It seems only a year ago that a former Republican Speaker of the State House was found guilty of taking bribes for medical marijuana dispensary licenses. That’s because it is! Today, Attorney General Dana Nessel read the charges against Lee Chatfield and his wife in Lansing. Both are charged with misusing social welfare account contributions and stealing from taxpayers. Happy crooked Republican Speaker of the House anniversary! Lee Chatfield was charged with: One count of Conducting a Criminal Enterprise, a 20-year felony; Four counts of Embezzlement from a Non-Profit Organization, $1,0 ..read more

While most Michiganders were looking forward to the Detroit Lions playing in the NFC championship game last weekend, some of our elected representatives spent their time on Twitter Spaces discussing how to deny life-saving medical care to trans youth (and adults) in Michigan. A state representative from Ohio and a de-transitioning person named Prisha talked about the dangers of youth transitioning and the money-hungry doctors and clinics preying on the innocent to provide that care. Prisha told their story in helping get the anti-trans law passed. Michigan state reps added their commentar ..read more

In case you pay no attention to local politics (and you really should), the Michigan Republican Party seems to be in disarray. Since Kristine “f*** it! I’ll kill us all!” Karamo came under fire for allegedly mishandling funds and the abysmal Mackinac Island hoedown, the MIGOP, who can’t gather anywhere without a fight breaking out, have now decided it’s time for a change in leadership. Or at least some of them have. Or least some of them have decided it’s time to give Karamo the boot. In the past week, warring factions of the MIGOP have voted each other off the island. Karamo is out, although ..read more

United States Congressman John Moolenaar (R-January 6 Seditious Prick) loves to misinform his constituents. His emails, media ad buys, and social media are rife with outright lies. His devotion to lying makes it curious that in his email dated December 18, 2023, he explains he voted ‘Yea’ to open an impeachment investigation for President Biden on December 13, 2023, because he wants to “uncover the facts.” Moolenaar doesn’t share what any of those ‘facts’ could be in the email, but he does reach out for constituent comments. The subject of the email is “Do You Support Impeachment?” Guarant ..read more

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So, you’ve decided to run for public office. Wonderful. You’ve committed the next 12 to 24 months to campaign staff strategy meetings, public appearances, media interviews, and meeting your future constituents face-to-face. It would help if you listened to what they had to say. That means time spent knocking on doors, holding coffee cloches, meet and greets, attending events, etc. You will have little time for family as you travel to every township hall, political party office, holiday parades, tables at the fair, and fundraisers. Especially fundraisers. The modern political candidate’s pla ..read more

Writers and actors are still on strike. The <A HREF=”https://www.upnorthprogressive.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Detroit-News-As-anticipation-builds-over-a-potential-auto-strike.pdf”>UAW</A> may be on strike in 11 days. Workers in many jobs and professions are organizing. Please do whatever you can to support them. May you have a restful Labor Day. Tomorrow, let’s get back to work. The post Labor Day 2023 appeared first on Up North Progressive ..read more

When the news broke yesterday afternoon that Attorney General Dana Nessel filed criminal charges against 16 fake electors who tried to overturn the 2020 election in Michigan illegally, the first name that popped into the Up North Progressive’s head was Gary Eisen. Gary Eisen was the old 81st State House district rep in 2020. He signed the amicus brief for the dead-in-the-water Texas lawsuit that went to the Supreme Court. On the morning of December 14, 2020, he also had a radio interview with Lansing AM station WPHM. During this interview, Eisen hinted that the Michigan Republicans would u ..read more

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The best part of these MIGOP MAGAPalooza events is how many people bothered to attend. The first 15 seconds of this video are all you need to see. It’s been three years. He lost. This is the VIP keynote speaker Riley Gaines at yesterday’s big MIGOP MAGAPalooza rally at the Mecosta County Fairgrounds in Big Rapids. This is the person most people show up to hear speak. More people are standing on that flatbed trailer stage than listening to her in the hot sun in a field of dust. So what is this TERF’s beef with transgender women? In 2022, Gaines competed in an NCAA swimming competition f ..read more