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In a Facebook live video posted on Tuesday, Michigan Democratic State Rep. Cynthia Johnson issued a threat to President Donald Trump’s supporters. As The Daily Caller reported, in the three-minute video, Johnson said that Trump supporters need to be careful about what they do and say and called on “soldiers” to get involved. “So this […]

Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson said dozens of protesters, some of them armed and many seen wearing clothing supporting Donald Trump, showed up outside her home while she was putting up Christmas decorations with her family, including a 4-year-old son. As Fox 17 reported, Benson released a statement on Sunday that she had just […]

A Michigan representative confirmed what many who watched a now-viral video suspected — that Rudy Giuliani loudly farted during an election hearing in his state this week. Giuliani was speaking at a meeting that examined President Donald Trump’s unfounded claims of election fraud, and video captured what sounded to be a pair of audible farts […]

A witness in Sidney Powell’s election lawsuit claims there may have been illegal voting that took place in Edison County, Michigan — a place that does not exist. Political reporter Jonathan Oosting brought attention to the claim on Monday, sharing a portion of Powell’s lawsuit that quotes a witness pointing out what they believe to […]

A lawsuit from Donald Trump’s campaign pointing to potential election fraud in the state of Michigan is actually based on data taken from Minnesota, a new report finds. The president’s campaign has come under fire for making claims of widespread fraud benefitting Joe Biden but not releasing proof to back it up. A new report […]

Kelly Stafford, the wife of Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford, called the state of Michigan a “dictatorship” over new restrictions meant to slow the spread of coronavirus. As Click on Detroit reported, Stafford went on a rant in a new video posted to her Instagram stories, saying it is unfair for the state to place […]

Donald Trump was apparently not fully up-to-speed regarding Tuesday’s major election story. The president was mocked after he took to Twitter to praise the decision of a pair of Michigan Republican leaders to block the certification of results in populous Wayne County. As it seemed, he didn’t realize that the two had already reversed course […]

Michigan Republican official William Hartmann, who refused to certify the election results in populous Wayne County on Tuesday, has reportedly taken to social media to share claims that the race was stolen from Donald Trump. As the Detroit Free Press reported, two GOP members of the Wayne County Board of Canvassers voted against certifying the […]

An apparent software error in Michigan flipped close to 6,000 votes for Donald Trump into Joe Biden’s column before officials noticed and corrected the mistake. As the Detroit Free Press reported, the incident took place in Antrim County which discovered major errors after they had been sent to the Secretary of State’s Office. The report […]

The New York Times has called Michigan for Joe Biden, but President Donald Trump tweeted shortly thereafter that he has “claimed” the state, as well as some others, “for Electoral Vote purposes.” Michigan, which gives 16 electoral votes, was called for Biden late Wednesday afternoon, with the former Vice President nabbing 49.8 percent of the […]

Michigan has banned individuals from openly carrying guns within 100 feet of polling places, citing concerns that the presence of the weapons could intimidate voters, The Detroit News reported. In a memo released on Friday, Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson noted that the law is not clear on whether or not the state’s so-called “open […]

In an interview with The Hill published on Friday, documentary filmmaker Michael Moore issued a dire warning for Democrats across the nation. Moore, a Michigan native, warned that Joe Biden is running a “worse” campaign in his state than Hillary Clinton did four years ago. In 2016, Clinton lost the Great Lake State to President […]

Armed protesters rallied at Michigan’s State Capitol this week to advocate for the right to openly carry firearms inside the government building and to support Second Amendment rights. As Newsweek reported, hundreds of activists stood on the lawn surrounding the building in Lansing, many carrying rifles and wearing body armor, and some waving Trump campaign […]

Donald Trump drew the attention of social media users on Thursday night as he was called out for his choice of background music while disembarking from Air Force One in Freeland, Michigan, ahead of a campaign rally — Creedence Clearwater Revival’s 1969 classic “Fortunate Son.” As explained by Newsweek, “Fortunate Son” was written by CCR […]

Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer was caught on a live microphone — a so-called “hot mic” in the audiovisual industry — dropping the F-word before she gave her speech before the Democratic National Convention on Monday night, HuffPost reported. As Whitmer was getting ready to deliver her remarks to the online convention audience, she addressed the […]

A bald eagle reportedly attacked a government drone worth approximately $950, tore off one of its propellers, and ultimately sent it plummeting to the bottom of Lake Michigan, The Guardian reported Friday. “The Phantom 4 Pro Advanced quadcopter drone was about 162 feet in the sky when it is thought the bird of prey attacked […]

Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer may be among the finalists for Joe Biden’s vice presidential post, with a report claiming that she flew to Delaware to meet with the presumptive Democratic candidate in the last week. As The Associated Press reported, Whitmer flew to meet in person with the former vice president, who is reportedly nearing […]

A Michigan Republican under fire for using a racial slur when claiming that Black residents are responsible for the state’s COVID-19 outbreak is refusing to resign, saying this week that he has received more support than criticism. Leelanau County Road Commissioner Tom Eckerle has faced nationwide scrutiny after making the incendiary claim at a meeting […]

The owners of a Michigan bed and breakfast have been forced to remove their Norwegian flag after people kept mistaking it for the Confederate one, WILX-TV reported. Greg and Kjersten Offbecker moved into a historic mansion in the town of Saint Johns two years ago and converted it into a bed and breakfast, now known […]

According to an EPIC-MRA poll released on Sunday, the Democratic Party’s presumptive presidential nominee, Joe Biden, has surged to a double-digit lead over President Donald Trump in the state of Michigan. Per The Detroit Free Press, the poll found that Biden’s lead over Trump has doubled since January. The former vice president is polling at […]

Michigan Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist said, in a recent interview with MSNBC’s Kasie Hunt, that he believes President Donald Trump’s rants against mail-in ballots is “all a setup,” as reported by Raw Story. “The truth is more people are killed by deer in a year than have ever been proven to commit voter fraud at […]

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel took aim at Donald Trump on Thursday, calling the president a “petulant child who refuses to follow the rules” after he went against public health mandates when he toured a Ford plant without wearing a facial covering. Trump has generated controversy in recent weeks for his trips outside the White […]

U.S. President Donald Trump is being slammed for “dishonesty on top of dishonesty” after the president repeated an oft-debunked claim that he was once named Michigan’s “Man of the Year” — an award that many believe did not exist. Trump has repeated the story frequently in the past and did so again on Wednesday when […]

On Wednesday, President Donald Trump tweeted about absentee voting ballots that he called illegal in both Nevada and Michigan and said that he would try to withhold funding from the states. The president claimed the mail-in voting would cause voter fraud, but one White House reporter named Brian Karem took to Twitter and accused Trump […]

On Wednesday, President Donald Trump tweeted about Nevada and Michigan sending what he called illegal absentee ballots to registered voters, suggesting that he might be able to hold up funds to both states. Shortly after he made those posts, a former presidential speechwriter spoke out on Twitter about what he felt the president was doing […]

The Nebraska football team has been going toe-to-toe with its Big Ten rivals over the last few days on the recruiting front. Will Johnson, a cornerback from Gross Pointe, Michigan announced he got an official offer from the Huskers through his Twitter account. The Cornhuskers are the 19th team to come calling and it shows […]

Former Vice President Joe Biden scored a huge victory in the 2020 Democratic primary on Tuesday according to a projection by election expert Dave Wasserman, an editor of the nonpartisan Cook Political Report. NBC News also called the Michigan race for Biden. In 2016, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders scored a stunning upset over Hillary Clinton […]

As the state of Michigan, along with five other states, goes to the polls on Tuesday, Democratic front-runner Joe Biden has won at least one vote from a Republican. Michael Taylor, the GOP mayor of Sterling Heights, Michigan, who voted for Trump in 2016, said he cannot vote for him again because he considers Trump […]

Former Democratic 2020 presidential frontrunner Bernie Sanders needs a big comeback after losing 10 of 14 Super Tuesday states on March 3. But his bid to gain ground on leader Joe Biden may have suffered a self-inflicted wound Saturday when Sanders suddenly backed out of delivering what had been announced as a major speech on […]

After winning the popular vote in Iowa, winning the New Hampshire primary, and coasting to a commanding victory in Nevada, Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont has emerged as the clear front-runner in the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries. According to a new poll from University of Wisconsin-Madison Elections Research Center, Sanders is dominant in three […]

A Michigan school bus driver was caught on video allegedly slamming a deaf student’s head into a window repeatedly, MLive reports. Thomas Norton, 61, has resigned and is facing criminal charges. At about 3 p.m. on February 5, Norton was transporting students who attend Flint’s Michigan School for the Deaf. Genesee County Sheriff Chris Swanson […]

Last year, Michigan couple Yehuda Yosef Adler and Jennie Adler were traveling with American Airlines with their 19-month-old daughter. Only moments after they were seated on the plane, they were told they must get off due to an emergency. It was then they were informed my the flight staffed that they’d been kicked off due […]

A Detroit man who had been awarded a settlement from a racial discrimination lawsuit says he only found more discrimination when went to his bank and tried to cash the checks. Sauntore Thomas had claimed that a former employer racially discriminated against him, and eventually the two sides reached a confidential settlement that left the […]

A Michigan man named Howard Kirby recently purchased a couch and other furniture from a Habitat for Humanity ReStore in Owosso. It wasn’t until he got home that he realized he got a lot more than he bargained for. There was $43,000 hidden in a box stuffed in the couch. Instead of keeping it, as […]

At a rally in Battle Creek, Michigan, on December 18 — the same night of the impeachment vote in the House of Representatives — Donald Trump made an extended speech in which he attacked recently manufactured dishwashers for wasting water and electricity. In the seemingly improvised diatribe, Trump claimed that “women tell me” they need […]

A Michigan woman’s Secret Santa turns out to have been none other than Microsoft founder Bill Gates, MarketWatch reports. The woman’s gift haul was worthy of having been sent by a billionaire, consisting of 81 pounds of rare and hard-to-find swag. For those not familiar, a “Secret Santa” gift exchange involves friends, coworkers, family members, […]

On the first night of what is scheduled to be a two-week vacation in Florida, Donald Trump addressed a conference of conservative students in West Palm Beach, where he made a strange claim that he has made on numerous previous occasions. According to CNN correspondent Kristen Holmes, reporting via Twitter, Trump told the students that […]

Debbie Dingell, who has served in Congress from Michigan since 2015, responded to Donald Trump on Wednesday night after he suggested at a campaign rally that her late husband, the legendary Congressional representative John Dingell, went to hell after he died. In a pained message on her Twitter account, the widow told Trump, “you brought […]

At the same time that the United States House of Representatives was conducting a vote that ultimately made him only the third president in history to be impeached, Donald Trump held a campaign rally in Michigan where he made a series of claims about his 2016 election opponent Hillary Clinton. At one point, when he […]

The parents of a young man who committed suicide are suing the archdiocese of the Catholic priest who spent much of the funeral condemning suicide and suggesting that the man might go to hell, USA Today reports. Maison Hullibarger took his own life in 2018. In arranging his funeral, his grieving parents asked the Rev. […]

Michigan Democrat Debbie Dingell is warning fellow Democrats that Donald Trump could still win reelection in 2020, despite the impeachment inquiry, if her party focuses on the wrong things, Yahoo! News reports. “I don’t think it’s a given,” she says. Dingell was one of the few Democrats who warned back in 2016 that Trump could […]

Charles Anderson, the Michigan police officer who was fired after it was revealed that he had kept Ku Klux Klan (KKK) memorabilia and Confederate flags in his home, has given his side of the story, the Detroit Free Press reports. As previously reported by The Inquisitr, Anderson had been with the Muskegon Police Department until […]

Politico is reporting that the Trump campaign does not believe the odds are in the former businessman’s favor when it comes to winning Michigan in 2020. Though Trump considered his win in Michigan to be one of his great achievements of the 2016 race, the bearish predictions seem to be yet another sign that the […]

A Michigan police officer who kept Ku Klux Klan (KKK) and Confederate memorabilia in his home has been fired, NBC News reports. Charles Anderson had been employed by the Muskegon Police Department, but is now jobless, thanks to a failure to think things through regarding his home décor when he put his home on the […]

In the 2016 presidential election, Donald Trump scored a narrow victory in the state of Michigan — by less than half of one percentage point, according to results posted by Politico — over Democrat Hillary Clinton, giving him the state’s 16 Electoral College votes. Those votes were crucial to Trump’s Electoral College win, which put […]

Jean Cramer, the candidate for a seat on the Marysville, Michigan city council who had said that she wanted to keep the town “as white as possible,” has withdrawn from the race, Yahoo News reports. Cramer made the news last week when, as reported at the time by The Inquisitr, she made the remarks that […]

President Donald Trump has on a number of occasions claimed that he was named Michigan’s “Man of the Year” — an award that, as it appears, Trump simply invented himself. As Newsweek reported, Trump brought up the fake honor at a rally on Thursday, claiming that he doesn’t understand exactly how he was given an […]

A “serial pooper” who has been befouling a Michigan pool for weeks has been caught, and for his or her crimes, they’re banned from the pool for the remainder of the summer. The Buckingham Recreational Facilities Association manages a community pool in a subdivision in Macomb County, in suburban Detroit. Earlier this week, as MLive […]

A Michigan man learned that hard way that it’s best to finalize your divorce before winning a huge lottery jackpot, MSN reports. An arbitrator ruled that he must share the bounty with his ex-wife since the two were married at the time he bought the ticket. In almost every divorce, the two sides — typically […]

Michigan congressman Andy Levin has called for impeachment proceedings to be brought against Donald Trump, according to WXYZ Detroit. Levin joins an increasing number of Democratic lawmakers who are calling for Trump’s removal from office following the release of the Mueller report. As reported earlier by The Inquisitr, the report suggested that Trump had not […]