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 Jocelyn Benson’s “Election Security” System Let 16 Foreigners Vote

2 weeks 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

2 weeks 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

3 weeks 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

4 weeks 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.
Whitmer Disregarded Covid Concerns to Help Biden

1 month ago | enjoyer.com | James David Dickson

Covid-19 may have arrived in Michigan two weeks before Gov. Gretchen Whitmer admitted it. A governor who claimed to be listening to the experts throughout the pandemic ignored Michigan’s chief medical officer in the early handling of the virus. Dr. Joneigh Khaldun said that nursing homes should be closed off to anyone but residents and staff who pass a Covid test. Two months later, Whitmer ordered Covid-sick people into nursing homes, the exact opposite of expert advice.
Blame Whitmer’s Ego For the Nursing Home Deaths

1 month ago | enjoyer.com | James David Dickson

Five years after the Covid era, it’s easy to blame missteps on the fog of war. It’s easy to blame ignorance and say: We didn’t know what we didn’t know. But when it came to Whitmer’s nursing home policy in 2020, which turned nursing homes into hospitals by demanding they take in Covid-sick seniors, Whitmer knew pain would result. This being the five-year anniversary of the pandemic panic, I took a stroll down memory lane for evidence of what got us here.
Why Honda Is Building Auto Plants in Indiana, Not Michigan

1 month ago | enjoyer.com | James David Dickson

It would really help if Michigan were a right-to-work state right now. President Donald Trump said that “America is back!” to start his speech Tuesday. But as he went on, it was clear the rise of Detroit was an essential player in his vision. Not Detroit the place, which was troubled and will be. Detroit the industry. Detroit the Motor City. The place where men work with their hands and build the vehicles that power our lives.
States need DOGE bites, not nibbles - The Boston Globe

1 month ago | bostonglobe.com | James David Dickson

James David Dickson is an independent journalist in Michigan and host of “The Enjoyer Podcast.”To the naked eye, it was a moment of bipartisan agreement cemented with a handshake. At her recent seventh State of the State address, Governor Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan and House Speaker Matt Hall agreed symbolically on transparency in earmarks: Any lawmaker who wants a special budget request will have to put their name on it.
Mayor Who? Michiganders Don’t Know Buttigieg Even Lives Here

1 month ago | enjoyer.com | James David Dickson

If the 2026 U.S. Senate race in Michigan were between Democrat Pete Buttigieg and Republican Mike Rogers, Rogers could hold the edge, according to a new poll. The poll, conducted by Plymouth Union Public Research, said that in a head-to-head race, Pete Buttigieg wins just 43% support, compared to 46% for Rogers. Buttigieg is fresh off a four-year tenure as U.S. Secretary of Transportation, while Rogers is a former longtime congressman.
Where My DOGEs at in Michigan?

1 month ago | enjoyer.com | James David Dickson

I don’t know who will be the Republican candidate for Michigan governor next year, and I don’t know what ballot initiatives will join them on the ballot. Going into the Ultimate Battle for Michigan in 2026, I have more questions than answers. Here’s one: Where my DOGEs at? Historically, state legislatures are the laboratories of democracy. Ideas are tested, vetted, and experimented with. And the best of the best might make it to Washington.