How you can celebrate Black History Month 2024 in Grand Rapids (www.mlive.com)
Apologies for discovering this article late; two of the listed events happened yesterday but the majority are still upcoming…...
Sounds fishy to me! (www.michiganpublic.org)
Whitefish...
Detroit-area terror suspect Yousef Ramadan jailed amid bomb, Islamic State concerns (eu.detroitnews.com)
An innocent man...
Schriver remains a member of House GOP, continues to post racist disinformation (michiganadvance.com)
As I’d said in this earlier post…...
Lawsuit seeks to overturn abortion regulations including Michigan’s 24-hour waiting period (michiganadvance.com)
Speaker Tate strips Schriver of staff, funds and committee post over ‘racist rhetoric’ (michiganadvance.com)
Maybe Speaker Joe Tate does wear a blue leotard under his suit…?...
Mardi Gras all over Michigan (midwest.social)
This community may seem at times a bit SE-Michigan-centric, I know. In the interest of balancing the scales, the following is a short list of happenings to celebrate Fat Tuesday in varying degrees of bacchanalia away from the thenar eminence of the Mitten State (with that fish thingy floating over it)....
Michigan House speaker blasts lawmaker’s ‘blatantly racist’ social media post (www.bridgedetroit.com)
DISCLAIMER: if you’re looking for the usual summary, just go directly here. I’ve got a spleen to vent....
Valentine's Day Tip from r^2^ (www.dailytribune.com)
Hey, metroDetroit™ playas! This year you’ve got a date for Valentine’s Day? Wanna impress your potential soulmate on the most romantic day (and, if you play your cards right, night) of the year? The problem being you’re…ahem…on a budget? Well, r^2^, your Lemming of Love™, your Moderator dell’Amore®, has got a...
Judge rules 'it's a wash' in Pontiac court battle over transgender woman's testicles (eu.detroitnews.com)
I don’t mean to turn !michigan into the Weekly World News but first a Frankfort man playing beaver with the Platte River and now…this one surprisingly flew under my radar when it started…aaah, just read it for yourself…...
UPDATE: Fisherman found guilty in vandalizing Platte River (eu.detroitnews.com)
As reported here yesterday…...
66th District MI Rep. Josh Schriver (R, Oxford) wishes you all Happy Black History Month (twitter.com)
Quote of The Day goes to Rep Jason Hoskins (D, Southfield) with his reaction to Rep Josh Schriver (R, Oxford) and his…uhmm, questionable tweet…...
Fisherman faces Feds for allegedly diverting Platte River (eu.detroitnews.com)
Let’s take a momentary break from the usual unpleasantness of politics and other state shortcomings — perceived or not — and point the spotlight at a Frankfort, MI man, a human beaver, if you will, who would appear to do what only Greek heroes could…singlehandedly divert the flow of a river! In this case, not to clean...
Which one do you choose? (sh.itjust.works)
I know which one I’m going to, but I’d take both of these over any other coney joint in the state.
Taylor Swift doesn’t belong to you (michiganadvance.com)
Michigan Advance’s Susan J. Demas opines…...
'We must...condemn hate in all forms': Biden says of WSJ's Dearborn piece (eu.freep.com)
cross-posted from: midwest.social/post/8295410...
Dearborn is a Jewel of Metro Detroit (libranet.de)
In my experience whenever I read anything about #Deaborn mentioning #Muslims written by someone outside of #Michigan they don't know what they are talking about metrotimes.com/news/shame-on-y… #Detroit #metroDetroit @michigan
Biden to Offer $1.5 Billion Loan to Restart Michigan Nuclear Power Plant (news.yahoo.com)
How did I miss this? Neither The Freep nor The News mention this item....
Wh⬆ch Way ⬇s Up? (michiganadvance.com)
On one hand…...
Cases delayed until April for second group of MI Republicans charged in fake elector plot (michiganadvance.com)
The second cohort of Michigan Republicans charged with submitting false electoral votes for former President Donald Trump in the 2020 election were scheduled to be in Lansing district court Tuesday morning, but the complexity and sheer volume of issues to be decided pushed their cases out for more than two months....
Gilchrist: "Every single death by a gun is 100% preventable." (michiganadvance.com)
Michigan Gun Violence Prevention Summit begins ahead of gun reforms going into effect....
"Shawn's a poopy-butt!" (eu.freep.com)
cross-posted from: midwest.social/post/8092141...
Michigan universities struggle with FOIA requests. It may be by design, experts say (www.mlive.com)
Happy Belated Birthday, Michigan!!! 🫴✋ (www.bridgemi.com)
OMG, I’m soooooo sorry, Michigan! I was busy yesterday taking the cat to the vet, I swear! Dincha get my text?! That’s weird. Erhmm, well, you look great! Ah…still hanging around with that Upper Peninsula, huh? Hey, whatever. You look great for 187 years old! Happy belated Birthday, Michigan! 💋 Where would I be without...
*Mac Saturn* Evan Mercer arrested in child porn case (eu.detroitnews.com)
Woof....
