Millionaire Republican David Trott (MI-11) held a raucous townhall meeting this past weekend where upwards of one thousand of his constituents tried to attend, many of whom were left out in the cold because the venue they chose was too small to contain them all. Not by accident, of course: Solicitous staffers had taken every precaution to limit the damage, […]

MI-07 Republican Congressman recently posted a link to an article from The Hill on his Facebook page with the comment, “I’m proud to be on this list of the top 10 town hall holders in all of Congress.” It’s a remark so ridiculous that it strains the bounds of credulity. The article claims Walberg has done 66 town halls since […]

Last night, Gov. Rick Snyder held what was billed as a “public town hall” but was, in actuality a campaign rally given that the host and emcee were unabashed Snyder supporters and seven out of the eight questions he answered were softballs pitched by supporters. The room was less than half full despite Snyder’s press flacks claiming they had turned […]

After facing withering criticism for failing to agree to debate Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mark Schauer, Republican Governor Rick Snyder announced with great fanfare that he was going to do ten town hall meetings where voters could ask him questions. They said Schauer was welcome to tag along if he wanted, and then slammed him with a truly unprofessional insult, calling […]

In case you missed the first Repeal P.A. 4 townhall in Ann Arbor, there is a second one this Monday night in Ypsilanti, Michigan. Date: Monday, July 25, 2011Location: Metropolitan Memorial Full Gospel Baptist Church – 431 Hawkins St., Time: 6:45-8:45. This event is an informational townhall meeting on the effort to repeal Public Act 4 (aka “the Financial Martial […]

This Saturday, from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. is an informational townhall meeting on the effort to repeal the Financial Martial Law Act recently passed by the Republicans in Michigan’s legislature. I will be a featured speaker in the Michigan Forward-sponsored event, talking about the history of the law and what it does. Here are the details from their press […]

Freshman Representative from MI-07 Mark Schauer had a grueling schedule Friday and Saturday last week. He held four town hall meetings in two days to discuss the House’s health care reform bill and to answer questions from his constituents. Schauer, who narrowly defeated the odious fundamentalist über-conservative Tim Walberg in 2008, is in a tough district. While it contains a […]

I have another Huffington Post piece up today. It’s about an amazingly douchey guy from St. Louis named Kenneth Gladney. St. Louis Teabag Protester Lies about Medical Coverage to Solicit “Donations” I’m just sayin’…

Cross-posted at the Daily Kos. I have three major updates to my two Daily Kos Rec List diaries regarding last week’s Rep. John Dingell health care town hall meeting and about Kenneth Gladney, the protestor in St. Louis who claimed not to have health insurance. Executive summary: Kenneth Gladney DOES have health insurance and he’s still collecting money anyway. Mike […]