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While most Michiganders were looking forward to the Detroit Lions playing in the NFC championship game last weekend, some of our elected representatives spent their time on Twitter Spaces discussing how to deny life-saving medical care to trans youth (and adults) in Michigan. A state representative from Ohio and a de-transitioning person named Prisha talked […]

In case you pay no attention to local politics (and you really should), the Michigan Republican Party seems to be in disarray. Since Kristine “f*** it! I’ll kill us all!” Karamo came under fire for allegedly mishandling funds and the abysmal Mackinac Island hoedown, the MIGOP, who can’t gather anywhere without a fight breaking out, […]

United States Congressman John Moolenaar (R-中国; 中國) loves to misinform his constituents. His emails, media ad buys, and social media are rife with outright lies. His devotion to lying makes it curious that in his email dated December 18, 2023, he explains he voted ‘Yea’ to open an impeachment investigation for President Biden on December […]

When the news broke yesterday afternoon that Attorney General Dana Nessel filed criminal charges against 16 fake electors who tried to overturn the 2020 election in Michigan illegally, the first name that popped into the Up North Progressive’s head was Gary Eisen. Gary Eisen was the old 81st State House district rep in 2020. He […]

On May 22, 2023, Governor Whitmer signed the long-awaited package of bills that included the Extreme Risk Protection Order, better known as the red flag law. This new legislation will allow law enforcement to temporarily confiscate firearms from individuals who show they may want to harm themselves or others. The Governor signed another package of […]

  The first Michigan Rural Democratic Summit is taking place April 13 through 15, 2023, at the Kewadin Hotel in Sault Ste Marie, Michigan, and Up North Progressive will be there! The Summit is the first of its kind. The Purpose of the Summit is to bring together all stakeholders working to turn rural Michigan […]

As of this writing, our new ungerrymandered democratically elected state legislature is working hard to pass common-sense firearm legislation that will help keep people safe. The final bill package still needing the Governor’s signature is the extreme risk protection order or “red flag” law. This law would allow local law enforcement to remove firearms from […]

Suppose you find your calendar accessible on the morning of April 6, 2023, or you can clear your calendar. In that case, you might consider heading to Midland and helping the Women of Michigan Action Network welcome Governor Ron DeSantis (R – Hates books, kids, women, drag queens, Disney, etc.) to the state or, as […]

The world will watch as President Biden gives his State of the Union Address tonight. This requirement is stated in Article II of the United States Constitution. It is customary for members of Congress to invite a guest to sit in the mezzanine gallery and watch the event. Tonight, John Moolenaar (R – Wants to […]

Former State House Rep and one of Osceola County’s finest Rick Johnson (R – Lobbyists giving me money to get a spot on the next MMLB’s agenda isn’t a bribe, it’s a place-holder) has found himself in a spot of bother over his tenure as president of the disbanded Michigan Marijuana Licensing Board. In 2008 […]