Fred Upton appoints Big Gas lobbyist to position on House Energy and Commerce...
Iraqi war vet and “Friend o’ the (Eclecta)blog” John Waltz (pictured right) is running for Congress in Michigan’s 6th district against the pro-Big Oil, pro-Big Business, anti-environment incumbent Fred...
View ArticlePete Hoekstra airs offensive, racist ad during Super Bowl XLVI
Who thought THAT was a good idea? “Twitter Pete” Hoekstra, the man who wasn’t even smart enough to buy his own domain during his run for Governor of Michigan, ran an ad during this year’s Superbowl...
View ArticleRacist Hoekstra ad reframes the conversation, but not how he wanted it to
Missed it by THAT much Pete Hoekstra is nearly giddy about all the attention his racist ad had garnered. Hoekstra, a former Republican congressman from Holland, stood his ground Monday, saying the ad...
View ArticleBREAKING: Trevor Thomas files paperwork in MI-03 to unseat tea party...
As I wrote about earlier this month, Trevor Thomas was mulling a run for Congress in Michigan’s 3rd Congressional District. With polling completed and suggesting a very viable candidacy, Thomas filed...
View ArticleDCCC courting Snyder supporter Joe Schwarz to run against Walberg
So Joe Schwartz is considering another run against Tim Walberg, this time as a Democrat. Schwarz backed Schauer over Walberg in both elections but supported Republican Gov. Rick Snyder’s 2010 campaign....
View ArticleNRA/Florida ALEC Gun Model Most Closely Matches Michigan Bill & more OMG Gun...
A new report shows that Florida’s ‘Stand Your Ground’ law in the middle of the Trayvon Martin tragedy was written by the NRA and pushed in multiple State Legislatures by ALEC finds that a Michigan...
View ArticleMichigan primary election results – US Senate and US House of Representatives
Michigan August 2012 primary election results – US Senate and US House of Representatives Hoekstra defeats Durant, etc. for the opportunity to lose to Debbie Stabenow in November. Not much question in...
View ArticleRepublican Party treason – the coordinated strategy to weaken the US economy...
Treason: Under Article III, Section 3, of the Constitution, any person who levies war against the United States or adheres to its enemies by giving them Aid and Comfort has committed treason within...
View ArticleRyan’s Medicare scheme may cost Benishek his seat
I was perusing the news for today’s briefing and I came across this article on DKos: House Republicans have real reason to fear Paul Ryan Even before Mitt Romney named Paul Ryan to the ticket, our...
View ArticleMI Republican Congressmen at the top of the anti-relief vote
It should come as no surprise that professional clowns Justin Amash and Kerry Bentivolio are at the top of the list (alphabetically, ha!) of the Republicans who voted against relief for Sandy victims....
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