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This Week’s “Party on the Peninsulas”

✹ Chairperson Barnes: Harris Shines, Trump Whines

✹ Representative Reggie Miller: Stop the dumping of Nuclear Waste into southeast Michigan 

✹ This week’s Trump/GOP Outrage: Pandering with tax cut proposals that are DOA

In the News

Michigan Politics

• Walz highlights student debt, climate change in pitch to MSU students – Detroit News
• Michigan Dems blast Mike Rogers over opioid stance in Congress – Bridge Michigan
• Mike Rogers résumé includes consulting for businesses with shady foreign interests-
• Trump’s abortion answers complicate GOP’s push to neutralize attacks – Detroit News $$
• Kennedy, West stay on the ballot, Michigan Supreme Court decides – Detroit News
• CBS News poll for 2024 Senate races shows Democrats lead in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin – CBS News

Michigan Policy

• Attorney General’s Final Report: MSU/Larry Nassar Investigation
• Top States for Doing Business in 2024: A Continued Legacy of Excellence – Area Development
• Palisades nuclear relaunch gets more subsidies in Michigan — and more backlash – Bridge Michigan

Trump/GOP Outrages

• Democrats press oil executives on Trump’s $1B ask – POLITICO
• Springfield Upended by Bomb Threats, School Evacuations Over False Pet-Eating Claims – Wall Street Journal
• Ohio governor reaffirms Haitian immigrants are not eating animals – BBC
• The Trump Plan to Prosecute Election Officials and Suppress the Vote – Mother Jones
• Trump threatens to jail adversaries in escalating rhetoric ahead of debate – AP News
• Trump Calls for Government Shutdown if Voting Laws Aren’t Changed – Wall Street Journal
• Next Up in Trump’s No-Tax Zone: Overtime Pay – Wall Street Journal
• ‘Doesn’t help the cause’: Trump’s time with Loomer upsets his GOP allies – Detroit News
• Trump’s Slow-Burn Authoritarianism – Greg Sargent/The New Republic
• Opinion | Three radical Trump policies Americans can’t ignore – Eugene Robinson/The Washington Post
• White Stripes sue Donald Trump, campaign over ‘Seven Nation Army’ use – Detroit Free Press
• Police are questioning Florida voters about signing an abortion rights ballot petition – AP News
• DeSantis’ Government Is Doing Everything It Can to Defeat an Abortion Rights Measure – Mother Jones
• Heritage Foundation Spreads Deceptive Videos About Noncitizen Voters – The New York Times

National Politics and Policy

• US inflation reaches 3-year low as Fed prepares to cut interest rates – AP News
• US gasoline prices set to fall under $3/gallon as election nears – Reuters
• The mirage of $2 gas – Paul Krugman/New York Times ($)
• UAW Wins Again In The South – Crooks and Liars
• Opinion | Former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales Will Support Kamala Harris – POLITICO
• Martha Stewart Just Quietly Endorsed Kamala Harris for President – The Daily Beast
• Utah court strikes down GOP proposal to gut ballot initiatives – The Downballot
• Trump sells himself as a ‘leader’ on IVF, angering some Republicans – POLITICO
• Elena Kagan keeps pressing for ethics code enforcement at Supreme Court – POLITICO

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This Week’s “Party on the Peninsulas”

✹ Chairperson Barnes: Kamala Harris for the People; Donald Trump for Himself

✹ Biden, Harris in Michigan 

✹ This week’s Trump/GOP Outrage: A Media Double Standard of Accountability

In the News

Michigan Politics and Policy

• Kamala Harris, in Detroit, vows to protect workers’ rights – Detroit Free PressKamala Harris wants to make it easier to afford housing in Michigan – The ‘Gander
• Presidential race is a tossup in Michigan with 2 months to go, poll finds – Detroit News
• Slotkin builds bigger lead over Rogers in Michigan Senate race, poll shows – Detroit News
• Poll: Michigan minimum wage hike backed, but support dips on tipped wage change – Detroit News
• Michigan’s presidential ballot not finalized as Friday deadline passes – Detroit Free Press
• VIDEO: Lavora Barnes on the influx of presidential candidates campaigning in Michigan – CNN via YouTube
• Biden signs pro-labor order in Michigan, dares a successor to undo it –  Detroit News
• Appeals court: Remove RFK Jr.’s name from Michigan presidential ballot – Detroit Free Press
• Michigan canvasser suit part of growing effort to preempt election deniers – Bridge Michigan
• Michiganders get nine new ‘I Voted’ stickers for the November election – Bridge Michigan

Trump/GOP Outrages

• ISA accredited sports appraiser: Why Trump’s new trading cards are a bad bet – MSNBC
• Trump Is Getting More Confused and Incoherent. Will the Media Say So? – The New Republic
• Finally: Top Journo Erupts at Media for Ignoring Trump’s Mental State – The New Republic
• From Rambling to Rational: The Media’s Trump Sanewashing Problem – The New Republic
• Trump Tries to Rebrand Incoherent Rambling As ‘the Weave’ – NY Magazine
• Russia Russia Russia v. 3.0: Justice Department Disrupts Covert Russian Government-Sponsored Foreign Malign Influence Operation Targeting Audiences in the United States and Elsewhere – United States Department of Justice
• Watch: J.D. Vance Has Pathetic Response to Georgia School Shooting – The New Republic
• John McCain’s Son Puts Trump on Blast for Cemetery Stunt – Mother Jones
• Why Trump’s spurious attacks on crime are working – Judd Legum/Popular Information
• House Democrats ask Trump if he illegally accepted $10 million from Egypt – The Washington Post
• Opinion | We need urgent reform after school shootings. Not same cowardly words. – Eugene Robinson/The Washington Post
• Kamala Harris and Donald Trump’s campaign schedule for Labor Day 2024 – AS USA
• Why thousands of Florida students are not being taught sex ed – Judd Legum/Popular Information

National Politics and Policy

• Goldman Sachs Warns a Trump Win May Slow the Economy – The Daily Beast
• Raise taxes on the rich or cut them? Harris, Trump differ on economic plans – Bridge Michigan
• Election 2024: How Harris and Trump differ on taxing the rich – AP News
• This summer was the hottest in recorded history around the world – The Washington Post
• Colin Gray, Georgia school shooting suspect’s father, charged with murder – The Washington Post
• Opinion | Allan Lichtman, Presidential Predictions Guru, Is Ready to Call the 2024 Race – The New York Times
• Harris raised $361 million in August, nearly three times Trump’s haul – The Washington Post
• Harris Heads Into First Debate With Positive Favorability and Popular Economic Proposals – Data for Progress
• Harris endorsed vs. Trump by Murdoch heir, CEOs of Yelp, Box, Ripple – CNBC
• Treasury recovers $1.3 billion in unpaid taxes from high-wealth tax dodgers – AP News
• Employers added 142,000 jobs in August, as labor market cools – The Washington Post
• Republicans pushing Christianity into public schools are hitting resistance — even in red states – POLITICO
• The GOP Is Better Off With Kamala Harris in the White House – POLITICO

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This Week’s “Party on the Peninsulas”

✹ Chairperson Barnes: Candidates and values

✹ Senator Sam Singh (D-East Lansing) on motivating the youth vote 

✹ This week’s Trump/GOP Outrage:

In the News

Michigan Politics and Policy

• Michigan Republican in Tight Senate Race Says He’d Respect Abortion Rights. His Record Suggests Otherwise. – Jezebel
• Harris, Trump in dead-heat among Michigan voters, new poll shows – Detroit Free Press
• Poll: Elissa Slotkin leads Mike Rogers in US Senate race – Detroit Free Press
• VIDEO — Mike Rogers: Big Pharma’s friend – DSCC via YouTube
• Mike Rogers vows to fight drug war, but urged opioid access in Congress – Bridge Michigan
• Democratic Rep. Elissa Slotkin introduces bipartisan bills to address forever chemicals – The Michigan Independent
• Michigan judge rules Cornel West eligible for presidential ballot – Detroit Free Press
• Why RFK may be unable to withdraw from some state ballots – NPR
• Former US Rep. Bob Carr dies at 81 – Detroit Free Press

Trump/GOP Outrages

• GOP: If We Can’t Win, We’ll Cheat. If We Can’t Cheat, We’ll Intimidate – Thom Hartmann/The New Republic
• Trump, Vance try for a shift on abortion, riling some on the right – The Washington Post
• Trump Contorts Himself on Abortion in Search of Political Gain – The New York Times
• Trump Campaign Turns Fire on Army Leadership ‘Hacks’ After Arlington Fiasco – Daily Beast
• Army defends Arlington Cemetery staffer ‘pushed aside’ by Trump aides – The Washington Post
• Arlington cemetery official involved in Trump staff altercation won’t press charges – AP News
• Defense Officials: Trump Campaign WAS Warned Before Arlington Incident – Daily Beast
• Ex-Trump Adviser Drops Bombshell About Trump’s Taliban Deal – The New Republic
• Abba Asked Trump to Stop Using Its Music. Other Artists Have, Too. – The New York Times
• The 2024 Trump Campaign Policy Proposals: Budgetary, Economic and Distributional Effects — Penn Wharton Budget Model

National Politics and Policy

• Harris goes after Trump on economy and inflation in new ad – POLITICO
• Everyday | Harris-Walz 2024 – YouTube
• The Biden-Harris administration is fighting to lower rents – Public Notice
• Former Republican presidential staffers sign letter endorsing Harris over Trump – AP News
• Why RFK may be unable to withdraw from some state ballots – NPR
• Abortion Is the Top Issue for Many Women, Who Trust Harris More Than Trump – The New York Times
• Book Publishers Sue Florida, Alleging School Library Law Violates First Amendment – Wall Street Journal
• Kamala Harris Addresses Policy Shifts in CNN Interview with Dana Bash – Wall Street Journal
• Harris says she will put a Republican in her cabinet if elected – The Washington Post
• The Democrats Have A-List Star Power. The Republicans Have Hulk Hogan. – The New Republic
• Texas judge halts Biden plan for undocumented spouses of U.S. citizens – The Washington Post

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This Week’s “Party on the Peninsulas”

✹ Chairperson Barnes: Joy, exultation, freedom – and a big task ahead

✹ Impressions of The Best Political Convention EVER

✹ This week’s Trump/GOP Outrage: Attacks on a 17-year-old who’s proud of his dad

In the News

The Convention

• DNC 2024: See insider photos from the Democratic National Convention – AP NewsAt the DNC, the Democrats Are Finally Fighting – The New Republic
• At the DNC, the Democrats Are Finally Fighting – The New Republic
• Michelle Obama’s Speech Was the Best. Doug Emhoff’s Was the Most Groundbreaking. – Mother Jones
• “Do Something!” Michelle Obama’s Big-Hearted, Urgent, Barn-Burner of a Convention Speech – Mother Jones
• Gretchen Whitmer paints Trump as out of touch at DNC – Detroit Free Press
• Trump ‘admires dictators a lot,’ Slotkin says in DNC speech – Detroit Free Press
• At DNC convention, Dana Nessel sends sharp retort to US Supreme Court – Detroit Free Press
• UAW’s Fain ‘not going to be shy’ about going after Trump – Detroit Free Press
• McMorrow at DNC calls Project 2025 Trump dictatorship plan – Detroit Free Press
• Michigan sheriff who made headlines for marching in 2020 speaks at DNC – Detroit Free Press

Michigan Politics and Policy

• Michigan debuts numbers for how minimum wage could grow under ruling – Detroit News
• Morning Digest: As Michigan GOP meets to pick Supreme Court nominees, its candidates are almost penniless – The-DownBallot.com
• Karamo ejected from convention as divisions persist in Michigan GOP – Detroit Free Press
• Prosecutors present bank records in exam for ex-Chatfield staffers – Detroit News

National Politics and Policy

• What happened to inflation? – Paul Krugman/New York Times
• Ohio GOP Uses Deceptive Language to Sabotage Anti-Gerrymandering Ballot Proposal – The DownBallot
• The Democrats Are Destroying the Republicans at Their Own Game – The New Republic
• A DNC Trend Emerges: Republican Officials Backing Harris – The Daily Beast
• Team Harris’ DNC approach offered a classic lesson in political communication – Jen Psaki/MSNBC
• Why “we’re not going back” is the perfect theme for 2024 – Public Notice
• Why Inflation Might Not Win the Election for Trump – Wall Street Journal
• Arkansas Supreme Court upholds rejection of abortion rights petitions – AP News
• Supreme Court rejects GOP push to block 41K Arizona voters – AP News

Trump/GOP Outrages

• Michigan Bureau of Elections to investigate Trump campaign event following complaints – Metro Detroit Times
• Trump cites inflated crime numbers during Howell visit – Detroit Free Press
• Trump chose the worst place (Howell MI) to lie about rising crime rates – M
• Trump Posts A.I. Images of Taylor Swift Claiming She and Her Fans Support Him – The New York TimesSNBC
• A close race brings fresh fears of election interference by Trump allies – The Washington Post
• Trump’s businesses are raking in millions of dollars from Republican political campaigns – including his own – CNN Politics
• Trump’s carny act isn’t working anymore – by davidrlurie/Public Notice

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This Week’s “Party on the Peninsulas”

✹ Chairperson Barnes: A national celebration and state nominations after that

✹ Impressions of a First-time National Delegate, Susan Skidmore

✹ This week’s Trump/GOP Outrage: Lying about Healthcare

In the News

Harris – Walz Campaign

• Kamala Harris unveils 2024 policy agenda, including $6,000 child tax credit for baby’s first year – The Washington Post
• Where do Trump and Harris stand on key issues? Abortion, immigration, taxes – AP News
• Kamala Harris holds slight national lead over Donald Trump, Post-ABC-Ipsos poll finds – The Washington Post
• Kamala Harris Puts Four Sun Belt States Back in Play, Times/Siena Polls Find – The New York Times
• Harris Leads Trump in Three Key States, Times/Siena Polls Find – The New York Times
• Americans see Kamala Harris as more honest than Trump: AP-NORC poll – AP News
• Playbook: How Harris is remaking the 2024 election – POLITICO
• Vibe Check: Voter Enthusiasm and Harris’ Favorability Have Surged Since Biden’s Exit – Data for Progress
• Americans’ first impressions of Walz are positive, negative for Vance – The Washington Post

Michigan Politics

• Bankrolled by pharmaceuticals, Mike Rogers helped block Medicare price negotiation – The Michigan Independent
• Republican candidates go full MAGA at Michigan Supreme Court debate – The Gander
• Cornel West disqualified from Michigan ballot – NBC News

National Politics and Policy

• Inflation cools, giving more likelihood for interest rate cuts soon – Detroit Free Press
• Inflation Slipped to 2.9% in July, The First Time Since 2021 – Wall Street Journal
• White House says deals struck to cut prices of popular Medicare drugs that cost $50 billion yearly – AP News
• Negotiating for Lower Drug Prices Works, Saves Billions – HHS.gov
• The case for Harris embracing nationwide free school meals – Public Notice
• New senate polls show gains for most Democrats in battleground states – NBC News
• Watch: Idiot J.D. Vance’s Speech Derails With Embarrassing Flubs – The New Republic
• Why Inflation Might Not Win the Election for Trump – Wall Street Journal

Trump/GOP Outrages

• Trump Says Presidential Medal Is Better Than Medal of Honor – Daily Beast
• Willie Brown to Donald Trump: Mention My Name Again and Get Sued – The New York Times
• Trump Made $300,000 for Endorsing Bible, Financial Disclosure Shows – The New York Times
• 14 Hours of Videos from Project 2025’s Presidential Administration Academy — ProPublica
• Trump campaign tweet shows they’re reviving a racist American tradition – MSNBC

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This Week’s “Party on the Peninsulas”

✹ Chairperson Barnes: 15,000 smiles at Detroit Metro Airport!

✹ The Winning Coalition: Michigan Republicans for Harris/Walz co-chair Bill Nowling
    Harris launches ‘Republicans for Harris’ to win over GOP voters – AP News

✹ This week’s Trump/GOP Outrage: The smear campaign has already begun

In the News

Harris – Walz Campaign

• Kamala Harris, Tim Walz in Michigan: ‘We’re not going back’ to Donald Trump – Bridge Michigan
• FULL SPEECH: Kamala Harris, Tim Walz Michigan rally – YouTube
• Harris Leads Trump in Three Key States, Times/Siena Polls Find – The New York Times
• We Polled The Rust Belt. Here’s What We Found. – Split Ticket
• Tim Walz defends military record against Team Trump stolen valor smears
• Kamala Harris rallies with UAW in Michigan: ‘We believe in the collective’ – Bridge Michigan
• Tim Walz: From Small-Town Minnesota to the Campaign Trail – The American Prospect
• Details you should know about Minnesota Governor Tim Walz – Minneapolis Star Tribune

Michigan Politics

• Michigan primary 2024 results live: U.S. House – Bridge Michigan
• Michigan primary 2024 results live: U.S. Senate – Bridge Michigan
• Michigan primary 2024 results live: State House – Bridge Michigan
• Video: Chair Lavora Barnes on MSNBC’s The Last Word – YouTube
• Benson: Michigan’s Primary Election was secure, Election Night turnout steady – MI Secretary of State
• After two years of far-right rule in a Michigan county, one chance to change it – The Washington Post
• 2024 primary election tees up battle for control of Michigan House – Detroit Free Press
• In Michigan, criminal charges and election denying no barrier to ballot victory – Bridge Michigan
• Elon Musk PAC investigated by Michigan secretary of state – CNBC

National Politics and Policy

• Mortgage Rates Drop to 15-Month Low – Wall Street Journal
• Trump and Harris agree to debate on Sept. 10, ABC says – AP News
• Trump holds meandering news conference, where he agrees to debate Harris – The Washington Post
• Fact Checking Trump’s Mar-a-Lago News Conference – The New York Times
• Trump News Conference “Littered with Falsehoods” – The New York Times
• Maryland assault weapons ban upheld by 4th Circuit – The Washington Post
• Arizona grand jurors discussed indicting Trump, but prosecutors urged them not to – The Washington Post
• Utah Bans 13 Books From All Public Schools – The New York Times
• Justice Thomas Failed to Disclose More Private Jet Trips, Senate Democrats Say – The New York Times

Trump/GOP Outrages

• Opinion | GOP smear campaign against Walz military service must be rebutted – Eugene Robinson/The Washington Post
• Fact check: Assessing claims about Tim Walz’s military service – The Washington Post
• Vets Group Calls BS on GOP Attacks of Tim Walz’s Military Service – Daily Beast
• VIDEO – Chris Hayes debunks right-wing ‘B.S.’ about Tim Walz’s military career – MSNBC
• Elon Musk’s X Is Spreading Deepfakes of Kamala Harris – Mother Jones
• Inside Project 2025’s Secret Training Videos — ProPublica
• Trump took a private flight with Project 2025 leader in 2022 – The Washington Post
• The Infernal Triangle: Crow Jim: Project 2025’s Obsession With Reverse Racism – The American Prospect
• FACT FOCUS: Claims made in Donald Trump’s news conference – AP News
• On targeting Hillary Clinton, Trump isn’t done rewriting history – Maddow Blog
• Biden says he’s “not confident at all” there will be a peaceful transfer of power if Trump loses – CBS News
• Jenna Ellis, Former Trump Lawyer, Will Cooperate in Arizona Election Fraud Case – The New York Times

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This Week’s “Party on the Peninsulas”

✹ Chairperson Barnes: A Week to Celebrate

✹ Democratic Voices: Mike Rogers has sold out Michiganders to get rich

✹ This week’s Trump/GOP Outrage:
   Overt Racism and Sexism

This Week in the News

Harris for President

• Harris has secured enough Democratic delegate votes to become their party’s nominee, chair says – AP News
• UAW endorses Harris, giving her blue-collar firepower in industrial states |- AP News
• Election 2024: Harris dares Trump to ‘say it to my face’ and debate her – AP News
• Kamala Harris Erases Trump’s Swing-State Lead in 2024 Election: Poll – Bloomberg
• Opinion | Hillary Clinton: How Kamala Harris Can Win and Make History – The New York Times

Michigan

• VIDEO – Paul Whelan Thanks Government, Supporters – Wall Street Journal
• Michigan Supreme Court rules against Legislature in adopt, amend case – Detroit Free Press
• What to know about Michigan’s pending minimum wage changes – Bridge Michigan
• Michigan bills would expand insurance contraception coverage – Detroit Free Press
• Deep in conspiracy country, a Michigan election clerk reconsiders retirement – Bridge Michigan
• Detroit lawyer: My friend, JD Vance, ditched beliefs for ‘money and power’ – Bridge Michigan
• Chair Lavora Barnes MSNBC Interview with Ali Velshi – YouTube

National Politics and Policy

• Opinion | Joe Biden: My plan to reform the Supreme Court and ensure no president is above the law – The Washington Post
• In an attempt to reverse the Supreme Court’s immunity decision, Schumer introduces the No Kings Act – AP News
• What the U.S.-Russia Prisoner Swap Means For President Biden – Wall Street Journal
• Bill to expand child tax credit and restore business tax breaks rejected in the Senate – AP News
• Employers added 114,000 jobs in July – The Washington Post
• Proposed US rule would ban airlines from charging parents additional fees to sit with their children – AP News

Trump/GOP Outrages

• Donald Trump’s Jan. 6 Case Could Still Blow Up Before the Election – Daily Beast
• White Man Tells Black Journalists His Black Opponent Is Not Black – Mother Jones
• Live fact check: Trump at the National Association of Black Journalists conference – PBS News/Politifact
• Trump and allies unleash attacks on Harris’s gender and racial identity – The Washington Post
• The Real Reason Trump Attacks Harris’ Racial Identity: It’s a Distraction – Daily Beast
• Childless Adults and Stepparents Have Some Thoughts on JD Vance – Mother Jones
• $10M cash withdrawal drove secret probe into whether Trump took money from Egypt – The Washington Post
• Trump’s Conflicts of Interests — ProPublica
• Meyerson on TAP: The Republican War on Voter Initiatives Rolls On – The American Prospect
• The truth about “migrant crime” during the Trump administration – Judd Legum/Popular Information
• Rick Wilson on the weirdness of JD Vance – Aaron Rupar/Public Notice
• J.D. Vance’s Disregard for the Rule of Law – Wall Street Journal
• Trump Proposes Fox News Debate with Kamala Harris on Sept. 4 – The New York Times

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This Week’s “Party on the Peninsulas”

✹ Chairperson Barnes: Energized, excited and enthused!

✹ Ingham Clerk Barb Byrum: Protecting elections from Republic attacks

✹This week’s Trump/GOP Outrage:
   GOP Incompetence

This Week in the News

Harris for President

• Kamala Harris’s life, career and firsts from AG to the vice presidency – The Washington Post
• Biden’s Michigan delegates vote ‘overwhelmingly’ to endorse VP Harris – Detroit Free Press
• Election 2024: Harris raised $200M in first week of White House campaign – AP News
• Harris Unlikely to Face Obstacles in Using Biden’s Campaign Funds – Michigan Campaign Finance Network
• Kamala Harris Gets a Potentially Game-Changing Youth Vote Endorsement – Daily Beast
• Barack and Michelle Obama Endorse Kamala Harris for President – Harris 2024 – YouTube
• Fed’s preferred inflation gauge cools, adding to likelihood of a September rate cut – AP News
• Opinion | Biden legacy will show U.S. economy, foreign policy improved – Fareed Zakaria/The Washington Post
• Opinion | Three Writers <including Mallory McMorrow> on the Promise of Kamala Harris – The New York Times

Michigan Politics

• Audio – Lavora Barnes on NPR’s “1-A”
• Why Democrats feel confident about holding the Senate in November – Senator Gary Peters/MSNBC
• New Michigan poll shows where Trump-Harris race stands after Biden decision – ClickOnDetroit.com
• UAW chief rips Trump as ‘scab’ who ‘didn’t do a damn thing’ for auto industry – MSNBC
• Whitmer says she’s not interested in joining Harris ticket – Detroit Free Press
• Mike Rogers Supports Keeping Trump’s Tax-Cuts-for-the-Rich  – Washington Examiner
• Jeff Timmer: Republicans threaten the ‘Chimes of Freedom’ – Michigan Advance
• Trump, Fain trade barbs over UAW, state of auto industry – Detroit Free Press
• Michigan GOP overstated its bank balance by $200K in recent FEC report – Detroit Free Press

Michigan Policy

• Whitmer signs $23.4B education budget into law. Here’s what’s in it. – Detroit Free Press
• Alpena County moves to fire library officials over sexually-themed youth books – Bridge Michigan

Trump/GOP Outrages

• Trump Significantly Hikes Fee For New Members to Join Mar-a-Lago Club – Daily Beas
• Arkansas has the worst voter registration rate. Republicans are pushing to make registration harder. – Justin Glawe/Popular Information
• What Project 2025 Would Mean for America’s Climate Policies – Mother Jones
• Take this hillbilly’s word for it: JD Vance doesn’t speak for us. – Willie Carver via MSNBC
• Nebraska Supreme Court upholds law restricting both medical care for transgender youth and abortion – AP News

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This Week’s “Party on the Peninsulas”

✹President Joe Biden: Patriot

✹Senator Dayna Pokehanki: the GOP’s war on women

✹This week’s Trump/GOP Outrage:
   Running away from Project 2025

Kamala Harris’s life, career and firsts from AG to the vice presidency – The Washington Post
Gretchen Whitmer endorses Kamala Harris for president – Detroit Free Press
Kamala Harris Gets a Potentially Game-Changing Youth Vote Endorsement – Daily Beast

This Week in the (Other) News

Michigan Politics

• Trump, Fain trade barbs over UAW, state of auto industry – Detroit Free Press
• Lansing Mayor Andy Schor responds to Tom Barrett viewpoint on crime – Lansing State Journal
• Public Policy Poll: Michigan & Pennsylvania
• Donald Trump sues Gretchen Whitmer over Michigan voter registration efforts – Bridge Michigan
• Jeff Timmer: Republicans threaten the ‘Chimes of Freedom’ • Michigan Advance

The Republican National Convention

• Fact-checking Day 1 of the 2024 RNC – The Washington Post
• Fact-checking Day 2 of the 2024 RNC – The Washington Post
• Fact-checking Day 3 of the 2024 RNC – The Washington Post
• Fact-checking Trump on RNC’s Day 4 – The Washington Post
• The Republican National Convention Was a “Man’s World” – Mother Jones
• A Party of Precarious Manhood, Led by a Blithering Idiot – The American Prospect
• Opinion | RNC celebration in Milwaukee belies unpopular abortion, gun policies – Eugene Robinson/The Washington Post
• In Vance, Trump finds a kindred spirit on election denial and Jan. 6 – The Washington Post
• Hillary Clinton Slams Donald Trump for Picking Election Denier J.D. Vance as VP – Daily Beast

National Politics

• Take this hillbilly’s word for it: JD Vance doesn’t speak for us. Willie Carver via MSNBC
• It’s a Workers’ Party Now? – Mother Jones
• This <GOP> Crew Is Totally Beatable – David Frum/The Atlantic
• Senate Republicans block Democratic bill codifying Roe v. Wade abortion protections – NBC News
• Majority of Voters Think Supreme Court Justices Thomas and Alito Should Be Impeached, Support Gift Bans and Term Limits – Data for Progress
• Blue Labs Polling of Alternative nominees – Kelly, Moore, Shapiro, Whitmer
• Trump’s Proposed Tax Cuts and Increased Tariffs Could Hurt Poorer Households – The New York Times
• How a Republican election sweep could hobble U.S. climate efforts – The Washington Post
• Dow Clinches Best Day in More Than a Year, S&P 500 Hits New Record – Wall Street Journal

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✹Condemning political violence

✹President Joe Biden’s  address to the nation

✹State Representative Kristian Grant on Democrats’ work to expand affordable housing in Michigan

This Week in the (Other) News

Editorial: Donald Trump Is Unfit for a Second Term – The New York Times
‘Unfit’ to serve, ‘con artist’: How Trump’s VP finalists once bashed him – The Washington Post

Michigan Politics

• President Joe Biden impassioned, invigorated in Detroit speech – Detroit Free Press
• Biden goes on attack against Trump, media in Detroit – Detroit News
• “True Gretch” – Simon and Schuster
• March 2020 Biden rally looked like ‘superspreader,’ Whitmer says in new book – Detroit News
• VIDEO: “He’s Up For This” – Gov. Whitmer On President Biden’s Ability To Serve A Second Term – Late Show with Stephen Colbert
• Gov. Whitmer shuts down 2024 presidential talk but doesn’t hide her ambitions in timely book launch – AP News
• Once solidly red, northwest Michigan offers fighting chance for Democrats – Bridge Michigan

Michigan Policy

• Michigan House Approves Critical Housing Legislation – housedems.com
• Gov. Whitmer Celebrates Record Construction Jobs in Michigan – Governor’s Office
• GM investment into Lansing Grand River plant expected to save 650 UAW jobs – Lansing State Journal
• Free school breakfast and lunch program extended for another school year – Detroit Free Press
• Feds give $500M to Lansing GM auto plant to switch to EVs – Bridge Michigan
• Michigan HOAs can’t ban solar panels under newly passed bill – Bridge Michigan

GOP Outrages

• What is Project 2025? And what would it mean for Michigan? – Bridge Michigan
• What Trump doesn’t want you to know about Project 2025 – Judd Legum/Popular Information
• 2024 Republican Platform – RNC
• The Republican Party platform has an audience of one: Donald Trump – Michael Steele/MSNBC
• Senate Republicans block Democratic bill codifying Roe v. Wade abortion protections – NBC News
• Arkansas Secretary of State Rejects Abortion Amendment Petitions – The American Prospect
• How a second Trump term could destroy Medicare as we know it – MSNBC
• GOP jump-starts 2024 election challenges with Trump-inspired lawsuits – The Washington Post
• Clarence Thomas Accepted Yacht Trip to Russia, Chopper Flight to Putin’s Hometown: Democrats – Daily Beast
• Dems seek special counsel to investigate Justice Clarence Thomas – MSNBC
• Trump’s tip trick – Judd Legum/Popular Information
• Russia Seeks to Boost Trump in 2024 Election, U.S. Intelligence Officials Say – Wall Street Journal
• AP Poll: Americans split over Trump’s sentencing in hush money case – AP News

National

• Jobs report June 2024 – CNBC
• Inflation Eases Again in June as Labor Market and Broader Indicators of Growth Show Signs of Slowing – Fannie Mae
• Economists Say Inflation Would Be Worse Under Trump Than Biden – Wall Street Journal
• I.R.S. Crackdown on Delinquent Millionaires Yields $1 Billion – The New York Times
• Support for legal abortion has risen since Dobbs, AP-NORC poll finds | AP News
• Marist Poll July 9-10: Biden 50 Trump 48
• Kamala Harris Sharpens Her Attacks on Trump – The New York Times

Climate Change

• Hurricane Beryl Leaves Millions Without Power in Texas: What to Know – The New York Times
• Here’s Where Climate Change Is Driving Up Home Insurance Rates – The New York Times
• Intense Heat Suspected in 4 Weekend Deaths in Oregon – The New York Times
• The major wildfires impacting Northern California – FOX40 Sacramento