This guy must be elected. He is not on the MELANIA TRUMP EPSTEIN LIST.

Just some info on this contract.

In August, the community, due to major pushback, forced the council to take up the vote earlier than the auto-renewal date which would have been December 22, 2026.

The vote is Tuesday, October 20, 2026. 7pm city hall address: 40555 Utica Rd, Sterling Heights, MI 48313

The police chief thinks that a 30 day audit is enough. He thinks his transparency portal is enough.

Transparency portal shows that 1,000,000 plates are captured PER MONTH. The average amount of searches in that same month is 451. The actual usable plates end up being 0.045% of the sample. Giving up our 4th amendment right to privacy over that?! Nope!

Sterling Heights has community members that have uploaded FOIA data to HaveIBeenFlocked.com and there are tons of mismatches. The latest tranche of data ends in August on the site, so I looked at 6/30/26 - 7/30/2026 and the mismatches are astounding. If that wasn’t bad enough… flock has removed some of the data contained within those mismatches. So the transparency isn’t really so transparent is it?

Take all of that into account and there is now federal court precedent of throwing out flock data as it violates the 4th amendment (United States v. Kyle, October 1, 2026).

Several cases of plate misreads throughout the country resulting in an innocent driver handcuffed on the asphalt while their children look on from the backseat in horror.

So please, metro Detroit, come to council on 10/20/26 and tell them, this is unacceptable and that public polling on flock cameras is accurate and probably only getting worse (September data for progress shows that onions for flock are -29 bipartisan, up from -19 the month prior). They are there to represent us, not the police department!

Hey there! I'm a freelance reporter working on a story for the Washington Sun (link below), about how folks who align with MAHA/RFK are feeling about the Michigan Senate race. Abdul El-Sayed put out a "Building a Healthier America" plan, and Mike Rogers has taken an anti-vaccine mandate position in the past.

I'd love to chat with any MAHA folks in Michigan about the two candidates — who you like, what policies stand out to you, etc. I don't care which party you are in, and it's okay if you haven't decided who you're voting for yet, but I'm most interested in hearing from people whose decisions are influenced to some extent by the MAHA policies of the candidates. Also, if you're more comfortable just using your first name, we can discuss that.

If you're willing to chat, you can comment below here, dm me, or email me at nataliefertig [at] gmail [dot] com. I'm linking to my website (below) so you can see I'm a legitimate reporter, and to the Washington Sun. Thank you!

website: nataliefertig [dot] com

Washington Sun: www [dot] washingtonsun [dot] com

Which candidates are you seeing more ads from? Which ones are they running most? Are you seeing more ads directly from the candidate or from PACs/outside spending?

Do all these ads actually sway people’s votes? They don’t inform anything and both sides seem to be smear campaigns to me?

Just looking for Y/N here, not a political debate in the comments.

Can’t wait for Election Day to be over….

Recently went to one of his rallies. He seems pretty down to earth with the exception of a man who still talks the political game (not unlike any candidate running for office, gotta hit the talking points hard). Reminds me of Obama when he speaks which is reassuring. I like most of his running game. However, I'm still trying to understand how exactly Medicare can be for all?

I believe health reform is overdue but how can he deliver that promise? Enlighten me plz

Well, year of birth distribution... but I trust you to do the math.
Shows today's data.

Sharing content online or with your undecided friends and family is one of the BEST things you can do in this final stretch!! You can filter these toolkits to easily find content by topic (healthcare, AI, tariffs, etc.) or by occasion (debate, interview, etc.)

Feel free to share these with anyone else who wants to help the campaign effort. We'll update them with fresh clips and content several times throughout the week. Comment with any questions about how to use them or suggestions on how to make them more helpful!

El-Sayed for Senate Toolkit

Jocelyn Benson for Governor Toolkit

Early Voting is an option for the upcoming Midterm elections. Here are a set of resource that can be helpful for planning your vote.

• Early Voting information
• Track your ballot - if you voted by mail
• Election day polling place lookup
• You can register online for a few more days, up to 15 days before the election.
• After that you must go to your local clerk's office.

I know that graphic looks crazy, we reached out to over 5,500 candidates to ask them to share their views with Michigan voters to help ensure that everyone votes from the top all the way to the bottom of the ticket this cycle.

While in national elections or statewide elections may be decided by hundreds or tens of thousands of votes. Local races will be decided by only a handful of votes meaning that for each person seeing this, your vote WILL MATTER!

If you want to see your specific candidates you can see that here (app | web).

As we all know how the polling during the primaries were way off for AES, I think the race would be even closer than what we would have expected.

I'm not aiming for accuracy here, but as of now, I don't have Muskegon or Bay counties in blue, and I'm even having doubts if Grand Traverse would be blue...

Some notable margins that I think could be slightly off:

Macomb 52.3% Rogers to 47.7% AES

Muskegon 50.2% Rogers to 49.8% AES

Bay 52.2% Rogers to 47.8% AES

Saginaw 50.8% AES to 49.2% Rogers

Grand Traverse 50.4% AES to 49.6% Rogers

What do you guys think?

Site used: globalelectionsimulator.com

Also early polls opens from 24th, so plz go vote :>

All answers from all parts of the state are welcome, but am especially looking for info from these areas:

-Majority and plurality Black communities (Detroit, Flint, Saginaw, etc.)

-Obama-Trump Counties (Shiawassee, Macomb, Monroe, Calhoun, Van Buren, etc.)

-Oakland County

-The UP

Also both AES and Rogers supporters, try to keep it respectful in the comments. Thanks!

MIRS News had 203 political junkies who filled out the MIRS Master Prognosticator survey. The majority believe Democrats will retain control of the statewide constitutional offices, Abdul El-Sayed will be Michigan's next U.S. Senator, Democrats will pick up one state Senate seat and Republicans will narrowly retain control of the House, 56-54. The survey also has the granular results in the story itself for those who are interested.

The second governor race debate is tonight on Local 4 in Detroit. It doesn't say that it will be broadcast statewide, so you may need to watch online if you're outside the Detroit area.

The article doesn't say how or exactly when because it varies. Check with your city or township clerk if interested.

Is she secretly wanting him to lose so she can run again next time? Will she try to use the “you see. AES can’t win in a general election” shtick if he loses to Mike Rogers?

A meeting with Jack Bergman MI-01. Reposting from other sm. I was not there personally

We promised you a report on Melissa's meeting with Jack Bergman. Here it is.

Monday night, Melissa, along with five other MI-01 constituents, sat down with Rep. Jack Bergman in his Traverse City office for 90 minutes. This is the meeting that took three months, two reschedules, and one 200-mile drive to a U.P. meet-and-greet to make happen. You already know that part.

What you don't know yet is what happened inside that room.

Melissa opened by thanking Bergman for meeting with the group and noting that the day happened to be Indigenous People's Day. He scoffed, laughed, and rolled his eyes... in a district with one of the strongest and most vibrant Native communities in Michigan. That was the first thirty seconds.

It didn't get a lot more encouraging from there.

Meeting attendees went in with five questions about real issues affecting real people in this district. What they got back, in the words of one attendee, was "lots of stories and no action." Bergman talked at length, often going well off topic, and rarely gave a direct answer to a direct question.

A few things stood out.

On Medicaid and Rural Health

Bergman asked the group whether they agreed the country was founded on states' rights, then described his high-level work at the Department of Defense. He couldn't give a specific answer about what would replace the funding Michigan stands to lose under the One Big Beautiful Bill -- billions of dollars that keep rural hospitals open and mental health services running.

On Social Security

He said he'd heard nothing about privatization. What he did describe was a three-tier plan: people 55 and older keep what they have, ages 30 to 55 get "a different plan," and anyone under 30 gets "an entirely new plan." He offered no details on what those plans actually are. Make of that what you will, especially given that his own president said publicly, just days before this meeting, that he wanted to privatize Social Security.

Ice Storm Recovery

On the $357 million in recovery funds that have been sitting undelivered for 17 months, Bergman said he would "check where the money was" (shouldn't he know?) and suggested Michigan would need to "buck up" as infrastructure pressures mounted. He did not say the federal government would help, so buck up Northern Michigan!

On The War In Iran

He said he "doesn't play in the media" and would not make any public statement expressing concern about the war — even when asked directly by constituents whose family members and fellow servicemen are confused and upset about it.

On Accountability

He used that word several times. He just didn't demonstrate it.

There was one moment that revealed something we think is important about who Jack Bergman actually is. The group noted that Trump's name doesn't appear on all of his campaign signs, which Bergman confirmed. He picks and chooses where to use the Trump endorsement. Politically smart maybe, but it also means he knows exactly what that name does to certain voters, and he's making a calculated decision to hide it from them when it suits him.

He's playing both sides of a brand he's not sure he fully believes in, while voting with that brand nearly 100% of the time.

To be fair, he was more open to the conversation than some expected. The door to a follow-up meeting is not closed. And our members who were in that room were sharp, prepared, and represented this community with real dignity.

But open doors don't mean much if nothing changes on the other side of them.

The only thing that has ever made politicians like Jack Bergman actually accountable is losing. November is coming.

My opinion

Bergman is a complete old man sus grifter. Anyone who votes for him is a fool

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