#Trump personally pressured two Republican members of the Wayne County Board of Canvassers not to sign the certification of the 2020 election, according to recordings reviewed by The Detroit News and revealed publicly for the first time. #Michigan
"Kenneth #Chesebro, atty who helped devise #Trump campaign fake electors plot, concealed secret Twitter acct from #Michigan prosecutors, hiding dozens of damning posts that undercut his statements to investigators about his role in election subversion scheme..
#Insurance Executives Refused to Pay for the #Cancer Treatment That Could Have Saved Him.
This Is How They Did It.
A #Michigan law requires coverage of cancer drugs. One insurer came up with a “defensible” way to avoid paying for treatments that offered Forrest VanPatten his last chance for survival.
I did not realize how easy it was to collectively fight medical debt. Just learned about this initiative in Philly that raised over $17.000 and erased 1.6 MILLION in medical debt for the community. Let's do this in our own communities!
A group of Philadelphians erased $1.6 million in local medical debt. They celebrated with an unofficial debt burning.
#Democrats just won two special state House elections in #Michigan — Democrat Mai Xiong in the 13th District and Democrat Peter Herzberg in the 25th District — regaining their majority in the chamber with a 56-54 advantage and their trifecta across state government.
#Breaking: #Trump's campaign directly orchestrated the filing of the #Michigan fake electors certificate, according to internal campaign emails
The docs =part of AG Nessel's ongoing investigation.
"The revelations provide further proof that the false elector certif’s advanced in 7 battleground states, incl Michigan, were not organic efforts by local GOP officials to ques election results in their states, but part of larger scheme by Trump's campaign to maintain power"
👀👀 “#Trump, Rudy #Giuliani and Mark #Meadows are unindicted co-conspirators in the #Michigan attorney general's case against the state's so-called "fake electors" in the 2020 election, a state investigator revealed in court on Wednesday.” #legal https://trib.al/OpHzqi2
🤔Gee, who owns the #RNC? Oooo, ooo! Pick me! I know!🙋🏻♀️ 1/...
Via democracydocket:
BREAKING: Republican National Committee files lawsuit alleging that #Michigan's voter rolls are outdated and the state is in violation of the National Voter Registration Act. The RNC wants Michigan to purge voters before the November election.
They Were Wrongfully Convicted. Now They’re Denied Compensation Despite #Michigan Law.
The state can provide the wrongfully convicted compensation of $50,000 for each year of incarceration, but the law’s narrow criteria and confusion over eligibility leave former #prisoners facing another system that seems stacked against them.
“‘Today, we are coming together to restore workers’ rights, protect Michiganders on the job, and grow Michigan’s middle class,’ Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said in a statement Friday after signing the legislation.”
Health Plans Can’t Dodge Paying for Expensive New #Cancer Treatments, Says Michigan’s Top #Insurance Regulator
After ProPublica reported on a #health insurer that refused to cover the only medicine that could save a cancer patient’s life, #Michigan insurance regulators clarified that, by law, many plans must pay for any clinically proven treatments.
Connecting #VotingRights to incarceration was one of the greatest successes of the first Klan era. Severing that connection offers infinite benefits to society and democracy.
Taniel:
NEW: #Michigan lawmakers passed landmark voting rights legislation to fight against the exclusion of people with criminal records.
It'd be the first law in the country to require the state to automatically register people as they're released from prison.
#Michigan Lawmaker to Introduce Bill Requiring State #Health Plans to Cover Cutting-Edge #Cancer Treatments
After ProPublica reported on a Michigan insurer that wouldn’t cover a cancer patient’s last-chance treatment, a state lawmaker said he would introduce a measure compelling health plans to cover a new generation of advanced cancer therapies.
#Police in Plymouth Township, #Michigan are investigating whether a lighting system that was set up by a mystery person to flash when someone approached a #ballot#DropBox was an attempt to #intimidate#voters.
My husband and I just adopted this sweet girl from Michigan Humane. She is a very large lap dog and cuddlebug, and a crazy ball of energy. Unfortunately, she has heartworm and will need some powerful treatment that requires that her heart rate stay low for about 3 months. No walks longer than 5 minutes. No chasing squirrels in the backyard. Good luck to us!! (photo attached)
I missed this story last week so maybe you did, too, but it’s important.
Democrat Chris Kleinjans won 60% of the vote in an Ottawa County Commissioner's seat recall in #Michigan, flipping a deep red county and signaling a strong rejection of MAGA extremism. Polls say one thing but the election results Democrats get keep saying something else.
Michigan attorney general charges 'false electors' over efforts to overturn the 2020 election (www.nbcnews.com)
Sixteen people forged documents and claimed to be "duly elected and qualified electors" for the state of Michigan, Attorney General Dana Nessel said.