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Why Marianne Williamson won’t let the haters stop her from casting her strange magic in America
When former Vice President Joe Biden went head-to-head with President Donald Trump in Ohio during the first of three scheduled presidential debates last month, there were a lot of things notably absent that evening. The debate, the first since the COVID-19 pandemic took the lives of more than 200,000 Americans, featured a sparse, silent, and…
Make your grocery delivery do more with Hungry Harvest
Shop like it makes a difference. We’ve all had to embrace home delivery over the last 6 months – but what is your delivery doing besides just showing up at your door? How you choose to spend your grocery dollars has more power than you might think. A Hungry Harvest produce delivery does so much…
John James doesn’t want voters to know he’s a Republican, but here’s a tell
The stakes are high for the Nov. 3 general election. Aside from the opportunity to remove President Donald Trump from office, Democrats have a chance to take control of the U.S. Senate, with a number of states in play, including Michigan. Indeed, the race between incumbent Democrat Gary Peters and Republican challenger John James is…
USDA approves Michigan’s industrial hemp plan
The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development’s industrial hemp plan is now USDA-approved. The plan establishes regulatory requirements for cultivating industrial hemp, making MDARD the primary oversight of the industry, following a successful pilot program launched last year. In all, 631 growers and 517 processor-handlers participated in the pilot. “The success of the pilot…
Washtenaw County issues two-week stay-in-place order for U-M students, set to expire in time for in-person voting
University of Michigan students have been ordered to honor a two-week stay-in-place order issued by the Washtenaw County Health Department after 61% of the county’s 600 “confirmed and probable” coronavirus cases since Oct. 12 have been linked to U-M students. Those in violation of the order could be hit with jail time and/or a $200…
Confused? These are the deadlines for voting in Michigan
We’ve been trying our best to keep our readers up to date with the various deadlines for the big general election coming up on Tuesday, Nov. 3, considering all the chaos of 2020 — you know, a pandemic, civil unrest, President Donald Trump’s suspiciously timed cuts to the U.S. Postal Service, yadda, yadda, yadda —…
Kid Rock uses Twitter to call Twitter CEO a ‘bitch ass mother fucker’
Nothing screams Kid Rock more than a grammatically incorrect, profanity-laden tweet aimed at the CEO of Twitter — you know, the dude who co-created the very platform. The 49-year-old “straight out the trailer” wannabe cowboy took issue with Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey over the weekend, using Twitter to launch his insult, paired with a photo…
Artist Dana Selah Elam honored with mural
Konstance Patton, a visual artist now based in New York, returned to Detroit a year and a half ago for a friend after being away for more than a decade. One night she attended an artist event in Detroit and met Corderio Johnson, a local actor and director who stopped to take Patton’s picture, noticing…
Marianne Williamson will cast her woo-woo wokeness on the podcast world
Light a candle, grab a crystal, and sage your Airpods, girlfriend, because Marianne Williamson — the Democratic debate stage diva, priestess of progressive politics, and superfan of James Cameron’s Avatar — is entering the podcast realm. The bewitching 68-year-old former metro Detroiter, self-help author, spiritual advisor to Hollywood folks, and the most Googled Democratic presidential…
Michigan prepares to ban flavored nicotine vaping – again – without legislative approval
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s administration is working on another statewide ban on flavored nicotine vaping products after her emergency order was struck down by courts. The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) is holding a virtual public hearing at 9 a.m. on Tuesday to solicit public comments on its proposal to permanently ban the…
Special needs woman mistakenly found alive in Detroit funeral home in August has died
Timesha Beauchamp — the 20-year-old woman who was pronounced dead in her Southfield home and then transported to a Detroit funeral home, where she was discovered by staff alive in a body bag in August — has died. According to the family’s attorney, Geoffrey Fieger, who filed a $50 million lawsuit against Southfield EMS Paramedics…
Detroit’s Apparatus Room reopens with retooled menu
Downtown Detroit fine dining spot Apparatus Room recently reopened its doors for dine-on service with a retooled menu. The menu is by Chef Thomas Lent, a Michelin-rated chef and Michigan native who joined Apparatus Room in 2017 after leaving the restaurant Sixteen at Trump Tower Chicago. According to a press release, Lents used the downtime…
Study finds reduction in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder symptoms after smoking weed
Add Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder to the growing list of physical and mental ailments marijuana can help. In a new study conducted by investigators affiliated with Washington State University and published in the Journal of Affective Disorders, subjects found a reduction in intrusions, or unwanted thoughts/impulses, compulsions, and/or anxiety, after smoking weed. The study, conducted over 31…
Greenhouse of Walled Lake launches ‘Trunk or Treat’ party on Halloween
Move over trick or treat. With the help of a popular marijuana dispensary, Walled Lake is offering a safer alternative – “Trunk or Treat.” The city’s mayor Linda Ackley has teamed up with The Greenhouse of Walled Lake for a party on Oct. 31 that will feature a petting zoo, doughnuts, free candy, and music…
PJ’s Lager House says visitors should get a COVID-19 test after employee tests positive, temporarily closes
The owners of PJ’s Lager House have temporarily closed their business and are recommending any guests who visited between Friday, Oct. 9 and Monday, Oct. 12 get a COVID-19 after one of their own employees tested positive. The Corktown bar made the announcement on Sunday on Facebook. “We have had an employee test positive for…
House of Dank opened its sixth location in Southwest Detroit
Michigan cannabis company House of Dank is expanding. The company opened its sixth location in Southwest Detroit on Friday. The new store is located at 2710 Livernois Ave., Detroit. Since Detroit City Council has not yet authorized recreational marijuana sales, it serves medical marijuana customers only at this time. The company also has locations in…
Michigan troopers will watch polls in counties where sheriffs may ignore voter intimidation, Nessel says
Amid increasing concerns about voter intimidation, Michigan plans to dispatch state troopers to polling places in counties where officials fear local sheriffs may not enforce the law, Attorney General Dana Nessel said Sunday on Showtime’s The Circus. Election officials across the country are bracing for potential trouble as President Donald Trump continues to call for…
Beastie Boys break anti-ad streak, license ‘Sabotage’ for Biden commercial featuring Ann Arbor’s Blind Pig
While artists like Bruce Springsteen, Neil Young, Rhianna, Adele, Queen, R.E.M., Guns N’ Roses, the Rolling Stones, and the estates of George Harrison and Tom Petty are fighting for their right to not have their music blasted at President Donald Trump’s COVID-19 circle jerks — er, rallies, another group is doing their best to “Sabotage”…
Don’t wait, Michigan. Vote today.
There’s a big election on Tuesday, Nov. 3, but as we’ve said before, it’s really already begun. Think of it this way: Tuesday, Nov. 3 is your last chance to vote. Due to a whole messy slew of factors — including the coronavirus pandemic and threats of chaos on Election Day — millions of Michiganders…
Video: Would-be Whitmer kidnappers trained in a PT Cruiser
The domestic terrorists accused of plotting to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer carried out tactical training exercises, which they filmed — resulting in the surreal sight of heavily armed men leaping out of a PT Cruiser and firing off rounds of bullets, according to new video obtained by Grand Rapids’s Fox affiliate WXMI. The videos were…
Senate candidate John James linked to organizer of rally where suspects in Whitmer kidnapping plot recruited
The organizer of a rally where militia members are accused of recruiting members and plotting to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and attack the state Capitol donated thousands of dollars to Michigan Republican Senate candidate John James. Ryan D. Kelley, who heads the American Patriot Council, also appeared in photos with James, who is vying to…
‘A republic, not a democracy,’ and other lies that serve the status quo
Read part 1 here. As a rule, whenever you hear someone confidently (and usually condescendingly) assert that America is “a republic, not a democracy,” know that you’re dealing with either a textbook example of the Dunning-Kruger effect or a disingenuous pedant. Utah Senator Mike Lee’s Twitter comment, midway through the October 7 vice-presidential debate, that…
Open carry of guns at polling places in Michigan is banned to limit voter intimidation
Michigan is banning the open carry of guns at polling places, clerk’s offices and absent voter counting boards on Election Day to allay fears of voter intimidation. Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson issued the directive Friday as President Donald Trump urges supporters to show up to the polls as part of the campaign’s call…
Trump makes more bullshit claims about Whitmer during NBC town hall
President Donald Trump continued his baseless attacks on Gov. Gretchen Whitmer during a live town hall on NBC News on Thursday, falsely claiming that all of Michigan was still under a coronavirus “lockdown” except for her husband, so he can “go boating.” It’s been six months since Whitmer lifted an executive order that prevented people…
New mom Nicki Minaj asks Drake for a play date on remix of Sada Baby’s viral TikTok track
If you’ve been shaking your ass on TikTok lately, there’s a high probability that you’re getting down to Detroit rapper Sada Baby and his song “Whole Lotta Choppas,” which inspired a dance challenge complete with a pantomimed handgun. Well, fire up the ol’ TikTok machine: Thanks to new mom and “Anaconda” queen Nick Minaj, there’s a…
Fit After 50 For Men Reviews – Mark Mcilyar Fitness Workout?
Fit After 50 For Men Reviews – Mark Mcilyar Fitness Workout?Fit After 50 by Mark Mcilyar is a fitness training program designed to help older men get in shape by boosting testosterone, burning belly fat and start feeling younger by the day. The program is marketed to men over 50 who want to increase testosterone,…
Detroit’s MoGo bikes are free to rent on Election Day
On Tuesday, Nov. 3. MoGo wants you to “Roll to the Polls.” Metro Detroit’s nonprofit bike-share service is offering a free one-hour ride so voters can go to their local polling location or bring their absentee ballot to their local clerk’s office or a ballot dropbox. “During this unprecedented election year, we want to make…
Wisconsin man is 14th suspect charged in plot to kidnap Whitmer, attack police and the state Capitol
Attorney General Dana Nessel on Thursday charged an eighth person in connection with the alleged plot to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and spark a civil war by attacking state police and the Michigan Capitol. An additional six suspects were charged on the federal level last week. Brian Higgins, 51, of Wisconsin Dells, Wis., was arrested…
SavannahBlue owners to open ‘speakeasy’-style craft cocktail lounge in downtown Detroit
Though downtown Detroit fine-dining spot SavannahBlue did not pivot to carryout during the coronavirus stay-at-home order, as other restaurants have, and didn’t reopen until nearly three months after Gov. Gretchen Whitmer gave dine-in restaurants the go-ahead to do so, the restaurant is reportedly in good shape. The owners even have plans to expand, with plans…
Liquor license transfer fuels speculation that these popular Ferndale spots are changing ownership
Could the popular Ferndale spots Public House and Antihero be leaving the Working Class Outlaws restaurant group? A pair of liquor license transfers would suggest so, though ownership is tight-lipped for now. Eater Detroit reports that the liquor licenses for Public House and Antihero appear to be undergoing a transfer of ownership to an entity…
Report highlights Michigan efforts to end racial disparities due to pandemic
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has received praise, criticism, death threats, and even a foiled kidnapping attempt due to her swift and strict response to the COVID-19 pandemic, but it turns out the Mitten State was victorious in at least one key metric: closing the racial disparity of the impact of the virus. A new report published…
Bombastic Trump calls Whitmer a ‘dictator,’ falsely claims she’s unpopular in Michigan
Coming undone by the day, President Donald Trump called Gov. Gretchen Whitmer a “dictator” while spewing lies during an interview on Fox Business. The verbal attack comes just one week after 13 men were charged in connection with an alleged plot to target law enforcement officers and kidnap the governor in hopes of instigating a…
Michigan Sheriffs’ Association condemns sheriff who defended suspects in Whitmer kidnapping plot
The Michigan Sheriffs’ Association delivered a sharp rebuke to the Barry County sheriff for making “dangerous” comments in support of the 13 men who have been charged in the alleged plot to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer — a plot that also called for targeting law enforcement officers. Barry County Sheriff Dar Leaf appeared to defend…
You can get a free side of Olga’s Snackers on Friday
For mall rats of a certain age, there was no greater delicacy than an order of Snackers from Olga’s Kitchen — “a basket of tiny, triangle-shaped, elegantly seasoned fried-dough calorie bombs paired with a sweet and rich Swiss almond cheese (that was often served so cold that it would bend the Snacker upon dipping),” as…
DIA says probe found no wrongdoing in art loan, but whistleblower attorneys call for more transparency
An independent investigation into a whistleblower complaint over an art loan at the Detroit Institute of Arts has concluded, clearing the museum of wrongdoing — according to the museum. In a statement released Wednesday, the DIA said that an “exhaustive” three-month investigation by Washington, D.C.-based law firm Crowell & Moring wrapped up, and its findings…
Michigan faith leaders plan to cast ballots for ‘morals, values’
Some faith leaders from Michigan are encouraging voters to reject fear and hate and embrace love, justice, and inclusion in this election. Reverend Mike Mulberry, interim pastor of St. John’s United Church of Christ in Jackson, is among clergy members from across the country who’s joined a group known as the New Moral Majority. He…
Detroit anime convention Youmacon officially called off in 2020
It’s perhaps no big surprise, but Youmacon — Detroit’s massive anime and gaming convention, which draws more than 20,000 and was scheduled to begin later this month — has been officially called off due to the coronavirus pandemic. The convention announced that the 2020 event was officially postponed in a Facebook post on Tuesday. “It’s…
Mark Ridley’s Comedy Castle to reopen in November
The laughs will continue at Mark Ridley’s Comedy Castle in Royal Oak when the storied, long-running comedy club reopens its doors in November. The club closed its doors and postponed all booked acts back in March, when the coronavirus pandemic took hold in Michigan. But on Thursday, Nov. 5, the club will reopen with new…
Resurgence of COVID-19 cases in Michigan may be ‘beginning of a second wave’
State health officials are bracing for what could be a second wave of coronavirus infections as the number of new cases reaches a high not seen in more than five months. The state reported 1,237 new confirmed COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, lifting the rolling seven-day average to 1,125 — the highest since mid-April, when the…
Saladin Ahmed announces second installment of supernatural ‘Abbott’ comic book
Dogged Detroit investigator Elena Abbott is back from a prolonged cigarette break — this time, to battle corruption, supernatural forces, and a sabotaged mayoral election. The second installment of a comic book mini-series, which first debuted in 2018, Abbott: 1973 finds the “hard-nosed, chain-smoking” reporter “living her best life” thanks to series writer-creator — and…
Michigan Renaissance Festival grounds transformed into illuminated haunted attraction
The Dark Lord is here, y’all. Huzzah? Though this year’s Michigan Renaissance Festival was jousted right off of our 2020 calendars, the festival grounds in Holly has been repurposed for a far more sinister happening. “A Haunting in Hollygrove: Phantasm of Lights” offers a sensory and family-friendly haunted experience, featuring more than 3/4 of a…
Michigan Democrats blast Trump for hosting ‘superspreader’ rally in Muskegon
The Michigan Democratic Party lambasted President Donald Trump for hosting “superspreader events” in Michigan and across the country at a time when the state is confirming more than 1,000 new coronavirus cases a day. Trump plans to hold a campaign rally in Muskegon on Saturday, just 17 days before the Nov. 3 election. Thousands of…
Savage Love: Direct messages
My husband recently passed away. He was a wonderful person, and we had 12 great years together. He was also very, very organized. His death was an accident, but everything was in order. He even left a note in a sealed envelope for his lawyer to present to me. It was one last love letter,…
‘i.Detroit’ project maps the DNA of the D
British artist Marcus Lyon’s latest project, the sprawling “i.Detroit,” is many things. Primarily, it’s a handsome tome of portraits of 100 notable denizens. The project also includes a mix of high- and low-tech: an auxiliary smartphone app helps bring the subjects’ stories to life with sound, and the package even comes with a 7-inch vinyl…
Free Will Astrology (Oct. 14-20)
ARIES: March 21 – April 19 Would you be willing to meditate on how you might become more skilled in the arts of intimacy? Would you consider reading books and websites that offer guidance about strategies for being the best partner and ally you can be? Are you receptive to becoming more devoted to practicing…
Make sure your vote counts with our Michigan voter guide
There’s a big election on Tuesday, Nov. 3, but in fact it’s already begun. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, there’s an unprecedented interest in absentee voting, or voting by mail, and millions of ballots have already been cast. President Donald Trump’s suspiciously timed cuts to the U.S. Postal Service will certainly not help here, but…
Detroit streetwear designer Profit Brand plots store opening in former Burn Rubber Sneaker spot
A Detroit-based Black-owned streetwear brand is making big moves. Profit Brand, an outerwear and streetwear company that, until now, has been offered exclusively online, will celebrate its flagship store opening on Oct. 30 with a private fashion show, billed as “The Heist,” to showcase its fall/winter collection. The apparel company, founded by designer Trevor “Fresh”…
