February 21, 2025

God Save Us From the King (Guest: Political scientist Matt Grossman)

43 minutes

Trump isn’t even hiding it anymore. He is the self-proclaimed King of the United States and anyone who questions him will be banished to Gitmo. His Majesty and court jester Musk continue the flood of executive orders, most of them blatantly or borderline unconstitutional. We do a deep dive into the invasion of U.S. government computer systems by agents of America’s first convicted criminal President with MSU political scientist Matt Grossman.

In Michigan,

Attorney General Nessel has joined with her 21 fellow Democratic attorneys general on the frontlines of the resistance.

We will be getting a new Chief Justice as Elizabeth Clement announces she’s stepping down effective in 5 weeks.

Michigan’s minimum wage has gone from $10.56 per hour to $12.48 effective on Friday, February 21 — and will grow in steps to $15 per hour in two years. This comes as, at recording time, the debate continues over the tipped minimum wage and paid medical leave. Whatever the outcome, plan on a lot of lawsuits.

This weekend both major parties meet in Detroit to select new chairpersons. Democrats will have a fairly peaceful Transfer of Power from Lavora Barnes to Curtis Hertel Jr.; Republicans could have a mini-January 6th, minus the vicious assaults on police and, hopefully, minus pooping on Nancy Pelosi’s desk.

We have a return visit this week from Michigan State University political science professor Matt Grossman. Among his many efforts he’s been tracking the lawlessness of the Musk-Trump administration’s assault on the federal government, especially the invasion of Big Balls and the rest of Musk’s teenage Ninja Hackers who have infiltrated most of the federal government’s computer systems.

Matt is Director of the Institute for Public Policy and Social Research at MSU He is the author of numerous books on our political world. His latest: “Polarized by Degrees“. He has also published op-eds in The New York Times and The Washington Post.

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