Tag: Michigan

University of Michigan students protest Gov. Snyder speaking at THEIR commencement

On the heels of over 6,000 people protesting at the Capitol building in Lansing this week, Michigan Governor Rick Snyder is getting more flak, this time from students at the University of Michigan. Snyder has been chosen as the commencement speaker for the Spring Commencement ceremony and a whole lotta U of M students are having none of it. At […]

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Liveblogging of the protest rally at the Michigan Capitol in Lansing

Liveblogging of the protest rally at the Michigan Capitol in Lansing

Liveblogging from the Michigan Capitol protest rally in Lansing today… 1:15pm – This guy is a teabagger. I overheard him tell the guy next to him, “Well, I’m going to try to get some recognition for this sign and get it plastered all over the fucking place.” He stopped to pose for me no fewer than three times and he […]

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Live from the protest at the Michigan Capitol!

Shot live at 3:40 pm, March 16, 2011. They are chanting, “What’s disgusting? UNION BUSTING!” I’m just sayin…

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Michigan protests mounting, over 1,000 people yesterday

Michigan protests mounting, over 1,000 people yesterday

Yesterday, over 1,000 people flooded the lawn in front of the Capitol in Michigan and filled the Capitol itself at an AARP-sponsored protest rally. Photos by my friend, Larry. Unfortunately, it wasn’t enough to stop the state Congress from passing the oppressive Emergency Financial Manager act which creates Super Czars to take control of municipalities which the Governor has decided […]

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Oakland County Republicans go for the power grab

In Michigan, counties are reapportioned into districts by Reapportionment Commissions after each census. The Reapportionment Commissions are, by law, required to be made up of the county prosecutor, county treasurer, county clerk, and the two heads of the two county parties that received the most votes in the last election for secretary of state. In Oakland County, Michigan, this means […]

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Anti-Snyder/Republican protest rallies scheduled for Michigan this week

Cross-posted at Blogging for Michigan and Public News Forum. NOTE: Please check back regularly as I will update this post as new information becomes available. There are two big rallies scheduled in Lansing this week at the Capitol building to protest Governor Rick Snyder’s rights-stripping Emergency Financial Manager law and his budget. His budget, as you probably already know, transfers […]

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Michigan’s “Nice Guy” Governor’s dirty budgetary trick

I said all along last fall that Rick Snyder’s persona as a “Nice Guy” is a bunch of bullshit. Well, if you didn’t believe me then, perhaps you will now. As most of you know by now, Snyder’s proposed changes to our state’s tax code do all sorts of nasty things. Rachel Maddow has been highlighting all week how Republican […]

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RALLY PHOTOS – Michigan GOP pulling a Stealth-Walker move to damage unions

RALLY PHOTOS – Michigan GOP pulling a Stealth-Walker move to damage unions

Last night on the Rachel Maddow Show where Rachel did a fine job outlining what’s going on in Michigan right now. Check it out: Basically, GOP members of Congress in Michigan are pushing through legislation that would allow the governor to declare a financial emergency in any given town, village, city or township and immediately put that municipality under the […]

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Rally Tuesday at Michigan State Capitol with the AFL-CIO

The AFL-CIO is hosting another rally at the Michigan Capitol building this Tuesday, March 8th. RALLY TO PROTEST EMERGENCY MANAGER BILLS The Michigan AFL-CIO will be holding a rally to protest the ‘Emergency Manager’ bills package that is currently in the State Senate. There will be a vote on the Senate floor on Tuesday, March 8th, and we will be […]

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A new front in the war against Asian carp in the Great Lakes

The Chicago locks aren’t the only entry threat for invasive Asian carp entering the Great Lakes watershed: Yang, 52, the owner of a fish import company, pleaded guilty this week in Windsor to violating the federal Fisheries Act, and was ordered to pay a $50,000 fine. He was stopped Nov. 4 after crossing the Ambassador Bridge into Canada. Yang paid […]

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An example of “shared sacrifice” right in front of us that WORKED

An example of “shared sacrifice” right in front of us that WORKED

Lots and lots and lots of talk these days about “shared sacrifice”. But, somehow all the sacrifice seems to be on those in the middle class or below. Comic by Mike Thompson – Detroit Free Press But there’s an example of TRUE shared sacrifice right in front of us today. And it worked. It’s the bailout and subsequent recovery of […]

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