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This Week’s “Party on the Peninsulas”
✹ Three of Michigan’s Best Say Farewell to Capitol Hill
✹ Representative Jason Morgan:
Attacking LGBTQ+ Americans; Exposing “Dark” Money; The Next MDP Chair
✹ Chairperson Barnes:
SCOTUS says bribing the President is ‘legal’, and Trump’s already collecting
In the News
Michigan Politics and Policy
- VIDEO: Debbie Stabenow Delivers Her Farewell Address On The Senate Floor – YouTube
- VIDEO: Congressman Dan Kildee’s farewell address on the House floor – WNEM TV via YouTube
- VIDEO: Mitt Romney Final Senate Speech – C-Span
- How one swing-state Democrat <Garlin Gilchrist> is preparing for a second Trump term – The Washington Post
- Citing COVID sticker shock, Michigan Dems push emergency price gouging cap – Bridge Michigan
- VIDEO – Slotkin, Curtis Talk Bipartisan Cooperation in the new Senate – Punchbowl News
- Lawmakers advance Michigan Voting Rights Act. Election clerks still concerned – Bridge Michigan
- Sodomy, adultery bans latest ‘zombie’ laws under scrutiny in Michigan – Bridge Michigan
- Why Duggan’s independent bid for governor faces array of obstacles – Detroit News $$
- Macomb Co. congressman buys ‘vacation home’ near Grand Rapids – Detroit News
Attacks on LQBTQ+
- Michigan GOP lawmaker says gay marriage should be ‘illegal again’ – Detroit News
- United States v. Skrmetti: Trans rights are being tested at the Supreme Court – Slate
- I’m a trans traveler. I’m may need to start carrying “papers.”
- Lame duck Michigan Legislature must pass anti-hate crime law | Opinion – Detroit Free Press
- GOP representatives in Montana help block measure on Capitol bathrooms – The Washington Post
- Supreme Court takes center stage in debate over health care for trans minors – The Washington Post
RightsTrump’s Band of Billionaires, Felons, Cronies and Buffoons
- Opinion: Trump’s cabinet will be an embarrassment of wretches – Frank Bruni/New York Times $$
- Want a Job in the Trump Administration? Be Prepared for the Loyalty Test. – The New York Times
- What Trump’s New Cabinet and Administration Picks Have in Common – The New York Times
- The Who’s Who on Kash Patel’s Crazy Enemies List – The New Republic
- Trump Rewards Convicted Loyalist Peter Navarro With Administration Role – Daily Beast
- Trump selects Jared Kushner’s father and convicted felon Charles Kushner, for ambassador to France – CNN Politics
- Elon Musk spent $277 million backing Trump and others, FEC filings show – The Washington Post
- Trump Gives Elon Musk’s Buddy Total Control Over NASA – The New Republic
- Fossil fuels enriched Trump’s DOE pick – Politico $$
- Is Kristi Noem ready to run FEMA? South Dakota flood victims doubt it. – The Washington Post
- Trump Picks Former Senator David Perdue to Be Ambassador to China – The New York Times
- Trump Names Fox Personality Monica Crowley for White House Role – Daily Beast
The New Administration is All About Trump
- The First Corruption Scandal of Trump’s Second Term Is Already Here – The New Republic
- Chinese entrepreneur invested $30M in Trump’s crypto project after election – The Washington Post
- Trump Business Plans Ethics Policy Without Banning Foreign Deals – The New York Times
- Trump Donors Who Give at Least $1 Million or Raise $2 Million Get Inaugural Access – The New York Times
- Can Trump actually cut Social Security benefits? – MSNBC
- Trump v. Clinton: The media double standard on the influence of foreign cash – Judd Legun/Popular Information
Across the Nation
- US Jobs Report November 2024: Payrolls Rebound With 227,000 Growth – Bloomberg $$
- Statement from President Joe Biden on the November 2024 Jobs Report – The White House
- Biden White House Weighs Preemptive Pardons for Potential Trump Targets – POLITICO
- North Carolina Republicans are using disaster relief as a brazen excuse to steal power – MSNBC
- Fact Check: Cutting $2-trillion from the federal budget can’t happen without raising taxes – Washington Post
- What really happened after California raised its minimum wage to $20 for fast food workers – Judd Legum/Popular Information
