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Singer Robert Gordon, best known for his work in the rockabilly revivalist movement of the late '70s, has died at age 75. The news was confirmed by Gordon's record label (via Variety.) A GoFundMe page had been set up by Gordon's family last month, noting that the singer had been in the hospital for six weeks as he battled a form of acute myeloid leukemia. "Robert's incredible voice and his music has not only put rockabilly back on the map, it has made memories for us all," the fundraiser page said. "A voice like his, coupled with the authenticity he...

Michigan's Democrat Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has been caught giving her former health director a huge taxpayer-funded payout after he quit suddenly in January, according to reports. The governor reportedly gave Michigan's former state health department director, Robert Gordon, over $150,000 to buy his silence over his abrupt departure, The Detroit News revealed.

What is Whitmer hiding?Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer recently paid off a former health director who was intimately involved in crafting COVID-19 policy housing patients with elderly folks in nursing homes and causing countless deaths.Whitmer abruptly and unexpectedly paid off former state health department director Robert Gordon a bounty of $155,506 in which he signed a non-disclosure agreement of sorts. Critics are calling this a hush money payment in a desperate attempt to protect Whitmer from a criminal probe.Additionally, Gordon assisted in operations at the absentee ballot processing center in Detroit and helped to institute a Gestapo-style regime at the TCF...

After being smacked down by her state’s Supreme Court Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s administration dug up a bunch of old and archaic laws that they believe gives the state government authority to reissue mandates in an effort to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and keep the local population in perpetual lockdown. The Director of Michigan Department of Health and Human Services Robert Gordon wrote: Today the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) is issuing an epidemic order to sustain rules that have protected Michiganders’ lives for months: requiring masks, limiting gatherings, and safeguarding nursing homes. A divided Michigan...

Jordan Warnsholz, a physician in Michigan, put up a lengthy Facebook post detailing how the State of Michigan is harassing him personally and professionally. He contends that he is the victim of Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s vindictive abuse of power. What he describes is a Kafka-esque nightmare in which government agencies have criminalized minor infractions and threatened his custody over his children. Intrigued, I checked why Warnsholz blamed Whitmer for abusing her executive powers. It turns out that he sued her in May for – yes -- abusing her executive powers. In May 2020, Warnsholz, a physician assistant, was one of...

As a teenager, I remember watching the 1968 televised debates between Gore Vidal and William F. Buckley during the two national political conventions and thinking that they were way more entertaining than any of the TV dramas that were popular at the time. Those debates, unaccountably unavailable for the most part since then, have been resurrected as the centerpiece of the terrific documentary “Best of Enemies,” directed by Morgan Neville and Robert Gordon. The film positions those debates as a harbinger of the ideological sword-crossing that has become a staple of TV news. Except what we have now, as opposed...

SAN JOSE, Calif., April 18 (UPI) -- A former vice president of Cisco Systems was being sought as a fugitive from justice Thursday after he disappeared while awaiting trial on charges he stole millions of dollars in cash and stock from the Silicon Valley high-tech company. Robert Gordon, 42, had been free on $5 million bail when he failed to show up Tuesday for a court appearance in San Jose. "The United States considers Mr. Gordon a fugitive from justice," the U.S. Attorney's office announced late Wednesday, adding that an arrest warrant had been issued and the public was being...