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Simon D. Schuster

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2 years

Bureau of Elections staff provides a detailed explanation of why signatures were found to be fraudulent in their report, but some of the examples they provide illustrate forgery that is almost painfully obvious. #mipol Look at this.

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Just now, SML Mike Shirkey, on a hot mic on the floor of the Senate speaking to Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist: "I frankly don’t take back any of the statements I made — I take back some of the words I chose." #mileg

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Democratic legislators and union workers in the gallery celebrate the RTW repeal and prevailing wage reinstatement passing the House immediately following those votes.

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What would explain this away? That the petition circulator was carrying 3-5 different pens and switching them at steady intervals? The ink even corresponds to the handwriting on these sheets. I'm having a lot of trouble understanding how this wasn't noticed by any campaign.

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Whitmer laughed, admitted she did have a burner account and tweeted under a pseudonym, but said she is no longer on Twitter. Make of that what you will.

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A designer/printer in Grand Rapids has produced some satirical yard signs skewering the anti-Prop 3 campaign slogan: (h/t @Ben_Orner / @MattMillerMLive )

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Inbox: former U.S. Reps. Fred Upton and Dave Trott, both Republicans, announce they support the package of firearms safety bills currently moving through the Michigan legislature. That includes safe storage requirements, red flag laws and universal background checks.

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So on the campaign trail this year, I heard Gretchen Whitmer tell a few reporters (myself included) she follows their tweets. None of her official accounts follow me. So curiosity got the better of me and I asked her today if she has a burner account.

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Here's an additional example provided by the bureau of elections of signatures submitted by James Craig's campaign: "None remotely resembled the signer’s (qualified voter file) signature."

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In Grand Rapids where Whitmer’s campaign and some prominent moderate conservatives are kicking off a group called Republicans for Whitmer. “We care about democracy, we care about decency and we care about individual freedom,” Whitmer says.

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Hundreds of students, at minimum, at this MSU student protest at the Capitol.

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The decades-long struggle for LGBTQ equality in Michigan achieved a landmark victory Thursday, after legislation that will explicitly protect Michiganders on the basis of sex and gender identity was signed into law.

Protections for LGBTQ Michiganders are cemented into state law with Whitmer’s pen

Michigan’s anti-discrimination law will now explicitly protect Michiganders on the basis of sex and gender identity, after Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed a landmark expansion into law Thursday.

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8 months

Folks — Rep. Rashida Tlaib raised *$3.7 million dollars* while under fire from her colleagues and censured in Congress for steadfastly advocating for Palestinian civilians in the Israel-Hamas war.

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Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, on stage just now: "If I could figure out how to move Disney World to Michigan I would." Another little remark in the nascent Florida-Michigan gubernatorial rivalry.

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BREAKING: A meeting of Michigan Republicans in have voted to remove Kristina Karamo as chair of their party in a 40-5 vote via secret ballot. Karamo and her allies steadfastly argue that nothing that comes out of this meeting is legitimate and she has vowed "I will never resign"

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Why do downtown Lansing tornado sirens sound like they were pulled right from my nightmares?

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2 years

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer gave a eulogy at the funeral for Arielle Anderson today, one of three students killed in the mass shooting at Michigan State University. It was a simple admiration of Anderson and her life, cut short at 19. Whitmer's final words of solace for the family:

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2 years

Bonkers numbers. That would mean almost a tenth of all registered voters in the state have seen and signed a petition.

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Ann Arbor Council Member Linh Song, who co-chairs the Reproductive Freedom for All ballot initiative: "Nearly 800,000 signatures have been gathered, the most of any ballot effort in the history of the state of Michigan."

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Inbox: Rep. Josh Schriver, R-Oxford, has been removed from his committee posts, had his staff reassigned and his office budget stripped by House Speaker Joe Tate after sparking furor over a post many deemed overtly racist.

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Michigan will receive an additional $250.6 million in federal aid to bring high speed internet to more than 67,000 homes that don't currently have the infrastructure, officials announced on a press call this afternoon.

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The silent sit-in has begun. MSU students have arrayed themselves like a classroom as they begin to share their experiences.

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2 years

Read the reports for yourself:

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@Simon_Schuster

2 years

Bureau of Elections report on fraudulent petition signatures is finally up on the Board of State Canvassers site: BSC will convene on Thursday to address the BoE's recommendations.

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Tudor Dixon will be campaigning with former presidential candidate (and newly former Democrat) Tulsi Gabbard for two days beginning Oct. 29, the same day Barack Obama will be rallying Democrats in Detroit. She's endorsed Dixon. Gabbard is hot off a stint w/ Kari Lake in AZ.

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Rep. Doug Wozniak (R) asks a union worker why so many states have RTW: “Because laws are passed by politicians and many times politicians hear from the highest bidder and the highest bidder gets the loudest voice.” We can hear applause from an overflow room through the door.

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2 years

Committee member Rep. Tom Kunse (R) comes out forcefully refuting Weiss, citing the failed 2012 ballot measure on organizing. “People have clearly spoken — they don't want ‘right-to-work.’ Why are you trying to take away peoples’ rights?”

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2 years

Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey, in his farewell address, just said the pandemic was a "surprise foreign attack" and "planned."

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4 years

I need to wait for the recording to posted for this session video to confirm this, but the Senator appeared to stand by the assertion that supporters of former President Trump did not instigate the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol.

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2 years

The music at this Whitmer election party is nearly nightclub-level. If I can file a story here, I think this means I can work from a club, too.

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1 month

Here is the altercation with Karamo and her removal by Flint Police.

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2 years

Folks, it still rings a little strangely to my ears, but I'll be joining @Mlive 's statewide team as senior political reporter in June. I couldn't be more excited to be back reporting full-time with the great team coming together at MLive for such a pivotal election year.

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Inbox: Gretchen Whitmer’s campaign will have some guests on the campaign trail this week, including U.S. Sen. Cory Booker, Pete and Chasten Buttigieg and Kerry Washington.

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4 years

Full quote from SML Mike Shirkey: "I frankly don't take back any of the points I was trying to make. Some of the words I chose I do regret." With regard to the U.S. capitol riot: "The FBI is going to identify here within the next couple weeks who was actually behind it."

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4 years

Granholm's portrait in the Capitol rotunda, which prominently features a wind turbine, just became a bit more apt.

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4 years

SCOOP: Joe Biden has selected former Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm to serve as secretary of energy, according to people familiar with the decision. Story coming with @zcolman

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Here on campus for tonight’s vigil, but not as a reporter. Just a two-time alum and member of this community.

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"I will continue to keep you in my prayers, and the actions that we take in response to this will honor your daughter," Whitmer said to close her eulogy for Arielle Anderson. "Her death, her life will not have been in vain and we will all live to remember her."

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I, a fool, filled out my absentee ballot incorrectly over the weekend. Took it into my local clerk's office, they spoiled it and gave me a fresh ballot to fill out there, explaining how the process worked each step of the way. Overall an excellent experience.

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The Michigan Republican Party's presumptive nominee for secretary of state, Kristina Karamo, just tweeted a link to a post on Truth Social that says Trump "will be back in the White House before the end of this year."

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3 months

Really capturing the zeitgeist here

Jordyn Hermani (🔈: "HermanE”)

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Voting has officially begun... for Michigan's first ever "I Voted" sticker contest. Can attest, there are some good ones in here, folks:

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NEW: MDP filed a campaign finance complaint against Tudor Dixon's campaign Tuesday, alleging it spent more than $5,000 improperly on designer clothing for the candidate. One of the items is a red Alexander McQueen dress that retails for nearly $2,000.

Dixon campaign spent $5k on designer clothing, prompting Dem complaint

The complaint contends the spending, which allegedly included a red Alexander McQueen dress and a double-breasted Veronica Beard jacket, violates Michigan campaign finance rules.

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5 months

After nearly two years with @MLive , I’m joining the good people at @BridgeMichigan as a Capitol reporter. Don’t be a stranger: sschuster @bridgemi .com

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@Simon_Schuster

5 months

Some personal news: this week will be my last with @MLive . Deeply grateful for all the colleagues, sources and opportunities that helped me grow as a reporter and a professional in the nearly 2 years I've spent here. (I won't be going far. More on that soon.)

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The legislators were asked by Maya Manuel, one of the protest organizers, to sit in the front of the crowd and see the grief-stricken faces of the MSU students in attendance.

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2 years

Republican gubernatorial candidate Tudor Dixon tweeted out her first broadcast ad of the general election last night. It’s a contrast spot.

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5 months

If anyone's takeaway from the $100 lots in Detroit this week is "downtown doesn't have enough parking" I will personally drive to Detroit and push you into the river.

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Inbox: Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is going to Norway and Switzerland next week on what her office calls "a five-day investment mission" along with the head of the MEDC. She's also be taking part (much to the chagrin of conspiracists, I'm sure) in a World Economic Forum panel.

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4 years

Worth nothing the Lt. Gov. appeared to explicitly warn Sen. Shirkey the mic was on before they began the exchange and Shirkey proceeded anyway.

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2 years

“Single women working — that's like her dream for women,” Tudor Dixon says of Gretchen Whitmer. “Last time I checked that was a pretty lonely life.”

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Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is in Kalamazoo today to sign legislation that will ban people convicted of domestic violence from keeping or using firearms for 8 years after sentencing.

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2 years

BREAKING: The ballot proposal looking to enshrine abortion access in the Michigan constitution will be on the November ballot, the Michigan Supreme Court has ordered.

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1 year

This is the entirety of the crowd as ⁦ @VivekGRamaswamy ⁩ speaks at the Mackinac Republican Leadership Conference

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2 years

After some rough, back-of-the-envelope totaling and adjustments for inflation, it's clear: Michigan's gubernatorial election was the most expensive in state history by at least $10 million, if not more.

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All reporters were supporters at MSU tonight. We're responsible for ensuring the world doesn't pass this tragedy by. That the stories of survivors and those we've lost aren't forgotten. That the public has a full understanding of what happened. That's support.

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@Simon_Schuster We appreciate it. Too many people there as reporters and not as supporters

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MI state Rep. Sam Steckloff said she and Reps. Abraham Aiyash, Alabas Farhat and Noah Arbit, the Arab-American and Jewish members of the House, are checking in with each other daily. “That a level of love I haven’t experienced before,” she said.

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1 year

Steckloff castigated Republicans for putting forward a resolution w/o consulting Jewish legislators. “I can tell you one thing — they do not speak for the Jews,” Steckloff said. The resolution was “mean” and tone-deaf given the current humanitarian situation in Gaza, she said.

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In the first analysis of its kind in Michigan, I coded nearly every 2022 legislative donation to the donor’s district to examine if legislators fundraised significantly from people they ran to represent. For all but two legislators, the answer is no.

Who funded Michigan campaigns? For nearly every legislator, it wasn’t the folks they ran to...

A first-ever examination of Michigan legislative donations found that, of the 148 legislators currently serving in Michigan, just two raised a majority of their campaign funding in 2022 from reside...

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5 months

Some personal news: this week will be my last with @MLive . Deeply grateful for all the colleagues, sources and opportunities that helped me grow as a reporter and a professional in the nearly 2 years I've spent here. (I won't be going far. More on that soon.)

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Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, whose department oversees Michigan’s disclosure laws, told me now is the time to enact sweeping ethics reforms in state government.

Jocelyn Benson: lift Michigan lawmakers’ ‘cloak of secrecy’

“For far too long lawmakers in our state have operated under the cloak of secrecy with very little transparency requirements," Benson told MLive in a recent interview.

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On MSU’s campus this morning as an outpouring of support from parents means hundreds of students are picking up drinks, snacks and hugs as they return to classes.

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Heading to The Island for the Mackinac Republican Leadership Conference and visibility is nil

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State Rep. Betsy Coffia (D) with big fundraising numbers today: $241k raised with $312k cash on hand. She's seeking reelection in a northern Michigan district anchored by Traverse City that she flipped in 2022.

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11 months

Have to note: Peter Meijer’s logo on his announcement is eerily similar to the one his family’s hypermarket chain used for 20 years beginning in the 1980s.

Peter Meijer

@VoteMeijer

11 months

I am excited to join the race for the United States Senate!

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4 years

I along with @LaurenMGibbons monitored election mail in Michigan. People were inundated with 4-page “Build Back Better” brochures. It was pretty central to the campaign’s outreach.

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4 years

This is the fantasy thinking I’m talking about. Biden had a high profile platform negotiation; GOP didn’t have one at all. He talked about minimum wage and clean energy at debates. “He just said I’m not Trump” is simply false.

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2 years

Clocking in for election coverage here in Detroit. Here‘s the scene at Whitmer’s election night party.

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Rep. Jim Haadsma, labor committee chair, said he expects Right to Work and prevailing wage bills to be voted out of committee AND pass the House tomorrow. “I don't know if this is the fastest track ever, but I was certainly here in 2012 and we're going to afford more process”

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AG Dana Nessel delivers her address, saying, "I promised my wife I would stick to the script," and warns the audience her spiel will be boring. It was, admittedly, a brief and pretty boilerplate speech.

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There's almost too much to mention here, but he's waxing fully conspiratorial, center on the World Economic Forum as a boogeyman.

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Talked to UAW president Ray Curry briefly about right to work. He said “we've got a commitment from the elected state House and Senate members” that the law will be repealed.

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9 months

I'm bored tonight and asked Chat-GPT to create a quintessentially Michigan scene. If this tweet gets a few likes, I'll have it make it even more Michigan.

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Full quote from SML Mike Shirkey: "I frankly don't take back any of the points I was trying to make. Some of the words I chose I do regret." With regard to the U.S. capitol riot: "The FBI is going to identify here within the next couple weeks who was actually behind it."

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2 years

Even as Michigan State University students contend with the trauma and grief of Monday's mass shooting, more than 100 gathered on the Capitol steps Wednesday to demand changes to Michigan's gun laws.

MSU students protest, grieve and demand action on gun violence

Even as Michigan State University students contend with the trauma and grief of Monday's mass shooting, more than 100 gathered on the Capitol steps Wednesday to demand changes to Michigan's gun laws.

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2 years

Lavora Barnes is reelected chair of the Michigan Democratic Chair for a third term by acclimation vote. It was solidly unanimous. When nays were called there was utter silence in the convention hall.

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2 months

This door has been slammed so many times it has to be in splinters at this point.

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2 months

Whitmer on Morning Joe slammed the door on VP speculation

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1 year

. @Th_Midwesterner livestreamed the whole speech hahaha

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1 year

Michigan GOP Chairwoman Kristina Karamo just told the crowd that actor Jim Caviezel asks that people not share video of his speech online.

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Vice President Kamala Harris, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, Stabenow, Scholten and others have begun a roundtable in Grand Rapids. Press were ushered in after Whitmer’s marks had begun. Harris called the MI legislature “extraordinary and a real role model” RE: reproductive rights.

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2 years

Bureau of Elections report on fraudulent petition signatures is finally up on the Board of State Canvassers site: BSC will convene on Thursday to address the BoE's recommendations.

Board of State Canvassers

Find information about the Board of State Canvassers and its meeting notices.

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He also invokes child sacrifice and "trans-whatever" ... before abruptly pivoting to a lighthearted anecdote about how he stuck his hand in a Senate office toilet to find it was refilling with hot water.

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1 year

The Mackinac Bridge, appearing briefly through the fog today.

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4 years

Very millennial idea: a community library but for power tools. There’s no way I’ll need a torx screwdriver more than once every five years. Don’t make me buy one.

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The Rock is foremost a public forum for student expression. The MSU community's messages on it this week were just that. Why the administration felt compelled to paint over that (per @RLJnews ) mystifies me, but that logo and message sure smack bitterly of brand strategy.

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2 years

The Rock was painted ahead of tonight's vigil. Always Spartans and always in our hearts.

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1 year

A perfect example this morning of what we lose when automating news aggregation.

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Former MIGOP chair Kristina Karamo was removed from the party nominating convention by police today. She said she was credentialed as supporter of MI Supreme Court candidate Alexandria Taylor. She’s been barred by court order since Feb. from claiming she is still rightful chair.

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@Simon_Schuster

1 month

Here is her removal from the premises. She was trespassed, per police.

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The daughter of Michigan Republican Party co-chair Meshawn Maddock was paid $37,555 over two months by Perry Johnson's campaign. Not immediately clear if that was purely salary, but that total does exclude this fun expense reimbursement:

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2 years

With the speech concluded, it bears noting this is nothing new for Shirkey. He's floated baseless conspiracy theories in the Senate chamber (and elsewhere) before:

Simon D. Schuster

@Simon_Schuster

4 years

Just now, SML Mike Shirkey, on a hot mic on the floor of the Senate speaking to Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist: "I frankly don’t take back any of the statements I made — I take back some of the words I chose." #mileg

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Today's a campaign finance filing deadline at the state and federal level. I burned some midnight oil to bring back the spreadsheet you nerds know and love. It's no Twitter bot, but it'll still populate throughout the day as filings come in:

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Here is her removal from the premises. She was trespassed, per police.

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@Simon_Schuster

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Here is the altercation with Karamo and her removal by Flint Police.

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NEW: In Dec. 2020, a Trump campaign staffer was calling MI legislators asking if they'd support appointing electors in favor of then-President Trump despite his loss. Buried in documents released by the Jan. 6 committee I found a record of their answers.

5 Michigan legislators told Trump campaign they’d support false electors, according to Jan. 6...

Documents released by the now-former U.S. House committee investigating Jan. 6 offer a record of legislators' responses to inquiry, asking legislators if they'd support appoint electors for then-Pr...

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In a Michigan Republican Party where 3 of 7 vice chairs are Muslim, "we feel like we’re in a club where we’re not really welcome." "I would say there’s definitely a strong push toward Christian nationalism," coalitions vice chair Hassan Nehme said.

Michigan GOP tilt toward Christian nationalism vexes Muslim party leaders

In a Michigan Republican Party where three of the six vice chairs are Muslim, “we feel like we’re in a club where we’re not really welcome."

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On scene here at VP Kamala Harris’ Labor Day event in Detroit. The setting is pretty intimate, and the line outside seems far longer than the seating in this Northwestern High School gym.

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NEW: Kristina Karamo, Michigan Republican Party chair, has a message for donors who'd like her to quiet down about the “globalist takeover” and “systemic election corruption”: “That’s not gonna happen.”

Conspiracies and a Holocaust meme mark the dawn of Karamo’s Michigan Republican Party

Kristina Karamo, empowered by a base of far-right delegates, has a message for donors who'd like her to quiet down about the “globalist takeover” and “systemic election corruption”: “That’s not gonna...

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3 years

You know we're living in a changed world when any gathering at the Landshark could be deemed a "dinner party."

The Washington Post

@washingtonpost

3 years

Michigan Gov. Whitmer apologizes for dinner party that broke pandemic rules: "I am human. I made a mistake."

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Andy Levin’s campaign is looking to bring some progressive firepower in the waning days of the campaign, per a release. Senator and former presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren will be rallying with the campaign July 24 in Pontiac.

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Simon D. Schuster

@Simon_Schuster

4 years

I'm admittedly struggling to be productive on work that's unrelated to the US Capitol being stormed by protestors.

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Simon D. Schuster

@Simon_Schuster

1 year

MI State Rep. Sam Steckloff, who is Jewish, deactivated her Twitter/X account in the uproar over Hamas’ attack in Israel. She’s telling reporters two of her former students + their 2 y/o were killed. “I have police cars outside my home,” she said due to threats she’s received.

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Simon D. Schuster

@Simon_Schuster

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Simon D. Schuster

@Simon_Schuster

2 years

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer was listed as a speaker on a semiconductor panel in Davos today, but at the onset didn't appear on stage. Nearly half an hour in we find out she's been behind the camera the whole time!

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Simon D. Schuster

@Simon_Schuster

7 months

This ad appeared on Kalamazoo-area billboards over the weekend. Somebody forgot to proofread.

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Simon D. Schuster

@Simon_Schuster

2 years

Excerpts from the opinion maintaining a block on Michigan's 1931 abortion ban. Ruling is certain to be appealed, but 2 important takeaways: 1) Gleicher, the judge, intends for block to be *permanent* 2) Instructs AG to inform county prosecutors they can't enforce the ban either

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Simon D. Schuster

@Simon_Schuster

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Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is at the White House for a governors' dinner tonight, per a list of expected attendees. This morning she was in Lansing rallying volunteers for a canvass/phone bank organized by her super PAC to support President Joe Biden in the primary.

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Simon D. Schuster

@Simon_Schuster

7 months

This is a seismic announcement within the very insular world of Michigan political fundraising. It's tough to overstate the role Lombardini (and her firm Bright Spark Strategies) have played in funding recent Republican causes in + around state government.

Craig Mauger

@CraigDMauger

7 months

Heather Lombardini "knowingly and willfully" violated the Michigan campaign finance law. Lombardini, one of Michigan's top political fundraisers, is also being charged with 3 misdemeanors and 1 felony, Nessel says.

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Simon D. Schuster

@Simon_Schuster

3 years

Also: Rep. Jones spent more than $200 from his campaign account at a strip club, calling it an office expense. The reason? "constituent meeting to discuss potential economic projects in Inkster"

Craig Mauger

@CraigDMauger

3 years

Here's an interesting one: State Rep. Jewell Jones, D-Inkser, spent more than $6,400 from his campaign account on meals for meetings over the first 7 months of 2021. That includes this dinner meeting that cost nearly $700.

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Simon D. Schuster

@Simon_Schuster

2 years

New: Michigan Democratic and Republican parties said they were contacted by the FBI, warning them about the potential of Chinese state hackers probing their digital infrastructure ahead of the election.

Chinese hacking concerns prompt FBI to contact Michigan political parties

While neither party has experienced any breaches, spokespeople for both parties confirmed agents had contacted the party so they would be on alert for any suspicious activity.

www.mlive.com

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Simon D. Schuster

@Simon_Schuster

2 years

Whitmer has been sword in and now there is some exceptionally loud artillery fire, courtesy the Michigan National Guard. You can smell the gunpowder in the air.

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Simon D. Schuster

@Simon_Schuster

2 years

Buttigieg leads off with the news of the day: late last night unions and railway carriers averted a strike that could’ve sent a shockwave through the economy. He notes “not a lot of us slept much last night.”

Simon D. Schuster

@Simon_Schuster

2 years

Whitmer is speaking now, touting this project and her record on infrastructure while noting “we didn’t raise taxes by a dime,” a statement which certainly has some awkward context.

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