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Kamala Harris Pitches ‘Brighter Future’ in Final Campaign Ad Before Election – The Daily Beast
Election 2024: Key moments from Kamala Harris’ closing argument at Ellipse – AP News

This Week’s “Party on the Peninsulas”

✹ Chairperson Barnes: We build bridges, they erect walls

✹ Election law attorney Mark Brewer on protecting our votes

✹ This week’s Trump Outrage: a gusher of last-week insanity

In the News

Republicans endorsing Kamala Harris over Trump in 2024 election – The Washington Post
U.S. Economic Growth Extends Solid Streak – Wall Street Journal

The Final Week

• The Risk of Trump’s Old Age – The New York Times
• Keys to a 2024 Trump Rally: Dark Rhetoric, Jokes and ‘the Weave’ – Wall Street Journal
• Joe Biden’s Economic Plan Is Investing Trillions of Dollars in America | The New Yorker
• Donald Trump’s cognitive decline becoming a troubling concern – Las Vegas Sun News
• Arizona Sen. Eva Burch: My abortion experience pushed me to share my story on the Senate floor
• How Trump and Harris Compare on Climate Change – The New York Times
• Elon Musk’s $2 trillion in U.S. budget cuts could bring economic turmoil – The Washington Post
• Biden calls out Elon Musk over report he worked in US illegally – AP News
• House Speaker Mike Johnson criticizes Obamacare and promises ‘massive reform’ if Trump wins – NBC News
• Nicolle Wallace calls on her former boss, George W. Bush to break silence on 2024 Election – MSNBC

Michigan Politics

• Video — Michigan party chair Lavora Barnes: ‘We’re feeling good’ on the ground – ABC News
• Michigan U.S. Senate Candidate Mike Rogers is the Most Dangerous Anti-Trump Phony Running for Office – Roger Stone
• Flip it over! The Michigan Supreme Court race could be hiding on your ballot this year. – The ‘Gander
• In Traverse City, GOP faces steep odds in bid to reclaim state House seat – Detroit News $$
• Elon Musk’s PAC Tricked Michigan Canvassers Into Door Knocking for Donald Trump – The Daily Beast
• Charges filed after noncitizen allegedly voted in Michigan – Detroit Free Press
• Service Workers Target Inconsistent Michigan Voters for Harris – The American Prospect

A Week of Trump/GOP Outrages

• Republicans Are Cheating. Again. But Now It’s Worse Than Ever. – The New Republic
• An ‘Island of Garbage’? Trump Spokesperson Said the Crowd ‘Didn ’t Mind.’ – American Prospect
• At Trump’s events, vulgar T-shirts disparaging Harris are in demand – The Washington Post
• Trump MSG rally speakers lob racist insults, call Puerto Rico ‘island of garbage’ – The Washington Post
• Trump says Liz Cheney might not be a ‘war hawk’ if she had rifles shooting at her – AP News
• Exposed! Trump’s Viral Black Voters Video Was Fake, Astroturfed With MAGA Operatives and Influencers – Meidas
• Fake Russian videos push election lies on voter fraud, immigrants – The Washington Post
• Elon Musk’s 2024 pro-Trump election misinformation X factor – Jen Psaki via MSNBC
• Trump, Preparing to Challenge the Results, Puts His 2020 Playbook Into Action – The New York Times
• Why Trump’s lawsuit against CBS is transparently ridiculous – Maddow Blog
• Trump Unleashing RFK Jr. on Public Health Would Be a Disaster – The New Republic
• “Red Wave” Redux: Are GOP Polls Rigging the Averages in Trump’s Favor? – The New Republic
• Trump Allies Draw Up Plans Targeting Legal Immigration – Wall Street Journal
• Majority of swing-state voters say they fear violence if Trump loses – The Washington Post
• The billionaire-media complex – Judd Legum/Popular Information

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This Week’s “Party on the Peninsulas”

✹ Chairperson Barnes: Couldn’t Republicans find one Michigander to run for the U.S. Senate?

✹ Six Democratic leaders on Florida millionaire Mike Rogers’ brazen ploy to be Michigan’s junior U.S. Senator

✹ This week’s Trump Outrage: the GOP revolt against their fascist wannabe dictator

In the News

Editorial | Kamala Harris is the Only Patriotic Choice for President – The New York Times

Michigan Politics

• 2024 Michigan elections: campaign, polls, dates, voter information – Bridge Michigan
• On Politics: Will it all come down to Michigan? – The New York Times
• Former GOP Rep. Fred Upton Backs Kamala Harris: Trump Is ‘Just Totally Unhinged’ – The Daily Beast
• UAW Poll Shows Growing Support for Kamala Harris in Battleground States – Meidas Touch
• Michelle Obama makes women’s health care appeal to men at Michigan rally – Detroit News
• VIDEO – Eminem Amps up Detroit Rally, Voices Support for Kamala Harris – Wall Street Journal
• Attorney General: Federal Court Dismisses Meritless RNC Lawsuit Targeting Michigan Voter Registry – Michigan Attorney General
• Scandal-plagued GOP prosecutor Peter Lucido faces a tough challenge in a red county – The Downballot
• Why MSU students may play key role in mid-Michigan U.S. House race – Detroit News
• Michigan Dems brush off reports of Black voters shifting right – Punchbowl News
• Republican lawmaker compares Michigan to Nazi Germany
• May the most ‘regular guy’ win? Fight is on in tight Michigan congressional race – Bridge Michigan

Michigan Policy

• Gov. Whitmer Announces Biden-Harris Administration’s $325 Million Investment to Expand Semiconductor Industry in Michigan, Creating Over 1,000 Manufacturing and Construction Jobs – Governor’s Office
• Gov. Whitmer Announces New Program to Provide Free Contraception to Michiganders, Lowering the Cost of Access to Family Planning – Governor’s Office
• Attorney General: AG Nessel Sues Pharmacy Benefit Managers for Role in Opioid Crisis – Michigan Attorney General
• Attorney General: AG Nessel Sues Pharmacy Benefit Managers for Role in Opioid Crisis – Michigan Attorney General

National Policy

• Trump proposals could drain Social Security in 6 years, budget group says – The Washington Post
• Infant deaths increased significantly after U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade – The Michigan Independent
• County judge strikes down Ohio abortion ban, citing voter-approved reproductive rights amendment – AP News
• How the Press Memory-Holed Trump’s Pandemic Train Wreck – The New Republic

National Politics

• Obama urges young men not to give up on the political process- NBC News
• The double standard for Harris and Trump has reached a breaking point – Eugene Robinson/Washington Post
• Harris holds abortion rights rally in deeply conservative Texas – The Washington Post
• Washington Post halts presidential endorsements, sending shock waves through the newsroom and beyond – POLITICO0
• Opinion | Post columnists respond to the decision not to endorse – The Washington Post
• Don’t Blame Kamala – Bill Kristol/The Bulwark
• Wisconsin Republican State Sen. Rob Cowles: ‘I plan on voting for Harris’ – Civic Media
• Georgia Supreme Court denies attempt to revive State Election Board rules – Atlanta Constitution Journal
• Republican election official in crucial Georgia appeals order saying she must certify results | AP News
• Gerald Ford’s Daughter Says She’s Backing Harris Despite Policy Disagreements – The Daily Beast
• No One Ordered Food at Trump’s Bizarre McDonald’s Publicity Stunt – The Daily Beast

Dementia Donald

• Following ‘exhaustion’ report, Trump cancels yet another media appearance – MSNBC
• Trump: ‘I Need the Kind of Generals That Hitler Had’ – The Atlantic
• VIDEO – Harris says Trump is ‘increasingly unhinged’ and blasts his reported praise of Hitler as ‘troubling’ and ‘dangerous’ – NBC News
• 13 former Trump administration officials sign open letter backing up John Kelly’s criticism of Trump – NBC News
• How Trump talks: Abrupt shifts, profane insults, confusing sentences – The Washington Post
• Trump’s recent Four Pinocchio flights of fancy – The Washington Post
• Trump tells Joe Rogan the ’enemy from within’ is worse than Kim Jong Un – The Washington Post
• Reich Track, Wrong Track – Bill Kristol/The Bulwark
• Trump’s Traverse City rally delayed by hours, many attendees leave – Detroit Free Press

Trump/GOP Outrages

• Republicans Are Cheating. Again. But Now It’s Worse Than Ever. – The New Republic
• Viral attack on Tim Walz features fake former student making false claim – The Washington Post
• New Report Reveals the Shadowy Money Behind the Plot to Overturn the Election – Mother Jones
• Trump repeats ‘enemy from within’ comment, targeting Pelosi and Schiff – The Washington Post
• Trump’s false ad claiming ‘massive layoffs’ among autoworkers – The Washington Post
• Elon Musk targets Michigan with voter misinformation – Detroit News
• 2 weeks, 450+ posts: How Elon Musk uses his X profile to push FEMA, immigration, voting falsehoods – Politifact
• Election officials fight a tsunami of voting conspiracy theories – AP News
• Republicans Are Betting on Anti-Trans Prejudice to Win Swing States – The New Republic

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This Week’s “Party on the Peninsulas”

✹ Chairperson Barnes: The signs are clear – it’s time for Trump to have a full neurological examination

✹ Representative Jenn Hill (D-Marquette) on lowering costs for families while building Michigan’s economy

✹ This week’s Trump Outrage: GOP campaign ads built around lies

In the News

Michigan Politics

• Kamala Harris in Detroit for Charlamagne tha God interview – Detroit Free Press
• Auto Workers Challenge Trump to Work 12-Hour Shift After He Said a Child Could Do Job
• GOP doubling down in toss-up Michigan Senate race – Axios
• The Senate race in the center of the political universe – Punchbowl News®.
• Michigan Senate foes brace for a ‘really close’ race amid Harris-Trump brawl – NBC News
• Slotkin, Rogers tangle over guns, EVs, abortion during final debate – Detroit News
• Tom Barrett’s Washington Handlers Forced to Pull Ad After Getting Caught Lying About Curtis Hertel’s Record – DCCC
• Gerald Ford stars in a Hillary Scholten ad – The Downballot
• Marlinga plots a comeback against James – Punchbowl News
• Trump allies stoked election chaos in Detroit in 2020. Here’s what could happen in 2024 – NBC News
• Democrats go on offense in Oakland County House races in bid to keep majority – Detroit News
• Mike Duggan for Michigan governor? New nonprofit takes Detroit story statewide – Bridge Michigan

Michigan Policy

• Nessel’s office sends letter to law enforcement on state election laws – Detroit News
• Secretary Benson launches Michigan Voting Dashboard, an interactive tool for the public to access daily election data – MI Dept. of State
• Attorney General: Protecting Michigan Voters from AI-Generated Election Misinformation
• Michigan website helps identify AI images in effort to combat election misinformation – WILX TV
• Will EVs mean fewer auto jobs? – Detroit News $$

National Policy

• What Experts Say About Where the Economy is Headed, in Charts – Wall Street Journal
• Trump’s economic plans would worsen inflation, experts say – AP News
• Justice Department Issues New Guidance on Federal Law Regarding Voter Registration – United States Department of Justice
• President Biden Announces Over 1 Million Public Service Workers Have Received Student Debt Cancellation Under the Biden-Harris Administration – White House
• Trump says Ukraine’s Zelensky should ‘never have let that war start’ – The Washington Post
• Storms Be Damned, Florida Keeps Building in High-Risk Areas – Wall Street Journal

National Politics

• Marist Poll 10/16/24
• Former defense secretaries, national security leaders rally for Harris – Military Times
• Internal polling memo has warning signs for Senate Republicans – POLITICO
• VIDEO – Mark Cuban: ‘No good reason to vote for Donald Trump as the business candidate’ – MSNBC
• Elon Musk and other billionaires invest staggering sums into electing Trump, plus other takeaways from third-quarter filings – CNN Politics
• Georgia judge blocks array of rules approved by pro-Trump election board – The Washington Post
• Justice Department Sues Virginia for Violating Federal Law’s Prohibition on Systematic Efforts to Remove Voters Within 90 Days of an Election – United States Department of Justice
• Harris’ interview with Fox News is marked by testy exchanges over immigration and more – AP News
• Harris Came for a Fox News Interview, but Got a Debate With Bret Baier – The New York Times
• How Fox News loads the dice so Trump always wins – The Washington Post $$
• Former Fox News Host Throws Shade at Bret Baier Over His Harris Interview – The Daily Beast
• In Race for Congress, Republican Election Deniers and Skeptics Seek Swing Seats – The New York Times $$
• Vance falsely claims Trump ‘didn’t go after’ his enemies – The Washington Post

Dementia Donald

• Donald Trump urges ‘slow and lethargic’ Kamala Harris take cognitive test
• Donald Trump’s Dancing Shows Just How Crazy He’s Become – The Daily Beast
• Trump’s Wild Rants Raise Questions About His Mental Fitness – Forbes
• Why Trump’s Bloomberg interview on economic policy was such a mess – MSNBC
• Trump Goes on Bonkers, Profanity-Laden Rant to a Room Full of Priests – The New Republic
• Donald Trump canceled CNBC interview this week, host says – The Hill
• Trump cancels another interview – CNN
• Trump’s Angry Rant on Fox News Instantly Wrecks JD Vance’s Latest Spin – The New Republic
• Adviser Says Trump’s Erratic Interview Was ‘Greatest Ever’ – The Daily Beast

Trump/GOP Outrages

• Trump Calls Jan. 6, the Day His Supporters Led a Failed Insurrection, ‘A Day of Love’ – The Daily Beast
• Trump’s legal team tried to keep Stormy Daniels quiet (yes, again) – MSNBC
• Trump Raises Eyebrows by Proclaiming Himself the ‘Father of I.V.F.’ – The New York Times $$
• Trump Escalates Threats to Political Opponents He Deems the ‘Enemy’ – The New York Times $$
• The Kavanaugh cover-up – Judd Legum/Popular Information
• Trump hotel overcharged Secret Service, Democratic report finds – The Washington Post
• Trump’s “Swiss” Watches Traced to Derelict Wyoming Strip Mall – The New Republic
• GOP group funds ads painting Harris as both ‘pro-Israel’ and ‘pandering to Palestine’ – Detroit News $$
• Trump Super-PAC Sent Out Bogus Medicare Cancellation Notice to Scare Voters About Kamala Harris – Mother Jones
• Donald Trump’s Campaign Manager Chris LaCivita’s Multi-Million Payday Revealed – The Daily Beast
• Democrats’ Report Calls Trump Hotel Business Unethical and Unconstitutional – The New York Times
• Judge shoots down Ron DeSantis’ war against free speech.

Climate Change

• Oil trade group aligned with Trump drafts plans targeting climate rules – The Washington Post $$
• Opinion | Flood insurance needs reform to keep pace with intense hurricanes – The Washington Post
• Hundreds ordered to evacuate from fast-moving Northern California fire, official says – AP News

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This Week’s “Party on the Peninsulas”

✹ Chairperson Barnes: It’s impossible to keep up with Trump’s lies and distortions

✹ Representative Matt Koleszar, chair of the House Education Committee, on strengthening K-12 education

✹ This week’s Trump Outrage: guest commentator Barack Obama on how Trump hurricane-relief lies are hurting the victims

In the News

Michigan Politics

• VIDEO Lavora Barnes on MSNBC – Michigan College Student’s Post Debate Civics Lesson – YouTubeGary Peters is tasked with defending a brutal Senate map for Dems. It’s his biggest test yet. – POLITICO
• Rogers wants to halt $500M taxpayer grant to build EVs at GM plant – Detroit News
• Slotkin, Rogers spar in Michigan U.S. Senate debate. Here are the facts – Bridge Michigan
• VIDEO – US Senate Debate – WOTV via YouTube
• Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan Hits Back After Trump Dissed His City – The Daily Beast
• Democrat Marlinga airs first 2024 ad, part of “seven-figure” buy – Detroit News
• VIDEO – Marlinga – We should all be equal in the eyes of the law – YouTube
• Downriver could decide which party controls Michigan House – Detroit Free Press
• Michigan Supreme Court majority at stake as GOP, Dem hopefuls vie for 2 seats – Detroit News

Michigan Policy

• Whitmer signs bills aimed at school safety, mental health and literacy – Detroit Free Press
• Led by Believers in the City’s Future, Detroit Is on the Rebound – The New York Times
• Inside Detroit’s Newlab, a Hub for Mobility Startups in Henry Ford’s Hometown – The New York Times
• In Michigan, Walz Assails Trump’s Record on Manufacturing – The New York Times
• Consumers, DTE to expand EV charger network in Michigan – Bridge Michigan

Trump/GOP Outrages

• Chris Christie Unnerved by Donald Trump’s ‘Significant’ Mental Decline – The Daily Beast
• Trump: America ‘will be like Detroit’ if Harris wins – Detroit Free Press
• Slurring Trump Rambles Aimlessly About ‘Biden Circles’ and Trashes Detroit During Speech in… Detroit – Video
• Trump’s Rambling Speeches Reinforce Question of Age – The New York Times
• Trump calls Aurora a ‘war zone.’ Even its Republican mayor disagrees. – POLITICO
• Republican Rep. Debunks GOP Hurricane Lies in Incredible Fact-Check – The New Republic
• Hurricane Recovery Efforts Disrupted by Conspiracy Theories and Falsehoods – The New York Times
• Trump thinks Americans have forgotten how bad his hurricane relief efforts were – MSNBC
• The Kremlin Throws Trump Under the Bus on Secret Putin Gift – The New Republic
• Trump Spreads His Politics of Grievance to Nonwhite Voters – The New York Times
• Trump’s ‘God Bless the USA’ Bibles were printed in China, AP review finds – AP News
• How Barack Obama riles Donald Trump on Harris’ campaign trail – Jen Psaki/MSNBC
• Jewish Republicans Attack Harris, Who Has a Jewish Husband, for Being Bad for Jews – Mother Jones
• Fact check: Trump’s wrong again on Michigan Man of the Year claim – Detroit Free Press
• Melania Trump Faces Uproar After Being Caught in Fake Charity Scandal – The New Republic
• No, Biden didn’t take FEMA relief money to use on migrants — but Trump did – The Washington Post
• The ‘Crypto Punks’ Behind Trump’s Murky New Business Venture – The New York Times
• Opinion | Donald Trump’s rallies should remind voters what he really represents – The Washington Post

Climate Change

• The Great Florida Migration Is Coming Undone – Wall Street Journal

National Politics and Policy

• Stock Market Today: Dow, S&P 500 end at record highs as JPMorgan’s stock surges – MarketWatch
• Harris Wants Medicare to Cover Home Care for More Seniors – Wall Street Journal
• Trump’s Plans Could Increase National Debt Twice as Much as Harris’s Proposal – The New York Times
• Barack Obama Calls Out Black Men Supporting Donald Trump, Says Vote for Kamala Harris – The Daily Beast
• Kamala Harris Has Raised $1 Billion Since Entering Presidential Race – The New York Times
• Harris releases a report on her health, contrasting with Trump – AP News

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✹ Chairperson Barnes: Trump is a criminal who should face trial – Special Counsel Jack Smith

✹ Representative Joey Andrews on climate change and reopening the Palisades Nuclear Plant

✹ This week’s Trump Outrage: The massive grift

In the News

Michigan Politics

• Trump campaign employee on Detroit ballot center: ‘Make them riot’ – Detroit News
• Vance won’t commit to $500M grant for building EVs at Michigan auto plant – Detroit News
• Questions raised over where Senate candidate Mike Rogers really lives – Detroit Free Press
• Rogers says Medicare negotiating drug price reductions is ‘sugar high politics’ • Michigan Advance
• Mike Rogers’ support for ‘fetal personhood’ could threaten access to IVF and contraception – The Michigan Independent
• Obama endorses Slotkin – via X
• Slotkin reports $18M fundraising haul for U.S. Senate bid – Detroit News
• Mid-Michigan congressional race attracts big spending, high hopes – Detroit News

Michigan Policy

• St. Clair Shores voters, election workers face fraud charges – Detroit Free Press
• Michigan teachers to pay less into retirement fund in future – Detroit Free Press

Trump/GOP Outrages

• VIDEO – Jon Stewart: Trump Is The Opposite of Who His Supporters Claim He Is | The Daily Show – YouTube
• 24 hours of MAGA misinformation – The Washington Post
• Democrats push for Justice Department probe into Trump and Egypt – Maddow Blog
• Trump mixes up words, swerves among subjects in off-topic speech – The Washington Post
• Oops, They Did It Again: The Mainstream Media Buries Trump’s Outrage – The New Republic
• Oklahoma buying schools 55,000 bibles. Specs match the $60 Trump bible – The Washington Post
• Trump Rally in Michigan Dominated by More False Statements – The New York Times
• Donald Trump claims he ‘won’ Michigan in 2020 — and will again – Bridge Michigan
• Trump’s false claim of ‘EV mandate’ gains traction in Michigan – POLITICO
• Trump Promised to Release His Medical Records. He Still Won’t Do It. – The New York Times
• Five Issues Where Donald Trump Flip-Flopped From Abortion to TikTok – Wall Street Journal

Climate Change

• Forecasters predict another hurricane will strike Florida by midweek – The Washington Post
• Floridians hit 3 times by hurricanes grapple with rebuilding – AP News
• The Midwest is Winning Some Climate Migrants – TIME
• Trump initially refused to give California wildfire aid because it’s a blue state, ex-aide says – E&E News by POLITICO
• Trump and GOP Make BS Migrant Claim Amid FEMA Hurricane Shortfall – The Daily Beast

National Politics and Policy

• Jack Smith filing lays out new evidence against Trump Jan. 6 immunity – The Washington Post
• The Murder Rate Fell at the Fastest-Ever Pace Last Year—and It’s Still Falling – Mother Jones
• Election 2024: Cybersecurity head says there’s no chance a foreign adversary can change results – AP News
• The Boss endorses @KamalaHarris – via X
• Obama to campaign for Harris in month leading up to election – The Washington Post
• U.S. Hiring Accelerated in September, Blowing Past Expectations – Wall Street Journal
• Kuttner on TAP: Biden’s Amazing Win Settling the Dock Strike – The American Prospect
• Supreme Court clears way for Biden limits on methane and mercury emissions – The Washington Post
• 500 Gs to deregulate 5G – POLITICO
• Ports Rush to Reopen After Dockworker Strike Is Suspended – The New York Times
• Misinformation and hoaxes about Helene cloud recovery – AP News

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✹ Chairperson Barnes: Economics fact and (Trump) fiction

✹ Representative John Fitzgerald on battling sextortion

✹ This week’s Trump/GOP Outrage: Republicans refusing to condemn North Carolina gubernatorial candidate Mark Robinson

In the News

Michigan Politics

• VIDEO – Chair Lavora Barnes on MSNBC’s “The Weekend” – MSNBC
• Whitmer to Andy Cohen: ‘I was your most fun friend from high school’ – Freep
• Top Michigan Republican already warns of a stolen election – Detroit News
• Democrats won complete power in Michigan. Republicans are trying to take it away. – POLITICO
• ‘A false sense of comfort’: Michigan Dems fight to keep voters’ attention on abortion – POLITICO
• Detroit chamber won’t endorse Rogers or Slotkin in U.S. Senate contest – Detroit News
• Ben Carson says ‘we may have to’ die to protect right-wing America at MSU visit – The State News
• Michigan GOP walks fine line on absentee voting, as Trump sends mixed messages – Bridge Michigan

Michigan Policy

• Biden urges ban on Chinese cars from US roads – Detroit Free Press
• Lawmakers OK bills making Michigan caregivers public employees to ease unionization – Detroit News
• Deep in Michigan’s car country, switch to EVs fuels anxieties before election – Bridge Michigan
• Michigan election challengers face new rules to deter delays, disruptions – Bridge Michigan
• Lombardini to Stand Trial for Uttering and Publishing Following ‘Unlock Michigan’ Campaign Finance Investigation – Attorney General

Trump/GOP Outrages

• Trump’s Pitch to Working-Class Voters Is a Scam – The New Republic
• Opinion | Republicans come up with new ways to insult women – Karen Tumulty/The Washington Post
• Trump’s pitch to women is getting weirder and weirder – Public Notice
• Trump Appears to Have Lost a Total Grasp on Things – The New Republic
• Opinion | Donald Trump According to Those Who Know Him – The New York Times
• Trump campaign ad is stuck in an economic time warp – The Washington Post
• JD Vance messages in 2020 show him criticizing Trump’s record as president – The Washington Post
• Kushner’s Fund Has Reaped Millions in Fees, but So Far Returned No Profits – The New York Times
• Jared Kushner’s private equity firm raises even more red flags than before – MSNBC
• Obama and Biden achievements that Trump claims for himself – Washington Post Fact Check
• Trump Plans Massive Shake-Up of Justice Department – Wall Street Journal
• How Trump’s Tariffs Would Radically Redistribute Wealth Upward – The New Republic
• Trump Watches Hit the Market for Astronomical Price
• Mark Robinson vows to stay in race despite CNN report
• Newly unearthed data shows closer links to Robinson and porn, dating sites – POLITICO
• Criminalizing Pregnancy: A Record Number of Women Were Prosecuted the Year After Dobbs – Mother Jones
• Florida bans instruction on contraception and consent in sex ed classes – Popular Information

National Politics and Policy

• Biden’s U.N. speech was one of the most moving speeches of his long political career. – Slate
• Harris pledges ‘pragmatic’ approach to the economy in Pittsburgh speech – POLITICO
• Harris voices support for eliminating filibuster to secure abortion rights – The Washington Post
• ‘Athletes for Harris’: VP rakes in endorsements from hall of famers – USA Today
• FBI Releases 2023 Crime in the Nation Statistics — FBI
• Senate Democrats say they’ll expand the battlefield to Texas and Florida – The Down Ballot
• Ohio residents flock to Springfield’s Haitian restaurants: – The Guardian
• Haitian group in Springfield, Ohio, files charges against Trump, Vance – AP News
• Common myths about the new FBI crime statistics, debunked – Judd Legum/Popular Information
• Caught in Texas’ Medicaid and Food Stamp Application Backlog? Know Someone Who Is? Help Us Report. — ProPublica
• GOP leaders rely on Dems (again) to prevent a government shutdown – Maddow Blog
• GOP effort to change how Nebraska allocates electoral votes hits roadblock – The Washington Post
• Swing state Republicans say they see few signs of Trump door-knocking – AP News

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This Week’s “Party on the Peninsulas”

✹ Chairperson Barnes: The potential for decades-long judicial tyranny

✹ Justice Kyra Harris Bolden on judicial impartiality

✹ This week’s Trump/GOP Outrage: Rigging the rules in Georgia

In the News

Michigan Politics

• Justice For Generations – Kyra Bolden ad via YouTube
• VIDEO – Unite for America Rally with Vice President Kamala Harris and Oprah Winfrey – YouTube
• In Michigan, Kamala Harris calls for ‘common sense’ gun reforms after school shootings – Bridge Michigan
• Tom Barrett’s Anti-Abortion Record on Display In MI-07 – DCCC
• House Dems’ ‘sleeper’ seats suddenly in sight – POLITICO
• Slotkin, Rogers lean into immigration policy fight in U.S. Senate race – Detroit NewsACLU spending $2M on abortion rights ads in Michigan Supreme Court race – Bridge Michigan
• Mike Rogers wants voters to forget his record of backing abortion bans – The Michigan Independent
• In Michigan, Democrats Hope to Benefit From a Post-Biden Surge of Youth Energy – The New York Times
• Elon Musk super PAC working with Michigan GOP ahead of presidential election – Bridge Michigan
• Robert F. Kennedy Jr. again loses in bid to get off Michigan’s ballot – Detroit News

Michigan Policy

• Belleville, Romulus, townships sue over radioactive waste shipments – Detroit Free Press
• Judge blocks Wayne County landfill from importing radioactive waste – Detroit News
• Hundreds of tipped workers rally at Michigan Capitol over wage ruling – Detroit Free Press
• Friske probe referred to AG’s office as case involves ‘multiple’ counties – Detroit News

Trump/GOP Outrages

• MAGA Republicans Pass New Election Rules in Georgia That Could Rig the State for Trump – Mother Jones
• Seven Trump campaign proposals that show he’s getting desperate – MSNBC
• How Trump’s Tariffs Would Radically Redistribute Wealth Upward – The New Republic
• Trump Ignores Mark Robinson Controversy, Hoping Gubernatorial Candidate Will Drop Out – The New York Times
• Trump’s Pitch to Working-Class Voters Is a Scam – The New Republic
• As President, Trump Demanded Investigations of Foes. He Often Got Them. – The New York Times
• Trump Levels Disturbing Accusation About Election at Jewish People – The New Republic
• Shameless JD Vance Vows to Keep Falsely Calling Haitian Migrants ‘Illegal’ – The Daily Beast
• Day by day, how JD Vance tweeted misinformation about Springfield – The Washington Post

National Politics and Policy

• VIDEO – billie eilish on X: Endorsing Kamala Harris
• VIDEO – CNN Airs Montage of Donald Trump Doing Exactly What JD Vance Told Dems NOT to Do – The Daily Beast
• You Are Way Better Off Than You Were Four Years Ago – The New Republic
• Republican Divisions Sink House Bill as Government Shutdown Nears – Wall Street Journal
• 111 Former G.O.P. Officials Back Harris, Calling Trump ‘Unfit to Serve’ – The New York Times
• Kamala Harris isn’t done picking up support from Republicans – Maddow Blog
• Voters split on Harris and Trump’s handling of the economy: AP-NORC poll | AP News
• Opinion | Mike DeWine: I Don’t Recognize the Springfield That Trump and Vance Describe – The New York Times
• Arizona’s top court says voters missing citizenship proof can receive full ballots – The Washington Post
• Lifting the SALT Cap: Estimated Budgetary Effects, 2024 and Beyond — Penn Wh
• What Fed Interest Rate Cuts Means for Mortgages, Car Loans and More – The New York Timesarton Budget Model
• Veep Cast Reunites: Table Read of Viral Episode After Kamala Harris – Hollywood Reporter

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This Week’s “Party on the Peninsulas”

✹ Chairperson Barnes: Harris Shines, Trump Whines

✹ Representative Reggie Miller: Stop the dumping of Nuclear Waste into southeast Michigan 

✹ This week’s Trump/GOP Outrage: Pandering with tax cut proposals that are DOA

In the News

Michigan Politics

• Walz highlights student debt, climate change in pitch to MSU students – Detroit News
• Michigan Dems blast Mike Rogers over opioid stance in Congress – Bridge Michigan
• Mike Rogers résumé includes consulting for businesses with shady foreign interests-
• Trump’s abortion answers complicate GOP’s push to neutralize attacks – Detroit News $$
• Kennedy, West stay on the ballot, Michigan Supreme Court decides – Detroit News
• CBS News poll for 2024 Senate races shows Democrats lead in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin – CBS News

Michigan Policy

• Attorney General’s Final Report: MSU/Larry Nassar Investigation
• Top States for Doing Business in 2024: A Continued Legacy of Excellence – Area Development
• Palisades nuclear relaunch gets more subsidies in Michigan — and more backlash – Bridge Michigan

Trump/GOP Outrages

• Democrats press oil executives on Trump’s $1B ask – POLITICO
• Springfield Upended by Bomb Threats, School Evacuations Over False Pet-Eating Claims – Wall Street Journal
• Ohio governor reaffirms Haitian immigrants are not eating animals – BBC
• The Trump Plan to Prosecute Election Officials and Suppress the Vote – Mother Jones
• Trump threatens to jail adversaries in escalating rhetoric ahead of debate – AP News
• Trump Calls for Government Shutdown if Voting Laws Aren’t Changed – Wall Street Journal
• Next Up in Trump’s No-Tax Zone: Overtime Pay – Wall Street Journal
• ‘Doesn’t help the cause’: Trump’s time with Loomer upsets his GOP allies – Detroit News
• Trump’s Slow-Burn Authoritarianism – Greg Sargent/The New Republic
• Opinion | Three radical Trump policies Americans can’t ignore – Eugene Robinson/The Washington Post
• White Stripes sue Donald Trump, campaign over ‘Seven Nation Army’ use – Detroit Free Press
• Police are questioning Florida voters about signing an abortion rights ballot petition – AP News
• DeSantis’ Government Is Doing Everything It Can to Defeat an Abortion Rights Measure – Mother Jones
• Heritage Foundation Spreads Deceptive Videos About Noncitizen Voters – The New York Times

National Politics and Policy

• US inflation reaches 3-year low as Fed prepares to cut interest rates – AP News
• US gasoline prices set to fall under $3/gallon as election nears – Reuters
• The mirage of $2 gas – Paul Krugman/New York Times ($)
• UAW Wins Again In The South – Crooks and Liars
• Opinion | Former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales Will Support Kamala Harris – POLITICO
• Martha Stewart Just Quietly Endorsed Kamala Harris for President – The Daily Beast
• Utah court strikes down GOP proposal to gut ballot initiatives – The Downballot
• Trump sells himself as a ‘leader’ on IVF, angering some Republicans – POLITICO
• Elena Kagan keeps pressing for ethics code enforcement at Supreme Court – POLITICO

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This Week’s “Party on the Peninsulas”

✹ Chairperson Barnes: Kamala Harris for the People; Donald Trump for Himself

✹ Biden, Harris in Michigan 

✹ This week’s Trump/GOP Outrage: A Media Double Standard of Accountability

In the News

Michigan Politics and Policy

• Kamala Harris, in Detroit, vows to protect workers’ rights – Detroit Free PressKamala Harris wants to make it easier to afford housing in Michigan – The ‘Gander
• Presidential race is a tossup in Michigan with 2 months to go, poll finds – Detroit News
• Slotkin builds bigger lead over Rogers in Michigan Senate race, poll shows – Detroit News
• Poll: Michigan minimum wage hike backed, but support dips on tipped wage change – Detroit News
• Michigan’s presidential ballot not finalized as Friday deadline passes – Detroit Free Press
• VIDEO: Lavora Barnes on the influx of presidential candidates campaigning in Michigan – CNN via YouTube
• Biden signs pro-labor order in Michigan, dares a successor to undo it –  Detroit News
• Appeals court: Remove RFK Jr.’s name from Michigan presidential ballot – Detroit Free Press
• Michigan canvasser suit part of growing effort to preempt election deniers – Bridge Michigan
• Michiganders get nine new ‘I Voted’ stickers for the November election – Bridge Michigan

Trump/GOP Outrages

• ISA accredited sports appraiser: Why Trump’s new trading cards are a bad bet – MSNBC
• Trump Is Getting More Confused and Incoherent. Will the Media Say So? – The New Republic
• Finally: Top Journo Erupts at Media for Ignoring Trump’s Mental State – The New Republic
• From Rambling to Rational: The Media’s Trump Sanewashing Problem – The New Republic
• Trump Tries to Rebrand Incoherent Rambling As ‘the Weave’ – NY Magazine
• Russia Russia Russia v. 3.0: Justice Department Disrupts Covert Russian Government-Sponsored Foreign Malign Influence Operation Targeting Audiences in the United States and Elsewhere – United States Department of Justice
• Watch: J.D. Vance Has Pathetic Response to Georgia School Shooting – The New Republic
• John McCain’s Son Puts Trump on Blast for Cemetery Stunt – Mother Jones
• Why Trump’s spurious attacks on crime are working – Judd Legum/Popular Information
• House Democrats ask Trump if he illegally accepted $10 million from Egypt – The Washington Post
• Opinion | We need urgent reform after school shootings. Not same cowardly words. – Eugene Robinson/The Washington Post
• Kamala Harris and Donald Trump’s campaign schedule for Labor Day 2024 – AS USA
• Why thousands of Florida students are not being taught sex ed – Judd Legum/Popular Information

National Politics and Policy

• Goldman Sachs Warns a Trump Win May Slow the Economy – The Daily Beast
• Raise taxes on the rich or cut them? Harris, Trump differ on economic plans – Bridge Michigan
• Election 2024: How Harris and Trump differ on taxing the rich – AP News
• This summer was the hottest in recorded history around the world – The Washington Post
• Colin Gray, Georgia school shooting suspect’s father, charged with murder – The Washington Post
• Opinion | Allan Lichtman, Presidential Predictions Guru, Is Ready to Call the 2024 Race – The New York Times
• Harris raised $361 million in August, nearly three times Trump’s haul – The Washington Post
• Harris Heads Into First Debate With Positive Favorability and Popular Economic Proposals – Data for Progress
• Harris endorsed vs. Trump by Murdoch heir, CEOs of Yelp, Box, Ripple – CNBC
• Treasury recovers $1.3 billion in unpaid taxes from high-wealth tax dodgers – AP News
• Employers added 142,000 jobs in August, as labor market cools – The Washington Post
• Republicans pushing Christianity into public schools are hitting resistance — even in red states – POLITICO
• The GOP Is Better Off With Kamala Harris in the White House – POLITICO

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This Week’s “Party on the Peninsulas”

✹ Chairperson Barnes: Candidates and values

✹ Senator Sam Singh (D-East Lansing) on motivating the youth vote 

✹ This week’s Trump/GOP Outrage:

In the News

Michigan Politics and Policy

• Michigan Republican in Tight Senate Race Says He’d Respect Abortion Rights. His Record Suggests Otherwise. – Jezebel
• Harris, Trump in dead-heat among Michigan voters, new poll shows – Detroit Free Press
• Poll: Elissa Slotkin leads Mike Rogers in US Senate race – Detroit Free Press
• VIDEO — Mike Rogers: Big Pharma’s friend – DSCC via YouTube
• Mike Rogers vows to fight drug war, but urged opioid access in Congress – Bridge Michigan
• Democratic Rep. Elissa Slotkin introduces bipartisan bills to address forever chemicals – The Michigan Independent
• Michigan judge rules Cornel West eligible for presidential ballot – Detroit Free Press
• Why RFK may be unable to withdraw from some state ballots – NPR
• Former US Rep. Bob Carr dies at 81 – Detroit Free Press

Trump/GOP Outrages

• GOP: If We Can’t Win, We’ll Cheat. If We Can’t Cheat, We’ll Intimidate – Thom Hartmann/The New Republic
• Trump, Vance try for a shift on abortion, riling some on the right – The Washington Post
• Trump Contorts Himself on Abortion in Search of Political Gain – The New York Times
• Trump Campaign Turns Fire on Army Leadership ‘Hacks’ After Arlington Fiasco – Daily Beast
• Army defends Arlington Cemetery staffer ‘pushed aside’ by Trump aides – The Washington Post
• Arlington cemetery official involved in Trump staff altercation won’t press charges – AP News
• Defense Officials: Trump Campaign WAS Warned Before Arlington Incident – Daily Beast
• Ex-Trump Adviser Drops Bombshell About Trump’s Taliban Deal – The New Republic
• Abba Asked Trump to Stop Using Its Music. Other Artists Have, Too. – The New York Times
• The 2024 Trump Campaign Policy Proposals: Budgetary, Economic and Distributional Effects — Penn Wharton Budget Model

National Politics and Policy

• Harris goes after Trump on economy and inflation in new ad – POLITICO
• Everyday | Harris-Walz 2024 – YouTube
• The Biden-Harris administration is fighting to lower rents – Public Notice
• Former Republican presidential staffers sign letter endorsing Harris over Trump – AP News
• Why RFK may be unable to withdraw from some state ballots – NPR
• Abortion Is the Top Issue for Many Women, Who Trust Harris More Than Trump – The New York Times
• Book Publishers Sue Florida, Alleging School Library Law Violates First Amendment – Wall Street Journal
• Kamala Harris Addresses Policy Shifts in CNN Interview with Dana Bash – Wall Street Journal
• Harris says she will put a Republican in her cabinet if elected – The Washington Post
• The Democrats Have A-List Star Power. The Republicans Have Hulk Hogan. – The New Republic
• Texas judge halts Biden plan for undocumented spouses of U.S. citizens – The Washington Post