A game changer for Michigan...and Democrats

A true WHOA: Former Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan will drop out of race for governor of Michigan, Gongwer Michigan reports. Duggan is a former Democrat who has been running as an independent.

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— The Downballot (@the-downballot.com) May 21, 2026 at 10:52 AM

Fuck Donald Trump

Peace,

emaycee

 

Michigan Dems are talking the talk and walking the walk

Don't overlook this, it's a big deal: Michigan Dems are passing pro-labor *and* pro-LGBTQ/abortion bills. They're explicitly casting this as a pro-worker agenda, economically *and* culturally. This is the blue state answer to red state culture war madness:https://t.co/ysbzdrc1iq

— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) March 27, 2023

Republicans = Nazis

Peace,

emaycee

 

Michigan Democrats for the win

For the first time in about 40 years, Democrats are in charge of the Michigan Legislature. They took a go big or go home approach with their first bills on workers' rights, abortion rights, LGBTQ+ rights and progressive tax policy. @MichiganAdvance https://t.co/rzB1JfsmEN

— Susan J. Demas 🏔 (@sjdemas) January 11, 2023

Republicans = Losers

Peace,

emaycee

 

Just look at what we did in Michigan when we ended gerrymandering

If this were a fair fight and gerrymandering were illegal, Democrats would be steamrolling Republicans tonight. Republicans can't win without rigging elections in their favor. THAT'S the story.

— Brandon Friedman (@BFriedmanDC) November 9, 2022

Republicans = Losers

Peace,

emaycee

 

Who's your Daddy, motherfuckers? Michigan, that's fucking who!

It was a blue wave in Michigan as Democrats seized control of the state House, state Senate, and the positions of governor, secretary of state, and attorney general. Voters also overwhelmingly approved Proposal 2 and Proposal 3.

— Steve Neavling (@MCmuckraker) November 9, 2022

Republicans = Losers

Peace,

emaycee

 

 

Voting rights, voting rights, voting rights...

The decision voters make this fall will impact the future of our democracy.

Help us defend the right of every voter to choose their elected leaders.

Help us protect the voters’ will against anyone who would try to overturn it.https://t.co/eLEg2NIOi5https://t.co/EMpZvSSHVa

— Jocelyn Benson (@JocelynBenson) April 29, 2022

Republican = Traitor

Peace,

emaycee

 

Out of the darkness

Indeed. Defending democracy is the greatest task of our time. And history is on our side. We can emerge from this moment stronger than before if we put in the work to protect and defend every voice, every vote. Let’s go. https://t.co/Lv5CTNLGi4

— Jocelyn Benson (@JocelynBenson) March 26, 2022

Republican = Traitor

Peace,

emaycee

 

Thrice as nice

Our Holy Trinity--Whitmer, Benson, and Nessel

 Ms. Magazine this week announced their feminists of the year, and Michigan scored a well-deserved trifecta.  Governor Gretchen Whitmer, Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, and Attorney General Dana Nessel all made the list, for standing up to Donald Trump and fighting for Michiganders to receive the PPE they needed, to make our elections fair, and to prosecute Trump's lawyers for attempting to corrupt our system of government.

Not to mention the plot to kidnap Gov. Whitmer and the threats made to Secretary Benson and her child.  The courage these women have shown over the course of the last year in the face of moronic traitors with guns is more than any public official has ever bargained for, but the three of them were all up to the task and more.

Michigan should be proud of our stalwart leadership, and hope for many more years to come from these incredible women.

356,000+ Dead Americans Because of Donald Trump's Incompetence

Biden:  306 EV's, Trump:  232

emaycee

The cowardly Trump loses again

 

"Terrorism is not a sign of courage.  It means cowardice."  Kay Kay Menon

A group of armed domestic terrorists stood outside our Secretary of State, Jocelyn Benson's, home on Saturday night, while she put up Christmas decorations with her four-year-old son, and shouted more of their delusional and racist (they're only objecting to Wayne County, where the vote is heavily weighted to black Americans) objections to the Presidential election results in Michigan which Joe Biden won by more than 150,000 votes.  Had they stood outside her home without weapons and shouted their gibberish I would have still thought they were delusional, but at least I could have respected their constitutional right to free speech.

Be that as it may, it was nothing more than childish bullying by cowards.  You can measure their cowardice by the fact that most of them had covered their faces, knowing full well that with social media someone could have identified them and informed their employers, which surely would have resulted in the termination of their employment.  Most companies don't find terrorizing a mother and her child as an acceptable representation of their company's image--nor should they.

Frankly, if your behavior isn't acceptable to the company you work for, it isn't acceptable behavior, period--at least to anyone with the good sense that God gave even a goat.

Secretary Benson may have the last laugh, though.  Thanks to Donald Trump's horrendous treatment of our Governor, Gretchen Whitmer, women in Michigan turned out in droves to defeat him, leading to Joe Biden winning our state by more than twice either of the two other blue wall states (Wisconsin and Pennsylvania).  Benson is still quite young, and in a few years when she runs to succeed Gov. Whitmer, I'm pretty sure droves of women are going to remember the horrendous treatment Trump's supporters gave her as well.

290,000 Dead Americans Because of Donald Trump's Incompetence

Biden:  306 EV's, Trump:  232,

emaycee

Can we get an "Amen!" for Michigan?

In Michigan, Democrats came, saw, and conquered

Though I don't watch her show anymore, Rachel Maddow has spent considerable time over the past eight years explaining (and rightfully so) how Michigan has been a laboratory for implementing the republican game plan--everything on the GOP wish list, from passing a right to work (for less) law to privatizing government responsibilities, from taxing seniors and giving tax breaks to corporations to cutting working folks' pensions, the GOP has done here in Michigan.

No more.  Last week Michiganders delivered a gut punch to the republican agenda from top to bottom.  For the first time since I moved here nearly twenty years ago, Democrats will control the top three spots in our state--Governor (Gretchen Whitmer). Attorney General (Dana Nessel), and Secretary of State (Jocelyn Benson).  For the first time since 2010, Democrats will be on par with republicans for the U.S. House, with seven representatives each.  Also for the first time since I moved here, my U.S. House representative will be a Democrat (Elissa Slotkin).  While we didn't end republican control in our state legislature, we did end the republicans' super majority which means their agenda is done through at least 2022.  We added a Supreme Court seat, elected the first Muslim woman to the U.S. House (Rashida Tlaib), and passed propositions ending gerrymandering, implementing automatic voter registration, and legalizing marijuana.

I know I'm biased as Michigan is my adopted home, but the Democratic rout in Michigan has to be the most under reported story of the 2018 midterm elections.  In a state that is a must win for Donald Trump in 2020, we provided a blueprint for turning a recovering purple state blue again.  And it's a very progessive blueprint.

Michigan is a bellwether for 2020 because Michigan voters resoundingly found the republican experiment to be a massive failure.

Just like Donald Trump.

Fuck Donald Trump,
emaycee