A Blue Wave Sweeps the Nation (Guest: Dr. Corwin Smidt)
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Trump in Miami brags about the economy despite an election-night rebuke | AP News
This Week’s “Party on the Peninsulas”:
Chairperson Curtis Hertel
The Voters Tell Trump “We aren’t buying it”
Dr. Corwin Smidt
Interim Director
MSU Institute for Public Policy and Social Research
RxKids Boosts Civic Involvement
In the News
VIDEO: “Demolishing Democracy”
Lincoln Project
Michigan Politics and Policy
- Overwhelming Majority of Michiganders Blame Republicans for Pain of Government Shutdown – Michigan Democratic Party
- Duggan to Court Republican Donors At Fundraiser Hosted by Ex-MIGOP Co-Chair Jeff Sakwa | Michigan Democratic Party
- Michigan GOP candidates for governor embrace Trump, tariffs at debate | Detroit News
- VIDEO; AG Nessel Leads Lawsuit Challenging Illegal Terms to FEMA Grants
- Michigan open enrollment: Here’s how much health insurance rates are rising – Bridge Michigan
- Health care changes could leave thousands in mid-Michigan uninsured | WEYI TV
- Head Start centers face closure during government shutdown | AP News
- An Overnight Sleepover, Police, Chalk Graffiti — 24 Hours Of Protest In Front Of Barrett’s Lansing Office | MIRS News
- Lee Chatfield’s chief of staff will testify against him in corruption probe plea deal | Bridge Michigan
- VIDEO: Ron Brownstein – “Hard To See [Mike Rogers] Surviving” Electorally Next Year | CNN
- $615,000 a Day: Order to Keep Coal Plant Open Ignites Debate in Michigan | Wall Street Journal
- ‘It’s gross’: Whitmer criticizes state budget pork spending process | Detroit News
- Thanks Trump: XALT to close Midland factory, eliminate 230 jobs | Midland Daily News
- 324 Workers Laid Off at Michigan Battery Plants Thanks to Trump and Republicans – Climate Power
- Attorney General: Attorney General Nessel Issues Statement on USDA’s Response to SNAP Ruling
- Byrnes Introduces Legislation Prohibiting the Sale of Diet Pills and to Minors | Michigan House Democrats
- VIDEO: Mallory McMorrow Joins MSNBC to Talk Trump SNAP Cuts
- Public Policy Poll – 7th District
Weaponizing the Federal Government
Trump-World Grift, Lies and Corruption
- Keystone Kash Patel Keeps Using FBI Jet to Visit His Girlfriend, 27 | Daily Beast
- FBI raid of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago uncovered more sensitive documents than previously thought – MSNBC
- Jack Smith, Trump’s Target, Moves From Defense to Counterattack | The New York Times
- Judge Cannon Ordered to Get Moving on Jack Smith’s Trump Report | The New Republic
- Judge in Comey case orders prosecutors to produce records | AP News
- DOJ Admits to Republicans That Epstein Files Are Even Worse for Trump | The New Republic
- The Business Press Is in Denial About Trump’s UAE Bribe | The New Republic
- The Gilded Age vs State Sponsored Terror | Indistinct Chatter Substack
- Trump Fact-Checked Over Brag About Walmart’s Cheap Thanksgiving Dinner | The New Republic
- Trump pardons former Tennessee House speaker | AP News
The Federal Budget Mess
- Republicans Reject Democratic Proposal to End Government Shutdown | Wall Street Journal
- Trump Admits He Doesn’t Care About “Affordability” as Economy Plunges | The New Republic
- US employment report will not be published again as government shutdown drags on | Reuters
- Michigan’s senators see Trump as key to ending government shutdown | Detroit Free Press
- We’re Number Two! How Trump Ceded the Future to China | Paul Krugman Substack
- Most Americans blame Trump for rising prices, poll finds | The Washington Post
The Battle to Defend the Constitution
- CBS Edits Out Trump Corruption Meltdown From 60 Minutes Interview | The New Republic
- The Washington Post Has Become Right-Wing Even Faster Than I Thought | The New Republic
- Immigration Agents Have Held More Than 170 Americans Against Their Will, ProPublica Finds | ProPublica
Across the Nation
- Biden Warns of a ‘Very, Very Dark Moment’ as He Hits Out at Trump | The New York Times
- Voters Nationwide Support Mamdani Policies, Want the Government to Play a “Major Role” in Lowering Costs | Data for Progress
- Voters Are Highly Favorable of SNAP, Want Trump to Continue Providing Food Stamp Benefits | Data for Progress
- The Electric Bill Election | The American Prospect
- Monthly job cuts hit a 22-year high in October | NBC News
- Tesla Shareholders Approve Elon Musk’s $1 Trillion Pay Package | WIRED
- Top 10 US billionaires’ collective wealth grew by $698bn in past year – report | The Guardian
- Republican Congressmen Go Mask-Off as New Yorkers Vote for Mamdani | The New Republic
- The POLITICO Poll – POLITICO
- Marjorie Taylor Greene Is Telling People She Wants to Run for President | NOTUS — News of the United States
- Supreme Court appears skeptical of Trump’s sweeping unilateral tariffs | AP News
- Sources: Trump wants Commanders’ new D.C. stadium named for him | ESPN
State Reprsentative Kara Hope
State Senator Kevin Hertel
Top Republicans Stand by President’s Poop Video
Senator Elissa Slotkin
Senator Mallory McMorrow
Wynett Guy
This Week’s “Party on the Peninsulas”:
Congresswoman Haley Stevens
Sheriff Chris Swanson
MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell says he’s considering a run for Minnesota governor – NBC News
This Week’s “Party on the Peninsulas”:
Dr. Abdul El Sayed
Representative Regina Weiss
Stella Camerlengo, Chair
State Representative Carrie Rheingans
Senator Elissa Slotkin