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Putnam is a closeted racist? Is that about the living-in-diverse-communities-reduces-trust thing or is there something else?

The Mothership Vortex: An Investigation Into the Firm at the Heart of the Democratic Spam Machine How a single consulting firm extracted $282 million from a network of spam PACs while delivering just $11 million to actual campaigns.

“My analysis of the network's FEC disbursements reveals that, at most, $11 million of the $678 million raised from individuals has made its way to candidates, campaigns, or the national party committees.” open.substack.com/pub/data4dem...

A U.P. elementary school is suing a cryptocurrency mine over 24-hour-a-day noise The noise that emanates from the cryptocurrency mining operation on Mackinac Trail seven miles south of Sault Ste. Marie is a high-pitched, metallic whine, like a chorus of mechanical insects.

A U.P. elementary school is suing a cryptocurrency mine over 24-hour-a-day noise

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Leila is pricey but good. Yemen Cafe in Hamtramck is a great diner, try the ful breakfast and fattah with butter and honey.

Samuel Abt, Tour de France Writer for 30 Years, Dies at 91

Sam Apt launched the Korean edition of the International Herald Tribune (now New York Times), together with the Korea Joongang Daily, back in 2000. He was just here a few months before Hal Piper took over, but he made quite an impression.
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Accused of abysmal care, Michigan nursing homes agree to $4.5 million settlement The owners of six Villa nursing homes in Michigan have reached a $4.5 million settlement with the federal government and the state of Michigan

Accused of abysmal care, the owners of six Michigan nursing homes agree to $4.5 million settlement

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Woman sues Michigan school district, alleging sexual abuse by a teacher three decades ago A woman who attended Farwell High School in the 1990s has sued the school district, alleging she was sexually abused by a teacher starting when she was 14.

Woman sues Michigan school district, alleging sexual abuse by a teacher three decades ago

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In 2023, now DHS scty Kristi Noem set up a company in Delaware.

4 mins later, a dark money group was also created.

Then the dark money group paid her 80K as a cut for helping to fundraise for herself.

Hmm

@justinelliott.bsky.social & @josh-kaplan.bsky.social

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Some fear Lake Erie toxins after cuts to federal science lab Scientists fear a federal lab won't perform its harmful algae bloom work this year because of staffing losses and future planned budget cuts.

NOAA won’t use one of its key tools to monitor the Lake Erie algae bloom this year.

Its Great Lakes lab no longer has enough trained staff.

Scientists worry NOAA job cuts make people vulnerable to bloom toxins. Projected budget cuts could make it even worse.

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Some fear Lake Erie toxins after cuts to federal science lab Scientists fear a federal lab won't perform its harmful algae bloom work this year because of staffing losses and future planned budget cuts.

Scientists fear a federal lab won't perform its harmful algae bloom work this year because of staffing losses and future planned budget cuts.

Billy Strings returns to Michigan roots with performance at Charlotte Bluegrass Festival Bluegrass star Billy Strings attended the Charlotte Bluegrass Festival as a child. He came back on June 19 to play to a sold-out crowd.

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The JOA will expire at the end of this year.

MediaNews Group has committed to supporting a strong Detroit News. They cannot do it without supporting the people who power our journalism.

We power The Detroit News. We ARE the Detroit News. And we deserve a FAIR CONTRACT NOW!

Michigan State to raise annual tuition by $798 Michigan State University will raise tuition by $798 annually for most undergraduate students for the 2025-26 academic year.

Michigan State to raise annual tuition by $798 for most undergraduates

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Jonathan Winters used to come into a fish market where I worked and complain that his career had fallen off because he was too out there for Hollywood to handle.

My (internal) reaction: You were the adult baby in 'Mork and Mindy.'

Read his obit years later, realized he was telling the truth.

How much money do nursing homes really make? New report claims operators hide profits A common practice among Michigan nursing home operators potentially hides millions in profit. Advocates are pushing for more transparency.

How much money do nursing homes really make? New report claims operators hide profits

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The MAHA Report Cites Studies That Don’t Exist The Trump administration’s “Make America Healthy Again” report misinterprets some studies and cites others that don’t exist, according to the listed authors.

Seven of the sources cited in MAHA commission's report do not exist:

“The paper cited is not a real paper that I or my colleagues were involved with," says one researcher.

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Amid fears for the future, a Northern Michigan island is still pushing to restore lost ferry service. Residents of Neebish Island in Northern Michigan say cuts to ferry service implemented last year have increasingly isolated them from life on the mainland.

Amid fears for the future, a Northern Michigan island is still pushing to restore lost ferry service

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UM law professor: Supreme Court is ‘running on conservative grievance, bad vibes and fringe theories’ The U.S. Supreme Court is broken, UM law professor Leah Litman argues in her forthcoming book, “Lawless: How the Supreme Court Runs on Conservative Grievance, Fringe Theories and Bad Vibes.”

MLive has, you guessed it!, a write up of LAWLESS: How the Supreme Court Runs on Conservative Grievance, Fringe Theories, & Bad Vibes! www.mlive.com/politics/202...

If it sounds interesting, you can get it with a discount (code STRICT24) here: bookshop.org/p/books/lawl...

"Every propagandist considers their own shadings of the truth to be justified by a greater political good. Journalists, on the other hand, are obligated to point out everything that sucks, no matter what. This is why journalists are unpopular. Along with their personalities."

Have recently decided that BlueSky should be pronounced like it's a Polish surname.

West Michigan landlord called Black tenants racial slurs, levied unfair charges, lawsuit alleges Seven Black women have sued a West Michigan landlord in federal court, saying he called them racial slurs, charged them thousands of dollars to repair things they did not break, among other allegation...

West Michigan landlord called Black tenants racial slurs, levied unfair charges, lawsuit alleges

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A dozen homes run by a troubled Michigan nursing home company have a new name A dozen nursing homes that were part of the troubled Mission Point Healthcare chain rebranded last month as Intersect Healthcare.

A dozen homes run by a troubled Michigan nursing home company have a new name

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The King of the Ferret Leggers Longtime Outside readers will tell you: The funniest story this magazine ever published appeared early in its history, in 1983, when a prolific writer named Don Katz persuaded the editors to let him c...

This likely fits the bill. www.outsideonline.com/adventure-tr...

Court overturns Michigan’s 24-hour waiting period for abortions, mandatory counseling A Michigan Court of Claims judge has struck down state laws mandating a 24-hour waiting period for an abortion, requiring counseling and nurse practitioners from performing the procedure.

Court overturns Michigan’s 24-hour waiting period for abortions, mandatory counseling

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Maybe I don’t need to be so worried about AI taking my job

UM law professor: Supreme Court is ‘running on conservative grievance, bad vibes and fringe theories’ The U.S. Supreme Court is broken, UM law professor Leah Litman argues in her forthcoming book, “Lawless: How the Supreme Court Runs on Conservative Grievance, Fringe Theories and Bad Vibes.”

UM law professor: the Supreme Court is ‘running on conservative grievance, bad vibes and fringe theories’

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City of Lansing fitness classes = mostly swordplay.