My good friends at Clean Water Action (CWA) are hosting their first weekly “Wednesday Volunteer Activist Night” this week on Wednesday, June 13 (tomorrow). There are locations in both Ann Arbor and East Lansing. Details below. As someone who spent some time at these weekly events, I can tell firsthand that these are some of the most awesome activists you’re […]

All photos by Anne C. Savage. Please do not use without permission. For more photos, click any image. Lizz Winstead kicked off her “Planned Parenthood, I Am Here For You!” tour (aka, the “WTF” (What’s the Fuss?) tour) in Pontiac, Michigan on Saturday and I was privileged to be there to cover it. Lizz Winstead is the co-creator of the […]

Know any good state blogs? The Washington Post needs your nominations: More than two years ago, we put out a call to Fixistas around the country to help us build a list of the best political blog (or blogs) in each of the 50 states. Well, a lot changes in two years — Fix Jr. was but a wee sprout […]

Seriously, dudes? The U.S. Freaking Secret Service??? FoxNews.com alerted the U.S. Secret Service, which is declining public comment. Jeff Misenti, vice president and general manager of Fox News Digital, said FoxNews.com was working with Twitter to address the situation as quickly as possible. Time for a new Twitter hashtag: #callinthesecretservice Here’s a couple of mine: I can’t find my beer. […]

Yeeouch. Fox still hasn’t gained control over it’s Twitter stream as of 9:00 a.m. Monday morning. Check it out: foxnewspoliticsWe wish @joebiden the best of luck as our new President of the United States. In such a time of madness, there’s light at the end of tunnel BREAKING NEWS: President @BarackObama assassinated, 2 gunshot wounds have proved too much. It’s […]

Two years ago the Flying Dog Brewery released a Belgian-style IPA called Raging Bitch with the following ‘artist’s statement’, if you will, on the label: “Two inflammatory words … one wild drink. Nectar imprisoned in a bottle. Let it out. It is cruel to keep a wild animal locked up. Uncap it. Release it … stand back!! Wallow in its […]

Really? Is one-quarter of the U.S. population this stupid? There’s good news for American education. About three-quarters of residents — 74% — know the U.S. declared its independence from Great Britain in 1776. The bad news for the academic system — 26% do not. This 26% includes one-fifth who are unsure and 6% who thought the U.S. separated from another […]

Well, this is inneresting: Mike Allen following Eclectablog? He must want to know what’s going on in Michigan. I mean it’s not like the Detroit Free Press or the Detroit News are giving the left’s fight against Republican overreach a fair shake, are they? Allen’s not going to pick up news about, say, a 6,000+ person union rally on the […]

I’m a big fan of Clean Water Action and our Michigan team is rock solid. What is Clean Water Action all about? This is what they are all about: Clean Water Action is an organization of one million members working to empower people to take action to protect America’s waters, build healthy communities and to make democracy work for all […]

Uh, Mark? WHO is the “dick”? Joe Scarborough: Mark Halperin, What was the president’s strategy? We are coming up on a deadline and the president decided to please his base, push back against the Republicans.I guess the question is, we know a deal has to be done. Is this showmanship? A lot of times you go up there and both […]

Well, at least the Catholic church is consistent. A senior adviser to the Vatican, who is a theology professor in Detroit, is blasting the Catholic governor of New York for his strong backing of same-sex marriage, saying he should be punished for his “brazen” violation of Catholicism by being denied Holy Communion, a key part of the Catholic faith. Edward […]