The RNC committeeman committed the one GOP unforgivable sin: He was alienating donors Renowned anti-gay, anti-Muslim activist, Dave Agema announced Friday night that he will not resign from the Republican National Committee even after nearly everyone in his party had called on him to do so — except Governor Snyder, who is too busy telling Congress how to budget to […]

As regular readers know, we run quarterly fundraisers at Eclectablog to raise funds to run the site and, more importantly, pay the writers and photographer. Although we do run ads, we are largely dependent upon your generosity for our blogging income. I thought it would be nice to have a look back at 2013 to give you an idea of […]

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Oh, hardy har har har…

A recent fundraising email from GOP.com was disguised as a “help us pick our presidential candidate for 2016” poll. The list of candidates shows in vivid detail just how shallow their bench actually is.

Check it out after the jump.

How’s that first-class bigotry thing working out for you, Dave? This has been a really crappy week for Michigan’s most (in)famous bigot Dave Agema. He’s been getting a shipload of abuse from every corner and it’s no longer just us dirty hippies that are calling him out. He’s been getting a rasher of fecal matter from the likes of Fred […]

NOTE: My reporting on the Education Achievement Authority involves multiple posts. You can read all of my coverage of the EAA by clicking HERE. EAA Chancellor John Covington released a report of his personal investigation into the allegations in my reporting which you can read about HERE. Over the past couple of years, Republicans and the Snyder administration have attempted […]

We learned our lesson about self-described “moderates” from Rick Snyder, right? RIGHT???!!! In her run for U.S. Senate, Terri Lynn Land is counting on Michigan voters to believe that she is a moderate Republican and that Gary Peters is an extremist liberal. Her previous stint as the Secretary of State probably helps with that false perception. Almost nobody sees Secretaries […]

Allow me to Kochsplain a bit. You’ve probably heard how the Koch brothers plan to win the U.S. Senate this year. In addition to spending millions on television in states like Michigan, they’re also hiring staff to blog, tweet, Facebook, Tumbl and whatever else they imagine the plebes are doing these days. They want to create the appearance dozens of […]

Pity the poor, misunderstood blowhard Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson has a long history of being a jerk that bashes the city of Detroit, its leadership, and its residents whenever the opportunity arises. He was recently given that opportunity by journalist Paige Williams who wrote a piece about him for the New Yorker magazine titled “Drop dead, Detroit!”. It’s […]

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Walking the walk vs. talking the talk Yesterday, as America celebrated Martin Luther King, Jr. day, there was a stunning contrast between the schedules of Michigan’s Republican Governor Rick Snyder and Democratic candidate for Governor Mark Schauer. As you would expect, both men attended luncheons to celebrate the day. Governor Snyder attended the Greater Lansing Martin Luther King Day 29th […]