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Mother (Jones) Rolls Eyes While Michigan Enviros Laud Rep. Dingell’s “Green” Record

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by P.D. Lesko It’s no surprise Republican Rob Steele couldn’t unseat Representative John Dingell in 2010. However, Steele’s run, which campaign emails intimated would be financed with the doctor’s own “fortune,” rattled Team Dingell. Former President Bill Clinton came to Michigan and stumped for the Dean of the House prior to the November election. It’s [...]

May 15th, 2012 | Posted in Enviro,Featured,Michigan politics,Politics,U.S. politics | Read More »

Coming Soon to Public Broadcasting: Political Reporting Funded By The Koch Bros.?

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by Amy Kerr Hardin When you next tune into your favorite National Public Radio broadcast, say… maybe it’s Fresh Air with Terry Gross, you might expect to hear a story like the one aired in 2010 about the billionaire Koch brothers and their ongoing egregious attempts to wholesale purchase our political system. NPR ran this segment [...]

May 13th, 2012 | Posted in Featured,Media,Politics,U.S. politics | Read More »

The Michigan Legislature — Picking “Best in Show” Requires An Eye For Pure-Bred Political Stupidity

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by Amy Kerr Hardin A big show is going on in the Michigan Legislature — with all the pomp and circumstance of the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show — our elected leaders are being trotted about on the leash in a celebration of their utter stupidity. Mind you, just like their canine counterparts, there are various breeds of stupid politicians, each with unique characteristics and [...]

April 16th, 2012 | Posted in Featured,Michigan politics,Politics,U.S. politics | Read More »

Green Energy Programs in Michigan Rely Heavily on Federal Subsidies—Some U.S. Senators Want To End the Flow of Money

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by Rob Smith Federal funding for rail. Federal funding for roads. Federal funding for green energy. Between 2009 and 2011, the state of Michigan has been the recipient of over $17 billion dollars in federal stimulus money also known as “recovery” money. In Wayne County, local K-12 school and governments received over $2.4 billion dollars [...]

March 9th, 2012 | Posted in Econ,Economic Development,Featured,Michigan politics,Money,Politics,Taxes,U.S. politics | Read More »

Interview: Mayor Brenda Lawrence Is The Definition of An Underdog—To Get To Congress, She Has To Beat Two Incumbents & the Media

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by P.D. Lesko Brenda Lawrence (left) grew up on the northeast side of Detroit  and was raised by her grandparents; her mother died when she was three-years-old. She graduated from Detroit’s Pershing High School, and earned her bachelor’s degree in public administration from Central Michigan University. In 1997, she was elected to the Southfield City Council and in 1999 she [...]

March 7th, 2012 | Posted in Best of A2P,Featured,Interviews,Michigan politics,Politics,U.S. politics | Read More »

UAW Prez Bob King Tells Dem Members: Stay Away From the Michigan Republican Primary

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by P.D. Lesko A2Politico political writer Joe DiSano is getting behind Operation Hilarity. He posted a piece at the Huffington Post Detroit channel that has a rousing debate going between those who think DiSano is suggesting something unethical, and those who believe all is fair in love, war and politics. A2Politico posted two pieces about [...]

February 27th, 2012 | Posted in Featured,Michigan politics,Politics,U.S. politics | Read More »

Snyder Endorsement of Romney Hurting Not Helping, Survey Shows

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by P.D. Lesko Sometimes, endorsements can help a candidate get elected. Sometimes they can’t. Sometimes, a political endorsement can actually cause voters to be less likely to vote for a candidate. That’s exactly what’s happening in Michigan to Mitt Romney. A recent Public Policy Polling survey conducted February 17-19 found that only 13 percent of [...]

February 24th, 2012 | Posted in Elections,Featured,Michigan politics,Politics,U.S. politics | Read More »

Insider Baseball: Why Power Brokers Are Backing A White Guy In A Michigan Black Majority Congressional District

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A2P Notes: At A2Politico.com everyone is a political insider. That’s the way it should be. Local, state and to a lesser degree national politics have increasingly become the baileywick of professionals: candidates, their staffers, ad agencies, and political analysts. Voters go to the polls less informed than ever before in increasingly smaller numbers. As the [...]

February 21st, 2012 | Posted in Featured,Insider Baseball,Michigan politics,Politics,U.S. politics | Read More »

Representative John Dingell: “The 1964 Civil Rights Act Couldn’t Pass In Today’s Congress.”

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by P.D. Lesko Congressman John D. Dingell, Jr. is 17 months away from breaking the late Congressman Robert Byrd’s record for total combined congressional service in the House and Senate. Dingell has been in the U.S. House since 1955, when he was elected to fill the seat held by his father, who had held it since [...]

February 17th, 2012 | Posted in Elections,Featured,Michigan politics,Politics,U.S. politics | Read More »

Daily Kos Launches “Operation Hilarity”—Urges Michigan Dems to Support Santorum in 2012 Primary

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by P.D. Lesko The (mostly) boys over at Daily Kos are sticking their wooden spoons into the political pot that is Michigan once again and trying to stir up trouble for a Republican. First, it was Governor Rick Snyder. Although many people have never heard of Daily Kos or think of it as simply “that liberal [...]

February 16th, 2012 | Posted in Featured,Michigan politics,Politics,U.S. politics | Read More »

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