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This Week…
Report: Michigan-Canada bridge delay could cost up to $7M per week | Bridge Michigan
Before Trump Blasted U.S.-Canada Bridge, Owner of Competing Span Lobbied Administration |
The New York Times
2017 Statement from President Donald J. Trump and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau | The White House
Michigan leaders clash along party lines after Trump’s threat to block Gordie Howe bridge | mlive.com
In the News
Michigan Politics and Policy
- Grand Jury Declines to Indict Democrats Including Slotkin Who Told Troops to Disobey Illegal Orders | Wall Street Journal
- VIDEO: Senators Slotkin and Kelly press conference on failed grand jury indictment
- Speaker Mike Johnson says 6 Democrats (including Senator Slotkin) should be indicted after grand jury rebuke | The Hill
- Trump administration lawsuit over Michigan voter rolls dismissed – Votebeat
- Senator Sarah Anthony: It’s time for a bipartisan solution to lower property taxes | Detroit News
- How Former Rep. Mike Rogers Got Rich in the Last 9 Years – Business Insider
- Report: ICE contractors fund Mike Rogers US Senate campaign in Michigan | The ‘Gander
- Bill Huizenga “Roughly Tripled His Total Assets and Increased His Net Worth By As Much As Five Times Since First Taking Office” | DCCC
- Gretchen Whitmer pitches $88B budget. What it means for Michiganders, schools – Bridge Michigan
- Whitmer 2027 budget has tax cuts for some; tax hikes for others | Detroit Free Press
- Cash aid program to open for 10 more upper peninsula counties in March | Detroit Free Press
- Speaker Hall says no more state funding for Rx Kids as program expands – mlive.com
- Two men convicted in 2022 Michigan election petition scandal | AP News
- Mike Duggan ‘studying’ Trump school choice program for Michigan – Bridge Michigan
- Democrats vying for Michigan Senate seat clash over corporate money at first forum | NBC News
The GOP Economy
- American Optimism Slumps to Record Low | Gallup
- UAW workers at Ford to see lowest profit-sharing checks in three years | Detroit Free Press
- Americans Are Paying the Bill for Tariffs, Despite Trump’s Claims – The New York Times
- US state tariff bills rise as Trump faces midterms affordability fight | CNBC
- Homes Sales in January Posted Biggest Monthly Decline in Nearly Four Years | Wall Street Journal
King Donald
- Epstein Email Reveals Trump’s Decline Started Earlier Than We Thought | The New Republic
- Trump Justice Department Poised to Preserve Ticketmaster Monopoly – The American Prospect
- IRS improperly shared immigrant data with DHS enforcement officials – The Washington Post
- What the Hell Happened to Probable Cause? | Harry Litman/Talking Feds Substack
- MRFF Swamped with Complaints as MAGA Military Commanders Pressure Service Members to See “Melania” Movie – Military Religious Freedom Foundation
- Trump forges ahead with plans for 250-foot arch despite concerns on the ground and in the air | CNN Politics
Trump’s War on People and the Planet
- The EPA revokes a key legal underpinning in fighting climate change | AP News
- Coal industry latest to reward Trump with an unnecessary, made-up award
- Trump Orders Dept. of Defense to Buy Electricity From Coal Sources – The New York Times
- FACT FOCUS: False claims the Trump Administration made about climate change and energy | AP News
- Federal Vaccine Advisers Take Aim at Covid Shots – The New York Times
- The MAGA Bubble Is Imploding – Paul Krugman Substack
GOP Incompetence
- New report from Democrats: TrumpRx drugs could cost thousands more than generics | MS NOW
- Less than 14% of those arrested by ICE in Trump’s 1st year back in office had violent criminal records, document shows – CBS News
- Hundreds of judges reject Trump’s mandatory detention policy, with no end in sight – POLITICO
- Immigrants Who Say Their Detention Is Illegal Have Filed More Than 18,000 Cases. It’s a Historic High. | ProPublica
- Trump’s Immigration Officials Don’t Want to Talk About the Cruelty | Mother Jones
- Voters Think DHS Funding Should Be Conditioned on Immigration Enforcement Reform | Data for Progress
Across the Nation
- Democrats gain an edge as poll show doubts on Trump energy strategy – POLITICO
- Trump administration removes rainbow flag from Stonewall National Monument | AP News
- Efforts at early voting sites at North Carolina universities denied by judge | AP News
- Trump administration can’t withhold funds from 5 Democratic states yet, judge says | AP News
