The Dearbon Hotel Illegal Immigrant Trafficking Case Gets Worse

Not only was the investigation kibboshed for some unknown reason, but it appears the Mayor's office was aware it from the moment it was "discovered":

The Detroit News: Dearborn mayor warned about families living illegally in hotel, official says

So you have illegal families, possibly being trafficked, living or held in an abandoned hotel, and all investigations into the case have been stopped cold.

Thankfully, Douglas Topolski is on this like a dog with a tasty bone, and he's doing yeoman work uncovering this case of Dearborn government corruption. If you''re on Facebook, its worth following him to see what he turns up.

Curiously Uncurious - The Strange Slow Walk And Shut-Down Of A Human Trafficking Investigation In Dearborn

Picture this if you will:  A Fire Marshall does an inspection of an "abandoned" hotel and finds evidence that families including children are residing there, there's padlocked doors and signs of a machete, indicators of people being held there against their will.

She apparently reports it - a day later - and the police just happen to take another 36 hours to decide to go over and investigate.  

By which time everyone there is gone.

The investigation is closed. 

Oh, and the Fire Depart in response to a FOIA states they have no documentation about the incident.

No need to picture it, it just happened:  

The Detroit News: Dearborn closes hotel probe despite finding 'possible human trafficking'

Dearborn Police waited 36 hours to search a hotel that's not authorized for occupancy after a deputy fire marshal reported seeing "evidence of possible human trafficking," with dozens of people, including children, potentially being held captive there, according to a Dearborn police report detailing the Sept. 22 discovery. 

 Douglas Topolski, a former Dearborn police officer who obtained the report under the Freedom of Information Act, said multiple questions about the case remain unanswered

. . . 

Topolski said he also requested any Dearborn Fire Department reports about the incident, but was told no such records existed.

"I can't imagine why the Fire Department doesn't have a report on this," he said.

Curious, isn't it? Also curious how the article fails to mention who owns the hotel, who was managing its security or any other pertinent details, at all.

Nothing to see here, move along. 

Forget It Jake, It's Detroit

The Detroit News:  Ex-cons, deadbeats oversee Detroit agency fleeced in $19M alleged fraud

A public health network in Detroit that federal prosecutors said was swindled out of at least $18.8 million is overseen by a politically connected board dominated by members with long histories of financial problems, bankruptcy and convictions for drug and alcohol-related crimes, public records show.

Because of course it is.  It is the D, run by the (D).

Meanwhile, in another example of corruption, Abdu El-Sayed has been getting a $9,000 consultancy gig from the Wayne County Health Department (Basically Detroit and the Democrats control Wayne County) - while he's off campaigning for Senate, and I'm sure he's doing nine grand a month worth of work for them while campaigning.

Funny How That "Experiment" Only Went One Way

A fake polling organization was caught faking polling data that directly has influenced the Midterm elections.

The fake poling data all just so happened to be tilted in favor of progressive Democrats, including Abdul El-Sayed here in Michigan, and in Texas, Mississippi, Georgia, Maine and Ohio.

When caught, the company now says it was all just a "social experiment" to show how easily it is to put junk data in polling aggregators reports.

All of the junk and manipulated data just happened to be in 100% in favor of progressive Democrats. Funny how that works, eh?

The Washington Times: Bogus polling firm admits to fake numbers favoring Democrats, claims ‘experimental project’

If you really believe that Wedgewood Polling's actions was a social experiment and not an operation to influence public opinion and help the Democrats, and especially progressive Democrats . . .

Well, if you do, you have the words "Gullible Idiot"  written on your ceiling - and you just looked up to check, didn't you? 

Hamtramck: Found Votes Push The Democrat Candidate To Victory

The mayoral race in 2025 led to a victory for the Republican candidate for mayor, Adam Alharbi - by an 11 vote margin in Hamtramck, a Muslim majority city on Wayne County.

Then 37 absentee votes that had been "overlooked" were  conveniently found in the clerk's office.

The Court has now ordered them to be counted and applied to the results, even as the chain of custody of these discovered ballots is questionable at best.

The Detroit Free Press: After 37 votes counted, Hamtramck ex-councilman leads 2025 mayoral race

The votes now counted put the Democrat challenger, Muhith Mahmood  ahead by 12 voted.

Funny how that works.

All is not lost however, there's a separate court challenge and investigation alleging that Muhith Mahmood does not actually have residency in Hamtramck as is required.  This may very well disqualify him.

A sudden discovery of votes that just happen to put the Democrat in the lead seems to be an ongoing theme, and it is a theme that really needs to stop, as it certainly raises doubts as to the validity and fairness of elections. 

Beydoun: Follow The Money

The Detroit News:  Republican senator wants U.S. DOJ to probe Whitmer's ties to Beydoun

Michigan Senate Minority Leader Aric Nesbitt asked the U.S. Department of Justice on Monday to investigate Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's connections to businesswoman and political donor Fay Beydoun.

On May 6, state Attorney General Dana Nessel charged Beydoun of Farmington Hills with 16 felonies, alleging Beydoun had misused a $20 million taxpayer-funded grant 

Well, the money trail is certainly there and it all point to Beydoun heavily investing in Democrats. 

Beydoun gave heavily, as in tens of thousands of dollars to Democrat politicians and political organizations.  Including $10,500 to the Michigan Democratic State Central Cmte (D), Over $7,500 in multiple donations over time to Gretchen Whitmer's campaign coffers directly and another $7,500 to her campaign committee.

That kind of money buys access.

Its not just that politicians can be bought its how cheaply they can be bought.

That roughly 15k in direct contributions to Gov Whitmer and her campaign helped get Beydoun a $20 million dollar grant that she promptly misused.  

Heckuva return on political corruption, that.

When There Are Insufficient White Racist Extremists Available

The SPLC allegedly paid millions to create them.

US DOJ:  Federal Grand Jury Charges Southern Poverty Law Center for Wire Fraud, False Statements, and Conspiracy to Commit Money Laundering

Between 2014 and 2023, the SPLC secretly funneled more than $3 million in donated funds to individuals who were associated with various violent extremist groups including the Ku Klux Klan, Aryan Nations, and National Socialist Party of America

A Grand Jury in Montgomery, Alabama, today returned an indictment charging the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) with 11 counts of wire fraud, false statements to a federally insured bank, and conspiracy to commit concealment money laundering.  The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Alabama Northern Division filed two forfeiture actions to recover alleged proceeds of the organization’s fraud scheme. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) investigated this case with assistance from the Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI).

“The SPLC is manufacturing racism to justify its existence,” said Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche. “Using donor money to allegedly profit off Klansmen cannot go unchecked. This Department of Justice will hold the SPLC and every other fraudulent organization operating with the same deceptive playbook accountable. No entity is above the law.”

$3 million dollars certainly can assist in funding extremists who otherwise would be stuck in their mother's basements, and turn them into much more visible and active boogeymen for fundraising. 

Should be quite the interesting case, and it looks like the Southern Poverty Law Center is going to need some good lawyers.

More On California's High-Speed Train Corruption

Not only is the corruption and over-spending in the California high speed rail project bad enough that it is at 135 Billion dollars in spending with no tangible results -- from a budget that was supposed to be 10 billion dollars total for the project when it was announced in 2009 with no end in sight.

It's now bad enough that the Democrats in California are pushing a law to make the  news of how corrupt the high-speed rail project has been, and continues to be, a secret from Californians.

Daniel Greenfield:  California Politicians Propose Law Hiding Corruption from the Public

 You could say the California Democrats are running a train on the residents of California, and you wouldn't be wrong.

Oh, and if you're not reading Daniel Greenfield on a regular basis, you are missing out.

It Is Not Just That Politicians Can Be Bought

But how cheaply they can be bought.

The extensive Somali fraud that is now estimated at over $9 Billion dollars, while remarkable for the amount of the funds misappropriated, is unremarkable for the number  of kickbacks and donations the perpetrators were making to Democrat politicians.

Governor of Minnesota Tim Walz apparently received all of $10,000 in donations from Somali fraudsters: Washington Examiner: Walz received $10,000 from donors tied to Somali-run day care centers.

$10k in return for billions stolen with the state being remarkably, if not deliberately, incurious of the ongoing thefts and operations. 

The Feeding our Future scandal that bilked the state and feds of $250 million alone donated $50,000 to Minnesota Democrats.

A $50k payoff to the Dems in return for pocketing $250 million is not a bad investment at all for the fraudsters. 

The Sopranos Must Be Regretting Their Life Choices

All the drama, all the deaths, and all the hardship involved in racketeering, theft and garbage schemes -- and for what? A pretty mid take and most of their crew ending up in prison or in the ground.

Instead, they could have just opened some daycare centers and did some medicaid fraud in Minneapolis and stole billions the easy way.

MSN:  Somali scammers allegedly stole almost as much in Minnesota as entire Somalia GDP

It's Good To Be The Mayor Of Dearbonistan

Interesting article on the upcoming mayoral election in Deaborn.

The Detroit Free Press: Dearborn candidate running for mayor vows to battle crime and blight, cut mayoral salary

One bit of info in the article stood out: 

. . .and cut by 25% Mayor Abdullah Hammoud's salary, which was higher than Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's salary last year.  

Yep, the mayor of Pro-Hamas and Hezbollah, Muslim-majority Dearborn, a city with a population of 103,000 people, gets a salary higher than that of the Governor of the entire state. Funny, that.

In 2024 he was paid $172,038 - more than 171% higher than the average pay for a mayor.  By contrast, Whitmer was paid $159,300.

Then again, Gov. Whitmer has under-performed rather markedly for this state, and Abdullah Hammoud has performed most admirably for Hamas and Hezbollah.

After all, if Hamas' leaders can feather their nests and become billionaires, why can't the pro-Hamas mayor of Dearborn make some big bucks? 

The Biden Crime Family Pardons Its Own

The news hasn't picked up that in addition to Milley, Fauci, and the Jan 6 committee, Joe just preemptively pardoned a lot of his family members:

Executive Grant of Clemency
JOSEPH R. BIDEN, JR.
President of the United States of America
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, GREETING:

BE IT KNOWN, THAT THIS DAY, I, JOSEPH R. BIDEN, JR., PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, PURSUANT TO MY POWERS UNDER ARTICLE II, SECTION 2, CLAUSE 1, OF THE
CONSTITUTION, HAVE GRANTED UNTO

JAMES B. BIDEN
SARA JONES BIDEN
VALERIE BIDEN OWENS
JOHN T. OWENS
FRANCIS W. BIDEN

A FULL AND UNCONDITIONAL PARDON FOR ANY NONVIOLENT OFFENSES against the United States which they may have committed or taken part in during the period from January I, 2014, through the date of this pardon.

Note that interesting January 1 2014 date.  It is the same period as that extended to Hunter Biden. Yep, that includes the time Hunter was off enriching the family's pockets and doing tax fraud among other things, and likely the other family members were benefiting from that corruption nicely.

An Awful Lot Of That Going Around: Democrat Corruption Edition

Quite a few Democrat Mayors getting indicted and convicted for accepting bribes and other financial malfeasance.

We have the now well-known indictment of New York Mayor Eric Adams for wire fraud, conspiracy and bribery charges.

Locally in Michigan, there is the conviction of the Mayor of Inkster, which took place yesterday, also for bribery, but he was bought for much less in bribes than Adams: The Detroit  News:  Former Inkster mayor pleads guilty in bribery case, U.S. attorney says

Meanwhile the Detroit Riverfront CFO is going to plead guilty after stealing millions from the Riverfront program.  And there's a further Federal case filed against him.

On the federal level while not a mayor,  Senator Bob Menendez  is still awaiting sentencing for his conviction for accepting bribes.

Forget it Jake, It's Detroit.

The more things change, the more they stay the same:

The Detroit Free Press: Feds: Embezzled millions funded ousted Riverfront Conservancy CFO's lavish lifestyle

Is anyone at this point really surprised about embezzlement by Detroit officials? 

Apparently some credulous fools are: Amid $40 million embezzlement probe, Detroit Riverfront Conservancy has work to do

Say it ain’t so, Riverfront Conservancy. 

Like the rest of metro Detroit, we've watched with dismay as news of financial malfeasance at the Detroit Riverfront Conservancy trickled out over the last month: A Michigan State Police investigation into missing money, quickly handed off to the FBI. The suspension and firing of the conservancy's CFO. And an auditor's report that estimates the sum of money potentially diverted by that CFO — who may now be missing — at more than $40 million.

The riverfront — the conservancy — must survive this.

But regaining the faith of the community that believed in the riverfront — rebuilding trust with the funders who paid for much of this transformation — must be job one.

 Not sure how the Detroit Free Press Editorial Board could write that last bit with a straight face.

It's the same Detroit Corruption Game, only the players have changed.

Michigan State Bailout - Palooza!

Our dear governor just rescued a bunch of Democrat constituencies from their series of poor choices, at the expense of everyone other taxpayer in the state.

The Detroit News: Gov. Gretchen Whitmer approves money for Highland Park water deal, school debt relief

She just gave out over $134 Million of state money to bailout some key Democrat institutions:  Most notably $30 million to The City of Highland Park as a reward for its decision to not pay its water bill for decades, and for school systems also in debt due to overspending, mismanagement, and corruption.

The bills Whitmer signed also direct the Michigan Treasury Department to pay off $42.2 million in debt owed by Ypsilanti Community Schools, $31.3 million owed by the Muskegon Heights School District, about $18.4 million owed by the Pontiac City School District and more than $10 million owed by Benton Harbor Area Schools.

The money for Ypsilanti's school district includes $19.4 million to pay off the former Willow Run Community Schools' outstanding school bond loan fund balances or the school loan revolving fund balance. The Willow Run district merged with the Ypsilanti school system in 2013.

The spending bills also pay off $12 million in debt owed by the former Inkster School District, which a Republican-controlled Legislature dissolved in 2013.

Note these were all run into the ground by Democrat governance. Nothing is given to the school boards who properly managed their finances, nor to communities that actually paid their water bills, just more bailing out of Democrat-run, profligate spending government entities.

It has still never been explained where the money Highland Park collected from its residents for the water bills, and which it never paid to the water authority, actually went. Nor are we likely to ever get an answer, nor should we expect an accounting for these other communities' debts and what the money was actually wasted on.

Detroit Police Oversight Commissioner Caught Trying To Get Hands-On With Criminal Conduct

One would think he would know better, but instead apparently thinks he is instead above the law.

The Detroit Free Press: Detroit police commissioner cited for encounter with prostitute

A member and former chair of Detroit's police oversight board was caught with a sex worker Wednesday morning, the Wayne County Sheriff’s Office says.

Deputies say they caught Bryan Ferguson of the Detroit Police Board of Commissioners engaged in a sex act with a prostitute in his vehicle at 7:15 a.m., according to Edward Foxworth, spokesman for the Sheriff’s Office.

 . . .

Bates said Ferguson asked officers at the scene if they could "help him out."

Hilariously, he claims he was just stopped in his truck and was just minding his own businesses when a woman of ill repute jumped into the truck all on her own and started jumping his bones.

He also pulled the "do you know who I am?" bit by telling the deputies that caught him inflagrante delicto that he was a police oversight committee member. That didn't help him.

Meanwhile the entire Commission is under investigation itself for lots of irregularities, including financial ones. What a surprise that Detroit lefty politicos who oversee the police are apparently committing corrupt and criminal acts. Funny, that.

When Buying And Selling Are Controlled By Regulations

Then, to paraphrase P.J. O'Rourke, the first things to be bought and sold are regulators.

P.J. O'Rourke certainly knew what he was talking about:

The Detroit News:  Businessman pleads guilty to bribing Michigan medical marijuana licensing board chairman

Oakland County businessman John Dawood Dalaly pleaded guilty Friday to providing bribes to Rick Johnson, the chairman of Michigan's medical marijuana licensing board, and told a federal judge he hired Johnson's wife as a consultant at a rate of $4,000 a month.

Dalaly now faces up to 10 years in federal prison and became the first person to plead guilty in court as part of a wide-ranging corruption probe, examining Michigan government's awarding of licenses to sell and grow medical marijuana.

Marijuana is an industry where right now the sellers can literally grow money like a weed, with weed. Currently it's a $2 billion dollar industry so a few hundred thousand in bribes and favors is relatively cheap, and, of course, sellers are going to influence or outright bribe regulators.

Next step after bribery, the more established marijuana businesses will get their people on the regulatory boards to regulate and shut out or at least increase the cost of entry for their competition -- all in the name of public safety.

Mo' Con Goin For Just One Mo' Con

Former Corrupt Detroit Councilwoman and Convicted felon Monica Conyers is going for one more shot to feed at the public trough and running for Wayne County Executive.  

One problem though, as a convicted corrupt public official she can't hold the office even if she won.

The Detroit Free Press:  Monica Conyers to run for Wayne County executive, despite being banned from office

Former Detroit City Councilwoman Monica Conyers submitted a bid for the county's top office, despite a state law preventing her from holding public office.

The former councilwoman pleaded guilty in 2009 to using her position on council and a city pension fund board to solicit bribes from businessmen seeking city contracts or pension deals. She spent three years in federal prison. State law bans officeholders convicted of a felony involving deceit and fraud from holding office for 20 years.

The law does not explicitly state they can't run though, even if they can't hold office so she's running.

So, since she's barred form holding the office, why is she running? What is the one mo' con that she is trying to pull here? 

Is she trying to divert votes from another candidate or get paid off?  One doth wonder.

Speaking Of Snow Jobs - Gov Half-Whit Pays Off Some Electoral Allies

Ah, election time is coming up, so its time for Democrats to bribe their constituencies, often rather blatantly enough that even the Detroit Free Press notices.

The Detroit Free Press: Union bid won $8M state training grant, despite providing less training at higher cost

The Whitmer administration awarded an $8 million training grant to one of her staunchest union allies, despite the fact a different agency offered to provide lengthier training to more workers for the same price, with greater emphasis on underserved groups such as minorities.

Funny how that works, neh?

No worries though, it's not like she's spending her money to payoff her allies for continued support, she's spending our Michigan tax dollars to do it.

Yet Another Detroit Corruption Conviction

The Detroit News: André Spivey resigns from Detroit City Council after pleading guilty to bribery

Note that you do have to play "Name That Party" as the article curiously omits to mention his political affiliation. Then again, its Detroit, and it's all about the D in Detroit.

City Council member Spivey is now the second council member to be convicted of a corruption felony this year after getting over $35,000 in bribes.   

Since there is still a few months left in the year, there's a strong possibility for more council members to cop to their crimes.

Apparently his serving as a minister will now be put on hold considering his felony conviction,  he'll just have to wait until after his release to go back to the ministry like Kwame. 

He lives in the district's historic East English Village neighborhood and serves as an executive minister at Oak Grove AME Church.

Spivey will no longer be allowed to practice as a minister and his felony charge will "prevent him from working," Hall told The News Wednesday.

 On top of that his graduation from law school is now postponed.

Spivey told Roberts he hasn't faced any prior crimes. He noted that he is a Central Michigan University graduate and is a law student at Wayne State University, expected to graduate in May 2023.

Good luck passing the Bar's character and fitness review when you have a felony corruption conviction on your record.  Then again, he's one of the special connected people, so he may just get a pass if he claims he's turned his life around.

Note that he's just joining a long line of convicted felons in this rather hotbed of corruption in the Detroit area:

In the last 12 years, more than 110 labor leaders, politicians, police officers and bureaucrats have been charged with federal corruption-related crimes locally, according to a database built by The Detroit News.