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Top of the Ticket

Unofficial Primary Election Results
Michigan Secretary of State

Quinnipiac Poll: Trump Approval Hits New Low, Voters Expect Long War In Iran

In the News

Michigan Politics and Policy

• Michigan GOP Senate candidate makes ‘shielding’ Elon Musk campaign focus | MS NOW
• Mike Rogers tries for a tricky ‘change’ election | Semafor
• VIDEO: Pete Buttigieg on 2028, what Democrats keep getting wrong and the state of American politics \ On the Road with Jonathan Martin – POLITICO
• Caught On Tape: John James Promises To Pass “Most Conservative” Anti-Choice Bill if Elected | American Bridge
• Michigan’s GOP governor primary is getting weird – POLITICO
• SpaceX Is John James’ Hot New Stock Pick | NOTUS — News of the United States
• Rogers supported delays of Gordie Howe bridge opening, despite benefits to Michiganders | The Michigan Independent
• Michigan Supreme Court orders more review for Enbridge Line 5 tunnel | Detroit News
• The Feds Say Michigan has No Say on Line 5. Not On My Watch | Whitmer Substack
• Citing federal funding cuts, Planned Parenthood closing 3 Michigan clinics | Detroit Free Press
• Planned Parenthood of Michigan Response to Federal Funding Losses | PPOM
• Michigan partially denies RNC request for personal information of poll workers | Michigan Advance
• 70 ex-students at Interlochen arts center speak out on sexual abuse | Detroit Free Press
• Senator Slotkin Has a Very Midwestern Plan to Save the Democrats | POLITICO

Attacking the Constitution & Elections

• Democrats Prepare for Possible Election Clashes With Federal Government | The New York Times
• Preventing Voter Intimidation by Federal Agents at the Polls | Brennan Center for Justice
• Trump administration drive to seize election powers sparking ‘chaos’ despite pushback |The Guardian
• Trump is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to allow new mail ballot restrictions in the 2026 midterms | VoteBeat
• The noncitizen voter mystery: New Trump numbers raise more questions than answers | Votebeat
• How ICE Is Weaponizing Social Media Against Its Critics  | Wall Street Journal
• Trump admin tries to rebuild election security infrastructure it gutted as midterms near | CNN Politics
• How To Stop Trump From Stealing The Midterms | Statehouse Action substack

The Economy

• U.S. GDP Slowed to 1.5% in Second Quarter as Iran War Weighs on Gas Prices | Wall Street Journal
• Trump’s Tariffs Are Sending Some Companies Back to China | The New York Times
• Canadian Lawmaker Says Tariffs Are Burdening Americans, Fracturing Trade Relationship | MIRS News
• Michigan Gas Prices Jump to Highest Since May | AAA
• How Trump’s new Medicare cuts could raise prescription costs for seniors | MS NOW
• Let them eat SUVs: Trump White House orders fleet of luxury cars as Americans struggle | The Guardian
• Taxpayers spend about $2 billion annually on Medicaid for Amazon and Walmart employees | Popular Information

Trump Corruption and Grifts

• ‘The Boss Wants This Money’: Inside Trump’s Unprecedented Fundraising Operation | Wall Street Journal
• Trump accounts at Capital One were closed in 2021 over money laundering concerns | AP News
• Trump’s tax audit immunity remains in place | AP News
• Finance Republicans kill bid to stop Trump IRS audit-immunity deal | POLITICO
• Trump stands to profit by selling fast access to his social media posts | AP News
• White House admits it scrapped grants to blue states because they didn’t vote for Trump | Maddow Blog

Bumbling and Fumbling Trump Administration 

• The Reality TV Administration | Susan J. Demas/Lincoln Square
• TACO Timeline: Trump’s threats and olive branches in the Iran war | AP News
• Reflecting Pool Case: A Kafkaesque Debacle Even After the Dismissal | MS NOW
• Furious Trump considers removing Jeanine Pirro over Reflecting Pool filing, sources say | CNN Politics
• Trump administration seeks $10 million more for Freedom 250 events – The Washington Post
• RFK Jr. joins the Republican campaign to rewrite the recent past ahead of the midterms | MS NOW
• Feds relied on accounts from famed mobster, TV actress to build Comey case | The Washington Post
• Democrats document staffing gaps in counterterrorism and election security | POLITICO
• Inside the Rushed Effort to Get Trump His New Air Force One | The New York Times

Climate Change

• New York Tackles the Myth That Solar Is Swallowing Farmland | Mother Jones
• The Year Climate Change Came for the Tour de France | Mother Jones
• Western heat wave forecast to top 115 degrees in Las Vegas | Weather.com
• Scorching July may end up the warmest month on record across the U.S. | The Washington Post
• ‘The heat took him from me’: India’s death toll rises amid escalating heat crisis | The Guardian
• Fires in eastern Washington state force 60,000 people to evacuate | AP News
• Environmentalists Are Rolling Their Eyes at Trump’s “Ratepayer Protection Pledge” – Mother Jones
• Seedling data shows Michigan forests under pressure from climate change, deer, disease | Bridge Michigan

Across the Nation

• 8 misleading Fauci claims we’ve fact-checked | Snopes.com
• Disney digs in for a fight with FCC amid ABC stations license threat | Los Angeles Times
• MAGA Melts Down Over Minnesota Lynx’s Message to ‘MAGA Barbie’ Sophie Cunningham | Daily Beast
• Corporations, Not Immigrants, Responsible for Most Healthcare Fraud | The Intercept
• KFF Health Tracking Poll: Mifepristone and the Midterms | KFF
• 6In 10 Voters Oppose U.S. Military Action In Iran Amid Spike In Expectations It Will Last A Year Or More, Trump Approval Hits New Low, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; 49% Worse Off Financially Than A Year Ago As Majority Thinks Economy Is Worsening | Quinnipiac University Poll 7/29/26