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Fully fund auditor general

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer carved out a clear position on government transparency by proposing to slash the budget for the one office in Lansing that holds lawmakers to account. The governor’s spending plan would cut funding for the Office of the Auditor General (OAG) by $8.3 million, or 28% of ...

Did Trump literally threaten ‘bloodbath’? No, he didn’t

At a rally in Ohio on Saturday, Donald Trump said that if he is not elected in November, there will be a “bloodbath.” That he said that much is true. Having actually read the text of his remarks, however, I do not believe he was threatening: Elect me president or the streets will run red ...

The smell of mendacity

“What’s that smell in this room? Didn’t you notice it, B rick? Didn’t you notice a powerful and obnoxious odor of mendacity in this room? There ain’t nothin’ more powerful than the odor of mendacity. You can smell it. It smells like death.”- (Big Daddy in “Cat on a Hot Tin ...

‘Criminal immigrant’ canard

President Joe Biden chose to scrap a bit with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene at the State of the Union -- a choice that should remind us of the old saw, “Never wrestle with pigs. You both get dirty and the pig likes it.” Greene has two modes: heckling and lying. This time, she was doing both ...

No, illegal immigrants did not build America

Joe Biden doesn’t have a problem with illegal immigrants. He’s made that clear in his shame-faced retreat from his impromptu use of the term “illegal” during his State of the Union address. He regrets using the offending word, doesn’t want to disrespect illegal immigrants and ...