Mitt Rmoney spoke to a virtually empty Ford Field today. Tony Trupiano spoke with Ed Shultz on Friday’s show.
WDTW Radio Host Tony Trupiano Appeared on The Ed Show Talking About Mitt Rmoney’s visit to Detroit
February 24, 2012 By 1 Comment
Protesters Challenge Rep. Tom McMillin On Bill Targeted At Gay And Lesbian Residents
January 25, 2012 By Leave a Comment
. On Monday, Representative Tom McMillin held his monthly town hall meeting at Rochester Hills City Hall. A group of about 10 protesters also showed up confronting him about his proposed legislation HB 5039, a bill that would prohibit municipalities from passing ordinances that would protect gay, lesbian and transgendered individuals from discrimination. Diane Young, [...]
WI Solidarity Singers Show Michigan some love
January 13, 2012 By 2 Comments
Today, January 13, 2012, is the last day for signatures for the recall of Governor Scott Walker in Wisconsin. For 260 days, the Solidarity singers have been singing in the Rotunda and outside the Capitol in Madison, WI. Today I asked Chris Reed, the leader of the Solidarity Singers, if he would do a special [...]
Mobile Technology to Help Raise Funds for Senator Pavlov Recall Effort
January 7, 2012 By 2 Comments
Recall efforts cost a lot of money. One way Michigan Rising, a group that is trying to recall Senator Phil Pavlov will be using to raise money at Saturday’s kickoff events is mobile fundraising. Those attending the events will be able to donate to the recall effort using their smart phones. “We are excited to [...]
Bruce Fealk talks with WDET’s Craig Fahle about a new recall of Governor Snyder
December 20, 2011 By 4 Comments
Today on WDET’s Craig Fahle show, Bruce Fealk, Communications Director for Michigan Rising talked about the efforts underway to recall Governor Rick Snyder. Listen here
Wisconsin Democratic Party Chair Gets The Job Done – Mark Brewer, Not So Much
December 15, 2011 By 9 Comments
Today, Mike Tait, chair of the Wisconsin Democratic Party announced that Wisconsin has collected over 500,000 signatures for the recall of Governor Scott Walker. Wisconsin is well on its way to an election to toss Scott Walker out of office. As a member of the Democratic Party, I wonder why won’t Mark Brewer, Chair of [...]
November 11, 2011 By Leave a Comment
By Katie Jacob for The Rochester Citizen Eight top Republican candidates– including current front-runners, Mitt Romney, Rick Snyder and Herman Cain — were in town Wednesday for the ninth in a series of Republican debates. The event took place at Oakland University at the O’rena, Oakland’s huge athletic center. Roads, parking lots and even some [...]
VIDEO: Occupy Lansing (full video)
October 16, 2011 By Leave a Comment
On Saturday several hundred people turned out in the cold, wind and rain for the Occupy Lansing rally. Here is the full video of the event.
Former Broadcaster Urging Public To Take The Airwaves Back From Corporations
September 22, 2011 By 1 Comment
From 1949 until 1987, the Fairness Doctrine required broadcasters to operate in the public interest and provide equal time to opposing points of view. The 2007 report The Structural Imbalance of Political Talk Radio found that 91% of talk radio was conservative and only 9% liberal. According to the report, every weekday there are 2,570 [...]
Voting in Michigan – Unsafe on Any Machine
September 14, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Jan BenDor is the statewide coordinator for the Michigan Election Reform Alliance. MERA’s main concern, according to BenDor, is the protection of Michigan’s election integrity. “We have an election system that is riddled with problems and is very vulnerable to manipulation. We vote, but we aren’t really sure our votes are being counted,” BenDor said. [...]
Will You Help Expose the Organization That is Destroying American Democracy?
August 20, 2011 By 1 Comment
I don’t know if you’ve seen this video yet, but every blogger needs to be focusing on this organization, ALEC. Cenk Uygur and Anna Kasparian put it all together in a few minutes what every democracy loving American needs to know about ALEC. ALEC is destroying our democracy, plain and simple. This is only one [...]
Unemployed Constituents Stage Sit-in And Demonstration At Congressman Paul Ryan’s Kenosha, WI Office
August 19, 2011 By 1 Comment
As rumors swirl in Washington D.C. about Congressman Paul Ryan and a possible Presidential run, several unemployed constituents demonstrated outside and then moved inside where they demanded a meeting with the Congressman. Ryan’s constituents have decided to stay in Mr. Ryan’s office until Congressman Ryan grants them a meeting to talk about creating jobs. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUTlGJWm48E[/youtube] [...]
