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This Week’s “Party on the Peninsulas”
✹ Chairperson Hertel
Contest Every Race
✹ Representatives Erin Byrnes, Julie Brixie
and Jason Morgan
Exposing Dark Money in Politics
In the News
Michigan Politics and Policy
- Michigan Sets New Record for Food, Ag and Forestry Exports – Michigan Department of Agriculture
- House Dems Re-Introduce Government Transparency Bills – House Democrats
- Voters Agree K-12 Education Is Off Track, Oppose Eliminating the Department of Education – Data for Progress
- Lawmaker targeting voter fraud ran in different precinct than wife – Detroit News
- Mitchell Poll: Gubernatorial race – MIRS
- People Are “Terrified.” Mallory McMorrow Has a Democratic Blueprint for Hope – Vanity Fair
- The list: The 26 House Dems the NRCC is targeting – Punchbowl News
- DCCC announces 26 vulnerable members for Frontline program in 2026 – Roll Call
- How Elissa Slotkin, a Moderate Michigan Democrat, Is Fighting Trump Tooth and Nail – Vanity Fair
Trump/Musk’s Assault on Government and the Constitution
- Trump Goes to DOJ for Bonkers Rant Berating his ‘Illegal’ Media Enemies – The Daily Beast
- Memo details Trump plan to sabotage the Social Security Administration – Judd Legum/Popular Information Substack
- Musk group offers $100 to Wisconsin voters ahead of pivotal state Supreme Court election – AP News
- With Orders, Investigations and Innuendo, Trump and G.O.P. Aim to Cripple the Left – The New York Times
- In Deportations, Trump Tied Gang to Venezuela’s Government. Intelligence Contradicts Him. – The New York Times
- French Scientist Reportedly Denied U.S. Entry Due to Trump Criticism – The New Republic
- As Powerful Law Firms Roll Over for Trump, One Lawyer Has Had Enough – Mother Jones
- White House rescinds executive order targeting prominent law firm – AP News
- CBS’ ’60 Minutes’ is unflinching in its White House coverage in the shadow of Trump’s $20B lawsuit – AP News
Trump/Musk/GOP Lawlessness and Corruption
- US taxpayers have shelled out tens of millions of dollars for Trump’s golf trips – The Guardian
- Trump moves to destroy Columbia University – Public Notice Substack
- Decades Ago, Columbia Refused to Pay Trump $400 Million – The New York Times
- Trump administration freezes federal funding for Penn over transgender swimmer – AP News
- Trump Ban on Transgender People Serving in Military Blocked by Federal Judge – Wall Street Journal
- Elon Musk’s DOGE Uses Police to Seize Independent Nonprofit – The New Republic
The Nation
- ICE Barbie Kristi Noem Is Sure Enjoying a Wild Week of Cosplay Stunts – The Daily Beast
- Exclusive | Trump Administration Weighing Major Cuts to Funding for Domestic HIV Prevention – Wall Street Journal
- Appeals court blocks Ohio’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors – AP News
- IRS Retreats From Some Audits as Agency Slashes Workforce – Wall Street Journal
- Minnesota Republicans seek to codify ‘Trump derangement syndrome’ as mental illness – Minneapolis Star Tribune
- Keeping With Kennedy’s Advice, Measles Patients Turn to Unproven Treatments – The New York Times
- RFK Jr. touts french fries and casts doubt on vaccines in first month – AP News
