Middle-class Michigan families can watch their taxes increase $50 every second. And they have Gov. Rick Snyder and legislative Republicans to thank for it. For a party that says they want lower taxes, Republicans in Michigan sure like taxing the middle class. During the last legislative session, Governor Rick Snyder and the Republican-led legislature made severe changes to the Michigan […]

They’re trying to turn back the clock to re-fight the 2012 election. Or the Civil War. At first, many of us had trouble keeping track of what the Tea Party GOP wants in exchange for ending the government shutdown and raising the debt ceiling. But now it’s clear: What they’re really after are the same things they’ve wanted since 2010, […]

Where are your actual loyalties, Mr. Schuette? In a Detroit Free Press article yesterday, two legal experts suggest that Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette’s claim that there is no conflict of interest between his representation of the State of Michigan at the same time he’s defending the rights of retired pensioners in the Detroit’s bankruptcy. Indeed, many people (including me), […]

We Will Make Them Famous And You Will Know Their Names Things are not looking good for the Republican Party these days. Poll after poll shows that they are bleeding support in literally historic fashion. Here’s the most recent Gallup poll: [Image credit: Anne C. Savage, special to Eclectablog] With the Republican-controlled House of Representatives engaged in a tense, government-shuttering […]

One big happy One of the most gratifying things about Eclectablog for me is how many of you are regular readers and, in your own ways, contributors. For example, in the past six months, Eclectablog has had over 625,000 visits from about 445,000 visitors. That means many of you are regular visitors, checking in once a day, once a week, […]

Gee, why would ANYONE be offended by THAT? After several years of rampant vandalism and arson on Devil’s Night (the night before Halloween) in Detroit, Mayor Dennis Archer created “Angels’ Night” in 1995 which enlisted the help of Detroit citizens in the evenings around Halloween to help law enforcement stem the tide. As part of Angels’ Night, city officials have […]

TMI Former Democratic House Speaker Andy Dillon, appointed by Governor Rick Snyder as the state Treasurer, has resigned from his office to deal with messy divorce that was becoming more and more public as time went on. Dillon, who has also had problems with substance abuse, was recently accused by his ex-wife Carol Owens-Dillon of assault after he tried to […]

Please feed the bloggers One thing that I’ve learned over the years is that conservative blogosphere is a pretty lucrative gig if you have even a modicum of talent. Corporatist groups actually pay people to go online not only to blog but to do all sorts of nefarious things like downvoting liberal posts and comments on sites like Reddit, give […]

#GiveToWendy

This morning, Eclectablog participated in a national Money Bomb for Wendy Davis, Democratic candidate for Texas governor. The original goal was $1,000.

As of 10:21 p.m. ET, we raised $10,470. Can I get a hell yeah?!

Wendy Davis herself is well aware of our effort:

[Photo credit: Andrea Greer, used with permission]

Click through to be part of this historic moment.

Here, Republicans, have some crow. It’s delish. Graphic by Anne C. Savage, special to Eclectablog Facing the fact that everyone in the country who isn’t a die-hard Republican thinks the current shutdown of the federal goverment and the impending crashing of the U.S. economy resulting from a failure to raise the debt limit are their responsibility, there are some interesting […]

Texas is changing and YOU can be a part of that [CC image credit: texastribune | Flickr] At the risk of competing with our own Eclectablog fundraiser this week, we are participating in a National Money Bomb for Texas Senator Wendy Davis who is running for governor in the Lone Star State. We’re joining Burnt Orange Report, Feministing, The Rude […]