BY ERIC THOMPSON
CCN Sports Writer
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BY MIKE KILLBREATH
CCN Executive Editor
BURTON (CCN) — Anthony Hudson, a Grand Blanc Township candidate for Governor, announced to CCN that a 30-year veteran detective has closed the case on a police report made to the Burton Police Department by Genesee County Republican Party leaders who allege that Hudson made threats to them.
Hudson qu
BY MIKE KILLBREATH
CCN Executive Editor
BURTON (CCN) — Anthony Hudson, a Grand Blanc Township candidate for Governor, announced to CCN that a 30-year veteran detective has closed the case on a police report made to the Burton Police Department by Genesee County Republican Party leaders who allege that Hudson made threats to them.
Hudson quit the party after the police complaint and immediately joined the Libertarian Party.
(See related story in today's Campaign 2026 Special Section)
"I have had no communication with them in 13 months, suddenly in the last week they issue two statements about me and file a false police report," Hudson said about the county "Fortunately, I recorded it. A 30-year detective with the Burton Police Department contacted me and agreed that there was absolutely no threat made."
Hudson posted a recording of his conversation with the Burton police officer, saying he wanted to "clear his name" in the matter.
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Hudson has attracted millions of social media views on his posts while spending the last year visiting all 83 counties in Michigan in his bid to win the GOP nomination in August. Many political observers say he was the clear cut winner in three GOP debates although front runner John James did not attend any of them. James is a United States congressman from Oakland County who has led every major poll so far by wide margins.
Others who debated against Hudson included high profile candidates with multi million dollars budgets — Michigan Senate Minority Leader Eric Nesbitt, former Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox and former Michigan Speaker of the House Tom Leonard. Oakland County businessman Perry Johnson this month got into the race as well, pledging to spend 9 million dollars of his own money in the first 60 days. Hudson has gained attention by sleeping in his truck and taking sack lunches with him as he has criss-crossed the state on less than $50,000.
Hudson's campaign has drawn attention for controversial rhetoric and his plan to end property taxes in our state.
If given the Libertarian Party nomination at its July convention, Hudson's name will then automatically go on the ballot in November at the general election against the winners of the Republican and Democrat primary elections in August. Independent Mike Duggan, former Mayer of Detroit, will also have his name on the ballot if collecting the necessary 30,000 signatures of registered voters.
Hudson said he quit the GOP because he was outraged that county Republican party leaders issued a statement condemning his comments in Mason where he says he was "reminding political leaders there what the definition of treason is which carries the death penalty."
The Michigan Democrat Party denounced Hudson for allegedly threatening violence and they had demanded an apology from the State Republican Party which did not respond to media requests about their demands.
PHOTO CAPTION: Pictured above this photo is former GOP candidate Anthony Hudson who quit the party last week to seek the Libertarian nomination for Governor in 2026.
BY CRYSTAL BLAIR
Michigan News Connection Staff Writer
(PNS) — The Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act is now before the U.S. Senate after narrowly passing the House in April of last year. The bill would require in-person proof of citizenship to register to vote.
Voting rights advocates called it unnecessary and discriminatory, warning
BY CRYSTAL BLAIR
Michigan News Connection Staff Writer
(PNS) — The Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act is now before the U.S. Senate after narrowly passing the House in April of last year. The bill would require in-person proof of citizenship to register to vote.
Voting rights advocates called it unnecessary and discriminatory, warning it would end online and mail registration and disenfranchise millions of eligible voters.
Rep. Haley Stevens, D-Mich., opposes the proposal and said she will push to restore the John Lewis Voting Rights Act, which requires federal review of election law changes in places with a history of discrimination.
"To protect every American's right to vote in this country and to pass the Freedom to Vote Act," Stevens emphasized. "This is going to ensure that every American can have their voice heard and their vote counted."
Supporters of the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act argued the measure is needed to protect election integrity, saying requiring in-person proof of citizenship would help prevent noncitizens from registering to vote and restore public confidence in U.S. elections.
Brian Lemek, founder and executive director of the advocacy group Defend the Vote, said the requirement to present a passport or birth certificate could hit Michiganders especially hard.
"Sixty percent of Michigan residents, they don't have a passport – that's like 5 or 6 million people – and more than two million women in Michigan don't have a birth certificate that matches their married name, so they wouldn't be eligible to vote," Lemek outlined. "Across the country we're going to see tens of millions of people that don't have the documents required."
Backers of the measure contended the bill sets a clear, uniform national standard, making voter registration more transparent and easier to verify.
PHOTO CAPION: Pictured above this story is Rep. Haley Stevens.
BY GARY ANDERSON
CCN Staff Writer
TEXAS (CCN) — InfoWars programming on Metro Flint News/Talk Radio was filled Monday (Feb. 16, 2026) with talk about the latest FBI dump of Epstein files. Millions tuned in across America on Sunday to hear controversial host Alex Jones reveal in a special bulletin program how FBI files confirmed his reporti
BY GARY ANDERSON
CCN Staff Writer
TEXAS (CCN) — InfoWars programming on Metro Flint News/Talk Radio was filled Monday (Feb. 16, 2026) with talk about the latest FBI dump of Epstein files. Millions tuned in across America on Sunday to hear controversial host Alex Jones reveal in a special bulletin program how FBI files confirmed his reporting of many powerful political people having close ties to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein.
Most of the views were on his InfoWars web site or on X, formerly known as Twitter, because radio stations only carry his program on weekdays.
Metro Flint News/Talk Radio interrupted regularly scheduled programming to broadcast it.
Go to our CCN Podcast Replays to listen to Monday's replays of The American Journal with Breanna Modello, the Alex Jones Show and War Room with Harrison Smith.
InfoWars reported that a number of high-profile executives have now resigned since the release of the latest batch of Epstein files.
Among the resignations was Casey Wasserman, a talent executive and chairman of the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics organizing committee. On Friday, he announced that he will sell his talent agency after he appeared in nearly 90 Epstein documents, including messages to Epstein’s accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell.
Wasserman’s clients include Emma Stone, Nikki Glaser and comedian Nate Bargatze.
Singer Chapppell Roan announced she was leaving the agency after Wasserman was revealed to be in the files.
Another executive who has now resigned is Kathy Ruemmler, chief legal officer and general counsel of investment firm Goldman Sachs. She announced she would step away from her position at the firm at the end of June.
Ruemmler served as White House counsel to President Obama and initially attempted to distance herself from emails that showed a cosy relationship with the disgraced financier and pedophile.
In one email sent just months before Epstein was arrested, she referred to him as “Uncle Jeffrey.”
Other resignations include Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem, chairman of DP World, one of the world’s largest logistics companies; Peter Mandelson, who served as UK ambassador the US under current Prime Minister Keir Starmer, and has now been forced to relinquish his role in the House of Lords; and Brad Karp, chairman of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, one of the most important law firms in the US.
(InfoWars content was used within this story)
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