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Hundreds of pro-Israel demonstrators from Michigan missed the
#MarchForIsrael
after they were left stranded on a Washington, D.C. tarmac. Passengers from the chartered flight report a deliberate walk-out by their transportation to prevent them from gathering on the National Mall.
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The fact that we’re not getting texts from the government telling us how to register for a Covid vaccine is absurd to me.
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There are more than a million households in the U.S. without power right now after a nationwide ice storm.
More than 800,000 are in Michigan.
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Detroit bus driver strike continues for a second day and will likely continue through the weekend. Here’s a statement from the local Amalgamated Transit Union.
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BREAKING: Detroit officials announce plan to continue water shutoff moratorium through 2022.
“My goal now is stop water shutoffs to low-income Detroiters once and for all,” says Mayor Mike Duggan.
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Lots of eyes on Flint’s courts today. But you may have missed this ruling coming out of Detroit. My latest for
@wdet
The 36th District Court dealt a blow to the city of Detroit’s criminal prosecution of Black Lives Matter protesters who were arrested during last year’s anti-police demonstrations. 39 cases against 28 defendants were dismissed without prejudice today.
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On Count Day, a group of students in Detroit are demanding action on the lead found in school drinking water. Instead of going to regular classes, they’ve set up a Freedom School, holding workshops on social justice and black history.
@wdet
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Detroit rapper Big Sean moves through an excited crowd to attend the funeral for
#ArethaFranklin
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DPD PO Loren Courts was killed during a shooting last night. I took this video of him at the Detroit fireworks show last week.
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An endless cycle where Detroit police officers cut deals with drug dealers instead of arresting them.
A unit that operated as “an entity unto itself.”
Policies broken. Documents forged. Money stolen.
A 200+ page report detailing it all.
My latest for
@wdet
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Power was out for 36 hours. My neighbors recently bought solar panels to keep their CPAP machines running during outages.
How can we (the media) show the true public health impact Michigan faces when the lights go out?
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At the I-375 redevelopment open house in Eastern Market. Many people seem disappointed there is no forum discussion.
“It’s a dog and pony show without the dog or the pony.”
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@StopAntisemites
@RashidaTlaib
I’m Jewish and live in Detroit. Consider sharing images about our vibrant community rather than posting photos of other cities.
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Gov. Whitmer and State Sen. McMorrow pass out cheese and crackers at the Marygrove Early Education Center in Detroit. The two want to establish Pre-K for All in Michigan by the end of 2026.
@wdet
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Looks like Janice Winfrey copy/pasted her website from a U.S. Senate candidate in Missouri and didn't change the cities. Kudos
@shelbyjouppi
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A taxpayer-funded PSA for tax breaks.
Reverend Anthony shares his support for the 1.5 Billion Dollar District Detroit Project. City council is expected to vote on District Detroit next week.
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INBOX: Michigan’s Third Circuit Court denied a petition seeking preliminary injunctive relief that would have required Detroit and Wayne County to retain all ballots and poll books and would prevent the Wayne County Board of Canvassers from certifying election results.
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BREAKING: The Michigan Supreme Court upholds the placement of Proposal P on Detroit’s August primary ballot, reversing the judgment of the Court of Appeals and the Wayne Circuit Court to remove the charter revision ballot question.
@wdet
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A man uses a metal rod to clear a blocked storm drain during today’s floods in Metro Detroit.
@wdet
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Third Man Records is having a listening party for the new Jack White album. I’m keeping an eye out for some blue hair and a guitar case.
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A tragic day for Detroit’s Jewish community. The Downtown Synagogue just finished a major renovation project with Samantha Woll as its board president.
Baruch dayan ha'emet.
I am shocked, saddened and horrified to learn of Sam’s brutal murder. Sam was as kind a person as I’ve ever known. She was driven by her sincere love of her community, state and country. Sam truly used her faith and activism to create a better place for everyone.
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By the end of last night’s winter storm, there was a 100,000 power outage discrepancy between
@DTE_Energy
’s dashboard and other reports.
As DTE officials tell me, their lower number is an underestimate. 🧵
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This is Hassan Aoun, a vocal opponent to the inclusion of LGBTQ books in Dearborn public schools.
Michigan Board of State Canvassers is forced to go to recess after one audience member is forced to leave after repeatedly disrupting the meeting. He calls canvassers “fucking bitches.” Police are threatening him with a trespassing arrest.
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I spoke with many who are frustrated by the racial justice framing of this fill-in project because it fails to truly address the decimation of Black Bottom and Paradise Valley.
“Bring it back to what it was or don’t do anything at all.”
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The unlicensed gas station where three people were shot last week has been a Green Light partner for nearly five years.
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Post-it note critiques on a map. One guy told me that MDOT is stuck in the 20th Century with its car-centric thinking.
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BREAKING: Detroit will begin testing all residents for COVID-19 at the Michigan State Fairgrounds drive-thru site starting this Wednesday.
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Have you seen these signs around Detroit? For the first episode of
@CuriosiDWDET
this season, I spoke with the Corn Man on Puritan 🌽 Listen to
@wdet
for the story!
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Pretty sure my neighbors have the first Biden-Harris yard sign in Detroit. They put it up last night.
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Dozens of demonstrators on the corner of 9 Mile and Woodward Avenue in Ferndale calling to “Count Every Vote.”
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Detroit News politics editor calls on Detroit News columnist to resign.
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Alt headline: 20% of DTE customers will not have power for at least 3 days.
Crews from across the country are being brought in to assist in this effort. We expect to restore 80% of customers impacted by this storm by end of day Thursday.
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Detroit City Council President Brenda Jones announces she is not seeking another term.
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Members of Joe Lewis’s family, Rep. Debbie Dingell and Mayor Mike Duggan watch the groundbreaking of the Joe Lewis Greenway in Detroit
@wdet
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During townhall in Dearborn,
@RepDanKildee
: "this is not about the security of a nation, but the insecurity of a single individual."
@wdet
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Overflow and lack of seating, including space for journalists, have been a consistent issue at Detroit City Council meetings as of late. By comparison, the Board of Zoning Appeals is using a nearly empty auditorium for its public hearings.
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A packed room keeps filling up as people gather for the Michigan Public Service Commission hearing on DTE Energy’s proposed 8.8% rate hike.
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This is what I wore tonight. It did not stop me from tangling with the police or getting tear gassed.
While we decry the handcuffing of reporters, we recognize the difficulty of differentiating between press and protesters. We’re glad other media spoke up, cooler heads prevailed & the officer listened to her explanation & insistence that she keep covering the night's events.
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A group of housing activists with
@DetEvictDefense
disrupted a Detroit City Council meeting after officials failed to pass an eviction moratorium before going on recess for the rest of the year.
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Something to keep in mind as we brace for more power outages during this winter storm. My latest for
@wdet
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Hey
@freep
and
@detroitnews
, you have to ask yourselves if it’s good practice to send out thousands of push notifications on a story where the former president repeats an election lie debunked by your own reporters.
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I don’t have a Soundcloud to plug, but while you’re here, consider donating to Detroit public radio. And really, all local journalism.
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DPD is asking for a $22M budget increase before Detroit City Council. Chief White says homicides are up 17% year to date.
At the same time, the department is looking to shift 34 positions (15%) away from its homicide unit. The Narcotics Enforcement Section would double in size.
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The New Bethel Baptist Church in Detroit is packed for a gospel tribute to
#ArethaFranklin
@wdet
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Duggan: Detroit BSEED will start issuing $250 tickets to landlords who fail to clean their flooded rental properties. Inspections start July 20.
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A group of transit advocates, bus riders and coach operators are calling for DDOT to make a series of changes to improve bus service in Detroit.
Demands include more frequency, hazard pay and improved wages for drivers and government transparency.
@wdet
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Protesters gather in Lapeer Park as Biden visits Ford Dearborn nearby. Organizers agree to march towards plant.
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"I have come here to record room tone and kick ass."
*cocks shotgun mic*
"And I already got the room tone."
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Congratulations
@WDET
! We won the Michigan Association of Broadcasters Station of the Year! Proud to work with the best people in public radio.
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Glad to see my awkwardness has been immortalized for posterity.
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Thrilled to have won a “Best Hard News/Current Events” award for this story. Thank you Michigan Association of Broadcasters!
Please consider donating to
@wdet
during our fundraiser to support local journalism like this.
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She was released shortly after local media vouched for her credentials.
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Funny that Rep. McClain traveled all the way to California to visit the border when she could have stayed in her district and gone to Port Huron.
Just wrapped up a border tour with
@CBPElCentro
. Drug smuggling and people illegally entering the U.S. are commonplace in this dangerous border town. The
#BidenBorderCrisis
is exacerbating the drug smuggling problems in Calexico.
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DDOT coach drivers are on strike today over a number of labor disputes surrounding coronavirus, ended hazard pay and a string of recent assaults by passengers.
(a source sent me this photo from the Shoemaker Terminal.)
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Food Porn Detroit, which has 40K followers on Instagram, shares their thoughts on Ye and Hitler.
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Holcomb Elementary in Detroit near Old Redford has been empty since 2010. Developers have a $6 million plan to make it an affordable apartment building for 32 seniors by 2020.
@wdet
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NEW: Mayor Mike Duggan tells
@wdet
that he will not debate mayoral challenger Anthony Adams.
“Anthony Adams’ campaign has been 100% hate and divisiveness, and I’m not going to give a platform to that kind of hate.”
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Members of the FBI stand in front of the Coleman A. Young Municipal Center as federal officials investigate Detroit City Council
@wdet
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Detroit Dept. of Elections taking ballots as cars pull up to drop off. There’s a makeshift drive-thru lane on W. Grand Blvd to accommodate. I’ve seen dozens in the hour I’ve been here.
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Politico reporting that Chief Craig has been meeting with GOP leaders, including Michigan Republican Party Ron Weiser 👀
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Rep. Rashida Tlaib joins environmental activists in Detroit to oppose DTE Energy’s proposed 8.8% rate hike on residential customers, citing the utility’s critical infrastructure failures, air pollution and dark money spending.
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Fans say a final goodbye to
#ArethaFranklin
as the procession of pink Cadillacs turns off 7 Mile onto Livernois
#ArethaHomegoing
@wdet
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Detroit’s anti-police brutality movement has scored some significant legal wins. Recently, a federal judge tossed out a city lawsuit filed against the protesters. The decision comes as hundreds of criminal charges against demonstrators were dismissed.
My latest for
@wdet
“There just wasn’t any evidence that we committed any crimes or that we did anything other than challenge the policies and practices of the Detroit Police Department.” —
@NakiaRWallace
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Fanta Doumbia, eldest daughter of Banny Doumbia, calls on Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan to interfere with her father’s detention and deportation to the Ivory Coast.
@wdet
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Journalism is taking some big Ls this week with bogus management decisions in newsrooms and universities. Institutions will have to reckon with those choices as the media landscape rapidly democratizes.
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Famous Republican Lisa Simpson
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From Metro Detroit to Myanmar, journalism is not a crime.
#FreeDannyFenster
American journalist Danny Fenster sentenced to 11 years in jail in Myanmar as military continues a campaign of imprisoning journalists and activists
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At Fordson High School in Dearborn for the
@MichiganPSC
hearing on the state’s recent power outages. Reps. Tlaib and Dingell are in the house. Rev. Horace Sheffield (center) was boo’d for praising DTE Energy.
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Never trust a rendering.
BREAKING: U-M, Stephen Ross Detroit Center for Innovation is not going on Dan Gilbert's former Wayne County Consolidated Jail site, Bedrock says
#DetroitCRE
@crainsdetroit
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The whole
@wdet
team is getting some much deserved recognition from the
@MichBroadcaster
Broadcast Excellence Awards.
Happy to announce I’ll be taking home a prize this year!
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Watching the 36th District Court today as more BLM protesters have their charges dropped. City prosecutors are dismissing cases for many, but they did not do so for
@DETWILLBREATHE
organizer Nakia Wallace. She was in court yesterday for charges related to a July protest.
In court, the clerk just asked the prosecutor about my case and she said “Oh no, We’re not dismissing her, not her”. Not sure she realized they weren’t muted.
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Protesters are preparing signs and megaphones as former Detroit police chief James Craig announces his candidacy for governor on Belle Isle.
@wdet
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Contaminated soil from East Palestine, OH is being moved to Belleville, MI.
“Norfolk Southern brought in large dump trucks to move contaminated soil to U.S. Ecology Wayne Disposal,” says Gov. Mike DeWine.
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@PolarBarrett
Giacobazzi appeared on Hannity in 2020 after he was similarly removed as a poll challenger.
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The Detroit Symphony Orchestra usually keeps its rehearsals behind closed doors, but it gave
@wdet
a sneak peak of its performance of Berlioz’s “Symphonie fantastique” with new music director Jader Bignamini conducting.
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Duggan says police/city is evaluating dropping charges on the week's protestors, which have largely been peaceful.
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Taura Brown holds a press conference outside of her Detroit tiny home. She says she’s facing retaliatory eviction after organizing against her non-profit landlord Cass Community Social Services.
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