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This Week’s “Party on the Peninsulas”
✹ Chairperson Curtis Hertel
Matt Hall Sides With Trump, Against Michiganders
✹ State Senator Sam Singh
MAGA Budget Jeopardizes All of Michigan
In the News
VIDEO: Slotkin Grills Hegseth – Military OK to Shoot Civilian Protestors?
Slotkin tells Hegseth to ‘be a man,’ divulge Los Angeles military order – Detroit News
Michigan Politics and Policy
- Leonard Joins James in Support of Gutting Medicaid. Do Nesbitt & Cox Also Support? – Michigan Democratic Party
- House Republican Education Budget Will Harm Michigan Students – Michigan AFT
- School groups: Don’t balance road deal ‘on the backs’ of students – Detroit News
- Cuts To U-M, MSU Can’t Be Absorbed By Restricted Endowment Funds, MASU Says – MIRS Blog
- A steep drop in Michigan overdose deaths, thanks in part to Narcan – Bridge Michigan
- Brink, former Ukrainian ambassador, challenges U.S. Rep. Tom Barrett – Lansing State Journal
- Tripp Adams announces candidacy for Michigan’s 10th Congressional district – CBS Detroit
- Back from DC, Michigan GOP leader backs Medicaid, food assistance cuts – Bridge Michigan
- IRS Data to Show that Republican Attacks on Earned Income Tax Credit Could Cost Michigan Families Up to $10,000 Per Year – Governor Whitmer
- AG raids state economic development offices in Lansing – Detroit Free Press
- GOP fundraiser pleads guilty in ‘dark money’ scheme tied to Unlock Michigan investigation – mlive.com
- MSU’s international enrollment is falling, costing university millions – Lansing State Journal
- Centrist Democrats Spanberger, Sherill and Slotkin lead the party – The Washington Post
- Former Michigan House Speaker Tom Leonard from DeWitt joins governor’s race – Detroit Free Press
- Longtime Michigan congressman Lucien Nedzi dies at 100 – Detroit Free Press
The War on Democracy
- Trump directs ICE to prioritize deportations from Democratic-run cities – AP News
- The Trump Admin. Keeps Detaining and Prosecuting Elected Officials Who Get in His Way – Mother Jones
- Images of Handcuffed Democrats Are Piling Up in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown – The New York Times
- DHS tightens rules for congressional visits to immigration facilities – The Washington Post
- Political Violence Is No Longer Fringe — It’s Local But Not Unstoppable – MIRS Blog
- Trump says he won’t call Gov. Tim Walz after Minnesota shootings: ‘He’s a mess’ – NBC News
- Michigan officials made Minnesota shooter list. Some want home address shield – Bridge Michigan
- Debbie Dingell: ‘We cannot let terrorists terrorize us.’ Dingell targeted by Minnesota shooter – mlive.com
- The Tyrant Test – The Atlantic
- Senate GOP’s Remedy for Anti-Trump Lawsuits? Make Them Impossible – The New Republic
- Less than 10% of immigrants taken into ICE custody in recent months had serious criminal convictions, internal data shows – CNN
- Trump Struggles to Press Deportations Without Damaging the Economy – Wall Street Journal
- Trump, FBI’s Patel run with a weird new 2020 election conspiracy theory – Maddow Blog
- Opinion: Trump’s War on Blue America – Harry Litman Substack
Trump-World Grift, Lies and Corruption
- Trump Golf Track
- Trump Just Expanded His Tawdry Empire of Scams – The New Republic
- ‘Trump Inc.’: Filings Show Staff Profited From Being in the President’s Orbit – The New York Times
- Donald Trump reports $600 million in income and $1.6 billion in assets – The Washington Post
- Donald Trump’s Dirty Self-Dealing: The Audacity of His Rapacity – The New Republic
- Trump’s TI Phone Just A Rebranded Chinese T-Mobile – Crooks and Liars
- The Trump Family’s Latest Grift Is a Cheap Phone That Might Not Work – The New Republic
- TACO Trump Chickens Out on Major Immigration Flip – The New Republic
- A judge sided with Trump. Behind the scenes, he was lobbying for a nomination. – POLITICO
Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” a.k.a. “Goodies for Billionaires”
- VIDEO – Kornacki: Americans say the economy matters more than immigration, hurting Trump’s approval – NBC News
- Single Moms Will Bear the Brunt of the Republicans’ Budget Cuts – The New Republic
- Michigan hospitals warn of reduced care if Senate enacts Medicaid cuts – Detroit News
- Americans want Medicaid and food stamps funding maintained or increased, AP-NORC poll shows – AP News
- Senate Republicans seek tougher Medicaid cuts in Trump’s big bill – AP News
- The GOP’s big bill would bring changes to Medicaid for millions – AP News
- Trump administration’s new rule will limit Obamacare enrollments – Detroit News
- Trump tax bill would widen deficits by $2.8T over the next decade, CBO says – AP News
- Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ unlikely to reverse Biden EV rules – Detroit Free Press
- Reagan-appointed judge says some of Trump’s NIH funding cuts illegal, cites discrimination – AP News
- The Worst Part of Trump’s Big Bill Is Getting Almost No Attention – The New Republic
- Republicans Threaten a Hospital Apocalypse – The American Prospect
- Senate Bill Gives Giant Tax Break to Big Oil – The American Prospect
- Elimination of CFPB and other financial agencies tossed out of budget bill – American Prospect
Trump’s Cabinet of Incompetents
- Why a Vaccine Expert Left the C.D.C.: ‘Americans Are Going to Die’ – The New York Times
- Trump moves to scrap merit hiring system for one that prizes loyalty – The Washington Post
The Nation
- Juneteenth Goes Uncelebrated at White House as Trump Complains About ‘Too Many’ Holidays – The New York Times
- Trump’s Truth Social rant on Juneteenth is part of a nasty history – MSNBC
- The $1 Trillion Climate Problem Republicans Are Ignoring – The New Republic
- Supreme Court deals stunning setback to transgender rights in Tennessee case – AP News
- The Supreme Court takes aim at abortion in blue states. – Slate
- Indiana AG Rokita threatens Notre Dame, Butler, DePauw over DEI, echoing Trump – IndyStar.com
- Skrmetti: John Roberts’ anti-trans opinion isn’t just cruel. It’s incomprehensible. – Slate.com
- Ted Cruz Absolutely Explodes in MAGA Civil War Gotcha Moment – Daily Beast
