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Public Service Announcement From a Former(?) Employee of North Lake Correctional Facility
Tuesday , 18, May 2021 COVID_19, GEO Group, Punk Prison 2 CommentsNorth Lake Correctional Facility has been a double-edged sword in Northern Michigan’s side for over two decades. GEO Group can’t keep the for-profit prison open without government contracts, and the local community can’t stay fiscally afloat without the revenue the white elephant produces for them. In 2019 GEO Group announced the millions of dollars donated […]
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 […]
HAUNTINGLY ACCURATE: For-Profit Charter School Insider Cites Up North Progressive in Poison Pen Letter
Wednesday , 31, March 2021 Dr. Ingersoll, Section 16, Uncategorized 3 CommentsUp North Progressive has been quiet lately due to working on a special project while occasionally coming up for air to tweetstorm anything with the hashtag #DefundBergman. Yesterday, Miss Fortune over at Glistening Quivering Underbelly shared a letter she received anonymously. The writer is a member of MAPSA and knows all of the inside dirt […]
Nestlé Sold Ice Mountain to a Private Equity Firm: What fresh hell is coming next
Monday , 22, February 2021 Environment, Michigan Water, Nestlé Leave a commentIf you didn’t hear the news from last week Ice Mountain and all of the other bottled water companies owned by Nestlé will be sold to One Rock Capital Partners for $4.3 billion. The private equity firm will partner with Dean Metropoulos to complete the sale, then Metropoulos will become the CEO. NWNA hasn’t been […]
“We’re not gonna go along to get along anymore”: The Rest of the Hillsdale County GQP Video With Mike Shirkey
Wednesday , 10, February 2021 Election 2020, MAGA, Sad! Leave a commentBy now anyone in Michigan with an internet connection that can stream videos (not many of us up north has that luxury in 2021) watched Mike Shirkey tell three Hillsdale County GQP the “DC thing” was a prearranged staged hoax even Mitch McConnell was in on, and he fantasizes physically assaulting Governor Whitmer. Now that […]
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 […]
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 […]
Friske Farm Market Forced to Stop Exposing Their Staff and Customers to COVID-19: Up North Progressive Suggests a Royal Alternative
Monday , 21, December 2020 COVID_19, MAGA, Sad! 2 CommentsOn December 11, 2020, Rich Friske of Friske Farm Market in Ellsworth released a video statement declaring they are at war for their freedom to disseminate false information about a killer disease and the freedom to continue spreading it to their staff, customers, and everyone else who comes into contact with them. The state of […]