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This Week’s “Party on the Peninsulas”
✹ Trump’s “Mandate” Isn’t What He Thinks It It
✹ Representative Julie Brixie:
Gun Safety on Election Day, and “Dark Stores”
✹ Chairperson Barnes:
Mandating Religious Studies in Public Schools
In the News
Michigan Politics and Policy
- House Dems Pass Firearm Safety Legislation – housedems.com
- Tax loophole leads to revenue shortage – WLNS TV
- Dems eye cash bail, ‘second look’ criminal justice reforms in Michigan lame-duck – Bridge Michigan
- With McDonald Rivet heading to Congress, who will fill her open Michigan Senate seat? – Michigan Advance
- McDonald Rivet congressional win leaves Michigan state Senate seat vacant – The Michigan Independent
- Democrat Bahar-Cook appears to win second MSU board seat – Lansing State Journal
- Michigan Senate Loser Is Out of the Running to Be FBI Director – The Daily Beast
- Michigan ER doctor outlines how a second Trump term could affect reproductive rights – The Michigan Independent
- Michigan women who broke political barriers say White House is next – Detroit Free Press $$
- Slotkin: A vote for Trump doesn’t mean someone isn’t ‘a worthy person’ – Detroit Free Press $$
- Some Arab Americans who voted for Donald Trump growing concerned by his picks – Bridge Michigan
Trump’s Incomprehensible Band of Incompetents
- Editorial | Trump’s Reckless Choices for National Leadership – The New York Times
- Defense pick Pete Hegseth paid woman but denies sexual assault, attorney says – The Washington Post
- Dr. Oz Has a Checkered Health Care Record: What to Know About Key Issues – The New York Times
- Trump Picks Russell Vought, Key Figure in Project 2025, to Lead OMB – The New York Times
- Linda McMahon, Trump’s Education Secretary Pick, Named in Sexual Abuse Lawsuit – The New York Times
- Sebastian Gorka will return to Trump White House – POLITICO
- John Bolton Slams Trump’s Choice of ‘Con Man’ Seb Gorka as Counterterrorism Director – The Daily Beast
- Trump picks Scott Bessent for Treasury and Scott Turner for HUD – The Washington Post
- Motivational speaker Scott Turner tapped to lead HUD – POLITICO
The New Administration is All About Trump
- The ‘Landslide’ That Wasn’t: Trump and Allies Pump Up His Narrow Victory – The New York Times
- It wasn’t a landslide, media reports notwithstanding – by Andy Borowitz
- Donald Trump’s Mandate Is a Myth – The New Republic
- Trump’s New Oligarchy Is About to Unleash Unimaginable Corruption – The New Republic
- Trump plans to fire Jack Smith’s team, use DOJ to probe 2020 election – The Washington Post
Across the Nation
- Florida surgeon general wants to stop fluoride in water, echoing RFK Jr. – The Washington Post
- Texas education board approves Bible-infused curriculum – AP News
- OK Schools Chief Orders Teachers to Show Video of Him Praying for Trump – Meidas+
- The North Carolina GOP Snuck an Outrageous Antidemocratic Power Grab Into a Hurricane Relief Bill – Mother Jones
- House Speaker Johnson Announces Transgender Bathroom Ban—on Trans Day of Remembrance – Mother Jones
- Rep. Nancy Mace says new bill would limit bathroom use for transgender people – Scripps News
Climate Change
- A $300B a year deal for climate cash at UN summit sparks outrage for some and hope for others – AP News
- The House Just Made it Easier to Target Climate Groups – The New Republic
