Tag Archives: Michigan

Cultist Charged With Spitting At News Crew [VIDEO]

Traverse City’s ABC News affiliate reports: Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s three-spot tour across northern Michigan on Thursday, May 6, 2021, took her to Leelanau County. There, she signed a bill appropriating millions of dollars to protecting the state’s natural resources. And while the environment was supposed to be the focus, attention shifted when a protestor verbally targeted the governor and then …

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Weapon Of Mass Destruction Charge Added In Case Against Would-Be Kidnappers Of Michigan Governor

Via press release from the Justice Department: A federal grand jury in Michigan returned a superseding indictment today that adds new charges of conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction against three defendants and adds federal firearms violations against two defendants in the case alleging a conspiracy to kidnap the governor of Michigan, Gretchen Whitmer. According to court documents, …

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Ronna McDaniel Floats Run For Governor Of Michigan

Politico reports: Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel told party officials Wednesday that she’s considered stepping down from her post to challenge Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in 2022. McDaniel’s remarks came during a closed-door meeting on Wednesday with RNC members in Dallas, where she was giving an after-action report on the 2020 election. McDaniel expressed frustration about Whitmer, saying the …

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MI Gov Can’t Respond To Surge Due To GOP Lawsuits

The Hill reports: Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D), indicated Sunday that her state would not implement new COVID-19- related lockdown restrictions in response to a spike in new infections due to Republican-led lawsuits last year that challenged her constitutional authority to do so. Speaking Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Whitmer explained to host Chuck Todd that the lawsuits had …

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Covidiots Pound On Door Of Michigan School Board

Michigan Live reports: A group of more than 50 people – most not wearing masks – showed up to the April 15 Hudsonville Board of Education meeting where they planned to present board members with their request to remove mask rules. But because of capacity limits, most of those participants were kept out of Monday’s meeting. But many parents grew …

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Multiple Michigan GOP Officials COVID+ After Meeting

The Detroit News reports: Jason Watts, an Allegan County Republican and the treasurer for the 6th District Republican Committee, has been in the hospital for five days. He tested positive for COVID-19 on April 1 and is certain he was exposed to the virus at the regular meeting of the district organization, he said in a Tuesday phone interview from …

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Michigan Sees Soaring New Cases, Hospitalizations

CNN reports: Michigan is now reporting thousands of new Covid-19 cases daily, when just weeks ago, state data showed the daily reported case count was as low as 563 cases. In one part of the state, emergency room physician Dr. Rob Davidson told CNN hospitalizations have gone up “four fold in just the last two weeks.” “Hospitals are being inundated,” …

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GOP Michigan Cultist Gets Warning From Dominion

The Detroit News reports: Dominion Voting Systems is demanding that Patrick Colbeck, a former Michigan lawmaker, retract “false claims” he’s been making about the company in PowerPoint presentations. Dominion sent Colbeck, who’s from Canton, a letter on Friday, according to a document obtained by The Detroit News. The company says Colbeck is waging a “disinformation campaign” while touring Michigan to …

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Michigan GOP Chair Calls Top Female Dems “Witches,” Jokes About Assassinating Democratic Reps [VIDEO]

The Associated Press reports: The leader of Michigan’s Republican Party referred to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and two other top Democratic elected woman as “witches” and joked about assassination when asked how to remove two GOP congressman who voted to impeach former President Donald Trump. Ron Weiser’s statements Thursday during a local Republican meeting, which are on video, were reported by …

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Michigan GOP Introduces 39 Voter Suppression Bills

MSNBC reports: The bills introduced by Michigan Republicans on Wednesday stand as a greatest-hits list amid a nationwide effort led by Republican legislatures to restrict access to the ballot box. But the sheer number of bills introduced – 39 – eclipses states like Arizona, Georgia and Pennsylvania, where legislators have been hard at work advancing measures to change election rules. …

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Michigan AG Charges Man For Death Threats Against Biden, Pelosi, Whitmer, Bomb Instructions On Phone

The Washington Post reports: A 21-year-old Michigan man is possibly facing 40 years in prison if convicted for threatening to kill President Biden, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D), authorities said. Joshua Docter was charged “with one count of threat of terrorism and one count of using a computer to commit a crime, both 20-year …

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Michigan Democrats Try Again On LGBT Protections

Michigan Live reports: Michigan lawmakers have reintroduced legislation to expand Michigan’s civil rights law by including protections against discrimination for LGBT people. Sponsored by Rep. Laurie Pohutsky [photo], House Bill 4297 would add sexual orientation and gender identity or expression to the list of protected classes under the Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act, which prohibits discrimination based on several factors when …

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Trump Trolls Lose Bid To Dismiss MI Robocall Charges

The Michigan Advance reports: Judge Margaret Van Houten of the state’s Third Circuit Court has rejected a motion by far-right conspiracy theorists and political operatives Jack Burkman and Jacob Wohl to quash information and dismiss the robocall intimidation case against the pair.  The defendants are each charged with one count of intimidating voters, a five-year felony; one count of conspiracy …

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Two MI Men Charged For Threats Against Top Dems

Michigan Live reports: Two men are facing criminal charges for allegedly threatening Michigan Democrats over the presidential election results. Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel [photo] announced charges were filed against a 62-year-old Harrison man and 43-year-old Georgia man, neither of whom were arraigned as of Tuesday afternoon. Both cases allegedly involve threats motivated by President Joe Biden’s victory in the …

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Michigan GOP Leader Sorry For Calling Riot A “Hoax”

The Hill reports: Michigan state Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey (R) on Tuesday issued an apology after he was captured on video suggesting the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol was a hoax. In a statement, Shirkey apologized for comments made last week in a meeting with the Hillsdale County Republican Party. “I said some things in a videoed …

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Michigan GOP Leader: The Capitol Riot Was A “Hoax”

The Detroit Metro Times reports: Michigan state Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey suggested the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol was a “hoax” perpetuated by opponents of former President Donald Trump. The state Senate’s top Republican made the bizarre and unfounded claim in a video-recorded meeting at a diner last week with leaders of the Hillsdale County Republican Party, …

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Michigan Man Killed By Baby Shower “Cannon” [VIDEO]

Michigan Live reports: During the baby shower, a small cannon-type device was fired in the back yard to celebrate the baby’s pending arrival, according to a statement from Michigan State Police. When the cannon was fired by the home owner, the cannon itself blew up causing metal shrapnel to strike three parked cars and the garage where the baby shower …

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Giuliani’s “Fraud” Witness Launches Run For MI House

Deadline Detroit reports: Mellissa Carone, who rose to memedom last month during a Michigan legislative hearing on election fraud, hopes to parlay her infamy into a state House seat. The former contractor for Dominion Voting Systems confirmed that she’s running for Michigan’s 46th house district in Oakland County on a platform of election integrity after claiming, without evidence, that she …

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Michigan GOP Pol Called On To Resign After Brandishing Rifle In Live Stream In Defense Of “Decent” Proud Boys

Michigan’s Traverse Eagle-Record reports: A Grand Traverse County commissioner drew immediate backlash after he displayed a rifle in response to a public commenter during a livestreamed public meeting. Ron Clous was in his home during the Wednesday meeting and said he was responding to a Traverse City woman, Keli MacIntosh, during her public comment regarding a Second Amendment resolution passed …

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MI Gov Activates National Guard Ahead Of Protest

The Michigan Advance reports: A spokeswoman for Gov. Gretchen Whitmer confirmed Friday morning the Michigan National Guard has been activated in advance of expected right-wing protests in downtown Lansing this weekend. Lansing Police Department (LPD) Chief Daryl Green is warning people who work in downtown Lansing between Jan. 17 and 20. “The event is a 2nd Amendment event so you …

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