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This Week’s “Party on the Peninsulas”
✹Condemning political violence
✹President Joe Biden’s address to the nation
✹State Representative Kristian Grant on Democrats’ work to expand affordable housing in Michigan
This Week in the (Other) News
Editorial: Donald Trump Is Unfit for a Second Term – The New York Times
‘Unfit’ to serve, ‘con artist’: How Trump’s VP finalists once bashed him – The Washington Post
Michigan Politics
- President Joe Biden impassioned, invigorated in Detroit speech – Detroit Free Press
- Biden goes on attack against Trump, media in Detroit – Detroit News
- “True Gretch” – Simon and Schuster
- March 2020 Biden rally looked like ‘superspreader,’ Whitmer says in new book – Detroit News
- VIDEO: “He’s Up For This” – Gov. Whitmer On President Biden’s Ability To Serve A Second Term – Late Show with Stephen Colbert
- Gov. Whitmer shuts down 2024 presidential talk but doesn’t hide her ambitions in timely book launch – AP News
- Once solidly red, northwest Michigan offers fighting chance for Democrats – Bridge Michigan
Michigan Policy
- Michigan House Approves Critical Housing Legislation – housedems.com
- Gov. Whitmer Celebrates Record Construction Jobs in Michigan – Governor’s Office
- GM investment into Lansing Grand River plant expected to save 650 UAW jobs – Lansing State Journal
- Free school breakfast and lunch program extended for another school year – Detroit Free Press
- Feds give $500M to Lansing GM auto plant to switch to EVs – Bridge Michigan
- Michigan HOAs can’t ban solar panels under newly passed bill – Bridge Michigan
GOP Outrages
- What is Project 2025? And what would it mean for Michigan? – Bridge Michigan
- What Trump doesn’t want you to know about Project 2025 – Judd Legum/Popular Information
- 2024 Republican Platform – RNC
- The Republican Party platform has an audience of one: Donald Trump – Michael Steele/MSNBC
- Senate Republicans block Democratic bill codifying Roe v. Wade abortion protections – NBC News
- Arkansas Secretary of State Rejects Abortion Amendment Petitions – The American Prospect
- How a second Trump term could destroy Medicare as we know it – MSNBC
- GOP jump-starts 2024 election challenges with Trump-inspired lawsuits – The Washington Post
- Clarence Thomas Accepted Yacht Trip to Russia, Chopper Flight to Putin’s Hometown: Democrats – Daily Beast
- Dems seek special counsel to investigate Justice Clarence Thomas – MSNBC
- Trump’s tip trick – Judd Legum/Popular Information
- Russia Seeks to Boost Trump in 2024 Election, U.S. Intelligence Officials Say – Wall Street Journal
- AP Poll: Americans split over Trump’s sentencing in hush money case – AP News
National
- Jobs report June 2024 – CNBC
- Inflation Eases Again in June as Labor Market and Broader Indicators of Growth Show Signs of Slowing – Fannie Mae
- Economists Say Inflation Would Be Worse Under Trump Than Biden – Wall Street Journal
- I.R.S. Crackdown on Delinquent Millionaires Yields $1 Billion – The New York Times
- Support for legal abortion has risen since Dobbs, AP-NORC poll finds | AP News
- Marist Poll July 9-10: Biden 50 Trump 48
- Kamala Harris Sharpens Her Attacks on Trump – The New York Times
Climate Change
- Hurricane Beryl Leaves Millions Without Power in Texas: What to Know – The New York Times
- Here’s Where Climate Change Is Driving Up Home Insurance Rates – The New York Times
- Intense Heat Suspected in 4 Weekend Deaths in Oregon – The New York Times
- The major wildfires impacting Northern California – FOX40 Sacramento