Flint isn't the only city in Michigan with problems. Detroit is dealing with their own disasters, one of which is the condition of their public schools.

And, the major issues at those schools have a direct connection with Flint's water crisis - they are ruled by the same emergency manger, Darnell Earley, who was appointed by Governor Rick Snyder.

For the last several weeks, teachers at Detroit Public Schools have been protesting conditions like broken plumbing, rotten cafeteria food, and even dead rodents by holding "sick-outs" that force schools to be closed.

Although the school district attempted to get a restraining order to block the protests, the Michigan Court of Claims denied that request. School sanitation and food safety shouldn't require teachers to protest to be addressed, but Rick Snyder's little dictator cares more about dollars than he does about student safety.

The people of Flint had to fight hard to be heard, and it looks like the teachers of Detroit have learned from Flint's fight for clean water.

If Snyder and his cronies want to run Michigan into the ground, they will have to do so under a national spotlight.

-Thom

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The Daily Stack 

Hour One: What Really Happened In Iowa Last Night
- Ari Rabin-Havt, -The Agenda/SiriusXM Progress/The Benghazi Hoax    

Article: "Missing precinct scrambles to report Sanders won" by Jennifer Jacobs.

Article: "Loser.com redirects to Trump's Wikipedia page" by Chad Merda.

Article: "Worst political excuse ever? Fourth-placed Ben Carson flees Iowa for Florida before the results are in - claiming he needs to pick up fresh CLOTHES" by Chris Spargo.

Article: "The Democratic Caucus In Iowa Is So Close That Precincts Are Resorting To A Literal Coin Toss" by Aviva Shen.

Article: "Hillary Clinton Won 6 Out of 6 Coin Tosses Last Night. Here's How Statistically Improbable That Is" by Amanda Girard.

Article: "Iowa caucus results: Martin O'Malley drops out after 3rd-place finish" by Matthew Yglesias.

Article: "Mike Huckabee drops out of 2016 presidential race" by Eric Bradner and Mark Preston.

Book: The Death of the West: How Dying Populations and Immigrant Invasions Imperil Our Country and Civilization by Patrick J. Buchanan.

Article: "The Many Faces of Iowa's Caucus Voters" by Randy Yeip, Max Rust and Jessia Ma.

Article: "Results from the 2016 Iowa Caucus" by WSJ News Graphics.

Article: "GOP Lawmakers Vote To Repeal Obamacare, Again, On Groundhog Day" by Alex Zielinski.

Article: "Santorum finished 34 votes ahead of Romney in new Iowa tally; votes from 8 precincts missing" by David A. Fahrenthold and Debbi Wilgoren.

Site: The People's Ten Commandments.

Article: "At my site - Hillary's precinct capt. took delegate away from Bernie (via O'Malley)" by bullwinkle428.

Video: Real Time with Bill Maher: Stand With Progessive Muslims (HBO) .

Article: "Iowa caucus results: Sanders and Clinton 'in virtual tie' as Cruz beats Trump - as it happened" by Scott Bixby.

Article: "Clinton voter fraud in Polk County, Iowa Caucus" by Anonymous.

Article: "Here's the full text of Bernie Sanders's Iowa speech" by Jeff Stein.

Site: Street Sense DC.

Hour Two: Iowa Caucus Results...What Does It All Mean?
- Mark Thompson, "Make It Plain" on SiriusXM Progress 127, 6-9p ET M-F   

 

Article: "Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement" (TPP) by EFF.

Article: "Keystone Pipeline" by Wikipedia.

Video: America | Bernie Sanders.

Article: "TPP trade deal to be signed in New Zealand on Feb 4" by AFP.

Article: "Ngati Whatua members agree to perform TPP ceremony powhiri" by ONE News.

Article: "Iowa caucus: Hillary Clinton won six delegates via coin toss" by Samuel Osborne.

Article: "Iowa caucus: Ted Cruz echoes Ronald Reagan in victory speech" by Dara Lind.

Quote: "when the clergy addressed General Washington on his departure from the Government, it was observed in their consultation, that he had never, on any occasion, said a word to the public which showed a belief in the Christian religion" - Thomas Jefferson.

Article: "'Scandalous' Solyndra Program Actually Earned Taxpayers A $5 Billion Profit" by Jeff Spross.

Article: "The Jefferson Bible" by Thomas Jefferson.

Article: "Candidates and God on the Campaign Trail" by Francis X. Clines.

 

Talk Media News Segment:
- Bob Ney 

Article: "Clinton narrowly wins Iowa caucuses" by Nick Salazar.

Article: "Cruz takes Iowa, Clinton and Sanders neck and neck" by TMN.

Article: "O'Malley ends presidential bid" by Luke Vargas.

Article: "At one Iowa precinct, O'Malley voters tip scales for Sanders" by Luke Vargas.

Article: "Jeb Bush Spent $2,800 Per Vote In Iowa" by Janie Velencia, Hilary Fung.

Book: "Sideswiped: Lessons Learned Courtesy of the Hit Men of Capitol Hill" by Robert Ney.

Site: "Goats for the old Goat".

Site: Governor Free Don Siegelman.

Article: "I'm starting to really love this "loss"" by Flying Squirrel.

Article: "Want a Friend in Washington, Get a Dog" - attributed to Harry S. Truman.

Event: Wed 3 Feb, Derry, N.H.: "CNN Announces Democratic Town Hall for Wednesday" by Mark Joyella.

Event: Thurs 4 Feb, N.H.: "MSNBC to host New Hampshire Democratic debate".

Article: "Sanders Announces $2.7 Million For Vermont Community Health Centers" by Sen. Bernie Sanders.

Article: "Morning Joe 10/8/15: Bernie Sanders: GOP voters are considering me".

Article: "I'm writing to you today to announce the death of the Republican Party." by Robert Reich.

Article: "Whig Party (United States)" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Know Nothing" by Wikipedia.

 

Article: "Why Big Blizzards In Winter Don't Disprove Global Warming" by Joe Romm.

Article: "The Secret To Ending Plastic Waste And Its Devastating Impacts" by Jo Confino.

Article: "Snow Soaks Up Toxic Pollutants In The Air, Study Shows" by Jacqueline Howard.

Article: "High-intensity interval training has great gains - and pain" by Bethany Brookshire.

Article: "Denmark broke world record for wind power in 2015" by Arthur Neslen.

 

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