Policy, politics, and government affairs guy. College football, natural lands, and outdoor enthusiast. Opinions expressed here are views of my own.
Grand Rapids, MI
Joined March 2009
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Oof, this move is going to piss off a whole lot of people that just voted to diminish utility influence on our state government!
The utilities used to deeply care about their brands and reputations.
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Notre Dame’s drone video showing the environment for the Miami game has been going viral on social media.
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Allow us to reintroduce ourselves.
#GoIrish☘️
🎶: Public Service Announcement (Interlude)
Jay-Z
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What Coach Beard said ...
ALT A photo of a bearded man with a focused expression standing in stadium stands, holding a blue sign high above his head with both hands. The sign reads "BELIEVE LIKE A CHAMPION TODAY" in yellow and white lettering with a green and yellow "ND" logo at the bottom. He is wearing a green Notre Dame baseball cap and a light brown leather jacket. In the blurred background, members of a marching band in red and blue uniform jackets with plaid kilts cheer loudly.
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Just like clockwork. The corporations that we VOTED to block from buying off politicians are suing to make sure...they can keep buying off politicians.
Consumers Energy, DTE seek to block 'Money out of Politics' proposal detroitnews.com/story/news/p… via @detroitnews
It’s (past) time for new voices, talent, ideas, and leadership in the next Senate majority.
Progressive group calls for Senate Dems to replace Schumer as leader
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The scale of the G.O.P.’s loss in Tuesday’s midterm elections defied even Donald Trump’s ability to lie, dissemble, and squirm his way out of it. These were the President’s own voters, in states where he won by huge margins just a couple of years ago. “The scale of this is so large because the scale of Trump’s offenses has been so vast,” Susan Glasser writes. Tariffs and trade wars, Canada-bashing, Europe-bashing, the betrayal of Ukraine and embrace of Vladimir Putin, the grotesque self-enrichment of himself and his circle, the unleashing of an armed militia of ICE goons on our streets. “They voted because so much of what is happening in Trump’s America seems so very un-American,” Glasser continues. Read more of her thoughts in response to the midterms: newyorkermag.visitlink.me/2B…
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Democrat Governor-elect Jocelyn Benson's transition team website is now live: mi2027transition.com/#welcom…
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Now that these rigged maps have spectacularly backfired, can we all get on board with banning partisan gerrymandering now?
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It's a 63-47 Michigan House majority for Democrats
An 11-seat gain -- biggest for the party since the LBJ landslide of 1964 produced a 21-seat gain
Ten House Republican incumbents defeated -- the most House incumbents to fall in one night in 60 years
@MIHouseDems have won back majority in the Michigan House after defeating five Republican incumbents and flipping an open seat.
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Last night wasn't just the end of the Trump era. It was the collapse of the coalition that built MAGA. White working-class voters, especially those in rural areas, didn't just stay home. Many of them voted for Democrats for the first time since Obama.
Politics is different now
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When everyone was on their back foot in '25, Zohran changed the energy and found a formula for politics that was joyful, disciplined, and unafraid. Completely changed the game.
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Data center moratoriums going 41-0 is wild
So the 41 datacenter moratoria across the country are, I predict, going to go 41-0. In nearly every case it's about 67-80% opposing datacenters. True in California, Ohio, everywhere. Read all the results here:
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Yasss! Good riddance to the woman who spent an entire career almost doing good, but who would inevitably cave for easy and wrong.
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They are going to need to plant new forests for all of the subpoenas we’ll be printing.
