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This Week’s “Party on the Peninsulas”
✹ Chairperson Hertel 
The Macomb County Town Hall:
Frustration, Anger, John James MIA
✹ Representative Matt Koleszar
The Inane House Elections Integrity Committee
In the News
Trump says he ‘couldn’t care less’ if auto prices rise because of his tariffs – The Washington Post
Michigan Politics and Policy
- Wooden, Koleszar Denounce Republican Weaponization of House Elections Integrity Committee – housedems.com
- Why many Americans don’t have documents to prove citizenship to vote – The Washington Post
- Tariffs threaten to cut US auto sales by 700,000 in 2025 – Detroit Free Press
- Trump’s Tariffs Leave Automakers With Tough, Expensive Choices – The New York Times
- Trump Warned U.S. Automakers Not to Raise Prices in Response to Tariffs – Wall Street Journal
- Fact check: Donald Trump’s tariff claims on auto industry – Detroit Free Press
- Travel from Canada to Michigan dips 10% amid boycotts, border security fears – Bridge Michigan
- Michigan farmers facing ‘uncertain future’ amid funding freezes, tariff tensions – Bridge Michigan
- Increased unemployment benefits and added weeks go into effect April 2 – DLEG
- DOGE lays out $394M in Michigan health cuts. But what does it mean? – Bridge Michigan
- USDA cancels $4.3M in poultry, cheese, eggs to Michigan food banks – Detroit Free Press
- McDonald Rivet Introduces Bill to Increase Transparency for Prescription Drug Prices – Representative Kristen McDonald Rivet
- Opinion | Michigan’s Kristen McDonald Rivet should inspire Democrats – Karen Tumulty/The Washington Post
- VIDEO – ‘Unheard of’: Slotkin says Trump war plans breach endangers ‘human beings’ – MSNBC “All In with Chris Hayes”
Trump/Musk’s Assault on Government and the Constitution
- VIDEO: Jon Stewart on Which Speech Is Free and Which Will Cost You in Trump’s America – The Daily Show
- Trump and Musk’s New Corruption Scandal: DOGE is a Scheme to Gut Social Security – Meidas+
- Trump’s promise to preserve Social Security may not survive DOGE – Michele Norris/MSNBC
- U-M halts DEI plans as Trump administration takes aim at diversity efforts – Bridge Michigan
- Two law firms targeted by Trump sue over executive orders that sought to punish them – AP News
- Three Michigan law school deans say Trump’s sanctions on law firms violate the Constitution – mlive.com
- Trump order on Smithsonian targets programs with ‘improper ideology’ – AP News
- “A Sicker America”: RFK Jr.’s HHS Will Lay Off 10,000 Staff – Mother Jones
- FDA’s Top Vaccine Official Forced Out – Wall Street Journal
- Kansas measles cases double to 23 and new Ohio outbreak sickens 10 – AP News
- FCC Chair Opens Investigation Into Walt Disney Co. Over DEI Programs – Deadline.com
- Texas lawmakers advance bill that makes it a crime for teachers to assign “Catcher in the Rye” – Popular Information Substack
Trump/Musk/GOP Lawlessness and Corruption
- Taxpayers’ Tab For Trump’s Second-Term Golf Excursions Crosses $26 Million Mark – HuffPost
- Taxpayers helped finance Kristi Noem’s extensive travel and political rise – AP News
- Using Starlink Wi-Fi in the White House Is a Slippery Slope for US Federal IT – WIRED
- Musk’s SpaceX Could Secure Billions in New Contracts Under Trump – The New York Times
- Trump Blurts Out Revealing Aim of Law Firm Shakedown Right to Media – The New Republic
- Trump’s hostile takeover of big law – Lisa Needham/Public Notice Substack
- Law firm Paul Weiss agrees to deal with Trump, prompting criticism – The Washington Post
- Trump pumps eponymous meme coin – Judd Legum/Popular Information
- Dr. Oz’s health benefits company sparks conflict of interest concerns – The Washington Post
The Nation
- SignalGate Isn’t About Signal – WIRED
- All the laws flouted during SignalGate – Lisa Needham/Public Notice Substack
- Opinion | Hillary Clinton: This Is Just Dumb – The New York Times
- DOGE Plans to Rebuild SSA Code Base in Months, Risking Benefits and System Collapse – WIRED
- To boost banks, Republican restore one of the ‘junk fees’ targeted by Biden – Maddow Blog
