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This Week’s “Party on the Peninsulas”
✹ Chairperson Barnes
Trump’s First Week: Executive Orders, A Multi-Billion-Dollar Grift and Petty Revenge
✹ Representative Mai Xiong
The GOP’s Unconstitutional 9-bill Hostage Ploy
✹ This week’s Trump/GOP outrages
Risking Another Pandemic Through Intentional Inaction
In the News
Michigan Politics and Policy
- States including Michigan sue to stop Trump’s order blocking birthright citizenship – AP News
- These 400 promises Trump made in Michigan now loom over his 2nd term – Detroit News $$
- Trump revoked Biden EV ‘mandate,’ but immediate impact not clear – Detroit Free Press
- Michigan Senate Dems threaten to sue GOP-run House over bills in limbo – Bridge Michigan
- Whitmer approves new Michigan gun, school safety laws – Detroit Free Press
- Michigan’s transgender community terrified about Trump executive order – Detroit Free Press
- Michigan data centers get tax break over some Dem opposition – Detroit Free Press $$
- A million Michigan workers may lose sick leave guarantee under House plan – Bridge Michigan
- First major Democrat enters race for Michigan governor – The DownBallot
- VIDEO – Jocelyn Benson Campaign Launch
Felonious Trump
- Early evidence suggests Trump will keep his grifts going from the White House – MSNBC
- Trump meme coin: How the president’s new cryptocurrency sparked outrage in the crypto world. – Slate
- The s**tcoin presidency – by Stephen Robinson/Public Notice
- Even Conservatives Think $MELANIA Memecoin is a Downright ‘Scam’ – The Daily Beast
- Trump pardons anti-abortion activists who blockaded clinic entrances – AP News
- Jared Kushner and Dubai billionaire to partner on Trump hotel in Serbia – Semafor
- A new Trump Tower of corruption – Popular Information
- Trump Administration Temporarily Mutes Federal Health Officials – The New York Times
- Trump administration orders all federal DEI workers put on leave – The Washington Post
The Clown-Car Cabinet
- Trump Stocks E.P.A. With Oil, Gas and Chemical Lobbyists – The New York Times
- As Trump and Biden teams convened on pandemics, RFK Jr. lobbied lawmakers – The Washington Post
- ‘Unfit’ Drunk Hegseth Got Lap Dances in Uniform: Ex-Relative – Daily Beast
The Transition
- 26 executive orders signed by Trump on Day 1: How do they stack up against past administrations? – MSNBC
- Trump threatens to withhold aid for California wildfires in first TV interview since inauguration – The Washington Post
- Trump undercuts enforcement of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 – Popular Information
- Federal judge temporarily blocks Trump’s birthright citizenship order – The Washington Post
- Trump administration abruptly cancels scientific meetings, panels – STAT
- Trump hits NIH with ‘devastating’ freezes on meetings, travel, communications, and hiring – Science.org
- Republicans look at Medicaid cuts to fund tax cuts for the rich – Punchbowl News
- Trump’s Immigration Threats Are Already Wrecking the Food Industry – The New Republic
- Trump’s gusher of misleading economic statistics at Davos – The Washington Post
- Trump fires at least 12 independent inspectors general in late-night purge – The Washington Post
- Withdrawing The United States From The World Health Organization – The White House
- Hunter Biden laptop: Trump to revoke clearances of ex-officials who signed letter – AP News
- Musk’s straight-arm gesture embraced by right-wing extremists regardless of what he meant – AP News
- Portrait of General Milley Is Removed From Pentagon – The New York Times
- Trump ends Fauci’s security detail and says he’d feel no responsibility if harm befell him – AP News
The Nation
- Americans want action on border security but are divided on mass deportations – AP News
- North Carolina’s Republican Justices Signal Support for Overturning Democratic Judge’s Election – Mother Jones
- Mississippi lawmaker introduces ‘Contraception Begins at Erection Act’ – NBC News
