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TALE OF TWO DYNASTIES
Months ago Oakland Confidential previewed two GOP family dynasties which were being challenged in the August primary. One was the Long...


TRUTH OR DARE
The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a new report about the 2020 election in mid-July, reporting that “Election...


#NARCISSIST
Here’s a campaign blunder that would be right up the alley of gonzo journalist Hunt S. Thompson (Fear and Loathing on the Campaign...


OAKLAND INFLUENCE
Political observers have known in the past decade that Oakland County is turning bluer with each election. Now Politico has ranked...
NYUK NYUK NYUK
The five remaining Republican candidates for governor look more and more like tryouts for a new version of The Three Stooges. Originally...
PRESIDENTIAL SPITBALLING
With the latest polling among Democrats showing an overwhelming support for anybody-but-Joe Biden to run in 2024, prognosticators are...


SOME PEOPLE NEVER LEARN
What is it about the office of Macomb County Prosecutor? First, former Prosecutor Eric Smith thought the county till was his personal...


INTRAPARTY BLOODBATH
The duel involving Haley Stevens (D-Birmingham, Bloomfield Hills, Troy, Clawson, western Oakland and Wayne counties) and Andy Levin...
CA-CHING
Congresswoman Elissa Slotkin (D-Rochester, Rochester Hills, Holly, northern Oakland, parts of Livingston and Ingham counties), who is...


QUESTIONABLE VALUES
Michigan Republicans are starting to wonder about the bona fides of congressional candidate Matthew DenOtter of Waterford, running in the...


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