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Take These Steps to Protect Yourself From ICE
Saturday , 13, July 2019 Community, Sad!, Trumpenreich Leave a commentRemember: If they don’t have a warrant SIGNED BY A JUDGE it is not valid!
@CoreCivic and @WeAreGeo Tug of War: North Lake Correctional Facility Has a Future (Again)
Friday , 3, May 2019 GEO Group, Punk Prison 4 CommentsIn the world of for-profit incarceration, one company’s loss is another company’s gain. GEO Group announced on May 2, 2019, their successful contract bid with the Federal Bureau of Prisons to house 5,000 prisoners for the next ten years. CoreCivic, formerly CCA, issued a statement the day before the Federal Bureau of Prisons ended a […]
State Senator Curt VanderWall and the Incredible Horrible No Good Bill to Inflict More Pain and Suffering on Expectant Mothers: He’s Not Alone
Friday , 22, March 2019 Abortion, Michigan Women, Religious Fundamentalism 1 CommentLet’s get one thing sorted right way: Pregnant women carry a FETUS. A fetus is a fertilized egg that has reached 8 weeks of development. There are lots of other terms that describe the stages of pregnancy such as zygote, embryo, fetus, neonate, and so on. THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS AN UNBORN CHILD. […]
Michigan Department of Health and Human Services Will Issue Food Assistance Benefits Early Due to Trump Shutdown
Monday , 14, January 2019 Community Leave a commentResidents of Michigan who rely on food assistance benefits for nutrition will receive their February benefits early. The release date is January 19, 2019. Anyone not receiving benefits on that day will receive their February benefits on the following week. The USDA authorized states to issue food assistance early due to the Trump government shut […]
OOPS All Grift! Taxpayers Pay $19 Million for Betsy DeVos’s Superfluous Armed Security
Friday , 16, November 2018 Sad! Leave a commentTrump promised to drain the swamp when he went to Washington. So far, the swamp has been relocated to his cabinet and gradually draining back into their civilian jobs. The most recent kicked to the curb was Attorney General Jeff “Keebler lost an elf” Sessions. Currently, scrutiny over Ryan Zinke’s undocumented meetings on company time […]
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 […]
Something Something Train Wreck Can’t Look Away … SAD!
Wednesday , 7, February 2018 Sad!, Trumpenreich, Trumptardistan Leave a commentLet’s All Enjoy a Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos Moment
Friday , 20, October 2017 Religious Fundamentalism, Sad!, Section 16, Trumpenreich Leave a commentAlright everyone, play some relaxing meditative music, maybe light a few candles to set the mood. Find a comfy chair to relax in and close your eyes as you begin to visualize what it’s like to be a billionaire who bought her way into a cabinet seat in the United States Federal Government. You’re sitting […]
Kalkaska Village Council Special Meeting Set for July 19, 2017
Saturday , 15, July 2017 Community, Kalkaska 1 CommentThe Kalkaska Village Council will hold a special meeting on Wednesday, July 19, 2017, to discuss the economic impact of Village President Jeff Sieting’s social media hate speech on area businesses. Sieting’s support of Trump and his calls for genocide against a religious faith are not the first time racist speech or actions came to […]