Detroit

Baseball games are fun, inflation is not. The Maui electric company says that they din’t start the fire, which makes us wonder who did? Was Lahaina a soft Kill Box? Government control during emergencies never …

UPDATED 17/02/23 to include details of previous train derailments [skip] It has been reported, in just the last hour, that there had been a major train derailment near Van Buren Township, just outside Detroit, Michigan: 🚨#BREAKING: Multiple authorities are responding to a massive train derailment outside of Detroit ⁰⁰📌#Vanburen | #Michigan⁰ Currently multiple authorities are …

The lawsuit claims the protests “have repeatedly turned violent, endangering the lives of police and the public,” and contends that law enforcement officers sustained injuries that included “cracked vertebrae, lacerations, and concussions."

Bernie did really well in Detroit Sunday afternoon. The audience was very enthusiastic as he explained the platform he was running on. And one of the planks he spoke about was marijuana legalization. His key points:

RT | May 18, 2019 Georgetown researchers are warning Americans about a sophisticated real-time face surveillance system that’s about to become an “imminent reality” for millions of citizens across the country. The ‘America Under Watch’ report is a warning that authorities in select US cities may soon be able to pick you out from a […]

I thought Rashida Tlaib was out choosing furniture for her new office in DC. After all, she won the 6-person August 7th primary and there is no Republican running next week. And why should one? The PVI is D+32 and Hillary eviscerated Trump 78.8% to 18.1%.

DETROIT — Nearly 50,000 students headed back to school in Detroit, Michigan will be greeted by bottled water this year in lieu of traditional drinking fountains and water faucets, after tests showed elevated levels of lead and copper in the water.

(MEMO) — Rashida Tlaib is set to become the first Palestinian-American Congresswoman following her victory in the primary election for Michigan’s 13th Congressional District. The 42-year-old daughter of Palestinian father born in Jerusalem and mother born in Ramallah, Tlaib is virtually guaranteed to become the first Muslim woman in Congress. She will run unopposed in November’s […]

Blood moons, ancient boulders and smashed stars + this day in history w/the Napster injunction and our song of the day by Death Cab for Cutie on your Morning Monarchy for July 26, 2018.

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.