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This Week…
The Free Press endorses Jocelyn Benson for Governor, Eli Savit for Attorney General, Garlin Gilchrist for Secretary of State
In the News
Politics and Policy
- RGA Scales Back On James | MIRS News
- Mike Rogers defended tariffs against Canada, now wants to end trade war | Detroit Free Press
- El-Sayed, Rogers trade barbs, accusations during first televised US Senate debate | Michigan Advance
- Michigan U.S. Senate race will shape SCOTUS, federal judiciary | Opinion | Detroit Free Press
- Fact check: Mike Rogers voted against drug imports from Canada | Bridge Michigan
- Michigan’s El-Sayed Has Trump Fuming, AOC Buzzing and Obama Stumping | Wall Street Journal
- Fact check: John James, Jocelyn Benson debate data centers, tariffs, more | Bridge Michigan
- Trump photo moved off John James campaign main page | Detroit News Insider
- Trump policies, inflammatory tweets dominate Barrett, Lawrence debate | Lansing State Journal
- Democrats See An Opening In MI-01 As 2026 Battlefield Expands | MIRS News
- Trump PAC helps drive Michigan Senate race toward record spending | Bridge Michigan
- Mike Rogers claims he was an assembly line worker. The UAW said that is stretching the truth. | Michigan Advance
- Up North project raises questions about AG nominee’s judgement | Lansing State Journal
- Republicans Had 690 Days to Oppose Trump | The American Prospect
- Michigan AG seeks ‘hundreds of millions’ from Blue Cross in lawsuit | Detroit Free Press
- The United Auto Workers tries to reassert its political power in Michigan | AP News
Attacking the Constitution & Elections
- Voters in many states are being met with new voting rules | AP News
- The Untold Origins of Trump’s Plan to Sharply Restrict Mail-In Voting | ProPublica
- Trump allies could use midterms ‘counting window’ to disrupt results, experts warn | The Guardian
- From 15,000 to 185 to Zero: Trump’s Claims of Illegal Voting in Nevada Fizzle | The New York Times
- Justice Dept. Is Investigating TV Networks Over Trump Pool Coverage | The New York Times
- Trump takes suit against Hillary Clinton over 2016 election to Supreme Court | Detroit News
The Economy and Affordability
- Private Medicare Plans Are Raising Costs And Forcing Millions To Find New Insurance | The New York Times
- Senate candidates run on raising Social Security taxes for higher incomes to prevent benefit cuts | NBC News
- Washington’s energy policies are costing Michigan residents | Viewpoint – Senator Sarah Anthony
- Michigan Residents’ Opposition to Data Centers – MSU IPPSR
- Did prices rise more under Biden than Trump? We checked the data | Snopes.com
- Skepticism mires Trump’s Iowa steel plant project: ‘Promises are not the same as jobs’ | The Guardian
- Trump Is Pretending to Create Jobs in Key Midterm States | The New Republic
- Socialism expanded sharply in 2025 under a Republican White House and Congress | PIIE
- Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Is Starting to Bite Before the Midterm Elections | The New York Times
- Truckers Are Using Every Trick They Can to Survive Soaring Diesel Prices | Wall Street JournalTruckers Are Using Every Trick They Can to Survive Soaring Diesel Prices | Wall Street Journal
Trump Corruption and Grifts
- Judge orders Trump administration to cancel taxpayer-funded TV ads | AP News
- Trump invested in SpaceX shortly before issuing a new space policy | The Washington Post
- Trump wants a new Camp David — at his own golf club | The Washington Post
- Trump hasn’t committed to repaying taxpayer money already spent on ads | AP News
- Trump Took Money Meant for Fallen Officers’ Memorials to Air Ads Worshipping Himself, Rushes Out Checks as GOP Worries | The Parnas Perspective
- White House pretends its taxpayer-financed propaganda is a ‘public service announcement’ | Maddow Blog
- Exclusive | At Davos, Kimberly Guilfoyle Boasted of Private Jet Trips, Luxury Stays | Wall Street Journal
- Ambassador Kimberly Guilfoyle faces new corruption allegations | Maddow Blog
Bumbling and Fumbling Trump Administration
- The Fight to Save the Census From Trump Starts Now | The New Republic
- New White House press secretary is a Pizzagate conspiracy theorist | Judd Legum/Popular Information Substack
Across the Nation
- Hegseth Wants You to Watch a Snuff Film | The Bulwark
- GOP is at risk of significant state legislative losses, Post analysis finds | The Washington Post
- The falsehoods billionaires are mailing to Ohio voters | Judd Legum/Popular Information Substack
- Muslim Americans rebut new wave of anti-Sharia rhetoric from GOP politicians | AP News\
- With renewable energy boom, optimistic Al Gore sees climate change victory coming | AP News
- Twenty years after An Inconvenient Truth, Al Gore still believes in the climate fight: ‘We are going to win this’ | The Guardian
