FDA bureaucracy effectively blocking an autism-treating drug
Drug review processes at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration are not serving the American public.
Exhibit 1 illustrating this are the special FDA programs Congress has developed over the past two decades: fast-track designation, the priority review voucher program and emergency use authorization.
Earlier this year, FDA Commissioner Marty Makary went further, announcing that the FDA’s default stance on drug approval would now be a single Phase 3 or “pivotal” trial, rather than two. Click here to read more.
Macomb County Clerk Anthony Forlini finds 640 noncitizens summoned for jury duty in 2025
Macomb County Clerk Anthony Forlini has now flagged 640 people who self-reported as noncitizens when they were summoned for jury duty in 2025.
That’s up from 239 he identified in January from a sample review that covered Sept. 5, 2025 through Jan. 8, 2026.
“From that group, 640 individuals lawfully self-reported that they were not United States citizens and therefore ineligible to serve. That is not suspicious. That is compliance with the law,” Forlini wrote in a Sunday column for the Macomb Daily. “However, when those self-reported non-citizens were compared against Michigan’s Qualified Voter File, 18 individuals were identified who, at some point, were registered to vote.”
Of those 18, four were removed from the state’s Qualified Voter File – one of which has a voting record – one was placed in “challenge” status, three were referred for removal, and 10 had previously had their registrations canceled, including two with a record of voting, he wrote. Click here to read more.
Online Pharmacies Hawk Trans Drugs to Vulnerable Kids Without Requiring Prescription, Watchdog Warns
A medical watchdog is calling on the Food and Drug Administration to investigate companies that allow Americans to purchase sex-rejecting drugs without a prescription, in pursuit of transgender identity.
Do No Harm released a report titled “The Lack of Barriers to Minors Ordering Cross-Sex Hormones Online” Tuesday. It highlights certain websites that may enable minors to obtain estrogen and testosterone from online pharmacies and other sources that do not appear to require prescriptions or age verification.
Dr. Kurt Miceli, a psychiatrist and chief medical officer at Do No Harm, blamed the transgender movement—specifically the Human Rights Campaign and the World Professional Association for Transgender Health—for creating the conditions behind this phenomenon. Click here to read more. Click here to read more.
Michigan cities fight residents over free speech
A First Amendment watchdog group says 20 local governments in the state of Michigan violated the Constitution through public comment rules that limit critical comments.
The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE), a nonprofit that advocates free speech rights, pointed to multiple cases of municipalities ruling out critical commentary. In some cases around the state, cities have taken action against critics. The city of Taylor fought a resident who wanted to read critical emails out loud, and the mayor of Jackson prevented a man from criticizing a city council member during public commentary.
In municipalities all across the state, restrictions are baked into public commentary rules. Click here to read more.
Michigan taxpayers build it, but nobody comes
Michigan lawmakers operate a Field of Dreams economic development program. They spend millions buying land and preparing it for private businesses. But if the state builds it and companies don’t come, taxpayers are out the money and have no jobs to show for their trouble. It’s a bad structure that wastes taxpayer funds.
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer wants to spend $150 million trying it again. But Michigan has racked up a long losing streak with site development.
The state already approved $259 million for site preparation for a semiconductor manufacturer deal that didn’t happen. The latest annual report — a year and five months out of date — says $145 million was spent buying the land and developing it. Click here to read more.
