Flint

America Beer, Starbucks National Park and Corporate Doughnuts + this day in history w/Knights Templars burned and our song of the day by Wire on your Morning Monarchy for May 11, 2016.

Obama drinks a glass of Flint water...kinda.
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'Alien' day, cyberbombs and forever batteries + this day in history w/Chernobyl and our song of the day by John Carpenter on your Morning Monarchy for April 26, 2016.

Three Michigan officials were charged last Wednesday for their roles in the Flint water crisis. The charges were announced just a day after a federal judge tossed out a $150 million class action lawsuit over the lead-contaminated water, saying the courts lacked jurisdiction.

Master Prince, streaming lawsuits and admiring art + this day in history w/Earth Day and our song of the day by The Range on your Morning Monarchy for April 22, 2016.

Life expectancy, occasional treats and the clean fifteen + this day in history w/Deepwater and our song of the day by Brass Bed on your Morning Monarchy for April 20, 2016.

In the wake of the Flint water crisis, two more deaths from Legionnaires’ disease have been confirmed, bringing the total up from 10 to 12. In 2014 and 2015, the state found 91 cases of this illness. It is believed that at least half of the cases are associated with the recent water crisis, though at this time they are still uncertain. [1] [2]
Eden Wells, M.D., Chief Medical Executive with the MDHHS, said:

Links to the Flint water crisis couldn't have come at a worse time for Hillary.
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You don't hear Snyder's name mentioned much any more as a plausible running mate for any like-minded Republicans-- he'd be perfect for Kasich-- but Michigan Governor Rick Snyder still isn't in prison or, as far as I know, even charged with a crime. And you know what that means: when they get away with it and there's no accountability, it grants permission for Republicans to just keep on poisoning the children of the poor and powerless.

Republican venture capital billionaire Bruce Rouner invested $26 million out of his own pocket and raised far more than that from 9 other right-wing oligarchs like sociopathic billionaire and Rahm Emanuel ally Ken Griffin, to buy the Illinois gover