View this email in your browser Sent on a Mission Can she do it? illustrated by Marc Chalvin KYRIE a sweet-natured and brave young Norwegian Elkhound on a heavenly mission, faced a hardscrabble life in Detroit, Michigan until at last finding her loving forever home. Based on a true story A Young adult book ages […]
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NEARLY ALL OF FLINT’s POPULATION SIGNS UP FOR STATE AND FEDERAL COMPENSATION DUE TO THE ‘WATER CRISIS’
Nearly 85,600 sign up for $641M Flint water settlement, but issues remain Nearly 85,600 requests for money in the Flint water litigation settlement have been submitted, though law firms make up nearly half of the requests, according to a federal court filing made last week. About 51% of the registrations were submitted by […]
DETROIT FREE PRESS: MICHIGAN SENATE PUSHES BI-PARTISAN POLICE REFORM
EDITORIAL Michigan senators chart a path to real police reform | Editorial by Detroit Free Press Editorial Board There is growing consensus that the status quo in policing is unacceptable: among police officers, who find themselves at odds with the communities they’re sworn to serve; among police executives, who struggle to attract new recruits; and among […]
AMERICA DOESN’T NEED BIDEN’S ‘NEW DEAL’ TO REVIVE THE ECONOMY
America Doesn’t Need Biden’s New Deal to Revive the Economy By Kat Dwyer RealClearPolicy May 27, 2021 Many have praised President Biden’s flurry of trillion-dollar policy proposals, likening him to historical giants like FDR. Biden has claimed to have inherited an economy like a “house on fire” and insists that his myriad of American ‘fill […]
JAMES CRAIG FOR GOVERNOR? WILL IT HAPPEN? ANSWERS TO THIS QUESTION AND OTHERS!
Question: Detroit Police Chief James Craig has announced he’s retiring June 1. He says he will make a decision whether he will run for public office after that time. If so, will it be for the Republican nomination for Governor in 2022? GOP leaders are giddy in their belief they finally will have a ‘top […]
CMU PROFESSOR PREDICTS BIDEN’S ATTEMPT TO EMULATE FDR IS HEADED FOR A BIG CRASH
Does Biden Know the History of ‘We Do Our Part’? By Jason E. Taylor RCP Politics/Commentator May 6, 2021 President Biden is clearly in a Franklin D. Roosevelt frame of mind. Summing up his policy vision in an address to a joint session of Congress last week, he referenced FDR’s Depression-era motto “We do our part.” […]
LIZ CHENEY IN TROUBLE AGAIN, AND THIS TIME IT COULD BE FATAL
Exit is Nigh for Liz Cheney Events are forcing a likely end to House leadership for the Trump-hostile scion of a Republican dynasty. Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) speaks during a House Republican Leadership news conference in the U.S. Capitol on February 24, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Al Drago/Getty Images) by Curt Mills […]
CONGRESSIONAL DEMOCRATS LOOKING LIKE ‘TOAST’ IN 2022
It just got harder for Democrats to hold their House majority in 2022 Analysis by Chris Cillizza, CNN Editor-at-large May 4, 2021 Just one week after the Census Bureau announced which states would be gaining and losing congressional seats before the 2022 election, the dominoes are beginning to fall — and the news is not […]
The Lamp: WHITMER & CUOMO IN A RACE TO THE AUTHORITARIAN BOTTOM
By Matthew Walther The Lamp April 27, 2021 Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer/REUTERS As painful as it is to admit it, there are two colorable arguments against impeaching Gov. Andrew Cuomo. The first is that the best remedy for bad politicians is the ballot box. A better argument, though, is that as hard as it might […]
WHO WILL WIN THE 2021 KENTUCKY DERBY?
A KENTUCKY DERBY PICK The latest chapter in “The Fastest Two Minutes in Sports” is upon us again. YES! — this year’s Kentucky Derby, the 147th, will once again be telecast (on NBC) and simulcast in Michigan, this coming Saturday (May 1). Post time is supposed to be 6:57 p.m., but you can count on […]