Trump’s Economy (Guest: Pollster Bernie Porn)
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Trump Finally Reveals His Health Care Plan—and It’s Bad
The New Republic
This Week’s “Party on the Peninsulas”:
Chairperson Curtis Hertel
Trump’s Budget Disaster
Bernie Porn
EPIC MRA Polling
Michigan: It’s Purple
In the News
VIDEO: “I.C.E. Job Interview Guide”
Lincoln Project
Michigan Politics and Policy
- Michigan’s U.S. senators reject deal to end shutdown | Detroit Free Press
- Slotkin Statement on Government Funding Vote
- Peters Statement on Vote on Continuing Resolution That Fails to Address Rising Health Care Costs
- VIDEO – Michigan Veterans Call Out Barrett, James for SNAP, Medicaid cuts – Michigan Families for Fair Care
- Veterans criticize GOP Reps. Barrett and James for cuts to SNAP, Medicaid on Veterans’ Day call | Michigan Advance
- 4 Michigan insurers drop Obamacare as costs for some double, triple | Detroit Free Press
- Michigan Dems push back as Republicans request DOJ to oversee state’s election | WILX TV
- GOP Leader Nesbitt Letter to DOJ – Election Monitoring
- Slotkin Leads Colleagues to Introduce Bill to Rein in Abuse of National Guard in Domestic Deployments – Senator Elissa Slotkin
- Ex-Michigan GOP co-chair files to challenge Rogers with U.S. Senate bid | Detroit News
- Michigan Democrats rebuff Rogers’ evidence-free claim that the 2024 election was also stolen | Michigan Advance
- Michigan Dems Slam Speaker Hall for Holding Veterans’ Affairs Bills Hostage in State House Ahead of Veterans Day – Michigan Democratic Party
- Michigan adopts updated sex education standards after contentious meeting | Bridge Michigan
- Lansing Republicans Pay Chatfield Aides that Plead Guilty to Embezzlement – Michigan Democratic Party
- Michigan lawmakers OK ‘pork’ reform after scandals, investigations | Bridge Michigan
- Consumers, Blue Cross fight Michigan proposal to keep ‘money out of politics’ | Bridge Michigan
Weaponizing the Federal Government
- Naturalized citizens wary of Trump’s immigration policies | AP News
- Retired journalists raise the alarm about state sponsored terror in Chicago | Jennifer Schulze substack
- Inside Trump’s Deportation of Venezuelans: Four Months in a Salvadoran Prison | The New York Times
Trump-World Grift, Lies and Corruption
- Business News: Confirmed: President Trump’s Mystery Desk Clock Came From Rolex – Hodinkee
- The Gold Bar Diplomacy That Won Switzerland a Trade Deal With Trump | Wall Street Journal
- Trump Organization Is Said to Be in Talks on a Saudi Government Real Estate Deal | The New York Times
- Trump give second pardon to Jan. 6 participant and pardons two others – The Washington Post
- Democrats reveal whistleblower details of Ghislaine Maxwell prison ‘luxuries’ | MSNBC
- Senators distance themselves from controversial payout provision | POLITICO
- House Republicans Claim They Were Blindsided by MAGA Senators’ Cash Grab | Daily Beast
- Trump says Bill Clinton was at Epstein’s island. Emails say otherwise. | USA Today
- Trump pardons Michigan false electors, allies who challenged his 2020 loss | Bridge Michigan
- How the Trump Administration Is Giving Even More Tax Breaks to the Wealthy | The New York Times
- Trump Now Selling His Wine On Military Bases Because Nothing Matters Anymore | Crooks and Liars
- Trump’s Sinister Attempt to Whitewash History | Harry Litman/Talking Feds Substack
- Trump’s pardons aim to make his 2020 “fake elector scheme” legal – Hayes Brown/MSNBC
- Exclusive | Fannie Mae Watchdogs Probed How Pulte Obtained Mortgage Records of Key Democrats | Wall Street Journal
- Kristi Noem-Tied Firm Secretly Got Piece of $220 Million DHS Campaign | ProPublica
- Kash Patel Waived Polygraph Screening for Dan Bongino, Senior Staff | ProPublica
The Federal Budget Mess
- VIDEO: Jon Stewart “Can’t F**king Believe” Democrats Caved on the Shutdown | The Daily Show
- The Shutdown’s End as a Republican Victory? No Way. | The American Prospect
- The shutdown standoff over ACA subsidies was more than just another budget fight – Dr. Uché Blackstock/MS NOW
- Opinion: End of federal shutdown, it’s up to us to save health care | John Lindstrom/Detroit Free Press
- The Republican Brain Doesn’t Want To Understand Health Care | Paul Krugman Substack
- Trump’s $2,000 tariff rebate check idea sounds simple — it isn’t | MS NOW
- Why does a good economy sometimes feel bad? | Paul Krugman substack
- Feeling Great About the Economy? You Must Own Stocks | Wall Street Journal
The Battle to Defend the Constitution
- Representative Sharon MacDonell: Naturalized citizens deserve protection, not persecution | Detroit News
- Supreme Court rejects appeal to overturn its same-sex marriage ruling | AP News
- Same-sex marriage still on shaky ground in Michigan, Nessel says | Detroit Free Press
- Fox News and the Misleading Story of Portland’s ICE Protests | ProPublica
- Republicans demand tougher abortion restrictions to extend Obamacare funds | NBC News
- Kansas county agrees to pay $3 million and apologize over law enforcement raid on newspaper | AP News
- With his threat of a $1bn lawsuit against BBC, Trump’s assault on the media goes global | The Guardian
- Indiana U. professor take off class over white supremacy graphic listing MAGA – Indianapolis Star
Across the Nation
- The Luxury Electric Vehicle Is in Trouble | The New York Times
- Trump’s Hatred of EVs Is Making Gas Cars More Expensive | WIRED
- Trump says cutting climate rules will save you money. It’s actually costing you more. | Vox
Dr. Corwin Smidt
State Reprsentative Kara Hope
State Senator Kevin Hertel
Top Republicans Stand by President’s Poop Video
Senator Elissa Slotkin
Senator Mallory McMorrow
Wynett Guy
This Week’s “Party on the Peninsulas”:
Congresswoman Haley Stevens
Sheriff Chris Swanson
MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell says he’s considering a run for Minnesota governor – NBC News
This Week’s “Party on the Peninsulas”:
Dr. Abdul El Sayed
Representative Regina Weiss
