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This Week…
Do Back-to-Back Courtroom Losses Herald
Meta’s ‘Big Tobacco’ Moment?
Wall Street Journal
Parents seek changes after
verdicts against social media companies
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In the News
Michigan Politics and Policy
- Michigan Democrats oppose proposal to bring new voter ID standards | Detroit News
- Opinion | Chuck Schumer: What the SAVE Act Would Really Do – The New York Times
- ICE plans immigrant detention center in Romulus | Detroit Free Press
- Senate D’s Target Trump Energy Policies; GOP Calls Resolution ‘Political Theater’ | MIRS News
- James leads Michigan lawmakers in missed votes in Congress | Detroit News
- Mike Rogers on rising gas prices: ‘We’re gonna be fine’ | Punchbowl News
- Mike Rogers distorts opioid record to boost Senate bid | American Journal News
- Michigan poll: 63% blame Trump policies for higher energy costs | Detroit Free Press
- EPIC-MRA Poll March 2026
- ‘Kids Over Clicks’ bill package passes state Senate panel – The Oakland Press
- Michigan Republicans contend they learned from past missteps and can win | Detroit News
- Perry Johnson’s Michigan governor campaigns have problem – Nancy Kaffer | Detroit Free Press
- Hamtramck uncounted ballots should’ve been tallied, Michigan appeals court rules | Detroit News
- Data center debate pits Lansing officials against vocal residents | Lansing State Journal
- Greene, Tunney spar on budgets, gun laws and affordability in 35th Senate District candidate forum | Michigan Advance
- Former House Speaker Joe Tate Won’t Seek Reelection | The Michigan Chronicle
- In Senate race, Mallory McMorrow pitches plan to do data centers ‘right’ – Bridge Michigan
- New Polling – McMorrow Leads in Gubernatorial Primary Battle | Global Strategy Group
- Impact Research Poll – US Senate, Michigan – via X
- Haley Stevens proposes $1B in wastewater grants to treat PFAS – mlive.com
- MIGOP Precinct Delegate Appears to be Recruiting ICE Impersonators for Polls | Progress Michigan
- State Of The Region Reports – Detroit Regional Chamber
- Decision 2026: Michigan Governor Republican primary poll – JMC Enterprises of Louisiana/JMC Analytics and Polling
- Minimum wage campaign stalls, stops pursuit of 2026 ballot measure | Michigan Public
The GOP Economy
- 171,000 or more Michiganders will lose Medicaid by 2028 – mlive.com
- Michigan’s average gas price hits $4 a gallon point, AAA says – CBS Detroit
- Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” Is Hitting Republican States Hard | The New Republic
- Rising Health Costs Push Some Middle-Aged Adults To Skip the Doc Until Medicare – KFF Health News
- Opinion | China has pulled ahead in electric battery race, but U.S. can leapfrog – The Washington Post
- Trump Destroyed the EV Industry, Just When We Need It Most | The Bulwark
- Sick of High Gas Prices? EV Deals Are Everywhere Right Now | Wall Street Journal
Our President
- Everything With Trump’s Signature, Name and Likeness: Currency, Buildings and More – The New York Times
- Taxpayers’ Tab for Donald Trump’s Golf Habit Crosses $100 Million | HuffPost
- Trump, 79, Falls Asleep in Memphis Task Force Meeting | The New Republic
- Trump, Who Calls Mail-in Voting ‘Cheating,’ Just Voted by Mail – The New York Times
- Trump disapproval hits second-term high at 59%, Fox News poll finds | Fox News
- Trump imagines negotiation with Sharpie maker for $5 signature pens – The Washington Post
- Trump’s Signature Is Set to Be Added to America’s Currency – The New York Times
- Trump considers renaming Strait of Hormuz after either America or himself — once he evicts Iran | NY Post
- Desperate Trump Goons Suck Up to Him With Bogus Gold Award | Daily Beast
- Trump’s Ballroom Design Has Barely Been Scrutinized – The New York Times
Grifter in Chief
- Trump’s Profiteering Hits $4 Billion | The New Yorker
- Trump appeared to have business motive for keeping classified documents, Jack Smith finds | MS NOW
- DOJ settles lawsuit from Trump ally Michael Flynn for $1.2 million, AP source says | AP News
- Interior Department and Total Energies announce end of US offshore wind projects – POLITICO
Attacking the Bill of Rights
- This Is How Trump Is Already Threatening the Midterms | WIRED
- Opinion | How We Stopped a Bid to Seat Election Deniers in Fulton County – The New York Times
- New York Times Accuses Pentagon of Defying Court Order – The New York Times
- Michigan immigrant detentions: Longtime residents, no criminal records | Detroit Free Press
- ICE presence rising at Michigan health care facilities, rights groups say – Bridge Michigan
- Wormy Food, Intimidating Guards, Sick Kids: Inside ICE’s Only Family Detention Center – Mother Jones
- ‘Do Your Own Research’: How the Rabbit Hole Actually Works | Trygve Olson/Lincoln Square
- Kash Patel’s push against Democratic lawmaker raises concerns within FBI – The Washington Post
- Opinion: Ohio’s drag show ban is an affront to free expression | The Washington Post
Across the Nation
- Trump’s $1B payoff to stop offshore wind is stranger than it sounds | Grist
- It’s three times harder for blue states to get disaster funding under Trump – POLITICO
- Brutal Poll Says Men Are Abandoning Trump | The New Republic
- Minnesota officials sue Trump administration over shooting deaths | AP News
- Florida Democrats flip Donald Trump’s home district in Palm Beach | The Down Ballot
- Most say US military action against Iran has gone too far: poll | AP News
- Trump’s move to put ICE at airports fails to break DHS funding impasse – The Washington Post
- Democrats Say FEMA Official Who Has Claimed to Be Teleported Is ‘Unfit’ for Role – NOTUS — News of the United States
- DHS Ad Investigation Reveals Thousands Spent on Horse, Hair, Makeup – NOTUS — News of the United States
