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1/7
2,000 days ago, a few thousand Michiganders started collecting signatures for a petition to end gerrymandering.
If they handed their petitions in today instead of December 2017, they still would have collected an average of more than 200+ per day or 8+ per hour.
#MIPol
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2,000 days ago, a few thousand Michiganders started collecting signatures for a petition to end gerrymandering.
If they handed their petitions in today instead of December 2017, they still would have collected an average of more than 200+ per day or 8+ per hour.
#MIPol
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2/7
In the very first election after maps were ungerrymandered, our entire legislature both reflected the electorate proportionally and also was controlled by Democrats for the first time in my life.
The new governing trifecta opened up new legislation.
fox2detroit.com/news/michigan-…
In the very first election after maps were ungerrymandered, our entire legislature both reflected the electorate proportionally and also was controlled by Democrats for the first time in my life.
The new governing trifecta opened up new legislation.
fox2detroit.com/news/michigan-…
3/7
For decades, Republicans had blocked meaningful policy change in Michigan despite mass shootings, catastrophic oil spills, the poisoning of a city's water supply, and access to health care and other critical services across the state.
michiganadvance.com/2022/12/05/wit…
For decades, Republicans had blocked meaningful policy change in Michigan despite mass shootings, catastrophic oil spills, the poisoning of a city's water supply, and access to health care and other critical services across the state.
michiganadvance.com/2022/12/05/wit…
When it comes to oversight and transparency, #miched #education #charterschools are the worst in the country.
It’s not just that they’re almost all for-profit. They are but #OhioEd has for-profit charters for example and much greater 🔎.
#mileg #mipol #migov @Network4pubEd
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It’s not just that they’re almost all for-profit. They are but #OhioEd has for-profit charters for example and much greater 🔎.
#mileg #mipol #migov @Network4pubEd
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For-profit #charterschools run on small profit margins for students—as far as we can tell. So it gives charters like those in MI every incentive to cut corners. That’s one problem. #mipol #migov #mileg
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But here’s something I’m guessing MI charters really don’t want #mileg members or #miched journalists looking into: property holdings.
The real profit is in various property bought and maintained with tax support. @NPEaction
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The real profit is in various property bought and maintained with tax support. @NPEaction
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There’s a #schoolvouchers link to the #January6thReport. It centers around attorney Cleta Mitchell who led Trump’s GA pressure efforts after the vote. #BigLie
Mitchell is all over the final report:
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january6th.house.gov/sites/democrat…
Mitchell is all over the final report:
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january6th.house.gov/sites/democrat…
Mitchell is also Board Secretary for the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, a huge #schoolvouchers backer out of Wisconsin that’s given $millions to voucher research and advocacy.
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archive.jsonline.com/newswatch/2037…
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archive.jsonline.com/newswatch/2037…
The Bradley Foundation is also financially the “extraordinary force” behind #BigLie efforts, per @JaneMayerNYer reporting @NewYorker.
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newyorker.com/magazine/2021/…
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newyorker.com/magazine/2021/…
🧵 for #MIpol reporters: all fall I called Ducey MVP of #schoolvouchers and here he’s getting that actual award from Jeb Bush’s ExcelInEd
That group damage to #miched is huge. They’re behind 3rd Grade Fail modeled on #FloridaEd. Snyder gave them literal seat at the table
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That group damage to #miched is huge. They’re behind 3rd Grade Fail modeled on #FloridaEd. Snyder gave them literal seat at the table
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ExcelInEd will lead the fight against repeal of 3rd Grade Retention in the new #mileg. @PaulaMEAPres @mrobmused
Expect bogus “inside” stories like this one, which got started pre-Whitmer #migov and then released early in her term to keep foot on gas
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excelined.org/wp-content/upl…
Expect bogus “inside” stories like this one, which got started pre-Whitmer #migov and then released early in her term to keep foot on gas
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excelined.org/wp-content/upl…
ExcelInEd *seems* safe because they’re moderate relative to crazy Dixon-type book ban howls today and have impressive array of moderate funders you’d expect from a Bush-led org.
And as an org in many ways they are. I’d take them over @BetsyDeVos any day.
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And as an org in many ways they are. I’d take them over @BetsyDeVos any day.
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Last week, I spoke to voters in the Holland area about issues we're facing as a county as part of a @LWVHolland
candidate meet and greet event.
This links directly to the 5 minutes I was at the microphone:
candidate meet and greet event.
This links directly to the 5 minutes I was at the microphone:
The forum was held at Herrick District Library by City Hall in downtown Holland. After her group supported defunding Patmos Library, my opponent, Lucy Ebel, failed to show up for the event.
She did show up to city hall in 2020 to rant against an anti-discrimination ordinance.
She did show up to city hall in 2020 to rant against an anti-discrimination ordinance.
Here's former mayor of Holland and current candidate for the 86th State House District against @LarryJackson86, Nancy DeBoer failing to come up with a justification for being the deciding against that anti-discrimination ordinance.
This vote helped lead to her getting unelected.
This vote helped lead to her getting unelected.
Bureau of Elections staff provides a detailed explanation of why signatures were found to be fraudulent in their report, but some of the examples they provide illustrate forgery that is almost painfully obvious. #mipol
Look at this.
Look at this.
What would explain this away? That the petition circulator was carrying 3-5 different pens and switching them at steady intervals? The ink even corresponds to the handwriting on these sheets.
I'm having a lot of trouble understanding how this wasn't noticed by any campaign.
I'm having a lot of trouble understanding how this wasn't noticed by any campaign.
Here's an additional example provided by the bureau of elections of signatures submitted by James Craig's campaign: "None remotely resembled the signer’s (qualified voter file) signature."
2000mules.com/theaters/
Just checked the 2000mules website.
Sold out in Cobb, Cherokee and Forsyth
Tickets still available in Buckhead, Lawrenceville, Columbus, Savannah and Statesboro.
This movie will have an effect on the GA primary.
#gapol
Just checked the 2000mules website.
Sold out in Cobb, Cherokee and Forsyth
Tickets still available in Buckhead, Lawrenceville, Columbus, Savannah and Statesboro.
This movie will have an effect on the GA primary.
#gapol
In AZ it is filling up as well. Mesa and Phoenix each already have one theater sold out. Those cities have 2 theaters each.
#azpol
#azpol
In MI it is selling out
Grand Rapids, Livonia, Sterling Heights.
Tickets still available in Auburn Hills, Saginaw, and Traverse City.
#MIpol
Grand Rapids, Livonia, Sterling Heights.
Tickets still available in Auburn Hills, Saginaw, and Traverse City.
#MIpol
The Michigan Independent Redistricting Commission continues its work, having released several new draft maps for public comment. They will be voting on these maps on December 30, so we encourage Michiganders to speak up about what they like and don't like in these drafts.
First, the three Congressional drafts.
Apple v. 2: gerrymander.princeton.edu/redistricting-…
Birch v. 2: gerrymander.princeton.edu/redistricting-…
Chestnut: gerrymander.princeton.edu/redistricting-…
Apple v. 2: gerrymander.princeton.edu/redistricting-…
Birch v. 2: gerrymander.princeton.edu/redistricting-…
Chestnut: gerrymander.princeton.edu/redistricting-…
Apple gets a B overall, with an A in Partisan Fairness, a C in competitiveness, and an F in Geography.
Birch and Chestnut get As overall and in Partisan Fairness, with Cs in Competitiveness and Geography.
Birch and Chestnut get As overall and in Partisan Fairness, with Cs in Competitiveness and Geography.
From the governor's mansion to the halls of Congress, Democrats across Michigan have the opportunity to reclaim the state from Republicans. #MIpol (1/7) NXTGN.US/fjf
#MIGov: Gretchen Whitmer is the leader Michigan deserves. She supports affordable healthcare, the #metoo movement, and will stand up to Trump. NXTGN.US/fjg
#MISen: Debbie Stabenow was the first woman to defeat a sitting senator. From banning oil and gas drilling in the Great Lakes to supporting sensible gun control, Stabenow will fight to protect Michigan residents. NXTGN.US/fjh
1/ Our campaign was just endorsed by @BoldProgressive (#PCCC), a grassroots, #progressive organization that’s committed to activating millions of progressive voters and working people around the country, including here in #Michigan! facebook.com/AndyLevinForCo… #MI09 #mipol
2/ We’re joining together with their more than 1,000,000 members in our fight for #MedicareForAll, debt-free college for poor and working-class kids, and to fight for our #climate and #environment before it’s too late.
3) With just 13 days until the August 7th primary, this endorsement is another reminder of how -- together -- we can build a new politics of solidarity that will help working class people vote in their economic interests, and...
