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Actor Mark Wahlberg isn’t hip to everything all these liberal celebrities have to say. In fact, he’s quite tired of hearing their thoughts about politics – just like the rest of us. Not one to be subtle, Wahlberg says celebs need to be quiet. From Truth Revolt: In a recent interview promoting his upcoming film Patriot’s Day, actor Mark Wahlberg said celebrities need to shut up about politics and look outside their bubble. Wahlberg’s words… You know, it just goes to show you that people aren’t listening to that anyway. They might buy your CD or watch your movie, but...

According to court records, in 1988 a 16-year-old Mr Wahlberg brutally attacked a Vietnamese man named Thanh Lam with a stick while spewing racial epithets and knocking him unconscious. Seeing police, Mr Wahlberg fled and found Hoa Trinh, another Vietnamese man. He put his hand around Mr Trinh's shoulder and asked the man to help him hide. After the police cars had passed, Mr Wahlberg punched Mr Trinh in the eye, permanently blinding him. According to the police report, during his arrest the future actor used several anti-Asian slurs. He served 45 days of a three-month sentence, all while maintaining...

Actor Mark Wahlberg is asking Massachusetts for a pardon for assaults he committed in 1988 when he was a troubled teenager in Boston, saying he has dedicated himself to becoming a better person in his adult years so he can be a role model to his children and others. The former rapper known as Marky Mark and a star of movies including "The Departed" and "The Gambler," set to open in theaters Dec. 19, filed a pardon application with state officials Nov. 26. New England Cable News first reported on the application Thursday. In 1988, when Wahlberg was 16, he...

Former Rep. Mark Schauer (D-Mich.) was hit with pepper spray while protesting “right to work” legislation outside the Michigan state capitol on Wednesday. “I immediately began to retreat and began to cover my eyes and my mouth,” he told the Battle Creek Enquirer. “It was not good.” Meanwhile, Fox News contributor Steven Crowder was punched repeatedly in an altercation with one protester. Schauer served one term; he beat Rep. Tim Walberg (R) in 2008 only to lose to the former congressman two years later. Tear gas was sprayed at least once, according to the Detroit Free Press. At least two...

LANSING, MI -- Democratic gubernatorial hopeful Mark Schauer this week outlined his plan for K-12 schools, knocked Gov. Rick Snyder's education policies and fired back at Republicans who say he doesn't have a plan for… much of anything, really. Welcome back to Michigan Political Points, my weekly roundup of interesting news, views and YouTubes from the state Capitol and beyond. POLITICS AND PLANS: Schauer, asked about the Republican narrative that he has "no plan" for Michigan's future, called his education proposal "a concrete policy plan" and invited Republicans to read it. "They should have read my proposal to raise the...

<p>DETROIT, MI -- Candidate for governor Mark Schauer plans to announce his running mate in a series of news conferences Thursday.</p> <p>Two Lansing-based news services, Gongwer and MIRS, report that Schauer is expected to name Oakland County Clerk Lisa Brown as his candidate for lieutenant governor.</p>

SAGINAW, MI — A group of Saginaw County-area Democrats joined together at Saginaw's Savoy Bar and Grill to endorse Michigan gubernatorial candidate Mark Schauer. Michael Hanley, chairman of the Saginaw County Board of Commissioners, said he met Schauer in 1996 on the former congressman's first campaign for state representative. "I can't tell you what a strong leader Mark has been since the very beginning," said Hanley at the event Monday, Feb. 24. "He certainly has a great wealth of experience. One thing he has carried with him throughout that entire experience is a strong support for working people." Schauer pledged...

Mark Wahlberg plays a Navy Seal on a mission in Afghanistan for his latest film, "Lone Survivor," but the actor made it abundantly clear that what he did to prepare for his role was nothing compared to what a real soldier faces. During a Q&A after the Tuesday screening of the film about the real-life 2005 Navy Seal mission to capture or kill a notorious Taliban leader, Wahlberg, who's famous for his bluntness, went off on a five-minute rant when asked about his rigorous training for the shoot.

LANSING, MI -- It's official: Former Congressman Mark Schauer is running for Michigan governor. The Battle Creek Democrat announced his candidacy online Tuesday and filed paperwork with the Michigan Secretary of State establishing a candidate committee, Mark Schauer for Governor, which will allow him to begin raising funds as he seeks the party nomination in 2014. He's the first Democrat to declare for the race and is the clear party favorite to challenge first-term Republican Gov. Rick Snyder, who has not yet confirmed his own re-election plans but is widely expected to run. "We need a governor who will protect...

Mark Wahlberg a.k.a. Marky Mark just told TMZ that he'd reunite with The Funky Bunch in order to help the victims of the Boston Marathon Bombing.

........... We know Schauer, having watched him as a state senator and congressman representing Jackson County for a total of eight years. So, at the risk of speculating too much — Schauer has only put out signals he will run — here are sone thoughts on his potential candidacy. — He is a tough campaigner. Schauer singlehandedly rewrote Jackson County's electoral map in 2002 when he comfortably defeated Jackson County politician Mickey Mortimer for the Senate. Schauer did so even though he lived in a different county and was running in a district that narrowly leaned Republican. By the time...

Mark Wahlberg said today he never would have made such "out of line" comments regarding the Sept. 11 attacks -- and blamed the interviewer for asking the question.

Mark Wahlberg quickly apologized Wednesday for claiming he would have subdued the 9/11 hijackers. The "Contraband" star said that had he been on hijacked flight United 93 on Sept. 11, 2001, as originally scheduled, it wouldn't have crashed into a field in Pennsylvania. Wahlberg was scheduled to fly from New York to Boston on the morning of Sept. 11 on the flight that was hijacked by Al Qaeda terrorists. But he had a change of plans before the fateful date.

Tim Walberg was sent home from Congress two years ago when Mark Schauer was swept into office with the help of a strong Democratic wave. But the tide turned against the Democrats nationally Tuesday, and voters sent Walberg — along with a majority of House Republicans — back to Washington. Several hundred enthusiastic Walberg supporters burst into thunderous applause when the Tipton Republican addressed them late Tuesday night. “It has been a tough-fought battle as you might have noticed. It’s been well watched, it’s been well-spent and financed,” Walberg said. “But we won.” The 7th Congressional District was one of...

Tuesday’s congressional race between U.S. Rep Mark Schauer and Republican opponent Tim Walberg is more about policy than the people who are running. It is a critical opportunity for voters in our community to express their concerns about policy decisions of the last two years under President Obama. We believe Jackson County voters must send a message to Washington, and that is why we strongly endorse Tim Walberg. Walberg will go to our nation’s capital to fight a left-leaning, spendthrift, socialist agenda and restore fiscal discipline to an out-of-control Democratic Congress. Schauer will continue to support policies that will hurt...

Michigan's 7th Congressional District would represent a high-profile upset for Republicans, given that the district includes Jackson, the birthplace of the Republican Party, and it had been in Republican hands from 2993 to 2009. Freshman Congressman Mark Schauer, a Democrat, narrowly defeated the GOP's Tim Walberg in 2008 and is facing a rematch this mid-term election. It's an anti-incumbency election in a slightly Republican-leaning district, so Walberg is presenting a strong challenge for Schauer. The race, as it stands, is a toss-up. ------------------ Key Differences between Tim Walberg and Mark Schauer Jobs: Schauer was a supporter of the stimulus bill,...

U.S. Rep. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisc.), the only openly lesbian member of Congress, was at Affirmations June 14 to support U.S. Rep. Mark Schauer (D-Battle Creek) in his reelection bid. "We need Mark Schauer back in Washington," said Baldwin. "As members of the LGBT community, we need to make sure our strong allies, like Mark, keep their seats in Congress." "I am proud to be a co-sponsor of ENDA (the Employment Non-Discrimination Act), I voted in favor of the Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Act," Schauer said to the group of about 20 community leaders and donors. Schauer said that pundits believe...

Mark Schauer's earmarks exceeded $55 million.Aware of the national backlash against runaway federal spending, U.S. Rep. Mark Schauer said earmarks he recently requested are aimed at strengthening the local economy. Schauer submitted 42 earmark requests for 2011, totaling $55.1 million for his district, with about $8 million slated for 10 projects in Jackson County.(snipped) Last year, Schauer submitted 41 earmarks, totaling more than $80 million; about $33 million was approved. Of eight earmark requests Schauer made last year for projects in Jackson County, two were approved, and both for substantially less than the amount requested. Schauer said that since he...

OLDWATER (WTVB) - It was a hostile standing room only crowd in Coldwater that greeted and at times jeered Representative Mark Schauer yesterday afternoon as the Seventh District Congressman attempted to find support for the recently passed healthcare reform bill which Schauer voted in favor of. However, most of those in the audience at the Burnside Senior Center would have none of that and peppered Schauer with questions about how the government can afford to pay for the reform measure.

U.S. Rep. Mark Schauer said today he plans to vote in favor of health-care reform. The freshman Democratic Congressman had been undecided in the weeks leading up to the vote, but made his decision after the Congressional Budget Office released its estimates that the bill will reduce the deficit by $130 billion over 10 years. “ I needed to see the bill and the Congressional Budget Office score,” Schauer told the Citizen Patriot in an exclusive interview. “The bill fundamentally does what I hoped it would.”