A Federal Bailout Won’t Fix States’ Finances By Kevin D. Williamson National Review April 26, 2020 Illinois State Capitol in Springfield (Library of Congress) Bailing out the Illinois state pension system is the worst idea from a week in which we were discussing the health benefits of mainlining Lysol.(Please do not mainline Lysol. It […]
CNN COMMENTATOR: BIDEN MUST CHOOSE WHITMER FOR RUNNINGMATE
Biden must choose ‘the woman in Michigan’ Opinion by David A. Andelman April 25, 2020 David A. Andelman, executive director of The Red Lines Project, is a contributor to CNN, where his columns won the Deadline Club Award for Best Opinion Writing. Author of “A Shattered Peace: Versailles 1919 and the Price We Pay Today,” […]
JUDGE KEEPS STATUS OF MICHIGAN CANDIDATE PETITIONS IN LIMBO
Judge rejects request to suspend order easing Michigan petition signature requirements Christine Ferretti and Mark Hicks, The Detroit News April 25, 2020 A federal judge has rejected a request from the state to suspend an order that allows candidates running for elective office in Michigan amid the COVID-19 outbreak to submit only half the normally required signatures to […]
MICHIGAN TALK NETWORK: The Political Insider #100 — CORONAVIRUS CONFRONTATION! Interviews with state Rep. Ann Bollin (R-Brighton) and Political Mavens Dave Doyle & Jeff Timmer
DEMOCRATS’ CENSURE OF DETROIT LEGISLATOR FOR MEETING WITH TRUMP IS “UNHEARD OF” — BALLENGER
DETROIT DEMOCRATS PLAN TO CENSURE LAWMAKER WHO CREDITED TRUMP FOR COVID-19 RECOVERY BY Beth LeBlanc, The Detroit News April 23, 2020 | Detroit Democrats plan to vote to censure and bar any future endorsements of a Democratic lawmaker who credited President Donald Trump with advocating for the drug that she said cured her of COVID-19. […]
CORONAVIRUS IMPACT ON MICHIGAN ELECTIONS MAY BE TERRIFYING
Petitioners for Right to Life and Voters Not Politicians? They could be toast. What about those mercenaries who collect signatures for pay? Fuggedabout it! Ballot proposals may be about to proliferate beyond anyone’s wildest predictions. Michigan politics is on the threshold of a populist transformation that both progressives and conservatives had not foreseen before Governor […]
WHITMER BOTCHES ELECTIONS CONUNDRUM, BUT FEDERAL JUDGE SAVES CANDIDATES
Time is running out for Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to make two important decisions involving this year’s elections in Michigan. She has already mangled one, and she’s on the verge of making the wrong call on the other. Just a day before what has been a Tuesday, April 21, filing deadline for candidates for Congress, judgeships […]
MICHIGAN TALK NETWORK: The Political Insider #99 — CORONAVIRUS CRUNCH! Interviews with Sen. Ruth Johnson (R-Holly) and PR Maven John Truscott
BIDEN CALLS WHITMER “ONE OF THE MOST TALENTED PEOPLE IN THE COUNTRY.” MICHIGAN WAITS FOR PROOF
In an April 13 “Opinion/Review & Outlook” column, the Editorial Board of The Wall Street Journal ran this headline: “IT’S STILL AMERICA, CORONAVIRUS OR NOT. Draconian orders and enforcement will undermine public support or social distancing.” The column starts out with these words: “Americans by and large have willingly obeyed the government’s shelter-in-place and social-distancing […]
MILLENNIALS ARE VICTIMS OF CORONAVIRUS MORE THAN THE REST OF US
Millennials Don’t Stand a Chance They’re facing a second once-in-a-lifetime downturn at a crucial moment Annie Lowrey Staff writer at The Atlantic April 13, 2020 Getty / The Atlantic Hello, lost generation.The Millennials entered the workforce during the worst downturn since the Great Depression. Saddled with debt, unable to accumulate wealth, and stuck in […]