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Michigan Democrats Stand With Texas
Finances weigh on Texas Democrats as costs of their quorum break add up – NBC News
Texas Democrats seek donations in effort to resist Trump’s redistricting plan – AP News
Strategy Session (Video) Texas Dems Leave the State to Save It – Lincoln Square
This Week’s “Party on the Peninsulas”
Chairperson Curtis Hertel
The Texas Gerrymander
Tariffs: Prices Rising, Economy Falling
Congresswoman Debbie Dingell
State House Democratic Leader Ranjeev Puri
Mike Rogers: ‘Yes’ for Trump, ‘No’ for Michigan
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VIDEO — ‘SHEEP’
The Lincoln Project
In the News
Michigan Politics and Policy
- Whitmer Makes Case To Trump That Tariffs Hurt Michigan – MIRS Blog
- Plight Of Detained Hmong Refugee Rallies Lawmakers To Family’s Side – MIRS Blog
- JPMorgan executive helping lead nonprofit backing Duggan’s governor bid – Detroit News
- Critics: ‘Prison gerrymandering’ gives some Michiganders extra ‘political clout’ – Bridge Michigan
- Michigan public TV and radio stations ponder the rocky road ahead – Detroit Free Press
- East Lansing on U.S. Justice Dept. sanctuary jurisdiction list – Detroit Free Press
- Trump deportation fears are hurting West Michigan economy, Hispanic leaders tell Slotkin – mlive.com
- 3 rural Michigan hospitals deemed at risk following Trump’s cuts to Medicaid funding – The Michigan Independent
- Democratic Detroit lawmaker Joe Tate exits US Senate race – AP News
- Blomquist seeking 1st District seat in Congress – Escanaba Daily Press
- Callie Barr seeks seat in Congress – Escanaba Daily Press
The Looming Trump Economic Catastrophe
- State of U.S. Tariffs: August 1, 2025 – The Budget Lab at Yale
- Trump’s Tariffs: A $600-Billion Tax Increase
- Trump Pledged to Bring Back Manufacturing. The Sector Is Sputtering. – Wall Street Journal
- Auto Industry Takes $12 Billion Hit From Trade War – Wall Street Journal
- Trump’s tariffs have raised prices, and more cost increases are expected – The Washington Post
- Semiconductor tariff could spur price hikes for autos, analysts warn – Detroit News
- About half of US adults say grocery costs cause major stress, poll finds – AP News
- Cash Windfall From Trump’s Tax Law Is Starting to Show Up at Big Companies – Wall Street Journal
Trump-World Grift, Lies, Corruption and Incompetence
- Editorial: America Will Suffer From Trump’s Assault on Facts – The New York Times
- As the U.S. economy cools, Trump points to ‘phenomenal numbers’ that don’t exist – Maddow Blog
- Opinion | John Brennan and James Clapper: The Trump Administration Is Rewriting History of Russia and 2016 – The New York Times
- Trump Orders New Census in Election Power Grab – Daily Beast
- Trump supports ethics laws as long as he is exempt – Popular Information Substack
- Days after $5 million donation to MAGA Inc., Trump freezes Medicare waste crackdown – Judd Legum/Popular Information Substack
- No, you aren’t getting a ‘tariff rebate check’ from Trump, either – MSNBC
- FBI proves it: Republicans spent 2024 pointing to a crime ‘wave’ that didn’t exist – Maddow Blog
- Tech CEOs have lavished gifts and praise on Trump, gaining access – The Washington Post
- DOJ opens investigation into New York AG’s office that brought fraud case against Trump – NBC News
- Hegseth vows not to erase history—unless he doesn’t like it – Daily Kos
- Where The Hell Is Alex Acosta? – Michael Cohen/Meidas+
- DOJ Taps Grand Jury to Re-Investigate 2016 Trump-Russia Probe – WSJ
- Senior FBI official who resisted Trump demands is ousted – AP News
- JD Vance Ordered a River’s Water Level Raised for His Family Boat Trip in Ohio – Daily Beast
- Golf Author Rick Riley Calls Out ‘F***ing Golf Cheat’ Donald Trump Over New Viral Course Video – Daily Beast
The GOP Cruelty-and-Death Agenda
- Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Hit With Instant Backlash After Blowing Up $500M in mRNA Vaccine Projects – Daily Beast
- FACT FOCUS: RFK Jr.’s reasons for cutting vaccine unsupported by evidence – AP News
- Opinion | RFK Jr. may be on the verge of dismantling U.S. preventive health care – Leana Wen/The Washington Post
- With RFK Jr. on Their Side, Parents Feel Emboldened to Question Vaccines – WSJ
- White House has no plan to mandate IVF care, despite campaign pledge – The Washington Post
- Trump plans pharmaceutical tariffs of up to 250% – USA Today
- Happy Birthday. Now Prepare to Die. – Harry Litman/Talking Feds Substack
- Wildfire In Wet Washington State Is Changing Under Climate Change – The New York Times
- Trump EPA plans to claw back $7 billion in rooftop solar grants – The Washington Post
Across the Nation
- The Supreme Court Prepares to End Voting Rights as We Know Them – Mother Jones
- The Voting Rights Act turns 60. Will its protections endure? – USA Today
- Sections of Constitution were missing from government website – Snopes.com
- First-of-a-kind US class action lawsuit would force EPA to reinstate $3bn climate program | US news – The Guardian
- Ex-GOP Georgia Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan becoming a Democrat – The Hill
- Private Prisons Cash In on Trump’s Mass Deportations – The American Prospect
- ‘South Park’ Stuns DHS Into Silence With Shocking Kristi Noem Portrayal – Daily Beast
- From puppy murder to racist podcasts: South Park’s anti-deportation episode is utterly ruthless TV – The Guardian
