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This Week’s “Party on the Peninsulas”
✹ Chairperson Barnes: 15,000 smiles at Detroit Metro Airport!
✹ The Winning Coalition: Michigan Republicans for Harris/Walz co-chair Bill Nowling
Harris launches ‘Republicans for Harris’ to win over GOP voters – AP News
✹ This week’s Trump/GOP Outrage: The smear campaign has already begun
In the News
Harris – Walz Campaign
- Kamala Harris, Tim Walz in Michigan: ‘We’re not going back’ to Donald Trump – Bridge Michigan
- FULL SPEECH: Kamala Harris, Tim Walz Michigan rally – YouTube
- Harris Leads Trump in Three Key States, Times/Siena Polls Find – The New York Times
- We Polled The Rust Belt. Here’s What We Found. – Split Ticket
- Tim Walz defends military record against Team Trump stolen valor smears
- Kamala Harris rallies with UAW in Michigan: ‘We believe in the collective’ – Bridge Michigan
- Tim Walz: From Small-Town Minnesota to the Campaign Trail – The American Prospect
- Details you should know about Minnesota Governor Tim Walz – Minneapolis Star Tribune
Michigan Politics
- Michigan primary 2024 results live: U.S. House – Bridge Michigan
- Michigan primary 2024 results live: U.S. Senate – Bridge Michigan
- Michigan primary 2024 results live: State House – Bridge Michigan
- Video: Chair Lavora Barnes on MSNBC’s The Last Word – YouTube
- Benson: Michigan’s Primary Election was secure, Election Night turnout steady – MI Secretary of State
- After two years of far-right rule in a Michigan county, one chance to change it – The Washington Post
- 2024 primary election tees up battle for control of Michigan House – Detroit Free Press
- In Michigan, criminal charges and election denying no barrier to ballot victory – Bridge Michigan
- Elon Musk PAC investigated by Michigan secretary of state – CNBC
National Politics and Policy
- Mortgage Rates Drop to 15-Month Low – Wall Street Journal
- Trump and Harris agree to debate on Sept. 10, ABC says – AP News
- Trump holds meandering news conference, where he agrees to debate Harris – The Washington Post
- Fact Checking Trump’s Mar-a-Lago News Conference – The New York Times
- Trump News Conference “Littered with Falsehoods” – The New York Times
- Maryland assault weapons ban upheld by 4th Circuit – The Washington Post
- Arizona grand jurors discussed indicting Trump, but prosecutors urged them not to – The Washington Post
- Utah Bans 13 Books From All Public Schools – The New York Times
- Justice Thomas Failed to Disclose More Private Jet Trips, Senate Democrats Say – The New York Times
Trump/GOP Outrages
- Opinion | GOP smear campaign against Walz military service must be rebutted – Eugene Robinson/The Washington Post
- Fact check: Assessing claims about Tim Walz’s military service – The Washington Post
- Vets Group Calls BS on GOP Attacks of Tim Walz’s Military Service – Daily Beast
- VIDEO – Chris Hayes debunks right-wing ‘B.S.’ about Tim Walz’s military career – MSNBC
- Elon Musk’s X Is Spreading Deepfakes of Kamala Harris – Mother Jones
- Inside Project 2025’s Secret Training Videos — ProPublica
- Trump took a private flight with Project 2025 leader in 2022 – The Washington Post
- The Infernal Triangle: Crow Jim: Project 2025’s Obsession With Reverse Racism – The American Prospect
- FACT FOCUS: Claims made in Donald Trump’s news conference – AP News
- On targeting Hillary Clinton, Trump isn’t done rewriting history – Maddow Blog
- Biden says he’s “not confident at all” there will be a peaceful transfer of power if Trump loses – CBS News
- Jenna Ellis, Former Trump Lawyer, Will Cooperate in Arizona Election Fraud Case – The New York Times