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This Week…
Unwanted Telemarketers Face Bigger Fines Under Senate-Passed Bills
MIRS News
Deadline Detroit
Dirty Duggan Throws Trans Youth Under the Bus for Cheap Political Points
Progress Michigan
Texas Democrats score landslide upset in race Trump badly wanted to win
The DownBallot
In the News
Murder in Minneapolis
VIDEO: The Streets of Minneapolis – Bruce Springsteen
- Overflow Crowd Listens To Bills Limiting ICE’s Abilities In MI | MIRS News
- Michigan’s U.S. Senate candidates have disparate perspectives on dealing with ICE overreach | Michigan Advance
- Peters eyes DHS reforms to hold agents to same standards as local police | Detroit News
- How legacy media fell for Trump’s fake “pivot” in Minnesota | Popular Information Substack
- How Minnesota Can Convict – by Harry Litman/Talking Feds
Michigan Politics and Policy
- Unpaid medical debt? Michigan may soon limit how creditors can come after it – Bridge Michigan
- GOP clerk and candidate’s estimate of noncitizen voters too high, Michigan says – Votebeat
- Where is Mr. Rogers’ neighborhood? • Michigan Advance
- Senate poll shows McMorrow ahead, Stevens frontrunner status in doubt | Detroit Free Press
- Michigan Senate candidate Mike Rogers campaigns from Florida as carpetbagger questions return – Detroit Metro Times
- GOP linked to group touting ‘progressive champ’ in key Michigan Senate race | Detroit News
- Morning Digest: Why are Michigan Republicans trying to boost this Democrat? | The Downballot
- Michigan population grows in 2025 as residents move in, census shows | Detroit Free Press
- ICE in Michigan: More arrests, detainees and protests – Bridge Michigan
- Senators Highlight Efforts to Improve Public Safety, Increase Transparency in Immigration Enforcement |Senator Stephanie Chang
- Trump threatens 100 percent tariffs on Canadian imports in response to new trade deal with China – POLITICO
- Slotkin, Peters to vote no on DHS funding | Detroit Free Press
- Source: Trump urged Perry Johnson to enter Michigan governor’s race | WLNS TV
- “‘The Dollhouse’: Four Transgender Women Run For The Michigan House | MIRS News
- McMorrow pitches nationwide program to pay new mothers, inspired by Michigan’s Rx Kids | Michigan Public Radio
- MSF Approves $6.7M For Volkswagen, Detroit; Creates New Program | MIRS News
- Mark Totten drops out of Democratic race for Michigan attorney general | Detroit Free Press
- Nessel’s office now demanding Gotion pay back millions to Michigan | Detroit Free Press
The GOP Economy
- Editorial | Energy Department mandates to keep coal plants mean higher electric bills | The Washington Post
- ‘I don’t want to drive housing prices down’: Trump sparks backlash with latest declaration | Maddow Blog
- Consumer confidence collapses to lowest level since 2014 | CNN Business
- KFF Health Tracking Poll: Health Care Costs, Expiring ACA Tax Credits, and the 2026 Midterms | KFF
- Health Care Costs Tops the Public’s Economic Worries as the Runup to the Midterms Begins; Independent Voters Are More Likely to Trust Democrats than Republicans on the Issue | KFF
- Mark Carney stands firm on Davos speech, plans new Canada trade deals | AP News
King Donald
- ‘Spy Sheikh’ Bought Secret Stake in Trump Company | Wall Street Journal
- Trump sues IRS for $10 billion over leaked tax info | AP News
- Trump’s Lawsuit Against I.R.S. Creates ‘Enormous Conflict of Interest’ – The New York Times
- Trump’s First National Bank of Scams Is Coming | The New Republic
- Donald Trump promised to make the US the world’s crypto capital. His businesses are seizing on it. – POLITICO
- Trump favors 250-foot arch that would tower over other monuments – The Washington Post
- FBI Raids Georgia Election Office as Trump Expands Attack on Democracy | The New Republic
- Exclusive | Spy Chief Tulsi Gabbard Is Hunting for 2020 Election Fraud | Wall Street Journal
- Republicans Introduce Their Biggest Attack on Voting Rights Yet | The New Republic
- DOJ’s “Ransom” Letter to Minnesota Reveals How Trump Plans to Rig the Midterms – Mother Jones
- Social media as state media | Popular Information Substack
- Trump says Justice Department is investigating Ilhan Omar | POLITICO
- After Donations, Trump Administration Revoked Rule Requiring More Nursing Home Staff – The New York Times
Trump’s “Gestapo”
GOP Incompetence
- HHS Wasn’t Worried About South Carolina’s Measles Outbreak. It’s Now Enormous. – Mother Jones
- RFK Jr. Wants to End the “War” on Unproven Treatments Like Stem Cell Therapy – Mother Jones
- Defying CDC, Pediatricians Recommend All Kids Get Vaccinations Against 18 Diseases | Wall Street Journal
- $17 Billion in FEMA Aid to States Held Up by Extra Scrutiny – The New York Times
Across the Nation
- DOJ Just DELETED This Document from the Epstein Files. We Saved It. | Meidas+
- How the Trump Administration Hobbled Federal Labor Unions – The New York Times
- Editorial: Mass Deportation by the Numbers | Wall Street Journal
- California governor Gavin Newsom accuses TikTok of suppressing content critical of Trump | The Guardian
- History exhibits removed from Grand Canyon, 16 other national parks – The Washington Post
