AG Nessel joins 49 attorneys general in antitrust investigation of Google
Fifty attorneys general, now including Michigan AG Dana Nessel, have announced an antitrust investigation into Google’s conduct. Nessel joined the bipartisan alliance on Monday. The attorneys general...
View ArticleIs Trump a fascist?
The F-word In recent months, the word "fascist" has been thrown at everything from Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Green New Deal and statements made by Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to Disney's...
View ArticleMichigan’s vaping ban faces uncertain future as legal and legislative...
Adam Powell tried everything to quit smoking cigarettes — nicotine gum and patches, antidepressants, cold turkey, even hypnosis.…
View ArticleIf you’re wondering how we got to something as stupid as Sharpiegate, you...
I suppose I can't not write about Sharpie-gate, as much as I'd rather not. After all, of the myriad episodes that have defined the Trump administration's idiocracy, few have reached this peak of...
View ArticleSavage Love: My roommate invites strange men over to fist him every single day
My roommate is a gay man who is into getting fisted. A lot.…
View ArticleTrump-loving Grosse Pointe Shores councilman posts 9/11 meme targeting 'the...
A conservative, Trump-loving Grosse Pointe Shores councilman suggested Wednesday that four congresswomen nicknamed "the squad""are the proof we have forgotten" about the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist...
View ArticleBlack couple awarded $11.3M in racial discrimination lawsuit against Michigan...
Two and a half years after filing a racial discrimination lawsuit against the Michigan Department of Corrections, Lapeer County probation officer Lisa Griffey and her husband, Cedric Griffey, a deputy...
View ArticleTrump administration joins Gov. Whitmer in calling for flavored vape ban
President Donald Trump and Gov. Gretchen Whitmer have found something in common: They both want to ban vaping. A week after Michigan’s governor announced that Michigan would become the first state to...
View ArticleParticipating pharmacies to offer free opioid overdose-reversing kits on...
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services has partnered with over 1,000 pharmacies statewide to sponsor “Naloxone Distribution Day,” an effort to help Michiganders access the widely used...
View ArticleAG Nessel backs bills to help prosecutors fight public corruption
Attorney General Dana Nessel on Thursday endorsed a legislative push to extend the statute of limitations for charging corrupt public officials. State and local prosecutors are barred from charging...
View ArticleWhite Muskegon cop fired after KKK memorabilia found at his home
A white Muskegon police officer who displayed KKK memorabilia in his home was fired Thursday. The city terminated Officer Charles Anderson following a month-long internal investigation that began...
View ArticleMichigan's ban on flavored vaping products ignores the real culprit — THC...
Michigan’s unprecedented ban on flavored nicotine vaping products failed to target the primary culprit of the fatal lung illnesses sweeping across the country — marijuana cartridges. While Gov....
View ArticleDuggan to unveil $250M bond proposal to remove blight in Detroit neighborhoods
Mayor Mike Duggan is unveiling a plan Monday to ask voters in March to approve a $250 million bond issue to fund blight removal in the city’s neighborhoods. The ballot initiative first needs city...
View ArticleWhitmer, Tlaib, and 2020 Democratic candidates stand with UAW workers on strike
Democratic presidential hopefuls Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, and Joe Biden, as well as Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and Rep. Rashida Tlaib, have all shown support for the 48,000 UAW workers who went on...
View ArticleDetroit's controversial facial recognition technology faces day of reckoning
The fate of Detroit’s controversial facial recognition technology could be determined this week. The Detroit Board of Police Commissioners is expected to vote on a new policy governing the use of...
View ArticleNorth Carolina Republicans proved that if you’re ruthless enough, you can get...
Last Monday, President Donald Trump flew into Fayetteville, North Carolina, for a rally ahead of a special congressional election. There, in support of Republican Dan Bishop — a state senator who...
View ArticleSavage Love: My 12-year-old son is using toy handcuffs for self-bondage
My son has always liked handcuffs and tying people up as a form of play. He is 12 now, and the delight he finds in cuffing has not faded along with his love of Legos.…
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