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This Week…
Trump’s Own Intel Agencies Say His Iran Claims Are Nonsense
Daily Beast
A Tale of Two Speeches
5 ways Whitmer bet on bipartisanship in contrast to President Trump
Detroit News
Whitmer Goes Reflective In Final State Of State
MIRS News
Literacy leads final Whitmer State of the State, other takeaways
Detroit Free Press
Fact-check: Trump exaggerates on economy, immigration
PolitiFact
Fact-check: A look at Trump’s false and misleading claims
AP News
Opinion: Trump’s threats to ‘federalize’ elections is serious threat
John Lindstrom/Detroit Free Press
John Lindstrom Inducted Into Michigan Journalism Hall of Fame
State Affairs Pro
In the News
Michigan Politics and Policy
- Congressman Tom Barrett’s Campaign Seeks High School Students’ Emails After Anti-ICE Walkout – East Lansing Info
- Sean McCann Added to DCCC’s Coveted ‘Red to Blue’ Program – DCCC
- Ford to begin production at massive Michigan battery plant this summer – mlive.com
- GOP leader proposes $4.7B Michigan service tax to pay for property tax cuts – Bridge Michigan
- Michigan senators urge ICE to drop plans for Romulus detention center freep
- US plans to clear-cut in Michigan forest. Some fear for endangered species – Bridge Michigan
- DTE to seek another rate increase weeks after $242M hike approval | Detroit Free Press
- Walmart to pay $100M in FTC settlement over Spark Driver earnings | Detroit Free Press
- Michigan GOP leader called opponents ‘scum’ after hearing on ICE bills | Detroit News
- Republican governor hopeful Perry Johnson launching record $10M ad blitz | Detroit News
- Cut taxes? Just eliminate them! Why didn’t we do this before? | <Satire> Kyle Melinn/Lansing City Pulse
The GOP Economy
1- State Representative Kara Hope: Trump, Barrett, Big Oil making everything cost more | Lansing State Journal
- Michigan economy takes a hit as Canadian visits plummet amid Trump’s barbs | Detroit News
- Michigan Retail Index Reports Sales Drop for Second Month in a Row – Michigan Retailers Association
- Stellantis won’t offer profit-sharing checks for 2025 after loss | Detroit Free Press
- Trump touts booming economy but some say costs still sting | Fox 47 Lansing
Federal Incompetence
- RFK Jr. Suggests People Eat Liver if They’re So Broke | The New Republic
- States (including Michigan) sue Trump administration over vaccine recommendations | AP News
Trampling the Constitution
- Marty Baron talks Trump, ‘faint-hearted’ media owners at IU | IndyStar
- The FCC’s ‘Patriotic, Pro-America’ Scheme Is More Media Intimidation | Lincoln Square
- The Four Ways Trump Plans to Delegitimize this Fall’s Elections | The New Republic
- Trump’s New Voter I.D. Threat Is His Gravest Attack on Democracy Yet | The New Republic
- MAGA Activists Pitch Trump on Chilling “National Emergency” Plot | The New Republic
- DoJ cases against protesters keep collapsing as officers’ lies are exposed in court | The Guardian
- “It Ends Today”: Judge Threatens to Haul in DOJ Officials Under Oath | The New Republic
- ICE Took Their Papers—and Won’t Give Them Back | Mother Jones
- DHS official tells state election chiefs there won’t be ICE agents at polling places | NBC News
- Judge bars government from ‘wholesale’ search of Washington Post reporter’s seized devices | AP News
- Trump’s ICE Is Quietly Stockpiling Weaponry—and It Should Alarm Us All | The New Republic
Corruption, grifting and criminality
- Before Moroun’s donation to Trump’s super PAC, others in Michigan gave millions – mlive.com
- Double Standard | It’s Not Your Imagination. The Rules Really Are Different for Trump. | Lincoln Square
- DOJ removed, withheld Epstein files related to accusations about Trump | NPR
- The Trump boys are Making Corruption Great Again | Public Notice Substack
- Deeply conflicted, Kushner represents the U.S. in high-stakes negotiations with Iran | Judd Legum/Popular Information
- Opinion | One Man Stole $660 Million. He’ll Never Pay It Back. – The New York Times
- Days after $5M donation, Trump administration backs Crypto.com in lawsuit | Judd Legum/Popular Information Substack
- Don Jr.’s Fiancée Uses Historic White House Room for Tacky Grift | Daily Beast
- A White House Staffer Appears to Run Massive Pro-Trump X Account | WIRED
- Kash Patel’s use of jet delayed FBI team’s mass shooting response, whistleblower tells top senator | MS NOW
Across the Nation
Former President Biden flies commercial and faces delays | AP News- CBS News and CNN staffers fear ‘disaster’ as Paramount wins Warner Bros battle | The Guardian
- The $130 Billion Race for Companies to Get Their Tariff Money Back | Wall Street Journal
- Trump Media’s Stock Price Is Falling Even Faster Than His Poll Numbers – Mother Jones
- Team USA women’s captain Hilary Knight responds to President Trump’s ‘distasteful’ joke | CBS Sports