Up North Progressive
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Hope Everyone Enjoyed Their Holiday Weekend
Tuesday , 31, May 2016 Presidential Primary 2016, Sad! Leave a commentBecause it’s Tuesday, which means back to the insanity. Like the idea the evil liberals in California are hiding the water from farmers, or something. Trump pledges to “open up the water” to solve Calif. drought https://t.co/tsNw8mIdo2 pic.twitter.com/qYt6QREX7k — The Hill (@thehill) May 28, 2016
Senate Bill 993: How Tom Casperson Achieved Peak School Bully
Thursday , 26, May 2016 Community, LGBT Rights Leave a commentTom Casperson (R – Hates Nature and Kids) made good on his promise to be the biggest school bully in the state and introduced a bill to discriminate against transgender school children. Senate Bill 993, a bill much like the North Carolina law that’s turned that state into a pariah in the nation would require […]
Michigan’s Summer Free Fishing Weekend is June 11 and 12, 2016
Wednesday , 25, May 2016 Community, DNR Leave a commentThe Michigan Department of Natural Resources invites everyone to enjoy a weekend of free fishing on June 11 and 12, 2016 on all of the state’s lakes and rivers. Residents of the state and nonresidents may fish without purchasing a fishing license that weekend. Other fishing regulations are still enforced. The state has offered free […]
Trump Contradicts Himself Again: Sad! Guns In the Classroom Edition
Sunday , 22, May 2016 Presidential Primary 2016, Sad! Leave a commentCrooked Hillary said that I want guns brought into the school classroom. Wrong! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 22, 2016 The Up North Progressive is far too busy this weekend frolicking in the Northern Michigan forests to care much about politics, but we must be ever vigilant when The Donald once again contradicts himself.
It’s Not Hard to Read the Rules: Throwing a Fit Because You Didn’t Defines the Bernie Bro Learning Curve
Tuesday , 17, May 2016 Elections, Presidential Primary 2016 4 CommentsHow do you know you need to do a better job checking credentials at caucuses this election year? Because the first time you do, you discover the rampant fraud exercised by Bernie Sanders supporters last Saturday in Nevada. People wanting to caucus for Bernie Sanders turned into a violent mob when their tactics went against […]
The Up North Progressive, currently gearing up for another election season of meet the candidate posts noticed something when cruising through the Secretary of State’s unofficial candidate list. Understandably, this is the unofficial list, but the list won’t be made official until after the results of the August 3rd primary and Michigan moves on to […]