People protest Whitmer's stay-at-home order by creating traffic gridlock, not...
Folks, "Operation Gridlock" is in full effect, and by all accounts it looks dumb as hell. Protesters descended upon Lansing on Wednesday, arguing that Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's stay-at-home order is...
View ArticleOakland County deploys mobile morgues as coronavirus strains hospitals
Oakland County has set up two mobile morgues as hospitals begin to run out of space to store bodies. At least one hospital is already storing bodies in one of two refrigerated units behind the Oakland...
View ArticleThere’s been a spike in people dying at home in cities like Detroit. That...
In recent weeks, residents outside Boston have died at home much more often than usual. In Detroit, authorities are responding to nearly four times the number of reports of dead bodies.…
View ArticleMichigan's coronavirus death toll nears 2,000, with more than 27,000 positive...
Michigan’s coronavirus death toll rose by 153 on Wednesday, bringing the total to nearly 2,000. The state now has more more than 27,000 infections, up 1,366 over the past 24 hours.…
View ArticleGov. Whitmer chides protesters for defying social-distancing measures,...
Protesters who swarmed the state’s Capitol on Wednesday to rally against Michigan’s stay-at-home order“may have just created a need to lengthen it,” Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said. “They were in close...
View ArticleRoyal Oak City Commissioner Kim Gibbs spotted walking around at Operation...
Royal Oak City Commissioner Kim Gibbs attended "Operation Gridlock," Wednesday's shitshow of a protest in Lansing where people rebelled against the "tyranny" of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's expanded...
View ArticleMore Detroiters have died from coronavirus than have been killed in two years...
More Detroiters have died from the coronavirus in one month than have been killed in two years of city homicides. The city reported 69 coronavirus deaths on Thursday — the largest one-day increase...
View ArticleRick Snyder knew about Flint water crisis earlier than he testified under...
To paraphrase the famous Watergate question, what did former Gov. Rick Snyder know about the Flint water crisis, and when did he know it? According to a bombshell report published on Thursday by VICE,...
View ArticleOfficials predict Michigan's unemployment funds could run out by July
Since the coronavirus arrived in Michigan last month, the state has become one of the nation's deadliest hotspots for the virus, and in Detroit, the coronavirus has claimed more lives than in two years...
View ArticleWhitmer partners with Midwestern governors to coordinate reopening regional...
So far, President Donald Trump's plan to reopen the economy amid the coronavirus pandemic has included forming an advisory team that includes his daughter and son-in-law (naturally) and, umm, WWE's...
View ArticleThese four Michigan Sheriffs oppose Gov. Whitmer, pledge to not strictly...
Four Northern Michigan Sheriffs have come together to echo the sentiments shared by thousands of protesters who descended upon Michigan's capital on Wednesday in a dangerous stunt known as “Operation...
View ArticleMichigan surpasses 2,000 coronavirus deaths and 29,000 positive cases
Michigan reported 173 new coronavirus deaths on Thursday, the second largest one-day increase, bringing the state's total to 2,093. Nearly 70 of the deaths came in Detroit.…
View ArticleDetroit battles coronavirus crisis in nursing homes with rapid testing
The highly contagious coronavirus has taken root in all 27 nursing homes in Detroit, where elderly residents with underlying health conditions live in close proximity to each other. As of Monday, 26...
View ArticleCould Michigan's economy start re-opening in May? Gov. Whitmer sends...
On Wednesday, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said the protest earlier that day against her coronavirus stay-at-home order — in which people gathered in Lansing, many not wearing face masks, and many disobeying...
View ArticleRoyal Oak Mayor asks Commissioner Kim Gibbs to resign after she was spotted...
Royal Oak Mayor Michael Fournier has asked City Commissioner Kim Gibbs to step down after she was spotted disobeying social distancing guidelines at "Operation Gridlock," a massive right-wing protest...
View ArticleTrump calls for... something... with dangerous 'LIBERATE MICHIGAN!' tweet
President Donald Trump took to Twitter on Friday with a two-word message that could have a dangerous interpretation: "LIBERATE MICHIGAN!" Trump also tweeted "LIBERATE MINNESOTA!" and "LIBERATE...
View ArticleOfficials deny statute of limitations is running out for Flint water crisis...
On Thursday, VICE published a bombshell report that suggested, among many explosive allegations, former Gov. Rick Snyder knew of the Flint water crisis long before he said he did in a Congressional...
View ArticleMichigan reports 134 new coronavirus deaths as positive cases top 30,000
Michigan reported 134 new coronavirus deaths on Friday, the lowest one-day increase in four days, bringing the state’s total to 2,227. The state now has more than 30,000 positive cases, up 760 in the...
View ArticleSome Michiganders need to take action to receive stimulus money
The federal government is starting to dole out some financial relief to Michiganders during the COVID-19 pandemic through stimulus checks.…
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