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.

If you are in Michigan and need work on your furnace, HVAC or handyman service contact Bigfoot Pro Services by clicking here.

 

 

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.

Subscribe now

Thank you for being here everyone!

 

 

Government transparency?

I went to the Bangor, Michigan School Board meeting and found they don’t livestream or record their meetings even though they have a camera in the room. Look at this—

Message me for more story ideas and I will investigate.

 

Michigan subsidy program offered $1.45B, produced few jobs

The Strategic Outreach Attraction Reserve Fund unequivocally was not a failure, Quentin Messer, chief executive and economic competitiveness officer of the Michigan Economic Development Corporation, said in a Nov. 12 Gongwer News Service interview. But critics of the program at the Mackinac Center for Public Policy say otherwise.

Messer told Gongwer that the SOAR program did not fail but did instead what it was intended to do: “get us into the consideration set, improve the portfolio of development-ready sites across the state and secure investment from large, advanced manufacturers who have significant ’CapEx,’ capital and investment needs.”

But using taxpayer funds on businesses that might consider opening or keeping their doors open might not sit well with Michiganders, James Hohman, fiscal policy director at the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, told Michigan Capitol Confidential in an email. Click here to read more.

Rapid Radios Push to Talk Nationwide Walkie Talkies Are NOT toys. They are the real deal. Click here to learn more and get an extra 10% off now.

 

Click here learn more and get an extra 10% off now.

 

US reduces number of recommended vaccines for children

WASHINGTON (TNND) — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced an unprecedented step on Monday to reduce the number of vaccines recommended for children, effective immediately.

The CDC said it will recommend that children receive 11 vaccines, compared to the current list of 17, and will more closely resemble Denmark’s vaccine schedule.

“The assessment reviewed 20 peer-developed nations and found that the U.S. is a global outlier among developed nations in both the number of diseases addressed in its routine childhood vaccination schedule and the total number of recommended doses, but does not have higher vaccination rates than such countries,” the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced in a news release. Click here to read more.

 

Major Hotel Accused of Refusing Service to ICE Amid Minneapolis Crackdown

One of the largest hotel chains in the United States is purportedly refusing service to immigration agents amid a growing crackdown in the Minneapolis region.

A hotel associated with Hilton Hotels & Resorts is explicitly refusing service to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents attempting to book reservations in Minneapolis, according to a company email released by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

The apparent anti-ICE policy follows increased federal law enforcement activity in the city, which is reeling from immigrant-related fraud.

“We have noticed an influx of GOV reservations made today that have been for DHS, and we are not allowing any ICE or immigration agents to stay at our property,” a Hilton email stated to an unidentified DHS employee. “If you are with DHS or immigration, let us know as we will have to cancel your reservation.” Click here to read more.

 

Michigan’s skyrocketing electricity rates loom over 2026 governor race

Skyrocketing electricity rates, coupled with massive energy demands from proposed data centers, are driving discontent in Michigan, where the issue is expected to weigh heavily on the 2026 gubernatorial race.

A recent analysis by The Detroit News shows the increase in average electricity rates in the Great Lakes State over the last 20 years has outpaced all but three states, jumping from 9.8 cents per kilowatt-hour in 2006 to 21.2 cents per kilowatt-hour in 2025, or 117%.

During Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s tenure, which includes the first two years under renewable energy mandates adopted by a Democratic government trifecta, the Michigan Public Service Commission appointed by the governor has approved more than $1 billion in rate hikes for DTE Energy and Consumers Energy, the state’s monopoly utility providers.

Put another way, average rate data shows Michiganders paid about $850 more per year in 2025 than they did two decades ago. Click here to read more.

Thank you for being here everyone!

 

 

Whitmer’s Michigan: LG delays EV battery production despite $120 million from taxpayers

An electric vehicle battery plant constructed near Lansing with $120 million from Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s administration is again delaying production as EV sales slump.

South Korea-based LG Energy Solution on Friday delayed production at its EV battery plant in Delta Township, which was sold to taxpayers as a joint venture with General Motors to boost the EV industry, “industry sources” told Business Korea.

Despite the MEDC paying out $120 million in tax dollars to support the project, GM backed out of the agreement in May, and LG pushed its production start date back a year.

“The mass production timeline had already been delayed once from 2024 to 2025 due to slowing electric vehicle sales, and now the operation schedule has been postponed again as demand dropped sharply following the termination of U.S. electric vehicle subsidies,” according to Business Korea, which reports production is now expected to start in the second half of 2026. Click here to learn more.

 

Harvard President Admits University ‘Went Wrong’ Allowing Professor Activism in Classrooms

Harvard’s leader admitted the university allowing professors to express their personal views in the classroom was a bad idea that has “chilled free speech and debate on campus.”

Harvard University President Alan Garber made his remarks during an episode of the Identity/Crisis Podcast, the Harvard Crimson reported Saturday.

According to the article, Garber argued that “faculty activism had chilled free speech and debate on campus.”

He stated, “And we had a rule that the faculty could support different, on their own time basically, different political views, but in their teaching, they had to be completely objective. That’s what had shifted, and that’s where I think we went wrong.” Click here to read more.

Rapid Radios Push to Talk Nationwide Walkie Talkies Are NOT toys. They are the real deal. Click here to learn more and get an extra 10% off now.

 

Click here learn more and get an extra 10% off now.

Trump administration delivers historic $50 billion boost to rural health care in all 50 states

WASHINGTON — In a major victory for rural Americans, the Trump administration on Monday announced the distribution of funds from the $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Program, ensuring every state receives substantial support to modernize and strengthen health care in underserved communities.

The initiative, the largest federal investment in rural health care in U.S. history, was created through President Trump’s Working Families Tax Cuts Legislation, a Republican-led effort that every Democrat in Congress opposed. Click here to learn more.

 

Mortgage rates hold steady after Fed rate cut

Mortgage rates this week fell to their lowest level in 15 months, easing borrowing costs for homebuyers eager for a thaw in the housing market in 2026.

The average interest rate on a 30-year fixed mortgage stands at 6.15%, plummeting from a level of 6.89% in May, data from financial services company Freddie Mac showed. Last January, the average 30-year fixed mortgage rate exceeded 7%.

Each percentage point decrease in a mortgage rate can save thousands or tens of thousands in additional cost each year, depending on the price of the house, according to lender Rocket Mortgage

Sam Khater, the chief economist at Freddie Mac, called the drop in mortgage rates an “encouraging sign for potential homebuyers heading into the new year.” Click here to read more.

 

‘Y’all left my baby for dead’: 11-year-old shot, killed near playground on New Year’s Day

CINCINNATI, OH- A family is mourning the loss of an 11-year-old girl after a shooting happened near a playground on New Year’s Day.

According to Cincinnati police, the shooting happened near Laurel Playground at around 6:45 p.m. in the West End.

District 1 officers said they were flagged down about someone being shot that night.

When police arrived, they found a little girl, later identified as QueenEr’Re Reed, suffering from a gunshot wound. She was taken to the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, where she died from her injuries.

Cincinnati officials are calling it a senseless act of violence.

Former Cincinnati mayoral candidate Cory Bowman, who is the pastor at the Reed family church, said QueenEr’Re was playing with her cousins when the gunshots were fired. Click here to read more.