National Public Radio complains about a media figure who tells people “what their opinions should be” and uses political “buzzwords” by Matt Taibbi TK NEWS July 21, 2021 Yesterday’s NPR article, “Outrage As A Business Model: How Ben Shapiro Is Using Facebook To Build An Empire,” is among the more unintentionally funny efforts at […]
THREE THINGS IN MICHIGAN POLITICS WE LEARNED THIS WEEK
Question 1): The Michigan Senate last week certified the Unlock Michigan initiative petition that expunges the 1945 so-called “Riot Act” that Gov. Gretchen Whitmer used last year to give herself authority to issue arbitrary executive orders locking down Michigan in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. The state House of Representatives will emulate the Senate […]
MICHIGAN TALK NETWORK: The Political Insider #163 — Whitmer Whirlagig + Interviews with state Reps. Abraham Aiyash (D-Hamtramck) & Beau LaFave (R-Iron Mt.) and Sophia Kalakailo of Bridge Michigan
SIX THINGS WE LEARNED THIS WEEK
Q 1): The Lansing city council voted Monday to put on the Nov. 2 general election ballot the question of whether voters in the capital city want to implement what is called “rank choice voting” for all municipal offices. If approved, it would begin in 2023 and eliminate the non-partisan August primary, such as the […]
MICHIGAN TALK NETWORK: The Political Insider #162 — Misery Loves Company, Interviews with Pennsylvania’s Terry Madonna, North Carolina’s J.M. Bitzer, Kentucky’s Laura Cullen Glasscock & Wisconsin’s Barry Burden
WHITMER MAY BE MICHIGAN’S WORST GOVERNOR EVER, BUT SHE’S STILL LIKELY TO BE RE-ELECTED
How bad a governor is Gretchen Whitmer? Let’s just say what everyone with a memory or knowledge of Michigan’s past already knows — she’s historically bad. In fact, she’s the worst Michigan governor since World War II, with the possible exception of Republican Kim Sigler, who served a single term before getting knocked off by […]
MICHIGAN TALK NETWORK: The Political Insider #161 — SCHOOL AID SCORCHER + Interviews with Professor Bird Loomis, Craig Theil of Citizens Research Council & Samantha Schreiber of MIRS
MICHIGAN TALK NETWORK: The Political Insider #160 — Michigan Lags in National Rankings + Interviews with ex-state Health Director Jim Haveman, Jill Gonzales of Wallet Hub, & Rob Ritchie on Ranked Choice Voting
JUDGES RULE WHAT TV PUNDITS SAY ESSENTIALLY CAN’T BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY
A Court Ruled Rachel Maddow’s Viewers Know She Offers Exaggeration and Opinion, Not Facts “Maddow’s show is different than a typical news segment where anchors inform viewers about the daily news,” an Obama-appointed judge ruled. by Glenn Greenwald June 24, 2021 MSNBC‘s Rachel Maddow on her program that a court ruled is understood even by […]
MICHIGAN BUDGET & REDISTRICTING: ANSWERS TO YOUR QUESTIONS
A statutory July 1 deadline for the Legislature to present a FY 2021-22 budget to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is little more than a week away. Last year, this deadline had to be waived because of the COVID-19 pandemic and the fiscal uncertainty it fomented. Now, however, Michigan’s budgetary wallet is bursting at the seams with […]