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Politics and commentary for Northern MichiganMonthly Archives:
Patriot Meetings at the old Gander Mountain: What they didn’t discuss at the Grand Traverse County Commissioner’s Meeting
Thursday , 28, January 2021 MAGA, Sad!, Trumpenreich Leave a commentOver five hours of public comment today couldn’t oust Ron Clous or Rob Hentschel from the Grand Traverse County Board of Commissioners. Ron never apologized for brandishing a weapon while Keli MacIntosh spoke during the public comment period of the January 20, 2021 Board of Commissioners meeting. While nothing was accomplished during the main event, […]
Mothballed Wolf Management Advisory Council to Reassemble
Thursday , 28, January 2021 DNR, Upper Peninsula, Wolf Hunt Leave a commentOn October 29, 2020, insurrection provocateur Donald Trump ordered the gray wolf delisted from the Endangered Species Act. The Department of the Interior announced the gray wolf successfully recovered and it was time to allow states and tribes to manage wolf populations again. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources, which struggled to protect wolves living […]
Domestic Terrorism is the New Republican Patriotism: Grand Traverse County Board of Commissioners
Monday , 25, January 2021 Election 2020, Elections, Gerrymandering The Vote, Gun Reform, MAGA, Michigan Republicans, Sad! 1 CommentTwo weeks after the Trump-fueled domestic terrorist attack against the United States Capitol in Washington, DC, national attention is back on Michigan. This time, Grand Traverse County Commissioner Ron Clous responded to a constituent’s request by committing an act of terrorism during the Board of Commissioners’ meeting on January 20, 2021. The request that motivated […]
Words of Truth for Martin Luther King’s Birthday
Monday , 18, January 2021 Community Leave a commentThis clip is from an interview titled “New Phase of the Civil Rights Struggle. Dr. King’s words are just as true today as they were in 1967.
It’s time for Michigan to clean house of seditious and treasonous #MAGA trash
Monday , 11, January 2021 Election 2020, MAGA, Trumpenreich Leave a commentWhat happened on Wednesday, January 6, 2021, was a terrorist attack on our nation’s Capitol. It must be treated as such and prosecute everyone involved. Over the past four days, social media has used images and locations in and around the Capitol to ID the terrorists involved with the attack on Congress. Reports to the […]
Betsy DeVos feigns indignation for Trump in resignation but we’re not buying it
Thursday , 7, January 2021 Uncategorized Leave a commentThe Queen of fear and loathing of all things public education decided that Trump’s January 6 attempted insurrection was just too much and tendered her resignation tonight. Whatever. From the moment the Fat Orange Bitch announced Betsy paid enough money to be Secretary of Education, a position she had absolutely no experience or basic understanding […]
No Jack, the Upper Peninsula will not freeze when Governor Whitmer shuts down Line 5
Saturday , 2, January 2021 COVID_19, Enbridge Line 5, Environment, Upper Peninsula Leave a commentSelf-declared thorn in Governor Whitmer’s side Jack O’Malley (R – It’s really complicated!) in a matter of hours went from declaring full and complete investigations into all alleged election fraud in Michigan to declaring full and complete support of keeping Enbridge Line 5 open else the Upper Peninsula will become a frozen wasteland. Jack even […]