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Michigan Policast for Monday, January 13, 2020
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- Segment one: Updates on 2020
- Segment two: Elissa Slotkin, Iran, War Powers Resolution
- Segment three: Climate crisis, Clean Future Act v Green New Deal
- Segment four: Cellphones in Michigan courts
- Interview: Interview: Mel Larsen on the petition drive to expand the Elliott Larsen Civil Rights Act
- Segment five: Terrorist talk from MI Facebook Group
- Segment six: A decade of Elliott-Larsen in tweets
- Segment seven: Thank you
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Updates on 2020
- Poll: Biden, Bloomberg hold largest leads against Trump in Michigan
- RealClearPolitics latest polls
- Poll: Michigan majority still rejects Trump impeachment
- Poll: Peters holds small lead over James in Michigan Senate race
- Updated: Peters raises $2.5M in 4Q, has $8M in the bank
- James raises $1M more than Peters in latest Senate fundraising report
- Slotkin raises $1.2 million over final 3 months of 2019 for House race
- Two House Democrats enter 2020 with big fundraising advantage
Among the five Democratic candidates near the top of the primary field, Biden has the widest lead against Trump at 7 percentage points, 50% to 43%, according to a survey of 600 likely Michigan voters by the Glengariff Group and provided to The News.https://t.co/jJNL4m9m8g
— The Detroit News (@detroitnews) January 9, 2020
Elissa Slotkin, Iran, War Powers Resolution
- 2 Democrats say they voted against war powers resolution ‘because it merely restated existing law'
- Trump’s unhinged rally rant underscores case for reining him in
- House approves measure limiting Trump’s authority to take further military action against Iran
- House approves measure limiting Trump’s authority to take further military action against Iran
- The Daily 202: It's personal for the lead sponsors of the Iran war powers resolutions
Hamilton in Fed Papers #69 -- #POTUS is limited to command and direction of military only, and legislature declares war and raises, regulates the military. This is to ensure POTUS is not supreme authority http://bit.ly/3a4vUET @washingtonpost https://wapo.st/36QuqMvClick To Tweet Trump is completely dismissive of Congress, which isn't quite as disturbing as the fact that @GOP in House and Senate are also dismissive of Congress. They won't even acknowledge the relevancy of their own role. ~@ChristineBarryClick To Tweet
Climate crisis, CLEAN Future Act v Green New Deal
- E&C LEADERS RELEASE FRAMEWORK OF THE CLEAN FUTURE ACT, A BOLD NEW PLAN TO ACHIEVE A 100 PERCENT CLEAN ECONOMY BY 2050
- The Energy 202: House Democrats tee up sweeping climate bill as alternative to Green New Deal
- The CLEAN Future Act (pdf released by Committee on Energy and Commerce)
- Trump’s Move Against Landmark Environmental Law Caps a Relentless Agenda
- Trump Admits Climate Change Is ‘Not a Hoax’ After Proposing Rollback of Environmental Law
- Pictures of the world on fire won’t shock us for much longer
- What Is the Green New Deal? A Climate Proposal, Explained/a>
- Here's what the Green New Deal actually says
- House Resolution 109 – Recognizing the duty of the Federal Government to create a Green New
Deal. (pdf)
“We’re treating this climate crisis like the emergency that it is.”
House #Democrats introduce CLEAN Future Act, to spur U.S. to net-zero #carbonemissions by 2050. #climateemergency https://t.co/pacyZJ6tzE #CleanFutureAct— EcoWatch (@EcoWatch) January 11, 2020

Click here for updates on this MyFireWatch map, which includes current hotspots and the approximate age of the fires
Iceland held a ceremony today to remember a melted glacier. People unveiled a plaque at the Okjokull ice sheet on Sunday, it was the first glacier in Iceland to melt due to global warming. #glacier #okjokull #iceland #globalwarming #climatechange #meltingglacier #tippingpoint pic.twitter.com/8OpS9sr4E6
— CGTN America (@cgtnamerica) August 19, 2019
Cellphones in Michigan courts
- Michigan to allow cellphones in all courts, striking down local bans
- CONFERENCE OF CHIEF JUSTICES CONFERENCE OF STATE COURT ADMINISTRATORS Resolution 7 – In Support of a Review of Courthouse Cell Phone Policies (pdf)
- Cellphones are everywhere. Except Michigan courts. Is that an injustice?
- Finally, Michigan Supreme Court rules to allow cell phones, electronic devices in courts statewide/a>
- Supreme Court Adopts Rule Change to Allow Cell Phones in Courts (pdf)
Finally, Michigan Supreme Court rules to allow cell phones, electronic devices in courts statewide https://t.co/pZAxTb0O4V
— Detroit Metro Times (@metrotimes) January 10, 2020
Interview: Interview: Mel Larsen on the petition drive to expand the Elliott Larsen Civil Rights Act
- Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act – Wikipedia article
- ELLIOTT-LARSEN CIVIL RIGHTS ACT – Act 453 of 1976 (pdf)
- Group launches petition campaign to ban bias against gays in Michigan
- Michigan gay rights fight continues amid GOP roadblock
- Fair and Equal Michigan
BREAKING: DTE, Consumers, Dow, Apple executives back new LGBT civil rights ballot initiative in Michigan https://t.co/8z2jmLILBh via @crainsdetroit
— Chad Livengood (@ChadLivengood) January 7, 2020
Earlier in 2019, House Speaker Lee Chatfield, R-Levering, said in a taping of “Off the Record” on WKAR-TV that he didn’t plan to hold a vote this term on any gay rights legislation. Chatfield won election to the state House in 2014 after beating an incumbent Republican in the GOP primary whom Chatfield criticized for pushing to expand the state’s anti-discrimination law. Source
Shirkey recently told The Detroit News that Democratic efforts to expand the Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act to include new anti-discrimination protections for gay and transgender residents would likely be “heavily contested” in the GOP-led Legislature. Source

Mel Larsen and Daisy Elliott
Terrorist talk from MI Facebook Group
- Triggered Trumpers call for violence against Michigan Democrats and Muslims in vile Facebook page
- Inside the Secret Border Patrol Facebook Group Where Agents Joke About Migrant Deaths and Post Sexist Memes
- First responders, cops, and detention officers across the nation joined a Facebook group set up by a violent militia leader

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The public group, “People vs Gov. Gretchen Whitmer,” was rapidly growing, attracting nearly 9,000 conservatives of all kinds – elected officials, veterans, firefighters, law enforcement officers, educators, pastors, business owners, political candidates, militia members, blue-collar workers, and your garden variety trolls. Source
Anti-@GovWhitmer Facebook page deactivated after @metrotimes found posts “promoting or threatening violence, primarily against Whitmer, U.S. Reps. @RashidaTlaib and @ElissaSlotkin, American Muslims and Dearborn” https://t.co/WwyB6MAWh4
— Chad Livengood (@ChadLivengood) January 11, 2020
A decade of Elliott-Larsen in tweets
2019:
Today I joined legislators & activists as legislation was introduced to expand the Elliot-Larsen Civil Rights Act by adding sexual orientation & gender identity as protected classes. pic.twitter.com/wzlEPlI0P8
— Governor Gretchen Whitmer (@GovWhitmer) June 4, 2019
2018:
Leadership is about standing up for all of us – not just some of us. It’s time to amend the Elliot-Larsen Civil Rights Act to ban discrimination against LGBTQ Michiganders. Thank you Robert Van Kirk for standing up. pic.twitter.com/hx6e7OzJvG
— Abdul El-Sayed (@AbdulElSayed) February 27, 2018
2017:
#HappeningNow: @rebekahwarren & @jonhoadley are speaking on expanding the Elliot-Larsen Civil Rights Act to include LGBT citizens
— MI Senate Democrats (@MISenDems) May 30, 2017
2016:
An LSJ Editorial: It’s far past time for all Michiganders to be treated equally and fairly. https://t.co/uYaHiSa7F8 pic.twitter.com/hRaL215lKc
— Lansing State Journal (@LSJNews) June 22, 2016
2015:
The legislature should have a serious discussion on the merits of expanding the Elliot-Larsen Civil Rights Act #MISOTS15
— Rick Snyder (@onetoughnerd) January 21, 2015
2014:
The time is now for our elected officials to lead on amending our Elliot-Larsen Civil Rights Act. → http://t.co/u1T7cc9Uu2 #inclusion
— Michigan Roundtable (@miroundtable) May 20, 2014
2013:
At #mmlconv this morning, President @dlossing spoke about the MML's support for amending Michigan's Elliot-Larsen Civil Rights Act.
— Nathan Triplett 🏛️ 🚌 🏕 (@NathanTriplett) September 18, 2013
2012:
Last night I joined members of our community to support amending Elliot-Larsen to include sexual orientation http://t.co/5TUhN9qJ
— Derek Dobies (@derekdobies) May 22, 2012
2011:
35 YEARS later, Elliot-Larsen still doesn't include protection for MI's LGBT residents. A weak anti-bullying bill won't be any different.
— Nathan Triplett 🏛️ 🚌 🏕 (@NathanTriplett) November 10, 2011
2010:
8th District Democratic County Convention voted to expand the Elliot Larsen Civil Rights Act to include sexual orientation.
— George Justice Moor (@JusticeMoor) August 14, 2010
Thank you
Michigan Policast – Of the several liberal-oriented podcasts out there, which also notably include Left of Lansing and The GOTMFV Show, this is the best.
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