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This Week’s “Party on the Peninsulas”
✹ Chairperson Hertel
Trump’s Tariffs Punish Michigan Farmers, Michigan Tourism
✹ Representative Phil Skaggs
Our Universities Join the Resistance
In the News
Cognitive Decline? Trump Goes on Bizarre Rant About His Enemies
The New Republic
Egg Prices Continued to Rise in March
The New York Times
Michigan Politics and Policy
- MSU faculty join call for Big Ten ‘mutual defense compact’ against Trump administration – MSU State News
- MSU president pushes back on Trump administration’s student visa revocations – The State News
- Harvard pushes back against Trump administration’s demands for changes – The Washington Post
- MSU student suing Trump administration to restore visa record – The State News
- Elissa Slotkin: How Democrats Can Play Offense Against Trump – TIME
- AG Nessel Supports Challenge to Trump Administration’s Unconstitutional Ideological Deportation Policy – Attorney General
- AG Nessel Joins Multistate Effort to Protect Affordable Health Coverage from Federal Attack – Attorney General
- AG Nessel Joins Multistate Coalition Opposing Drastic Staffing Cuts to Social Security Administration – Attorney General
- Thanedar calls for Trump impeachment over immigration saga – Detroit News
- Trump’s anti-trans push changes Michigan’s transgender community – Detroit Free Press
- Longtime House Republican weighs run to flip Dem-held Senate seat in key battleground – Fox News
- Republican Mike Cox enters Michigan governor’s race – Detroit Free Press
- Abdul El-Sayed on US Senate run: ‘If you want a fighter, I’ve got receipts’ – Bridge Michigan
- Former U.S. Attorney Mark Totten launches campaign for Michigan Attorney General – Michigan Public Radio
- Adam Hollier to challenge Rep. Shri Thanedar for 3rd time
Trump’s Economic Meltdown
- VIDEO – Chaos, confusion, reversals: The story of Trump’s second term so far – NBC News
- Travel to U.S. is falling under Trump. It could cost billions in tourism. – The Washington Post
- Trump’s Order to Cut Drug Prices Would Raise Drug Prices – The American Prospect
- Elissa Slotkin cosponsors bill to crack down on large pharmaceutical price increases – The Michigan Independent
- Elon Musk’s DOGE “Savings” Aren’t New. Here’s Where They Come From – The New Republic
- Trump’s auto tariffs led Stellantis to lay off 370 employees in Kokomo, Indiana – The Washington Post
Trump/Musk Administration’s Assault on Government and the Constitution
- Trump’s Wildly Unconstitutional Plot to Banish U.S. Citizens to Gulags – The New Republic
- DOGE Is Building a Master Database to Surveil and Track Immigrants – WIREDTrump admin plans to eliminate federal health programs, including Head Start – Axios
- The White House is starting a new media policy that restricts wire services’ access to the president – AP News
- Trump’s order could force states to buy costly new voting machines – The Washington Post
Trump/Musk/GOP Lawlessness and Corruption
- Exclusive: Musk’s SpaceX is frontrunner to build Trump’s Golden Dome missile shield – Reuters
- Trump Has Eyewateringly Corrupt Scheme to Get Rich Off Tariffs – The New Republic
- U.S. intelligence contradicts Trump rationale for mass deportations – The Washington Post
- Trump appointee asked IRS to review audit of MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell – The Washington Post
Climate Change
- Trump’s Order Targeting State Climate Laws Is Probably Unconstitutional – Mother Jones
- Trump boosts dying coal industry, environment be damned – Daily Kos
- Voters Want to Make Polluters Pay, Oppose Efforts to Grant Oil and Gas Companies Immunity for Climate Damages- Data for Progress
- Trump boosts dying coal industry, environment be damned – Daily Kos
- Trump plan would eliminate NOAA climate research, slash agency budget – The Washington Post
- New Trump EO Would Punish States for Combating Climate Change – Mother Jones
- Trump’s new energy order puts states’ climate laws in the crosshairs of the Department of Justice – AP News
- Trump’s Dumbest Order Is Hiding His Most Dangerous Rule Change Yet – The New Republic
- Trump moves to hobble major US climate change study – POLITICO
- The Dubious Legal Theory Republicans Are Using to Kill Climate Progress – Mother Jones
- EPA Plans to End Greenhouse Gas Reporting for Most Polluters — ProPublica
- USDA order paves way for clearing of federal forests, including Michigan lands – Detroit News
The Nation
- Biden, breaking his silence, slams Trump on Social Security cuts – The Washington Post
- Some Democrats in Congress are starting to talk about impeachment. They’re right. – MSNBC
- Riggs v. Griffin North Carolina election fight judge should heed Bush v. Gore – Slate
- Trump administration cancels program to protect Alabamans from raw sewage – Popular Information Substack
