I tuned into
@971theticketxyt
hoping for some group therapy and commiseration over the
#Lions
. Instead, I got insanity, everything from replacing Campbell with Ben Johnson to replacing Goff with Justin Fields (!)
Apparently I need to turn elsewhere for comfort.
Still
#OnePride
Developing - Michigan is mentioned 19 times in the 98-page indictment handed down in GA against former Pres Trump. It cites the fraudulent elector scheme, the Dominion Voting machines flap in Antrim Co., and the meeting at the White House with Lee Chatfield and Mike Shirkey.
So the NFL has sent a video to all teams explaining how players should report to the officials. In other words, they are still doubling down on their ineptitude and basically calling the
#Lions
liars.
Come April, Roger Goodell is going to wish the draft was anywhere but Detroit.
I’m watching meeting of the Board of State Canvassers and unless I’m missing something it seems the argument is like a group of students telling the teacher the reason they got the answers wrong was because the person they paid to do their homework gave them the wrong answers.
John Geddert, owner of Twistars USA Gymnastics in Michigan has committed suicide shortly after being hit with 24 crimes, including human trafficking. In fact, only one of the charges was connected to Larry Nassar, meaning there's another entire horrible chapter of abuse here.
Everything you’re going to read and hear about Jamie Samuelsen is on the money - he was just the best - as a broadcaster, of course. But as a man, husband and father, he was a man in full. And gone too soon. Love and peace to his wife and family
@ChristyTV
and
@971theticketxyt
As someone who's moderated quite a few debates, I'm sitting here trying to think of a format or approach that would bring order out of this chaos.
I got nothing.
#PresidentialDebate
So
@Ford
lets you name your
#MustangMachE
before it arrives. I named mine after Willie Nelson — and then got an email that said “Here’s the latest on your Willie.”
Working on a new name...
Paywalls are coming for some of the content on
@freep
and
@detroitnews
Good journalism is worthy of your support. Please consider subscribing. Detroit is so fortunate to still be a 2 daily paper town.
A fine micrososmic day for Detroit sports — Tigers, Wings and Pistons all thrashed. I understand the Lions have been given a loss, too, just on principle.
This is hard to imagine, but it would appear the 3-win Lions are the best professional Detroit sports team at the moment.
Ouch.
Oh, wait -- Thank goodness for
@DetroitCityFC
Newsrooms are families - and we know the big family at
@FOX2News
is hurting today. Stunned to hear about the loss of Jessica Starr. We’re wishing her husband and children and big extended family peace.
My daughter who lives in Baltimore just informed me that she and her roommate have named their WiFi network "The Law Offices of Joumana Kayrouz"
That's awesome.
#PureMichigan
This is a stunning and tragic accounting of events by prosecutor Karen McDonald. She’s taking what appears to be a landmark approach to holding the defendant’s parents accountable. But there is going to be an outbreak of boiling anger over these revelations.
The reports are pouring in from those in SE Michigan who saw a bright flash of light and then heard a boom. Suspicion for now is that it was a meteor. Developing...
Just about the time I think I’m over the “picking up the flag” nonsense with Brandon Pettigrew, this happens.
So tired of the Dallas premium.
(But I’m glad he went for 2. If you’re going to be a bear, be a grizzly.)
#Lions
In a horrendous injustice, MI journalist Danny Fenster has been sentenced to 11 years in prison in Myanmar. His attorney says Danny won’t appeal which seems to be an understanding that the military govt of Myanmar is pulling the levers anyway. It’s outrageous and heartbreaking.
You gotta love Deedra Irwin’s reaction to learning her 7th place finish is the best ever for an American woman in biathlon. She was a 3 sport athlete at
@MichiganTech
#winterolympics
Okay, I’ll be the killjoy. I’m very concerned we’re watching quite a few super-spreader events. Yes, a lot of masks - but social distancing seems to be a lost concept.
#coronavirus
There's an old adage that it's not always wise to meet your heroes. But the more time I spent with Al Kaline the bigger a hero he became to me.
A great player, yes, but a towering gentleman.
#RIP
#Tigers
That was an outrageous attack by
@realDonaldTrump
on
@PeterAlexander
of
@NBCNews
for a very fair and solid question that was nothing close to "nasty" - and Alexander is nothing close to a "terrible reporter."
Sigh.
URGENT: Active shooter situation at Michigan State University
#MSU
. Students being told to shelter in place with the advice to RUN, HIDE, FIGHT. We've confirmed at least one fatality. Developing....
And there it is -- Kodi Lee wins it
-- the Detroit Youth Choir finishes their run through America's Got Talent as the runner up. What an amazing and thrilling run it's been. You've made Detroit so proud.
#AGTfinals
#DYC
I managed to misspell Buttigieg yesterday. (Can’t exactly blame spellcheck.) Apologies to the Secretary, especially after such a terrific conversation at
#MPC22
This is exasperating.
@seanhannity
is praising TX and FL for counting ballots quickly while slamming PA and GA.
Actually...
PA has counted 96% of its ballots. GA - 98%.
TX - 97%.
FL - 96%.
The only difference is two states where the outcome is in doubt and two where it isn't.
MI Sec of State's office says as of 2:30pm, there have been about 12,500 new voter registrations done today at the polls.
(Perspective - That number is more than the margin of victory in 2016.)
Also - 92% of all absentee ballots have been returned so far.
There is an art in politics to turning the question you're asked into the one you want to answer --- but this is tedious. Maybe the new fact check should be "Did the candidate answer the question posed?"
#VPDebate
Starting to wonder why we needed any other witnesses. Sondland is burning through just about every White House defense like a blowtorch.
#impeachmenthearings
The venerable Anchor Bar is being sold. (Yikes.) The new owner says he’ll keep it the same but smooth out “the rough edges.”
Careful. A lot of us worked hard to create those edges.
I love how excited I can still get watching
@60Minutes
- the writing, storytelling, production - and most of all - the respect for the intelligence of the audience. Still in a league of its own.
Actually a
@CNN
reporter disrespected
@POTUS
& PM May during their press conf. Instead of rewarding bad behavior, we decided to reprioritize the TV appearances for administration officials.
Anarchists, Agitators or Protestors who vandalize or damage our Federal Courthouse in Portland, or any Federal Buildings in any of our Cities or States, will be prosecuted under our recently re-enacted Statues & Monuments Act. MINIMUM TEN YEARS IN PRISON. Don’t do it!
@DHSgov
So very sad to hear we’ve lost the great Ken Calvert. A consummate pro on the radio, he was also hilarious. We were on the golf course once and he told me he was going to write a book called “Making the Most of your Fourth Putt”. Just beautiful.
@kencalvertshow
The President is threatening Michigan funding (on a catastrophic day in mid-Michigan) over something that hasn’t happened - The SOS has sent out absentee applications, not ballots. And very legal after voter approval.
Morning radio in Detroit just isn't going to be the same without Roberta Jasina at the mic. Roberta, here's a toast from all of us at
@Local4News
Wishing you (and your husband) all the best.
@Robertanews
Congratulations from all of us at Local 4 to Dave LewAllen
@tvnewzguy
on retiring after 35 years
@wxyzdetroit
A class act, and one of the nicest, kindest people you will ever meet. Cheers, Davy Lew!
Thinking about
#Aretha
and wondering if
#queenofsoul
is too limiting. Think of the great female voices of modern music - Whitney, Patsy Cline... I’d include Adele. Karen Carpenter. Alison Krauss. Streisand. Ella. Maybe Mariah. But Aretha — to me? The greatest.
One of the worst things about the shutdown? Hundreds of thousands of people being told they're non-essential.
Seems to me we ALL want to feel our jobs are essential.
With her grad degree in Euro Studies at Cambridge it’s ludicrous to suggest
@NPRKelly
couldn’t find Ukraine on a map. That aside
@SecPompeo
is the US Sec of State. Any question on US/Intl policy is fair game. Interview preconditions are what I get when I’m on assignment in China
Marianne Williamson, turning the conversation to race: “I lived in Grosse Pointe and what happened in Flint would have never happened in Grosse Pointe.”
In the handoff between their shows last night, Chris Cuomo called Don Lemon “one of the stars” of the upcoming
@CNN
debate.
Um, no.
There is a lot there about what’s wrong with journalism right now.