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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, […]
Embezzlement Kickbacks and Overcharging Mileage: Lee Chatfield is Back in the News
Tuesday , 16, April 2024 LGBT Rights, Michigan Republicans, MIGOP 1 CommentIt seems only a year ago that a former Republican Speaker of the State House was found guilty of taking bribes for medical marijuana dispensary licenses. That’s because it is! Today, Attorney General Dana Nessel read the charges against Lee Chatfield and his wife in Lansing. Both are charged with misusing social welfare account contributions […]
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, […]
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 […]
@MIGOP the Party of Lies: Annette Glenn Takes a Page From Her Husband’s Campaign Playbook With Fake @MIPOAM Endorsement
Friday , 2, November 2018 Candidates, Election 2018 Leave a commentIt’s certainly not on the same level as dead movie stars rising from the grave to campaign for you or your 19-year-old campaign manager cooking up fake tales of it came from the internet to discredit your opponent, but this one is still pretty terrible. Sarah Schulz, the next Representative of the 98th State House […]
Remember when you were a kid and someone at school decided they didn’t like you, then they told all your friends not to like you either and suddenly nobody liked you? This is more or less what the Michigan GOP is going through right now leading into their convention. The guy no one is allowed […]