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This Week’s “Party on the Peninsulas”
✹ Chairperson Barnes: It’s impossible to keep up with Trump’s lies and distortions
✹ Representative Matt Koleszar, chair of the House Education Committee, on strengthening K-12 education
✹ This week’s Trump Outrage: guest commentator Barack Obama on how Trump hurricane-relief lies are hurting the victims
In the News
Michigan Politics
- VIDEO Lavora Barnes on MSNBC – Michigan College Student’s Post Debate Civics Lesson – YouTubeGary Peters is tasked with defending a brutal Senate map for Dems. It’s his biggest test yet. – POLITICO
- Rogers wants to halt $500M taxpayer grant to build EVs at GM plant – Detroit News
- Slotkin, Rogers spar in Michigan U.S. Senate debate. Here are the facts – Bridge Michigan
- VIDEO – US Senate Debate – WOTV via YouTube
- Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan Hits Back After Trump Dissed His City – The Daily Beast
- Democrat Marlinga airs first 2024 ad, part of “seven-figure” buy – Detroit News
- VIDEO – Marlinga – We should all be equal in the eyes of the law – YouTube
- Downriver could decide which party controls Michigan House – Detroit Free Press
- Michigan Supreme Court majority at stake as GOP, Dem hopefuls vie for 2 seats – Detroit News
Michigan Policy
- Whitmer signs bills aimed at school safety, mental health and literacy – Detroit Free Press
- Led by Believers in the City’s Future, Detroit Is on the Rebound – The New York Times
- Inside Detroit’s Newlab, a Hub for Mobility Startups in Henry Ford’s Hometown – The New York Times
- In Michigan, Walz Assails Trump’s Record on Manufacturing – The New York Times
- Consumers, DTE to expand EV charger network in Michigan – Bridge Michigan
Trump/GOP Outrages
- Chris Christie Unnerved by Donald Trump’s ‘Significant’ Mental Decline – The Daily Beast
- Trump: America ‘will be like Detroit’ if Harris wins – Detroit Free Press
- Slurring Trump Rambles Aimlessly About ‘Biden Circles’ and Trashes Detroit During Speech in… Detroit – Video
- Trump’s Rambling Speeches Reinforce Question of Age – The New York Times
- Trump calls Aurora a ‘war zone.’ Even its Republican mayor disagrees. – POLITICO
- Republican Rep. Debunks GOP Hurricane Lies in Incredible Fact-Check – The New Republic
- Hurricane Recovery Efforts Disrupted by Conspiracy Theories and Falsehoods – The New York Times
- Trump thinks Americans have forgotten how bad his hurricane relief efforts were – MSNBC
- The Kremlin Throws Trump Under the Bus on Secret Putin Gift – The New Republic
- Trump Spreads His Politics of Grievance to Nonwhite Voters – The New York Times
- Trump’s ‘God Bless the USA’ Bibles were printed in China, AP review finds – AP News
- How Barack Obama riles Donald Trump on Harris’ campaign trail – Jen Psaki/MSNBC
- Jewish Republicans Attack Harris, Who Has a Jewish Husband, for Being Bad for Jews – Mother Jones
- Fact check: Trump’s wrong again on Michigan Man of the Year claim – Detroit Free Press
- Melania Trump Faces Uproar After Being Caught in Fake Charity Scandal – The New Republic
- No, Biden didn’t take FEMA relief money to use on migrants — but Trump did – The Washington Post
- The ‘Crypto Punks’ Behind Trump’s Murky New Business Venture – The New York Times
- Opinion | Donald Trump’s rallies should remind voters what he really represents – The Washington Post
Climate Change
National Politics and Policy
- Stock Market Today: Dow, S&P 500 end at record highs as JPMorgan’s stock surges – MarketWatch
- Harris Wants Medicare to Cover Home Care for More Seniors – Wall Street Journal
- Trump’s Plans Could Increase National Debt Twice as Much as Harris’s Proposal – The New York Times
- Barack Obama Calls Out Black Men Supporting Donald Trump, Says Vote for Kamala Harris – The Daily Beast
- Kamala Harris Has Raised $1 Billion Since Entering Presidential Race – The New York Times
- Harris releases a report on her health, contrasting with Trump – AP News
