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17/02/2024

Research shows too many people can’t afford their prescriptions or have to choose between groceries or paying utility bills so they can get insulin and other life-saving medications they need. State Rep. Jaime Churches spoke in favor of creating a Prescription Drug Affordability Board in Michigan at a town hall earlier this week.

02/03/2023

Think the is over? It's not. Check out this week's pod where Chris and MoReno talk about environmental justice in our state.

Nayyirah Shariff on Twitter: Flint Rising on Twitter: Flint Rising's website: FlintRising.com Sean McBrearty on Twitter: Clean Water Action Michigan on Twitter: Water and Oil Don't Mix on Twitter: Clean Water Action's websi...

21/02/2023

Our latest pod is up!

Kim Knackstedt on Twitter: The Century Foundation on Twitter: TCFdotorg The Disability Economic Justice Collaborative on Twitter: The Century Foundation's website is at TCF.org The Disability Economic Justice Collaborative's website is at DEJC.org Kim Knackstedt's bio can be foun...

16/02/2023

It’s time for the gaslighting on gun violence to end

I won't lie: I've gotten pretty numb to the endless headlines about gun violence, mass shootings, gun deaths, and gun EVERYTHING. The shooting on campus at my alma mater Michigan State University tore the scab off this week and after the depression and sadness subsided, I'm left with outrage and whi...

10/02/2023

"New Americans are the future of democracy." That's from our guest on the pod this week, Ghida Dagher, president CEO of New American Leaders. New American Leaders is the premier group finding, training, and supporting immigrants and other "new Americans" to run for office.

Ghida Dagher on Twitter: New American Leadership on Twitter: New American Leadership Action Fund on Twitter: New American Leadership's website: NewAmericanLeaders.org New American Leadership Fund's website: NALAF.org Learn more about New American Leadership...

01/02/2023

Natalie Price on Twitter: Natalie Price at the Michigan House Democrats' website: HouseDems.com/Natalie-Price Erika Geiss on Twitter: Erika Geiss at the Michigan Senate Democrats' website: SenateDems.com/Geiss Follow the Michigan Democrats and their legislative agenda at L...

18/01/2023

Beth LeBlanc and Craig Mauger at The Detroit News: Michigan Democrats' first bills include right-to-work repeal, prevailing wage Mitch Smith at The New York Times: Statehouse Democrats Embrace an Unfamiliar Reality: Full Power Chris Savage can be found on Twitter at . MoReno Taylor II ca...

06/01/2023

Ken Coleman on Twitter: Ken Coleman is on Facebook HERE. Ken Coleman's work at Michigan Advance can be found HERE. BOOKS MENTIONED DURING THE POD: The Origins of the Urban Crisis: Race and Inequality in Postwar Detroit by Thomas Sugrue The Truly Disadvantaged: The Inner City, the Un...

21/12/2022

On this week's pod, Moreno and Chris talked to the amazing Lavora Barnes about how Democrats over-performed in Michigan and are leading the way with their model for statewide grassroots organizing. Have a listen!

Chris Savage can be found on Twitter at . MoReno Taylor II can be found on Twitter at . Support the pod by becoming a Patreon donor HERE! Give us a five-star review at iTunes! The GOTMFV Show page is HERE! Music clips Intro and transition music: Tell Me What I Want t...

16/12/2022

Trump WANTS liberals to mock his NFT cards. And they are falling for it.

Earlier this week, twice-impeached former president Donald Trump teased a "big announcement" on Truth Social: This screenshot doesn't show the video that plays in its entirety where he declares that "America needs a superhero". (One thing that's glaring obvious is that he is still burning with the h...

14/12/2022

Senator Mike Shirkey's bizarre farewell speech: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NDZRM_RK00 Arpan Lobo at the Detroit Free Press: Judge dismisses charges against Rick Snyder related to Flint water crisis Chris Savage can be found on Twitter at . MoReno Taylor II can be found on Twitter a...

06/12/2022

Mitchell Robinson on Twitter: Mitchell Robinson at MSU: Mitchell Robinson - Associate Professor of Music Education Mitchell Robinson's campaign website: MitchellRobinsonForStateSchoolBoard.org Mitchell Robinson at Eclectablog: Please stop with the “heartwarming” teacher stories: this ...

30/11/2022

On this week's pod, Chris and MoReno talk with Shanay Watson-Whittaker, Deputy Campaign Manager of the Michigan Reproductive Freedom For All campaign - Proposal 3. She reveals some of the magic that was the key to their success, magic that other progressive groups can tap into!

Shanay Watson-Whittaker on Twitter: Reproductive Freedom for All's website: MIReproFreedom.org Michigan's Prop 3 on Twitter: Chris Savage can be found on Twitter at . MoReno Taylor II can be found on Twitter at . Support the pod by becoming a....

04/11/2022

Contaminated Army Bases Contribute to Michigan’s Environmental and Social Inequality

The following post was written by Jonathan Sharp. Jonathan is the CFO of the Birmingham, Alabama-based, Environmental Litigation Group, PC, a law firm specializing in toxic exposure cases that helps individuals injured by hazardous chemicals on US army installations. Over the past hundred years, the...

27/10/2022

Democracy is under attack all across America but especially in Michigan. This essay by Dianne Byrum spells it out.

The following essay was written by Dianne Byrum. Dianne is a former state Representative and state Senator and is currently a Michigan State University trustee and the Michigan Director for Defend Democracy Project. Over the summer, the January 6th Committee presented overwhelming evidence proving t...

26/10/2022

Far too many people are getting the messaging wrong about Proposal 3 – the Reproductive Freedom for All ballot proposal – in Michigan. Here's a guide on how to do it RIGHT!

Forty-nine years ago, after being exposed as a criminal, then President Richard Nixon uttered the phrase "I am not a crook!" during a press conference in Orlando, Florida. This statement had literally the opposite effect from what Nixon intended. Nobody who heard it believed it because the evidence....

15/10/2022

Tudor Dixon’s “small business” is driving US refractory manufacturers out of business

During last night's gubernatorial debate, GOP nominee Tudor Dixon asserted that a difference between her and Gov. Gretchen Whitmer was that Dixon was a small business owner, whose company had been "crushed during the pandemic by Whitmer's Covid policies." Curious, I decided to look into Dixon's "sma...

15/10/2022

Republicans introduce bill to put the parents of transgender kids in prison for life

The following post was written by Jessica Beasley (she/they), a Senior Manager of User Experience Design at a tech company and longtime resident of Michigan. She lives in Ypsilanti Township with her spouse and an inadvisable number of cats, and mostly uses Twitter to tweet about trans stuff at ...

12/10/2022

New guest post from Michigan House Democratic Leader Donna Lasinski.

This is a guest post from Michigan House Democratic Leader Donna Lasinski. Michigan is entering the home stretch of an election season unlike anything we have seen before. On the one hand, Democrats offer candidates many voters will recognize: From Gov. Gretchen Whitmer down the ballot, Democratic c...

16/09/2022

The wonderful education group Michigan Education Justice Coalition has issued a report that offers guidance to local school districts on how best to leverage $3.7 billion in federal funds to help mitigate the worst impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic on students and educators. It's a real opportunity for our schools and it is my sincere hope that these guidelines are adopted across Michigan.

In response to the global COVID-19 pandemic that has now killed over 1 million Americans, the federal government has allocated billions of dollars in funding for schools. Known as the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund (ESSER), the funds were distributed in three separate tranches...

14/09/2022

Michigan Republicans are outright gaslighting donors about how badly Tudor Dixon’s campaign is tanking

With three unelectable candidates at the top of the ticket this year, Michigan Republicans are struggling to raise money from their hapless donors. This is likely what is pushing them to tell their donors outright lies about the state of the race which is precisely what they did with a fundraising e...

06/09/2022

It's so refreshing to see candidates for local school boards who actually put students and teachers over extremist political views and conservative culture warfare. Here's an article about one local school board candidate – Hana Mitsusada-Boylan – who proves who REALLY supports students & teachers. She actually took a break from her campaign to collect school supplies for Trenton Public Schools. Take a look.

In a year when local school board races have turned into referendums on Donald Trump's ultra-MAGA agenda, there's one candidate for a local school board who is putting students and teachers above her own campaign. Hana Mitsusada-Boylan is running for the Trenton Public Schools Board of Education in....

06/09/2022

Abortion bans must be seen for what they are: Politically motivated and medically uninformed acts that will increase suffering for countless women and families.

29/08/2022

At the ballot box, Michiganders must remember Lansing and DC Capitol attacks to protect our democracy - guest post by Mari Manoogian

The following guest post was written by Michigan State Representative Mari Manoogian. Every day, it seems, we learn something new about investigations of the January 6th Committee and other investigations by various law enforcement agencies into the Big Lie. Former President Trump’s election lies ...

20/07/2022

On this week's pod, MoReno and Chris talked to two rural Michigan candidates - Marie Fielder and Mark Zacharda on the keys to Democrats winning back the rural vote. Check it out!

Marie Fielder online: Donate to Marie's campaign HERE. Campaign website: MarieFielder.com Twitter: Facebook: Facebook.com/FielderforMI106 Instagram: Instagram.com/fielder4nemi Mark Zacharda online: Donate to Mark's campaign HERE. Campaign website: VoteMarkZ.com Twitter: F...

22/06/2022

On this week's pod, MoReno and Chris talked to Michigan Democratic Party Voter Protection Director Erica Peresman about her team's effort to protect democracy in Michigan

Erica Peresman, Voter Protection Director for the Michigan Democratic Party, on Twitter: Learn more about Erica Peresman and her advocacy HERE. Heidi Przybyla at Politico: ‘It’s going to be an army’: Tapes reveal GOP plan to contest elections Veronica Ortega at WZZM13: Michigan...

08/06/2022

The latest missive from my favorite fair elections and voting rights warrior, Barb Byrum.

Michigan and the rest of the nation are about to get a detailed, fact-based look into the role former President Trump, several members of Congress, state politicians and others played in ongoing attacks on our elections. Starting on June 9 in prime time, the bipartisan congressional committee charge...

07/06/2022

On this week's pod, MoReno Taylor II and Chris talked with organizer extraordinaire Justin Johnson about the resurgence of the labor movement and the new era of organizing. Check it out!

Justin Johnson on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MorePerfectUS/status/1532477466442358787 Jennifer Elias & Amelia Lucas at CNBC: Employees everywhere are organizing. Here’s why it’s happening now Faiz Shakir at The New Republic: America Is in the Midst of a Dramatic Labor Resurgen...