COULD THE STATE LEGISLATURES IN MICHIGAN, PENNSYLVANIA, WISCONSIN, FLORIDA, NORTH CAROLINA, AND ARIZONA SELECT THEIR STATES’ ELECTORS FOR PRESIDENT, OVERRIDING THE ELECTION RESULTS HELD ON NOVEMBER 3? A U.S. SUPREME COURT DECISION ON AN HISTORIC MICHIGAN CASE BACK IN 1892 MAY HOLD THE KEY! A recent article in The Atlantic magazine raised the question of […]
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MICHIGAN COULD DECIDE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, BUT NOT FOR THE REASON YOU THINK
COMPASSION COMES TO LANSING, BUT ARE THERE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES?
Lost in the shuffle in this most tumultuous political year so far in the 21st Century is a package of bills in the Michigan Legislature that appear to be on a fast-track to quick passage, with bipartisan support. They involve recommendations from the Governor’s Joint Task Force on Jail and Pretrial Detention, including elimination of […]
PODCAST: Exclusive Interview with Former State Senator Virgil Smith
9/22/20 Friday Morning Podcast has an exclusive interview with former Democratic state Senator Virgil Smith, where he talks about his time in the Senate and in prison, and also talks education and insurance policy. Partners with www.DeadlineDetroit.com.
MICHIGAN’S JOAN LARSEN IN THE MIX FOR APPOINTMENT TO SUPREME COURT
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg dies, setting up nomination fight Richard Wolf USA TODAY Sept. 19, 2020 WASHINGTON – Supreme Court Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died Friday evening, giving President Donald Trump and Senate Republicans a rare opportunity to solidify conservative control of the court, perhaps for decades to come. Ginsburg, 87 and in failing […]
AMY CONEY BARRETT, NOT MICHIGAN’S JOAN LARSEN, APPEARS TO BE FAVORITE TO SUCCEED GINSBURG ON U.S. SUPREME COURT
Ginsburg death opens complex partisan chessboard affected by timeline, COVID-19, election “You had to know 2020 was going to end with an election that could be decided by a Supreme Court capable of a split 4-4 decision,” tweeted Catholic University professor C.C. Pecknold. Supreme Court exterior By Carrie Sheffield JUST THE NEWS Sept. 19, 2020 The death […]
MICHIGAN TALK NETWORK: The Political Insider #120 — Cancel Culture + Interviews with Supreme Court Nominee Mary Kelly, Wayne State U. Nominee Don Gates & State Board of Education Nominee Tami Carlone
Conversation with a special education para-educator
September 18 2020 The FMP interviews Kelly Connell, who is an elementary school special education para-educator, and leader with Macomb for Kids. Partners with www.DeadlineDetroit.com.
‘CANCEL CULTURE’ CLAIMS ANOTHER VICTIM — STEPHEN S. NISBET
“WHERE DO YOU GO TO GET YOUR GOOD NAME BACK?” That’s what Ray Donovan, Ronald Reagan’s former Secretary of Labor, said after he had been declared innocent on charges of grand larceny and fraud by a New York court in 1987. Donovan was the first presidential cabinet officer ever indicted while still in office, but […]
SWEDEN BLUNTS COVID-19, IF ANY COUNTRY HAS
How comeback kid Sweden got the last laugh on Coronavirus: Infections and deaths fall to record lows and economy improves as Britain removes the country that shunned lock-down from the quarantine list Sweden’s infection rate, once the highest in Europe, is now lower than in UK, Spain, France, Italy or Denmark Curve was flattened without […]