Members of Congress do not receive reimbursement for their housing while they are in Washington, D.C. Their $174,000 salary is presumed to cover that. Some sleep in their offices to save money. Others room together in shared living spaces. Most rent apartments. However, Michigan’s Congressman from the 8th District, Mike Bishop, seems to be using tax dollars to pay for […]

When Mike Rogers decided to go play conservative satellite radio host instead of running for reelection in Michigan’s 8th Congressional district, there was a flurry of activity by Republicans to throw their hats into the ring. Most of them pulled their hats back out again just as quickly. All except former Republican Senate Leader Mike Bishop. Mike Bishop has been […]

Bye, Mike Mike Rogers, a seven-term Congressman from Michigan’s 8th Congressional District is stepping down this year. He will join Rush Limbaugh, Mike Huckabee, Mark Levin, and Michael Savage on right wing radio with a show on the Cumulus radio network. Comically, Rogers told reporters: I believe in being a conservative media you have to move the ball forward. That […]

The height of GOPocrisy Michigan Republican Mike Rogers chairs the House Intelligence Committee and recently said the Republican shutdown of the federal government “is putting America’s national security at risk”. “Removing government funding is impacting intelligence staff which is making our nation less safe,” Rogers’ spokeswoman Kelsey Knight said Thursday. “He believes shutting down is putting America’s national security at […]

Really, it’s starting ALREADY??? Now that Mike Rogers has declined to run for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Carl Levin in 2014, the top contender is former Michigan Secretary of State Terri Lynn Land (though she has yet to file her paperwork.) Although she’s member of the Republican National Committee, she is not the first pick of most […]

From Michigan 8th District GOP Representative Mike Rogers comes a lie that enables large corporations to justify continuing to hoard vast amounts of money and other capital in a time when they should be doing all they can to stimulate the economy and job growth. Here’s the lie told by Mike Rogers: Job creators are currently sitting on approximately $2 […]

Are you in Michigan’s 8th Congressional District (hey, Lansing, that’s YOU!)? If you are, please spread the word about writing-in LANCE ENDERLE for the Democratic nomination for Congress. Kande Ngalamulume has dropped out but he will remain on the ballot. Lance Enderle needs an estimated 2,000 write-in votes to face Mike Rogers in November. More HERE. I’m just sayin’…

Oy vey… Mike Rogers (MI-08) says dumb things pretty regularly but this is particularly absurd. Check out the video at about 0:49 in. But, I tell you, I think this is a huge symptom when a guy like General McChrystal feels so frustrated to express himself the way he did (or at least he allegedly did) in that article, it […]

While the Obama administration, Congressional Dems and Organizing for America are working diligently to spread the good word about the recently-passed health insurance reform law, GOP Congressman Mike Rogers (MI-08) is working very hard to keep fear levels at “11”. From the Tea Party Times Livingston County Daily Press & Argus we have this article: “Rogers warns of bad omens […]

Michigan’s been in the news a LOT lately. From our governor forcing the Att. Gen. to intervene against himself to Militiamen Gone WildTM, things are a bit crazy. Now come the Howell Teabaggers: Starting Monday, Livingston County will be “ground zero” for an effort to place a proposal for Michigan to opt out of federal health-care law on the November […]

How do you motivate a Republican whose Congressional seat is being threatened? Well, if you’re Incumbent Retention Czar Mike Rogers (MI-08), head of the NRCC’s “Patriot Program”, you give ’em a colonial soldier bobblehead. I’m totally not kidding. Rogers uses not just the stick, but also the carrot. Make that the bobblehead. He gives a Colonial soldier bobblehead doll to […]