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Here's the Left of Lansing "Friday Short" for December 5, 2025.

Thanks to a bombshell report from Craig Mauger in The Detroit News, we're learning more of the grip utility giant DTE has in Lansing, especially with Democratic Governor Gretchen Whitmer and MAGA Republican House Speaker Matt Hall. 

This is why the Michiganders for Money Out of Politics ballot proposal, OR BETTER KNOWN AS MOP UP MICHIGAN, is a crucial first step in at least limiting the political power corporations play in Lansing. 

It's a people-powered movement, and it puts the working class ahead of corporate greed that's far too pervasive in Lansing. 

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NOTES:

"Michigan’s governor replaces clean energy advocate on utilities board with ‘industry ally.’" By Tom Perkins in The Guardian