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Per @CNN, Michigan GOP Congressman Paul Mitchell has left the Republican Party over its refusal to accept the result of the election.
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.@GovWhitmer says she can't get a straight answer from the Trump admin on why Michigan is receiving fewer COVID vaccine doses than other states.
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This might give you a sense of how many Detroiters are out here protesting the Supreme Court’s repeal of Roe v Wade
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Chants of “recall Whitmer,” “USA” and “lock her up” outside Michigan Capitol. #OperationGridlock
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The Republican Party has three Black candidates for Congress in Michigan. Democrats have zero.
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Michigan Democratic Party’s Black Caucus has decided tonight to endorse Joe Biden.
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Half protest, half Trump rally is how I would characterize #OperationGridlock in Michigan. Protesters echo “Half Whit”nickname @realDonaldTrump bestowed on Gov. Whitmer, call on her to reopen the economy.
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The line for Obama’s rally in Detroit wraps around several blocks. Same venue Trump spoke at on Friday. Feels like there will be more people tonight.
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.@DonaldJTrumpJr takes the stage in Macomb County, Michigan.
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Looks like William Null, one of the men arrested for allegedly planning to kidnap Gov. Whitmer, was on stage at an anti-lockdown rally last May in Grand Rapids. Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey also spoke at the event.
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A festive tailgate-like atmosphere in Freeland, Michigan with ~8 hours until President Donald Trump is set to hold a rally.
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Michigan crowd here in an aircraft hanger off DTW for Harris-Walz campaign stop. Gov. Whitmer is kicking us off in roughly an hour.
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.@DonaldJTrumpJr says Biden destroyed more working-class jobs than any president in history through his support of NAFTA and the TPP.
"Joe Biden has decimated American manufacturing. He's going to have you believe now he's going to change things. Is anyone that stupid?"
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.@KamalaHarris meeting with the owners of Drought, a Royal Oak juice business with a few locations around metro Detroit.
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.@BernieSanders thanks striking @UAW workers for standing up to “corporate greed.” Americans are tired of working in factories and waking up one day to see their job move to Mexico. The working people of this country want justice, he says.
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Tim Walz and Bon Jovi are set to take the stage from Hart Plaza in a few hours for Detroit’s final campaign rally of 2024.
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Belle Isle is among the busiest state parks in the nation, bringing in 5.2 million visitors last year. Niagara Falls had 4.4 million.
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Trump supporters lining the streets in Macomb County before campaign stop from Donald Trump Jr.
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Michigan Secretary of State says #MichiganPrimary results won't be available until Wednesday.
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Hundreds of people gathered in downtown Oxford to mourn victims of fatal shooting. Varsity jackets going back decades. Folks from neighboring communities. Lots of hugs and hot cocoa.
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Lots of people at #OperationGridlock left their vehicles to protest outside Michigan’s Capitol.
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A look at the crowd showing up under the sun for @BernieSanders at @UMich in Ann Arbor. @AOC set to speak before Sanders in 2 hours.
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Whitmer signs executive order banning MDHHS from funding conversion therapy in Michigan. Gov says the practice is based on “bigoted” ideology and causes long lasting harm. She calls on Legislature to outlaw conversation therapy.
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.@LukasLunoe moved to Detroit from his home country of Denmark to work for the Harris-Walz campaign and “keep Michigan blue.”
He told me America is the most important democracy in history, he traveled across the world to try and protect it against Trump.
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Harris campaign says this Detroit party is the only place to watch her radio interview with Charlamagne Tha God, streaming now from a studio in Eastern Market.
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.@GaryPeters laughed out loud when asked what he makes of @JohnJamesMI campaign allegations of irregularities with election results. Peters says James needs to accept his loss.
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This is interesting. @BernieSanders campaign staff calling on Michiganders to call @GaryPeters about Bernie’s coronavirus response ideas.
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Detroit will not have a Black representative in Congress for the first time in 70 years, with Wayne County reporting full results: Shri Thanedar wins by 4 percentage points over Adam Hollier, Portia Roberson, John Conyers.
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.@PeteButtigieg will attend the NAACP National Convention in Detroit. bit.ly/2lznbFM
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A bit of chaos as @BernieSanders arrived at @UAW picket line in Detroit.
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Pretty sure Kimberly Guilfoyle called Donald Trump Jr. "a real savage" while introducing him on stage.
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Detroit Mayor-elect Mary Sheffield says she received a surprise call from former Vice President @KamalaHarris today to congratulate her on the historic win.
"She gave me some really good advice as a woman going into office," Sheffield said.
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.@VP says Trump is an ally of religious freedom at West Michigan church. bit.ly/2OPnEQr
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I still don't really understand about how Michigan police are allowed to host Trump campaign events.
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Mary Ellen Gurewitz, an attorney representing Michigan Dems, says @JohnJamesMI is repeating allegations that were dismissed in various legal challenges. Gurewitz says this is a "racist campaign" directed by Trump to disenfranchise Black voters in cities like Detroit.
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.@DrBiden getting a view of the farm grown goods produced by Kids Food Basket.
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Kamala Harris campaigns in Detroit today with Lizzo. Northwest High School cheer squad is pumping it up.
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Ohio turnpike: A plow truck jettisoned a wall of slush into oncoming traffic, shattering the windshields of at least five vehicles and sending one into a ditch. I managed to swerve away from the heaviest part but was blinded and narrowly missed being punted by a semi truck.
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Detroit polling location at Burns Seventh Day Adventist is buzzing in the first hour of polls opening. I was number 31 for my precinct.
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Proposal 3 cruising on an 84% to 16% margin in Detroit right now, I ran into a lot of voters who said this was THE issue that motivated them to come to the polls today.
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Today is my final day at @MLive. After 6 years covering local news, state politics and elections, I accepted a new role with @BridgeDetroit doing community journalism in a great American city. I'm psyched to build relationships here and empower readers with critical information.
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summers are so precious in Michigan and it’s infuriating that for like three years running we can’t fully enjoy them because Canada is on fire
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Gov. Whitmer announces a $40M "transportation hub" at Michigan Central including passenger rail train and bus hub traveling between Detroit, Windsor and Toronto.
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SE Michigan has a lock on uncanny sprawl unlike anywhere else I've lived. It's all intersections with gas stations and CVS pharmacies next to rusting quick lube service centers and storage garages, then a row of 50 identical houses. Genuinely disorienting.
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Trump rapid fires some policy points including fixing infrastructure, bringing down prescription drug prices and building the wall.
"Hundreds of thousands of people are trying to invade our country. We're building it and building it a lot faster and better."
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Detroit coney staff say Trump partially demolishing the White House to build a ballroom is "crackhead" behavior
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.@KamalaHarris at Triumph Church in Detroit: "Even in this moment of trial and testing ... I see people who are filled with strength and purpose. People who reject the notion that we cannot control this virus."
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This is a remarkable interview with Michigan Rep. Gary Eisen, R-St. Clair Twp, who says the state GOP is planning some kind of effort to prevent electors from casting a vote.
When asked to assure that it would be a safe day in Lansing, Eisen said “no.”
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.@AndrewYang says white supremacist crime should be designated as domestic terrorism and we should support struggling young men who are susceptible to recruitment.
"We need to get in the root of our communities and provide a path forward for men falling through the cracks."
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.@AndrewYang just came on stage to "Return of the Mack."
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.@ewarren campaign just released a fat list of endorsements from state and local officials in Michigan. Many are from Macomb and Oakland counties.
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There’s a beach in Petoskey where we fell in love, a dirt road in Au Gres where I knew I had more to share. A dirty floor in Kalamazoo where we danced and a Lansing porch left behind.
Today there’s a house in Detroit painted with care. And I’m grateful all our love can fill it.
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Having to drive to Royal Oak every time I want to see a movie might turn me into the joker
75% of voters expect to remain in Detroit in a decade, while 9% expect to leave the state.
44% of young people age 18-29 expect to be here in a decade
The top neighborhood investments people want: improve schools, rehab housing
I am begging someone to build a movie theater
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Republican poll challenger Braden Giacobazzi, with Michigan Citizens for Election Integrity, removed by security from Detroit Central Counting Board after receiving multiple warnings about disorderly conduct, aggressive behavior toward election inspectors.
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A lot of Michigan's response is repeating why Texas has no role in other states' elections.
“Nothing that happens in Michigan would add or remove a single electoral vote for Texas, and Texas has no entitlement to any of Michigan’s electoral votes. It is not a pie.”
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A Detroit officer who shot an MLive photojournalist and two freelancers as they left a BLM protest last summer was cleared of felony assault charges. The judge determined their press badges were too small, and the officer had qualified immunity.
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This is Gregory Murray. He’s a retired Ford supervisor living on the streets with stage three cancer. He’s trying to hold on a few weeks until he turns 65 and starts receiving pension checks. I met him outside Cass Park.
"I shouldn't be out here now."
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this new DTE outage map gives people less information, which is the only reason I need to say it's bad
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Michigan Republicans are gearing up for a tough race against @GovWhitmer, but it's not yet clear who will step up to take her on. An interesting look at the next big race in Michigan from @emilyjanelawler
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James attorney Charlie Spies and GOP canvasser Aaron Van Langevelde disagreeing on whether Michigan law allows BSC to investigate election results.
Van Langevelde: We have no authority to request an audit to delay or block certification.
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Back when James Craig was running for governor, he talked about engaging Black Republicans in Detroit.
In Tuesday's primary, Whitmer earned 91% of all Detroit ballots cast with 70,545 votes. Only 2,220 people cast votes for Republican gubernatorial candidates.
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Folks, Detroit has set another single-day turnout record for in-person early voting.
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"The story of 2020 has not been fully written. We get to write the last chapter," @PeteButtigieg says in Grand Rapids.
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Michigan Trump supporters do the “MAGA dance” at a parking lot rally in Walker. Three Republican hopefuls for congress and one running for governor here.
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Why do voter fraud claims continue to focus on Detroit?
Election Administrator Daniel Baxter says it’s simple: “It’s because we’re a Black city.”
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guys we should probably have a train or something to get to the international airport
How bizarre, how bizarre. People walking off planes at Detroit Metro Airport had to-keep on walking — all the way down Dingell Drive to Eureka Road where their pick ups waited because the tunnel to the McNamara and Evans terminals flooded. More @WWJ950 and audacy.com/stations/wwjnewsr…
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NEW: Bernie Sanders plans to visit Battle Creek, Michigan to attend a rally with striking Kellogg’s workers on Friday.
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“There’s nobody who understands autos better than Joe Biden,” said @DebDingell
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I initially assumed this was from a nationally syndicated cartoonist unfortunately picked up over the wire, but it's a Detroit News staff member here implying Rep. Tlaib is a member of Hezbollah
Shame on the @detroitnews for allowing this racist, xenophobic vile cartoon on their platform.
Pay attention to who condemns this. And then recognize the different standard Arab and Muslim politicians are held by.
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You thought 3,000 early votes per day was a lot?
Detroit nearly hit 5,000 with four days left till Election Day.
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After a quick speech calling on @GM to satisfy the demands of striking @UAW workers, @BernieSanders is leaving. His appearance caused quite a stir among roughly 200 people at Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly.
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Amazing: State launches a new voting dashboard with daily updates on absentee ballots, turnout at early voting sites and more.
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Ladies and gentlemen, Detroit has done it again. In-person early voting continues to climb each day.
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Democratic officials in Detroit expect turnout will exceed 2020 numbers - 51% and 257,619 votes
State data shows 102,974 votes already cast with six days left.
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