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Trump plays golf in Scotland as protesters take to the streets
AP News
This Week’s “Party on the Peninsulas”
Chairperson Curtis Hertel
Silence from Michigan’s GOP on
Jeffrey Epstein
Representative Betsy Coffia
No More Masks for Federal
Immigration Squads
Medicaid Cuts: He Thinks You’re Stupid
Lincoln Project
In the News
Michigan House Democrats introduce bill to ban masked,Michigan Politics and Policy
- UAW Statement on U.S. Trade Agreement with Japan – UAW | United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America
- American Car Companies Are Pissed About Trump’s Japan Trade Deal – The New Republic
- Cracks widen in Japan and US’s interpretation of tariff trade deal – Financial Times
- Report projects Michigan business tax hit from ‘big, beautiful bill’ – Detroit Free Press
- Impact of Federal Budget Bill on Michigan – State House Fiscal Agency
- Michigan GOP lawmakers applaud collapse of $6.24B SanDisk incentive deal – mlive.com
- Report: Michigan needs to make changes to education governance – Detroit Free Press
- Dem budget chair removed, lawmakers skip session in House impasse – Detroit News
- Michigan is attempting something never done before in America’s nuclear industry – mlive.com
- Huizenga opts out of Michigan Senate race – The Hill
- Leonard Working Full Time While Running For Governor – MIRS Blog
- GOP group wants Bouchard’s son to run for Congress – Daily Tribune
The Billionaires Tax Reduction Act (a.k.a. Trump’s “Beautiful” budget bill)
- Obamacare insurance plans face big premium hikes, analysis shows – The Washington Post
- Most think GOP tax bill will help the wealthy, poll finds – AP News
- GOP wants to cut waste. Critics say SNAP exemption could do opposite. – The Washington Post
- White House Pushes to Block Government Accountability Office Inquiries Into Its Cuts – The New York Times
- “Mostly False”: Labor secretary cherry-picks chart showing lower- and middle-income gains from Trump’s tax bill – Politifact
- Republicans are split on extending Obamacare tax breaks as higher costs loom – NBC News
- As US wildfires rage, Trump staff cuts force firefighters to clean toilets, critics say – Reuters
- Trump administration pauses student loan forgiveness under IBR plan – The Washington Post
- Why cheaper power looks unlikely as Trump’s big budget law reshuffles the U.S. energy landscape – MarketWatch
Trump-World Grift, Lies, Corruption and Incompetence
- A Polling Analyst Digs Into Trump’s Ratings and the Epstein Saga – POLITICO
- Justice Department Told Trump in May That His Name Is Among Many in the Epstein Files – Wall Street Journal
- GOP Senator Admits He Killed Epstein Resolution to Give Trump “Cover” – The New Republic
- Trump’s War on the First Amendment – Harry Litman/Talking Feds Substack
- Trump Declares War On The Past – Michael Cohen/Meidas+
- Trump Set To Spend $10 Million Of Taxpayer Money To Market His New Scotland Golf Course – HuffPost
- Trump’s trip to his Scottish golf course blurs politics and business – AP News
- How the crypto industry bought Trump (and by extension DC) – Public Notice Substack
- House Republicans propose naming Kennedy Center’s opera house after Melania Trump – CBS News
- Trump Lashes Out at Obama and Calls for Investigation – Wall Street Journal
- Fact check: Trump tariffs would not ‘pay off our deficit,’ as commerce secretary said – Politifact
- FEMA Rescue Chief Quits Over Noem’s 72-Hour Texas Aid Delay – Daily Beast
- CBS News poll finds support for Trump’s deportation program falls; Americans call for more focus on prices – CBS News
The GOP Cruelty-and-Death Agenda
- RFK Jr. to Oust Advisory Panel on Cancer Screenings, HIV Prevention Drugs – Wall Street Journal
- RFK’s Plot Against Vaccines – Mother Jones
- How Trump Killed Cancer Research – WIRED
- U.S. Quietly Drafts Plan to End Program That Saved Millions From AIDS – The New York Times
- ‘Do what y’all need to do’: How EPA fired its science advisers – Politico
- E.P.A. Is Said to Draft a Plan to End Its Ability to Fight Climate Change – The New York Times
- Critics say Trump’s order on homelessness is the wrong way to deal with the issue – AP News
Across the Nation
- DNC Rolls Out New Billboard Campaign Outside Rural Hospitals – NOTUS
- Trump’s Inflation: Amazon Hiked Prices on Hundreds of Essentials After Pledging to Keep Them Low – Wall Street Journal
- How tariffs are shaping the holiday shopping season – AP News
- Trump Policies Will Cost The U.S. Up To $29 Billion In Tourism – Forbes
- Cash bail myths debunked by plummeting city crime data – Popular Information Substack
- David Letterman calls ‘Late Show’ cancellation ‘gutless’ – USA Today
