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Support the Shutdown of Enbridge Line 5 This Week
Tuesday , 11, May 2021 Enbridge Line 5, Michigan Water Leave a commentTomorrow and Thursday, May 12 and 13, 2021, groups working to protect the Great Lakes and put an end to the threat Enbridge Line 5 poses have events happening in Lansing and Mackinac City. The deadline to shut down Enbridge Line 5 is tomorrow, May 12, 2021. Enbridge insists they will ignore Governor Whitmer’s orders […]
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 […]
Lets School The Friske Family About What is a Red Herring
Wednesday , 2, September 2020 COVID_19 1 CommentUp North Progressive loves reader comments, even the critical ones. From Gary Glenn complaining about the cropped image of him used with an article with a famous person, to former employees of convicted felon Dr. Steve Ingersoll sharing their experiences working in his for-profit charter schools. Sometimes reader comments are too good to be left […]
How to Concern-Troll Governor Whitmer During a Pandemic With @MIGOP Scripted Talking Points
Sunday , 5, April 2020 MAGA, Michigan Republicans, Michigan Women, Sad! Leave a commentYou would think during this troubling time Republicans and Democratic Party politicians could put partisan issues aside and together fight the COVID-19 pandemic currently devastating our state. Governor Gretchen Whitmer has been in office for about 15 months. She’s made tough decisions nobody likes to protect the people of Michigan. Our Governor also has to […]
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel Issues Opinion On Lame Duck Enbridge Line 5 “Tunnel” Law
Thursday , 28, March 2019 Enbridge Line 5, Environment 1 CommentToday in Lansing Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel gave her official legal opinion on the constitutionality of PA 359, the law that creates a Straits Corridor Authority with the job of servicing Enbridge’s desire to continue pumping oil through an aging pipeline for the next 100 years. The purpose of the act was to create […]