The Check’s in the Mail (Guest: Media Critic Jennifer Schulze)
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This Week…
More voters identifying as Democrats
and not calling themselves Republican – Gallup
Supreme Court rejects Trump’s mail ballot limits before elections | AP News
Democrats say supreme court rejection of Trump mail ballot plans will ensure ‘safe, secure and accurate elections’ | The Guardian
Don’t watch the Bari Weiss version of 60 Minutes | Indistinct Chatter Substack
In the News
Politics and Policy
- Tucker Carlson, former Fox News host, rips Republican Mike Rogers | Detroit News
- Abdul El-Sayed Says It’s Time to ‘Pause’ AI Development | The Washington Sun
- Abdul El-Sayed, Michigan Democrats hit GOP on Trump’s Canada trade war | USA Today
- Abdul El-Sayed accuses Mike Rogers of being ‘a sock puppet’ | Detroit News
- Why Tucker Carlson has effectively endorsed Abdul El-Sayed | MS NOW
- Trump targets U.S. Senate candidate El-Sayed with misleading claims | Detroit Free Press
- Democrats add Will Lawrence to congressional battleground program | Detroit News
- Trump Takes Aim At Lawrence, Lawrence Welcomes The Attention | MIRS News
- Can William Lawrence, a Progressive, Flip a Key Michigan House Seat ? | The New York Times
- I’ve Covered Islamophobia for Years. Trump’s GOP Has Taken It to a New Level. | Mother Jones
- Rogers Makes False 9/11 Claim About El-Sayed | FactCheck.org
- Mike Rogers says El-Sayed sympathizes with terrorists in convention speech | Detroit Free Press
- Rogers Hammers El-Sayed On Terrorism; Convention-Goer Later Yells ‘He Should Be Shot’ | MIRS News
- For ‘Money Out of Politics,’ political timing couldn’t be better | Lansing City Pulse
- Judge Knocks Down Trump’s Order to Keep a Michigan Coal Plant Open – The Washington Sun
- Prosecutor won’t file charges for false DCS tip against Pete Buttigieg | Indianapolis Star
- Amid ‘mass proliferation,’ Flock cameras emerge as key issue in Michigan election | Bridge Michigan
- Groups fight to keep 16,000 acres of national forest in Michigan road-free | Bridge Michigan
- Glengariff Polling – MICHIGAN SEPTEMBER 2026 SURVEY REPORT | DocumentCloud
- Voters Aged 18-29 Up 74% In Primary | MIRS News
Attacking the Constitution & Elections
- Garlin Gilchrist: Keep Trump, Washington out of Michigan’s election data | Detroit News
- Democrats to train tens of thousands to monitor polls amid election interference fears | The Guardian
- Legal veterans lead fightback against Trump’s ‘full-out assault on democracy’ | The Guardian
- Peters. HSGAC Democrats Demand Postal Service Immediately Halt Implementation of Unconstitutional Vote-by-Mail Restrictions
- The hidden dangers of Musk’s votesafe.org | Judd Legum – Popular Information
- Denver sues to block ICE officers from voting sites | The Hill
- Trump proposes altering census, stopping race question | NPR
The Economy and Affordability
- New study: Michigan households now paying $5,600 more due to tariffs, trade war | Michigan Smart Trade Alliance
- The States on the Front Lines of the Trade War With Canada | Wall Street Journal
- Canada’s tariffs hit Tuesday — but their effect on the midterms is just beginning | MS NOW
- A new low for American workers | Popular Information Substack
- AAA Fuel Prices by State
- Mortgage rates rising steadily, the 30-year fixed rate reaches 6.76% | AP News
- Michigan students impacted by new federal loan limits | Detroit Free Press
Trump Corruption and Grifts
- False and misleading claims made by speakers at the Republican midterm convention | AP News
- Even MAGA World Isn’t Buying Trump’s Free Money Promise | The New Republic
- Trump promise of $5,000 for US citizens after midterms decried as ‘bribery’ | The Guardian
- Jared Kushner’s Dollar Diplomacy | The New Yorker
- Paid brokers tout ties to Trump’s orbit to lobby for presidential pardons | CBS News
- Donald Trump Jr.’s Wedding Bankrolled by Putin-Linked Russian Oligarch | ProPublica
- Trump’s Not the Only Serial Liar. Add JD Vance to that list. | PolitiFact
- Trump Administration Awards $45 Million Contract for New Air Force One Simulator | The Washington Sun
- Noem’s Rumored Lover Used His Power for Unprecedented Corruption | The New Republic
- Team Trump’s Corey Lewandowski faces corruption allegations stemming from his DHS role | Maddow Blog
- US surgeon general nominee made $270,000 from supplement company | The Guardian
Bumbling and Fumbling Trump Administration
- Trump Tells Jaw-Dropping Lie About Being ‘Rescued’ on 9/11 | Daily Beast
- Trump Crashes Out Over Fact-Checks of His Outlandish 9/11 Lie | The New Republic
- Trust in US government information has declined, a new poll finds | AP News
- Corporate tax payments plunge as AI feasts on new incentives | POLITICO
- Trump’s EPA Will Let Power Plants Poison Our Air as Much as They Want | The New Republic
- Opinion: EPA chief Lee Zeldin can’t silence the outcry over data centers, but he’s trying | MS NOW
- As War Grinds On, Trump Relishes Renovation Projects | The New York Times
Political Videos
- Swamp (John James) | Making Michigan’s Future
- REMEMBER – Jocelyn Benson for Governor
- Iran is Costing Us – The Lincoln Project
- Trump in His Own Words | Lincoln Project
- Jocelyn Benson on Face The Nation | CBS
- Sen. Winnie Brinks on the John James tax hike | CBS News Detroit
- MI-04 : We Feel It | House Majority PAC
- 250-foot-tall Arch | VoteVets
Across the Nation
- House Democrats plan sweeping Trump investigations if they win in November | The Washington Post
- Ectopic Pregnancy Deaths Have Nearly Doubled. It’s Worse in Abortion-Ban States. | ProPublica
- Trump officials remove sign at Arlington cemetery that criticized Confederate statue | The Washington Post
- As Social Security fund runs dry, some Republicans say it’s time to raise taxes | The Washington Post
- When Authoritarianism Comes for Medicine, Physicians Stand Up | Dr. Rob Davidson/Committee to Protect Health Care
