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Calls Michigan Gov. Snyder’s Arrest as Flint Poisoning Scandal Implicates Top Staffers

Common Dreams: Calls for Michigan Governor Rick Snyder's ouster--and arrest--are growing after internal emails showed that his high-level staffers were aware of lead poisoning in Flint's public water supply six months before the administration declared a state of emergency. According to the newly-released emails, which were obtained by NBC News, Snyder's chief of staff at the time, Dennis Muchmore, wrote to an unnamed high-level health department staffer: "I'm frustrated by the water issue in Flint." "These...