Up North Progressive
Politics and commentary for Northern MichiganBlog Archives
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 […]
Alpena News Editorial: It’s time to stop violent threats against our election workers
Thursday , 17, December 2020 Election 2020, Gerrymandering The Vote, MAGA, Sad!, Vote by Mail Leave a commentThis opinion article by Lonnie Scott of Progress Michigan very succinctly describes the issues affecting Michigan post-election. For too long, misinformation about the election results in the most secure election ever conducted has gone mostly unchallenged by Michigan Republicans. Despite no evidence of election fraud taking place in Michigan, Trump voters insist the election was […]
Up North Public Schools are COVID-19 Super-Spreader Sites and It’s Time to Shut Them Down
Tuesday , 27, October 2020 COVID_19, Section 16 Leave a commentIf there has ever been a more irresponsible act during the COVID pandemic it’s attempting to keep Michigan public schools open. The Republicans successfully stripped the Governor of her executive authority to keep the citizens of Michigan safe and cases are on the rise. People refuse to wear masks in enclosed spaces and social distancing […]
Michigan Supreme Court Unanimously Orders the State of Michigan to Return Hundreds of Millions of Dollars in Pay Illegally Taken from Teachers
Wednesday , 20, December 2017 Bill Schuette, Nerd Problems, Section 16 1 CommentThe Michigan Supreme Court ruled 6 – 0 on December 20, 2017 an unconstitutional law that stripped three percent of teacher pay from Michigan’s public school teachers must be returned. The unconstitutional law imposed by the Republican-controlled State Legislature and Republican Governor Rick Snyder stole over $550 million from teachers’ paychecks in another move to […]
There Was A Time When Bigots Supported Gender Nonspecific Public Toilets
Wednesday , 4, May 2016 Community, LGBT Rights Leave a commentThe Consequences of Voting For People With An ‘R’ Next To Their Name
Thursday , 20, August 2015 Section 16 Leave a commentThis is why it’s really important to take the time to answer that survey posted to this blog earlier this week. Religious fundamentalists, tea party morons and corporate interests certainly will make sure their voices are heard, then Michigan’s children will be taught things like the Civil War had nothing to do with slavery, the […]
Voter Apathy Hasn’t Changed in 30 Years and Neither Has the Reason Why
Tuesday , 14, July 2015 Elections, Gerrymandering The Vote, Vote By Mail Petition Leave a commentIn an editorial published in the New York Times on November 25, 1988, entitled, “One Reason Voters Didn’t Vote”, the argument was made that people stayed home simply because they weren’t registered to vote. According to a New York Times/CBS News post-election survey, they tended to be younger, poorer and less educated than voters. Why […]
Finally, the midterm election is over and you know what that means – the news can stop screaming about ISIS and Ebola 24/7. That will be a relief, because the constant barrage of YOU’RE GONNA DIE OF BEHEADING BY TERRORISTS WHILE YOU’RE SHITTING BLOOD was really becoming tedious. I know for a fact I am […]