9/27/25
FBI FIRES AGENTS WHO KNEELED
The FBI has fired approximately 20 agents who were photographed kneeling with protesters during the 2020 George Floyd protests.
Many law enforcement agencies did the same, using sympathy with the protesters as a de-escalation tactic.
Other agents have been fired because they investigated Donald Trump and/or his associates.
This despite assurances from FBI Director Kash Patel that politics would not be involved in his decisions.
9/26/25
COMEY INDICTED
Former FBI Director James Comey was indicted by a grand jury yesterday on one count of making false statements to Congress and one count of obstruction. Each felony carries a maximum penalty of 5 years in prison. Comey will be arraigned on October 9th.
The charges stem from testimony Comey gave before the Senate. An Inspector General report from 2018 exonerated Comey of wrongdoing.
Comey issued a statement last night. “We will not live on our knees, and you shouldn't either. Somebody that I love dearly recently said that fear is the tool of a tyrant, and she's right, but I'm not afraid, and I hope you're not either. I hope instead you are engaged, you are paying attention, and you will vote like your beloved country depends upon it, which it does.”
The grand jury refused to indict on one other charge.
9/24/25
TRUMP LECTURES UNITED NATIONS
In a 55 minute diatribe that would be extraordinary had he not done it before, President Donald Trump used the 15 minutes allotted to him to castigate and complain about the body to which he was speaking.
Trump complained about everything UN, from their teleprompters and escalators to immigration policy and climate change.
As one example of his superior statesmanship, Trump said at one point “I’m really good at this stuff. Your countries are going to hell”.
9/24/25
JIMMY KIMMEL UNCANCELED - BUT NOT FOR US
In a stunning reversal, Disney/ABC returned Jimmy Kimmel Live to the airwaves last night, a week after they took him off for comments about Charlie Kirk and President Trump. The move was rumored to have been because of historic push back and subscription cancellations by fans of the 1st Amendment outraged at Kimmel’s removal.
But, if you live in Northern Michigan, you can be forgiven if you are unaware of this. Stations WGTQ, WGTU, WPBN, and WTOM are all owned or operated by Sinclair Broadcast Group, which has imposed corporate censorship on all of their stations, and is refusing to broadcast Kimmel.
Trump, meanwhile, was predictably outraged, and is threatening to sue ABC for “illegal campaign contributions”.
9/22/25
TRUMP SICS DOJ ON OPPONENTS
In a Truth Social post Saturday night, President Trump called on the DOJ to prosecute prominent opponents, naming former FBI Director James Comey, Senator Adam Schiff, and New York Attorney General Letitia James.
"We can’t delay any longer, it’s killing our reputation and credibility. They impeached me twice, and indicted me (5 times!), OVER NOTHING. JUSTICE MUST BE SERVED, NOW!!!"
Presumably, Trump wants this done whether or not there is any actual evidence of a crime. On Friday, the Acting US Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia resigned. He had been tasked with investigating James, and his resignation was because he couldn’t find enough evidence against her to bring charges, as Trump is demanding.
9/21/25
EVEN CONSERVATIVES ARE WORRIED ABOUT THE 1ST AMENDMENT
It’s not just Democrats who are disgusted by FCC Chair Brendan Carr’s threats to silence networks viewed as unkind to Trump. At least a couple noted conservatives are as well.
Senator Ted Cruz chairs the Commerce Committee, which has oversight of the FCC. He called Carr’s actions “dangerous as hell”.
Meanwhile, right wing activist Tucker Carlson suggested that further erosion of the 1st Amendment would be justification for civil disobedience.
9/20/25
TRUMP TIMES SUIT TOSSED
President Donald Trump’s lawsuit against the New York Times was dismissed yesterday by US District Judge Steven Merryday, an HW Bush appointee, only days after it was filed.
Judge Merryday said the suit can be refiled within 28 days, but must be no more than 40 pages, less than half of the original 85. His order of dismissal was also scathingly sarcastic, calling into question whether the president’s lawyers know what they’re doing at all.
9/18/25
DOJ REMOVES STUDY ON FAR RIGHT VIOLENCE
The US Department of Justice has quietly removed from it’s web site a study that concludes the far right is responsible for the lion’s share of domestic terrorism.
The study found that, since 1990, the far right has committed 87% of the murders ascribed to an ideological motive. The study was conducted by the National Institute of Justice.
8/19/25
RIGGING THE 2026 ELECTION
President Donald Trump vowed Monday to end all mail in voting and get rid of voting machines.
Mail in voting is used by 1/3 of all Americans and vote tabulators are in use in nearly every voting precinct.
The US constitution gives no authority to the president to regulate voting. Those functions are left to individual states.
To justify his dictatorial comments, Trump claimed states “are merely an ‘agent’ for the Federal Government in counting and tabulating the votes” and must do what the federal government “as represented by the President of the United States” tells them to do.
8/8/25
TRUMPSTEIN - THE MONSTER THAT WILL NOT DIE
Like the antagonist in Mary Shelley’s classic novel, the Epstein Affair created by MAGA seems destined to pursue Republicans and Donald Trump to the ends of the earth. As of July 29, a whopping 79% of Americans want all of the Epstein files released.
It would be difficult, these days, to find a topic on which more Americans agree. The reason is simple - Epstein was the worst child sex trafficker of this era. His services, however, were not cheap. Many very wealthy people paid him to have sex with children, a crime as great as those of Epstein himself. Everyone wants to know who those people were.
Epstein’s assistant in crime, Ghislaine Maxwell, was convicted and is serving a 20 year sentence. She was recently interviewed by the Deputy Attorney General himself, an unprecedented event despite the President’s assertion that it was “not unusual and totally above board”. Maxwell must have told the Deputy AG what he wanted to hear, because she was transferred to a minimum security facility days later, in another highly unusual move. Trump, meanwhile, denied any knowledge of Maxwell’s transfer, a laughable claim for a control freak who has made the DOJ his private law firm.
Every attempt at deflection, and they are coming in bunches every day, only adds fuel to the fire. It’s so bad that a strategy meeting was scheduled at VP Vance’s house to discuss how to make Epstein go away. This meeting was cancelled when the press got wind of it, and Vance denied it was happening, but not really - it was moved to the White House itself.
It’s not going away. Perhaps it’s because of all those photos of Trump and Epstein, or perhaps it’s because of all the nice things Trump said about him.
8/1/25
RCSO SIGNS AGREEMENT WITH ICE
On June 5, 2025, the Roscommon County Sheriffs Office became only the 5th law enforcement agency in Michigan to enter into a Memorandum of Agreement with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The RCSO entered this agreement under the “Task Force Model”.
Among the things detailed in this agreement is the idea that citizens can be questioned and detained for the mere suspicion that they are “illegal aliens”. It also makes clear that, except for training and some IT services, Roscommon County is on the hook for ANY expenses associated with this agreement.
As of this article, there are now 6 Michigan LEAs (out of hundreds) that have signed these agreements with ICE.
Roscommon County’s economy is based on tourism. We have no agriculture to speak of. We have not, in the past, had a large “Illegal alien” problem. What is the point of this agreement? We have been provided with no evidence that the benefits outweigh the cost.