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Mackinac Center @MackinacCenter · 9h 🚨Genesee County uses Flock cameras to capture and search vehicle data. But when Kettering University student Josh Tewolde requested records showing where the cameras are, who accessed the data and whether his vehicle was scanned, the county withheld key information.

Its excuse? The records belong to Flock, a private contractor. But the county’s own contract says it owns the data.

Josh is suing because government should not be able to hide public surveillance records behind a private company. If the government uses the cameras, the public deserves transparency.

https://x.com/MackinacCenter/status/2090078145860735384?s=20

Stephie @stephiebeltinck · 9h 🤯 whistleblower reveals the Michigan Secretary of State’s election software auto registers illegals to vote who move addresses. It’s built into the software, the clerks cannot override the feature. Clerks also don’t have access to determine citizenship of voters!

This is criminal for Benson to have this as a feature in our clerks election software, as she oversees HER OWN ELECTION!

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https://x.com/stephiebeltinck/status/2089865425240670650?s=20

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Paul Busch was 16 years old when he was sexually abused by his ballet teacher at the Interlochen Center for the Arts in 2005. At the time, Busch told NPR, he was living away from his parents, wanted more than anything to be a professional dancer and revered the teacher who harmed him.

Malala Yousafzai @Malala We will hold the Taliban accountable for their heinous crimes. We will have justice for Afghan women and girls. We will end gender apartheid. To learn more, follow @EGACampaign and @MalalaFund

https://x.com/Malala/status/2088696971246604416?s=20

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DETROIT - First Step, a Wayne County nonprofit that provides shelter and services for survivors of domestic violence, is set to renovate its residential program after receiving a $100,000 Lowes Community Impact Grant. The organization was selected as one of 100 nonprofits nationwide to receive a grant through Lowes community impact initiative - and one of only two organizations in Michigan chosen this year.

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The lawsuit further alleges that the nonprofit failed to correct prospective tenants’ misunderstandings based on its representations of said facts, and instead, “actively concealed them by representing assistance would be forthcoming.”

Chosen Kingdom Builders was also operating without a real estate license, Nessel says, adding that the nonprofit negligently rented out homes to tenants without conducting proper inspections.

“CKB would incur a large debt with a property owner in the form of unpaid rent, and when that arrangement began to fall apart, it would seek residential properties from new property owners to continue its program,” according to the complaint, which claims the nonprofit appears to have done this to at least four property owners.

Public Questions on Michigan / Detroit Sexual Assault Kit Handling

Michigan law (MCL 752.934) requires law enforcement to submit sexual assault kits within 14 days of taking possession and requires laboratories to analyze them within 90 days (if sufficient staffing and resources are available).

The large Detroit backlog of more than 11,000 kits discovered in 2009 was tested years ago (testing largely completed by around 2019). Yet arrests and convictions from those kits are still happening in 2025 and 2026 — often more than 15–20 years after the original assaults and years after the kits themselves were tested.

Recent examples:

• Akida Diaba Dudley: Assaults between 1997 and 2004. Kits were among those found in the 2009 warehouse. He was arrested and charged in April 2025, convicted in July 2026, and sentenced in August 2026 to decades in prison.
• Former Detroit Police Sergeant Benjamin Wagner: Assaults between 1999 and 2003. Kits sat in the backlog. An investigative lead emerged in 2023; he was arrested in North Carolina and charged in Michigan in March 2026.

These long gaps raise basic accountability questions. Official “backlog” or turnaround numbers appear to count only kits already submitted to labs. Kits still sitting unsubmitted in police custody may not appear in those figures at all.

Questions for Michigan State Police, Detroit Police, Wayne County, the Attorney General’s office, and elected officials:

1. How many sexual assault kits collected in Detroit or Wayne County are currently still in police possession and have never been submitted to a laboratory?
2. Do the official MSP or statewide “untested kit” / backlog numbers include only kits already received by a lab, or do they also count kits that police agencies have never submitted?
3. Is there any written or unwritten policy or practice in Detroit that limits submission of kits unless the case is believed to involve a “serial” offender? If so, what are the exact criteria and who decides?
4. What is the current average and maximum time from the date a kit is tested (and any DNA profile or CODIS hit is generated) until an investigation is completed and charges are filed? Why are cases still resulting in arrests and convictions in 2025–2026 from kits that were tested years earlier?
5. For kits that have been submitted, how many currently exceed the 90-day analysis deadline in MCL 752.934(6)? Are any delays formally attributed to insufficient staffing or resources?
6. Does a complete, auditable tracking system (Track-Kit or equivalent) exist that shows, for every kit collected in Detroit, the exact dates of collection, police possession, submission (or decision not to submit), lab analysis, and current investigative status?
7. Who is the single accountable official responsible for ensuring that kits are not left indefinitely unsubmitted and that both the 14-day and 90-day statutory deadlines are met (or formally excused only for documented resource shortages)?

Testing the kits was a major step. The public still deserves clear answers on how many kits remain unsubmitted, whether selective policies exist, why the gap between testing and actual arrests remains so long, and who is responsible for closing that gap.

O’KEEFE INVESTIGATES DUPLICATE ABSENTEE BALLOT RETURN ENVELOPES IN DETROIT, MICHIGAN

GOES DOOR TO DOOR INTERVIEWING AFFECTED VOTERS

"That's illegal right? you couldn't... scrape one of them off?"

“They probably sent her two ballots, and she just signed them, I guess.”

"Keep them [cameras] pointed from my house... Do you want me to get the dog?"

https://x.com/JamesOKeefeIII/status/2086941841996357656?s=20

15 August 2021, the day Afghanistan’s women, girls, and young generation lost their hopes for a free future.

Five years later, despite threats, fear, and repression, Afghan women and girls are still standing.

They protest. They raise the three color flag 🇦🇫. They demand freedom, education, dignity, and equality.

The world, UN, and International community may forget, but they will never be silent.

Afghan women says they will continue fighting and stand for their rights. 🇦🇫✊

#EndGenderApartheid #LetAfghanGirlsLearn

https://x.com/jahanzebwesa/status/2086390811869249695?s=20

BOMBSHELL: Undercover Video Shows Non-U.S. Citizens from Iran Allowed to Vote in Michigan Primary Without ID

The Non-Citizens Allowed to Vote Are Sex Offenders, on DHS's "Worst of the Worst" List, and Previously Arrested by ICE

Iranian Subject Confirms With OMG He Voted in the Last Three Elections and Intends to Vote on Primary Day

“All I know is you're [Afshin Masheli] registered to vote here. The rest of the information is not important to me.”

“Yes, this is the right place. You [Fazlollah Haritash] are registered to vote here.”

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https://x.com/JamesOKeefeIII/status/2086162256824537357?s=20