James David Dickson

Michigan

Make News Local Again. Host of Enjoyer Podcast @mich_enjoyer. 2024 swing state reporter in Michigan for @nypost. Blessed. DCD.

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Articles

How Michigan Democrats Became the Girlboss Party

6 days ago | enjoyer.com | James David Dickson

In Gov. John Engler’s first re-election campaign in 1994, the Michigan Democrats did not send their best. Instead, they sent a man named Howard Wolpe. Wolpe was a longtime congressman before running, but his name is largely forgotten in Michigan politics, except as trivia. Remember the guy Engler crushed in 1994? But Wolpe’ss running mate, Debbie Stabenow, would become a legend. At the time, she was a state senator.
Is the Ambassador Bridge the Bermuda Triangle for Illegals?

1 week ago | enjoyer.com | James David Dickson

To hear the Detroit media tell it, and the national media re-tell it, the Ambassador Bridge is Michigan’s Bermuda Triangle. One minute, you’re headed for Saturday samples at Costco, the next minute, you are a stranger in a foreign land, detained indefinitely at a black site, never to be seen again. The first telling of the “wrong turn into Canada” story was a farce. It was a skit on the sitcom “Detroiters.” It was an urban legend—Exit 47B, The Exit That Shall Not Be Taken.
We Need a Right to Not Be Assumed Racist

2 weeks ago | enjoyer.com | James David Dickson

When Michigan does become a right-to-work state again someday, the law will need an update for modern times. If union membership should not be a precondition for getting or keeping a job, nor should ideological training, swear-tos, or vaccination status. Workers need freedom from coercion in all forms. Since Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and the Democrats were kind enough to repeal Michigan’s right-to-work law in 2023, the modern version can be built back better.
Can You Trust a Reporter Wearing a Covid Mask?

2 weeks ago | enjoyer.com | James David Dickson

A photo showing Lansing reporter Tim Skubick wearing a big black mask while interviewing a lawmaker outside the Capitol was recently posted on X by the Midwesterner. Twitter (now known as X) is the worst thing that could’ve ever happened to journalists. Before Twitter, journalists like Skubick could pretend that no one could see their pro-Democrat bias. What they don’t realize is that with every word, with every choice or mannerism, their bias becomes more clear.
Rep. Julie Brixie Exiled, Silenced After Saran-Wrap Vandalism

2 weeks ago | enjoyer.com | James David Dickson

Rep. Julie Brixie’s walk to work just got 1,000 yards longer after House Speaker Matt Hall passed down punishment for her vandalism against a Republican colleague last week, Michigan Enjoyer has confirmed. At this juncture, the punishments are indefinite, said a House source familiar with the details of Brixie’s punishment. No time frame or terms have been set.
Julie Brixie Saran-Wrapping Matt Maddock’s Car Wasn’t Just Some Prank

3 weeks ago | enjoyer.com | James David Dickson

When Rep. Laurie Pohutsky sterilized herself for the sake of a headline, we prayed for her. When Gov. Gretchen Whitmer hid her face from cameras inside the Oval Office, you wanted to cover your face too. Then, this week, state Rep. Julie Brixie took it to another next level. Brixie, wearing an Obama-inspired tan suit, Saran-wrapped the car of a Republican state Rep. Matt Maddock. The whole thing was caught on camera, along with a Brixie accomplice filming everything on her cell phone.
How Jocelyn Benson’s “Election Security” System Let 16 Foreigners Vote

1 month ago | enjoyer.com | James David Dickson

The last thing you’d want to do, after 16 foreigners vote in Michigan during a presidential election, is overreact. So says Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, a Democrat candidate for governor. “This is a serious issue, one we must address with a scalpel, not a sledgehammer,” Benson said when announcing the findings of her months-long review. Turns out the “single illegal voter” we’ve heard about since October has company. There were at least 16 illegal voters, she now admits.
Mallory McMorrow and the Freep Told a Fake Story About a Costco Trip

1 month ago | enjoyer.com | James David Dickson

What if I told you that the very first American newspaper told a fake story? That the very first interview published in a newspaper was a fabrication? The history of fake news in America is exactly as long as the history of news in America. Fake stories are a problem to this very day. By fake I mean a story that’s either outright untrue or built around misrepresentations of what happened. The headline of the story will sizzle, but the steak will be overcooked.
Media Hammered Business Owners for Taking PPP, But Kept Silent on Whitmer’s Husband - Michigan Enjoyer

1 month ago | enjoyer.com | James David Dickson

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s husband, Dr. Marc Mallory, received a five-figure PPP loan in April 2020. If you never knew that, you can thank the Michigan media. Newspapers.com offers no hits for “Marc Mallory” AND “PPP,” and Google searches offer one relevant hit: a single line in a single Michigan Advance story in Dec. 2020. And the line itself indicates the information was planted by the governor’s office. “Gov.
Duggan Picked a Bad Time to Go Rogue

1 month ago | enjoyer.com | James David Dickson

Detroit — Mike Duggan’s final State of the City address as Detroit’s mayor was a dress rehearsal for governor. Without making a direct comparison, Duggan painted a contrasting picture with Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s vision of the Michigan economy. It was the difference between greenfields and brownfields. And it was the difference between cash handouts and tax cuts.