minimum wage, paid medical leave, and access to health care
By Layla McMurtrie
Tags: Michigan News, Labor, Politics & Government, Restaurants, Rashida Tlaib, restaurant workers, Congress, Restaurant Workers Bill of Rights
910AM owner says he ‘hates’ politics, but plans to expand conservative format to FM radio
In a wide-ranging interview, Kevin Adell claims he is not a Republican and doesn’t vote. ‘It’s all about the money,’ he says.
Tags: Metro Detroit News, Media, News, Politics & Government, Kevin Adell, 910AM, radio, black talk radio, conservative, Republicans
Novi ammo store under investigation after selling bullets promoting a Democrat’s recall
The Michigan Department of State alleges Fenix Ammunition appears to have broken state law by omitting information on its recall endorsement
Tags: Politics & Elections, News, Politics & Government, Fenix Ammunition, bullets, state lawmakers, politics, recall, Jaime Churches, Democrats
Nessel, Besson accused of violating the election laws they are responsible for enforcing
Activist Robert Davis alleges the elected officials committed a misdemeanor and should be held accountable
Tags: Politics & Elections, News, Jocelyn Benson, Dana Nessel, Robert Davis, politics, Democrats, Secretary of State, Michigan, Attorney General
Michigan budget commits $49.5M to tackle racial disparities in health care
The funding follows the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on Black residents
Tags: Michigan News, News, Politics & Government, Health Care, COVID-19, Gov. Whitmer, Lt. Gov. Gilchrist II, Michigan, budget, Racial Disparities Task Force, health care
Highland Park’s financial hardships are focus of town hall meeting
Residents are on edge as the city faces the prospect of bankruptcy
Tags: Metro Detroit News, News, Highland Park, town hall, Nandi's Knowledge Cafe, O.N.E. Highland Park Community Organization, marijuana, budget, water, Great Lakes Water Authority
Pro-DeSantis PAC hammers Trump for commuting Kwame Kilpatrick’s sentence
The group called the former Detroit mayor a 'stone-cold crook'
Tags: Politics & Elections, News, Kwame Kilpatrick, presidential election, Republicans, Ron DeSantis, Donald Trump, Super PAC, Never Back Down
Tlaib joins fight for $14 trillion in reparations for Black Americans
The Detroit Democrat joined U.S. Rep. Cori Bush in urging their colleagues to help atone for the practice of slavery and hundreds of years of racist policies
Tags: Politics & Elections, News, Rashida Tlaib, Cori Bush, reparations, racism, Washington D.C., Reparations Now Resolution, Democrats
Michigan Central Station is hiring ‘ambassadors’ to welcome guests this summer
By Lee DeVito
Racist billboards appeared across metro Detroit on Hitler’s birthday
Bombshell Treat Bar readies to open in Berkley