A new update on the Flint Water Crisis has emerged, and it continues to spell bad news for the Snyder Administration. In emails first obtained by The Flint Journal, local health officials in Flint accuse Governor Snyder and his administration of purposefully withholding the results of lead testing in the …
Read More »Top Investigator In Flint Water Crisis: Officials Could Be Facing Charges Including Involuntary Manslaughter
A top investigator assigned to the Flint Water Crisis – which knowingly allowed dangerous levels of lead potentially causing deadly cases of Legionnaires disease – could result in criminal charges as serious as involuntary manslaughter. As the ongoing escalations in the crisis prompt Governor Rick Snyder to propose another $195 …
Read More »Shame: State Workers In Flint Got Clean Water Over A Year Ago
According to newly released documents obtained by Progress Michigan, state employees in Flint were provided coolers with bottled water in January of 2015 in response to growing concerns about the quality of drinking water in the area. The notice shown in the image above was issued months before Michigan state …
Read More »Michael Moore: Don’t Send Bottled Water To Flint, Join Me In A Revolution And Demand Governor Snyder’s Arrest
As the Flint Water Crisis continues to magnify, new atrocities are coming to light. Earlier this week we broke that aides to Governor Snyder were aware of this human rights violation over three years ago. We have also witnessed an outpouring of support from the American public, many of whom …
Read More »Jeb Bush Says He Admires Governor Snyder’s Handling Of The Flint Water Crisis
Jeb Bush said Sunday afternoon that he admires how Governor Rick Snyder – despite being aware of the crisis itself for years – has handled the aftermath of the Flint Water Crisis, adding “He’s going to the challenge. He’s stepped up and fired some people.” Wow, he fired some people that …
Read More »Black Lives Matter Releases Solidarity Statement With Residents Of Flint
The founders of Black Lives Matter have released a public statement on their social media accounts standing in solidarity with the residents of Flint during the Flint Water Crisis, listing a series of demands to be met as they seek to defend the rights of Flint’s overwhelmingly poor black population. …
Read More »In The Wake Of Governor Flynn’s Apology, Some GOP Lawmakers Call Crisis ‘Vastly Overstated’
Despite overwhelming evidence of lead contamination and a timeline of evidence dating nearly two years, some GOP legislators and public figures are still not convinced that it isn’t all just one big charade by the residents of Flint to garner national attention. Via Raw Story: L. Brooks Patterson, an Oakland …
Read More »Racist Systems Perpetuates Contaminated Drinking Water In Flint, Michigan
Via The Root: “Tainted water is poisoning thousands of children in the predominantly African-American city of Flint, Mich. The high levels of lead in Flint’s water may create a plethora of serious, long-term health problems including brain damage, behavioral troubles, anemia and kidney problems. On Wednesday, Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder …
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