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Bill aims to cage Michigan’s growing surveillance flock

A bill introduced to the Michigan Legislature aims to ensure that local governments aren’t abusing data obtained by Flock cameras.

Sen. Jim Runestad, R-White Lake Township, introduced Senate Bill 1131 in late July. The bill would more closely regulate how governments use data collected by networks of automatic license plate readers.

“Passively collecting information 24/7 as people go about their daily lives is a drastic overreach and goes well beyond public safety needs,” Runestad said in a news release. “This legislation acknowledges that certain emergency situations can be greatly assisted by this technology, but sensible safeguards need to be put in place.”

The bill comes amid a national uproar over potential misuse of the vast surveillance networks being created by license readers from Atlanta-based Flock Safety and other providers. Click here to read more.

 

Trump Announces ‘Historic’ Deal With Venezuela That ‘MORE THAN DOUBLES’ U.S. Oil Reserves

President Donald Trump announced an historic energy deal with Venezuela in a Truth Social post Friday night.

The president called the deal “THE BIGGEST OIL DEAL IN WORLD HISTORY.” Trump wrote that the United States secured “majority U.S. control” of over 65 million barrels’ worth of Venezuelan oil reserves.

Trump credited Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, Interim Venezuelan President Delcy Rodriguez and “a partnership with private business.” Click here to read more.

 

Hillary Clinton’s Search for Intern with ‘High Level’ of ‘Discretion’ Draws Mockery: ‘Who the Hell Would Sign Up for That Job?’

Failed 2016 presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s search for an intern has drawn criticism because she wants someone who can keep their mouth shut. The intern, who will not be paid, will work for Clinton’s office in New York City, the New York Post reported Sunday.

The Daybook posting said, “The Office of Hillary Rodham Clinton is seeking Fall Interns from September 9, 2026 — November 13, 2026.”

“Interns will provide support to our staff, assisting on a wide range of projects,” it continued. Most notably, the posting said the office is looking for someone who has a “high level of professionalism and discretion.” Click here to read more.

 

The Republican Party’s Midterm Nightmare Is Taking Shape

LEAWOOD, Kansas — The Senate map is less complicated than it appears. As with every modern presidential campaign, it runs through the Midwest.

If Democrats flip Republican-held seats in Ohio and Iowa while retaining Michigan, they will almost certainly net the four seats total needed to take control of the Senate for President Donald Trump’s final two years.

As the traditional start of the campaign season draws near, though, Republicans are increasingly worried they may be consumed by a worsening prairie fire.

“He’s in serious trouble in farm country,” Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) told me. “He being Trump — and Trump is us. I’m not very optimistic.”

The triple-whammy of tariffs, expensive diesel and fertilizer and now imported beef has created a crisis for agriculture-state Republicans. Click here to read more.

 

FBI clears 1.8 million DNA sample backlog amid nationwide arrests, Patel says

WASHINGTON — The FBI Laboratory has cleared a 2024 backlog of 1.8 million DNA samples, Director Kash Patel announced Friday, as field offices reported a string of arrests targeting fugitives, online child predators, drug traffickers, a former intelligence employee and a Puerto Rico-based transnational criminal organization.

Patel credited the Criminal Justice Information Services Division and the FBI’s Forensic and Financial Division, along with technology and equipment upgrades, for eliminating the backlog. The samples are now being used in violent crime cases nationwide, he said in a weekly video message.

“Huge congratulations to Lab’s Federal DNA Database Unit,” Patel said. Click here to read more.

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Michigan ranks No. 6 among states for worst record in chronic absenteeism

Michigan had the sixth-worst rate among 44 states for the number of students who were chronically absent from school in 2025, according to the new report. Last year, 29% of students in the Great Lakes State were chronically absent.

The American Enterprise Institute report, “From Attendance Crisis to Chronic Condition?,” defines a chronically absent student as one who misses at least 10% of the days in a school year. Officials at the Michigan Department of Education use the same definition.

The report from the Washington, D.C.-based think tank evaluates school systems and states by the percentage of their students who are chronically absent, which amounts to 15 to 20 times per school year. Click here to read more.

 

University Student Sues County for Flock Camera Records

FLINT, Mich - Kettering University student Josh Tewolde has filed a lawsuit against Genesee County after the county refused to release key public records concerning its use of Flock Safety automated license plate reader cameras.

Represented by the Mackinac Center Legal Foundation, Tewolde is asking the Genesee County Circuit Court to require the county to disclose records requested under Michigan’s Freedom of Information Act, including a map of Flock camera locations, audit logs showing who accessed the camera data and when, and records of scans involving Tewolde’s own vehicle.

Flock cameras capture images of every passing vehicle, including license plates and visible details such as make, model and color. The information is stored in a searchable database and can later be used in criminal investigations. Click here to read more.

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A Call to Power: Islamic Leaders See Ballot Box as Path to Paradise

The call to prayer is sounding across America. From Hamtramck, Michigan, to Paterson, New Jersey, to Minneapolis, Minnesota, rooftop amplifiers remind growing numbers of Muslim faithful five times a day of their duties with the Arabic message that “Allah is the Greatest! There is no god but Allah!”

The so-called “adhan” is just one sign of how Islam is transforming pockets of the nation. As more Muslims participate in the country’s political life, running for office, influencing, and in some cases, even controlling local governments, they are putting their own stamps on their communities: renaming city streets after Arab homelands and mandating Islamic holidays and halal-only lunches in public schools, while even changing noise ordinances to the consternation of many non-Muslim neighbors.

Like Polish, German, Irish, and Italian immigrants before them, American Muslims now control several small cities. These include Hamtramck, which has an all-Muslim city council, as well as midsize cities like neighboring Dearborn. Click here to read more.

 

Obamacare Improper Enrollment Cost US Taxpayers $65,000,000,000 In Just One Year, New Report Reveals

Improper enrollment across Affordable Care Act exchanges cost American taxpayers billions of dollars in 2024, according to a Paragon Health Institute analysis released Wednesday.

Combining Paragon’s previous estimates of improper exchange enrollment and Medicaid expansion enrollment suggests that 14.3 million individuals enrolled in these programs in 2024, or 34% of total ACA enrollees, were actually ineligible, according to the report. The analysis also projects that improper enrollment across the two ACA programs cost the federal government approximately $65 billion in 2024. Click here to read more.

 

FBI raids three Metro Detroit addiction treatment centers, owner’s home

Three addiction treatment centers were raided by the FBI. Quality Behavioral Health treats people recovering from addiction, but Tuesday morning, three of its locations were the target of an FBI raid.

Video captured at the scene shows investigators banging down the door at the Quality Behavioral Health on East Grand Boulevard near Mack on Detroit’s east side. They also raided the Eastpointe location, and SkyFOX flew over the raid on their facility in Troy on Tuesday morning.

However, FOX 2 also learned the feds raided the home of the owner, Naveed Syed. His attorney spoke with us Wednesday.

“Literally a year ago, August 2025, my client was told by some patients that on the way in or out of one of the facilities, they were stopped by someone who identified themselves as a federal agent,” said Arthur Weiss. Click here to read more.

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One of Michigan’s richest communities snags $790k from new state budget

LANSING, Mich - Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has shifted the legal strategy in her fight against fossil fuel companies. Nessel’s office filed an antitrust lawsuit in January that reads less like a traditional competition case and more like an alternate history of how energy markets supposedly would have evolved but for a decades-long conspiracy. The complaint does not merely allege misconduct; it imagines an entirely different Michigan – one where electric vehicles dominate roads, renewable energy is ubiquitous, and consumers enjoy lower costs and broader choices in transportation and home energy.   

In this “but-for” world, electric vehicles would no longer be niche or luxury products. Click here to read more.

 

Bill Maher mocks Democrats’ ‘double standard’ on faith, saying Jewish belief isn’t welcome

WASHINGTON — Comedian Bill Maher shot at what he portrayed as the double standard of the Democratic Party on religion during a CNN show segment on Friday. Maher said that a candidate’s public faith is welcome only “as long as that faith isn’t Jewish.”

Maher’s comments came after a segment on CNN’s “Real Time” when Dana Bash discussed Texas Democrat James Talarico’s Christian faith, saying he “wears his faith on his sleeve” in a way Talarico believes could help him.

“Well, in the Democratic Party, as long as that faith isn’t Jewish, you’re good,” Maher said.

A Pew Research Center poll shows 80% of Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents have an unfavorable view of Israel. At the same time, 41% of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents also hold a negative view of the Jewish state. Click here to read more.

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Data Center Backlash Brings Thousands Of Projects To A Screeching Halt

Americans’ growing opposition to the prevalence of data centers has led many politicians to limit or pause their increase altogether.

Lawmakers in New York and Texas, for example, have effected stoppages of data center projects, while other states, such as Pennsylvania, have issued more restrictions on data center construction. Americans’ support for data centers has generally plummeted, as critics have linked them to higher utility bills — reflecting extraordinary water and energy usage — being experienced by local communities.

Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott issued a sprawling data center moratorium in early August as residents soured on data centers. Abbott claimed his moratorium would protect Texans. Click here to read more.

 

New York Liberty Run Pro-Trans Scoreboard Message, Deny Paid Message from Group Supporting Women’s Sports

New York City’s WNBA team refused to take a paid scoreboard message from a woman who wanted to support the XX-XY movement to protect women’s sports from men identifying as women. Naturally, the team had no problem displaying pro-trans scoreboard messages.

Julie Potter, a lesbian hip-hop performer, says the New York Liberty tried to alter her message, which she paid to display at Barclays Center during the Liberty’s game against the Indiana Fever.

Potter says she has a receipt showing she paid $100 for the scoreboard message to be shown during the August 22 game, OutKick reports. Click here to read more.

 

17-year-old high school quarterback dies after football game injury

ALMA CENTER, Wis. – A high school senior in Wisconsin died from an injury suffered during Thursday night’s football game.

Superintendent Drew Semingson said 17-year-old Adam Massman was hurt during the game and received medical care from emergency personnel on the field before being taken to the hospital.

The district learned Saturday afternoon that Massman had died from the injury, Semingson said.

“This loss touches our Lincoln family in many ways,” Semingson said.

The superintendent said Massman was active throughout the Lincoln community and participated in multiple sports, clubs and activities.

Adam Massman as a student-athlete. Click here to read more.