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Over 50 Organizations Say No in Reopening Michigan For-Profit GEO Group Prison as an ICE Detention Center
Monday , 26, September 2022 COVID_19, GEO Group, Punk Prison 1 CommentIn four days, GEO Group’s North Lake Correctional Facility once again will close. The for-profit prison in search of a prison population lost its contract through President Biden’s January 2021 executive order to not use private prisons for federal detainees. US Congressmen John Moolenar and Bill Huizenga, in June of 2022, proposed to convert the […]
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 […]
Runnin’ Scared: The Huizenga Sleaze Train Makes a Stop in Ludington on Election Day Eve
Monday , 5, November 2018 Election 2018 Leave a commentHow do you know an incumbent career politician is running scared over his ability to hold his seat in the US House of Representatives the day before an election? He sends his staff off to the back forty of his district where he seldom if ever treads and in a last-ditch effort to scare people […]
@RepHuizenga to Grace Lake County with His Presence Saturday, February 25, 2017
Wednesday , 22, February 2017 Community, Obamacare Leave a commentGood news everyone! Bill Huizenga’s going to be in Baldwin on Saturday, February 25, 2017, at Baldwin High School to meet with District Two constituents in Lake County: Today, Congressman Huizenga announced he will be holding a stop on his listening tour for residents of the Second District in Lake County on Saturday, February 25th […]
The Good News and Bad News About Record High Temperatures in Northern Michigan
Saturday , 18, February 2017 DNR, Environment Leave a commentTwo times a year, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources offers a free fishing weekend for people who would like to fish without a license and hopefully give people who have never fished the opportunity to discover how fun fishing can be. The winter fishing weekend is this weekend, and with temperatures in Northern Michigan […]
U.S. House Rep Huizenga Advocates for Felony Child Abuse: Think of the Poor Providers
Thursday , 22, December 2016 Community, Obamacare Leave a commentIf you don’t have the privilege of receiving the Huizenga Huddle in your email inbox, You’re missing out on all the Michigan District 2 News from the guy who makes it happen. Here’s just a small sample of everything Bill Huizenga’s been doing to prepare for Trump’s inauguration: This week, the Electoral College officially voted […]
Michigan 2nd US Congressional District Debate: Dean Vanderstelt and Bill Huizenga
Friday , 17, October 2014 Candidates Leave a commentThis debate took place on Monday, October 13, 2014.
What The Financials Really Tell Us About Michigan Congressional District #2
Monday , 21, July 2014 Candidates Leave a commentBill Huizenga and Dean Vanderstelt disclosed campaign fund raising to the Federal Election Commission. Huizenga raised nearly a million dollars, while Vanderstelt raised twenty thousand. On the surface, the money may appear to favor Huizenga, but it’s important to pay attention from whom the candidates receive their money. Bill Huizenga is running for a third […]