by Michael Cook SPIKE/Politics USA June 8, 2020 If you can remember that long ago, there was a time when the only protesters defying the Covid-19 lockdowns in the United States were small crowds of roughnecks from flyover country, waving flags and brandishing placards at state capitals. Nonetheless, small incidents like this still outraged politicians […]
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MITCH ALBOM: MICHIGAN HAS BEEN SCREWED WHEN IT COMES TO SPORTS
Mitch Albom: Sports teams have big plans to play — except in Detroit by Mitch Albom, Detroit Free Press June 8, 2020 With most of the country slowly reopening, let’s check in on sports. An American spring is usually overwhelmed with basketball and hockey playoffs, the Masters, the French Open, MLB’s regular season and NFL […]
VOTE HARVESTING: IT’S COMING TO MICHIGAN
RNC spokesperson: We shouldn’t have to compromise election security to vote in November by Liz Harrington CNN Television/Opinion June 4, 2020 Liz Harrington is the national spokesperson for the Republican National Committee. The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely her own. View more opinion articles on CNN. (CNN) Democrats keep presenting Americans with a […]
OWOSSO BARBER REMAINS DEFIANT, STILL CUTTING HAIR
Owosso barber keeps cutting hair despite court order by Craig Mauger, The Detroit News June 2, 2020 Owosso — Four days after a Michigan court ordered barber Karl Manke to cease operations and lock the doors of his shop, he was cutting hair Tuesday morning with music playing in the background. Manke had about a […]
BRIDGE Magazine: Shocking History of Tittabawassee Dam Ownership
Two heirs bought Midland dams as a tax shelter. Tragedy followed. by Mike Wilkinson, Kelly House, & Riley Beggin Michigan Environment Watch BRIDGE magazine May 27, 2020 In 2006, the clock was bearing down on Lee Mueller’s family. Heirs of the founder of the Boy Scouts of America, Mueller and his relatives needed to reinvest money […]
DETROIT FREE PRESS: ‘Let’s walk’: Genesee County Sheriff removes riot gear, joins protesters in march
‘Let’s walk’: Genesee County Sheriff removes riot gear, joins protesters in march by Meredith Spelbring, Detroit Free Press May 31, 2020 A single fist bump started a movement in Flint Township Saturday. A video of Genesee County Sheriff Christopher Swanson removing his riot gear and walking with Flint protesters went viral Saturday. “We want to be […]
BRIDGE Magazine: U.S. Justice Dept. Joins Lawsuit Against Whitmer
by Jonathan Oosting BRIDGE Magazine May 29, 2020 LANSING — The U.S. Department of Justice announced late Friday that it is backing a lawsuit against Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, arguing she “imposed arbitrary and irrational limits” on businesses to fight COVID-19. The move comes one month after U.S. Attorney General William Barr directed federal prosecutors […]
WHITMER’S REOPENING OF MICHIGAN’S ECONOMY LACKS CLARITY OF OTHER STATES
By Malachi Barrett MLive May 29, 2020 Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s plan to reopen public spaces and workplaces lacks clear targets and benchmarks included in plans released by neighboring states. Michigan joined a seven-state coalition to coordinate the reopening of the Midwest regional economy last month, though each state is taking its own unique approach to […]
COVID-19 vs. THE ECONOMY: HUGE LOSS OF LIFE ON BOTH SIDES
The COVID-19 shutdown will cost Americans millions of years of life By Scott W. Atlas, John R. Birge, Ralph L Keeney and Alexander Lipton, Opinion Contributors THE HILL 5/26/2020 The views expressed by contributors are their own and not the view of The Hill Our governmental COVID-19 mitigation policy of broad societal lockdown focuses on […]
BLOOMBERG: LOCKDOWNS HAVEN’T PROVED THEY’RE WORTH THE HAVOC
by Joe Nocera Bloomberg May 21, 2020 (Bloomberg Opinion) — My junior and senior years in high school were 1968 and 1969; five decades later, I can still remember some of the main events of that era: the assassinations of Martin Luther King and Robert F. Kennedy, the bombing of Cambodia, the Apollo 8 […]