Progress Michigan blog posts.
By Matthew Kovac Earlier this month, State Senator Patrick Colbeck came under fire for his Facebook rants against the late historian Howard Zinn and the use of his best-selling book “A People’s History of the United States” in Michigan classrooms. Now, in no less than 11 subsequent Facebook posts, Colbeck has doubled down on his…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan September 21, 2015 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org Walker Declares War on Working People, Immediately Waves White Flag Attacking working people is not how you govern — or run for president MICHIGAN — Today, Republican presidential hopeful Scott Walker is expected to suspend his campaign amid abysmal polling numbers…
September 2015 Friends, neighbors, members of the herd, today I come before you to announce that I will be running for the seat in the Michigan House of Representatives that is open because I resigned. As you know, I was minutes away from the proverbial cross that the Lansing mafia prepared to nail me to.…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan September 17, 2015 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org Five Questions Attorney General and State Police Should Answer in Investigations Investigation into Courser and Gamrat not complete until all questions answered LANSING — Progress Michigan is calling on Attorney General Bill Schuette and the Michigan State Police to expand…
By Matthew Kovac Just when you thought the Mackinac Center for Public Policy couldn’t get any more tone-deaf in its corporate-backed policy prescriptions, we have this “let them eat cake” gem from the company blog. Titled “You’re in the 1 Percent,” policy analyst Jarrett Skorup leaps to the defense of the billionaire class by arguing…
By Matthew Kovac State Senator Patrick Colbeck is at it again. Back in 2013, Colbeck sponsored a bill calling for schools to institute a Patriot Week that would indoctrinate students with nationalist and militarist “history” lessons. Now, in a series of red-baiting Facebook posts, Colbeck is railing against late civil rights activist and historian Howard…
Ten years ago this week, Hurricane Katrina made landfall in Louisiana leaving death and destruction in its wake. The images of the levee failing, the water rushing through the French Quarter and desperate people waiting for help that never came are part of our national consciousness. While the cause of the hurricane is based in…
Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy just cleared an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent in the shooting of 20-year old Terrance Kellom. The shooting was ruled as justified and no charges will be filed against the agent. During a raid on Kellom’s family home in Detroit while serving a warrant for Kellom’s connection to an…
The Donald is in Michigan today. The irrational wing of the GOP is pumped. The GOP establishment is scared. They’re scared because Donald Trump wasn’t supposed to lead the polls. Donald Trump wasn’t even supposed to run. Donald Trump was only expected to find the nearest microphone, yell something racist about Mexicans or President Obama’s…
SEX! Now that I have your attention, I’d like to direct your eyes to the cover-up. Let’s get this out of the way. Yes, it is likely that Cindy Gamrat and Todd Courser had sex with each other. Yes, they both told us that marriage was between one man and one woman. Yes, they both…