By Ben Solis | Senior Reporter
Quoted and Noted
“We’re in a race with China on that AI race, and if they’re able to leapfrog us in that race, it’s a very dangerous thing for everybody around the country.”
- U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana), who said Tuesday that he did not support a broad federal moratorium on data centers.
A Christian nationalist protest led by Jan. 6 rioter Jake Lang prompted approximately 2,000 protestors and counterprotesters to gather in front of the Henry Ford Centennial Library in Dearborn. Aug. 18, 2026 | Photo by Tyler Scott/Michigan Advance
By Tyler Scott
Great Replacement conspiracy theorist and pardoned Jan. 6 rioter Jake Lang brought his racial grievances and “Christian Crusader March” to Dearborn and its city council meeting on Tuesday, where the right-wing provocateur told council members Muslim people are “looking to outbreed” white people and “steal our wealth.”
Zion Lutheran Church in Ann Arbor. Aug. 17, 2026. The church hosted an event in April 2026 that records indicate was infiltrated by undercover agents with the Department of Homeland Security. Photo by Katherine Dailey/Michigan Advance
By Katherine Dailey
An undercover Homeland Security Investigations agent attended an April event in Ann Arbor focused on resistance to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, according to federal investigative records.
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U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) during a visit to Lansing, Mich. held by U.S. Rep. Tom Barrett (R-Charlotte). Aug. 18, 2026 | Photo by Kyle Davidson/Michigan Advance
By Kyle Davidson
Joining U.S. Rep. Tom Barrett in downtown Lansing, U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) called on residents of one of the nation’s most competitive House districts to send the Charlotte Republican back to Washington for a second term.
U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-Ann Arbor) and Michigan Deputy Secretary of State Aghogho Edevbie respond to questions from Washtenaw County voters about election security. Aug. 17, 2026. | Photo by Katherine Dailey/Michigan Advance.
By Katherine Dailey
State legislators and local and state election administrators joined U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell in seeking to assuage concerns and answer questions from voters about election security in the upcoming midterm general elections at a town hall in Ann Arbor on Monday night.
TRIVIA OF THE DAY
Comfort Research of Grand Rapids set a record on September 20, 2017, when they created the world’s largest what?
Let us know @michiganadvance on Bluesky and check back in later today for the answer.
Tuesday’s answer: Vassar, Michigan was named after Matthew Vassar, an uncle of one of its founders, who was also the namesake of Vassar College in New York’s Hudson Valley.
Source: https://www.cityofvassar.org/
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