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The only people pushing to do something big before Election Day resided in the J. Edgar Hoover Building in Washington, D.C. On October 8, 2020, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced shocking news: federal authorities had arrested several men for conspiring to kidnap and possibly kill her before Election Day. After indulging in a moment of self-pity, Whitmer quickly pinned the blame on President Trump, a man with whom Whitmer had engaged in a very public feud throughout 2020 over pandemic-related lockdowns. Trump, Whitmer claimed, fueled the rage of alleged white supremacists and right-wing militias responsible for the dastardly abduction plot....

Democrat Gretchen Whitmer, the Michigan governor and possible Biden VP pick, has been in hot water for months with her continuing restrictions on state commerce during the coronavirus pandemic. With her recent threats to press rewind on the state’s economy, Michigan Republicans have an opportunity to paint her and her allies as authoritarian while advocating for a freer economy, just in time for the 2020 election. And they already have an ideal flagbearer to lead that charge: Senate candidate John James. If James can take up the cause of an open Michigan, he might be able to use it to connect with voters in...

Flexing unearned influence has exposed the thirst for control of their citizens. In Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf caught a whiff of his constituents working up the desire to step out and start living their lives once again. The idea of citizens exerting their freedoms and basking in the normalcy of liberty was too much for him to stand. On Monday he sent out a tweet storm, delivering a series of firm commands of how he intends to clamp down on those who might dare get the idea of doing things. ‘’Today I am announcing consequences for counties that do not...