“Michigan Governor Rick Snyder Political Suicide” by DonkeyHotey This post has been updated to reflect that this is a legal complaint, not a lawsuit. The Michigan Legal Defense Fund Act requires that a legal defense fund be established for any elected official that receives contributions for “the purpose of defending an elected official in a criminal, civil, or administrative action […]

NOTE: This post has been updated HERE. As I wrote about earlier this week, Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder and Attorney General Bill Schuette are asking the taxpayer of our state to foot the bills for their legal bills related to defending Snyder from the lawsuits filed against him for his response to the poisoning of Flint’s drinking water with the […]

The fundamental organizing belief of modern GOP can be boiled down to “You’re on your own, hot shot.” This is, of course, is posturing more than actual conviction. Libertarians are happy to use public rail to build up their anti-statist train conglomerates. And conservatives are happy to use the government to build speed bumps in your uterus. But the belief […]

It’s a uniquely Michigan story. To pinch pennies — saving $5 million, a tiny fraction of the hundreds of millions in corporate tax cuts Rick Snyder and Republicans have handed out while slashing government services — a city had its drinking water switched and poisoned with lead by an autocratic “emergency manager” who was appointed by and only reported to […]

Sen. Bernie Sanders’ upset victory in Michigan yesterday unequivocally proved that a solid ground game is the key to winning elections. Not only has Sen. Sanders brought scores of new people into the political process, he was able, in Michigan at least, to get them to register to vote and to actually go to the polls in large numbers. How […]

It deserves it Here’s a crazy idea: When your party is on the verge of nominating a white supremacist hero for president, maybe don’t blame the black guy for that. I understand the urge. You’re looking at a ballot that has Donald J. Trump’s actual name on it. You’re looking at polls that show him leading your party’s best and […]

As Michiganders go to the polls today to choose their favorite presidential candidate, Gov. Rick Snyder and Attorney General Bill Schuette are going to the State Administrative Board to ask taxpayers to foot the bills for their troubles in Flint to the tune of $2.7 million. First we have the Attorney General’s request for $1.5 million to pay for Republican […]

I have never voted for a Republican in a general election in my life. Not once. But I voted in the Michigan Republican primary today because I believe any of the other Republican candidates will be better for the country — as nominee or as president — than Donald Trump.

And here’s why. Read this piece in the Washington post today about the influence of Trump on school kids.

With Emergency Managers now a four-letter word in Michigan, the Snyder administration has come up with a new way to take over public schools without having to invoke the epithet. In their on-going effort to “run government like a business”, they have appointed a “School District Chief Executive Officer (CEO)” for East Detroit Public Schools: A chief executive officer will […]

Donald Trump has a good chance of winning Michigan. The GOP primary that is. And that’s the last time — barring complete disaster, near Apocalypse or freak Canadian Godzilla invasion  — he’ll ever have a good chance of winning Michigan. Here’s what the NBC/Wall St. Journal/Marist poll found when it polled hypothetical match-ups between Trump and the likely Democratic nominees: […]

Last night’s Democratic debate in Flint showed America that there is a stark contrast between the Democrats and the Republicans who are vying to be the president of our country. And there were two clear winners in the debate: Flint and the American people. During their debate in Detroit over the weekend, the Republican candidates argued over who would be […]