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This Week…
Michigan Democrats: Unified for America
Democrats approve 2028 primary calendar
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Interlochen survivors must be able to sue as Nassar’s victims did
Opinion via Detroit Free Press
In the News
Michigan Politics and Policy
- Mike Rogers – The Senate Candidate Who Could Get Rich Off Data Centers | The Lever
- Mike Rogers took big donations from oil and gas | American Journal News
- Mike Rogers attacks waste and fraud while taking money from donors linked to both – Detroit Metro Times
- In Michigan Senate race, Mike Rogers falsely ties Abdul El-Sayed to Twitch streamer’s 9/11 comments – PolitiFact
- Republicans attacking Abdul El-Sayed say he supports Shariah in the US. That distorts an old video. – PolitiFact
- John James to pursue anti-abortion legislation if elected, Daily Beast audio reveals | The Michigan Independent
- GBAO Senate poll Shows El-Sayed Lead
- GOP super PAC pours $6M into Michigan Senate race against Abdul El-Sayed | Axios
- Republicans roll the dice on anti-Muslim bigotry one more time
- Data centers are opening salvo in Lawrence, Barrett congressional fight | Detroit News
- Lawrence Not Hiding From 13-Year-Old Felony Case – MIRS News
- Anthony Forlini’s extremist tendencies could harm future Michigan elections | The Gander
- $2.6B LG Energy Solutions battery plant opens in Delta Township | Lansing State Journal
- Slotkin asks for commitment to keep US military out of midterms | AP News
- Dem AG candidate Eli Savit: ‘Common sense’ to ban bump stocks, ghost guns – Bridge Michigan
- Rep. Neil Friske allegedly paid for sex, won’t be charged, AG says
- Editorial: Michigan Prosecutes Five Noncitizen Voters | Wall Street Journal
- Board of State Canvassers approves ballot language for money out of politics proposal | Michigan Advance
- Opinion | Buttigieg and El-Sayed Are Claiming Faith and Family for the Democrats | The New York Times
- Fact check: GOP claims Abdul El-Sayed hates football, fireworks, Mackinac Island | Bridge Michigan
- Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed didn’t run ‘dog slaughterhouse’ in Detroit, despite claims | Snopes.com
- Fact check: Republicans tie Jocelyn Benson to criminal case involving KKK | Bridge Michigan
- Hamtramck, Michigan, will count 37 ballots from 2025 mayoral election after new state Supreme Court decision – Votebeat
- Trump’s Canadian Ambassador Pete Hoekstra Suffers Public Humiliation | Daily Beast
Attacking the Constitution & Elections
- DOJ Plans to Deploy a ‘Historic Number’ of Midterm Election Monitors – NOTUS — News of the United States
- Trump thinks voting by mail is a corrupt scourge on the nation — except when he does it | Maddow Blog
- How Trump’s Unprecedented Effort to Prosecute Noncitizen Voters Fell Apart | ProPublica
- CNN Stars Back Female Colleague Kristen Holmes After Trump Launches Vile Personal Attack | Daily Beast
- Disney’s ABC Sues Trump’s FCC Over Challenge to Its Broadcast Licenses | Wall Street Journal
The Economy and Affordability
- Retail sales slide unexpectedly in July | AP News
- Trump shows off article on lower drug prices that says Biden deserves credit, not him | The Guardian
- Trump Medicare change tees up Democrat attack line on affordability ahead of midterms | POLITICO
- Demography, Deportations and the Trump Stall | Paul Krugman substack
- Trump Wants to Cut Taxes for the Rich. Again. | The New Republic
- China’s EVs Are Upending the Global Car Market Thanks to the Iran War and High Gasoline Prices – WSJ
Trump Corruption and Grifts
- Trump’s New Bank Is His Most Naked Scandal Yet | The New Republic
- Trump has amassed staggering wealth in ‘most openly corrupt’ presidency | The Guardian
- 57 Trump appointees are worth at least $100M each, report shows | AP News
- Trump’s Thank You Gift to the Nation’s Worst Local TV News Owner | Indistinct Chatter Substack
- Truth Social’s sale of fast access to Trump posts draws legal concerns – The Washington Post
- Trump is corruptly turning the White House into his billion-dollar dream home | MS NOW
- Trump administration set to spend at least $900 million on White House construction | The Washington Post
Bumbling and Fumbling Trump Administration
- Navy weighs major warship redesign to match Trump’s preferences | The Washington Post
- Trump’s Claims About Combating Crime Are Based on Skewed Data – NOTUS — News of the United States
- Trump 2.0 has deleted or altered nearly 400 US datasets, endangering public health, education and more | The Guardian
- White House Aide Natalie Harp Is at Center of Messy Brawl | Wall Street Journal Politics
- Kennedy’s Quiet Hunt for Autism Culprits Stalls as Trump Orders Baseless Changes to Childhood Shots – KFF Health News
- Homeland Security Paid $464 Million for Airplanes. Then It Parked Them | The New York Times
Climate Change
- Coping with 54C heat: Delhi slum diaries detail living in extreme temperatures | The Guardian
- Heat, Fire, Smoke and Storms Are Wreaking Havoc on the Economy – The New York Times
Across the Nation
- We crunched the numbers: Trump devoted 45,000 words to construction like Reflecting Pool, ballroom – PolitiFact
- Democratic primary turnout soars in some states | AP News
- Democrats propose adding Supreme Court justices, limiting their terms | The Washington Post
