I am writing today to announce the closure of the Michigan Messenger. After four years of operation in Michigan, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news into a single site, The American Independent at Americanindependent.com. This is part of a shift in strategy, towards new forms [...]
An abstinence-only presentation provided to numerous school districts in Calhoun and Eaton Counties in October of this year provided false and misleading information to students about HIV, experts allege.
Two county registers of deeds filed a class action lawsuit Monday on behalf of Michigan’s 83 counties alleging that the Mortgage Electronic Registration Services owes millions of dollars in property title transfer taxes.
Despite evidence of the impact of mercury on children and public health, Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette last month joined with 24 other state attorneys general in filing a lawsuit to scuttle new EPA regulations that would reduce mercury emissions from power plants.
Andy Birkey at our sister site, the Minnesota Independent, reports on radical anti-abortion group the Army of God speaking out on behalf of a man who drove his car through the entrance of an abortion clinic. This caught my eye because the Army of God has been active in Michigan as well.
In fact, last November we had a member of the group, Ronald Graeser, run against Rep. Pete Hoekstra for his seat in the U.S. House from the 2nd district of Michigan under the Constitution Party. Graeser is one of the people who signed a letter of support for Paul Hill, who murdered an abortion doctor and two other people at a clinic in Pensacola.
The Messenger’s Todd Heywood has also been on the receiving end of more than one death threat from the group.
The Army of God is one of the groups that symbolizes why that Department of Homeland Security report on right wing extremist groups that was released a few weeks ago was necessary and accurate. These people have shown their propensity to use violence in the past and they undoubtedly will do it again.
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