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ICE, a Standing Army Inside America, Defies the Genius and History of America, the Constitution, and Bill of Rights
by Kary Love
Patrick Henry was the American Spartacus, his “give me liberty or give me death speech,” rejecting perpetual slavery under his own government, the English Empire, ignited resistance in the hearts and minds of Americans.…
What the MEDC Needs is a Big Dose of Sunshine
by Michael D. LaFaive
Attorney General Dana Nessel said in June that the Michigan Economic Development Corporation was stonewalling her department’s investigation into a $20 million state grant. The corporation has a long history of…
American Sniper(s)
by Kary Love
We are 24 years since 9-11-01 started America down the road of all war all the time as the solution for every problem. The initial horror of 9-11 morphed into anger which morphed into “the gloves coming off” and the rule of…
When You Can’t Tell the Cops from the Robbers
by Kary Love
As a civil rights lawyer, I wanted to dedicate my life to preserving and defending the Bill of Rights. I saw that as the highest duty imposed by my oath to “preserve and defend the Constitution of the United States from all…
How’s Life Under the Occupation?
by Kary Love
The U.S. invaded Iraq and Afghanistan as illegally as Putin invaded Ukraine, a bad place to begin "democracy building." It taught its young troopers how to take over neighborhoods, conduct door-to-kicked-down-door searches…
A2Politico: Our County Courts Have the “Slows” and the Human Costs Are Staggering
by P.D. Lesko
Data collected by Michigan's State Court Administrative Office shows that the judges who serve the people of our county have seen a slight uptick in the total number of cases filed between 2021 (47,026) and 2024 (52,164).…
Former City Attorney: “Proposals A & B Deed Property to AADL For $1 And Allow AADL to Sell Off Property”
by Bruce Laidlaw
Understanding the August special election ballot questions requires reading the charter sectionthat would be repealed. It says: SECTION 1.4. The City-owned public land bounded by Fifth Avenue, and William, Division and…
Naturalize Or Terrorize? ICE Is a Racket – And It’s Costing Too Much
by Rivera Sun
After spending months firing federal workers, slashing public services, gutting healthcare, and raising taxes for everyone but the rich, our country just wasted hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars on a detention…
Trump’s One, Big Beautiful Bill (Law) Will Be Good For the Ann Arbor Area
by Catherine Rogers
I write to celebrate! We Americans will now enjoy more freedom and and prosperity as a result of the new bill (H.R.1, 119th Congress). The 2017 tax cuts that put money back into the pockets of Americans are now…
A2Politico: AADL Annual Reports Should Guide Your Votes on Proposals A and B
AADL Dir. Eli Neiburger says the the Downtown Library is "bursting at the seams" and we need to build a new, bigger one. The AADL Annual Reports say otherwise. Since 2018, total AADL door visits are down 25 percent, the number of items…