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Old Guard Democrats and New Activists Meet, with a Scuffle, at Party Gathering – Detroit Democrat
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Small d in the Big D. Old Guard Democrats and New Activists Meet, with a Scuffle, at Party Gathering. Sam Pernick, chair of the Young Democrats of Michigan, is shoved to the door by a labor caucus member as other activists try to intervene. From video by Curtis Greene. As the MDP meeting opened in Westland City Hall, a group rallied by the Young Democrats of Michigan marched through the building’s lobby chanting “Whose party? 8221; The activists, mostly younger, had gathered in a show of support for Detr...
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December 2016 – Detroit Democrat
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Small d in the Big D. Old Guard Democrats and New Activists Meet, with a Scuffle, at Party Gathering. Sam Pernick, chair of the Young Democrats of Michigan, is shoved to the door by a labor caucus member as other activists try to intervene. From video by Curtis Greene. As the MDP meeting opened in Westland City Hall, a group rallied by the Young Democrats of Michigan marched through the building’s lobby chanting “Whose party? 8221; The activists, mostly younger, had gathered in a show of support for Detr...
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Why Billionaires Won’t Save Detroit – Detroit Democrat
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Small d in the Big D. Why Billionaires Won’t Save Detroit. Billionaire Dan Gilbert shows a fellow billionaire his model of downtown Detroit. This is a revised version of a Facebook post I wrote in March. I publish it here as we prepare for the upcoming Mackinac Policy Conference. This gives you a good idea of how the event hosts think about the unwashed peninsular masses. Freep editor Stephen Henderson, a native Detroiter, professed to be shocked and disgusted by this development. Henderson, who̵...
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Who Will Rep the Heart of Detroit in the Michigan House? – Detroit Democrat
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Small d in the Big D. Who Will Rep the Heart of Detroit in the Michigan House? State House District 4 includes Hamtramck and the heart of Detroit. As Brian Dickerson of the. Recently noted, primary election races don’t get nearly the attention they deserve. Detroit would probably vote for anyone over a Republican candidate, so the August 2 primary races are critically important to determine who represents us in the Michigan Legislature. In the Michigan House of Representatives. Why District 4? It’s...
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Old Guard Democrats and New Activists Meet, with a Scuffle, at Party Gathering – Detroit Democrat
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Small d in the Big D. Old Guard Democrats and New Activists Meet, with a Scuffle, at Party Gathering. Sam Pernick, chair of the Young Democrats of Michigan, is shoved to the door by a labor caucus member as other activists try to intervene. From video by Curtis Greene. As the MDP meeting opened in Westland City Hall, a group rallied by the Young Democrats of Michigan marched through the building’s lobby chanting “Whose party? 8221; The activists, mostly younger, had gathered in a show of support for Detr...
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Democracy – Detroit Democrat
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Small d in the Big D. Michigan Democrats Fired Up, Still Divided. The hour-long convention registration line snaked around the Cobo lobby. More than 4,000 people crowded Cobo Center in downtown Detroit on Saturday, February 11, as the Michigan Democratic Party held its first state convention of the Trump era. February 24, 2017. February 27, 2017. Leave a comment on Michigan Democrats Fired Up, Still Divided. Old Guard Democrats and New Activists Meet, with a Scuffle, at Party Gathering. Sam Pernick, chai...
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Some Principles – Detroit Democrat
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Small d in the Big D. 8220;As I would not be a. So I would not be a. This expresses my idea of democracy. Whatever differs from this, to the extent of the difference, is no democracy.”. 8211; Abraham Lincoln. 8220;If there is no struggle there is no progress…This struggle may be a moral one, or it may be a physical one, and it may be both moral and physical, but it must be a struggle.”. 8211; Frederick Douglass. 8220;Talk was a national institution, but it did not help the slave. Small "d" in the big "D".
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Joel Batterman – Detroit Democrat
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Small d in the Big D. Michigan Democrats Fired Up, Still Divided. The hour-long convention registration line snaked around the Cobo lobby. More than 4,000 people crowded Cobo Center in downtown Detroit on Saturday, February 11, as the Michigan Democratic Party held its first state convention of the Trump era. February 24, 2017. February 27, 2017. Leave a comment on Michigan Democrats Fired Up, Still Divided. Old Guard Democrats and New Activists Meet, with a Scuffle, at Party Gathering. Sam Pernick, chai...
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Racism – Detroit Democrat
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Small d in the Big D. Revenge of the Reagan Democrats. A Trump rally in Macomb County. 8220;Good riddance, my Macomb barometer,” wrote Democratic pollster Stanley Greenberg in a. Op-ed in the wake of the 2008 election of Barack Obama. “I’m finished with the Reagan Democrats of Macomb County in suburban Detroit after making a career of spotlighting their middle-class anger and frustrations about race and Democratic politicians.”. In 2008, Greenberg returned. In his post-election op-ed, Greenberg concluded...
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Media – Detroit Democrat
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Small d in the Big D. The Mackinac Conference Is An Engorged Albino Lamprey Sucking the Substance From Meaningful Policy Debate. No man is an island – but you sure can fit a lot of lobbyists on one. Let’s begin with a hypothetical: What if, through some freakish geological event, Mackinac Island were to sink into the waters of Lake Huron during the annual policy conference held on the island by the Detroit Regional Chamber of Commerce? Can It Get Any Dumber? In my last post. June 4, 2016. Leave a comment...
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