“Make Them Riot!”
Some of the stories on our radar this week:
Jack Smith’s blockbuster court filing on Defendant Trump’s criminality leading up to the January 6th insurrection includes revelations about the election night chaos at Detroit’s counting centerThe Trump campaign is all-in on lying in paid advertising as well as at his increasingly boring ralliesRepublicans for Harris officially launches with Mark Cuban one of the national leaders, and former GOP Congressman David Trott co-chairing the Michigan chapterJD Vance leaves open the possibility a Trump administration would pull the plug on federal support for a major GM plant in LansingThe FBI reports crime rates continue to plunge, so the Trump campaign (of course) continues to claim crime is out of controlYou can add The Boss – Bruce Springsteen – to the A-List of big name celebrities backing Harris-Walz. All of them are people so well known that they are identified with a single name: Taylor, Beyoncé, Magic, Barbra and Oprah.OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST TO THE POLITICAL WORLD…
Employers added 254,000 jobs in September, reflecting strong gains as election nears – The Washington PostTrump Promised to Release His Medical Records. He Still Won’t Do It. – The New York TimesTrump initially refused to give California wildfire aid because it’s a blue state, ex-aide says – E&E News by POLITICOTrump and GOP Make BS Migrant Claim Amid FEMA Hurricane Shortfall – The Daily BeastSlotkin reports $18M fundraising haul for U.S. Senate bid – Detroit NewsMike Rogers’ support for ‘fetal personhood’ could threaten access to IVF and contraception – The Michigan Independent===========================
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