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This Week’s “Party on the Peninsulas”
✹MDP Chair Lavora Barnes on the presidential debate: Joe Biden’s performance gets the headlines, totally obscuring the barrage of lies and outrageous statements from the increasingly unhinged Donald Trump
✹This week’s Trump/GOP Outrages The unconscionable partisanship of the U.S. Supreme Court, led by its delay of the ruling on Trump’s ridiculous claim of total presidential immunity from criminal accountability. And Oklahoma’s new mandate adding Bible study to public classroom.
✹Joe Biden bounces back with a fiery post-debate speech in North Carolina, labeling Trump for what he is: a convicted felon who lies at every opportunity. We have highlights from the speech.
This Week in the News
Michigan Politics
- Ex-Michigan GOP chair asks Court of Appeals to overturn her ouster – Detroit News
- Michigan GOP went to war with itself. Can it rebuild to win for Donald Trump? – Bridge Michigan
Michigan Policy
- Judge blocks Michigan’s 24-hour mandatory waiting period for abortions – Detroit Free Press
- Michigan lawmakers approve $82.5B state spending plan for 2025 – Detroit Free Press
- Bill barrage: Michigan lawmakers pass ‘Taylor Swift’ bot ban in summer rush – Bridge Michigan
- Michigan’s $23B education deal: Free community college for all, pre-K for many – Bridge Michigan
- Redistricting commission chooses final state Senate plan for court approval – Michigan Public Radio
- Government transparency plan passes Michigan Senate — which had been roadblock – Bridge Michigan
- Michigan House votes to expand unemployment benefits to 26 weeks. GOP fumes – Bridge Michigan
- Michigan senator proposes state-level ban on bump stocks – Detroit News
National
- Nobel Prize-winning economists: Trump would ‘reignite’ inflation – MSNBC
- All the former Trump Administration officials no longer supporting him – Biden’s Wins on X
- 7 in 10 think Supreme Court justices prioritize ideology: AP poll | AP News
- Supreme Court ruling on Indiana mayor is latest to weaken corruption laws – The Washington Post
- Supreme Court’s Abortion Rulings May Set the Stage for More Restrictions – The New York Times
- Supreme Court rules bans on homeless camping do not violate Constitution – The Washington Post
- Iowa Supreme Court says abortion ban can take effect in latest ruling – Des Moines Register
- Oklahoma State Superintendent Orders Bible Be Taught in Schools – Wall Street Journal
- South Carolina poised to impose draconian censorship regime on school libraries – Popular Information
- Ohio redistricting amendment campaign will turn in 750,000-plus signatures on Monday, group says – cleveland.com
- Biden pardons veterans convicted under military law banning gay sex – CNN Politics
The Debate
- Biden rallies crowd, attempting to tamp down debate concerns in Raleigh – The Washington Post
- Biden-Trump debate: Here are the false claims made during the faceoff – AP News
- Fact-checking last night’s presidential debate – Politifact
- Trump’s ‘Black jobs’ comment was a lowlight in his fact-free debate performance – MSNBC
- In debate, Trump raises stakes in race to address climate crisis – MSNBC
- Jen Psaki: Where Biden goes from here after debate ‘loss’ – MSNBC
- Trump Turned “Palestinian” Into a Slur – Mother Jones
