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This Week…
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Senate Democrats Take Steps to Protect Michigan Voters, Pass Michigan Voting Rights Act
Senate Democrats Continue Affordability Push With Bills to
Crack Down on Price GougingStar-studded opening for Obama library in Chicago delivers implied rebuke to Trump
The GuardianObama opens his center with a warning about America’s future
POLITICO
In the News
Michigan Politics and Policy
- Slotkin Leads Purple State Senators on Bill to Stop Trump from Using Military or Federal Law Enforcement to Interfere with Elections | Senator Slotkin
- Michigan election critics push for investigations ahead of 2026 voted | Detroit News
- Michigan Democrats Allege ‘Dark Money’ Group Violated TV Ad Rules | NOTUS — News of the United States
- Dana Nessel: ICE to offload Romulus warehouse eyed as future detention center | Bridge Michigan
- Ex-House Speaker’s Wife Admits To Embezzling From Political Fund | MIRS News
- House Speaker Matt Hall, ex-Gov. Rick Snyder at odds over Gordie Howe bridge | Detroit News
- Michigan Senate Democrats push for stricter data center energy, worker rules | Bridge Michigan
- DeSana Calls Fellow House Republicans ‘Scumbags,’ ‘Swamp Rats’ In Leaked Recording | MIRS News
- Mike Rogers’ cyber fortune could haunt his Senate campaign | Detroit Metro Times
- Mike Rogers falls for AI hoax after mocking tech fears | Heartland Signal
- Don’t have a retirement plan? Michigan Senate bills could change that | Bridge Michigan
- ‘No’ to a Constitutional Convention keeps special interests from taking our freedoms, rights | Mark Fisk @ Michigan Advance
The Economy
- Prices for gas, groceries and flights likely won’t drop quickly even when the Iran war ends | AP News
- Sturgis Hospital Closure | Sturgis Hospital
- More Than 770,000 Children Are No Longer Receiving SNAP Benefits | ProPublica
- Donald Trump, “Champion” of Renewable Energy | Paul Krugman substack
The Trump Administration
- Staggering amounts of fentanyl hit streets as the DEA watched and took no action, records show | AP News
- Team Trump keeps using tax dollars to scuttle renewable energy projects | Maddow Blog
- Trump Is Defying Congress on Foreign Aid | ProPublica
- ‘A Literal Coverup’: What Is the Kennedy Center Hiding Behind Those Tarps? | The New York Times
- Trump reviews slowed screwworm response, former officials say | POLITICO
- Mullin’s new controversy adds to the list of troubles for the White House Cabinet | MS NOW
Grifters and Thieves
- Trump Declares There Are “No Limits” to His Power | The New Republic
- Trump’s Crony Canadian Bridgegate | Wall Street Journal
- Trump EPA Methane Rule Rollback to Benefit Billionaire Jeffery Hildebrand | ProPublica
- How Kratom, an Addictive Gas Station Drug, Found Allies in Trump’s Cabinet | The New York Times
- Trump budget office shifted $352M to White House security amid ballroom construction | The Washington Post
- Senators Warn Trump Is Redirecting Millions to White House Ballroom | The New Republic
- Tracking Trump’s White House ballroom promises on taxpayer costs and more | Washington Post
- The White House Cage Fight Was Spectacular—And Spectacularly Corrupt | Mother Jones
- Even Kash Patel Seems to Have His Own Secret Personal Slush Fund | The New Republic
- Trump promised clear water. The reflecting pool went green. | POLITICO
- Trump’s Family Crypto Firm Is Expected to Get Federal Banking Privileges | NOTUS — News of the United States
- Olympic organizers working with White House on Trump golf tournament | POLITICO
- Is Trump Selling Himself Back His D.C. Hotel? | The New Republic
Across the Nation
- Michigan researchers, boaters count on NOAA data. Trump wants to cut $1.3B | Bridge Michigan
- Experts alarmed as Trump launches broad-front attack on US voting rights | The Guardian
- Georgia Republican leaders nix redistricting plans amid pushback | Atlanta Journal Constitution
- Illegal immigration did not cause a spike in car insurance premiums | AP News
- Americans see key freedoms under threat, new poll finds | AP News
- Private school choice vouchers leave behind many kids in public school | AP News
- Trump is fighting the green energy revolution. He’ll lose. | Public Notice substack
- AI Deepfakes Are Getting Weirder and Harder to Spot in the Midterms | Wall Street Journal