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This Week’s “Party on the Peninsulas”
Chairperson Curtis Hertel
Trump Agenda Kills a
$63-BILLION/10,000 jobs project
Representative Carrie Rheingans
State-based Medicare for All
VIDEO: Senator Gary Peters – Trump Budget an Economic Disaster Plan
Lincoln Square
In the News
Thanks Trump! Semiconductor project, sought by Gov. Whitmer, falls through – Detroit News
Trump promises “better deal” after $63-billion semiconductor deal fell apart
Detroit Free Press
McDonald Rivet Statement on 10,000 Jobs Lost to Administration’s Chaos
The GOP Death Agenda
- FEMA Didn’t Answer Thousands of Calls From Flood Survivors, Documents Show – The New York Times
- U.S. fentanyl deaths have been plunging. Enter Trump – Reuters
- Addiction funding withheld by Trump administration – NPR
- ‘Final nail:’ Trump administration memo could strike fatal blow to wind and solar power – POLITICO
- E.P.A. Says It Will Eliminate Its Scientific Research Arm – The New York Times
- Health experts raise alarm over RFK Jr’s ‘war on science’ amid mass firings and budget cuts – The Guardian
- Insured Losses From US Hurricanes Could Rise by 50% With Global Warming – Insurance Journal
- NASA website won’t publish major climate change reports – AP News
Michigan Politics and Policy
- Whitmer Trumpets GM Building More Cars In Michigan – MIRS Blog
- Trump Medicaid cuts could risk closing three Michigan hospitals – Michigan Public Radio
- Elissa Slotkin Wants Democrats to Reclaim Their ‘Alpha Energy’ – The New York Times
- Senator Slotkin Introduces New Legislation to Require Immigration Officers to Display Clear Identification
- The sad net product of the Legislature: Six bills – Lansing City Pulse
- Rogers’ early fundraising lags Democrats’ in Michigan Senate race – Detroit News
- Maddock: John James should run for the House, not governor – Detroit News
- Michigan GOP moves against ranked choice voting as petition drive gears up – Bridge Michigan
- Obama’s blunt message for Democrats: ‘Toughen up’ – CNN Politics
- Democrats try a new tone: Less scripted, more cursing, Trumpier insults – The Washington Post
- Democrat Sean McCann announces congressional run in Michigan – Detroit Free Press
The Billionaires Tax Reduction Act (a.k.a. Trump’s “Beautiful” budget bill)
- U.S. Inflation Picks Up to 2.7% in June as Tariffs Start to Push Up Prices – Wall Street Journal
- Trump Effect Starts to Show Up in Economy – Wall Street Journal
- New polling: Public opposes latest GOP budget cuts – Data for Progress
- Fabrizio Ward Poll: Extending ACA tax premium credits
- Most say Trump’s policies haven’t helped them: AP-NORC poll – AP News
- Medicaid Cuts? Yes. But the GOP Is Quietly Cutting Medicare, Too. – The New Republic
- Obamacare insurance plans face big premium hikes, analysis shows – The Washington Post
- GOP Wrecking Ball Slams Through Medical System – The American Prospect
- Trump Is Gutting Weather Science and Reducing Disaster Response – The New York Times
- Trump’s Alcatraz prison could cost $2 billion – Axios
- Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ Targets $1.7 Trillion Student-Loan Program – Wall Street Journal
- Gutting the Student Loan Program – The American Prospect
- The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s work is frozen. Attacks on consumers have not. – MSNBC
- Housing assistance is at risk under Trump’s HUD time limits proposal – AP News
Trump-World Grift, Lies, Corruption and Incompetence
- Trump Kept Gold Club World Cup Trophy for Himself So FIFA Had to Give the Winners a Replica – Daily Beast
- A massive Trump scandal. Minuscule media attention. – Judd Legum/Popular Information
- Judge dismisses Trump’s copyright lawsuit against Bob Woodward and audiobook publisher – CNN Business
- Truemed, a Start-Up Run by an RFK. Jr. Aide, Gives Tax Breaks for Meat and Mattresses – The New York Times
- Do Doctors Profit Off Vaccines? Fact-Checking RFK Jr.’s Claims – The New York Times
- For Sale: Trump is leveraging power of his office to reap profits for family businesses – AP News
- The U.S. Will Incinerate 500 Tons of Emergency Food Aid – The Atlantic
- The State Department Guts Its Office Combating Human Trafficking – Mother Jones
- VIDEO The Cover-up – Lincoln Project
Across the Nation
- Poll: Surge in U.S. Concern About Immigration Has Abated – Gallup Organization
- VIDEO Here’s How Republicans Are Trying To Rig the 2026 Elections – Lincoln Square
- VIDEO The Epstein List – Lincoln Project
- DNC launches new website to highlight costs of GOP tax and spending package – Roll Call
- Andy Beshear, a Democratic governor in a state Trump won by 30 points, tests a 2028 message in South Carolina – NBC News
- Stephen Colbert’s Cancellation Is Exactly What It Looks Like – The New Republic
- Colbert’s Cancellation Is a Dark Warning – Mother Jones
- Trump Will Lose His War on Laughter – Andy Borowitz
