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This Week’s “Party on the Peninsulas”
✹ Chairperson Barnes:
Lansing Democrats: a two-year record of historic achievements
✹ Governor Jim Blanchard:
The threat to Michigan from Trump’s Canada trolling
✹ Trump’s corruption agenda
In the News
Michigan Politics and Policy
- Minimum wage in Michigan going up twice in 2025 – Detroit Free Press
- Stabenow ending ‘unprecedented’ half century run in Michigan politics – Detroit News
- Timeline of Debbie Stabenow’s career in Michigan politics – Detroit News
- Housing squeezes bustling Traverse City. Are rehabbed warehouses an answer? – Bridge Michigan
- Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signs expansion of unemployment benefits – Detroit News
- New Medicaid benefit for some Michigan patients: Better food – Bridge Michigan
- Michigan Senate passes dozens of bills in 29-hour-long marathon session – Detroit News $$
- Michigan Senate OKs hate crime, birth control access bills in marathon final push – Bridge Michigan
- Former Michigan AG Mike Cox considers GOP gubernatorial run – Detroit Free Press
- Finley: Ex-ambassador to seek state GOP party chair – Detroit News $$
- Trump’s Tariff Plan Will Raise Prices of Affordable Cars – Wall Street Journal
- The Democrats Have a Crime Problem. Blame the Media. – The New Republic
- Insider: Thanedar calls for decriminalizing sex work after Gaetz report – Detroit News $$
Trump Grifting
- Trudeau’s government in disarray as Canada prepares for Trump’s return – The Washington PostTrump’s post about how we ‘subsidize’ Canada is nonsense – MSNBC
- Panama’s President Trashes Trump’s “Nonsense” Lies – The New Republic
- Trump calls to buy Greenland after eyeing Canada and the Panama Canal – AP News
- Trump campaign won’t pay $49,000 in bills for Grand Rapids rallies – WOODTV.com
- Just the incoming president, hawking Bibles in an ad on Fox News – The Washington Post
Across the Nation
- MAGA Crisis Could Mean No Trump Inauguration on Jan. 20 – The Daily Beast
- Trump’s ‘border czar’ says he’ll bring back family detention – The Washington Post
- Former FBI and CIA Head Pushes Senate to Reject Two Trump Nominees – The New Republic
- Biden gives life in prison to 37 of 40 federal death row inmates – AP News
- Trump was poised to inherit a strong economy. Then things got rocky and he added to the uncertainty – AP News
- Fed begins to think about inflation after Trump’s White House return – The Washington Post
- These MAGA farmers could be ruined if Trump follows through with mass deportations – POLITICO
- Republicans Quietly Axed IRS Funding Amid Government Shutdown Chaos – The New Republic
- These low-income Trump voters hope he doesn’t slash their benefits – The Washington Post
- Trump’s suit against Ann Selzer is textbook authoritarianism – Public Notice
- Senate review details more luxury travel by Justice Thomas – Associated Press
- Matt Gaetz Ethics Report Is as Damning as It Gets – The New Republic
- Senate Democrats render a verdict on Supreme Court ethics – POLITICO
- US homelessness up 18% as affordable housing remains out of reach for many – AP News