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This Week’s “Party on the Peninsulas”
✹ Chairperson Barnes: Joy, exultation, freedom – and a big task ahead
✹ Impressions of The Best Political Convention EVER
✹ This week’s Trump/GOP Outrage: Attacks on a 17-year-old who’s proud of his dad
In the News
The Convention
- DNC 2024: See insider photos from the Democratic National Convention – AP NewsAt the DNC, the Democrats Are Finally Fighting – The New Republic
- At the DNC, the Democrats Are Finally Fighting – The New Republic
- Michelle Obama’s Speech Was the Best. Doug Emhoff’s Was the Most Groundbreaking. – Mother Jones
- “Do Something!” Michelle Obama’s Big-Hearted, Urgent, Barn-Burner of a Convention Speech – Mother Jones
- Gretchen Whitmer paints Trump as out of touch at DNC – Detroit Free Press
- Trump ‘admires dictators a lot,’ Slotkin says in DNC speech – Detroit Free Press
- At DNC convention, Dana Nessel sends sharp retort to US Supreme Court – Detroit Free Press
- UAW’s Fain ‘not going to be shy’ about going after Trump – Detroit Free Press
- McMorrow at DNC calls Project 2025 Trump dictatorship plan – Detroit Free Press
- Michigan sheriff who made headlines for marching in 2020 speaks at DNC – Detroit Free Press
Michigan Politics and Policy
- Michigan debuts numbers for how minimum wage could grow under ruling – Detroit News
- Morning Digest: As Michigan GOP meets to pick Supreme Court nominees, its candidates are almost penniless – The-DownBallot.com
- Karamo ejected from convention as divisions persist in Michigan GOP – Detroit Free Press
- Prosecutors present bank records in exam for ex-Chatfield staffers – Detroit News
National Politics and Policy
- What happened to inflation? – Paul Krugman/New York Times
- Ohio GOP Uses Deceptive Language to Sabotage Anti-Gerrymandering Ballot Proposal – The DownBallot
- The Democrats Are Destroying the Republicans at Their Own Game – The New Republic
- A DNC Trend Emerges: Republican Officials Backing Harris – The Daily Beast
- Team Harris’ DNC approach offered a classic lesson in political communication – Jen Psaki/MSNBC
- Why “we’re not going back” is the perfect theme for 2024 – Public Notice
- Why Inflation Might Not Win the Election for Trump – Wall Street Journal
- Arkansas Supreme Court upholds rejection of abortion rights petitions – AP News
- Supreme Court rejects GOP push to block 41K Arizona voters – AP News
Trump/GOP Outrages
- Michigan Bureau of Elections to investigate Trump campaign event following complaints – Metro Detroit Times
- Trump cites inflated crime numbers during Howell visit – Detroit Free Press
- Trump chose the worst place (Howell MI) to lie about rising crime rates – M
- Trump Posts A.I. Images of Taylor Swift Claiming She and Her Fans Support Him – The New York TimesSNBC
- A close race brings fresh fears of election interference by Trump allies – The Washington Post
- Trump’s businesses are raking in millions of dollars from Republican political campaigns – including his own – CNN Politics
- Trump’s carny act isn’t working anymore – by davidrlurie/Public Notice
