Lavora Barnes on Twitter: @LavoraBarnes

Lavora's bio is HERE.

Michigan Democratic Party on Twitter: @MichiganDems

Michigan Democratic Party's website: MichiganDems.com

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An evangelist for statewide grassroots organizing – wsg Michigan Democratic Party Chair Lavora Barnes

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Nayyirah Shariff on Twitter: @NayyirahShariff
Flint Rising on Twitter: @FlintRising
Flint Rising's website: FlintRising.com
Sean McBrearty on Twitter: @SeanMcBreartyMI
Clean Water Action Michigan on Twitter: @CleanWaterMI
Water and Oil Don't Mix on Twitter: @OilWaterDntMix
Clean Water Action's website: CleanWater.org/states/michigan
Water and Oil Don't Mix's website: OilAndWaterDontMix.org


Enbridge, the company responsible for the worst oil spill in Michigan history, runs a pair of pipelines along the bottom of the Straits of Mackinac just west of the Mackinac Bridge. Each day they pump 540,000 barrels -- nearly 1 million gallons of petroleum per hour -- of petroleum products through the pipelines as they take a shortcut from one part of Canada to another by routing it through our state.



Here’s a map that shows how Line 5 is simply a shortcut through Michigan for Enbridge:


Image courtesy of For Love of Water (FLOW)

Chris Savage at Eclectablog: Big Oil AstroTurf group comes to the rescue of Enbridge Energy and its ticking time bomb, the 66-year old Line 5 pipeline

Ron Fonger at MLive: Flint mismanaged service line replacements, failed to keep promises, judge says

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Making democracy work for our environment – wsg Nayyirah Shariff & Sean McBrearty

Kim Knackstedt on Twitter: @kiknack

The Century Foundation on Twitter: @TCFdotorg

The Disability Economic Justice Collaborative on Twitter: @DEJCollab

The Century Foundation's website is at TCF.org

The Disability Economic Justice Collaborative's website is at DEJC.org

Kim Knackstedt's bio can be found HERE.

Kim Knackstedt and Rebeccas Vallas discuss the DEJC's disability economic justice policy framework at The Century Foundation: How to Embed a Disability Economic Justice Policy Framework in Domestic Policy Making



Susan Demas at Michigan Advance: What we owe our children after the horror at MSU

Jon King at Michigan Advance: Karamo beats DePerno in Michigan GOP chair race, moving the party further right

TV6 News: Michigan Democrats introduces gun violence prevention bills

Steve Carmody at Michigan Radio: Gun rights group says it will try to recall Michigan lawmakers who vote for new gun legislation

Laina Stebbins at Michigan Advance: Two Senate Republicans stripped of leadership, committee assignments for delaying tax vote

Isaac Arnsdorf at The Washington Post: Far-right election denier beats Trump’s pick for Michigan GOP

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EVERY issue is a disability issue – wsg Kimberly Knackstedt with the Disability Economic Justice Collaborative

Ghida Dagher on Twitter: @GhidaDagher
New American Leadership on Twitter: @NewAmericanLd
New American Leadership Action Fund on Twitter: @NALActionFund
New American Leadership's website: NewAmericanLeaders.org
New American Leadership Fund's website: NALAF.org
Learn more about New American Leadership's training program HERE.


Paul Egan at the Detroit Free Press: State budget director defends spending plan that drains $9.2B surplus
Beth LeBlanc and Craig Mauger at The Detroit News: Michigan House OKs Democratic tax plan as tensions hit Capitol
Craig Mauger at The Detroit News: Ex-governor hopeful Perry Johnson exploring presidential bid, preps Super Bowl ad

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Finding & training the next generation of New American leaders – wsg Ghida Dagher

Natalie Price on Twitter: @VoteNPrice

Natalie Price at the Michigan House Democrats' website: HouseDems.com/Natalie-Price

Erika Geiss on Twitter: @SenErikaGeiss

Erika Geiss at the Michigan Senate Democrats' website: SenateDems.com/Geiss

Follow the Michigan Democrats and their legislative agenda at Legislature.MI.gov


Anna Gustafson at Michigan Advance: After years of misogyny, racism and threats in Lansing, progressive women are in charge

Ken Coleman at Michigan Advance: Advocates make the case for an EITC hike before the State of the State address

Laina Stebbins at Michigan Advance: House, Senate pass bills to boost Earned Income Tax Credit, repeal pension tax

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Governing in the majority – wsg Rep. Natalie Price and Sen. Erika Geiss

Mike Grunwald on Twitter: @MikeGrunwald

Listen to the Climavores podcast HERE.

Buy Michael Grunwald's book The New New Deal in paperback HERE and for Kindle HERE.

Buy Michael Grunwald's book The Swamp: The Everglades, Florida, and the Politics of Paradise HERE.

Mike Grunwald at Politico: My Life In the Elusive Green Economy

Mike Grunwald at Canary Media: This Super-Tree Could Help Feed the World and Fight Climate Change

Mike Grunwald at Canary Media: Afraid of high-tech food? Get over it

Mike Grunwald at The New York Times: No One Wants to Say ‘Put Down That Burger,’ but We Really Should

Excerpt:
“The basic problem is that we’ve converted half of Earth’s habitable land into agricultural land. We’re destroying and degrading the habitats of other species to grow food for our own.”

“The crux is that if current eating and farming trends continue, the world will clear land equal to at least one and a quarter Indias by 2050. That would be a disaster for the climate and wildlife, dooming carbon-rich and biodiverse ecosystems like the Amazon and Congo rainforests.”

“About a third of the food grown on Earth is lost or tossed before it reaches our mouths, which means a third of the land (as well as the water, fertilizer and other resources) used to grow that food is also wasted.”

Beth LeBlanc and Craig Mauger at The Detroit News: Michigan Democrats' first bills include right-to-work repeal, prevailing wage

Mitch Smith at The New York Times: Statehouse Democrats Embrace an Unfamiliar Reality: Full Power


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An evangelist for statewide grassroots organizing – wsg Michigan Democratic Party Chair Lavora Barnes

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