Rich Studley, Michigander
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NO ON GOTION volunteer. Co-Chair of voter approved 2022 Prop 1 campaign for increased transparency in state govt & term limits reform. Former MI Chamber CEO.
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Latest episode of ‘Rules for thee, but not for me’.
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I strongly agree.
"I'm all for business, but not communist business."
Residents fight back after Gov. Gretchen Whitmer gave $715 million in taxpayer funds to 700-acre Chinese battery plant near Big Rapids, Michigan:
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Thank you to US Rep John James for taking action to protect our national security by moving to block the CCP Gotion project near Big Rapids from receiving taxpayer $$$. John James is a Member of the House Foreign Affairs Comte & US Army combat veteran.🇺🇸
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🏢💸🇨🇳 Gov Whitmer celebrates new Chinese battery plant after giving away $1B+ in state funds so a company w/close ties to the CCP will locate in Michigan⁉️ She said it was “thrilling”. Selling out our state & country isn’t thrilling, it very troubling‼️
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🏢💸🇨🇳 For months I’ve referred to “Gov Whitmer’s secretive & corrupt Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC).” My intent was to be accurate, not inflammatory. Recent reports now show the Marshall & Gotion projects are cesspools of corruption‼️
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Gretchen Whitmer has often said, she’s ‘ridin’ with Biden. Joe Biden’s reckless decision to open America’s southern bored has opened the floodgates for illegal immigrants & deadly fentanyl to pour into Michigan. Thanks Governor!
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Thank you Charlie LeDuff for your investigative reporting and shining a spotlight on a shocking example of secretive, unethical & potentially corrupt behavior by Attorney General Dana Nessel. Last November 2.8M Michiganders voted Yes on Proposal 1 to increase transparency in
💥 More Explosive Allegations for Attorney General Nessel
Accused of using power to benefit a friend, lawyer and treasurer of Michigan Democratic Party Tracey Kornak, Dana Nessel is more interested in protecting her friends and special interests than she is our parents and
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Good news: Gotion's Michigan EV battery plant 'not a done deal'. It’s time to halt state tax subsidies to companies with close ties to the Chinese Communist Party. ❌🇨🇳
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Gov Whitmer & Democratic lawmakers appear to be engaged in a left-wing triathlon with Illinois and California to see which state can: 1) become a special administrative region of China; 2) bankrupt state govt; and 3) drive the most jobs to other states‼️
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I’m long time Ford Motor Company customer. However, for the first time in my life, I simply don’t care the UAW is on strike at Ford assembly plant in Wayne, MI. I’m old enough to Denver when Ford was an in iconic America automaker Michiganders could be proud of. Sadly that is no
I’m here at
@Ford
’s Michigan Assembly Plant in Wayne where workers are picketing. They’re receiving a lot of beeps in support from drivers going down Michigan Ave.
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History repeats itself. During Governor Whitmer’s COVID shutdown several state regulatory agencies targeted & engaged in regulatory harassment of Karl Manke, a 77 year old barber in Owosso for safely opening his small business and cutting hair. This time the Michigan Department
Obtained via FOIA, this is the "complaint" that led to the
@GovWhitmer
administration targeting the property of Green Twp. resident Lori Brock.
It was filed at 12:20am 4/24/23, just hours after Brock hosted a rally in opposition to a CCP Gotion battery plant planned nearby.
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👷🏻♀️Governor Whitmer has failed to fix Michigan’s local roads ⚠️
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There is no good reason why prime farmland is being given to a company with close ties to Communist China to build an EV battery factory in the middle of the Muskegon River Watershed‼️ The MEDC’s Gotion project is stupid & dangerous and must be stopped‼️
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There is an old saying in politics: if you are going to tell a lie, tell a big one. For example, electric vehicles are the future. Michigan is a large, diverse northern state with cold winters & limited public transit. Most Americans don’t need or want politicians & bureaucrats
Unplugged: Slow EV sales at odds with automakers' electric ambitions
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🇨🇳 Do Michigan taxpayers really want to send money to China while the CCP violates human rights; embeds people in our universities to copy & send home research; steals our technology; manipulates their currency; and spies on US military installations⁉️🇺🇸🏳️
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Failed former Governor Jennifer Granholm promised her Hollywood film subsidy would transform Michigan and create thousands of new jobs. It failed‼️Gov Granholm wanted to transform Detroit and other struggling Michigan cities with her “Hip Cool Cities” program. It failed. Gov
Jennifer Granholm's optimism for the EV job market has certain charm
If only the facts matched up
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🏢💸 Governor Whitmer’s state residence in Lansing is getting a new driveway at a cost to Michigan taxpayers of nearly $1 Million. The no-bid contract also includes two new EV charging stations‼️ State records show the charging stations were included in the project as an attempt
Governor's residence to get new driveway, 2 EV chargers, in nearly $1M no-bid contract
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Extremely disappointing! Whitmer admin closed door decision making on critical health policy questions for 10M Michiganders remains shrouded in secrecy. We voters & taxpayers deserve far more openness & transparency from state government. 🏢🏢🏢
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Keep up the good work Gov Whitmer!
Michigan’s population fell by more than 43,000 residents between 2020 and 2022, according to U.S. Census Bureau Vintage 2022 estimates released Thursday.
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In her first campaign for Governor, Gretchen Whitmer ran as a moderate Democrat who would work with business & labor and Democrats & Republicans to move our state forward. During COVID she became an authoritarian ruler who governed by executive orders that unnecessarily harmed
Finley: Strike, pro-union policies will scare off employers
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Please watch this timely & important video of a local resident expressing serious concerns about the State of Michigan spending millions of dollars to subsidize expansion of Chinese companies with close ties to the Chinese Communist Party.
"I'm all for business, but not communist business."
Residents fight back after Gov. Gretchen Whitmer gave $715 million in taxpayer funds to 700-acre Chinese battery plant near Big Rapids, Michigan:
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Should AG Dana Nessel be investigated for interfering with the criminal investigation of a friend? Yes!
BOOM -- MI AG covers for gal pal's alleged nursing home scam.
Dana Nessel, who has cultivated an image as a protector of the vulnerable and elderly, pressured her staff to close a criminal investigation into her friend Traci Kornak -- who is also treasure of the MI Democratic
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🏢💸🇨🇳 Follow the money‼️After supporting the Gotion project near Big Rapids, MI Gov Gretchen Whitmer & US Rep Elissa Slotkin received campaign contributions from lobbyists for a foreign EV battery maker with close ties to the Chinese Communist Party⁉️
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🇨🇳 China is an adversary of the United States of America. No Chinese company doing business in the USA escapes control of the Chinese Communist Party‼️ Wake up Michiganders; listen to former US ambassadors Pete Hoekstra & Joe Cella; and urge Gov Whitmer & lawmakers to stop state
Former ambassadors
@petehoekstra
and Joseph Cella call for halt to Michigan-funded projects with CCP links over national security concerns:
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Deafening silence from Gov Whitmer, Democratic state lawmakers, Clean Clean Water Action and other so-called activist groups about state government’s abject failure to conduct & make public a comprehensive environmental impact statement before signing off on a large EV battery
We know 10 million people who need to hear this:
Gotion will siphon more water than Nestle
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🏢💸🚙💸🪫 Jennifer Granholm is a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad US Secretary of Energy‼️Her EV trip was a fiasco and she is too.
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We will never give up‼️In fact, the Gotion project near Big Rapids is now in serious trouble as a growing number Michigan taxpayers and voters learn more about this massive giveaway of millions & millions of state and local tax dollars to a company with close ties to the brutal,
Don’t give up! Don’t give in! We’ll fight against Gotion till 2031!
#NoGoOnGotion
#StopCCPingMyMI
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Gov Whitmer and the MEDC (Mismanaged Economic Development Corporation) have betrayed the public trust by deliberately using government secrecy, money, and political favors to jam the CCP Gotion project down the throats of Mecosta County residents. This abuse of power is rapidly
A key
@GovWhitmer
appointee is leaving the administration to become the lobbyist for Ferris State University, which is at the center of bringing CCP Gotion to the Big Rapids area.
Whitmer is apparently doing whatever it takes to force the Chinese battery plant to happen.
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Please read this shocking in-depth investigative report by Dave Boucher on the extreme lengths Gov Whitmer, Michigan Democrats and partisan mercenary Christoper M. Trebilcock from the Clark Hill law firm in Detroit have gone to wrongly attack Michiganders for exercising their
New
@freep
investigation:
The names sound benign: Clean Jobs for Michigan, Jobs for Michigan, Marshall Citizens for Jobs and Opportunity.
In reality, they're a cover for the Whitmer team, MI Ds to attack Marshall residents who oppose a Ford megasite
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🏰👸🏻 Fours years later Gretchen Whitmer has become an arbitrary & authoritarian Governor who talks about openness and transparency, but operates the Executive Branch of state government in secrecy behind a moat of Executive Orders and walls of Non-Disclosure Agreements defended
Four years ago, Governor Whitmer locked down Michigan, and ruled unilaterally, until her draconian executive orders were deemed unconstitutional.
#MichiganWillNeverForget
the businesses permanently shuttered, the learning that was lost, and the unnecessary nursing home deaths
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🇨🇳 The MEDC’s CCP Gotion project near Big Rapids, MI is in serious trouble and now faces strong & growing opposition‼️Green Township residents are fed-up with proponent’s lies & Michigan taxpayers are angry state govt is squandering millions on a fiasco‼️
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According to the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy 60 acres (22%) of the 270 acre Gotion property are protected wetlands⁉️Even worse, 100% of the Gotion property in Green Charter Township is located in the middle of the Muskegon River Watershed⁉️ How on
New scrutiny challenges Michigan's investment in Gotion EV battery plant
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Please listen to the video. Why is Gov Whitmer, Democratic lawmakers and the MEDC hellbent to jam the CCP/Gotion project down the throats of Mecosta County residents⁉️
MUST WATCH 👀
Larry Finkbeiner is an Army vet who returned home to become an organic farmer. Last week, he came to Lansing to explain why giving taxpayer money to
#Gotion
would be dangerous.
Democrats ignored him, handing the Chinese company $175 million of YOUR money.
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🗳️ Big Rapids area voters sent a clear & strong message to Gov Whitmer, Democratic state lawmakers and the secretive/corrupt MEDC trying to jam a Chinese EV battery plant down their throats: NO GOTION‼️
Five members of the Green Twp. board - which voted in favor of Gotion's project - have been recalled, per township Supervisor Jim Chapman, who was among those recalled.
In neighboring Big Rapids Twp., where Gotion also was supposed to locate, Supervisor Bill Stanek was recalled
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Pure Michigan: a great day sailing on the Great Lakes! ⛵️😎
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Hi Fred. Good question. Over the past four years (and into 2023) state govt in Michigan has focused heavily on: more regulations; increased spending; and expanding the size, scope and power of government. Meanwhile state govt in Indiana has focused on: sound fiscal policy; fixing
Michigan jobless claims jump off the charts. Weird, though, IN claims dropped.
Can anybody tell us the difference between MI and IN?
@rstudley
?
@MiFreedomNet
? "Right..." off the top of my head...
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Please watch this brief video of testimony before Congress about how the MEDC’s Gotion project near Big Rapids, MI would harm national security‼️Why are Gov Whitmer & Democratic lawmakers hellbent to spend tax dollars to help the CCP establish a presence midway between Camp
.
@RepMoolenaar
explained that a CCP-backed battery firm [
@Gotion48660
] has planned to build a factory in his district.
“Is it basically a guarantee that some of the people who come from China to work on this project will spy for the CCP?” -
@RepMoolenaar
“100%” -
@BillEvanina
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It takes at least 56 votes to pass a bill in the Michigan House. Under the guise of adopting a “clean energy standard by 2040” 56 State Reps voted Yes to end local control of land use decisions regarding the size & location of large wind & solar facilities⁉️Even worse, this
100% clean energy standard by 2040 passes the Michigan House 56-51.
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During my 40+ year career in Lansing as a senior legislative staffer and chamber of commerce executive I was actively involved in numerous economic projects. Non-Disclosure (Government Secrecy) Agreements were rarely, if ever used and not once was I asked to sign an NDA. Sadly,
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Why are Gov Whitmer, Democratic lawmakers, and the MEDC unconcerned about Communist China using the proposed Gotion EV battery near Big Rapids, MI a base of operations to spy on Camp Graying to the north and Fort Custer to the south⁉️Is Chinese intelligence gathering already
.
@RepMoolenaar
explained that a CCP-backed battery firm [
@Gotion48660
] has planned to build a factory in his district.
“Is it basically a guarantee that some of the people who come from China to work on this project will spy for the CCP?” -
@RepMoolenaar
“100%” -
@BillEvanina
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Promise made, promise broken. No surprise for Gov Whitmer.
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Gretchen Whitmer has been Governor since 2019. Is Michigan better off today than five years ago?
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House Republican Leader Matt Hall is right on target: Michigan’s working families & small business owners deserve meaningful & permanent state income tax relief‼️In less than one year, left-wing Michigan Democrats have burned through a state budget surplus & raised state spending
Hall: Michigan should reverse income tax hike in new year
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🇺🇸 Michiganders refuse to be bullied‼️The good people of Green Charter Township in Mecosta County are under legal attack by Gotion, a giant Chinese EV battery maker with direct ties to the brutal & totalitarian Chinese Communist Party because they said No to a major Chinese
‘We Refuse To Be Bullied’: Rural Officials Throw Wrench In China-Tied Company’s Plans To Build Battery Plant
Via
@DailyCaller
’s
@realnickpope
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🏢💸 Follow the money. Gov Whitmer appoints Ferris State University (FSU) Pres Bill Pink to the MEDC’s Executive Committee. FSU depends on state appropriations signed into law by the Governor. Gov Whitmer backs CCP Gotion project. MEDC Exec Committee fails to conduct due
A key
@GovWhitmer
appointee is leaving the administration to become the lobbyist for Ferris State University, which is at the center of bringing CCP Gotion to the Big Rapids area.
Whitmer is apparently doing whatever it takes to force the Chinese battery plant to happen.
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⚖️ Good news in the David v Goliath battle by local voters to stop the CCP Gotion project in Mecosta Co. On Aug 21st Circuit Judge Tara Hovey concluded recall petition language against James Chapman met the clarity requirements of state law. The recall election will go forward‼️
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Five years later and Michiganders are still waiting for Gov Whitmer to keep her 2018 campaign promise of: more openness; transparency; and accountability in state government‼️
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Michigan lawmakers are required to take an Oath of Office solemnly swearing to uphold the State Constitution & faithfully discharge duties of the office according to the best of their ability. A state lawmaker’s duty is to their constituents, not self-serving bureaucrats at the
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Alternative headline for the 99.99% of Michigan taxpayer’s who don’t live in the City of Highland Park: Whitmer approves $30M bailout for Democratically controlled & poorly managed Highland Park to pay past due water bills⁉️
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Florida is the Sunshine State, not Michigan. If Gov Whitmer really cares about Michigan’s farmers why did she sign the bill allowing one of her political appointees at the Public Service Commission to ignore & override local land use decisions so big utility companies can build
.
@GovWhitmer
has proclaimed March as
#MiAgMonth24
to honor and celebrate Michigan’s farmers, the diversity of products grown and processed in our state, and the partnerships that keep our food and agriculture industry thriving!
Read more at
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To the best of my knowledge, not a single environmental group anywhere in Michigan has spoken out publicly against the proposed Gotion Inc EV battery plant to be located in the middle of the Muskegon River watershed, without a state or federal environmental impact
@rstudley
Let’s do the math 🧮, shall we?
Gotion Daily Operation requires 715,000 gal/water/day + Battery 🔥 @ 28,000 gallons = 743,000 gal/water/day
If you add Nestle’s take, it adds up to 1,319,000 gallons of water a day, if a battery 🔥 occurs
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Why is the State of Michigan investing over $1B in Communist China through MEDC projects in Marshall and Green Charter Township⁉️
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Respectfully I disagree. You are underestimating the severe damage to Michigan’s reputation as a place to do business that will be done by becoming the 1st state in almost 60 years to repeal Right-to-Work‼️The 26 remaining RTW states will be glad to eat our lunch. On a related
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Michigan House Democrat bills attacking on local control of land use decisions and private property rights are widely unpopular with Michiganders across the state and faces growing opposition by agricultural & local government groups‼️
Poll: MI residents overwhelmingly oppose Dem plan to shift local green-energy control to Lansing via
@Th_Midwesterner
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Any candidate (Democrat or Republican) for Congress, the Legislature or local office, who signed a Non-Disclosure Agreement with the secretive & increasingly corrupt Michigan Economic Development Corporation has abandoned their duty to serve the public‼️
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Michigan Gov Whitmer’s shallow & insincere response to the terrorist attack by Hamas on Israel and her continued support for massive state tax subsidies to foreign companies with close ties to the brutal & totalitarian Chinese Communist Party clearly show: poor judgment;
Former adviser to US ambassador to Israel calls on Whitmer to resign after 'fraudulent' response to attacks
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🏢💸🇨🇳 Whitmer appointee John Rakolta scored a windfall when his company received a $178M no-bid contract from the secretive/corrupt MEDC for site work at the Ford Chinese EV battery plant in Marshall. Will this $178M political favor also be scaled back⁉️
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👀 Thank you to the Detroit News for this eye-opening investigative report. Governor Whitmer announced her phony Population Commission at a press conference on the porch of an exclusive, four diamond, luxury hotel on Mackinac Island during a private Detroit-centric meeting of
Private foundations bankrolled Whitmer's population commission. Few knew
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There is a clear difference between rebuilding America’s supply chain v. using $175M in state funds to subsidize a Gotion, a company w/close ties to the Chinese Communist Party. 🇨🇳 Why are state/local economic development bureaucrats selling out Michigan⁉️
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I don’t speak for the Michigan GOP and I’m not a member of Michigan House Republican Caucus, so your reply seems misdirected, so I’ll try again. From Kindergarten through 3rd grade children learn to read. After 3rd grade children read to learn. At what grade level do you think
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🗳️ 72% of Michigan voters overwhelmingly oppose state govt spending over $1B to subsidize construction of EV battery plants in Marshall & Big Rapids by companies w/close ties to the Chinese Communist Party‼️ Why won’t state lawmakers stop this madness⁉️
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Pure Michigan: another great day on the Great Lakes! ⛵️😎
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📉 Michigan’s new Growth Officer tells state lawmakers that without illegal immigration Michigan’s population would have declined further‼️
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Meanwhile in Lansing, Gov Whitmer, Democratic lawmakers and the secretive & corrupt Michigan Economic Development Corporation invited and are now using millions in state funds to subsidize a CCP intelligence gathering operation in Michigan‼️ For over a year the Whitmer admin used
“Everyone knows the KGB from the old Cold War, but very few Americas are aware of the MSS— the Ministry of State Security in China…
It’s far larger than the
@CIA
.
It’s operating widely within the United States.” — Chairman
@RepGallagher
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🇺🇸 Heather Dow is a great example of how one Michigander can still have a positive impact on the debate over good public policy for our state‼️She has an extraordinary ability to clarify complicated issues with compelling graphics, incisive comments and a good sense of humor. ✅
@PatriotPostGirl
@rstudley
It’s pretty sad that you put out way more content on a daily basis than the entire Michigan GOP. They should be paying you.
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🇨🇳 The Gotion company deal looks “a little wobbly” because the closer you look, the more it becomes obvious it’s a bad deal for local residents near Big Rapids; a misuse of $175M in state tax dollars; and a real national security risk for our country.🇺🇸🏳️
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🗳️ A stunning rebuke. For almost two years, MEDC leaders CEO Quentin Messer, EVP Joshua Hundt and Executive Committee Chair Bill Pink misled state lawmakers about local support for the Gotion project⁉️Gotion VP Chuck Thelen lied about his company’s close ties to the Chinese
In a stunning rebuke of the CCP Gotion battery plant project, ALL Green Charter Twp. leaders have been recalled today. Supervisor James Chapman, Trustee Dale Jernstadt, all of them.
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Fact: Gretchen Whitmer ran for Governor promising to “fix the damn roads!” Fact: Gov Whitmer ran for re-election promising to “fix the damn roads!” Fact: Gretchen Whitmer is now in her 6th year as Governor and Michigan roads, especially local roads, are still in need of repair.
@rstudley
🚨🚨 this statement lacks all the facts.
AFTER DECADES OF REPUBLICAN NEGLECT to our infrastructure it will take almost as long to fix the mess they created.
But CLEAN WATER IS A MUST SO IM GREATFUL SHES FIXING MY TOWN.
NOBODY EXPECTED ALL THE ROADS TO BE DONE IN A FEW YEARS.
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Gretchen Whitmer has been Governor since 2019 and her political appointees control the Public Service Commission that regulates utility companies. Democrats in Lansing need to stop the political posturing over unachievable “renewable energy mandates” and instead take action to
Michigan's power outage rate is double the national average
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🏢💸 There is no free lunch‼️ In fact, the “free school lunch program” cost Michigan taxpayers $160,000,000 this year⁉️P.S. Clueless, self-serving bureaucrats at the MDE (Michigan Department of Excuses) are always in favor of more government spending.🍎🐛
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These bills sponsored by Democratic state lawmakers in the House & Senate under the guise of promoting renewable energy are: A) an attack on local control of land use decisions regarding large energy facilities (especially in rural areas); and B) an assault on private property
The bills working their way through the MI House and Senate call for turbine setbacks of 1.1 times height to property lines, and 2.1 x to dwellings. That means a 670ft turbine could be built 1,400ft from your front door, or bedroom window.
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🏢💸🇨🇳 Environmental negligence in Michigan. Why is the Whitmer administration allowing the a massive Chinese ithium-ion EV battery plant to be built in the middle of the Muskegon River Watershed with: no building permit; no locally approved site plan; and no state or federal
For those who have forgotten, this was particularly stunning:
CCP Gotion seeks to draw more groundwater than nearby Ice Mountain bottling plant
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I’m also proud of the good people of Green Charter Township for standing up, fighting back and saying No to the CCP/Gotion project‼️
@rstudley
🇺🇸🪶 I am proud of Green Township. We do not want that land destroyed so China take your shit back to your own country and fuck up your own land not in Michigan no way Whitmere go back to China with him cause we don’t need you here either.🪶
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In the spirit of more free stuff for everyone, may I please have a free subscription to the Detroit News?
TONIGHT: Michigan
@GovWhitmer
to propose funding free preschool, and free community college for all via
@detroitnews
@CraigDMauger
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Michigan is home to about 10,000,000 people. There are thousands & thousands of Michigan residents from all walks of life and different regions who are well-qualified to serve on state boards & commissions. There is no good reason for non-residents to occupy any seats on state
Lawyers for Michigan's Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission and the Department of State are reviewing the eligibility of two Michigan redistricting commissioners who have been living out of state for more than a year.
via
@detroitnews
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The MEDC’s Gotion project is not a done deal. In fact, it’s in serious trouble and now faces strong & growing local opposition. Why? Because this $175M corporate welfare fiasco was assembled behind closed doors by Lansing insiders; buried under a mountain of government secrecy &
ICYMI, read the story everyone is talking about.
A proposed Gotion plant has ‘turned neighbors and friends into enemies’ via
@michiganadvance
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🇨🇳 Gotion, Inc is bought & paid for by the Chinese Communist Party. Let’s be clear, the CCP is not our friend‼️
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🗳️ The upcoming statewide debate in Michigan is about democracy v. bureaucracy. The Citizens for Local Choice campaign believes decisions about the location of giant wind & solar energy facilities should be decided by local voters, not Lansing insiders‼️
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Very good news: the secretive & corrupt MEDC’s Gotion project was handed a long overdue, major setback‼️Gotion’s parent company is headquartered in China where local elections are uncommon & only scheduled by the Chinese Communist Party to rubber stamp decisions already made by
🚨BREAKING NEWS out of Mecosta County this evening regarding the
@GovWhitmer
@MEDC
@QuentinMesserJr
@rthelen
(The Right Place)
@FerrisState
President Bill Pink-led corrupted from head to tail "deal" with PRC-based/CCP-tied
@Gotion48660
.🚨
At the Mecosta County Planning
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Michigan is in a fierce competition with other states for jobs. Repeal of the state Right-to-Work law severely damaged our economic competitiveness with Indiana and other RTW states. Returning to forced unionization wont help move Michigan forward.
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🗳️ Thank you to the residents of Green Charter Township who today overwhelmingly voted to send a clear & strong message to Lansing: NO GOTION‼️
🚨BREAKING NEWS! Part IV.
UNOFFICIAL Green Township Recall Election Results.
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Chapman 498
Cruse 740
Clark 585
Riewbow 655
MacFarlane 582
Henderson 656
Carroll 527
Cushway 707
Jernstadt 471
Thorne 758
Tonight, the governed have spoken, fallout begins.
@rstudley
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Gretchen Whitmer has been Michigan’s Governor since January 1, 2019 and potholes are still a statewide problem⁉️The notion that a state govt that can’t fix the roads should take responsibility for “water affordability” away from local govt is ridiculous‼️
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🗳 Earlier today I turned in my ballot for the August 2, 2022 election. After careful consideration, I concluded Tudor Dixon is the best choice and voted for her in the GOP primary for Governor. ✅
Our coalition to win the primary and defeat Gretchen Whitmer continues to grow!
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There’s an old saying in politics: If you’re going to tell a lie, tell a big one‼️Gotion cut down trees on a site that includes wetlands without a building permit or locally approved site plan, but now say they will protect wildlife habitat⁉️Gotion also says their proposed EV
Electric vehicle battery maker, Gotion, who is working to bring a plant to Mecosta County, said they have submitted their latest site plan for county commissioners to review.
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MEDC leaders totally failed to conduct proper due diligence on this proposed EV battery plant, including ignoring the planned use of large amounts of water and large quantities of hazardous substances on site. State government’s failure to conduct a detailed & comprehensive
CCP Gotion wants to draw 715,000 gallons of ground water per day, nearly double what Nestle’s Ice Mountain was initially drawing about 15 miles away.
Environmentalists fought Ice Mountain every step of the way, but have been silent about one of Gretchen Whitmer’s top priorities.
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There is no free lunch, free preschool or “free community college for all”. Very disappointing to see a DN reporter parroting this false narrative about more free stuff from state government!
TONIGHT: Michigan
@GovWhitmer
to propose funding free preschool, and free community college for all via
@detroitnews
@CraigDMauger
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No environmental assessment has been done by CCP Gotion or the Whitmer administration. They don’t give a damn about local residents!
This man broke down at a Green Charter Twp. meeting while explaining what an environmental disaster caused by a Chinese Communist Party-linked corporation would do to the community.
No environmental assessment has been done by CCP Gotion or the
@GovWhitmer
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Turning Michigan back into a union-controlled labor market is going in the opposite direction of what will attract young workers and their families here‼️
Editorial: Pro-growth policies will attract talent, people
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⚖️ Good decision. The Michigan Supreme Court wisely decided to not accept the bizarre political argument that the best way to protect democracy is prevent people from voting for the qualified candidate of their choice. 🗳️
The Michigan Supreme Court will not take up an appeal seeking to have former President Donald Trump disqualified from the state's primary ballot.
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Gretchen Whitmer took office on January 1, 2019. On her watch Michigan’s Unemployment Insurance Agency approved $245M in payments to: dead people; people in jail or prison; or other individuals not eligible for benefits, including UIA employees⁉️ Contrary to a statement by the
An audit of the Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency's pandemic aid found likely inappropriate payments to:
-- 4,959 incarcerated people ($35.6M)
-- 3,002 deceased ($19.8M)
-- 5,913 ppl under 15 ($90.9M)
-- 1,269 ppl over 85 ($18.6M)
via
@detroitnews
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Don’t California my Michigan‼️
The "national popular vote" scheme would let California choose Michigan's president
In a sane Lansing, House Bill 4156 would be a dead letter. In 2023, it'll probably pass in a single day
Don't California my Michigan, writes
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EV battery plants use large amounts of hazardous materials that are transported by rail or truck. Could a serious train derailment happen in Mecosta County if the CCP Gotion project is approved? Yes, it could. The MEDC’s response? Don’t worry, be happy.
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No, it’s not too late. In fact, the CCP/Gotion project is in serious trouble. First and foremost, it’s important for Green Charter Township residents to actively support the new Board of Trustees who oppose Gotion. Second, Mecosta County residents must continue to stand up &
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Yes, I remember. As a candidate for Governor in 2018 Gretchen Whitmer announced a 10 point “Sunshine Plan” to make state govt more open, transparent & accountable. 5 years later, Michiganders are still waiting for 9 out of 10 of her sunshine promises to be accomplished⁉️ In
Anyone else old enough to remember Governor Whitmer’s promised Sunshine Plan in 2018? Now, she’s moved on to
#MakeItInMichigan
. When does she
#MakeSunshineInMichigan
?
We’re still waiting, Governor.
#PromisesMadePromisesBroken
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You really should get out of metro-Detroit or at least look at a map and do your home work before spouting nonsense. The Chinese EV battery plant planned for Big Rapids is centrally located less than a two hour drive north to Camp Grayling or two hours south to Fort Custer near
@TeamHaley
@gretchenwhitmer
The plant is planned for Big Rapids , a town which notably lacks military facilities
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Gov Whitmer’s decision to shut down in-person dining is arbitrary and not supported by the administration’s public health data. We commend restaurants for going to court to challenge this job-killing return to state govt by administrative fiat.
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🇺🇸 Game over for Gotion. Unites States Rep John Moolenaar‘s appointment to Chair the bipartisan & increasingly influential US House Committee on China is very good news! I’ve had the privilege to know & work with Congressman Moolenaar for over twenty years. John is a dedicated
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⏰ Wake up Michiganders! No farming means no food. Our State Constitution clearly provides a system of checks & balances based on three separate and equal branches of government. The Michigan Department of Energy, Great Lakes & Environment doesn’t have unlimited authority to
Supreme Court poop dispute could have big impact on Michigan environment
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Governors who sign bad bills for political reasons typically do so on a Friday afternoon by press release to avoid questions from reporters.
By press release, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announces she has signed bills to repeal Michigan's right-to-work law, a top priority for unions.
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The same Democratic Governor from East Lansing & Democratic lawmakers from other urban areas who, regardless of local opposition, are hellbent to build Chinese EV battery plants in rural communities near Marshall & Big Rapids, are now planning a direct assault on private property
As local battles rage across Michigan, state looks for new path on solar energy
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