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This Week…
President Trump said federal government shouldn’t spend on childcare | Detroit Free Press
Trump asks Congress to supersize military budget, slash domestic programs | POLITICO
Voters Want $200 Billion Spent on Domestic Priorities Like Health Care, Not War | Data for Progress
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In the News
Michigan Politics and Policy
- Trump Is Waging War on Our Elections. These People Are Fighting Back. | The New Republic
- Attorney General Nessel Issues Statement on Trump’s Blatantly Unlawful Elections EO
- Secretary Benson statement on illegal executive order targeting mail-in ballots
- Finley: Does John James really want to be governor? | Detroit News
- Senate hopeful Mike Rogers floats copays, high-risk pools for health care – Bridge Michigan
- U.S. Senate candidate Rogers taps students who defended Hitler group chat and spread misogynistic comments – Detroit Metro Times
- Fact check: Perry Johnson’s $4,747 plan overstates Michigan tax cut savings – Bridge Michigan
- Now Deleted Post Shows MI GOP Chair Calling Strategist ‘Scumbag’ After Interviews On $50 Convention Fee | MIRS News
- Slotkin, Democratic Senators Call on Trump to Block Chinese Automakers From Manufacturing in U.S. | Wall Street Journal
- Gov. Whitmer aims to steady Michigan’s Medicaid program in her final year in office | The Michigan Independent
- Whitmer Temporarily Eases Regulations For Cheaper Gas | MIRS News
- Administration Instructed To Help Businesses Get Tariff Refunds | MIRS News
- US Supreme Court refuses Michigans’s immunity claim in Line 5 case | Interlochen Public Radio
- Supreme Court ruling puts Michigan’s ‘conversion therapy’ ban in jeopardy – Bridge Michigan
- Michigan GOP boots ranked choice voting group from convention | Detroit News
The GOP Economy
- A year later, Trump’s manufacturing revival hasn’t happened | POLITICO
- The tale of the tape: Trump repeatedly pledged to cut gas prices by 50% | Popular Information
- A Year After DOGE Cuts, GSA Now Plans to Hire Hundreds of Employees | WIRED
- Medicaid cuts threaten hundreds of hospitals, new report finds | NBC News
Our President
- 3 FBI agents fired after investigating Trump sue for their jobs back | AP News
- The Art of War by Donald J. Trump <satire> | The Borowitz Report
- President Donald Trump Orders JD Vance to Launch Crusade Against Blue States in Morning Rage Post | Daily Beast
- Trump again orders changes to ‘save’ college sports – The Washington Post
- Trump downplays bipartisan housing bill, shrugging at key opportunity on economy | Maddow Blog
- Another blow to White House transparency: Trump’s DOJ rejects Presidential Records Act | Maddow Blog
- Judge blocks Trump order to end funding for NPR and PBS | AP News
- Judge orders Trump administration to halt construction of ballroom | AP News
Grifter in Chief
- He’s Not Grifting Anymore. He’s Just Taking It. | Meidas+
- Trump Reveals Presidential Library Design: A Glass Tower in Miami | Wall Street Journal
- Taxpayers’ Tab for Donald Trump’s Golf Habit Crosses $100 Million | HuffPost
- Congratulations, Trump: You Played Yourself | Rick Wilson/Lincoln Square
- DOJ and Flynn Collude to Raid Taxpayer Coffers | Harry Litman/Talking Feds Substack
- Donald Trump’s Business Is Now Selling Merch Tied to America’s 250th Anniversary | NOTUS — News of the United States
Attacking the Planet
- In Batteries We Trust | Paul Krugman Substack
- Rice’s whales predate modern humans. Now Trump could make them extinct | The Guardian
- Trump officials issue exemption for Gulf drilling from Endangered Species Act | AP News
Across the Nation
- Another state, another Senate election Republicans try to rig | Daily Kos
- Republicans Seek Protections for Oil Giants Against Climate Lawsuits – The New York Times
- ICE Arrested Hundreds in Blue States. Here’s How Many Were Criminals. | The New Republic
- Trump DOJ Dropped 23,000 Criminal Investigations in Shift to Immigration — ProPublica
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