Getting started in political blogging

I’m going to be on with Tony later this morning to discuss political blogging. I thought I’d start at the very beginning. What is political blogging, and is it for you? To keep things simple, let’s define political blogging as the act of writing articles about civic affairs. These articles could be editorials designed to [...]

AG Bill Schuette using his office as a right wing political tool

I’ll be on First Shift this morning to discuss Bill Schuette’s actions so far as Attorney General. Here’s some of the research I have for the topic: Schuette is using his office to promote a right wing social agenda. http://www.kaiserhealthnews.org/Daily-Reports/2012/February/13/State-Reax-to-Contraceptive-Deal.aspx Saying that religious liberty is under attack, Schuette announced Thursday plans to make Michigan the [...]

Wisconsin Democrats submit more than 1,000,000 signatures to recall Gov Walker

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Wisconsin’s anti-union, anti-middle class, anti-99% governor is about to have his hat handed to him.  The people of Wisconsin have just submitted over 1 million signatures to force the recall.  The people needed 540,000 signatures to force the recall.  This additional 460,000 appears to be a safe margin. There is still a very long way [...]

Asking for democracy is democracy in action

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Say what? Well I was checking out this article on the MLK march on Snyder’s residence, and found this tidbit here: “We elect mayors, we elect city council members, and we would like them to be a part of the process … in terms of rebuilding these urban cities,” Williams said. “We don’t want our [...]

‘Choose Life’ plates would fund Right to Life through the Secretary of State

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Based on what we’ve seen of Snyder & the GOP legislature so far, this is definitely going to pass: Among the legislation scheduled for review Tuesday by the Michigan Senate Transportation Committee is Senate Bill No. 600, which would require the Secretary of State to develop a plate whose proceeds would support the Right to [...]