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  • Why The Amazon-Hertz Deal Worries Dealerships [12:32]

    09/29/2025 7:02:29 PM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 34 replies
    YouTube ^ | September 29, 2025 | CNBC Television
    Hertz's partnership with Amazon is another step in the e-commerce giant's slow march into auto sales. The deal could be a boon for the rental car giant, which is trying to sell more of its cars directly to consumers. Some experts say the shift toward direct online sales, especially involving e-commerce giants like Amazon, could spell trouble for dealerships, possibly even large publicly traded companies such as AutoNation, Group1, Sonic Automotive, Penske, and Asbury. Wholesale auction companies such as Manheim and AVC are also liable to be watching the shift, as direct to consumer sales could threaten their inventories. Why...
  • Michigan Church shooter told Burton council candidate that Mormons are the anti-Christ

    09/29/2025 11:03:42 AM PDT · by Yossarian · 57 replies
    MLive ^ | 9/29/2025 | Ron Fonger
    BURTON, MI -- The gunman who killed at least four worshippers at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Grand Blanc Township on Sunday unleashed an unprovoked, bitter critique of the Mormon faith just days before the deadly assault. Burton City Council candidate Kris Johns said he met Thomas Jacob Sanford, who police identified as the gunman, while campaigning door to door on East Atherton Road near Center Road on Sept. 22. ((SNIP)) After a few minutes of introductions, Johns said, Sanford steered the conversation directly to the Mormon church and did not turn back, repeatedly telling him...
  • [Face of a madman] Iraq War veteran Thomas Sanford ID’d as gunman who attacked Grand Blanc LDS church, killing 2 and setting it ablaze

    09/28/2025 1:08:31 PM PDT · by Freeleesy · 119 replies
    NYPost ^ | 9.28.25
    The deranged madman who killed at least two people and injured nine others at a Michigan Latter-day Saints church, torching the building and opening fire on fleeing congregants and their families, has been identified as 40-year-old Thomas Jacob Sanford, The Post can confirm
  • Michigan Church Shooting UPDATE

    09/29/2025 11:53:50 AM PDT · by Presbyterian Reporter · 9 replies
    FOX ^ | 9/29/2025
    This is the third press conference regarding the shooting at the Mount Blanc Michigan LDS Church
  • Feds Say Detroit Man Fabricated 1,200 Students to Steal $16M

    09/28/2025 5:22:59 PM PDT · by E. Pluribus Unum · 16 replies
    Townhall.com ^ | September 28, 2025 2:00 PM | Scott McClallen
    Two Detroit men have been charged for defrauding the higher education system in Federal Student Aid, announced United States Attorney Jerome Gorgon.The first complaint charges Brandon Robinson, 41, of Detroit with wire fraud related to false Federal Student Aid claims submitted in the names of other individuals. Between January 2015 and February 2024, Robinson submitted fraudulent FSA claims for more than 1200 individuals, involving over 100 schools in 24 states. Robinson caused over $16 million in FSA benefits to be awarded, with more than $10M disbursed. Additionally, the complaint alleges that Robinson also filed over 100 fraudulent unemployment insurance claims...
  • Michigan church death toll doubles after search of building where Iraq war veteran Thomas Jacob Sanford 'planted 3 bombs' and opened fire

    09/28/2025 6:13:20 PM PDT · by Morgana · 80 replies
    Daily Mail UK ^ | September 28, 2025 | Brittany Chain
    Four churchgoers have died, with at least eight more injured and others potentially unaccounted for after a gunman set fire to a Mormon church in Michigan and began shooting at congregants. The shooter, who was killed by police at the scene, has been identified as 40-year-old Iraq War veteran Thomas Jacob Sanford. Sanford opened fire on hundreds of people, including children, who had gathered for a service at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Grand Blanc about 10.25am on Sunday. Police confirmed in an 8pm press conference that two of the victims died from gunshot wounds, while...
  • Multiple victims in Michigan church shooting; church on fire, police say

    09/28/2025 8:52:17 AM PDT · by Salman · 162 replies
    CNN ^ | 2025-08-28 | Alaa Elassar
    Multiple victims have been injured in a shooting at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Grand Blanc, Michigan, on Sunday, according to police. The shooter is down and there is no ongoing threat to the public, according to the Grand Blanc Township Police Department. The church is currently on fire. Police are urging the public to avoid the area as emergency response efforts continue.
  • Shooting at Church in Grand Blanc, Michigan - LIVE Breaking News Coverage

    09/28/2025 8:29:54 AM PDT · by dynachrome · 195 replies
    youtube ^ | 9-28-25 | Lookner
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  • Three Rising Democratic Stars To Appear Alongside Hamas Lovers at Anti-Israel Conference in America’s ‘Jihad Capital’

    Abdul El-Sayed, Rep Ro Khanna, and Michigan lieutenant governor Garlin Gilchrist are all slated to appear at ArabConA trio of rising Democratic Party stars are slated to speak at an anti-Israel convention this week alongside a deep roster of Hamas sympathizers and anti-Semites. Michigan Senate candidate and former CNN contributor Abdul El-Sayed (D.), Rep. Ro Khanna (D., Calif.), and Michigan lieutenant governor Garlin Gilchrist (D.) are listed in the lineup for ArabCon, an event hosted by the American-Arab Discrimination Committee (ADC) in Dearborn, Mich., a majority-Muslim town dubbed "America’s Jihad Capital" because so many of its city and religious leaders...
  • Michigan HS took 'strong and decisive action' against player over disturbing play, athletics org says...A player from Kalamazoo Central pancaked a player on Lakeshore High School

    09/23/2025 7:46:50 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 45 replies
    FOX News ^ | September 22, 2025 | Ryan Gaydos
    [SNIP] A Kalamazoo Central High School football player jumped on top of his opponent at the tail end of play during a game against Lakeshore High School on Thursday. The mother of the 15-year-old player told a local Michigan TV station that her son suffered two spinal fractures.
  • Will High Court Take a Look at FBI's Role in Whitmer Kidnapping Case?

    09/23/2025 6:40:16 AM PDT · by MtnClimber · 19 replies
    RealClear Politics ^ | 23 Sep, 2025 | Julie Kelly
    In the aftermath of Charlie Kirk’s assassination, the media and Democratic Party politicians have pointed to the 2020 scheme to abduct and assassinate Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer as evidence that political violence comes from both sides of the political spectrum. News organizations routinely cite the plot in a timeline of recent incidents of political violence in this country; Whitmer herself mentioned the plan to “kidnap and kill me” in a video message posted on X last week while condemning Kirk’s murder. But the two examples aren’t comparable, and not only because Gretchen Whitmer was never harmed – nor ever in...
  • Michigan student, 11, expelled after taking gun away from classmate to prevent ‘unimaginable tragedy’

    09/21/2025 8:36:14 AM PDT · by lowbridge · 61 replies
    nypost.com ^ | September 21, 2025 | Nicholas McEntyre
    A Michigan middle schooler courageously disarmed a gun-carrying classmate, but was expelled when he failed to alert a teacher immediately, his furious mother claimed. Sakir, a seventh grader at the Dwight Rich School of the Arts, allegedly spotted his classmate carrying the gun during the school day and jumped into action to protect his peers, according to reports. “Sakir’s instinct was not to run away — it was to protect his classmates,” according to a GoFundMe set up for the young student and his family. “…preventing what could have been an unimaginable tragedy.” However, Everett was accused of possession of...
  • Lawsuit Can Proceed Against School District that Socially Transitioned Child and Hid It From Parents

    09/19/2025 10:06:54 PM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 9 replies
    Hotair ^ | 09/19/2025 | John Sexton
    Back in December of 2023, Dan and Jennifer Mead announced they were suing the Rockford Public School District in Michigan. The school their daughter attended had been socially transitioning her without informing them.The Meads' biologically female child had attended Rockford Public Schools, a district operating 20 schools in Rockford just north of Grand Rapids, since kindergarten, but after beginning sixth grade at East Rockford Middle School in fall of 2020, the child began meeting with the school counselor regarding a dip in their academic performance.Over the next two years, the child continued regularly meeting with the school counselor, branching into...
  • Michigan state Rep. Mai Xiong (D-Warren) cuts the head off a chicken as she invites supporters to "slay Republicans" with her

    09/19/2025 10:18:24 AM PDT · by DFG · 93 replies
    X ^ | 09/18/2025 | The Midwesterner
    Michigan state Rep. Mai Xiong (D-Warren) cuts the head off a chicken as she invites supporters to "slay Republicans" with her:
  • Mayor of majority Muslim city warns white resident he's 'not welcome' after complaints about signs hailing pro-Hamas local

    09/17/2025 11:51:46 AM PDT · by Morgana · 30 replies
    Daily Mail UK ^ | September 17, 2025 | Sophie Gable
    The mayor of a Michigan city with a large Muslim population has faced backlash for telling a Christian resident he was 'not welcome' after a tense exchange over a road sign honoring a local who expressed support for Hamas. Dearborn Mayor Abdullah Hammoud made the comment after Edward 'Ted' Barham told a City Council meeting that he opposed a road sign being erected at an intersection honoring Lebanese-American journalist Osama Siblani. Siblani founded the Arab American News, the first bilingual Arab weekly paper in Dearborn. He's previously come under fire for comments sympathetic to Hamas, calling the Palestinian group 'freedom...
  • Dearborn’s Muslim mayor tells Christian he’s ‘not welcome’ in debate on honoring pro-terror Arab leader [MI]

    09/17/2025 12:06:49 AM PDT · by Olog-hai · 56 replies
    Fox News ^ | September 16, 2025 10:08pm EDT | Jasmine Baehr
    At a Dearborn City Council meeting last week, Mayor Abdullah H. Hammoud told local resident Edward “Ted” Barham, a Christian, that he was “not welcome” in the city after Barham raised concerns about new street signs honoring Arab American News publisher Osama Siblani. FOX 2 Detroit reported that the signs honoring Siblani were placed at intersections on Warren Avenue by Wayne County, not the City of Dearborn. But the mayor escalated the debate, telling Barham, “Although you live here, you are not welcome here.” Barham introduced himself as “Ted Barham, Dearborn resident,” and objected to two intersections being renamed after...
  • Judge Dismisses Charges Against "Alternate Electors" [semi-satire]

    09/15/2025 10:04:13 AM PDT · by John Semmens · 2 replies
    Semi-News/Semi-Satire ^ | 14 September 2025 | John Semmens
    District Court Judge Kristen Simmons dismissed charges of election fraud against 15 Michigan Republicans who agreed to be the state's electors in the 2020 presidential election. "Historically, there have been other instances where the issue of which electors really represent the voters' choice has been disputed," she observed. "This is not fraud or a coup d'etat. It is a precautionary step in case recounts or reassessments of vote tallies reverse the results initially reported after the vote counting has been concluded. Both Democrats and Republicans have used this step. Once the winner is determined only one set of electors actually...
  • Detroit-area city can ban LGBTQ+ pride flags on public property, judge says

    09/10/2025 8:05:17 AM PDT · by Morgana · 14 replies
    AP ^ | September 9, 2025 | staff
    HAMTRAMCK, Mich. (AP) — A Detroit-area city that banned LGBTQ+ flags from publicly owned flagpoles did not violate the Constitution, a judge said. U.S. District Judge David Lawson dismissed a lawsuit against Hamtramck, two years after the city council voted to allow only five flags, including the American flag, the Michigan flag and flags that “represent the international character” of residents. The city is known for welcoming immigrants. A pride flag was flown in June 2021 and 2022 before some members of the all-Muslim council said it clashed with the beliefs of some members of their faith. Businesses and residents...
  • Democrat judge in America's 'Muslim capital' BANS gay pride flags after Islamic outrage

    09/14/2025 3:49:59 PM PDT · by MinorityRepublican · 50 replies
    The Daily Mail ^ | 14 Sep 2025 | ELIOT FORCE
    A federal judge has upheld a ban on gay pride flags after a years-long battle by an all-Muslim city council to remove the rainbow because it did not reflect their community's values. The court found that Hamtramck, an enclave surrounded by Detroit with a significant Muslim immigrant population, did not violate the US Constitution when it banned the flag from public buildings in 2023. After a pride flag was flown in the city during Pride Month in 2021 and 2022, the city council said it clashed with the beliefs of some residents, so they voted to allow only five flags...
  • Office Depot worker axed after refusing to print flyers for Charlie Kirk vigil

    09/12/2025 11:17:11 PM PDT · by Morgana · 43 replies
    Daily Mail UK ^ | September 13, 2025 | Kelly Garino
    An employee at a Michigan Office Depot was fired after allegedly refusing to print posters for a vigil honoring Charlie Kirk, instead calling the material 'propaganda.' The 31-year-old conservative firebrand was shot in the neck during a debate with a student about mass shootings, with horrifying footage showing him recoil from the impact before he was later pronounced dead. On Friday afternoon, the Kalamazoo County Republican Party ordered posters of the slain father-of-two from an Office Depot in Portage, Michigan, ahead of a vigil honoring Kirk that night. But nearly three hours after the order was placed, a supervisor named...