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“Party on the Peninsulas with Curtis Hertel”!
This Week’s “Party on the Peninsulas”
✹ Chairperson Hertel
Dangerous GOP Budget Games in Lansing
✹ Representative Jason Morgan
Protecting marriage equality
✹ Senator Elissa Slotkin
Full video: where Trump got it wrong
In the News
Elissa Slotkin Trolls Donald Trump From First Line of Democratic Rebuttal Speech – The Daily Beast
Michigan Politics and Policy
- Gary Peters: Trump’s Latest Tariffs Are Bad for Michigan – Wall Street Journal
- Trump Tariffs Set to Send Car Prices Soaring Up to $12,000 Higher – The Daily Beast
- Tariffs: Trump’s trade wars threaten US auto industry – AP News
- VIDEO: AG Nessel Files Suit Against Trump, Federal Agencies to Stop Mass Firings
- 318,000 inactive voter registrations to be removed in Michigan – Detroit News
- Morgan Introduces House Joint Resolution to Repeal Michigan’s Same-Sex Marriage Ban – Representative Jason Morgan
- Far-right campaign to overturn gay marriage ruling hits statehouses – The Washington Post
- Dozens fired from Michigan veteran care facilities as Trump cuts continue – Bridge Michigan
- Trump cuts hit Forest Service in Michigan; critics fear ‘catastrophic’ loss – Bridge Michigan
- Republican lawmakers hold telephone town halls as protesters demand more – AP News
- Michigan lawmakers consider more subsidies, incentives for nuclear power – Bridge Michigan
- Trump calls for CHIPS Act cuts, sparking economic concerns in Michigan – Michigan Now
- Great Lakes scientists among latest round of Trump cuts in Michigan – Bridge Michigan
- Attorney General: Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes and Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel Launch New Podcast ‘Pantsuits and Lawsuits’ – Attorney General
- Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist takes step to run for Michigan governor – Detroit Free Press
- Pete Buttigieg met with Chuck Schumer to discuss potential Senate bid – POLITICO
Trump/Musk’s Assault on Government and the Constitution
- Trump and Musk’s Plan to Destroy Social Security Started Tuesday Night – The New Republic
- Opinion: Trump is dismantling the free press. We all must fight back. – Dana Milbank/The Washington Post
- Trump breaks promise not to cut Social Security – The Michigan Independent
- Email shows Trump officials are lying to federal court, directing CFPB staff to ignore law – Popular Information Substack
- Opinion | The MAGA War on Speech – The New York Times Editorial Board
Fact-Checking Trump’s 99-minute Performance
- Fact Checker from The Washington Post – Trump’s 99-minute speech to Congress
- Fact-Checking Trump’s Address to Congress – The New York Times
- CNN Fact Checker: Trump Speech Made These ‘Dishonest’ Claims
- Did Donald Trump mistake transgenic mice for ‘transgender mice’ in his speech? – The Times of India
- Trump speech fact check: 12 lies he told during his joint address to Congress – Maddow Blog
- Trump’s false claim that Stacey Abrams headed a group that got $1.9 billion – The Washington Post
- AOC called out Trump’s biggest weakness in her speech rebuttal on Instagram – MSNBC
Lawlessness and Corruption
- Trump’s “Crypto Reserve” is a world historical grift – Public Notice
- Strategic corruption reserve – Popular Information Substack
- BREAKING: SEC halts fraud prosecution of Chinese national who sent Trump millions – Popular Information Substack
The Clown-Car Cabinet
- As Measles Spreads, Kennedy Embraces Remedies Like Cod Liver Oil – The New York Times
- Pete Hegseth Banned Images of ‘Enola Gay’ Plane in DEI Crackdown – Daily Beast
- Trump administration plans to cut 80,000 employees from Veterans Affairs – AP News
- Here’s a Map of the For-Sale Government Properties the GSA Pulled From Its Website – WIRED
The Nation
- Trump Takes the Dumbest Tariff Plunge – Wall Street Journal
- GOP must cut Medicaid or Medicare to achieve budget goals, CBO finds – The Washington Post
- Exclusive | U.S. Suspends Costly Deportation Flights Using Military Aircraft – Wall Street Journal
- Officials knew Trump’s order would waste water in California, memo shows – The Washington Post
- The Words Federal Agencies Are Discouraged From Using Under Trump – The New York Times
- Social Security Workers Aren’t Allowed to Read This Story – WIRED
- Supreme Court rules Clean Water Act doesn’t require clean water. – Slate Plus
- Democrats Block Bill to Bar Transgender Girls From Female Sports Teams – The New York Times
- China dominates the world in renewable energy, including solar and wind – The Washington Post
- A Right-Wing Group Accused NASCAR of Discrimination Against White Dudes. It’s a Blueprint for Trump. – Mother Jones
