michigan
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How Henry Ford Ended Up With Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination Chair
Despite our complicated views on the man himself, I absolutely love the museum Henry Ford built in his hometown of Dearborn, Michigan. Aptly named the Henry Ford, it’s full of not just amazing cars and machinery, but little bits of history you wouldn’t normally find in your average car museum. Along with a vial of…
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Trump’s Favourite Covid Adviser: We’re Really Not Doing Enough to Collaborate With the Virus
The Trump administration’s pseudoscience advocate on the White House coronavirus task force, Dr. Scott Atlas, is urging the population of Michigan to, uh, stage some sort of rebellion in solidarity with the novel coronavirus.
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Infrastructure Weak: Michigan Dam Collapse Vividly Captures The Dangers Of Trump Deregulation
The dam failures that flooded entire swaths of Michigan on Wednesday didn’t just happen by chance. Boyce Hydro, the company that owns the two dams, has a history of ignoring U.S. federal regulations designed to prevent disasters like the floods from happening.
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Top Michigan Health Official On Trial For Flint Water Crisis Upgraded To Fancy New Job
The case of water contamination in Flint, Michigan, is a textbook example of government failure. So much so that the state’s attorney general office launched a criminal investigation against 15 state and local officials in 2016. The trials began this summer, but the charges — including involuntary manslaughter — apparently aren’t enough for the Michigan…