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Whitmer

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Whitmer Warns If IRS Wacks Earned Income Tax Credit, Cuts Could Cost Families $10K — Here’s What to Know

IRS data shows Michigan households could lose crucial federal tax refunds if proposed Republican budget changes take effect. In Lansing on June 18, 2025, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer warned that a proposed U.S. House Republican budget bill would impose “dangerous attacks” on the federal Earned Income Tax Credit Michigan, potentially stripping more than 700,000 Michigan households of thousands of…

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Democrat Gretchen Whitmer tries to distance herself from Oval Office visit

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Ryan Adamczeski at The Advocate:

Michigan's hate crime law has been updated to include sexual orientation and gender identity after Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed several bills into law last week. House Bills 5400 and 5401 amend the definition and sentencing guidelines of the state's 1988 “ethnic intimidation” statute to include sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, and age, designating them as protected groups against hate crimes if they are found to be a motivating factor for violent behavior.

State Attorney General Dana Nessel, who is an out lesbian, said in a statement that “it’s incumbent upon those of us with the authority to unilaterally denounce such sentiments; otherwise, there’s no stopping this behavior." “Over the past decade, we have seen not just an uptick in hate crimes, but a normalization of racist, antisemitic and bigoted language, symbolism and actions – including a close adviser to the President giving the Nazi salute during an inaugural rally just this week,” Nessel said. "I applaud the Governor for signing these long overdue changes to the state’s statutes.” The bill amending the hate crime statute's definition was first introduced by Democratic state Rep. Noah Arbit in 2023, but failed to pass after conservatives falsely claimed that the law made it a felony to misgender someone. Arbit noted in a conversation with CBS at the time that the bill did not contain the word "misgender" in its entire text, calling the claims "far-right fiction."

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) signs hate crime laws protecting sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, or age status.

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LGBTQ Nation: Michigan expands hate crime law to protect LGBTQ+ identities

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Ask A Genius 996: Amount, Degree, and Styles, of Lying in Politicians and Tech Titans

Author(s): Rick Rosner and Scott Douglas Jacobsen Publication (Outlet/Website): Ask A Genius Publication Date (yyyy/mm/dd): 2024/07/02 Rick Rosner, American Television Writer, www.rickrosner.org Scott Douglas Jacobsen, Independent Journalist, www.in-sightpublishing.com Rick Rosner: It is four or five days since the debate between Trump and Biden, in which Biden did poorly. He looked old, his…

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(via Amazon.com: I stand with Governor Whitmer that woman from Michigan T-Shirt : Clothing, Shoes & Jewelry)

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THE STATE OF MICHIGAN IS GOING TO PUT GEESE IN GAS CHAMBERS TO KEEP THEM OFF OF GOLF COURSES

Planned for this June and July. Please call Governor Whitmer and tell her to put a stop to this

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A Dim Valley (2020) dir. Brandon Colvin

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"For the first time in almost 60 years, a state has formally overturned a so-called “right to work” law, clearing the way for workers to organize new union locals, collectively bargain, and make their voices heard at election time.

This week, Michigan finalized the process of eliminating a decade-old “right to work” law, which began with the shift in control of the state legislature from anti-union Republicans to pro-union Democrats following the 2022 election. “This moment has been decades in the making,” declared Michigan AFL-CIO President Ron Bieber. “By standing up and taking their power back, at the ballot box and in the workplace, workers have made it clear Michigan is and always will be the beating heart of the modern American labor movement.”

[Note: The article doesn't actually explain it, so anyway, "right to work" laws are powerful and deceptively named pieces of anti-union legislation. What right to work laws do is ban "union shops," or companies where every worker that benefits from a union is required to pay dues to the union. Right-to-work laws really undermine the leverage and especially the funding of unions, by letting non-union members receive most of the benefits of a union without helping sustain them. Sources: x, x, x, x]

In addition to formally scrapping the anti-labor law on Tuesday [February 13, 2024], Michigan also restored prevailing-wage protections for construction workers, expanded collective bargaining rights for public school employees, and restored organizing rights for graduate student research assistants at the state’s public colleges and universities. But even amid all of these wins for labor, it was the overturning of the “right to work” law that caught the attention of unions nationwide...

Now, the tide has begun to turn—beginning in a state with a rich labor history. And that’s got the attention of union activists and working-class people nationwide...

At a time when the labor movement is showing renewed vigor—and notching a string of high-profile victories, including last year’s successful strike by the United Auto Workers union against the Big Three carmakers, the historic UPS contract victory by the Teamsters, the SAG-AFTRA strike win in a struggle over abuses of AI technology in particular and the future of work in general, and the explosion of grassroots union organizing at workplaces across the country—the overturning of Michigan’s “right to work” law and the implementation of a sweeping pro-union agenda provides tangible evidence of how much has changed in recent years for workers and their unions...

By the mid-2010s, 27 states had “right to work” laws on the books.

But then, as a new generation of workers embraced “Fight for 15” organizing to raise wages, and campaigns to sign up workers at Starbucks and Amazon began to take off, the corporate-sponsored crusade to enact “right to work” measures stalled. New Hampshire’s legislature blocked a proposed “right to work” law in 2017 (and again in 2021), despite the fact that the measure was promoted by Republican Governor Chris Sununu. And in 2018, Missouri voters rejected a “right to work” referendum by a 67-33 margin.

Preventing anti-union legislation from being enacted and implemented is one thing, however. Actually overturning an existing law is something else altogether.

But that’s what happened in Michigan after 2022 voting saw the reelection of Governor Gretchen Whitmer, a labor ally, and—thanks to the overturning of gerrymandered legislative district maps that had favored the GOP—the election of Democratic majorities in the state House and state Senate. For the first time in four decades, the Democrats controlled all the major levers of power in Michigan, and they used them to implement a sweeping pro-labor agenda. That was a significant shift for Michigan, to be sure. But it was also an indication of what could be done in other states across the Great Lakes region, and nationwide.

“Michigan Democrats took full control of the state government for the first time in 40 years. They used that power to repeal the state’s ‘right to work’ law,” explained a delighted former US secretary of labor Robert Reich, who added, “This is why we have to show up for our state and local elections.”"

-via The Nation, February 16, 2024

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Michigan F-15EX Mission - Whitmer Secures Future of Selfridge Air Base

New fighter mission at Selfridge ensures long-term defense investment, supports over 30,000 jobs, and strengthens Michigan’s national security footprint. Michigan Wins Fighter Mission for Selfridge, Safeguarding Jobs and the Michigan F-15EX Mission Defense Future F-15ex-21 – Courtesy Boeing HARRISON TOWNSHIP, Mich. — In a major announcement with wide-ranging economic and national defense…

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Trump was asked whether he’d considered pardoning the nine Trump supporters convicted of conspiracy to kidnap Democrat, Gov. Whitmer, in 2020. “I’m gonna look at it. I will take a look at it. It’s been brought to my attention,” Trump said. A federal judge sentenced the ringleader of the group, Barry Croft Jr., to over 19 years in prison and handed Adam Fox, another key player, 16 years. The Department of Justice’s new pardon attorney Ed Martin Jr. said that he would give the case a “hard look,” comparing the convictions to those of the January 6 insurrectionists Trump pardoned upon entering office. If Trump pardons these nine convicted felons, it will send a message to his army of MAGA domestic terrorists — do whatever crimes you want, as long as you're harming Democrats.

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There is always that one guy friend that you trust. AM I OK? (2022)

[+] LGBTQ 🏳️‍🌈 [+] DAKOTA JOHNSON [GIF Collection] 🌼 [+] ..more on “Am I OK?” 🎬

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If the Democrats truly believe that Trump is a threat to American democracy, they should be willing to risk infighting to nominate a candidate that can beat him.

Every contested presidential nomination process has infighting. The primary system is basically a public arena for infighting. A functioning party can put that behind them after the convention and unite for the general election. (It should be especially easy to do this when the opponent is as universally despised among Democrats as Donald Trump.)

There are better options. There are 23 Democratic governors and 47 Democratic senators in office right now. (There are more if you include former governors and senators.) I think that most, if not all, would do better than Biden or Harris.

Gretchen Whitmer and Gavin Newsom are the two names that get discussed as future presidential contenders. I think Whitmer would be better, but I might be biased against Newsom since I personally dislike him. Ideally you would let the two finish their terms as governor so they have a longer track record, but desperate times call for desperate measures.

Oh, it's real bad.