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Michigan’s Green Energy Plan Means Higher Bills, More Blackouts

MIDLAND, Mich. — Michigan’s net-zero energy law could more than double utility bills, increase blackout risks, and deliver negligible climate benefits, a new report from the Mackinac Center for Public Policy warns.

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s “MI Healthy Climate Plan” mandates 100% clean energy by 2050 through a rapid transition to wind, solar, and battery storage as well as the phasing out of fossil fuels.

“Michigan’s Expensive Net-Zero Gamble: Projecting the Costs of Gov. Whitmer’s MI Healthy Climate Plan” was conducted in partnership with the Center of the American Experiment and Always On Energy Research. The report concludes that the governor’s proposed transition will strain the state’s power grid and impose major costs on taxpayers. Click here to read more.

 

Civil rights groups alarmed over Quebec’s move to ban prayer in public

Quebec says it will ban prayer in public, a move that civil rights groups described as an “alarming measure” that targets religious minority groups and would infringe on “basic democratic freedoms”.

The province’s secularism minister, Jean-François Roberge, said the move had been prompted by the “proliferation of street prayer” which he described as “a serious and sensitive issue” adding that the government had watched with “unease”. Roberge said the government would introduce legislation in the fall.

The announcement follows public statements from Quebec’s premier, François Legault, who expressed mounting frustration over public prayers in the province’s largest city, Montreal. Click here to read more.

 

Just 38.9% of Michigan third graders proficient in reading, according to state test

In the third grade, Michigan’s children are learning to recognize and use prefixes like re- and un- and suffixes like -ful and—less to expand their vocabulary. They practice high-frequency words that appear in nearly everything they will ever read, such as again, between, favorite, and important. As they grow into confident readers, they begin writing and reading compound words like playground, sunshine, and notebook.

But that progress is not happening at the rate it should. The latest state test results show that over 60% of third graders cannot read at grade level.

According to the Michigan Department of Education, only 38.9% of third graders scored proficient in reading on the most recent M-STEP exam, the poorest result since the test began. In 2019, before the pandemic and Michigan’s extended period of remote learning under Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, nearly 45% of students were at grade level. The steady decline since then shows that many children have not recovered from those prolonged classroom closures. Click here to read more.

 

Left-Wing Dark Money Outfit Accused of Trying to Buy Social Media Influencers

One of the most influential left-wing dark money organizations stands accused of trying to buy social media influencers, aiming to unify the Left as Democrats struggle to find the path forward after President Donald Trump’s historic victory in November.

Trump’s interviews with conservative YouTubers, podcast hosts, and alternative media influencers accumulated more than 100 million views ahead of the 2024 presidential election, and it seems the group Sixteen Thirty Fund, which has ties to Arabella Advisors, is intent on galvanizing this new strategy on the other side of the aisle.

Will its efforts unite the woke infrastructure of the Left with the large audiences who flock to left-wing influencers? Or will the exposure of this effort further divide the Democrat activist class? Click here to read more.

 

Florida authorities uncover widespread illegal alien cheating scheme for CDL exam: report

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — An investigation into a criminal scheme that allowed non-English speaking individuals to cheat on their commercial driver’s license, or CDL exam has exposed a link between fraud and fatal crashes, according to a report by First Coast News.

The report details how a group of men, including five who were arrested in Jacksonville, used hidden cameras and earpieces to receive test answers from accomplices outside of a DMV testing center.

The scheme, which the Florida Highway Patrol calls “organized fraud,” allowed applicants to obtain a CDL without a proper understanding of English or road signs.

According to First Coast News, the danger of the scheme was tragically illustrated by a fatal crash in South Florida. Click here to read more.

OAKLAND COUNTY, Mich. (Aug. 29, 2025) — Oakland County Sheriff Michael J. Bouchard voiced concern Friday over recent bond rulings that allowed two men facing serious felony charges to be released on minimal bail.

Bouchard pointed to two cases handled this month by Magistrate Angelena Marie Thomas-Scruggs. On Thursday, 25-year-old Robertlee Rayshawn Rogers was arraigned in 50th District Court on five felony counts, including assault with intent to murder. Rogers was under a court order barring him from contact with the victim when the alleged assault took place. Despite that, he was released on a $1,000 personal bond.

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A similar ruling came Aug. 15, when Thomas-Scruggs set bond at $5,000 cash/surety, with 10% down, for Charles Edward Black II. Black was arraigned on multiple felonies, including carrying a concealed weapon, narcotics trafficking and possession of a device to convert a firearm into a machine gun. Convictions on those charges could carry decades in prison.

“These are not minor offenses — they are extraordinarily serious crimes that endanger lives and carry lengthy sentences,” Bouchard said in a statement. “Our deputies and prosecutors work tirelessly to hold violent offenders accountable. It is unacceptable, and frankly reprehensible, when magistrates or judges undermine those efforts by releasing dangerous individuals on minimal bond.”

Bouchard said such decisions place victims and the public at risk and erode trust in the justice system.

Black is scheduled for a probable cause conference before Judge Ronda Gross on Sept. 9.

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Seton Hall Prof Fires Back At Academia, Slamming Legalized Sports Betting

A professor of economics at Seton Hall has delivered a 24-page reality check to everyone wringing their hands about legalized sports betting.

Kurt Rotthoff’s new paper, published Aug. 1 on Social Science Research Network (SSRN.com) doesn’t just acknowledge that sports betting has downsides. It calls out the entire academic establishment for asserting that the benefits don’t exist.

“A majority of the literature looks at the negative impacts of legalized sports betting,” writes Rotthoff, Associate Provost for Strategy and Finance at the university. “Although many studies analyze the costs of legalized sports betting, most ignore the fact that benefits also exist.” Click here to read more.

 

The Collapse of Europe’s Socialist Experiment

There are mass demonstrations in Britain against illegal immigration and crime that’s not treated in the way it is with citizens. There’s a perception that immigrants, many of them in Britain illegally, are not treated equally. And I mean equally in the system, that they’re not treated severely as they should be, according to the law.

In Germany, there are massive defections in support for illegal migration. Remember, former Chancellor Angela Merkel said, “Yes, we can let in people from the Middle East.” Mostly Muslims. She let in 1 million into Germany. It’s got 15% to 16% of the population are aliens. They’re not German citizens. They weren’t born in Germany.

We have the same type of unrest appearing in the Netherlands and, to a lesser degree, in France.

Unfortunately, illegal immigration and unsecured borders are not Europe’s only problems. They made a conscientious decision—that is, most European countries—to lessen their carbon footprint, on the idea that they were going to go to zero-net emissions Click here to read more.

 

‘Wish I Never Brain-Washed Myself’: Minnesota School Shooter Said He Was ‘Tired Of Being Trans’

The trans-identifying shooter who killed two children and wounded more than a dozen others at a Catholic school in Minneapolis on Wednesday wrote in a journal entry that he was “tired of being trans” and regretted that he “brain-washed” himself.

A journal reportedly belonging to Robin Westman, 23, who was born Robert Westman, revealed some of the dark thoughts of the gunman who opened fire on students and staff while they were attending morning Mass at Annunciation Catholic School. The journal, which was written in a mix of Russian Cyrillic script and English, indicated that Westman held regrets about identifying as transgender, The New York Post reported.

“I only keep [long hair] because it is pretty much my last shred of being trans. I am tired of being trans, I wish I never brain-washed myself,” Westman reportedly wrote. Click here to read more.

 

Michigan’s child welfare system is broken

Rep. Luke Meerman, R-Coopersville, chair of the House Child Welfare Systems Subcommittee, presented a detailed update to Tuesday’s House Oversight Committee, highlighting ongoing challenges and systemic failures within Michigan’s child welfare system.

“Many of them will never stand in front of us,” Meerman remaked, emphasizing the responsibility of the state legislature to advocate for vulnerable children.

Despite efforts to address these issues, Michigan continues to face significant hurdles. “All those statistics say we have a lot of room to grow. These are kids that are struggling and we’re not doing as well as we should as a state,” Meerman noted.

The subcommittee’s investigation has uncovered disturbing cases of neglect and abuse. An audit revealed that Michigan’s Department of Health and Human Services failed to review over 100 child deaths that met internal criteria for examination. The audit criticized MDHHS for inconsistently following procedures and for not updating the child fatality registry after 2022. “We agreed with the finding and took immediate actions to enhance the SSR process,” MDHHS Deputy Director Demetrius Starling acknowledged. Click here to read more.

 

Lawsuit links CA teen's suicide to artificial intelligence

The parents of a California teenager who committed suicide sued OpenAI, alleging that ChatGPT taught him how to harm himself, according to a lawsuit the parents filed Aug. 26.

Matthew and Maria Raine, the parents, filed a 40-page lawsuit in the California Superior Court in San Francisco against the company OpenAI and its CEO, Sam Altman. The lawsuit said OpenAI's ChatGPT-4o, which stands for Chat Generative Pre-trained Transformer, gave the California teenager explicit instructions for his suicide.

Adam Raine, 16, died after hanging himself on April 11, 2025.

“This tragedy was not a glitch or unforeseen edge case — it was the predictable result of deliberate design choices,” the lawsuit said.

Leading up to his death, Raine started to talk to artificial intelligence in September 2024 like it was his best friend, according to the suit. Rather than speaking with his family or friends about his anxiety and depression, he wrote to ChatGPT, the lawsuit said. Over time, AI went from being his confidant to his suicide coach, the lawsuit alleges. Click here to read more.