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70 Michigan students are facing deportation. No explanation. No due process. Just revenge. This is Trump making good on his threat to punish student protestors—and using immigration as his weapon. Authoritarianism isn’t coming. It’s already here.

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Sanders: A woman is walking down the street, a car stops, and these guys — in plain clothes and masks — grab her, throw her into the car, and take off. That happened in Vermont today. That’s the kind of thing that happens in dictatorships, not in a democracy.

submitted 20 hours ago • 239 comments

MAGA Congressman Bill Huizenga skipped yet another Town Hall with voters in the 4th District — this time in Allegan County. If he won’t show up for the job he has, why should we trust him with a bigger one in the U.S. Senate? #WheresBill

submitted 19 hours ago • 7 comments

New SurveyUSA poll just dropped: HALF of Democrats want the party to go more progressive and fight harder for bold change. Only 18% want to move to the middle. Meanwhile,most Republicans still want to lurch further right. The appetite for bold change is real.The question is, will the party listen?

submitted 1 day ago • 11 comments

Michiganders already made it clear - we don't want to be represented in the Senate by a Florida Man.

submitted 1 day ago • 2 comments

Trump said the quiet part out loud: He’s not stopping at immigrants. He’s coming for U.S. citizens next.

submitted 1 day ago • 13 comments

Roughly 2 in 10 adult Americans use X with any regularity. Of those: 👉 58% are under 35 years old 👉 men out number women by more than two to one This is clearly a DISservice.

submitted 3 days ago • 34 comments

The State Department wants employees to snitch on each other

submitted 4 days ago • 52 comments

The party that screams about “radical government spending” just approved a $6.8 trillion tax break—for billionaires. You read that right. Trillion, with a T. These are the same folks who cry poor when it comes to funding healthcare, education, etc. But when billionaires want a break? No problem.

submitted 4 days ago • 15 comments

This grifting fool, MI10 Rep. John James, wants to be Michigan's next governor. 1 in 4 people he wants to "govern" rely on Medicaid and CHIP. John James thinks they're entitlements and just voted to gut almost all funding for these life-saving programs. Fascinating campaign strategy, eh?

submitted 4 days ago • 6 comments

Every single republican congressperson in Michigan just voted to cut $880 Billion from Medicaid in the budget they just passed. That is the entire Medicaid budget. And they cheered. This Trump budget also extends his 2017 tax breaks for millionaires and billionaires. Listen to them 👇👇👇👇

submitted 5 days ago • 32 comments

Ah yes, lets pass a bill for an imaginary problem that will make it harder for American women to vote.

submitted 5 days ago • 3 comments

Moms, dads, people across the nation — & here in DC — are pushing back against the awful GOP budget that gives big tax breaks to billionaires and pays for them by cutting Medicaid, Childcare & key programs that allow us to go to work, take care of our kids, and contribute to our communities. #MomSky

submitted 5 days ago • 7 comments

Trump tanked your 401k but he made his billionaire besties even richer yesterday. Market manipulation anyone?

submitted 5 days ago • 18 comments

In what was originally supposed to be a closed door EO signing on the revitalization of the ship building industry, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is pictured with republican House Leader Matt Hall in the Oval Office today. 👇 Also in attendance… Steven Miller, Waltz, Noem, Lutnick, Burgum and Duffy.

submitted 6 days ago • 22 comments

We’re not out of the woods yet. The middle class will be paying for Trump’s trade war.

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

They aren’t even trying to be discreet about it - the point of these deportations is to profit off cruelty.

submitted 6 days ago • 7 comments

What happened to “states’ rights”?

submitted 7 days ago • 15 comments

Even the Wall Street Journal is sounding the alarm: Trump’s trade war is wrecking Michigan. With nearly 20% of our economy tied to autos, his tariffs are gutting supply chains and putting jobs on the line — all for a reckless power play with no real strategy.

submitted 7 days ago • 7 comments

Matt Hall has taken away free meals from school kids, blown a massive hole in the state budget, and won’t pass meaningful transparency reform. Oh, and let’s not forget when he kidnapped his girlfriend a few years ago. But yeah, great job, Matt. Apparently, the bar is so low it’s in hell. 🙄

submitted 7 days ago • 9 comments

Grand Rapids showed up for Trans Day of Visibility today. Under a MAGA agenda hellbent on erasing trans lives, being loud, proud, and unapologetically allied isn’t optional. 🏳️‍⚧️

submitted 9 days ago • 2 comments

The #HandsOff rallies in Michigan were fierce. We showed up, we spoke out, and we made it clear: we’re done playing nice while they try to strip our rights and gut our communities. We caught a senator @mallorymcmorrow.bsky.social in Ferndale, MI & a few thousand of our friends 👇

submitted 9 days ago • 50 comments

🚨 This week on Point of Disorder, we’re diving into the headlines that have us hopeful! This weeks episode: Filibuster Fever, Musk Money Fails, and McMorrow Makes Her Move! Pat Johnston from @leftoflansing.bsky.social on our latest episode of Point of Disorder.👇 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

It’s official - Medicaid and Medicare will be ran by a quack doctor who thinks red onions prevent cancer

submitted 11 days ago • 31 comments

The new improvements to Michigan's unemployment law are now in effect!!! I was proud to vote for this law. Thank you to Sen. Paul Wojno for introducing this for many years in the legislature! #mileg

submitted 11 days ago • 2 comments

Trump is blowing off the return of fallen soldiers to hit up a golf dinner—because he’s never given a damn about the troops. Just like when he called them “suckers” and “losers.” He keeps showing us who he is.

submitted 11 days ago • 13 comments

🚨Let’s talk election integrity in MI—because Republicans are spreading lies. 🚨 An audit released today found just 15 noncitizen votes—only 0.00026% of total ballots—the lowest in any recent state audit. Despite this, R’s keep lying. We rank 2nd in the nation in MIT’s Elections Performance Index.

submitted 11 days ago • 9 comments

👋 Hey, Rep Posthumus, you’ll be happy to know that the Michigan audit confirms what we’ve seen in other states like Iowa: noncitizen voting is extremely rare. You are one of Jocelyn Benson’s biggest fans since she is so on top of this, right?

submitted 11 days ago • 1 comment

Turns out billionaires can’t outspend the backlash. The people are wide awake.

submitted 13 days ago • 7 comments

Mallory McMorrow has announced she’s running for US Senate. The two-term State Senator is the first Michigan Democrat to jump in the race to fill Gary Peters’ seat.

submitted 13 days ago • 25 comments

💥BOOM: Democrat Susan Crawford just crushed Musk’s handpicked GOP puppet in the Wisconsin Supreme Court race—despite his desperate attempt to buy the seat. Turns out billionaires can’t outspend the backlash. The people are wide awake.

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We need to be investing in our children's education - not cutting funding.

submitted 14 days ago • 21 comments

New reproductive freedom protections in MI go into effect TODAY! The Michigan Family Protection Act, which was signed into law one year ago thanks to our Democratic majority: 🤰 Decriminalizes surrogacy. 🏳️‍🌈 Protects LGBTQ+ families. 👦 Supports parents and children born through IVF or surrogacy.

submitted 14 days ago • 7 comments

MAGAs will do anything to own the libs - including pay more in taxes than Elon Musk and gut our grandparents’ Social Security.

submitted 14 days ago • 3 comments

Trans people deserve safety, joy, and power — not just visibility. Today we celebrate trans lives and recommit to fighting the systems that try to erase them. #TransDayofVisability

submitted 14 days ago • 4 comments

Imagine being so fragile that your response to Trans Visibility Day is...

submitted 14 days ago • 3 comments

Spotted in an Hudsonville, MI Meijer.. a very conservative area 👇 🥚 So far not a single Trump policy had addressed the raising costs of grocery prices.

submitted 14 days ago • 6 comments

Trump threatens, and the billion dollar law firm Skadden Arps folds. After executive orders targeting firms that challenged his regime, they’ve now pledged $100 million in pro bono work for Trump-backed initiatives. This may not legally be “extortion” in but it’s absolutely authoritarian coercion.

submitted 14 days ago • 19 comments

Trans people deserve safety, joy, and power — not just visibility. Today we celebrate trans lives and recommit to fighting the systems that try to erase them.

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments

So just to be clear… the very same folks who fought so hard to make it illegal to hand out bottles of water to voters waiting in line are totally ok with Musk giving million dollar checks to get people to vote? 🤔

submitted 15 days ago • 13 comments

Happy Sunday! How about some good news today? We have some political anecdotes from the bright side: open.substack.com/pub/distills...

submitted 16 days ago • 0 comments

We pose this as a question as we throw billions of dollars in tax breaks at the richest companies in the world so Meta can build more slop data farms that destroy our Great Lakes. Babies may die but at least Zuck can buy his 40th private island and you can “Ghiblify” more Wojacks for the chuckles!

submitted 16 days ago • 5 comments

Today’s global #TeslaTakedown is a stand against fascism, white supremacy, and the billionaire accelerating both, Elon Musk. This isn’t about efficiency or democracy — he’s about power, profit, and platforming hate. In Idaho, a Hitler cosplayer showed up to support him. That says it all.

submitted 16 days ago • 6 comments

Michigan’s jobless rate just exploded — worst in the nation. And it’s thanks to the reckless tariffs. Federal failure is bleeding Michigan dry.

submitted 17 days ago • 19 comments

Is it too much to ask for? #universalhealthcarenow

submitted 92 days ago • 217 comments