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This Week’s “Party on the Peninsulas”
Chairperson Curtis Hertel
The story of one family, and
a Congressman who won’t listen
- Representative Hillary Scholten
- State Senator Sean McCann
- State Representative Carol Glanville
The GOP Budget devastates Michiganders
VIDEO: Epstein’s List & Elon’s Revenge – Lincoln Square
In the News
The GOP Death Agenda
- Study: 14 million lives could be lost due to Trump’s USAID cuts – NPR
- How Trump Is Getting Away With Murder. Literally – Daily Beast
- The EPA’s Lee Zeldin Is Unleashing a Chemical Nightmare – The New Republic
- Trump Seeks to Cut Basic Scientific Research by Roughly One-Third, Report Shows – The New York Times
- Experts say US attitudes toward extreme weather events like Texas’ flash flooding need updating – AP News
- Trump Is Stalling on Giving Long-Term Disaster Money — Even for Texas – NOTUS
- FDA Cuts Will Limit Scrutiny of Troubled Foreign Drug Factories, Inspectors Say — ProPublica
- U.S. Measles Cases Climb to 33-Year High, at Least 1,288 Cases Reported in 2025 – Wall Street Journal
- Doctors’ groups sue Kennedy over Covid shot changes for kids, pregnant people – POLITICO
- Opinion – I’m Scared Children Will Die of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases – The New York Times
- RFK’s proposal to let bird flu spread through poultry could set us up for a pandemic, experts warn – Live Science
- How the Trump administration is already cutting off climate research – The Washington Post
Michigan Politics and Policy
- Dems Host Busy Townhall On What Happens Next With Medicaid Reforms – MIRS Blog
- Norminton Petts polling analysis of MI Senate race
- Representative Rheingans Says Hall Is ‘Platforming Nazis’ – MIRS Blog
- Michigan GOP grassroots vice chair sounds alarm as ‘ton’ of Republican donors back Mike Duggan for governor – The Midwesterner
- Michigan NRC member ‘insulted’ by Ted Nugent hunting testimony – Detroit News
- Poll: Majority of voters support state programs that provide quality dental care to low-income Michigan adults – EPIC•MRA
- Judge rejects a challenge to Michigan’s decades-long ban on publicly funded abortions – AP News
- Michigan’s Medicaid program faces $15B hit from ‘big beautiful bill’ – Detroit News
- Michigan, Trump administration dispute affects marine patrol funding – Detroit Free Press
- Opinion | Michiganders should decline to sign anti-voter ballot petition – Bridge Michigan
- Attorney General Nessel Files Amicus Brief Supporting Case to Block ICE and CBP from Unlawful Practices in Los Angeles – Attorney General
- Michigan utility aided sabotage of Covid lockdown policies, documents reveal – The Guardian
- Josh Cowen runs for U.S. House in Michigan 7th Congressional District – Detroit Free Press
The Billionaires Tax Reduction Act (a.k.a. Trump’s “Beautiful” budget bill)
- Trump Promised ‘No Tax on Tips.’ Then Came the Fine Print. – Wall Street Journal
- Three ways the big budget bill fails Americans – PIIE
- Opinion | Lawrence Summers: This Law Made Me Ashamed of My Country – The New York Times
- Fact-checking Trump, Democratic claims of the tax and spending bill – The Washington Post
- The Big Bad Republican Bill Wasn’t Regressive Enough for the Anti-Tax Crusaders – Mother Jones
- Social Security yanks staff from field offices to answer overwhelmed phone line – The Washington Post
- Trump Sneaked Huge Gift for Peter Thiel–Backed Company Into Budget – The New Republic
- American Teachers in Red States Are Walking Away for Good – The New Republic
Trump-World Grift, Lies, Corruption and Incompetence
- Editorial: Trump’s Politicized F.B.I. Has Made Americans Less Safe – The New York Times
- Trump aides tied to firms that may benefit from privatized weather forecasts – AP News
- Trump Media just got a lot slimier – Daily Kos
- Donald Trump’s Vampire Presidency – The New Republic
- Paramount Caves – and We All Lose – Harry Litman/Talking Feds Substack
- Trump Hires Scientists Who Doubt the Consensus on Climate Change – The New York Times
- The Trump administration predicted 90 trade deals in 90 days. So far there have been 2 – AP News
- Kristi Noem Delayed DHS Response to Texas Floods With Outrageous Rule – The New Republic
- ICE Barbie Kristi Noem Asks Social Media to Vote on Her Best Cosplay – Daily Beast
- After deadly Texas floods, where is FEMA? – MSNBC
- Columbia protester Mahmoud Khalil files $20M claim against Trump administration – AP News
- EDITORIAL: The Economic Drain of Mass Deportation – Wall Street Journal
- FACT FOCUS: Trump misrepresents facts about wind power – AP News
- RFK Jr. promotes a food company that makes ultraprocessed meals – AP News
Across the Nation
- Obama returns to fundraising circuit for DNC – Axios
- Views on immigration are more positive since Trump took office – AP News
- Voters Do Not Support Trump’s “Denaturalization” Threats – Data for Progress
- Texas Republicans Have a Brazen New Plan to Block Democrats from Retaking the House in 2026 – Mother Jones
- Texas Flash Flood Is a Preview of Climate Chaos to Come — ProPublica
