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This Week…
In Detroit speech, Trump touts economic boom invisible to many
Detroit Free Press
Fact check: Donald Trump touts economy, downplays costs in Michigan speech
Bridge Michigan
Trump picks the wrong time to lie to the public about grocery prices
Maddow Blog
Michigan voters sour on Trump economy
ahead of visit, poll shows
Detroit News
Trump makes obscene gesture, mouths expletive at Detroit factory heckler
The Washington Post
Spring Convention – 4/19/2026
Michigan Democratic Party
In the News
Michigan Politics and Policy
- Sen. Slotkin is being investigated for Democrats’ video to troops | AP News
- $25 Billion. That’s What Trump Cost Detroit. | The New York Times
- Michigan Democrats attack Rogers’ opposition to extending ACA tax credits | Michigan Advance
- Michigan election official’s claim of 15 noncitizen voters could be inflated | Votebeat
- Michigan Democrats attack Rogers’ States push for the front of the line in Democrats’ 2028 presidential contest | NBC News
- opposition to extending ACA tax credits | Michigan Advance
- Rogers, Stevens tied in Michigan U.S. Senate matchup, poll finds | Detroit News
- Whitmer announces geologic hydrogen investment, emphasizes collaboration at Detroit Auto Show | Michigan Advance
- McClain ‘100%’ denies insider knowledge of Musk AI investment | | Detroit News
- Gilchrist ends bid for governor to run for secretary of state | Detroit News
- Dana Nessel: Bar immigration arrests at Michigan courthouses | Bridge Michigan
- DSCC Memo: Flipping the U.S. Senate
- Insider: History suggests ‘I was born here’ won’t be winning message | Detroit News
- Michigan nears school cellphone ban. What to know | Bridge Michigan
- Swanson Critical Of ICE’s Handling Of Minnesota Shooting | MIRS News
- GoFundMe pages raise money for Ford worker after Trump exchange | Detroit Free Press
- UAW vows to fight for worker suspended for comments to Trump | Detroit Free Press
- Economic and Fiscal Impact of Michigan’s Public Universities – Anderson Economic Group
- 40,000 fewer Michiganders seek Affordable Care Act health insurance | Bridge Michigan
- Are tariffs vs. affordability driving Michigan’s politics? – POLITICO
- Representative Kara Hope: The law still matters in Lansing
The GOP Economy
- Why Trump’s pitiful new health care ‘plan’ is even worse than it appears | MS NOW
- Trump’s manufacturing boom fails to materialize | The Washington Post
- Editorial: The Affordability Problem in One Chart | Wall Street Journal
- One Year of Trumponomics – Paul Krugman Substack
- One year in, Trump’s economy is a mess | Paul Waldman/Public Notice
- Inflation in 2025: How Prices for Food, Cars and Clothing Moved in 5 Charts | Wall Street Journal
- As Trump Pushes Housing Affordability, His Mortgage Chief Undermines It | The New York Times
- At CES, One Thing Became Clear: China Is Surging Ahead in Energy and Solar Innovations | PCMag
King Donald
- Trump in fresh Greenland outburst as ministers arrive for talks with Vance | The Guardian
- Trump Sets Fraudster Free From Prison for a Second Time – The New York Times
- Fed Chair Jerome Powell Rings Every Alarm Bell About DOJ Investigation | The New Republic
- Trump is trying to change how the midterm elections are conducted | The Washington Post
- Donald Trump wants to make imperialism great again | Hayes Brown/MS NOW
- Trump’s Saudi payback – by Judd Legum/Popular Information Substack
- Smithsonian removes Trump impeachment text at National Portrait Gallery | The Washington Post
- Trump’s Smithsonian censorship agenda is escalating | MS NOW
- Trump’s Ethnic Cleansing Campaign in Minneapolis – The American Prospect
Trump’s “Gestapo”
- ICE Barbie Warns Americans Must Be Prepared to Prove Citizenship | Daily Beast
- ICE Attacks Car Full of Kids, Leaving 6-Month-Old Baby Unconscious | The New Republic
- Video Analysis of ICE Shooting Sheds Light on Contested Moments – The New York Times
- ICE error meant some recruits were sent into field offices without proper training, sources say
- ICE recruitment: MInimal screening, reduced training. | Slate
- DHS Picks Fight With Reporter Who Exposed ICE’s Shoddy Hiring | The New Republic
- Medical examiner likely to classify ICE detainee death as homicide, call says | The Washington Post
- Family of man killed by off-duty ICE agent in LA demands charges: ‘The ache will never go away’ | The Guardian
GOP Incompetence
- HHS causes confusion by cutting grants, then reversing course | AP News
- Trump and Hegseth Face New War Crime Allegation Over Drug Boat Strikes | The New Republic
- VIDEO: How the Trump Administration Is Remaking Public Education | ProPublica
- An unraveling Justice Department appears to be coming apart at the seams | Maddow Blog
Across the Nation
- Exclusive | WSJ Poll: Trump’s Approval Rating Flat as Voters’ View of Economy Sours – WSJ
- A Majority of Voters Say ICE’s Use of Lethal Force in Minneapolis Was Not Justified | Data for Progress
- AP/NORC Poll:What Americans think about Trump’s recent foreign intervention | AP News
- Half of Americans think ICE is making American cities less safe, CNN poll finds | CNN Politics
- From Viral Video to Federal Occupation: How Nick Shirley Ignited the Minneapolis ICE Surge | Jennifer Schulze/Lincoln Square
- Stop calling Nick Shirley a journalist. He’s a MAGA political operative.
- Judges Uphold California’s New Congressional Map | Wall Street Journal
- Initial Review Finds No Widespread Illegal Voting by Migrants, Puncturing a Trump Claim | The New York Times
- FBI agents search Washington Post reporter’s home | The Washington Post
- Supreme Court Battle Over Trans Athletes Is About So Much More Than Sports | Mother Jones
- Trump Says Civil Rights Led to White People Being ‘Very Badly Treated’ | The New York Times