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Trump Announces $700 Million Taxpayer Dollars for
Coal Slush Fund | Public Citizen

Opinion: Trump’s coal initiative smacks of central planning The Washington Post

Federal Pause Of Renewable Energy Grants Could ‘Financially Ruin’ MI Farmers
MIRS News

In the News

Michigan Politics and Policy

• Attorney General Memorandum: Election Statutes, Enforcement
• Trump administration investigating potential noncitizen voters in Macomb County | Votebeat
• Rx Kids fact check: No tax money for undocumented moms, no spending limits | Bridge Michigan
• Consumers Energy to seek $456M electric rate hike | Detroit Free Press
• Sen. Sam Singh proposes new plan for overhauling university boards | Detroit News
• Debbie Stabenow not interested in being MSU’s interim president | Detroit News
• Could Whitmer Change Her Mind On MSU Prez Job? | MIRS News
• You can’t handle a little critique? You’re not the leader MSU needs | Kyle Melinn/Lansing City Pulse
• State legislators push back against sanctions on MSU trustees | Lansing State Journal
• Rx Kids faces scrutiny from GOP lawmakers as study shows health gains | Detroit Free Press
• As energy prices rise, Senate candidates clash over clean power future | Bridge Michigan
• Michigan Senate Poll | Lake Research Partners
• Abdul El-Sayed nabs UAW endorsement in U.S. Senate race | Detroit Free Press
• Mallory McMorrow backs Supreme Court age limits, corporate PAC spending ban | Bridge Michigan

The Economy

• Michigan Medicaid rolls drop 5%, prompting fears of surge in uninsured | Bridge Michigan
• WMU offers voluntary separation program to senior faculty amid budget concerns | WWMT News Channel 3

The Trump Administration

• How Trump has used the presidency to benefit himself and allies | AP News
• Grading Trump’s cognitive test claim | Politifact

• Trump Is Plundering National Parks to Pay for His Vanity Projects | The New Republic
• Trump’s Disastrous Freedom 250 Concert Organizers Get Mystery Millions | Daily Beast
• America’s Bipartisan Birthday Commission Is Losing to Trump | NOTUS — News of the United States
• Kushner’s Albanian resort faces corruption probe, mass protests | Judd Legum/Popular Information Substack
• Trump Wins Fight to Blow $125 Million on ‘Dumbest Thing Ever’ | Daily Beast
• U.S. attorney’s office in California announces probe into elections | The Washington Post
• Park Service orders removal of ‘woke’ quotes at Boston’s Bunker Hill monument | The Washington Post
• Trump library says no Twitter DMs can be found, despite evidence he sent them | The Washington Post

Grifters and Thieves

• Bessent won’t say if Trump remains exempt from IRS audits | AP News
• Trump’s Ballroom Donors Are Already Cashing In | The New Republic
• Spike in border wall spending goes mostly to 2 firms with GOP, White House ties | The Washington Post
• Trump pardons former congressman convicted of insider trading | AP News

Across the Nation

• The Supreme Court Is Showing Its Boundless Contempt for Black Voters | The New Republic

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Gov. Whitmer Delivers Final Keynote Address at
Mackinac Policy Conference on Collaboration and Choosing Michigan
Executive Office of the Governor

Mackinac Policy Conference updates: Michigan universities, Chinese cars
Detroit News

In the News

Michigan Politics and Policy

• No Duggan = Gov. Benson in partisan repeat | Kyle Melinn/Lansing City Pulse
• Mike Rogers Said He Loved DOGE After Michigan Families Were Hurt By Funding Cuts | MeidasTouch
• Matt Hall Wants to Tax Your Weekend | Michigan Democratic Party
• Judge orders former GOP legislative aide to stand trial in Michigan earmark embezzlement case | Bridge Michigan
• Rep. Barrett claimed enough campaign driving to circle Earth once — and then some | Detroit Metro Times
• Bid to reshape how cash flows in Michigan politics submits petitions | Detroit News
• Michigan regional unemployment rates decrease during April | Michigan Dept. of Technology, Management and Budget
• Opinion: Rick Snyder’s Flint water crisis legacy isn’t a ‘witch hunt’ | Nancy Kaffer/Detroit Free Press
• Michigan lawmakers propose letting voters decide on AG, SOS candidates | Detroit Free Press
• Kevin Guskiewicz’s exit a blow to MSU, which loses momentum and more | Lansing State Journal
• MSU sanctions 2 trustees who refused to sign controversial board rules
• Why Michigan is emerging as one of America’s worst-hit climate states | The Guardian
• Money Out of Politics group ‘confident’ proposal will make Michigan ballot | Bridge Michigan

The Economy

• Inflation breakdown for April 2026 — in one chart | CNBC
• The Midwestern Exodus Is Finally Ending – | Wall Street Journal
• Why Michigan Cherry Farms Are Up for Sale | Realtor.com
• SNAP Cuts Threaten to Cut Young Adults Off at the Knees | The New Republic
• Eroding ACA Enrollment Portends Higher Insurance Rates – KFF Health News

The Trump Administration

• Trump’s “Deal” Looks a Lot Like … the One Obama Struck 11 Years Ago | The New Republic
• Humiliating Reality of Trump’s Giant Peace Grift Exposed | The Daily Beast
• USPS mail ballot proposal could add new hurdles for voters and election officials | Votebeat
• Judge refuses to block Trump executive order that limits mail voting | AP News
• Trump’s Boat Strikes Have Failed to Curb Cocaine Flow to U.S., Experts Say | The New York Times
• ICE Agents Pepper-Spray Democratic Senator at Protest | The New Republic
• Human cages and overflowing toilets at $1m a day: the brutal legacy of Ron DeSantis’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ jail | The Guardian
• Trump’s immigration crackdown could cost up to $479bn in lost taxes over 10 years | The Guardian

Grifters and Thieves

• The Looting of America | Paul Krugman
• House Democrats launch new anti-corruption caucus targeting Trump-era ethics concerns | MS NOW
• Trump Triggers ‘Alarm Bells’ With Jaw-Dropping $9.7B Dell Deal | Daily Beast

 

Trump’s $1.8 Billion Settlement Fund Sparks Alarm Inside White House | Wall Street Journal

• Blue states want to tax Trump’s ‘weaponization’ fund payouts — at 100 percent | The Washington Post
• Company Tied to Donald Trump Jr. Got a Deal After White House Intervened | ProPublica
• Probably nothing: Don Jr.-linked companies keep scoring federal contracts | Daily Kos
• Trump Vows to Protect the Family Businesses: Crypto and Prediction Markets | Mother Jones
• Team Trump’s latest no-bid contract: $5 million to coat horse statues in gold | Maddow Blog
• Exclusive: Justice Department launches a criminal investigation into Trump accuser E. Jean Carroll | CNN Politics
• Reflecting Pool Contract Has ‘Inflated’ Profit Margin, Government Analysis Finds | The New York Times
• ‘SCUM’: Trump enters prediction market fight with swing at regulator’s critics – POLITICO
• Samuel Alito Has a Corruption Problem | The New Republic
• Japanese megacorp SoftBank donates $50M to Trump’s presidential library – POLITICO

Across the Nation

• The anti-gerrymanderers’ future – POLITICO
• Federal judge orders New Hampshire to make it easier for voters to prove citizenship | AP News
• Republican-Appointed Judges Just Gave the Roberts Court a Stunning Rebuke – Mother Jones
• Louisiana Republicans pass new electoral map that guts majority-Black district | The Guardian
• These Ebola Researchers Are Stuck in US Due to Trump’s Funding Cuts | WIRED
• May 2026 National Poll: Rubio Rises as 2028 Contender, Buttigieg, Newsom Top Democratic List | Emerson Polling
• World almost certain to endure record hot year by 2030, UN warns | Climate crisis | The Guardian
• (6) Hawaii’s Power Play: HawaiiTakes on Citizens United | Katie Phang/Meidas+

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Tsernoglou Removed From Committees, In Hot Water With GOP
MIRS News

Tsernoglou ‘Done Asking’ Hall For Vote On Epstein-Interlochen Committee
MIRS News

In the News

Michigan Politics and Policy

• OPINION: Mike Duggan’s Michigan independent governor bid was a non-starter | Nancy Kaffer/Detroit Free Press
• OPINION: The GOP owns Trump’s inflation, debt and war machine | Former Michigan GOP Chair Rusty Hills via Detroit Free Press
• Mike Rogers Said He Loved DOGE After Michigan Families Were Hurt By Funding Cuts | MeidasTouch
• Rep. Barrett claimed enough campaign driving to circle Earth once — and then some | Detroit Metro Times
• Michigan Battles Trump Over His Order to Keep an Old Coal Plant Running | The New York Times
• Michigan lawmakers propose letting voters decide on AG, SOS candidates | Detroit Free Press
• Michigan House OKs $5B property tax cut without replacement revenue | Detroit Free Press
• Michigan childcare program could be in danger in current budget season | Detroit Free Press
• Facing intense internal pressure, DNC releases postelection autopsy | AP News
• Weekend Rebrand Rush: John James Campaign Scrambles to Swap “Governor” for “Michigan” After Perry Johnson Court Win | Michigan News Source
• Michigan governor hopeful got $800k Bitcoin gift. Won’t say from whom | Bridge Michigan
• Fain, UAW issue trade ‘demands’ ahead of U.S.-Mexico talks | Detroit News

The Economy

• Inflation breakdown for April 2026 — in one chart | CNBC
• University of Michigan Monthly Consumer Survey Hits All-Time Low – University of Michigan
• Higher Energy Costs Forecasted For Summer 2026 | MIRS News
• The Average Marketplace Deductible Grew by About $1,000 Per Person in 2026 | KFF.org
• Trump’s immigration crackdown could cost up to $479bn in lost taxes over 10 years | The Guardian

The Trump Administration

• Judge Grants Emergency Order to Block Trump From Destroying Records | The New Republic
• A lot of peanuts | Popular Information Substack
• More Republicans approve of Trump on immigration than economy: poll | AP News

Grifters and Thieves

• Americans witness the most corrupt week of Donald Trump’s political career | Maddow Blog
• The Looting of America | Paul Krugman
• Trump’s allies are already lining up to apply to his $1.8 billion fund | The Washington Post
• Trump’s Government Moves to Spare an Unhappy Taxpayer Named Trump | The New York Times
• Experts question Trump immunity from IRS audits | AP News
• Leaked IRS Memo Proves How Blatant Trump’s Slush Fund Theft Really Is | The New Republic
• Trump says he may release his tax returns after IRS deal | AP News
• Vance confronted with Popular Information report on Trump stock purchases | Judd Legum/Popular Information Substack
• Why Eric Trump joining his father’s trip to China is so tough to defend | Maddow Blog
• Trump officials plan to build arch without congressional authorization – The Washington Post
• Trump Meme Coin Contest: Win Exclusive Access to “World Football 2026 Final Game”! | Mother Jones
• Samuel Alito Has a Corruption Problem | The New Republic
• ‘It would be 100 percent illegal’: Top Democrats blast Duffy over road trip | POLITICO

Across the Nation

• Democrats Lead the Generic Ballot by 8 Points as Midterms Approach | Data for Progress
• Maryland Democrats Plan to Eliminate State’s Lone Republican Seat in Time for 2028 | The New York Times

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Clean energy saved Michiganders money—now it’s on the GOP chopping block
The ‘Gander

In the News

Michigan Politics and Policy

• Governor, US Senate Poll, May 2026 | Glengariff Group
• Senate/Gubernatorial Poll | Mitchell Research (May 1-7)
• Mike Rogers campaign keeps pastor tied to church scandal | Midland Daily News
• VIDEO: Huizenga votes for Medicaid cuts, Billionaire Tax Breaks
• Barrett backed bill could cut veterans’ healthcare – WLNS
• Democrats turn to state legislative races to catch up in the redistricting battle | NBC News
• Planned Parenthood of Michigan Warning of More Closures without State Support Closures Without Support | Planned Parenthood
• The DOJ isn’t backing down on getting Michigan’s voter rolls – Vote Beat
• Congressman Jack Bergman faces ethics complaint over aides moonlighting | Detroit News
• Tsernoglou Challenges Woolford Clash During UIA Testimony | MIRS News

The Economy

• Inflation Soared to 3.8% in April, Driven by Gasoline Prices | Wall Street Journal
• OPINION: Gas prices hit families hard, GOP candidates questioned | Detroit News
• One in Five HealthCare.gov Enrollees Dropped Insurance Coverage This Year | NOTUS — News of the United States

Our President and His Administration

• Doctors Sound Alarm Over Trump’s Rapid Mental Decline | Daily Beast
• 10,000 rulings: The courts’ overwhelming rebuke of Trump’s ICE policies | POLITICO
• Voters Don’t Trust Trump or RFK Jr. to Handle a Public Health Crisis | Data for Progress
• Opinion: Trump’s new Moms.gov website is an anti-choice hub that misleads women | Moira Donegan/The Guardian
• Trump officials OK’d use of White House contract to begin Triumphal Arch work – The Washington Post
• The White House Is Meeting With DOJ, DHS and USPS About Creating Voter Lists | NOTUS — News of the United States
• Trump White House Explores 250 Pardons to Mark America’s 250th Birthday | Wall Street Journal
• Trump Issues Sinister Threat as He Tries to Rig the Midterms | The New Republic
• Trump’s Weekend Golf Antics Land Him in Hot Water | Daily Beast

Grifters and Thieves

• We were promised a gold-plated Trump phone | Judd Legum/Popular Information
• Trump’s Plot to Pocket Billions in Taxpayer Dollars Just Might Succeed | The New Republic
• UFC Freedom 250: Why White House event access could cost special guests $1.5m | BBC Sport
• Grift Alert: DOJ Runs From Its Own Shadow | Harry Litman/Talking Feds Substack
• Trump’s library project faces suit around ‘hotel’ remark, land transfer – The Washington Post
• Miami Dade College land giveaway for Trump library is ‘unimaginable’ | WLRN
• Trump Meme Coin Contest: Win Exclusive Access to “World Football 2026 Final Game”! | Mother Jones
• Reflecting Pool Repairs to Cost $13.1 Million. Trump Had Promised $1.8 Million. – The New York Times
• Emails show Kash Patel went on a ‘VIP snorkel’ at Pearl Harbor | AP News
• Trump Team Is Panicking About Plan to Issue Pardons on His Birthday | The New Republic

Attacking the Planet

• Why the Trump administration is paying billions to abandon wind farms | PBS News
• Here’s How Democrats Should Talk About Climate Change | The New Republic
• On renewable energy, Interior’s Burgum offers a case study in willful ignorance | Maddow Blog
• Interior Secretary Claims Ignorance of Trump’s July 4 “Vanity Projects” | Mother Jones
• Michigan House votes to nix 100% clean energy goal, but it’s DOA in Senate | Bridge Michigan
• Trump has hindered offshore wind while China and other countries invest heavily | AP News

Across the Nation

• Violent crime plummets in “Democrat run cities” blasted by Trump | Popular Information Substack
• Democrats Target New States to Win Redistricting War – WSJ
• Trump’s Redistricting Push Could Cost Republicans More Than It Gains | POLITICO

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Republicans saw Michigan as ripe for a takeover.
The mood is shifting | AP News

Supreme Court voids majority Black
congressional district in Louisiana | AP News

Samuel Alito’s Voting Rights Act ruling cited
misleading data from DoJ | The Guardian

With the VRA gutted, the GOP could target over a dozen Black and Latino House districts | The Downballot

The Truth About ‘No Tax On Social Security’ | Forbes

In the News

Michigan Politics and Policy

• Mike Rogers told Michigan not to worry about gas prices. Now they’re nearly $5 a gallon | Heartland Signal
• As Gas Prices Go Up, Senate GOP Candidates Pipe Down | The Bulwark
• Jocelyn Benson unveils ‘firewall’ for election oversight, governor run – Bridge Michigan
• Congressman Jack Bergman’s top aides run political consulting business | Detroit News
• Michigan farms ‘losing money on every acre’ as war spikes costs | Bridge Michigan
• Michigan Supreme Court moves to curb courthouse immigration arrests | Bridge Michigan
• 5 Circulators From 2024 Fraud Memo Appear On Johnson Petitions | MIRS News
• Robert Lulgjuraj faces eligibility challenge in congressional race | Detroit News
• Perry Johnson, John James face nominating petition challenges | Detroit News
• Polls: GOP Governor, Dems U.S. Senate  – Glengariff Group for Regional Detroit Chamber
• Dick DeVos Making Calls For John James | MIRS News
• John James seeks to end ‘kill switch mandate’ to prevent drunk driving | Detroit News
• Michigan Supremes weigh fate of nine blocked bills – Bridge Michigan
• GOP Supreme Court Nominee Tagged In Whistleblower Suit | MIRS NewsMichigan lawmakers target medical debt, drug costs and a surprising fee | Bridge Michigan
• The Progressive Caucus Unveils Its Contract with America – The American Prospect
• Dingell, Dems urge Trump to keep Chinese autos out ahead of Xi summit | Detroit News
• Liberati Attempts To Boot Transgender Opponent Off Ballot | MIRS News

The Economy

• KFF Health Tracking Poll: Health Care Costs and the Midterms | KFF
• CEOs of US’s top energy firms received average pay raise of $12.3m, review finds | The Guardian
• Delays in Visa Program Threaten Placement of Hundreds of Doctors in Underserved Areas – KFF Health News

Our President

• American Confidence in Trump’s Health Tanks Amid Odd Medical Visit | The New Republic
• Trump, 79, Now Says He Could Serve Another Two Terms | Daily Beast
• Trump Promised Cheaper Drugs. Some Prices Dropped. Many Others Shot Up. | KFF Health News
• Joe Rogan Says UFO File Dump Could Be Convenient Distraction From Iran War ‘Not Going Very Well’: ‘Need Something to Distract Us’ | Mediaite
• Trump’s Approval Tanks to New Low as Costs Explode | Daily Beast
• James Comey’s ‘8647’ indictment is a threat — but not to Trump | Barbara McQuade via MS NOW
• Trump SSI Rule Change Targets Disabled Adults Who Live With Families | ProPublica
• A Billion in Taxpayer Money for Trump’s Ballroom The American Prospect
• Justice Department ballroom filing reads like a Trump social media post | AP News
• Donald Trump’s UFC Birthday Party at the White House Has $1.5M VIP Buy-In | Daily Beast

Grifters and Thieves

• Trump Gave Out a No-Bid Contract to Turn D.C.’s Reflecting Pool Blue – The New York Times
• Trump Enlists DOJ as His Personal Attorneys to Fight E. Jean Carroll | The New Republic
• How Trump turned the presidency into an infomercial | Judd | Judd Legum/Popular Information Substack
• Trump’s New Crypto Club Offers “Luxury Suites at the Biggest Sporting Events” | Mother Jones
• Trump pardon recipients face congressional investigation over “pay-to-play” questions | CBS News

Attacking the Planet

• Climate Change: Why the coming El Niño could be one of the strongest on record – The Washington Post
• Trump pays offshore wind operators to walk away. Democrats say it’s a scam | AP News
• More Than 150 Wind Projects Stall as Pentagon Delays Reviews – The New York Times
• ‘Point of no return’: New Orleans relocation must start now due to sea level, study finds | The Guardian

Across the Nation

• Tennessee Republicans Kick Out Democrats as They Vote on Wild New Map | The New Republic
• Virginia Supreme Court Strikes Down Democrats’ Congressional Map | Wall Street Journal
• Jack Smith Calls the Justice Dept. ‘Corrupted’ by Trump and His Allies – The New York Times
• FEMA Caught Blocking Grants to States That Didn’t Vote for Trump | The New Republic
• Jimmy Kimmel Mocks Trump Again After FCC Opens Review of ABC TV Licenses | Wall Street Journal
• FCC Orders a Review of ABC’s Licenses Amid Feud Between Trump and Kimmel | The New York Times
• ABC Accuses Government of Violating First Amendment – The New York Times
• Why CBS Evening News May Never Recover from Bari Weiss’ Meddling | Lincoln Square
• Local TV News is vanishing | Jennifer Schulze/Indistinct Chatter
• Louisiana governor plans to postpone House primaries after Supreme Court ruling | The Washington Post
• How Do You Spell Hate? T-E-X-A-S. | Edwin Eisendrath/Lincoln Square(4) Journalist Katie Phang Files Suit Against Justice Department Over Epstein Files Release | Meidas+
• Inside the RNC Legal Effort to Overhaul American Elections | Newsweek
• How Trump is moving to control U.S. elections, one state at a time | Reuters

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FBI Investigating Mike Duggan’s
Dirty Dirt Scandal

Ex-Michigan party leaders: Time to ditch nominating conventions
Bridge Michigan

In the News

Michigan Politics and Policy

• MDP Condemns Trump DOJ’s Demand for 2024 Ballots – Michigan Democratic Party
• Michigan Senate Democrats propose long-term funding plan for schools | Detroit News
• Michigan congressman [Barrett] in the crosshairs of gas price politics | Reuters
• Progressive voter contact group spends $44M on engagement efforts ahead of  2026 midterms | The Hill
• House Democrats to put $29M, GOP $20M into key Michigan Congress races | Detroit NewsExclusive | Democrats Go on Offense With $272 Million Ad Strategy Ahead of Midterm Elections | Wall Street Journal
• Republicans Are Worried the Redistricting Fight Is Backfiring | Wall Street Journal
• Secretary Benson: Court of Claims dismisses lawsuit that threatened voting rights of Michigan’s military and overseas citizens
• SCOTUS rules against Enbridge on Michigan Line 5 case | Detroit Free Press
• GOP Michigan candidates still claim Trump won 2020 election | American Journal News
• Leonard Ends Governor’s Bid; Absent James Takes More Shots At MPA Forum | MIRS News
• Johnson: James’ campaign materials unlawful in Michigan governor’s race | Detroit Free Press
• Voters in Multiple States [including Michigan] Say Iran War Benefits Israel and That U.S. Military Aid to the Country Should Be Halted | Data for Progress
• Michigan, Michigan State would see state funding drastically reduced | Detroit News
• DTE to ask for $474M hike to electric rates | Detroit Free Press
• Bill would require insurers to cover infertility treatment in Michigan | Lansing State Journal
• Rep. McDonald Rivet calls foul on SNAP ban on rotisserie chickens | Detroit Free Press
• Data center moratorium a fault line in Dem primaries | E&E News by POLITICO
• Ford, Geely Held Talks About Bringing Chinese Tech to America | Wall Street Journal

The GOP Economy

• Trump’s approval on economy falls, new poll shows | AP News
• Families Have Already Paid $16 Billion More for Gasoline Since the Iran War Began | Joint Economic Committee Minority
• Families Have Spent $2,300 More Due to Inflation Under Trump | Joint Economic Committee Minority
• Tariffs Raised Consumers’ Prices, but the Refunds Go Only to Businesses – The New York Times
• It’s not just gasoline. U.S.-Iran war could drive prices higher for many products derived from petroleum | CBS News
• Impact of Iran War on Consumer Prices | Anderson Economic Group, LLC

Our President

• Video Reveals Trump’s Sexual Misconduct With Children
• Trump says a bit too much in his weird rant about the Southern Poverty Law Center | Maddow Blog

Grifters and Thieves

• Trump Says He Dislikes Prediction Markets. His Family Invests in Them. – The New York Times
• The media blackout of Jared Kushner’s historic, ongoing corruption scandal | Judd Legum/Popular Information Substack
• Eric Trump Brags About $24 Million Pentagon Deal His Company Landed | The New Republic
• Mike Tyson, Trump watches and meme coins: Crypto takes over Mar-a-Lago – The Washington Post
• Trump’s ballroom fundraising is an ethical disaster | MS NOW
• How Trump Uses our Government as his Personal ATM | Edwin Eisendrafh/Lincoln Square

Attacking the Planet

• This Earth Day, Two-Thirds of Voters Say Ensuring Clean Air and Water for All Should Be a Top Priority | Data for Progress
• The world is searching for oil. This summit is looking to get rid of it. – POLITICO
• GOP Lawmakers Are Pushing “Alarming” Bills to Shield Big Oil From Climate Liability – Mother Jones
• 5 ways MSU research is building a greener future | MSUToday | Michigan State University

Across the Nation

• Fed Chair Nominee Caught in Massive Lie on What Trump Told Him | The New Republic
• Democrats gain edge in national redistricting battle with Virginia victory – POLITICO
• The SPLC indictment, the Klan history behind it, and the ignominy of Todd Blanche | Law Dork
• The Justice Department Sides With the Ku Klux Klan | The New Republic
• SPLC Funding Extremism? Please| | Harry Litman/Talking Feds Substack
• CDC blocks study showing covid shots cut hospital visits after earlier delay | The Washington Post

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MDP Endorses Candidates for Key Statewide Offices
 Michigan Democratic Party

VIDEO: 2026 Michigan Democratic party state endorsement convention
WOOD TV

Govs. Andy Beshear, Gretchen Whitmer speak to Michigan Democrats in Detroit
Detroit News

Former VP Kamala Harris calls Donald Trump an ‘insecure man’ in Detroit
mlive.com

Potential 2028 Democrats Audition in Michigan,With a Focus on Trump
The New York Times

In the News

Michigan Politics and Policy

• Opinion: Nessel, Benson vow to fight Trump Wayne County ballot demand | Jocelyn Benson & Dana Nessel via Detroit Free Press
• MDP Condemns Trump DOJ’s Demand for 2024 Ballots – Michigan Democratic Party
• Fired DOJ prosecutor in Michigan abortion clinic case speaks out | Detroit Free Press
• Antrim County clerk improperly changed, canceled voter registrations, Michigan says – Votebeat
• Anti-Voter Bill Passed in MI House is Dangerous and Unnecessary | Promote the Vote
• Michigan 2026 Poll: Abdul El-Sayed, Mallory McMorrow Tied for Lead in Democratic Senate Primary | Emerson Polling
• Michigan US Senate Poll | Data for Progress
• Rogers Rocks $4M In Senate Race, McMorrow Out Raises With $3M In 1Q; More Campaigns | MIRS News
• Michigan petition groups begin final push. What will make the ballot? – Bridge Michigan
• NEW POLL: Michigan House Democrats’ Priorities Have Bipartisan Support | Progress Michigan
• Chris Swanson, Jocelyn Benson poised for contested Democratic governor primary | Detroit News
• Republican Field Complete; Every Candidate Wants To Eliminate A Major Tax | MIRS News
• Morning Digest: John James no longer leads as his absentee campaign enrages Republicans | The Downballot
• House Advances Budget Out Of Subcommittee Slashing MSU, U-M By 63%, Shifts Funds To Scholarships | MIRS News
• Bill Huizenga trails Democrat Sean McCann in early 2026 fundraising | Detroit News
• Citizenship Voting Bill Clears House Amid Partisan Clash | MIRS News

The GOP Economy

• U.S. Inflation Surged in March as Iran War Pushed Up Prices – The New York Times
• Brace Yourself for More Expensive Prices on 12 Basic Items | AARP
• $30m an hour: big oil reaping huge war windfall from consumers, analysis finds | The Guardian
• These highly profitable corporations paid zero federal income taxes last year | Popular Information Substack

Our President

• Trump and the Pope Debate the Bible | Andy Borowitz
• Archdiocese of Miami criticizes shutdown of minors’ program | Miami Herald
• Trump Yanks Millions From Catholic Charities Amid Pope Feud | Daily Beast
• FACT FOCUS: Trump says drug trafficking by sea is down 98.2%. The numbers don’t show that | AP News
• Despite Marie Antoinette comparisons, Trump leans into opulence | AP News
• Trump, 79, Hints That Supreme Court Justices Are Too Old | Daily Beast
• DoorDash Meltdown After Donald Trump Oval Office Stunt Backfires | Daily Beast

Grifters and Thieves

• House Judiciary Investigates Kushner: “Pawn of the Saudi Monarchy” | The New Republic
• Does the SEC Care Whether Hegseth Is Killing Iranians To Get Rich? | The New Republic
• Trump Library Saga Takes Dark Turn: Where Did Millions in Funding Go? | The New Republic
• $500,000 buys a “one-on-one meeting” with Trump | Popular Information Substack
• Traders placed over $1bn in perfectly timed bets on the Iran war. What is going on? | The Guardian
• Donald Trump’s Latest Crypto Corruption: A Mar-a-Lago Party for His Coin Buyers | Mother Jones
• IRS signals negotiations with Trump over controversial $10 billion leak lawsuit | Maddow Blog
• Meet the new power players raising massive money for the midterms – POLITICO
• Donald Trump Admin Hands $20B Mega-Deal to Anduril Weapons Group Backed by Jared Kushner’s Little Brother | Daily Beast
• DOJ moves to undo Jan. 6 rioters’ convictions for seditious conspiracy – The Washington Post
• He Championed the Trumps’ Crypto Venture. Now He’s Attacking It. | Wall Street Journal

Attacking the Planet

• Coral reefs are nearing extinction. 2026 must mark a turning point | Jason Momoa via The Guardian
• The Denialism Presidency | The New Republic

Across the Nation

• A Progressive Group Rolls Out a Campus Competitor to Turning Point – The New York Times
• Democrats Raise Record Cash in Midterm Warning to Trump | Daily Beast
• Virginia becomes 19th state to enact National Popular Vote
• Meet the New Boss (at DOJ); Worse than the Old Boss – Talking Feds Substack
• Pentagon Seeks Help From Ford and G.M. – The New York Times
• Why Americans hate data centers: Let us count the ways | American Prospect
• Battleground Republicans are starting to worry about the Senate – POLITICO
• Government Workers Say They’re Getting Inundated With Religion | WIRED
• American Politics Is Already Inundated With AI Deepfakes. It’s Only Getting Worse | The American Prospect
• Kash Patel’s Erratic Behavior Could Cost Him His Job | The Atlantic
• ICE went on a hiring spree. Sterling credentials not required | AP News

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Vision for a Brighter Michigan
Michigan House Democrats

3 months, 7 bills: Michigan lawmakers moving slow as campaign season looms
Bridge Michigan

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MDP Endorsement Convention – Click Here

In the News

Michigan Politics and Policy

• Whitmer Won’t Endorse In U.S. Senate, SOS Democratic Races | MIRS News
• John James Not Participating In Oakland County GOP’s April 30 Debate | MIRS News
• Statement on John James Failure to Agree to OCRP Debate – Oakland County Republican Party
• GM bets on EV growth despite industry pivot to hybrids | Detroit News
• Michigan betting that space is next frontier to create jobs – Bridge Michigan
• Data centers opposed at protests in Ann Arbor, across Michigan | Detroit News
• Abdul El-Sayed courts college voters, controversy in Michigan Senate stop – Bridge Michigan
• Slotkin in Iowa – Would consider presidential run | AP News
• Could Slotkin pull a Dick Cheney? – POLITICO
• Rheingans, 28 Michigan Legislators Petition For Invocation Of 25th Amendment | MIRS News
• Trump DOJ sues Washtenaw County officials over immigration | Detroit News

The GOP Economy

• Consumer Sentiment Hits Record Low, Michigan Survey Shows | Wall Street Journal
• Why More People Are Dropping Out of the Job Market | Wall Street Journal
• ‘This is very real’: Surging gas prices drive inflation to highest level in 2 years – POLITICO
• Despite Any Refunds, You’re Probably Paying More Taxes Under Trump While Richest Pay Less – Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy
• Millions of people without health coverage in 2024 | KFF
• Inside the Jaw-Dropping 2026 ACA Premium Hikes | Lincoln Square/The Waiting Room
• Trump’s Math Behind Medicaid Fraud Claims Doesn’t Add Up—Literally – Mother Jones

Our President

• Trump and Pope Leo are at odds over Iran | AP News
• Trump Unveils Massive Gold Arch as War Sends Inflation Soaring | Daily Beast
• The Melania Files | Kristoffer Ealy/Lincoln Square

Grifter in Chief

• Trump Promises Mass Pardons to Staff Before Leaving Office | Wall Street Journal
• Trump’s CFTC goes to war with states — to protect his family’s business partners | Popular Information
• Melania Gets First Dibs on ICE Barbie’s Mile High Jet | Daily Beast
• DOJ settles lawsuit from Trump ally Michael Flynn for $1.2 million, AP source says | AP News
• State Department sends $1.25B from other programs to Board of Peace | Semafor

Attacking the Planet

• Trump’s offshore wind opposition was never really about whales | Canary Media
• The emperor penguin and Antarctic fur seal have been declared endangered | The Washington Post
• Why Green Energy Makes More Sense With Each Price Shock | Wall Street Journal

Across the Nation

• ‘We lose the midterms’: Republicans worry Iran might have already cost them Congress | POLITICO
• Republican fears grow as Democrats notch special election wins | AP News
• Republican Clay Fuller wins Marjorie Taylor Greene’s former House seat in Georgia | AP News
• Liberal Chris Taylor cruises to Wisconsin Supreme Court win | Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
• Top C.D.C. Official Delays Report on Covid Shot’s Effectiveness | The New York Times
• DOJ presses for its own search of Post reporter’s phone, laptop | The Washington Post
• Stung by Voters, Republican Legislators Move to Curb Citizen Initiatives | The New York Times

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President Trump said federal government shouldn’t spend on childcare | Detroit Free Press

Trump asks Congress to supersize military budget, slash domestic programs | POLITICO

Voters Want $200 Billion Spent on Domestic Priorities Like Health Care, Not War | Data for Progress

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Michigan Politics and Policy

• Trump Is Waging War on Our Elections. These People Are Fighting Back. | The New Republic
• Attorney General Nessel Issues Statement on Trump’s Blatantly Unlawful Elections EO
• Secretary Benson statement on illegal executive order targeting mail-in ballots
• Finley: Does John James really want to be governor? | Detroit News
• Senate hopeful Mike Rogers floats copays, high-risk pools for health care – Bridge Michigan
• U.S. Senate candidate Rogers taps students who defended Hitler group chat and spread misogynistic comments – Detroit Metro Times
• Fact check: Perry Johnson’s $4,747 plan overstates Michigan tax cut savings – Bridge Michigan
• Now Deleted Post Shows MI GOP Chair Calling Strategist ‘Scumbag’ After Interviews On $50 Convention Fee | MIRS News
• Slotkin, Democratic Senators Call on Trump to Block Chinese Automakers From Manufacturing in U.S. | Wall Street Journal
• Gov. Whitmer aims to steady Michigan’s Medicaid program in her final year in office | The Michigan Independent
• Whitmer Temporarily Eases Regulations For Cheaper Gas | MIRS News
• Administration Instructed To Help Businesses Get Tariff Refunds | MIRS News
• US Supreme Court refuses Michigans’s immunity claim in Line 5 case | Interlochen Public Radio
• Supreme Court ruling puts Michigan’s ‘conversion therapy’ ban in jeopardy – Bridge Michigan
• Michigan GOP boots ranked choice voting group from convention | Detroit News

The GOP Economy

• A year later, Trump’s manufacturing revival hasn’t happened | POLITICO
• The tale of the tape: Trump repeatedly pledged to cut gas prices by 50% | Popular Information
• A Year After DOGE Cuts, GSA Now Plans to Hire Hundreds of Employees | WIRED
• Medicaid cuts threaten hundreds of hospitals, new report finds | NBC News

Our President

• 3 FBI agents fired after investigating Trump sue for their jobs back | AP News
• The Art of War by Donald J. Trump <satire> | The Borowitz Report
• President Donald Trump Orders JD Vance to Launch Crusade Against Blue States in Morning Rage Post | Daily Beast
• Trump again orders changes to ‘save’ college sports – The Washington Post
• Trump downplays bipartisan housing bill, shrugging at key opportunity on economy | Maddow Blog
• Another blow to White House transparency: Trump’s DOJ rejects Presidential Records Act | Maddow Blog
• Judge blocks Trump order to end funding for NPR and PBS | AP News
• Judge orders Trump administration to halt construction of ballroom | AP News

Grifter in Chief

• He’s Not Grifting Anymore. He’s Just Taking It. | Meidas+
• Trump Reveals Presidential Library Design: A Glass Tower in Miami | Wall Street Journal
• Taxpayers’ Tab for Donald Trump’s Golf Habit Crosses $100 Million | HuffPost
• Congratulations, Trump: You Played Yourself | Rick Wilson/Lincoln Square
• DOJ and Flynn Collude to Raid Taxpayer Coffers | Harry Litman/Talking Feds Substack
• Donald Trump’s Business Is Now Selling Merch Tied to America’s 250th Anniversary | NOTUS — News of the United States

Attacking the Planet

• In Batteries We Trust | Paul Krugman Substack
• Rice’s whales predate modern humans. Now Trump could make them extinct | The Guardian
• Trump officials issue exemption for Gulf drilling from Endangered Species Act | AP News

Across the Nation

• Another state, another Senate election Republicans try to rig | Daily Kos
• Republicans Seek Protections for Oil Giants Against Climate Lawsuits – The New York Times
• ICE Arrested Hundreds in Blue States. Here’s How Many Were Criminals. | The New Republic
• Trump DOJ Dropped 23,000 Criminal Investigations in Shift to Immigration — ProPublica

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Michigan Politics and Policy

• Michigan Democrats oppose proposal to bring new voter ID standards | Detroit News
• Opinion | Chuck Schumer: What the SAVE Act Would Really Do – The New York Times
• ICE plans immigrant detention center in Romulus | Detroit Free Press
• Senate D’s Target Trump Energy Policies; GOP Calls Resolution ‘Political Theater’ | MIRS News
• James leads Michigan lawmakers in missed votes in Congress | Detroit News
• Mike Rogers on rising gas prices: ‘We’re gonna be fine’ | Punchbowl News
• Mike Rogers distorts opioid record to boost Senate bid | American Journal News
• Michigan poll: 63% blame Trump policies for higher energy costs | Detroit Free Press
• EPIC-MRA Poll March 2026
• ‘Kids Over Clicks’ bill package passes state Senate panel – The Oakland Press
• Michigan Republicans contend they learned from past missteps and can win | Detroit News
• Perry Johnson’s Michigan governor campaigns have problem – Nancy Kaffer | Detroit Free Press
• Hamtramck uncounted ballots should’ve been tallied, Michigan appeals court rules | Detroit News
• Data center debate pits Lansing officials against vocal residents | Lansing State Journal
• Greene, Tunney spar on budgets, gun laws and affordability in 35th Senate District candidate forum  | Michigan Advance
• Former House Speaker Joe Tate Won’t Seek Reelection | The Michigan Chronicle
• In Senate race, Mallory McMorrow pitches plan to do data centers ‘right’ – Bridge Michigan
• New Polling – McMorrow Leads in Gubernatorial Primary Battle | Global Strategy Group
• Impact Research Poll – US Senate, Michigan – via X
• Haley Stevens proposes $1B in wastewater grants to treat PFAS – mlive.com
• MIGOP Precinct Delegate Appears to be Recruiting ICE Impersonators for Polls | Progress Michigan
• State Of The Region Reports – Detroit Regional Chamber
• Decision 2026: Michigan Governor Republican primary poll – JMC Enterprises of Louisiana/JMC Analytics and Polling
• Minimum wage campaign stalls, stops pursuit of 2026 ballot measure | Michigan Public

The GOP Economy

• 171,000 or more Michiganders will lose Medicaid by 2028 – mlive.com
• Michigan’s average gas price hits $4 a gallon point, AAA says – CBS Detroit
• Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” Is Hitting Republican States Hard | The New Republic
• Rising Health Costs Push Some Middle-Aged Adults To Skip the Doc Until Medicare – KFF Health News
• Opinion | China has pulled ahead in electric battery race, but U.S. can leapfrog – The Washington Post
• Trump Destroyed the EV Industry, Just When We Need It Most | The Bulwark
• Sick of High Gas Prices? EV Deals Are Everywhere Right Now | Wall Street Journal

Our President

• Everything With Trump’s Signature, Name and Likeness: Currency, Buildings and More – The New York Times
• Taxpayers’ Tab for Donald Trump’s Golf Habit Crosses $100 Million | HuffPost
• Trump, 79, Falls Asleep in Memphis Task Force Meeting | The New Republic
• Trump, Who Calls Mail-in Voting ‘Cheating,’ Just Voted by Mail – The New York Times
• Trump disapproval hits second-term high at 59%, Fox News poll finds | Fox News
• Trump imagines negotiation with Sharpie maker for $5 signature pens – The Washington Post
• Trump’s Signature Is Set to Be Added to America’s Currency – The New York Times
• Trump considers renaming Strait of Hormuz after either America or himself — once he evicts Iran | NY Post
• Desperate Trump Goons Suck Up to Him With Bogus Gold Award | Daily Beast
• Trump’s Ballroom Design Has Barely Been Scrutinized – The New York Times

Grifter in Chief

• Trump’s Profiteering Hits $4 Billion | The New Yorker
• Trump appeared to have business motive for keeping classified documents, Jack Smith finds | MS NOW
• DOJ settles lawsuit from Trump ally Michael Flynn for $1.2 million, AP source says | AP News
• Interior Department and Total Energies announce end of US offshore wind projects – POLITICO

Attacking the Bill of Rights

• This Is How Trump Is Already Threatening the Midterms | WIRED
• Opinion | How We Stopped a Bid to Seat Election Deniers in Fulton County – The New York Times
• New York Times Accuses Pentagon of Defying Court Order – The New York Times
• Michigan immigrant detentions: Longtime residents, no criminal records | Detroit Free Press
• ICE presence rising at Michigan health care facilities, rights groups say – Bridge Michigan
• Wormy Food, Intimidating Guards, Sick Kids: Inside ICE’s Only Family Detention Center – Mother Jones
• ‘Do Your Own Research’: How the Rabbit Hole Actually Works | Trygve Olson/Lincoln Square
• Kash Patel’s push against Democratic lawmaker raises concerns within FBI – The Washington Post
• Opinion: Ohio’s drag show ban is an affront to free expression | The Washington Post

Across the Nation

• Trump’s $1B payoff to stop offshore wind is stranger than it sounds | Grist
• It’s three times harder for blue states to get disaster funding under Trump – POLITICO
• Brutal Poll Says Men Are Abandoning Trump | The New Republic
• Minnesota officials sue Trump administration over shooting deaths | AP News
• Florida Democrats flip Donald Trump’s home district in Palm Beach | The Down Ballot
• Most say US military action against Iran has gone too far: poll | AP News
• Trump’s move to put ICE at airports fails to break DHS funding impasse – The Washington Post
• Democrats Say FEMA Official Who Has Claimed to Be Teleported Is ‘Unfit’ for Role – NOTUS — News of the United States
• DHS Ad Investigation Reveals Thousands Spent on Horse, Hair, Makeup – NOTUS — News of the United States