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This Week’s “Party on the Peninsulas”
✹ Chairperson Hertel
Republicans Hide from the Voters
✹ Representative Penelope Tsernoglou
Another GOP Voter-Suppression Proposal
In the News
Republicans in Hiding
- Town hall takes place without Bergman – Escanaba Daily Press
- Protesters again demand in-person town hall from Rep. Huizenga – Fox 17 Grand Rapids
- Barrett stays silent as pressure mounts for a town hall – Lansing City Pulse
- More than two-thirds of Rep. Barrett town hall attendees say they don’t support DOGE – WKAR Public Media
- Technical difficulties plague Barrett’s telephone town hall – Lansing City Pulse
- North Carolina GOP town hall gets rowdy as attendees hurl scathing questions on Trump – AP News
Michigan Politics and Policy
- Senator Peters Statement on Vote to Prevent Government Shutdown
- Whitmer blasts Trump’s tariffs, education department cuts – Detroit Free Press
- Republican Medicaid cuts could shutter rural hospitals, maternity care – Detroit News
- What Trump’s pledge to repeal EV, climate regulations mean to Michigan – Bridge Michigan
- Buttigieg won’t run for Michigan US senator or governor in 2026 – Detroit Free Press
- Garlin Gilchrist, who’d be Michigan’s first Black governor, launches bid – The DownBallot Substack
- Poll: Jocelyn Benson Dominates Mike Duggan in Governor’s Race – Deadline Detroit
- Elissa Slotkin Is a Voice of Reason. She Can’t Save the Democrats Alone – The Daily Beast
- Takeaways, fact-checks: Vance defends tariffs, urges patience in Michigan – Bridge Michigan
- Tax relief, road projects competing for dollars in Lansing – Detroit News
- Help wanted: Michigan election clerks willing to face workload, harassment – Bridge Michigan
- Insider: Michigan lawmaker says he’s prepping proposal to ban porn – Detroit News
- Voters Oppose Deportations of Undocumented Immigrants — Regardless of Their Job or Years in the U.S. – Data for Progress
Trump/Musk’s Assault on Government and the Constitution
- Musk eyes Social Security and benefit programs for cuts – AP News
- Trump and Musk’s Plan to Destroy Social Security Started Tuesday Night – The New Republic
- Trump Goes to DOJ for Bonkers Rant Berating his ‘Illegal’ Media Enemies – The Daily Beast
- Trump calls his opponents ‘scum’ and lawbreakers in bellicose speech at Justice Department – POLITICO
- Trump Orders Gutting of 7 Agencies, Including Voice of America’s Parent – The New York Times
- A Free White House Press Corps is In Peril. I Demand to Meet Trump – April Ryan via The Daily Beast
- Hundreds of federal offices could begin closing this summer at DOGE’s behest – AP News
- Education Department layoffs: Cuts leave civil rights cases in limbo – AP News
Lawlessness and Corruption
- Donald Trump is speedrunning the history of presidential scandals – MSNBC
- Justice Department is expected to slash public corruption unit, AP sources say – AP News
- Exclusive | Trump Family Has Held Deal Talks With Binance Following Crypto Exchange’s Guilty Plea – Wall Street Journal
- Inside Trump’s War on the I.R.S.: Dropped Audits and a Skeleton Staff – The New York Times
- Inside Elon Musk’s ‘Digital Coup’ – WIRED
- Critics say Trump threatens free speech amid arrest of Mahmoud Khalil – AP NewsEx-Tennessee lawmaker says Trump pardoned his 21-month prison sentence – AP News
- Trump’s FBI Moves to Criminally Charge Major Climate Groups – The New Republic
- USPS Reaches Cost-Cutting Deal With Elon Musk’s DOGE Team – The New York Times
- Jeff Bezos takes another pathetic step in his march toward MAGA – Daily Kos
- How the White House launched its anti-migrant ad campaign – AP News
The Nation
- Bernie Sanders takes leadership of the anti-Trump resistance – AP News
- VIDEO – AFT ad singles out Musk – YouTube
- Senate GOP’s Tax-Cut Wishlist Heads North of $5 Trillion – Wall Street Journal
- New CNN poll: Americans are negative on Trump’s handling of economy – CNN Politics
- Consumer Sentiment Tanks as Americans Expect More Pain Ahead – Wall Street Journal
- Trump’s fantastical claim of a $200 billion ‘subsidy’ to Canada – The Washington Post
- Johns Hopkins cuts 2,000 jobs after USAID cuts under Trump – The Washington Post
- The Trump EPA’s Baffling New Agenda Consists of Throttling Major Environmental Rules – Mother Jones
- EPA administrator announces huge rollback of environmental regulations – NBC News
- As measles cases soar, RFK Jr. declares war on science – Popular Information Substack
- Supreme Court rejects Republican-led effort to halt climate change lawsuits in Democratic-led states – AP News
