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Impeach or Censure? House Democrat Gives Mixed Signals on Support as Democratic Tensions Grow

Posted by Stacey Matthews on November 27, 2019 25 Comments

Between the GOP ad blitz underway in competitive House districts and numerous polls released over the last month, vulnerable House Democrats are in full panic mode as they head home to their districts for the Thanksgiving holiday. While Republican opposition and Democrat support for impeachment remains largely unchanged, support from independents for impeachment dropped dramatically as television stations carried the hearings. Now media reports have come out about some moderate Democrats getting "cold feet" over the entire process.

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Student Govt. at Grand Valley State U. Votes to Restore Pledge of Allegiance to Meetings

Posted by Mike LaChance on November 20, 2019 2 Comments

"Under the new policy, students have the option to stand or not stand during the recitation of the Pledge."...

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Student Govt. at Grand Valley State U. Votes to Remove Pledge of Allegiance From Meetings

Posted by Mike LaChance on November 18, 2019 2 Comments

"This is the second student government this fall semester to nix the Pledge of Allegiance from its agenda."...

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VIDEO: U. Michigan Student Steals and Destroys Conservative Group’s Materials

Posted by Mike LaChance on November 10, 2019 5 Comments

“You know what else is against the law? Hate speech.”...

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U. Michigan Settles Lawsuit Challenging Bias Response Teams, Agrees to Changes

Posted by Mike LaChance on October 31, 2019 6 Comments

A group called Speech First has been engaged in a legal battle with the University of Michigan for months. Speech First went after the school over their speech codes and use of a so-called bias response team. Now it appears they have reached a settlement.

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Republican John James tied in Michigan Senate poll

Posted by Mary Chastain on October 25, 2019 18 Comments

A poll taken in Michigan shows that incumbent Democratic Sen. Gary Peters is in danger of losing his seat to challenger John James.

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President of Michigan State Apologizes for Border Patrol Classroom Presentation

Posted by Mike LaChance on October 24, 2019 5 Comments

“disrupted a sense of safety.”...

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Conservative Asian-American Student at U. Michigan Called ‘White Supremacist’ in Fliers on Campus

Posted by Mike LaChance on October 23, 2019 4 Comments

“This is complete slander and incites violence towards me”...

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Michigan State Kicks Off Higher Education’s Annual Ban on Offensive Halloween Costumes

Posted by Mike LaChance on October 16, 2019 7 Comments

Students warned to avoid “cultural appropriation”...

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Bulletin Boards at Michigan State Warn of ‘Harmful Language’ of Microaggressions

Posted by Mike LaChance on September 27, 2019 0 Comments

“everyday encounters of subtle discrimination that people of various marginalized groups experience throughout their lives”...

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Wild Turkey Killed for Harassing People on University of Michigan Campus

Posted by Mike LaChance on September 18, 2019 13 Comments

"We were very surprised when yesterday morning law enforcement was seen chasing the turkey across Baxter Road"...

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U. Michigan Slammed for Requiring Students to Cross Examine Each Other in Campus Rape Cases

Posted by Mike LaChance on September 11, 2019 7 Comments

"facing blowback from both pro-accuser and due-process advocates"...

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Michigan State University Students Protest Flat Rate Tuition

Posted by Mary Chastain on August 29, 2019 13 Comments

"The group wants the university to lower that number to 12 because some students cannot afford to pay for 15 credits."...

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Hillary Clinton Will Launch University of Michigan’s Weiser Diplomacy Center

Posted by Mary Chastain on August 27, 2019 12 Comments

Hillary is PERFECT to discuss foreign policy subjects!!...

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U. Michigan Social Justice Class Described as ‘Straightforward Political Indoctrination’

Posted by Mary Chastain on August 26, 2019 2 Comments

"The course is intended to impress on University of Michigan students the worldview and the values of progressives and to blot out, as far as possible, the legitimacy of any alternative views."...

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Does Reversal of Siwatu-Salama Brandishing Conviction Expand Self-Defense?

Posted by Andrew Branca on August 23, 2019 14 Comments

I’m seeing a lot of excitement in the gun community about the decision this week out of the Michigan court of appeals, People v. Siwatu-Salama. The drama around the decision represents some significant expansion of self-defense rights. The decision does nothing of the sort. It is no reason to get excited o. If anything, it does far more to create ambiguity around self-defense than it does to create certainty. To the extent it encourages the defensive display of firearms, it also substantially raises the legal risks for well-intentioned defenders.

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Michigan State Issues Insane Recommendation on Trigger Warnings

Posted by Mike LaChance on August 18, 2019 7 Comments

"laid out the no-nos and the replacement terms for Service Center employees at a mandatory training"...

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Over 140 Employees at Eastern Michigan U. Accept Buyouts for Early Retirement

Posted by Mike LaChance on August 14, 2019 2 Comments

"EMU, contending with a decline in enrollment, announced the buyout plans in May"...

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