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This Week’s “Party on the Peninsulas”
✹ Chairperson Curtis Hertel
1,700 Rallies nationwide say “No Kings”
✹ State Senator Jeff Irwin
Taking food away from hungry children
In the News
VIDEO: Senate Appropriations Chair Sarah Anthony on GOP Education Budget
Michigan Politics and Policy
- Whitmer joins Democratic governors condemn National Guard deployment – Detroit News
- VIDEO: Senator Slotkin, DNC Holding Public Town Hall – WLNS TV
- Opinion: Dear John James, Medicaid Is a lifeline. Please don’t let my family down – The ‘Gander
- Trump questions John James’ bid for governor, who will succeed him in Congress – Detroit News
- Senate Hearings Expose Harm Federal Cuts Pose to Families, Farms, and Food Access – Michigan Senate Democrats
- Hertel: SNAP cuts in GOP bill could harm grocers, food access – Detroit News
- Michigan Dems Blast Matt Hall and Republicans for Cutting Free School Meals and Defunding School Safety – Michigan Democratic Party
- Michigan House GOP’s higher ed budget includes huge cuts for UM, MSU – Detroit News
- House Republicans back away from some cuts to Michigan universities – Detroit News
- AG Nessel Urges Meta to Address Investment Scams on Facebook, WhatsApp – Attorney General
- Michigan GOP budget takes aim unisex school bathrooms, ‘woke’ universities, email pronouns – Bridge Michigan
- Some Arab Americans in Michigan feel betrayed by Trump’s travel ban – AP News
- Pantsuits and Lawsuits Launches Two-Part Podcast Series Marking 10 Years Since Obergefell Marriage Equality Decision – Attorney General Nessel
- MI Senate Dems Poll May 28-June 2 Global Strategy Group
- Bird flu that infected Michigan dairy farmer can spread via air – Detroit Free Press
- Time to rewrite the Michigan Constitution? Voters will decide 2026 ballot proposal – Bridge Michigan
The War on Non-White Immigrants
- Trump promised relief for migrant farmers. His team didn’t get the memo – Daily Kos
- Trump tells immigrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela to leave – AP News
- Trump’s travel ban fuels despair, disgust among Arab Americans in Michigan – Bridge Michigan
Trump-World Lies and Corruption
- Editorial: A Comprehensive Accounting of Trump’s Culture of Corruption – The New York Times
- Opinion: Corruption Has Flooded America. The Dams Are Breaking. – Ben Rhodes/The New York Times
- A felon in the White House is making crime legal – David Lurie/Public Notice Substack
- Constitution Meets Kevlar—What Could Go Wrong? – Michael Cohen via Mei
- Hegseth resists when pushed to explain Trump’s Air Force One deal – The Washington Post
- White House Pushes Texas to Redistrict, Hoping to Blunt Democratic Gains – The New York Times
- The Real Reason Trump Has Created This Autopen Scandal – The New Republic
Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” a.k.a. “Goodies for Billionaires”
- Trump ‘big beautiful bill’ could cost Michigan families Medicaid, SNAP – Detroit Free Press
- GOP tax bill would cost poor Americans, boost highest earners, CBO says – AP News
- GOP bill could worsen inflation and debt, economists warn – The Washington Post
- The White House’s through-the-looking-glass budget spin – The Washington Post
- After vowing ‘90 deals in 90 days,’ the White House’s rhetoric runs into reality – Maddow Blog
Trump’s Cabinet of Incompetents
- Trump Team Lies About Attack on Democratic Senator – The New Republic
- RFK Jr. ousts ACIP group that advises CDC on vaccines – AP News
- Opinion | Kennedy’s purge of a key vaccine committee is a power grab – The Washington Post
- NIH scientists go public with criticism over Trump cuts – AP News
- ABC Suspends Terry Moran for Calling Stephen Miller a ‘World-Class Hater’ – The New York Times
The Nation
- Judge blocks Trump’s election executive order – AP News
- Congress Demands Answers on Data Privacy Ahead of 23andMe Sale – WIRED
- GM touts major leap in EV sales ahead of quarterly report – Detroit Free Press
- Florida agency tells newspaper to halt reporting angle on foundation associated with governor’s wife – AP News
