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Michigan Democrats Nominate History-Making Ticket

In the News

Michigan Politics and Policy

• Benson holds edge over James in governor’s race, Michigan poll says | Detroit Free Press
• John James’ wealth soared in Congress as he traded stocks in industries he helped oversee | Detroit Metro Times
• Michigan Democrats project unity at convention | Detroit Free Press
• Democrats say they’re unified for November amid lingering tension | Detroit News
• Orders to keep coal plant open fuel Michigan political fight: Insider | Detroit News
• Michigan can ease doctor shortage by raising pay for primary care, group says | Bridge Michigan
• Michigan among states most vulnerable to Canada retaliatory tariffs | Detroit News
• New tariffs on Canada heighten Michigan Democrats’ affordability attacks on Trump, GOP • Michigan Advance
• Bill Huizenga took campaign donations after company pursued deal with his businesses | Detroit Metro Times
• Vance Calls El-Sayed ‘Very, Very Evil’ At Macomb Rally” | MIRS News
• Abdul El-Sayed faced wave of anti-Muslim rhetoric after Michigan Senate primary win – The Washington Post
• VIDEO – Michigan Senate nominee El-Sayed in fiery Fox News interview | Fox News
• El-Sayed says Hasan Piker does not speak for his campaign amid comments about Jewish candidate | Michigan Advance
• Senate Democrats target Mike Rogers for support of Trump’s Iran war | Detroit News
• AIPAC hosts fundraiser for Mike Rogers amid qualms over fall ad blitz | Detroit News
• John James’ income tax plan follows decades of controversy | Detroit Free Press

Attacking the Constitution & Elections

• Election Fraud Map 1982-2025 | The Heritage Foundation
• Trump officials touted a voter fraud bombshell. Their data hasn’t proved it | CNN Politics
• Trump laying groundwork to impose national emergency by sowing election distrust | The Guardian
• Postal Service Rule Could Bar Millions From Voting by Mail | The New York Times
• Whistleblower Warns USPS Has Secret Plan to Undo Mail-In Voting | The New Republic
• Michigan AG charges 5 noncitizens who allegedly committed voter fraud in 2024 election | Votebeat
• Audit: Michigan’s Voter Registration list among nation’s best | Michigan Auditor General

The Economy and Affordability

• Michigan energy costs become key issue in November election | Detroit Free Press
• Biden Derangement Syndrome – Paul Krugman Substack
• TRUMP TARIFFS RAISED COSTS ON MIDWEST FAMILIES BY $2,000 IN 2025 | MEPI
• Trump signs controversial beef import plan despite ranchers’ backlash | POLITICO
• National Cattlemen’s Beef Association on X: Foreign Beef
• Trump claims US doesn’t need Canada despite energy reliance | AP News
• Chinese Cars Could Be Huge in U.S., and That’s the Problem, Officials Say – The New York Times
• Trump: Communities that reject data centers will end up ‘backwards and poor’ | POLITICO
• The Social Security benefit cliff is here. Washington is struggling to wake up. | POLITICO
• CEOs earn 614 times more than workers at US’s 100 lowest-paying corporations | The Guardian

Trump Corruption and Grifts

• Trump oil and gas stocks gained up to $15.5 million, Democrats say | CNBC
• Trump Discloses 1,000 Stock Trades in June | Wall Street Journal
• The Trump Intervention That Got the DOJ Off Live Nation’s Back | Wall Street Journal
• Trump Family Crypto Bank Backed by Abu Dhabi Royal | Wall Street Journal
• Don Jr. Faces Bombshell Probe Into ‘Almost Clairvoyant’ Bets | | Daily Beast
• $900 million from a canceled wind deal will benefit a Trump donor – The Washington Post
• Private Prison Giant Gave Trump-aligned Super PAC $1.4 Million After Landing Mega ICE Contracts | The Lever
• Divided Supreme Court rules White House ballroom construction may proceed | The Hill
• White House bowling alley gets a $250K glow-up | POLITICO
• Trump loses again in bid to erase his hush money conviction | AP News
• Trump administration threatens to demolish Kennedy Center if renovations aren’t allowed | CNN Politics

Bumbling and Fumbling Trump Administration 

• IRS Audit Revenue Has Plummeted Under Trump, Watchdog Finds – The New York Times
• Trump’s mismanagement of the federal government is making Americans sick | MS NOW
• Trump: Communities that reject data centers will end up ‘backwards and poor’ | POLITICO
• Kennedy Center revenue plunged after Trump’s name went on the building | The Washington Post
• Education Department Seriously Posts Video Comparing Trump to Hitler | The New Republic
• RFK Jr lied in Senate confirmation hearings, newly revealed documents indicate | The Guardian

Climate Change

• Trump EPA aims to exempt datacenters from disclosing air pollution, advocates warn | The Guardian
• Michigan approves first solar farm under new state authority law | WILX TV
• Wildfire near Reno, Nevada, destroys more than 30 homes | AP News
• Data Centers Are Driving an Alarming Gas Power Expansion in the US | WIRED

Across the Nation

• UPDATE: Senate GOP’s fake news website falsely links Democrat to murder | Popular Information
• Google’s Obedience to Trump’s “Lake America” Order Follows a Depressing Pattern | Mother Jones

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Michigan Democrats: Unified for America

Democrats approve 2028 primary calendar
The Washington Post

Interlochen survivors must be able to sue as Nassar’s victims did
Opinion via Detroit Free Press

In the News

Michigan Politics and Policy

• Mike Rogers – The Senate Candidate Who Could Get Rich Off Data Centers | The Lever
• Mike Rogers took big donations from oil and gas | American Journal News
• Mike Rogers attacks waste and fraud while taking money from donors linked to both – Detroit Metro Times
• In Michigan Senate race, Mike Rogers falsely ties Abdul El-Sayed to Twitch streamer’s 9/11 comments – PolitiFact
• Republicans attacking Abdul El-Sayed say he supports Shariah in the US. That distorts an old video. – PolitiFact
• John James to pursue anti-abortion legislation if elected, Daily Beast audio reveals | The Michigan Independent
• GBAO Senate poll Shows El-Sayed Lead
• GOP super PAC pours $6M into Michigan Senate race against Abdul El-Sayed | Axios
• Republicans roll the dice on anti-Muslim bigotry one more time
• Data centers are opening salvo in Lawrence, Barrett congressional fight | Detroit News
• Lawrence Not Hiding From 13-Year-Old Felony Case – MIRS News
• Anthony Forlini’s extremist tendencies could harm future Michigan elections | The Gander
• $2.6B LG Energy Solutions battery plant opens in Delta Township | Lansing State Journal
• Slotkin asks for commitment to keep US military out of midterms | AP News
• Dem AG candidate Eli Savit: ‘Common sense’ to ban bump stocks, ghost guns – Bridge Michigan
• Rep. Neil Friske allegedly paid for sex, won’t be charged, AG says
• Editorial: Michigan Prosecutes Five Noncitizen Voters | Wall Street Journal
• Board of State Canvassers approves ballot language for money out of politics proposal | Michigan Advance
• Opinion | Buttigieg and El-Sayed Are Claiming Faith and Family for the Democrats | The New York Times
• Fact check: GOP claims Abdul El-Sayed hates football, fireworks, Mackinac Island | Bridge Michigan
• Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed didn’t run ‘dog slaughterhouse’ in Detroit, despite claims | Snopes.com
• Fact check: Republicans tie Jocelyn Benson to criminal case involving KKK | Bridge Michigan
• Hamtramck, Michigan, will count 37 ballots from 2025 mayoral election after new state Supreme Court decision – Votebeat
• Trump’s Canadian Ambassador Pete Hoekstra Suffers Public Humiliation | Daily Beast

Attacking the Constitution & Elections

• DOJ Plans to Deploy a ‘Historic Number’ of Midterm Election Monitors – NOTUS — News of the United States
• Trump thinks voting by mail is a corrupt scourge on the nation — except when he does it | Maddow Blog
• How Trump’s Unprecedented Effort to Prosecute Noncitizen Voters Fell Apart | ProPublica
• CNN Stars Back Female Colleague Kristen Holmes After Trump Launches Vile Personal Attack | Daily Beast
• Disney’s ABC Sues Trump’s FCC Over Challenge to Its Broadcast Licenses | Wall Street Journal

The Economy and Affordability

• Retail sales slide unexpectedly in July | AP News
• Trump shows off article on lower drug prices that says Biden deserves credit, not him | The Guardian
• Trump Medicare change tees up Democrat attack line on affordability ahead of midterms | POLITICO
• Demography, Deportations and the Trump Stall | Paul Krugman substack
• Trump Wants to Cut Taxes for the Rich. Again. | The New Republic
• China’s EVs Are Upending the Global Car Market Thanks to the Iran War and High Gasoline Prices – WSJ

Trump Corruption and Grifts

• Trump’s New Bank Is His Most Naked Scandal Yet | The New Republic
• Trump has amassed staggering wealth in ‘most openly corrupt’ presidency | The Guardian
• 57 Trump appointees are worth at least $100M each, report shows | AP News
• Trump’s Thank You Gift to the Nation’s Worst Local TV News Owner | Indistinct Chatter Substack
• Truth Social’s sale of fast access to Trump posts draws legal concerns – The Washington Post
• Trump is corruptly turning the White House into his billion-dollar dream home | MS NOW
• Trump administration set to spend at least $900 million on White House construction | The Washington Post

Bumbling and Fumbling Trump Administration 

• Navy weighs major warship redesign to match Trump’s preferences | The Washington Post
• Trump’s Claims About Combating Crime Are Based on Skewed Data – NOTUS — News of the United States
• Trump 2.0 has deleted or altered nearly 400 US datasets, endangering public health, education and more | The Guardian
• White House Aide Natalie Harp Is at Center of Messy Brawl | Wall Street Journal Politics
• Kennedy’s Quiet Hunt for Autism Culprits Stalls as Trump Orders Baseless Changes to Childhood Shots – KFF Health News
• Homeland Security Paid $464 Million for Airplanes. Then It Parked Them | The New York Times

Climate Change

• Coping with 54C heat: Delhi slum diaries detail living in extreme temperatures | The Guardian
• Heat, Fire, Smoke and Storms Are Wreaking Havoc on the Economy – The New York Times

Across the Nation

• We crunched the numbers: Trump devoted 45,000 words to construction like Reflecting Pool, ballroom – PolitiFact
• Democratic primary turnout soars in some states | AP News
• Democrats propose adding Supreme Court justices, limiting their terms | The Washington Post

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John James: Out for Himself

John James: Out for Himself

Unofficial Primary Election Results
Michigan Secretary of State

In the News

Michigan Politics and Policy

• If Primary Turnout Were General Election Votes, Dems Would Take House 74-36
• Michigan Democrats unite in Detroit to kick off election campaign | Detroit Free Press
• Mike Rogers, a Former Trump Critic, Shifts Toward Election Skepticism | The New York Times
• Abdul El-Sayed Talks About His Victory, Chuck Schumer and His Mom – The New York Times
• Abdul El-Sayed hits back at Trump following Truth Social post | The Hill
• Did Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed say he believes America deserved 9/11? There’s no proof | Snopes.com
• Dingell, Kim Introduce Bill to Include Long-Term Care as Part of Medicare
• California Gov. Newsom visits Michigan in bid to boost Democrats | Detroit News
• Nessel vows to hold PSC ‘accountable’ in fight against Saline data center | Detroit News
• This Senator Has a Very Midwestern Plan to Save the Democrats – POLITICO
• A look at McKinney’s path to defeating Thanedar in Michigan | Detroit Free Press
• Will Lawrence let his Democratic Socialist of America membership lapse | Detroit News
• Michigan’s 2028 primary begins – POLITICO
• GOP Candidate Wins MI-8 Primary Despite Dropping Out Of The Race
• VIDEO: Pete Buttigieg on 2028, what Democrats keep getting wrong and the state of American politics \ On the Road with Jonathan Martin – POLITICO

Attacking the Constitution & Elections

• Mike Rogers in 2020: Certify election results to preserve democracy | Detroit News
• Opinion | Mike Rogers (2021): The election is over. Let’s get back to governing | The Washington Post
• Mike Rogers tries for a tricky ‘change’ election | Semafor
• Senate Republicans launch network of fake news sites | Popular Information Substack
• Trump Dealt Biggest Blow Yet as Judges Rule His Ballroom Is Illegal | The New Republic

The Economy and Affordability

• Small Businesses Could See Double-Digit Premium Increases in 2027 | KFF
• Gov. Whitmer Shares Alarming Impact of DC Republicans’ Tariffs on Michigan in New Reports
• The Trump admin offered sick Medicaid patients a 1-year lifeline. These red states are rejecting it. – POLITICO
• Opinion | Trump tariff on Chinese solar panels will raise energy costs | The Washington Post
• News of the Weak (Labor Market) – Paul Krugman

Trump Corruption and Grifts

• Trump Crypto Took $100 Million From a Businessman With Red Flags | The New York Times
• Fuming Trump, 80, Erupts as His $1.7B Failure Is Exposed | Daily Beast
• The Suspected Gangster Causing Headaches for Kushner’s Albania Deal | Wall Street Journal

Bumbling and Fumbling Trump Administration 

• We’re still learning the damage Musk and DOGE wrought | MS NOW
• Trump signs executive order on childhood vaccine schedule | AP News
• How RFK Jr.’s Vaccine Agenda Risks a Return of Childhood Plagues | ProPublica
• Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon picks raise questions over Trump family business ties | Pete Hegseth | The Guardian
• Head Start’s future quality uncertain after deregulation proposal | Detroit Free Press
• Trump media company announces a massive loss and new turnaround effort | AP News

Climate Change

• Smoke-filled summer days cost Michigan billions. Tourism leaders want $3M to respond | mlive.com
• NRDC: Trump’s War on Wind Costs Us $4 Billion
• Trump Keeps Spending US Tax Dollars to Kill Offshore Wind and Boost Oil and Gas – Mother Jones
• Ships Can’t Move and Power Plants Shut Down as Drought Saps Europe’s Rivers | Wall Street Journal
• More than 20,000 people evacuated as wildfire spreads in western Canada | AP News
• Lake Mead along the Colorado River hits record-low water level | AP News
• In a first, Utah got more power from solar than any other source | Grist
• Trump blocking billions that would fix the nation’s power grid | Canary Media
• Virtual power plants, solar take center stage in Michigan power plan | Detroit News
• New York Tackles the Myth That Solar Is Swallowing Farmland – Mother Jones

Across the Nation

• Hunter Biden says his father’s cancer is sad to watch | AP News
• Why making Anthony Fauci the enemy will harm US public health for years | The Guardian
• FCC Officials Face Ethics Complaints Over Pricey Gifts From Paramount | ProPublica

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Top of the Ticket

Unofficial Primary Election Results
Michigan Secretary of State

Quinnipiac Poll: Trump Approval Hits New Low, Voters Expect Long War In Iran

In the News

Michigan Politics and Policy

• Michigan GOP Senate candidate makes ‘shielding’ Elon Musk campaign focus | MS NOW
• Mike Rogers tries for a tricky ‘change’ election | Semafor
• VIDEO: Pete Buttigieg on 2028, what Democrats keep getting wrong and the state of American politics \ On the Road with Jonathan Martin – POLITICO
• Caught On Tape: John James Promises To Pass “Most Conservative” Anti-Choice Bill if Elected | American Bridge
• Michigan’s GOP governor primary is getting weird – POLITICO
• SpaceX Is John James’ Hot New Stock Pick | NOTUS — News of the United States
• Rogers supported delays of Gordie Howe bridge opening, despite benefits to Michiganders | The Michigan Independent
• Michigan Supreme Court orders more review for Enbridge Line 5 tunnel | Detroit News
• The Feds Say Michigan has No Say on Line 5. Not On My Watch | Whitmer Substack
• Citing federal funding cuts, Planned Parenthood closing 3 Michigan clinics | Detroit Free Press
• Planned Parenthood of Michigan Response to Federal Funding Losses | PPOM
• Michigan partially denies RNC request for personal information of poll workers | Michigan Advance
• 70 ex-students at Interlochen arts center speak out on sexual abuse | Detroit Free Press
• Senator Slotkin Has a Very Midwestern Plan to Save the Democrats | POLITICO

Attacking the Constitution & Elections

• Democrats Prepare for Possible Election Clashes With Federal Government | The New York Times
• Preventing Voter Intimidation by Federal Agents at the Polls | Brennan Center for Justice
• Trump administration drive to seize election powers sparking ‘chaos’ despite pushback |The Guardian
• Trump is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to allow new mail ballot restrictions in the 2026 midterms | VoteBeat
• The noncitizen voter mystery: New Trump numbers raise more questions than answers | Votebeat
• How ICE Is Weaponizing Social Media Against Its Critics  | Wall Street Journal
• Trump admin tries to rebuild election security infrastructure it gutted as midterms near | CNN Politics
• How To Stop Trump From Stealing The Midterms | Statehouse Action substack

The Economy

• U.S. GDP Slowed to 1.5% in Second Quarter as Iran War Weighs on Gas Prices | Wall Street Journal
• Trump’s Tariffs Are Sending Some Companies Back to China | The New York Times
• Canadian Lawmaker Says Tariffs Are Burdening Americans, Fracturing Trade Relationship | MIRS News
• Michigan Gas Prices Jump to Highest Since May | AAA
• How Trump’s new Medicare cuts could raise prescription costs for seniors | MS NOW
• Let them eat SUVs: Trump White House orders fleet of luxury cars as Americans struggle | The Guardian
• Taxpayers spend about $2 billion annually on Medicaid for Amazon and Walmart employees | Popular Information

Trump Corruption and Grifts

• ‘The Boss Wants This Money’: Inside Trump’s Unprecedented Fundraising Operation | Wall Street Journal
• Trump accounts at Capital One were closed in 2021 over money laundering concerns | AP News
• Trump’s tax audit immunity remains in place | AP News
• Finance Republicans kill bid to stop Trump IRS audit-immunity deal | POLITICO
• Trump stands to profit by selling fast access to his social media posts | AP News
• White House admits it scrapped grants to blue states because they didn’t vote for Trump | Maddow Blog

Bumbling and Fumbling Trump Administration 

• The Reality TV Administration | Susan J. Demas/Lincoln Square
• TACO Timeline: Trump’s threats and olive branches in the Iran war | AP News
• Reflecting Pool Case: A Kafkaesque Debacle Even After the Dismissal | MS NOW
• Furious Trump considers removing Jeanine Pirro over Reflecting Pool filing, sources say | CNN Politics
• Trump administration seeks $10 million more for Freedom 250 events – The Washington Post
• RFK Jr. joins the Republican campaign to rewrite the recent past ahead of the midterms | MS NOW
• Feds relied on accounts from famed mobster, TV actress to build Comey case | The Washington Post
• Democrats document staffing gaps in counterterrorism and election security | POLITICO
• Inside the Rushed Effort to Get Trump His New Air Force One | The New York Times

Climate Change

• New York Tackles the Myth That Solar Is Swallowing Farmland | Mother Jones
• The Year Climate Change Came for the Tour de France | Mother Jones
• Western heat wave forecast to top 115 degrees in Las Vegas | Weather.com
• Scorching July may end up the warmest month on record across the U.S. | The Washington Post
• ‘The heat took him from me’: India’s death toll rises amid escalating heat crisis | The Guardian
• Fires in eastern Washington state force 60,000 people to evacuate | AP News
• Environmentalists Are Rolling Their Eyes at Trump’s “Ratepayer Protection Pledge” – Mother Jones
• Seedling data shows Michigan forests under pressure from climate change, deer, disease | Bridge Michigan

Across the Nation

• 8 misleading Fauci claims we’ve fact-checked | Snopes.com
• Disney digs in for a fight with FCC amid ABC stations license threat | Los Angeles Times
• MAGA Melts Down Over Minnesota Lynx’s Message to ‘MAGA Barbie’ Sophie Cunningham | Daily Beast
• Corporations, Not Immigrants, Responsible for Most Healthcare Fraud | The Intercept
• KFF Health Tracking Poll: Mifepristone and the Midterms | KFF
• 6In 10 Voters Oppose U.S. Military Action In Iran Amid Spike In Expectations It Will Last A Year Or More, Trump Approval Hits New Low, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; 49% Worse Off Financially Than A Year Ago As Majority Thinks Economy Is Worsening | Quinnipiac University Poll 7/29/26

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MDP Chair, Local Electeds Slam Rep. Huizenga’s Long History of Self-Dealing
Michigan Democratic Party

Republican enthusiasm problem hits even core voters
The Washington Post

In the News

Michigan Politics and Policy

• Canvassers OK signatures of campaign to ban corporate political spending | Detroit Free Press
• Two Groups With Consumers Energy Ties Target Carra In HD 36 | MIRS News
• Michigan Democratic Primary Survey Report | DocumentCloud
• Lee Chatfield, ex-House speaker, accused of ‘extravagant partying’ | Detroit News
• Michigan bars big investors from buying more homes. Will it work? | Bridge Michigan
• Opinion: Canadian wildfire smoke in Michigan has real causes, John James | Detroit Free Press

Attacking the Constitution & Elections

• Democrats Prepare for Possible Election Clashes With Federal Government | The New York Times
• Trump administration drive to seize election powers sparking ‘chaos’ despite pushback | The Guardian
• Appeals court rejects Trump bid to curb mail-in voting in 23 states | The Guardian
• The noncitizen voter mystery: New Trump numbers raise more questions than answers | Votebeat
• Bombshell Report Reveals Trump’s Sneaky Election Trick | Daily Beast
• Justice Department will drop New York Times subpoenas over Air Force One story | The Hill

The Economy

• The bill comes due on Trump’s campaign promises about slashing energy prices ‘by half’ | Maddow Blog
• Taxpayers spend about $2 billion annually on Medicaid for Amazon and Walmart employees

The Trump Administration

• Democrats say Social Security chief misled recipients about Trump law | AP News
• The Reality TV Administration – Susan J. Demas
• White House admits it scrapped grants to blue states because they didn’t vote for Trump | Maddow Blog
• Trump orders warning signs near Smithsonian, escalating fight over history – The Washington Post

Grifters and Thieves

• Donald Trump Jr.’s Investment Firm Posts Staggering Returns of 200 Percent | The New York Times
• How Donald Trump Jr.’s 1789 Capital Is Cashing In Without Apology | The New York Times
• BBC to access Trump’s financial records as his dubious lawsuit starts to backfire | Maddow Blog
• PAC paid Donald Trump ally with cash from business tied to fraud case | Detroit News

Across the Nation

• July 2026 National Poll: Democrats with 11-Point Generic Ballot Advantage | Emerson Polling
• Trump gutted the agency built to stop election interference | MS NOW
• Taylor Farms Spent Big on MAGA and Anti-Regulatory Lobbying Before Diarrhea Outbreak | WIRED
• Justice Department will drop New York Times subpoenas over Air Force One story | The Hill
• The Heritage Foundation Only Wanted to Protect Women’s Sports When It Was About Trans Athletes | Mother Jones

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Trump Administration Cuts Make Elections More Vulnerable to Foreign Influence and Disinformation
Brennan Center for Justice

Trump says 278,000 noncitizens are on voting rolls.
Experts say that’s wrong
The Washington Post

In the News

Michigan Politics and Policy

• Gordie Howe bridge event canceled amid U.S.-Canadian trade tensions | Detroit News
• Trump imposes 50% tariffs on most Canadian goods, cites ‘retaliation’ | Detroit News
• Opinion | U.S. and Canada need a bridge over troubled waters – The Washington Post
• America’s Top States for Business (Michigan #6) | CNBC
• Ohio is a poor state, so is Indiana | Michigan Future Inc.
• SpaceX Is John James’ Hot New Stock Pick | NOTUS — News of the United States
• Mike Cox drops out of Michigan governor race, endorses John James | Bridge Michigan
• Progressives test their momentum in mid-Michigan U.S. House primary | Detroit News
• Trump regulator orders Kalshi to defy Michigan court – escalating battle over prediction markets | CNN Politics
• Plan to ban utility political donations has enough signatures, bureau says | Detroit News
• Slotkin Introduces MERIT Act to Require National Security Experience for Intelligence Leadership | Senator Elissa Slotkin
• Power outage frustration in Michigan leads to utility investigation | Detroit Free Press
• Jocelyn Benson: ‘None of my family is profiting from data centers’ | Bridge Michigan
• Peters challenges Hegseth protests over Iran war, which he estimates cost $37.5B | AP News
• Consumers Energy-tied groups target state House, data center critic with $278-million assault | Detroit News
• AI Impact on Fossil Fuels and Water Resources in Indiana | Circle of Blue
• Detroit News/WDIV poll of Michigan Democratic primary voters

Attacking the Constitution & Elections

• DHS secretary doubles down on Trump’s baseless 2020 election claims | The Guardian
• Trump speech on election integrity revives claims about 2020 election fraud and Chinese interference | Votebeat
• Trump cites 2020 Muskegon county case involving fake voter applications during primetime address | FOX 2 Detroit
• Muskegon fake voter applications probed in 2020, referred to FBI, Nessel says | Bridge Michigan
• Live fact-check: President Donald Trump’s expected address on election security | PolitiFact

The Economy

• Iran war has already cost households in Michigan $502 in higher gas prices | The Michigan Independent
• Americans Have Now Paid $56.4 Billion More for Gas Since Start of Iran War | United States Joint Economic Committee
• Freddie Mac: 30-year mortgage rate hits a near-year high, squeezing homebuyers | AP News

Climate Change

• Clean energy still beats fossil fuels on cost,… | Canary Media
• The Pentagon is blocking more than 150 wind projects over drone fears | Grist
• Majority of US voters link extreme weather to climate crisis, study finds | The Guardian

The Trump Administration

• How Donald Trump Created the Worst Diarrhea Outbreak This Century | The American Prospect
• Can We Lose the Same War Twice? With Trump, Anything’s Possible | The New Republic
• Intel Officials Predict the Pentagon’s Bill for the Iran War Will Exceed $100 Billion | WIRED
• The Justice Department Is Pulling Back on Prosecuting Corporate Crime | Wall Street Journal
• Reflecting Pool peeling probably caused by application flaws, experts say | Washington Post
• FBI Evidence Team Visits Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool | The New York Times
• A Deloitte-Run System Denied Medicaid Benefits for Michigan’s Disabled. Now Trump’s Law Piles On | KFF Health News
• The Crisis of Care Work | The American Prospect

Grifters and Thieves

• Paying for early access to Trump’s Truth Social could raise big money and major ethical issues | AP News

Across the Nation

• New Jersey’s ban on assault weapons ruled unconstitutional by appeals court | AP News
• Elon Musk donates $5M to Super PAC backing Vivek Ramaswamy | Cincinnati Enquirer

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What Michigan’s 2026 candidates revealed during a week of debates | Detroit Free Press

Bipartisan Housing Bill Becomes Law Even Though Trump Refuses to Sign It | The New York Times

In the News

Michigan Politics and Policy

• Whitmer vetoes 9 bills at center of Michigan Legislature spat | Detroit Free Press
• Michigan lawmakers propose crackdown on loud cars, modified exhaust | Detroit Free Press
• How to spoil an absentee ballot in Michigan | Detroit Free Press
• Pete Hoekstra says it’s a ‘myth’ Canada paid for Gordie Howe bridge | Detroit Free Press
• DOJ to Jocelyn Benson: Officials could be prosecuted over noncitizen voters | Bridge Michigan
• DOJ Monitors Appear to Be Latest Attempt to Undermine MI Elections | Promote the Vote
• John James, Perry Johnson, Mike Cox debate for Michigan governor nod | Detroit Free Press
• Mike Cox calls John James ‘hypocrite’ for business dealings with China | Detroit News
• Fact check: GOP rivals attack John James in gubernatorial debate | Bridge Michigan
• Michigan Dem Senate Poll July 6-7
• El-Sayed, Stevens trade pointed barbs in Democratic U.S. Senate debate | Detroit Free Press
• Fact-checking Abdul El-Sayed and Haley Stevens in MI Democratic Senate primary debate | Politifact
• Key Michigan lawmaker calls for hearings on DTE power outages | Detroit News
• The Democratic Party Elizabeth Warren Wanted Doesn’t Exist | Lincoln Square
• Slotkin, Ossoff Demand Answers After Hegseth Denied Military Officers’ Promotions for Political Reasons | Senator Slotkin

The Economy

• Half of Americans struggle to afford groceries and gas, exclusive poll finds | The Guardian
• New 50-state data shows steep drops in Affordable Care Act enrollment | AP News
• New Medicaid Work Rule Means More Opportunities To Lose Coverage | KFF Health News
• Sturgis closure may be ‘first of more’ for Michigan rural hospitals | Bridge Michigan
• Here’s why the new Trump accounts won’t make your children rich | The Washington Post
• How Trump and His Congressional Allies Drove Up Gas Prices and Cost Families At Least $2,000 | Center for American Progress Action
• Trump promised to cut electric bills in half. His energy policy is doing the opposite, new analysis finds | CNN

Climate Change

• ‘Why take those jobs away?’: the unionized workers decrying Trump’s war on wind | The Guardian
• ‘Super’ El Niño could cause global food price shock lasting into 2028, analysts say | The Guardian
• The Pacific Ocean is running a fever. Why that’s an ominous sign. | The Washington Post
• Renewable energy supporters want clean energy to power data sources | AP News
• ‘He’s forcing higher bills’: Trump spends billions to kill clean energy and keep coal alive | The Guardian
• The Heat Is On: the cost of climate change is getting serious| Paul Krugman
• A ballooning problem: Weather warnings face rising risks from budget cuts – POLITICO

The Trump Administration

• SATIRE: Communism According to Republicans | Carlos Greaves/The Borowitz Report
• Trump approval rates fall among rural, White working-class voters | USA Today
• Opinion: Trump is trying to start a new Red Scare | Michael Steele/MS NOW
• Trump’s red-baiting won’t work. He’s campaigning on an even dumber version of McCarthyism.. | Public Notice Substack
• Democrat reveals whistleblower allegations of Kennedy Center construction woes | AP News
• Crews are again draining Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool | AP News
• Smithsonian head disputes White House report in memo to staff | The Washington Post
• Officials say Trump switched out new Air Force One over security concerns | MS NOW
• Trump Media and Technology Group Loses $3.8B Washington Post Defamation Battle With Blunt Ruling | Daily Beast
• Scientists warn Trump’s OMB rule could upend how science is funded | The Washington Post

Grifters and Thieves

• Democrats Are Seizing on Trump’s Soaring Wealth as a Campaign Opportunity | Wall Street Journal
• Ken Paxton’s Voter Registration May Violate Texas Election Law, Experts Say | ProPublica
• Ty Cobb warns of election interference after Donald Trump fires Dems on election board | The Hill
• Trump rips Maggie Haberman, says she’ll ‘pay the price’ over health reporting | The Hill
• Investigators Find Corey Lewandowski May Have Been Involved in Improper DHS Contracts | Wall Street Journal
• Despite his alleged ‘war on fraud,’ Trump keeps pardoning convicted fraudsters | Maddow Blog
• Pump and Dump and Trump | Paul Krugman Substack
• Crews are again draining Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool | AP News

Attacking the Constitution & Elections

• Trump election task force to begin releasing classified intel documents | MS NOW
• White House Directed Patel to Oversee Investigation Involving Times Reporting | The New York Times
• U.S. Senate candidate Michael Whatley’s campaign has barred certain outlets from covering his events, myself included for @TheAssemblyNC | via X
• Trump Targets Not Just Georgia’s Vote, but Also Trust in Elections | The New York Times
• Times Journalists Subpoenaed as Trump Escalates Pressure on Media | The New York Times
• Trump fires last members of election commission, inciting fears of midterm ‘chaos’ | The Guardian
• Indiana Lt. Gov. wants Indiana to ban Muslim call to prayer | IndyStar.com

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Kleptocracy Is Trump’s Most Lucrative Business Venture
The New Republic

In the News

Michigan Politics and Policy

• Michigan lawmakers pass $84B budget, 67 bills in marathon session | Bridge Michigan
• There Are Very Few Socialists in America | Paul Krugman Substack
• How the Tide Turned Against Transgender Athletes—and the Movement | Wall Street Journal
• Voters Support a Data Center Moratorium | Data for Progress

The Economy

• June Jobs Report: Hiring Misses Expectations, Just 57,000 Jobs Added | Business Insider
• How Trump Helped China Make America’s Cheapest EV | WIRED

The Trump Administration

• Trump hijacked US’s 250 anniversary to serve ‘political ideology and pet projects’, congressional report says | The Guardian
• How Trump Lied to People Trying to Donate to America250 | The New Republic
• FBI directing hundreds of analysts to dig into Georgia election probe subjects, sources say | MS NOW
• Trump wants 47 trees to mark his 47th presidency in White House park | The Washington Post

Grifters and Thieves

• Trump Cut a Billion-Dollar Mining Deal. His Sons Stand to Profit. | The New York Times
• Trump is rearming America. His sons are invested in the companies selling it weapons. | MS NOW
• Trump ballroom built under a secret $500M no-bid contract | The Washington Post
• Nearly a Million Investors Lost a Total of $3.8 Billion on Trump Crypto Coin | The New York Times
• Crypto Brought Trump a Huge Windfall, Even as Many Investors Lost Big | The New York Times
• “Pump and dump”: How Trump made $636 million — and left his supporters holding the bag | Judd Legum/Popular Information Substack
• How Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump Sparked a Movement to Overthrow the Government of Albania \ Mother Jones
• A Trump-linked firm is lobbying for pardons. Its first client already paid $500,000 | CBS News

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Michigan lawmakers propose data center guardrails
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Voters Support a Data Center Moratorium
Data for Progress

Data Center Database
The ‘Gander

New Independent Analysis Outlines Roadmap for Responsible Data Center Development in Michigan
Detroit Regional Chamber

In the News

Michigan Politics and Policy

• Mike Rogers tries to rewrite Michigan’s autoworker history with false claim | Detroit Metro Times
• 65 Michigan School Districts to Receive Solar Power as MISEC Genesee Solar Goes Live | NorthStar Clean Energy
• AG Nessel Secures Order Temporarily Halting Unlawful Kalshi Michigan Operations | Attorney General Nessel
• AG Nessel Secures More Than $3.4 Billion for Michiganders Against Unlawful Federal Actions | Attorney General Nessel
• Supreme Court transgender athlete ruling ‘doesn’t change anything’ for Michigan high school sports rules | mlive.com
• Ad targeting U.S. House hopeful prompts debate over reach of Michigan AI law | Detroit News
• Trump Administration sues Michigan requesting state turn over SNAP applicant data | wzzm13.com
• Michigan can keep a lid on personal voter information, court says | AP News
• Statement on U.S. Supreme Court decision on mail-in ballots | Sec. of State Benson
• Michigan Court of Appeals reverses absentee ballot stub ruling | Detroit Free Press
• Opinion: In Michigan, the Most Moderate Candidate May Not Be the Most Electable | The New York Times
• Michigan agency rejects Republican lawmaker’s daycare fraud claims as ‘false’ | FOX 2 Detroit
• Michigan retailers, Southwest MI chamber join growing coalition to warn of Con-Con risks | Protect MI Constitution from Special Interests
• After Rx Kids started in Flint, newborn deaths fell 50%, study finds | Detroit Free Press
• Lobbyist out of a job after criticizing Michigan House Speaker Matt Hall | Detroit News

The Economy

• As health care costs rise, could Michigan offer its own insurance? | Bridge Michigan
• Millions of Americans Drop Obamacare Plans After Withdrawal of Subsidies | Wall Street Journal

The Trump Administration

Trump’s Empty ‘Great State Fair’ Exposed in Damning Photos | Daily Beast

• Trump’s anti-voting bill is far more radical than just a ‘voter ID’ proposal | Maddow Blog
• OPINION: Trump’s Senate Hostages Bite Back | Rick Wilson/Lincoln Square
• There’s One Big Problem With Trump’s Victory Lap on the Drop in Crime | The New Republic
• With time running out, Trump digs in on changing midterm election rules | The Washington Post
• Trump wants 47 trees to mark his 47th presidency in White House park | The Washington Post
• Supreme Court rejects Trump push to toss $5M E. Jean Carroll verdict | AP News
• White House Secretly Swayed Board Meant to Protect Federal Workers From Unfair Firings | The New York Times
• DHS chief acknowledges missteps in $1 billion warehouse purchases | The Washington Post
• Vance dismisses Watergate scandal, says ‘deep state’ went after Nixon | The Washington Post

Grifters and Thieves

• Trump earned over $1 billion on cryptocurrency and coin ventures last year | The Washington Post
• Trump Cut a Billion-Dollar Mining Deal. His Sons Stand to Profit. | The New York Times
• A Trump-linked firm is lobbying for pardons. Its first client already paid $500,000 | CBS News
• Trump adds White House helipad to resolve Marine One helicopter issue | The Washington Post
• Trump ballroom built under a secret $500M no-bid contract | The Washington Post
• ‘Rush Project at Request of POTUS’: Trump Is Draining the National Parks to Pay for His Projects | The Atlantic

• Greenwater Services, the Company Cleaning Up the Reflecting Pool, Says It Has ‘Nothing to Hide’ | Wall Street Journal
• How the Reflecting Pool Turned Green: Missing ‘Bubblers’ and a Rush Job – The New York Times
• What to Know About Problems at the Reflecting Pool and Trump’s Claims of Vandalism – The New York Times
• How Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump Sparked a Movement to Overthrow the Government of Albania \ Mother Jones

Across the Nation

• Obama Says He Occupies a ‘Suite’ in Trump’s Head | The New York Times
• Bible stories are approved as required reading in Texas public schools | AP News
• Supreme Court Lifts Spending Limits on Political Parties and Candidates | The New York Times
• Supreme Court blocks Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook’s firing | The Hill
• Supreme Court rejects Trump’s challenge to counting late mail-in ballots | POLITICO
• Opinion: The anti-abortion movement’s growing support for throwing women in jail | MS NOW
• KFF Tracking Poll on Health Information and Trust: Update on Common Vaccine Myths | KFF
• The Extremely Online Senate Race Testing Democrats’ Midterm Strategy – POLITICO
• Rokita orders Indiana town to stop its ‘sabotage’ of ICE deals | IndyStar.com