That novel they made you read in high school about a fictional future dystopian society is happening right now in America.

Watch former President Obama 🇺🇸

The President and President Pro Tempore of the Michigan Senate both received bomb threats at their homes within the last 48 hours. I’m surprised we have anyone left who wants to work in high profile elected office.

What the numbers people are saying about Republican House Speaker Matt Hall’s latest budget lie about 5,000 “shadow employees.”

I appreciate Livonia Mayor Maureen Miller Brosnan’s official endorsement for the 2026 Michigan Senate Election for the new District 8, which will encompass all of Livonia, Farmington, Farmington Hills, Northville, Northville Township, and part of Novi. Let’s go! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Dems rn

"Madam President, half a dozen construction workers came to my office yesterday wanting to talk about Michigan's roads, and I was struck by the great pride with which they talked about the careers that they built, making Michigan's roads smooth and safe for us to travel on.

Here are the amounts that Republican House Speaker Matt Hall’s budget proposal CUTS from Senate District 5 communities as a result of his reduction in revenue sharing.

If/when he is ever very sick or injured, he better not set foot in our hospitals, which are full of ‘untrustworthy experts.’ Let him clean his own teeth and fill his own cavities, too.

This evening AG Nessel, Sen. Polehanki & MI Humane President Matt Pepper toured Abraham Ranch, a Clarkston nonprofit housing 60 rescue farm animals. About half the animals at the ranch are available for adoption if the right home comes along.

RFK Jr. is one of the most dangerous kooks on the planet.

We need more of this right here!!!! She shut him down tout de suite~

I refuse to post "thoughts and prayers" in the face of yet another school shooting. Here is a clip from last year that I was advised not to post because I am "too mean" to my Republican colleague.

It appears Michigan House Republicans think Arab American, African American, and Jewish history alike are not worthy of preserving. WAKE THE F*** UP, MICHIGAN. It is what you think it is.

Michigan House Republicans want to stop Attorney General Nessel from suing the Trump administration (which she has done 32 times to date, recouping over $1.6 billion in funding to our state) as well as “any oil or gas entity.” In case you were wondering who they work for.

📣 I wasn't planning on adding any more state legislative pages until November, but under the circumstances I'd say #TEXAS Democrats deserve a huge boost! Donate DIRECTLY to the Dem state party & Dem legislative caucuses today: #Blue26 secure.actblue.com/donate/txblu...

This summer, we heard from YOU!

Get in loser, he’s going losing again 🤣

WTAF “Teachers from California and New York who want to work in Oklahoma public schools will be required to pass a certification test to prove they share the state's conservative political values.

“Betrayal of trust”? Sales tax on gas goes to schools. No scandal here, though he’d like it to be.

We had a huge group doing constituent outreach today in Senate District 5!

Senate Democrats’ School Aid budget proposal (intro’d in May) has in it that 50% of the per pupil increase must go toward teacher pay. WHERE IS SPEAKER HALL?!

Sen. Polehanki Blasts House Republicans for Failing to Pass Education Budget, Threatening Free School Meals Program    Okemos Public Schools discontinues free school meals due to budget limbo, more schools expected to follow

I’m running for Congress with the support from my friend — our Senate Dems Caucus Chair and Education Committee Chair — @senpolehanki.bsky.social. Dayna’s redrawn district takes her into Farmington/Farmington Hills, and we’ll be working together to deliver for Oakland County!

Texas Legislative Democrats teaching cheaters how to FAFO. I 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 their bravery in the face of GOP calls for their arrest. #txlege

Did his Daddy have the teachers fired who didn’t give him an “A”? Where does one learn to be such a pathetic crybaby?

Hillsdale College President Larry Arnn, like Betsy DeVos, is an uber-rich right-wing activist who views K-12 education as the “battlefield” on which he will fight his personal holy war to inject his preferred religion into Michigan’s public schools.

Education data is not easy to interpret, nor is it truth. So let's not slice and dice the numbers and tell people that the schools where their kids are learning every day are due for a "moment of reckoning" (dun-dun-duuunh) teacherinastrangeland.blog/2025/07/29/a...

Was there a shortage of SPA WORKERS in Florida that caused head honcho Trump to become so involved and irate about what one imagines were low-level staffing concerns?

I agree with former President Obama: “Aid must be permitted to reach the people in Gaza. There is no justification for keeping food and water away from civilian families.”

Just totally normal stuff written from one man to another 😳

“I can’t punch air.” — @sarahanthony.bsky.social

Re-upping in light of a semiconductor company pulling the plug on a facility in Genessee County due to the “economic uncertainty” caused by Trump’s reckless tariffs-by-tweet.

"This was a once-in-a-generation opportunity," state Rep. Jasper Martus, D-Flushing, said. "Donald Trump killed the future for my community."

We’ve come a long way, ladies.

Consumer confidence is down. Inflation is up. And Trump is responsible. “Thank you, Mr. Chair. I think the one word that has been missing from this entire conversation is 'Trump.' We can come out and say it. 1/3

This. Is. Insane. #EndGunViolence

People in the U.S. illegally are not on Medicaid. The truth still matters, folks.

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Republican Speaker of the House has declared my gun violence protection bills “dead on arrival” in the House in the same 24 hour period that Ted Nugent brought a gun into his chamber. The Capitol Commission banned guns from the Capitol two years ago👇🏼

My Bump Stock Ban bill (SB 224) and Capitol Weapons Ban bill (SB 225) passed the senate yesterday. Now, on to the House!

Had fun at Livonia Pride today! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

"I think the one word that has been missing from this entire conversation [about consumer confidence] is 'Trump,' we can come out and say it . . . the mercurial tariff-by-tweet," Polehanki said.

This is where we’re at, America.

Hold up. California U.S. Senator Padilla was born in Los Angeles and was Los Angeles City Council President, CA State Senator, and CA Secretary of State …

“Transparency is demanded,”except for finally making legislators like us formally subject to the Freedom of Information Act — a bill that passed the senate months ago and is awaiting action in your chamber 🤷🏻‍♀️

🔔 Attention Michigan’s local governments, K-12 schools, community colleges and universities! Matt Hall has all but said he won’t deliver you a budget by the statutory deadline of July 1. Meanwhile, the Senate Democrats’ budget has been passed for weeks.

The man who nearly DESTROYED public education in Michigan is going to spend $20-$30 million in the upcoming election to sh*t on schools and educators who have tried like hell to dig us out of the hole the “Snyder years” put us into. Game on, @onetoughnerd.

Wayne County has the highest Medicaid enrollment in the state, with more than half a million residents enrolled. We can’t afford for Washington D.C. to cut 40% of Wayne County residents’ healthcare.

Betsy DeVos sad face. Her dream to eliminate the Department of Education and to inject her preferred religion into America’s public schools is foiled for now.