Megs

I am what I am and that's all that I am

[Kevin Kijewski @KevinKijewski]

Screwing Michigan: Sell 13 Michigan dams to a Wall Street private equity firm for $1 each, then force 1.9 MILLION ratepayers to buy the power back at DOUBLE the market price for 30 years, and hand the utility a $270 million profit on top.

That is the deal Consumers Energy is fighting for right now.

The out-of-state buyer's plan? Split the dams into 13 separate LLCs so it can pocket the profits and dodge the liability when these century-old structures need repairs. And when a state judge called the deal 'highly problematic' and 'unreasonable,' Consumers' answer was a threat: approve it as-is, or we tear all 13 dams down.

Your rivers. Your money. Your safety. Sold to Maryland financiers and handed back to you with a bigger bill.

The Whitmer-appointed Public Service Commission decides by September. They work for you, not for Consumers. Make sure they hear it.

Let's make Michigan safe, normal, and responsible again! 🇺🇸

@realDonaldTrump @JDVance @MIGOP @MI_Republicans @Th_Midwesterner @stevegrubershow @MrJustinBarclay @gatewaypundit @Rescue_Michigan @HarmeetKDhillon @elonmusk @timlovesann @mifairelections @TruckerRandy @DonnieDetroit19 @downi75

[Magnetic Norse @MagneticNorse]

Van Buren Township, MI

A resident is forcibly removed from a meeting for expressing her disdain for a proposed data center.

Board members says “We love data centers here”

[Megs @mjinxes26]

It's only ever the women that have any balls

[Political Punk @actingliketommy]

So... you can't draw a district that gives black voters voting power but you CAN draw a district that takes their power away?

Got it.

[🇺🇸Goody2Shoes🇺🇸 @Goody2Shoes46]

What’s happening in Michigan?

Michigan’s $4 BILLION sport fishery is under attack!

House Bills 5801 and 5802 have just been introduced in Lansing. These bills would significantly deregulate commercial fishing and open the door to harvesting and selling species like walleye, perch, crappie, lake trout and burbot from the Great Lakes.

We’re especially concerned about walleye.

Michigan is home to a world-class walleye fishery in Saginaw Bay, Lake St. Clair, the Detroit River, and Lake Erie. Anglers travel from across the state and the entire country to fish these waters. This isn’t just recreation it’s a major economic engine supporting thousands of small businesses: charter operators, marinas, hotels, restaurants, tackle shops, gas stations and more.

Opening these fisheries to commercial harvest risks undoing decades of progress. We’ve seen it before overharvest helped wipe out lake trout populations in the Great Lakes. Around the world, poorly managed commercial fishing has repeatedly ruined fisheries.

Today, Michigan has a relatively small number of commercial fishers but more than ONE MILLION recreational anglers. These bills would shift access to a shared public resource away from the many and toward a select few, putting thousands of livelihoods at risk.
Even more concerning: a large number of House legislators have signed on as sponsors.

Now is the time to speak up.

Contact your state representative.

Call or email their office and tell them:

• You oppose HB 5801 and 5802
• You support protecting Michigan’s sport fisheries
• You urge them to withdraw support and vote NO
Our Great Lakes fisheries belong to all of us. Let’s protect them.

Sponsors
• Jason Morgan (District 23)
• David Prestin (District 108)
• Gregory Alexander (District 98)
• Cameron Cavitt (District 106)
• John Roth (District 104)
• Karl Bohnak (District 109)
• Parker Fairbairn (District 107)
• Ken Borton (District 105)
• Pat Outman (District 91)
• Gregory Markkanen (District 110)
• Jason Woolford (District 50)
• Angela Rigas (District 79)
• Jerry Neyer (District 92)
• Brian BeGole (District 71)
• Kathy Schmaltz (District 46)
• Matt Bierlein (District 97)
• Douglas Wozniak (District 59)
• Luke Meerman (District 89)
• Tom Kunse (District 100)
• Gina Johnsen (District 78)
• Matt Maddock (District 51)
• Nancy DeBoer (District 86)
• Matt Longjohn (District 40)
• Alicia St. Germaine (District 62)
• Jaime Greene (District 65)
• Jay DeBoyer (District 63)
• Bradley Slagh (District 85)
• Bryan Posthumus (District 90)
• William Bruck (District 30)
• Mike McFall (District 14)
• Reggie Miller (District 31)
• Stephen Wooden (District 81)
• Julie Rogers (District 41)
• Erin Byrnes (District 15)
• Peter Herzberg (District 25)
• Carol Glanville (District 84)
• Penelope Tsernoglou (District 75)
• Sharon MacDonell (District 56)
• Jimmie Wilson (District 32)
• Jennifer Conlin (District 48)
• Jasper Martus (District 69)
• Julie Brixie (District 73)
• Brenda Carter (District 53)
• Veronica Paiz (District 10)
• Noah Arbit (District 20)
• Tonya Phillips (District 7)
• Dylan Wegela (District 26)
• Morgan Foreman (District 33)
• Kara Hope (District 74)
• Kelly Breen (District 21)
• Natalie Price (District 6)
• Samantha Steckloff (District 19)
• Donavan McKinney (District 11)
• Matt Koleszar (District 22)
• Tim Kelly (District 93)
• Ron Robinson (District 58)
• Jennifer Wortz (District 35)
• Nancy Jenkins-Arno (District 34)
• David Martin (District 68)

#ProtectMichiganFisheries #GreatLakes #Walleye
@libsoftiktok @PatriotPostGirl @HZardoz @SenAricNesbitt @matthewmaddock @KevinRinke @Sentinel2NO

[Meidas_Charise Lee @charise_lee]

THEY. DO. NOT. CARE.

[Jeremy Reisman @DetroitOnLion]

blind RT

[Defiant L’s @DefiantLs]

This is way too accurate.

[blashdril @blashdril]

How did we let this happen

[More Perfect Union @MorePerfectUS]

BREAKING: The Senate just passed the legislation allowing the devastation of the Boundary Waters.

The motion passed 50-49, and now goes to Donald Trump’s desk.

The way Republicans passed this bill that prevents future administrations from issuing protections for Superior National Forest, so this pristine land will be exploited in perpetuity unless Congress intervenes to reverse this decision.

The state of Minnesota can still block the Chilean mining corporation from operating in Superior National Forest and protect the Boundary Waters from pollution.

[Ichigo Niggasake @SomaKazima2]

No this makes so much sense

[Tyler Oliveira @tyleraloevera]

I Exposed Indian H1B "Ghost Offices"

[Patricia 🇺🇸 @1109Patricia]

The University of Michigan has a $21.2B endowment
and received $100M from Michigan taxpayers to build a supercomputing and AI research center. Residents are concerned with power usage and traffic in Ypsilanti Township. Local lawmakers are trying to get the money back.

[WWJ 950 @WWJ950]

City of Detroit students (public and charter) can now ride DDOT buses for free, simply by showing student ID. "Ride to Rise" program allows for ridership any time of day, seven days a week. Here's Mayor Mary Sheffield.
VIDEO: Jon Hewett

[We Good in the North @WWFerguson2]

A reminder that rate increases are approved by the Michigan Public Service Commission, appointed be the governor with the consent of the Michigan Senate. You should be asking Senate candidates this year about the types of candidates for the Commission they'll consent to...

[Lee Merritt @LeeMerrittesq]

A nurse and injury attorney stood up in Hurst City Hall and said what every reasonable person watching that video already knows.

She described being pulled over in this same area years ago. The officer was courteous. There was no ticket, no violence, no attempt to prove a point, and she was sent on her way. She told the council that Taneisha Thompson, a woman she has never even met, deserved that same basic dignity and restraint.

She explained that in hospitals, nurses see people at their absolute worst and are still trained to protect life, not harm it. Even when they are disrespected, they do not drag patients, slam them to the ground or put their lives at risk.

From her medical and legal perspective, the way this officer grabbed Taneisha from her car by the neck could have killed her. That is not de‑escalation. That is not public safety. That is raw, dangerous force.

Her point was simple and powerful: if nurses can endure the worst behavior and still choose care and restraint, we must demand at least that same standard from police officers in Hurst. That is the minimum Taneisha deserved, and it is the minimum this community is entitled to going forward.

[Rebecca Nagle @rebeccanagle]

As Line 5 moves forward, four tribes are trying to stop it. They claim the pipeline could contaminate the Great Lakes. Their case is now in front of the Michigan Supreme Court. https://t.co/vNULNnC54f

[Colorado State Patrol @CSP_News]

Last year, Colorado State troopers pulled over 2,540 drivers traveling slower than the flow of traffic, often creating additional hazards for other motorists. The left lane is for passing, the right lane is for traveling. Know your lane.

[Michigan Enjoyer @mich_enjoyer]

We're Not Allowed in the Ren Cen Anymore
GM moved out, keeping a skeleton crew at the new Hudson's building, while Dan Gilbert and GM angle for $350 million in public money to redevelop the complex

By Charlie LeDuff @Charlieleduff

Detroit — One of my favorite things to do in Detroit on a drizzly spring afternoon is to drop into the food court at the Renaissance Center. Normally, I will shake off the cold and relieve myself before ordering a cup of coffee and a moist cinnamon bun dripping with glaze and watch the fishermen troll for walleye along the river.

So imagine my surprise earlier this week to find that the Renaissance Center is now completely closed to the public. Locked in perpetuity. The cafe is gone. The Burger King. The tables. The napkins. The salt shakers. General Motors has removed its name plate from the facade, and its rotating display of classic cars has been towed away.

“Where you going?” barked a sleepy-eyed security guard. “It’s closed. Can’t you read the signs? Unless you’re going to the hotel or Joe Muer’s, but they’re not open yet.”

“How about the Italian consulate?” I said somewhat hopefully.

The remaining tenants in the Renaissance Center, besides the Marriott and three restaurants, are the Italian and Japanese diplomatic attachés. Apparently, no one told the Italians and the Japanese that the war was over.

“Okay, but you can’t take no professional video,” he warned.

We ignored him. The cultural impact of an icon abandoned in the middle of the night simply required documentation.

Imagine walking up on the Empire State Building or the St. Louis Arch and being told to pound cement.

It’s no secret that the building’s owner, General Motors, beat it out of its five towered headquarters on the Detroit River. With much fanfare, the 117-year-old automobile company announced last month that it had moved its world headquarters into a veritable broom closet of suites in Dan Gilbert’s half-finished, publicly financed Hudson’s Tower complex just a few blocks up on Woodward.

GM has all but turned its back on the Motor City. The company has collected billions of dollars over the years from the state to keep its employees in Michigan. To smother the criticism, General Motors is keeping a skeleton crew of a few hundred employees downtown so the locals don’t feel disrespected.

Executives with General Motors and Gilbert’s development team have convinced the public that they are going to transform the 5 million-square-foot riverfront property into condominiums, retail space and open parkland just as long as the public kicks in $350 million.

Gilbert and GM are lobbying Lansing hard for the cash and prizes but a spokesman for Matt Hall, the speaker of the Michigan House who holds the dice in this game of Municipal Monopoly, was surprised to learn the public has been locked out of the building.

“That’s the first we’re hearing of it,” the spokesman said.

Representatives for General Motors did not immediately respond to questions.

The Renaissance Center, financed with private money, took four years to build and opened in 1977. The public was always welcome to ride the 700-foot outdoor elevator.

As a comparison, the Hudson two-tower complex—financed in part with public money—broke ground nine years ago. Even so, the main 49-story tower still lacks pipes and walls. The shorter block, where GM now rents four floors, is closed to the public.

Unable to get an audience with either Consul General, we left the Renaissance Center with security tailing us at a respectful distance.

Over at the GM headquarters, a security guard snapped our photograph through the plate glass window.

[JOKAMRREDPILLZ @JOKAQARMY1]

Its all been AIPAC of Lies. 💯

[Acyn @Acyn]

Neguse: Where is this company headquartered?

Noem: I don’t know.

Neguse: I don’t know either. We can’t find it. We did find an address that’s registered to a political operative. This company that received 143 million dollars was incorporated 8 days before this contract went out.

You want the American people to believe that this is all above board, that $143 million of taxpayer money just happened to go to this one company that doesn't have a headquarters, doesn't have a website, has never done work for the federal government before and is registered apparently or attached to a residence from a political operative, and of course one of the subcontractors of that contract, as you know, is a political firm that's tied to, to you back when you were governor of South Dakota?