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This Week…
8 ways Jesse Jackson impacted Detroit, Michigan | Detroit Free Press
How Michigan helped the Rev. Jesse Jackson make history | Detroit News
New bills aim to lower housing costs in Michigan, cut red tape
mlive.com
How home builders responded to Whitmer’s call to ‘build, baby, build’
Detroit Free Press
Moroun gave $1M to MAGA Inc. before Trump’s Gordie Howe bridge threat
USA Today
Gordie Howe International Bridge hits a Trump speed bump
Debbie Stabenow/MS NOW
Rep. Rashida Tlaib hikes pressure on Moroun over Trump’s bridge threat
Detroit Free Press
Michigan Dems double down for timely Gordie Howe bridge opening
mlive.com
‘Secret’ Windsor meeting led to construction of Gordie Howe bridge
Windsor Star
In the News
Michigan Politics and Policy
- DOJ starts investigations into 3 Michigan school districts, including Lansing | | Lansing State Journal
- Dievendorf, Pohutsky Introduce SAFER Act Designed to Protect Students – Michigan House Democrats
- ‘We still don’t have answers’: Michigan congresswomen visit ICE detention center in Baldwin | Interlochen Public Radio
- Scholten, Stevens call for answers in inmate death at ICE facility | Detroit Free Press
- Michigan lawmakers say DHS has secured SE Michigan building for possible use as ICE detention facility | wtol.com
- ‘We will not accept a warehouse prison’: Michigan Democratic leaders blast planned ICE site in Romulus | mlive.com
- As ICE Buys Up Warehouses, Even Some Trump Voters Say No – The New York Times
- Karen McDonald promises to hold ICE agents accountable in Oakland Co. | Detroit Free Press
- Trump admin. extends order for Michigan coal power plant to remain open | Detroit Free Press
- Mike Duggan campaign says false post about endorsements was an error | Detroit News
- Duggan’s inconsistency on trifecta raises alarms for Dems: ‘I really don’t know who Mike Duggan is’ • Michigan Advance
- Trump’s trade threats against Canada could hit Michigan drivers at the pump – Fox 17 Grand Rapids
- Would Republicans rather be right or be happy? | Kyle Melinn/Lansing City Pulse
- GOP fallout from LaFave endorsement continues to unravel | Mining Journal
- Jocelyn Benson wants to bring high-speed rail to Michigan. What would it take? | Bridge Michigan
The GOP Economy
- US economy hits the brakes: Q4 GDP slows to 1.4% as spending cools, the Commerce Department reports | AP News
- Economic Growth Slowed in Fourth Quarter, Hurt by Government Shutdown | Wall Street Journal
- West Michigan faces job losses and uncertainty, as economy takes toll | Bridge Michigan
- Michigan nurse goes without health insurance as ACA costs double for 2026 – mlive.com
- Why the United States Is Seeing an Ongoing Tourism Slump – The New York Times
Trump’s War on the Planet
- Trump’s Climate Repeal Will Kill America’s Transition From Gas Guzzlers to EVs – Mother Jones
- Trump cancels federal climate regulations. Here’s what it means for Michigan | Bridge Michigan
- Trump just blew up the endangerment finding behind climate regulation. Now what? | Vox
- The Fight Over US Climate Rules Is Just Beginning | WIRED
- With Latest Rollback, the U.S. Essentially Has No Clean-Car Rules – The New York Times
- Team USA skiers and others raise alarm over accelerating melt of world’s glaciers | AP News
- A new Ohio bill could be a de facto statewide ban on solar/wind energy | Canary Media
- Editorial | Trump’s order for the military to purchase coal energy defies markets – The Washington Post
- Turning Our Back on Clean Energy – Paul Krugman Substack
Federal Incompetence
Healthcare group urges RFK Jr to resign after remarks on cocaine and toilet seats | The Guardian- RFK Jr. Allies Target States to Overturn Vaccine Mandates for Schools – The New York Times
- Try to Make Any Sense of RFK Jr.’s New “Workout” Video | The New Republic
- Inside the Debacle That Led to the Closure of El Paso’s Airspace – The New York Times
- U.S. considers building pricey alternative to World Health Organization – The Washington Post
Trampling the Constitution
- Justice Department struggles as White House presses on voter fraud – The Washington Post
- How Trump undermined election assistance agency ahead of the midterms | MS NOW
- Justice Department issues new subpoenas in Florida-based Trump probe | AP News
- Trump tells soldiers to vote GOP in campaign-style rally at Fort Bragg | MSN
- F.T.C. Chair Warns Apple Against Bias in Apple News – The New York Times
- What if everyone had to prove their citizenship to register to vote? | Votebeat
- Republicans, Braced for Losses, Push More Voting Restrictions in Congress – The New York Times
- New Trump order could mean arrest for thousands of legal refugees in the US | AP News
- ICE Is Expanding Across the US at Breakneck Speed. Here’s Where It’s Going Next | WIRED
- Homeland Security Demands Social Media Sites Reveal Names Behind Anti-ICE Posts – The New York Times
- Judge orders Trump administration to restore George Washington slavery exhibit in Philadelphia | AP News
Corruption, grifting and criminality
- ‘No expense has been spared’: Inside a luxury jet DHS wants to buy for deportations | NBC News
- DOJ Scrubs Record of Interviews With Trump Accuser From Epstein Files | The New Republic
- How much money has Trump made as president? The answer should worry us all. | MS NOW
- Trump Organization files to trademark Donald J. Trump International Airport | AP News
- Egomaniac Trump Closes in on Having Another Building Named After Him | Daily Beast
- How Trump Media collapsed | Judd Legum/Popular Information Substack
- Giant banner of Donald Trump hung at Justice Department headquarters | CNN Politics
- Trump Reveals He’s Taking $10 Billion From Taxpayers for His New Board | The New Republic
Across the Nation
- Democrats tap influencers in new strategy to reach Latino voters | AP News
- UAW members ratify contract at Chattanooga Volkswagen plant | Detroit Free Press
- Measles Outbreak Hits Ave Maria University in Florida – The New York Times
