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Michigan Man to Hold ‘Town Hall’ Opposing Transfer of GTMO Detainees
The recent news that the Obama administration is considering sending some Guantanamo detainees to a maximum-security prison in Michigan, plus all the attention to recent “town hall” events on health care around the country, has spurred a local Standish, Mich., restaurant owner to hold a town hall event of his own to oppose the prisoners’ [...]
Worst Paper on the Whole East Coast
The overblown “100 Days of the Obama Presidency” stories will, for the most part, be terrible. But some special honor must be paid to the dippy “100 Mistakes” list featured in the New York Post (which endorsed Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) for president, if that matters). There are some undeniable mistakes (ah, yes, Bill Richardson) [...]
GOP Goes Nuts on ACORN — and Fox Eats It Up
Update: A few hours after this item was posted, the AP reported that ACORN’s Las Vegas offices were raided by the FBI.
When the Assn. of Community Organizations for Reform Now, or ACORN, announced yesterday that it had registered more than 1.3 million new voters nationwide so far this year, it was a cause either for [...]
Activists Pin Mortgage Voter Suppression on McCain
A civil rights group is pressing Sen. John McCain to disown the “ugliest attack on voting rights” in “recent history,” referencing a Republican scheme to suppress voters based on foreclosure, which was first reported by our sister site, The Michigan Messenger.
Dems Respond to Obama’s Fox Turn
Sen. Barack Obama’s appearance on “The O’Reilly Factor,” — TWI coverage and video here – revives the roiling debate among Democratic strategists, Obama aides and liberal bloggers over how to handle an influential cable channel that covers U.S. politics while opposing the election of most Democrats.
Fox’s tight and symbiotic ties with the G.O.P. are well documented, but [...]
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