In support of Planned Parenthood’s National Pink Out Day tomorrow (Tuesday, September 29th), Anne has created an image that makes for a perfect cover photo for your Facebook page. It’s the correct size so all you have to do is click the image below to open up the large version, download it to your desktop or mobile device, and then […]

It’s no secret that Planned Parenthood, an organization that does more to prevent abortions than any other, is under attack. It seems that Planned Parenthood is always under attack but this time the religious zealots in Congress are willing to shut down the government to end funding of Planned Parenthood and prevent them from offering the myriad health services they […]

The summer of 2015 will go down in the annals of Michigan history as a time when the Republican in our state displayed an complete and utter lack of leadership. Don’t forget that the GOP controls literally every level of government of significance – and have for the past five years – so this abject failure is theirs and theirs […]

3,707. That’s how many reported issues were found relating to the for-profit private prison food vendor Aramark in just an 8-month period. A new report from Progress Michigan shows just how widespread the problems were and, just as important, the utter failure of the Snyder administration to correct them. After reviewing over 25,000 pages of emails between the Department of […]

When a Michigan story goes national — like the bizarre sexcapades of moralizing Tea Partiers Todd Courser and Cindy Gamrat — you can bet Eclectablog has been on the case for a while. When a corporate front group launches a sneak attack to cut wages, we’re there. When Donald Trump takes on auto workers with perfect distillation of how billionaires like […]

Why did Wisconsin’s Republican Party decide it immediately needed a voter ID law before the 2014 election? The law’s proponents claimed it was necessary but offered no evidence — less than zero — to support that claim. “As there is no evidence that voter-impersonation fraud is a problem, how can the fact that a legislature says it’s a problem turn […]

The biggest sign of Obamacare’s success is Republicans rarely bother to complain about it anymore. There’s the usual minor freakout about premium increases that upon a bit of investigation proves to be at least no worse than what we saw before Obamacare — and probably better if you shop around. And news that California, which has excelled in implementing the […]

While anti-choice activists try to fight the truth with misinformation, it’s imperative to defend the facts. This post is not about abortion. It’s about people’s health and lives. I’m not shying away from the fact that abortion is a legal healthcare service, and that it accounts for 3 percent of the services Planned Parenthood provides. No one is denying that […]

The Republican Party’s approval rating is now lower in the Pew poll than at any time since 1992. It’s lower now than it was during the government shutdowns in 2013 and the mid 1990s — lower than the absolute nadir of George W. Bush’s presidency when we were actively losing two wars as the global economy teetered on the edge […]

Donald Trump’s Saturday afternoon anti-immigrant bro-down with fellow birther Sheriff Joe reminded me a lot of another Fox News-fed phenomenon that died off when it no longer became electorally convenient for the GOP: GOP elites bash Trump supporters now. But they sure loved these “nonpartisan political neophytes” when they were called the Tea Party. — LOLGOP (@LOLGOP) July 12, 2015 […]

“What happened to your family was terrible, but I didn’t do anything to you.” Yes. Yes you did. The following guest post was written by Tali Wendrow of Oakland County. I had spent much of my adult life trying (not always successfully) to keep my political views quiet, at least in public fora. Oh sure, I’d let ‘er rip at […]