Shiawassee voters give up ‘bellwether’ status with Trump selection Remember Karl Manke, the maverick Owosso barber who last spring defied Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s executive order shutting down a vast swath of Michigan businesses, including barber shops? Manke refused to close and continued to cut hair. He fought Whitmer and Attorney General Dana Nessel in court […]
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OWOSSO’S REBEL BARBER WAS NO ABERRATION — SHIAWASSEE COUNTY IS NOW TRUMP COUNTRY
MICHIGAN TALK NETWORK: The Political Insider #133 — New Legislators! Interviews with state Rep.-Electees T.C. Clements (R-Bedford), Andrew Beeler (R-Fort Gratiot) & Patrick Outman (R-Six Lakes)
JENNIFER GRANHOLM SCORES COMEBACK WITH BIDEN ADMINISTRATION
by Melissa Nann Burke and Daniel Howes The Detroit News Dec. 16, 2020 Former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm is President-elect Joe Biden’s pick to head the U.S. Department of Energy, according to a source familiar with his plans. Granholm, 61, pushed clean energy initiatives in her two terms as governor and endeavored to diversify the state’s […]
MICHIGAN TALK NETWORK: The Political Insider #132 — COVID-19 Vaccine + Interviews with state Reps. Mark Huizenga (R-Walker) & Brad Paquette (R-Niles) and Rep.-elect John Roth (R-Traverse City)
NOBEL PRIZEWINNER GEORGE AKERLOF: DOES HE SPELL TROUBLE FOR HIS WIFE, JANET YELLEN?
By John Tamny Real Clear Markets December 8, 2020 (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File) In the world of economics, George Akerlof achieved fame before his wife, Janet Yellen, but today all the attention is on her. So, who is George Akerlof? According to Wikipedia, Akerlof was born in New Haven, Connecticut, the son of Rosalie Clara […]
WHY WAS RUDY GIULIANI IN LANSING? BECAUSE OF AN HISTORIC MICHIGAN CASE
By now, everyone should know that President Donald Trump’s strategy in contesting the result of the Nov. 3 general election has been to get “rogue” state legislatures in four “swing” states to convene and award their states’ Electoral College votes to a presidential candidate who had not won a majority or plurality of their states’ […]
POST-TRUMP, PARTY REALIGNMENT WILL CONTINUE
Opinion There’s No Stopping America’s Political Realignment | Opinion Josh Hammer , Newsweek opinion editor On 12/4/20 With a month in the rearview mirror since November’s presidential election, we now have sufficient perspective to offer some broad conclusions about the state and nature of our politics. This election confirmed and crystallized many already-ascendant political trends. […]