Republicans turn down nearly $10 million in federal funds just for politics
LANSING – With schools and local governments tightening their belts and laying off long-time loyal employees because of tight budgets and cuts from Lansing, it doesn’t make much sense to turn down...
View ArticleMichigan Republicans vote to turn down federal money to create statewide...
Republicans got very, very busy in the short time between Thanksgiving and Christmas. One of the things House Republicans did was to vote to turn down federal funds for creating a statewide health...
View ArticleLies Wrapped in a Pink Ribbon
Cross-posted at Progress Michigan. Millions of women battling breast cancer have counted on the pink ribbon as a symbol of hope, solidarity and strength. Now even that has been taken away, thanks to...
View ArticleHouse GOP gins up another fake war on religion
Republicans are so desperate to find an election issue to get their bases excited about their poor Presidential field that they have made up another phony war on religion based on President Obama’s...
View ArticleTell Hoekstra and Romney NO on November 6
As you know, the 2012 elections are less than six months from now and the stakes are higher than ever. Whoever wins this election will determine whether our nation will continue to move to a new tune...
View ArticleMichigan House Republicans attack women’s health
Michigan House Republicans are using their majority while they still have it to push, at lightning speed, a package of bills that the ACLU of Michigan and Planned Parenthood of Michigan are calling...
View ArticlePolitics trump science in attack on women’s health
LANSING – Michigan House Republicans rammed a three-bill package of complex, anti-choice bills through the Health Policy Committee on Thursday that will, in the words of the ACLU of Michigan and...
View ArticleLonnie Scott: paid sick leave is a public health issue
Today we talk to our old pal Lonnie Scott about the issue of paid sick leave. We talk about: The hypocrisy of the GOP on paid sick leave How this issue reveals the underlying agenda / values of the GOP...
View ArticleBert Johnson: Without Medicaid expansion, people will die
Today we talk to Bert Johnson about the failure of Randy Richardville & Senate Republicans to do the right thing on Medicaid. We talk about: Why he felt worse about Medicaid than he did after lame...
View ArticleTexist GOP fails to pass their abortion bill, for now
Well I don’t know about you folks, but I found the news to be a skoch confusing this morning. Last I checked before bed, we were all #stand[ing]withwendy and she was nearing the end her filibuster....
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