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Chairman of the Lenawee County Democratic Party, Bill Swift, called for the hanging of supporters of President Donald Trump while labeling immigration officials as “Nazi collaborators” in a Facebook post. Despite his deleted post following the backlash, he doubled down on his statements during a call-in appearance on Talk Back Radio with Doug Spade and Mike Clement. Swift claimed he removed the post because Trump supporters “might do violence to people in our community.” However, he stood behind his statements, saying, “We as a party and I as an individual absolutely 100% support the statements that we made.” Swift defended...

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer poses with Lenawee County Democrat Party chair Bill Swift in 2024 A Lenawee County Democrat who posted an unhinged rant denying the 2024 election results and labeling immigration officials as “Nazi collaborators” is doubling down. Lenawee County Democratic Party Chairman Bill Swift called in to Talk Back Radio with Doug Spade and Mike Clement on Saturday to discuss the post, which was deleted from the party’s Facebook page shortly after it was posted last week. Swift on Saturday also called for the death penalty for the president’s supporters.

A former “Jeopardy!” winner and one-time record holder; has been charged with two felony counts after an investigation into alleged cyber crimes commited in the school she worked as a history professor. Stephanie Jass appeared in Lenawee County court, in southern Michigan, on Tuesday to face charges of unauthorized access to a computer in Adrian College, where she taught, and using it to commit a crime. According to The Daily Telegram, a local news outlet, the first charge alone carries with it a potential penalty of five years in prison and a $10,000 fine. The former game show champ allegedly...

Note: The following text is a quote: Nine Members of a Militia Group Charged with Seditious Conspiracy and Related Offenses Six Michigan residents, along with two residents of Ohio and a resident of Indiana, were indicted by a federal grand jury in Detroit on charges of seditious conspiracy, attempted use of weapons of mass destruction, teaching the use of explosive materials, and possessing a firearm during a crime of violence, United States Attorney Barbara L. McQuade and FBI Special Agent in Charge Andrew Arena announced today. The five-count indictment, which was unsealed today, charges that between August 2008 and the...