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This Week…
What Michigan’s 2026 candidates revealed during a week of debates | Detroit Free Press
Bipartisan Housing Bill Becomes Law Even Though Trump Refuses to Sign It | The New York Times
In the News
Michigan Politics and Policy
- Whitmer vetoes 9 bills at center of Michigan Legislature spat | Detroit Free Press
- Michigan lawmakers propose crackdown on loud cars, modified exhaust | Detroit Free Press
- How to spoil an absentee ballot in Michigan | Detroit Free Press
- Pete Hoekstra says it’s a ‘myth’ Canada paid for Gordie Howe bridge | Detroit Free Press
- DOJ to Jocelyn Benson: Officials could be prosecuted over noncitizen voters | Bridge Michigan
- DOJ Monitors Appear to Be Latest Attempt to Undermine MI Elections | Promote the Vote
- John James, Perry Johnson, Mike Cox debate for Michigan governor nod | Detroit Free Press
- Mike Cox calls John James ‘hypocrite’ for business dealings with China | Detroit News
- Fact check: GOP rivals attack John James in gubernatorial debate | Bridge Michigan
- Michigan Dem Senate Poll July 6-7
- El-Sayed, Stevens trade pointed barbs in Democratic U.S. Senate debate | Detroit Free Press
- Fact-checking Abdul El-Sayed and Haley Stevens in MI Democratic Senate primary debate | Politifact
- Key Michigan lawmaker calls for hearings on DTE power outages | Detroit News
- The Democratic Party Elizabeth Warren Wanted Doesn’t Exist | Lincoln Square
- Slotkin, Ossoff Demand Answers After Hegseth Denied Military Officers’ Promotions for Political Reasons | Senator Slotkin
The Economy
- Half of Americans struggle to afford groceries and gas, exclusive poll finds | The Guardian
- New 50-state data shows steep drops in Affordable Care Act enrollment | AP News
- New Medicaid Work Rule Means More Opportunities To Lose Coverage | KFF Health News
- Sturgis closure may be ‘first of more’ for Michigan rural hospitals | Bridge Michigan
- Here’s why the new Trump accounts won’t make your children rich | The Washington Post
- How Trump and His Congressional Allies Drove Up Gas Prices and Cost Families At Least $2,000 | Center for American Progress Action
- Trump promised to cut electric bills in half. His energy policy is doing the opposite, new analysis finds | CNN
Climate Change
- ‘Why take those jobs away?’: the unionized workers decrying Trump’s war on wind | The Guardian
- ‘Super’ El Niño could cause global food price shock lasting into 2028, analysts say | The Guardian
- The Pacific Ocean is running a fever. Why that’s an ominous sign. | The Washington Post
- Renewable energy supporters want clean energy to power data sources | AP News
- ‘He’s forcing higher bills’: Trump spends billions to kill clean energy and keep coal alive | The Guardian
- The Heat Is On: the cost of climate change is getting serious| Paul Krugman
- A ballooning problem: Weather warnings face rising risks from budget cuts – POLITICO
The Trump Administration
- SATIRE: Communism According to Republicans | Carlos Greaves/The Borowitz Report
- Trump approval rates fall among rural, White working-class voters | USA Today
- Opinion: Trump is trying to start a new Red Scare | Michael Steele/MS NOW
- Trump’s red-baiting won’t work. He’s campaigning on an even dumber version of McCarthyism.. | Public Notice Substack
- Democrat reveals whistleblower allegations of Kennedy Center construction woes | AP News
- Crews are again draining Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool | AP News
- Smithsonian head disputes White House report in memo to staff | The Washington Post
- Officials say Trump switched out new Air Force One over security concerns | MS NOW
- Trump Media and Technology Group Loses $3.8B Washington Post Defamation Battle With Blunt Ruling | Daily Beast
- Scientists warn Trump’s OMB rule could upend how science is funded | The Washington Post
Grifters and Thieves
- Democrats Are Seizing on Trump’s Soaring Wealth as a Campaign Opportunity | Wall Street Journal
- Ken Paxton’s Voter Registration May Violate Texas Election Law, Experts Say | ProPublica
- Ty Cobb warns of election interference after Donald Trump fires Dems on election board | The Hill
- Trump rips Maggie Haberman, says she’ll ‘pay the price’ over health reporting | The Hill
- Investigators Find Corey Lewandowski May Have Been Involved in Improper DHS Contracts | Wall Street Journal
- Despite his alleged ‘war on fraud,’ Trump keeps pardoning convicted fraudsters | Maddow Blog
- Pump and Dump and Trump | Paul Krugman Substack
- Crews are again draining Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool | AP News
Attacking the Constitution & Elections
- Trump election task force to begin releasing classified intel documents | MS NOW
- White House Directed Patel to Oversee Investigation Involving Times Reporting | The New York Times
- U.S. Senate candidate Michael Whatley’s campaign has barred certain outlets from covering his events, myself included for @TheAssemblyNC | via X
- Trump Targets Not Just Georgia’s Vote, but Also Trust in Elections | The New York Times
- Times Journalists Subpoenaed as Trump Escalates Pressure on Media | The New York Times
- Trump fires last members of election commission, inciting fears of midterm ‘chaos’ | The Guardian
- Indiana Lt. Gov. wants Indiana to ban Muslim call to prayer | IndyStar.com