Michigan Dems want to overhaul sex ed, allow schools to distribute condoms

Michigan Dems want to overhaul sex ed, allow schools to distribute condoms

Michigan schools that teach sex education would be required to provide instruction about consent, contraceptives and “all legally available pregnancy outcomes” under overhaul legislation introduced this week by House Democrats. The sweeping proposal would also lift a longstanding ban on distributing condoms at schools and require sex ed instruction to be “medically accurate,” age-appropriate, and “trauma-informed” without […]

‘Dark money’ helped Democrats dominate Michigan Supreme Court races

‘Dark money’ helped Democrats dominate Michigan Supreme Court races

LANSING — “Dark money” helped Democratic nominees grow their ideological advantage on the Michigan Supreme Court last week, according to a Bridge Michigan analysis of campaign finance records. Groups that do not disclose donors had spent more than $5 million on the races through late October, topping the combined $4 million raised by the four […]

U-M policy scholar: Israeli invasion of Lebanon worsens ongoing crises

U-M policy scholar: Israeli invasion of Lebanon worsens ongoing crises

The conflict between Israel and Hezbollah is nearly four decades old. Hezbollah emerged in response to Israel’s invasion of Lebanon in 1982. Since that time, Hezbollah and Israel have repeatedly engaged in battles and conflicts of varying degrees and intensity, most notably in 2006 when Hezbollah is largely viewed as having defeated Israel. Recently, Israel […]

Local Communities Urged to Contact Legislators to Oppose House Bills 6108-6111

Local Communities Urged to Contact Legislators to Oppose House Bills 6108-6111

DEERFIELD, MI – The Michigan Legislature continues to usurp local control in their newly introduced legislation, House Bills 6108-6111, which would remove local jurisdiction over the mining of sand and gravel operations. The bill package includes provisions that would override local ordinances, impose state-level regulations, and shift decision-making power away from locally elected officials to Lansing. […]

New Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm has advice for Texas – and for the oil industry

New Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm has advice for Texas – and for the oil industry

By Will Englund Jennifer Granholm, who was confirmed as secretary of energy by the Senate on Thursday, takes over a department with a $35 billion budget for an administration that has enthusiastically promoted the further development of clean energy. Even as the Senate vote was tallied, state legislators in Texas were holding hearings on the […]

EDITORIAL: Biden already dropping bombs in the Middle East

EDITORIAL: Biden already dropping bombs in the Middle East

It’s been a little over 30 days since President Joe Biden was sworn in as the 46th President of the United States and he is already engaging in an unjust war. There is nothing and I mean nothing that Iran or an Iranian-backed militia has done that is threatening the lives of American citizens in […]

Trump — Once and Future King?

Trump — Once and Future King?

By Patrick Buchanan “I don’t know if he’ll run in 2024 or not. But if he does, I’m pretty sure he will win the nomination.” So says Mitt Romney, the sole Republican senator to have voted twice to convict President Donald J. Trump of impeachable acts. But is it possible Trump could win the nomination […]

Poor handling of virus cost Trump his reelection, campaign autopsy finds

Poor handling of virus cost Trump his reelection, campaign autopsy finds

Josh Dawsey The Washingtn Post Former President Donald Trump lost the 2020 election largely due to his handling of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a post-election autopsy completed by Trump campaign pollster Tony Fabrizio. The 27-page document shows that voters in 10 key states rated the pandemic as their top voting issue, and President Biden […]

Exploiting the Capitol Riot to Kill Trump

Exploiting the Capitol Riot to Kill Trump

Donald Trump has stumbled and fallen, and the establishment is not going to let slip this last opportunity to stomp him and his movement to death. On Sunday, Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued a startling ultimatum: Either Vice President Mike Pence and the Trump Cabinet invoke the 25th Amendment, declare the president “unfit” for office, and […]

Biden moves fast on virus and economy

Biden moves fast on virus and economy

By Matt Viser (c) 2020, The Washington Post WASHINGTON – President-elect Joe Biden and his advisers plan this week to demonstrate a far more assertive strategy against the coronavirus than President Donald Trump’s, and Biden may take a more proactive role in coming weeks in congressional negotiations over an economic stimulus package. Biden’s proposals, some […]

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