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This Week’s “Party on the Peninsulas”
✹ Chairperson Barnes
Jimmy Carter and Donald Trump – The Yin and Yang of the Presidency
✹ Senator Kevin Hertel
Raising Michigan’s Minimum Wage
✹ This week’s Trump/GOP outrages
The 2nd Term Corruption Begins
A Hyper-Partisan Start for 2025 in the Michigan House
In the News
RSVP: Democratic National Committee Officer Candidate Forum
Opinion | Joe Biden: What to remember about Jan. 6 – The Washington Post
Michigan Politics and Policy
- Feds finalize $325 million mid-Michigan semiconductor grant – Detroit News
- Senate Fiscal Agency says Michigan’s revenue forecast may be stronger than expected – WEMU-FM
- Experts: Wealthy Michiganders fueling boom in state tax revenues – Detroit Free Press
- Michigan wants to become a hub for hydrogen production, fueling stations – Bridge Michigan
- Michigan Democrats’ pension, retirement bills in limbo amid GOP ‘legal review’ – Bridge Michigan
- Nessel vows to fight Trump if he violates rights of Michigan residents – Detroit Free Press
- Transparency time? Michigan House plans oversight, Senate pushes public records – Bridge Michigan
- The Case for Subsidizing Electric Vehicles – Wall Street Journal
- Climate change, erratic weather taking toll on Michigan cherry industry – Bridge Michigan
- Insider: How the ‘PAC man’ would tackle transparency reform in Lansing – Detroit News $$
- The Uncertain Future of Two U.S. Border Towns That Thrived Off Trade – Wall Street Journal
- These EV ‘Battery Belt’ Towns Are Betting Trump Won’t Ditch Them – Wall Street Journal
- Trump and Republicans Cannot Stop Electric Vehicles, Experts Say – The New York Times
Felonious Trump
- Trump Inauguration, Awash in Cash, Runs Out of Perks for Big Donors – The New York Times
- Inaugural Cash Diverted Straight To Trump’s Leadership PAC – Crooks and Liars
- A judge finally faced down Donald Trump’s disdain for the legal system. – Slate
- Exclusive | The Trumps Are in Talks to Reclaim Their Prized D.C. Hotel – Wall Street Journal
- Corrupt Trump Opens the Door for International Bribes — The New Republic
- Trump Officially Sentenced Just Days Before Becoming President – The New Republic
- Trump promises to replace national archivist after the agency’s role in documents case against him – AP News
- Greenland, Panama and Faucets: Trump Conference Shows Hints of Chaos to Come – The New York Times
- Trump camp was fed questions for Fox News town hall in advance from person inside network, new book says – CNN Business
- Fact check: Trump promised a ‘Michigan miracle.’ Now comes the hard part – Bridge Michigan
- How Democrats should talk about Trump’s corruption – Public Notice
Across the Nation
- Trump Sees the U.S. as a ‘Disaster.’ The Numbers Tell a Different Story. – The New York Times
- Economy adds 256,000 jobs in December, reflecting stronger growth toward the end of 2024 – The Washington Post
- Donald Trump Jr.’s Ridiculous Greenland Trip Just Took a Dark Turn – The New Republic
- Democrats’ new push to stop RFK Jr.: Highlight Samoa’s measles outbreak – The Washington Post
- Opinion | Hawaii Governor Dr. Josh Green: Robert F. Kennedy Is Unfit to Be HHS Secretary – The New York Times
- A college athletics association banned transgender women from women’s sports. Now all eyes are on the NCAA – CNN
- Fewer than 1 in 1,000 US adolescents receive gender-affirming medications, researchers find – AP News
- Trump Gets New Propaganda Machine as Mark Zuckerberg Caves on Meta – The New Republic
- Judge largely blocks Tennessee’s porn site age verification law as other states enforce theirs – AP News