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This Week…
State House Speaker Matt Hall’s “A Special Place in Hell”
Bridge Michigan
House speaker says Flint water emergency is over, blocks aid for students
Detroit News
Dr. Mona Hanna says GOP funding cuts to Rx Kids program ‘devastating’
Detroit Free Press
House GOP funding cuts could take time to parse through
Detroit Free Press
Senate R’s Stung By Work Project Cuts
MIRS News
MDP Chair Curtis Hertel
- State House GOP’s closed door attack on Michigan families
- DC Republicans’ votes support skyrocketing health insurance rates while Trump sits on the sideline
- More Democratic “Flips” : Miami Mayor, Georgia State Representative
Trump Bleeding Support Among Voters 18-34
Yale Youth Poll
Trump’s approval rating slips on the economy and immigration – AP-NORC
In the News
Michigan Politics and Policy
- Attack ads target John James’ Michigan governor bid – WLNS TV
- Rogue John James (Website)
- Democrats Make a Fresh Push to Win State Legislatures – The New York Times
- Downballot Democrats Are Gearing Up for “2010 in Reverse” – Mother Jones
- Swing district Republicans brace for fallout over health care | AP News
- Michigan to use $38M in opioid funds to expand housing for people in recovery | Bridge Michigan
- Slotkin wants boat-strike video released, questions Pentagon’s changing tactics on survivors | mlive.com
- Local Officials Waver on Water Fluoridation in Michigan, Where It Started | ProPublica
- Michigan’s new pot tax still a go after judge denies injunction to block it | Bridge Michigan
- Michigan lottery commissioner resigns to run for secretary of state | Detroit Free Press
Trump’s Economic Mess
- Michigan farmers to lose $167M in exports this year as tariffs raise costs | mlive.com
- Trump Tariffs Rock West Michigan Economy; Ambassador Pete Hoekstra Reverses Anti-Tariff Stance | ProPublica
- Tariffs, tight imports may shape Michigan’s holiday shopping season | The Michigan Independent
- ‘Only so long’ before Trump’s tariff costs hit consumers, businesses warn | POLITICO
- U.S. Manufacturers Slow Orders Ahead of Supreme Court Tariff Ruling | Wall Street Journal
- Autos sector keeps racking up tariff costs from Mexico, new data shows | Detroit News
- Trump Signs Executive Order That Threatens to Punish States for Passing AI Laws | WIRED
Grift, Lies, Corruption and Incompetence
- Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal | ProPublica
- Trump Commuted David Gentile’s Sentence. His Victims Are Seething. |The New York Times
- Trump touts over $20 trillion in new U.S. investments, but the numbers don’t add up | CBS News
- Paramount CEO Made Trump a Secret Promise on CNN in Warner Bros. Convo | The New Republic
- Jared Kushner Is Part of Paramount’s Bid for Warner Bros. Discovery – The New York Times
- Trump Personally Intervenes to Block Release of January 6 Documents | The New Republic
- Trump to Build Arena on White House Grounds for His 80th Birthday Brawl | Daily Beast
- Noem Gets Most Awkward Fact-Check of Her Life on Deported Veterans | The New Republic
- A Visual Breakdown of Trump’s Pardon Spree | Wall Street Journal
- Trump symbolically pardons former Colorado elections clerk | AP News
Weaponizing the Federal Government
- Dozens ready to take US oath denied final step to citizenship in Indianapolis | IndyStar.com
- State Universities Are Scrambling to Appease the Bigoted MAGA Regime | The New Republic
- Is This The End of the Free World? – Paul Krugman Substack
- CBS News journalists are sidelined for network’s Erika Kirk town hall | Jennifer Schulz/Indistinct Chatter
- The Simple, Legal Way Trump Could Steal the Midterms | The New Republic
- Lashing out at women in media, Trump can’t seem to help himself | Maddow Blog
Across the Nation
- Polling on December Congressional Actions (December 2025) | Data for Progress
- Trump’s “Gold Card” plan is a cynical immigration gimmick – Philip Bump/MS NOW
- Indiana lawmakers reject Trump’s mid-decade redistricting push – Indianapolis Star
- Editorial: The Supreme Court Is Failing at Its Most Important Job | The New York Times
- How Abortion Access Became a Major Sticking Point in the GOP Healthcare Fight | Wall Street Journal
- Republicans in Congress mocked Trump privately, Marjorie Taylor Greene says | The Guardian
- Democratic governors say the party must focus on voters’ pocketbook concerns | AP News
- Why some Republicans are sweating their party’s redistricting plan | The Washington Post