Michigan

Sharing secrets, bombshell accusations and incompetent enemies + this day in history w/Clinton punishes Iraq and our song of the day by Stickybuds on your Morning Monarchy for June 26, 2018.

DETROIT — The first signs that something was amiss surfaced in the weeks before the 2016 election, when public-health officials began to notice one patient after another walking into a clinic, or hospital emergency room in the Detroit metropolitan area complaining of the same symptoms: nausea and vomiting, pains in their stomach and joints, fatigue, fever, loss of appetite, yellowing of the skin and eyes, dark urine, and pale-colored feces.
It didn’t take long for the medical community to hone in on the culprit: hepatitis A.

The DCCC managed to find itself a Michigan Blue Dog, Gretchen Driskell, to support for Congress. Yesterday we looked at what happens when Blue Dogs get into Congress. The damage they cause is very serious.

A couple of days ago, Michael Keegan, president of People for the American Way, invited me to meet a candidate for the open John Conyers seat in Michigan, Rashida Tlaib. The West Detroit district that goes all the way through Dearborn Heights, Inkster and Romulus to the airport, is one of the bluest in America-- with a PVI of D+33. Obama won it with 85% both times he ran and even Hillary managed to get 79% of the vote.

Blue America's thing has always been House races. Occasionally we stray a little and support people running for Senate, state legislatures and governor-- but not that often. This cycle, for example, we found 4 candidates-- at least so far-- running for governor who are right up our ally.

On the heels of the fifth anniversary of whistleblower Edward Snowden’s disclosure of classified National Security Agency (NSA) documents to journalists, one state legislature has recently taken steps to hold the government agency accountable for its warrantless surveillance programs by making it illegal for state and local governments, including law enforcement and public utilities, to support the NSA’s warrantless spying on American citizens.

Blue America endorsed Michigan gubernatorial candidate Abdul El-Sayed for many reasons and he reconfirmed our faith in him this week with a stunning and common-sense new policy proposal to create a state-level public internet service provider for Michigan, similar to the proposal sta

Selling rights, unjust desserts and the Southwest drought + this day in history w/the Norco shootout and our song of the day by Lilly Hiatt on your Morning Monarchy for May 9, 2018.

For the second year US President Trump skipped the White House Correspondents’ Ball to hold an election style rally with American workers in Michigan.
What did Trump miss by not attending the White House Correspondents’ Ball? Here is just a small sample…

President Trump held a campaign-style rally in Washington, Michigan, on Saturday where the US President said that his meeting with North Korea could happen in as little as 3 to 4 weeks.
“Let’s see how it goes, I think we’re gonna do just fine,” Mr. Trump said.