Up North Progressive
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BREAKING NEWS: @MIGOP State House Rep Neil Friske Arrested!
Thursday , 20, June 2024 Election 2024, Gun Reform, MAGA, MIGOP, Religious Fundamentalism 1 CommentUPDATE! STATE REP NEIL FRISKE MET THE ADULT DANCER AT DEJA VU. State news reporting today that Republican State House Rep Neil Friske of the 107th has been sitting in a Lansing, MI, jail since early Thursday morning. Major news outlets so far say the reason is undisclosed at this time. State Rep. Neil Friske, […]
A Children’s Treasury of WTF is Going On With the @MIGOP: Great Schism Unlocked
Monday , 15, January 2024 Election 2024, Sad! Leave a commentIn case you pay no attention to local politics (and you really should), the Michigan Republican Party seems to be in disarray. Since Kristine “f*** it! I’ll kill us all!” Karamo came under fire for allegedly mishandling funds and the abysmal Mackinac Island hoedown, the MIGOP, who can’t gather anywhere without a fight breaking out, […]
Dying for Trump’s Election Profits: O’Malley and VanderWall Conspire With Four Sheriffs to Commit Pre-Meditated Murder
Wednesday , 15, April 2020 Community, Election 2020, Governor Gretchen Whitmer, MAGA, Sad!, Trumpenreich 1 CommentThis is one of those days when Up North Progressive throws 400 words away because everything has changed with the passage of hours instead of days. What’s going on in Northern Michigan can only be described as disgusting. Today the sheriffs of four counties in the northern lower peninsula of Michigan issued a press release […]
The Internet Pushes Dog Whistle Racism Mainstream and the @GOP and @MIGOP Embrace It
Sunday , 28, October 2018 Election 2018, Sad! Leave a commentI promise you that I’m much smarter than Jonathan Leibowitz – I mean Jon Stewart @TheDailyShow. Who, by the way, is totally overrated. — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 24, 2013 Not even 24 hours after the MAGAbomber was captured in Plantation, Florida, an antisemite in Pittsburgh walked into a synagogue and murdered 11 people […]
Michigan’s Republican Welfare Drug Tests Successful at Wasting Taxpayer Money for No Good Reason
Thursday , 23, June 2016 Community, Nerd Problems 2 CommentsJust like every other state in the country that passed a ‘test welfare recipients for illegal drugs’ law, Michigan successfully wasted taxpayer money testing 303 welfare recipients and found 0 positive tests. This is consistent with other states that also passed drug test people on welfare laws, and successfully wasted taxpayer money testing people who […]
Peach Jam and Green Beans Are The Perfect Distraction From the Allegan-Lapeer Tea Party Trash Circus
Monday , 17, August 2015 Religious Fundamentalism, Tea Party, Tealiban Leave a commentIt’s been a week since there was an update posted to the blog. The Up North Progressive’s been busy. This is the time of year when Michigan farmers’ markets and roadside stands all scream “PEACHESBLUEBERRIESSWEETCORN” to passersby, and that means it’s time to freeze and can. Blueberries, peach jam and green beans are going into […]
Dave Agema’s About To Be Voted Off The RNC Island: The Tea Party Circles The Wagons
Thursday , 15, January 2015 Tea Party, Tealiban Leave a commentSo tomorrow the Republican National Committee will begin the process of removing homophobic racist “goat killer” Dave Agema from his seat because he didn’t get the memo after the 2012 presidential election that the GOP really needs to rebrand their image if they ever want to win a presidential election ever again. ALEC-sponsored vote-rigging laws […]
Tea Party Candidate Seeks MIGOP Leadership Promising Change We Can Believe In
Sunday , 11, January 2015 Tea Party, Tealiban 4 CommentsFour people so far have thrown their symbolic hat into the ring to be the next chairperson of the Michigan Republican Party. Of the four, one Northern Michigan resident is among them – Joel Poynter of Lake County. Poynter was born and raised in Roseville and worked as an engineer for Dephi. In his introduction […]
Republicans With Bad Ideas: Michigan Electoral Vote Edition
Wednesday , 19, November 2014 Candidates 5 CommentsOf all the stupid ideas Michigan Republicans want to consider for the 2016 election, it doesn’t get much more obtuse than splitting electoral votes based on how people vote in congressional districts. Republican Pete Lund’s House Bill 5974 according to him would make Michigan more competitive and popular for presidential candidates. He thinks by splitting […]
Charlevoix Police Blind To Hate Symbols When It Happens To Democrats
Thursday , 25, September 2014 Community Leave a commentWhen Kris Busk arrived at Charlevoix Democratic Party headquarters on September 21, she found both signs defaced with a Neo-Nazi symbol. Busk called the police to have them investigate, however Chief of Police Gerald Doan “just doesn’t see it,” meaning to him, this isn’t a hate crime, it’s just a random act of vandalism, and […]