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The legal battle between the Michigan Department of Natural Resources and the Michigan Duck Rescue and Sanctuary has come to an end. with all charges dismissed against the couple who run the operation.
Matthew and Teresa Lyson, founders of the Salem Township sanctuary, had faced six criminal charges each after state officials accused them of keeping and caring for waterfowl without proper permits. This week, the Washtenaw County Prosecutor’s Office dismissed the cases in their entirety, following months of public scrutiny and growing political pressure.
“This is great news,” Lyson told Keeping It Real. “All charges against me and Teresa are 100 percent gone. It’s a done deal, and we get to start new.”
Background of the Case
The Michigan Duck Rescue and Sanctuary has operated for nearly two decades, caring for injured or abandoned ducks, geese, and other waterfowl — many of which suffer from “angel wing,” a deformity often caused by people feeding them improper food. The Lysons say their work ...
Worth clarifying this. The federal changes never meant vaccines were being taken away or made unavailable. They adjusted recommendations, not access, and vaccines remain available for anyone who wants them through doctors and existing programs.
The White House says the United States carried out a large scale strike against Venezuela and that President Nicolás Maduro and his wife were captured and flown out of the country, with more details promised later.
Muslim Dearborn Teacher: U.S. Is ‘World’s Worst Terrorist’
DEARBORN, Mich. (Michigan News Site) – Tarek Bazzi, a Dearborn man described as a teacher and activist at a Muslim academy, described the U.S. and Israel as the world’s worst terrorists in a video he posted on Instagram earlier this week.
The video was posted by the pro-Israel organization the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI), which tracks down anti-Israel conduct online.
In the Instagram video, Bazzi said, “And so with God as my witness, my guardian, and my judge, I declare clearly and explicity that the United States and Israel are the world’s worst terrorists, murderers, thieves and enslavers. I declare with certainty that humanity will never know true freedom, peace, justice and mutual love and respect so long as the two evils of U.S. imperialism and Zionist colonialism continue to exist.” Click here to read more.
Secretary Kennedy Announces ‘Most Significant Reset’ to Food Pyramid
The Trump administration announced revised dietary guidelines for Americans on Wednesday, calling it “the most significant reset of federal nutrition policy in history.”
The White House released the Dietary Guidelines for Americans for 2025–2030, which includes changes to the food pyramid that prioritize high-quality protein, healthy fats, fruits, vegetables and whole grains. The guidelines urge Americans to avoid highly processed foods and refined carbohydrates
“These new guidelines recognized that whole nutrient dense food is the most effective path to better health and lower health care prices,” Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said at Wednesday’s press briefing announcing the changes. Click here to read more.
Secret Service busts $400M card skimming ring in 2025 crackdown across the nation
WASHINGTON — The Secret Service revealed on Wednesday that it partnered with federal, state and local law enforcement agencies in operations across the country which curbed more than $400 million in fraud from card skimming operations in 2025.
Secret Service agents and law enforcement partners visited more than 9,000 businesses, leading to the inspection of nearly 60,000 point-of-sale terminals, gas pumps and ATMs and the removal of 411 illegal skimming devices.
“These operations are only the start. We are working closely with our local, state, federal and international law enforcement partners to investigate and dismantle the criminal organizations that perpetrate these crimes,” Kyo Dolan, Assistant Director for the U.S. Secret Service’s Office of Field Operations said in a statement. Click here to read more.
Prefiled bill to require English-only driver’s license exams
MONTGOMERY, Ala. - One Alabama lawmaker is hoping his prefiled bill to require all driver’s tests be given in English gets picked up by lawmakers.
“What this does is say, if you’re going to drive in Alabama, you’re going to drive our driver’s license, you’re going to speak and understand English,” said Rep. Phillip Pettus (R-Killen).
Pettus is also a retired state trooper. He said all portions of the driver’s test, from the written examination to behind-the-wheel tests, should only be given in English.
House Bill 88 would require that “all written, oral, vision, and driving portions of the examination administered for the purpose of obtaining or renewing a driver’s license must be in the English language only. An applicant may not use a translation dictionary, an electronic device, or an interpreter to assist with the administration of the examination.” Click here to read more.
Michigan store owner pepper-sprayed after confrontation with group recording through window
ST. CLAIR COUNTY, Mich. (FOX 2) - An investigation is ongoing after a confrontation with people recording through the window of his Marine City business ended with the owner being pepper-sprayed.
A group of “First Amendment Auditors” - people who record in public spaces - were on the sidewalk filming through the window of Zimmerman’s Meat Market on Tuesday. Video of the encounter was posted on YouTube.
While recording, a woman inside the business opened the door and asked the three with cameras if she could help them. When they told her they were recording for YouTube and did not need help, she locked the door and shut the lights off. Shortly after that, a man approached the window and attempted to block the cameras while saying that they needed police as the woman was on a phone call. Click here to watch video.
Is Michigan the Next Minnesota? Nesbitt Calls for Investigation into Whitmer’s MiLEAP.
LANSING, Mich. – Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s handpicked bureaucratic offshoot of the state’s Department of Education should get a closer look, according to a Republican lawmaker looking to take her job in November.
Michigan Senate Republican Leader and gubernatorial candidate Aric Nesbitt is calling for an independent investigation into the Michigan Department of Lifelong Education, Advancement, and Potential (MiLEAP) and its Child Development and Care (CDC) Program.
The Porter Township lawmaker cited growing fraud allegations tied to similar child care assistance programs nationwide.
Nesbitt sent a letter to Michigan Auditor General Doug Ringler and requested a formal audit of the program administered by Whitmer’s MiLEAP. The CDC Program provides child care subsidies to low-income families and is receiving more than $540 million in taxpayer funding this year. Click here to read more.
Illinois spends $1M to rethink capitalism
Illinois state lawmakers are putting over $1 million behind projects to “rethink capitalism” and so they could pay people for not working – all using money other people worked for.
There are plenty of examples of paying people money for nothing having failed and hurting their families. But the state’s 2026 budget includes a $200,000 grant for the Reimagining Capitalism in Illinois Lab for “operational expenses” and an $827,000 grant for a guaranteed income pilot program.
Illinois faces low economic growth, high debt and ballooning pensions – all because state lawmakers are taking ever-more from taxpayers and driving out jobs and working families. Lawmakers claimed the 2026 budget contained no pork, but a closer look shows 2,815 items over $200,000 lawmakers decided to fund in the final hours of the legislative session – rushed, harmful to taxpayers and with no time for public scrutiny. Click here to read more.
Top Attorney For Special Counsel Jack Smith Previously Spiked Clinton Foundation Investigation
Ray Hulser, the then-head of the Department of Justice’s Public Integrity Section (PIN), withheld information from the U.S. Attorney’s office investigating the Clinton Foundation under Trump 1.0. Hulser would later downplay and/or provide inconsistent details concerning the Clinton Foundation probe to both Trump 1.0’s DOJ and Special Counsel John Durham’s office. In spite of — or maybe because of — that history, Special Counsel Jack Smith selected Hulser to help lead the criminal witch-hunt against Trump, with Hulser personally recommending Smith subpoena the toll records of nearly a dozen Congressional Republicans. Click here to read more.
HOA slaps single mom with fine after wind blows trash bag from full dumpster
SURPRISE, Ariz. (KTVK/KPHO/Gray News) - A single mother who rents an Arizona townhome was fined $150 by her homeowners association after a takeout bag she left by an overflowing dumpster blew into the street.
Jessica Ensley, who lives in Surprise’s Hayden Farms community, says she left a brown paper bag from her $20 dinner by the dumpster because it was already full. The bag, which contained a receipt with her name, blew into the street.
“I’m a very clean person, and I respect the rules,” Ensley said. “I’m not one to just blatantly throw trash around, so yes, it was so full that even that brown paper bag couldn’t fit into it at that time.” Click here to read more.
More car buyers than ever are taking on $1,000+ payments
New cars have effectively become luxuty goods, and a record share of buyers are opting into $1,000-a-month car payments.
Last quarter, one in five new car buyers (20.3%) who financed their purchases committed to monthly payments of $1,000 or more — the highest share on record, according to new data from Edmunds.
The total amount buyers financed also hit an all-time high, averaging $43,759, more than $10,000 above the pre-pandemic norm at the end of 2019.
“The record-setting figures we’re seeing reflect the financial strain many buyers faced throughout the year,” Ivan Drury, Edmunds’ director of insights, said in a statement. Click here to read more.
