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Robocall Disinformation Campaign Tells Flint Voters to Avoid Long Lines and Vote After Election Day
Modern-day voter suppression takes many forms: Disproportionately long lines at precincts in majority-Black neighborhoods, biased voter ID laws, and requiring the formerly incarcerated to pay off all their fines before voting, to name just a few. Political disinformation campaigns, in which individuals and groups spread information they know to be false or misleading, can also…
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White Supremacists Accused of Intimidating Michigan Family Arrested Following FBI Investigation
So apparently, extremist groups in Michigan are a real problem. Weeks after the FBI announced that they thwarted a plot by militia members to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, two members of a white supremacist group accused of intimidating a Michigan family were arrested Thursday following an investigation by the FBI and the state police…
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Robocalls About Warrants, Lies About Absentee Ballots, and Other Disinformation Targeting Black Voters Ahead of Election Day
With days to go until election day, there are increasing signs of voter disinformation and suppression tactics targeting Black and Latino voters. Just this past week in Florida, numerous voters in a heavily-Democrat county received disturbing emails that threatened them if they don’t vote for President Trump. Now organizers in battleground states like Florida, Michigan,…
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Michigan Issues Ban on Open Carry at Polling Location, Because Obviously
Since an alarmingly large number of white folks have clearly lost the ability to act right, Michigan’s Secretary of State announced that people will not be able to openly carry guns at polling stations. CBS News reports that on Friday, Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson said that openly carried guns will not be allowed “in…
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Feds Charge Michigan Man With Hate Crime for Attacking Black Teen for Playing ‘Gang Music’
With days left before he was set to graduate from high school, Devin Freelon and his friends decided to visit Sterling State Park in Michigan, a recreational park on the lip of Lake Erie, just an hour away from Detroit. They were playing music in the parking lot when a white man they had never…
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VanillaISIS Also Discussed Kidnapping Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam, FBI Says
The white male terrorists accused of plotting to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer also contemplated “taking out” Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam, an FBI agent revealed Tuesday. According to CNBC, during a bond hearing in federal court in Grand Rapids, Michigan, for three of the VanillaISIS members, a disclosure by FBI Special Agent Richard Trask revealed…
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Michigan Family Target of Alleged Hate Crime After Shots Fired at Their Home, Rock Thrown Through Window
In Michigan, a reward has been put out for information regarding a series of alleged hate crimes perpetrated against a Black family. The Detroit Free Press reports that there have been three incidents in total at the Warren home of 55-year-old Candace Hall and 52-year old Eddie Hall. On both Monday and Thursday nights, shots…
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Michigan Public Official Facing Calls to Resign After Saying N-Word During a Public Meeting
Y’all, I’m thinking Michigan might be gunning for the position of most racist state, because it’s the only way I can make sense of a state official just casually dropping the hard-R at the start of a public meeting. NBC News reports that on Tuesday, Tom Eckerle, an elected road commissioner for Leelanau County, was…
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Michigan Appeals Court Grants Release of Black Girl Who Was Detained After Not Doing Online Homework
A 15-year-old Black girl who was being detained in a juvenile facility in Detroit for failing to complete online schoolwork has been granted release by the Michigan Court of Appeals. The teenage girl in question, referred to as Grace to protect her privacy, had been held in detention at the Children’s Village center for 78…