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Politics and commentary for Northern MichiganSharing Some Thoughts With Congressman John Moolenaar
Wednesday , 20, December 2023 Constitutional Sheriffs, Election 2024, Gotion, MAGA, Michigan Republicans 2 Comments
United States Congressman John Moolenaar (R-中国; 中國) loves to misinform his constituents. His emails, media ad buys, and social media are rife with outright lies. His devotion to lying makes it curious that in his email dated December 18, 2023, he explains he voted ‘Yea’ to open an impeachment investigation for President Biden on December 13, 2023, because he wants to “uncover the facts.”
Moolenaar doesn’t share what any of those ‘facts’ could be in the email, but he does reach out for constituent comments. The subject of the email is “Do You Support Impeachment?”
Guaranteed, if anyone bothers to click that link and complete the survey, no one will read it. Engaging with John Moolenaar in any way is also pointless and counterproductive. The more you pay attention to him, the more people think what he says matters. Moolenaar’s survey does ask, “Share Your Thoughts,” so why not? Just don’t do it there. Moolenaar couldn’t care less what you think.
The best way to share thoughts about this lying sack is on your platform. Therefore, here are Up North Progressive’s thoughts about Seditious Prick John Moolenaar and all of the lies he tells you.
John Moolenaar, with 105 others, signed the Amicus Brief in support of Texas’s lawsuit to invalidate the 2020 election results. If the Supreme Court had voted in favor of this case, John Moolenaar’s victory would have been invalidated. Maybe he didn’t think that through.
In 2023, however, Moolenaar doubled down on “the 2020 election was stolen” rhetoric by inviting Constitutional Sheriff Kim Cole to attend the State of the Union Address as his guest. It doesn’t take much to guess Moolenaar’s motivation for impeaching President Biden.
Moolenaar’s congressional conduct goes beyond the 2020 election. John Moolenaar is actively working to defund the WHO because …? In March 2023, Moolenaar told Health and Human Services Secretary Yellen that if the COVID emergency is over, $90 billion in ARPA funds should be used to pay down the national debt instead of funding veteran pensions. Moolenaar is well-known for claiming he supports veterans.
Moolenaar’s voting record is a laundry list of his blatant lying. From voting in favor of resolutions to denounce the horrors of socialism to the Save Our Gas Stoves Act to voting no to eject fellow habitual liar George Santos, Moolenaar votes to support his falsehoods instead of what the people of the Second Congressional District need—you know, like jobs.
John Moolenaar has lied the loudest about the Gotion battery plant coming to Big Rapids, Michigan. With a business willing to go to a job-starved region of the state with billions in investments for the community and over 2000 jobs, you would think that in a state with 50 Chinese co-owned businesses operating, that one more wouldn’t matter. According to Moolenaar, this one factory will not only force employees to join the Chinese Communist Party, but it will also be a spy base for the Chinese military to keep tabs on Camp Grayling 100 miles to the north. Scary things like spying, stealing technology, then kicking the Americans out of business, and ultimately, intelligence gathering for the ultimate goal of the Chinese – declare war on the United States – are the goals of the Gotion battery plant.
Ironically, John Moolenaar appeared in a video created by the EV Taxpayer Task Force. The YouTube channel and website can be traced back to a company based in France called Avisa Partners. One of their partners is Syngenta, based in…. wait for it …. China!
How much Chinese money did John Moolenaar receive to appear in that video? Did John Moolenaar have to join the CCP first? Perhaps we must extend Moolenaar’s anti-Chinese legislation to include John Moolenaar’s activities.
Just scratching the surface of the thoughts Up North Progressive would love to share with John Moolenaar.
The Beginner’s Primer to Running For Public Office: Online Platform
Saturday , 25, November 2023 Candidates, Election 2024 Leave a comment
So, you’ve decided to run for public office. Wonderful. You’ve committed the next 12 to 24 months to campaign staff strategy meetings, public appearances, media interviews, and meeting your future constituents face-to-face. It would help if you listened to what they had to say.
That means time spent knocking on doors, holding coffee cloches, meet and greets, attending events, etc. You will have little time for family as you travel to every township hall, political party office, holiday parades, tables at the fair, and fundraisers. Especially fundraisers.
The modern political candidate’s platform includes an online presence. It’s unthinkable even to consider a campaign without an internet platform. This is where you will outline your background, a list of issues you will focus on once elected, endorsements from organizations (lots and lots and lots of questionnaires), keep future constituents informed about your campaign, public appearances, and contact information so people can volunteer to help. You will need lots of help.
An online platform consists of a website, a secure email client, a dedicated campaign email address, and accounts on as many social media platforms as you can manage. You will likely need a team of tech-savvy folks to work that part of your campaign.
But once you have that all set up, you’re ready to rock. Here’s a list of all the neat things you can do with your online platform:
Please make sure the person running your social media is such a self-centered, narcissistic egomaniac they make Donald Trump look magnanimous. This will be important when said pathological narcissist uses your social media to promote and stroke their ego, post the same nonsense on your platform they post on theirs, and even use the account that has your name on it to troll and flame-war anyone who disagrees with them. If people who encounter your social media were on the fence about who to vote for before, they sure as hell will make their choice now, thanks to your online platform manager. Bonus tip: When your egomaniac social media volunteer blocks party members from seeing your social media, the votes for you will reflect that professional move.
But that’s what your campaign staff can do for you. What about you? How can you use social media to win the hearts and minds of your voters?
Scroll through future constituents’ posts with your judgmental attitude dialed to eleven. When you find a post you disapprove of, leave a profanity-laced comment on it to let the author know how much you support their content.
Afterward, head over to your social media profile and let your inner Karen bloom into a rant about how disgusted you are with people sharing content with their families and friends. Stomp all over that proud parent’s offspring’s accomplishment, comparing it to the Palestinian genocide. Sarcastically include a droll comment about learning how to hunt for when the zombie apocalypse begins. Kill all the joy registered voters felt; after all, you’re running for political office. This will establish rapport with voters who will not forget your unsolicited opinion when they go to the polls.
Remember, you only need a majority of votes cast to win. How you run your online platform – the part of your campaign outreach that will provide the first and most lasting impression of your candidacy with most voters – will be the part that will make or break your hopes of winning the election. Choose wisely.
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16 Fake Electors Receive Felony Charges in Michigan: 2020 election hindsight
Wednesday , 19, July 2023 Candidates, Election 2020, MAGA, Sad! Leave a comment
When the news broke yesterday afternoon that Attorney General Dana Nessel filed criminal charges against 16 fake electors who tried to overturn the 2020 election in Michigan illegally, the first name that popped into the Up North Progressive’s head was Gary Eisen.
Gary Eisen was the old 81st State House district rep in 2020. He signed the amicus brief for the dead-in-the-water Texas lawsuit that went to the Supreme Court. On the morning of December 14, 2020, he also had a radio interview with Lansing AM station WPHM. During this interview, Eisen hinted that the Michigan Republicans would use their constitutional plenary powers to toss a “hail mary” at the state capitol that day. He also said live on air, “Nope,” when asked if he could assure there would be no violence at the capitol.
We all know what happened next:
After the radio interview, the State Legislature punished Gary Eisen by stripping him of his committee assignments for the few remaining hours of the 2020 legislative session.
As we watched this group of people march to the capitol on December 14, 2020, only to be denied entry into the closed building, people wondered why Republicans kept trying to undermine an election that was ruled the most above-board free and fair election ever executed.
We found out a few weeks later the lengths Republicans would go to steal the 2020 election from the people who won – including the Republicans who won seats – because a narcissistic sociopathic septuagenarian insisted on lying that the election was rigged. Michigan’s 16 fake electors were part of a multi-step Republican plan.
That septuagenarian will be charged with more felonies soon.
About damn time. It will be good to see everyone else involved with the criminal conspiracy go down with him.
The best part of these MIGOP MAGAPalooza events is how many people bothered to attend.
The first 15 seconds of this video are all you need to see. 
It’s been three years. He lost.
This is the VIP keynote speaker Riley Gaines at yesterday’s big MIGOP MAGAPalooza rally at the Mecosta County Fairgrounds in Big Rapids. This is the person most people show up to hear speak. More people are standing on that flatbed trailer stage than listening to her in the hot sun in a field of dust.
So what is this TERF’s beef with transgender women? In 2022, Gaines competed in an NCAA swimming competition for the University of Kentucky. She tied for fifth place with a swimmer from Penn State named Lia Thomas. Thomas was within 100th of a second faster and was given the trophy, and they informed Gaines she would receive her award in the mail, as they only had one fifth-place award available to hand out.
“ALL GUTS, NO … “
On May 22, 2023, Governor Whitmer signed the long-awaited package of bills that included the Extreme Risk Protection Order, better known as the red flag law. This new legislation will allow law enforcement to temporarily confiscate firearms from individuals who show they may want to harm themselves or others. The Governor signed another package of common sense gun laws a month that require safe storage and registration of firearms.
So why are the Michigan GOP, ammosexuals, TERFs, and anti-woke people gathering in Big Rapids on June 3, 2023?
Commie battery factories are all the things to hate in Big Rapids, Michigan. Add it to the pile of things Chuds hate about democracy. Like reading books, using a public bathroom, not canceling brands because they slapped a rainbow on something, letting women make their own health care choices … you know, freedom.
That’s why the chuds decided this Saturday, June 3, 2023, would be a great time to combine their rages into a single place and scream about it as Big Rapids is ground zero for hating commie batteries. There is nothing like feeding all of your hate into one place. There’s a slight chance of thunderstorms forecast for that day, so maybe the gods will do the needful.
And look at this line-up! Ryan “arrested by the FBI” Kelley, Riley “Real Female” Gaines, and Phil “phony Viking” Robinson! Someone should keep track of how many times he screams “ODIN” for no good reason.
But that’s just for June; what about July? On July 19, Magapalooza moves to the state capitol in Lansing. The group involved is doing a slo-mo reveal of the special guest speakers. So far, Kyle Rottenhouse and CSPOA Oath Keeper founder and the guy who has difficulty keeping his hands out of chud money Richard Mack are confirmed. There’s lots of teasing that two other high-profile guest speakers will be announced soon.
It’s not just commie battery factories and female athletes placing FIFTH in an NCAA swimming competition; the ammosexuals are pissed as hell that Michigan is now a state working to protect innocent people who want to go to school, shop, go to the theater, public venues, etc., and perhaps not get shot. Never mind that most Michiganders want these gun protections. Y’All Qaeda demands we live under the threat of violent death, living our lives for their “shall not be infringed” right to own assault weapons and modifications that transform other firearms into assault weapons.
There’s just so much to frothing at the mouth hate in Michigan these days, don’t be surprised if Magapalooza comes to your community soon.
Up North Progressive at the Michigan Rural Democratic Summit
Saturday , 8, April 2023 Community, Upper Peninsula Leave a comment
The first Michigan Rural Democratic Summit is taking place April 13 through 15, 2023, at the Kewadin Hotel in Sault Ste Marie, Michigan, and Up North Progressive will be there!
The Summit is the first of its kind.
The Purpose of the Summit is to bring together all stakeholders working to turn rural Michigan blue/bluer to coordinate and collaborate on their work for the 2023-2024 cycle and beyond.
If you didn’t register for the event yet, it’s already full! For more information, contact the Rural Caucus of the Michigan Democratic Party.
Michigan’s Constitutional Sheriff Problem
Tuesday , 4, April 2023 Constitutional Sheriffs, COVID_19, Gun Reform, MAGA 1 Comment
As of this writing, our new ungerrymandered democratically elected state legislature is working hard to pass common-sense firearm legislation that will help keep people safe. The final bill package still needing the Governor’s signature is the extreme risk protection order or “red flag” law. This law would allow local law enforcement to remove firearms from a person’s home and express a desire to harm others using their guns.
Red flag laws are effective and have the approval of the United States Supreme Court. Unfortunately, these laws may not be enforced in some parts of the state. Many county sheriffs in the United States call themselves “constitutional” sheriffs, which they claim gives them the authority to ignore common sense gun legislation.
Constitutional sheriffs belong to the Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association, and this nationwide group has thousands of members. The CSPOA was founded by an Oath Keeper named Richard Mack, and Mack has affiliations with Posse Comitatus, The Christian Identity Movement, and the militia movement.
How do you know if your sheriff belongs to this club? The CSPOA does not publish a public list of members, but there are ways to find out. Some proudly announce they are members, and some like to wear CSPOA swag. Some of them even list their membership on their LinkedIn profile. Another way to find out is to check and see if your county adopted an unenforceable, legally nonbinding 2A sanctuary county resolution with the endorsement of the local county sheriff. Finally, did your county sheriff refuse to enforce state COVID guidelines during the pandemic? They are likely a member of the “posse.” There are even sheriff candidates who are already members of the CSPOA.
The fundamental belief of CSPOA posse members is that they are the highest law enforcement authority in the United States. Richard Mack borrowed this concept from Henry Lamont Beach. Beach was a white supremacist going back to the Silver Shirts days. He wrote a pamphlet known as the “Blue Book.” This book falsely claims the county sheriff has the authority to ignore any law he doesn’t want to enforce. The Blue Book also describes a posse of armed county citizens who can work in place of the sheriff and even make arrests. This is where the idea of “citizen militias” comes from. All “constitutional” sheriffs have a group of armed citizens working with them.
Richard Mack hasn’t been doing much with the CSPOA lately, focusing more on stealing money from the ivermectin pushers.
Michigan will have laws that effectively work to prevent mass shootings. However, those laws are only effective when enforced by state and local law enforcement. Constitutional sheriffs have had decades to entrench themselves into communities and convince local Democratic Parties to vote for them. The Democratic Party-controlled state government will need to address this problem if they want the new laws to be enforced everywhere in Michigan.
Ron DeSantis is Coming to Michigan on April 6: Help Women of Michigan Action Network Welcome Him
Monday , 27, March 2023 Community Leave a comment
Suppose you find your calendar accessible on the morning of April 6, 2023, or you can clear your calendar. In that case, you might consider heading to Midland and helping the Women of Michigan Action Network welcome Governor Ron DeSantis (R – Hates books, kids, women, drag queens, Disney, etc.) to the state or, as the excellent Distill Social calls Michigan, AntiFla.
Meatball Ron (of all the stupid names Trump tried out to bully DeSantis, this one is the best) is the guest of honor at a private breakfast in Midland on Thursday morning, April 6. WOMAN wants to give him the welcome he deserves.
Click HERE to sign up. Once registered, you will receive the event’s location and where to park. WOMAN asks participants to bring cleverly worded signs, drag queens, rainbow-themed things, and a positive attitude.
To learn more about Women of Michigan Action Network, visit their website and Facebook page, where they list more events or email WomanActionNetwork98@gmail.com.