Michigan Policast

Michigan Policast for Monday, September 23, 2019

  In this episode:

* Michigan budget updates

* Gary Peters, Elissa Slotkin, Dan Kildee vs Trump

* Michigan Republicans on Mackinac Island

* Reproductive health – abortions are down, thanks to ACA and contraceptives

* Interview: Dr Chris Smith on restoring the Supreme Court

* Transcript

* @GretaThunberg

* @ElissaSlotkin

* @GaryPeters

* @RepDanKildee

* @MISupremeCourt

 

Jump to:

* Segment one: Michigan budget updates

* Segment two: Gary Peters, Elissa Slotkin, Dan Kildee vs Trump

* Segment three: Michigan Republicans on Mackinac Island

* Segment four: Reproductive health – abortions are down, thanks to ACA and contraceptives

* Interview: Dr Chris Smith on restoring the Supreme Court

* Transcript

* Comments

Michigan budget updates

* Michigan Legislature, Gov. Whitmer head for showdown on roads, redistricting

* Senate GOP proposes shrinking jail funds to Michigan ‘sanctuary cities’

* County Jail Reimbursement Program (pdf)

* Legislature sends K-12 budget to Whitmer; standoff over roads unresolved

* Michigan schools would get more money per student under budget deal

 

Gretchen Whitmer has asked Republican legislative leaders to send their budget bills this week before heading north for “socializing” at a Mackinac Island party leadership conference, but the GOP leaders said she must wait a few days more. https://t.co/EO3r6fpDYx

— The Detroit News (@detroitnews) September 17, 2019

 

“Every one of us has benefitted from organized labor in this state,” said Whitmer. “Anyone who’s got the weekend off, or who works 40 hours a week, or has got benefits, time with their family, we’ve benefitted.” ~GovWhitmer via mlive

61% of voters in Michigan supported the creation of an independent redistricting commission.

Michigan Policast for Monday, September 16, 2019

  In this episode:

* Michigan budget and shutdown

* Could / should / would the government buyback the AR-15 and AK-47

* The Elder Abuse Task Force and statewide investigation standards

* Democratic debate – who won?

* Democratic debate – Yang’s Freedom Fund

* Election 2020 – electable Democrats

* Interview: Lonnie Scott, Executive Director of Progress Michigan

* Transcript (forthcoming)

* @GovWhitmer

* @DanaNessel

* @megankcavanagh

* @MiAttyGen

* @MichSOS

* @JocelynBenson

* @levinsonjessica

* @ProgressMich

* @LonnieScott

 

Jump to:

* Segment one: Michigan budget and shutdown

* Segment two: Could / should / would the government buyback the AR-15 and AK-47

* Segment three: The Elder Abuse Task Force and statewide investigation standards

* Segment four: Democratic debate – who won?

* Segment five: Democratic debate – Yang’s Freedom Fund

* Segment six: Election 2020 – electable Democrats

* Interview: Lonnie Scott, Executive Director of Progress Michigan

* Transcript (forthcoming)

* Comments

Michigan budget and shutdown

* Michigan budget negotiations break down (again) over short-term road funding

* With Looming State Shutdown, State Parks’ Future Uncertain

* Secretary of State Government Shutdown FAQ (pdf)

* Michigan plans about 30,000 temporary layoffs in event of partial government shutdown

* Michigan starts ‘contingency planning’ for government shutdown

* GOVERNOR WHITMER’S FY 2020 BUDGET

“They never came to the table with a serious intention of fixing the roads,” Whitmer said of her private negotiations with Shirkey and GOP House Speaker Lee Chatfield.

Michigan Policast for Tuesday, September 10 2019

  In this episode:

* Michigan budget: Did Gretchen Whitmer just lose her first showdown?

* Governor Whitmer action on e-cigarettes and vaping

* Enbridge kicks Line 5 PR campaign into high gear

* State Rep Larry Inman

* Mandating financial disclosures by state officials and candidates

* Presidential primary – the next debate and latest polls

* Update on conservatives vs the Michigan Bar Association

* Pete Buttigieg burns Donald Trump. In a nice way. Kind of.

* Interview: Michigan Democratic Party Chair Lavora Barnes

* Transcript

* @GovWhitmer

* @Lavora Barnes

* @leechatfield

* @senmikeshirkey

* @CraigDMauger

* @MichiganCFN

* @Enbridge

* @JulieCalley

* @DavidLagrand

Jump to:

* Segment one: Michigan budget: Did Gretchen Whitmer just lose her first showdown?

* Segment two: Governor Whitmer action on e-cigarettes and vaping

* Segment three: Enbridge kicks Line 5 PR campaign into high gear

* Segment four: State Rep Larry Inman

* Segment five: Mandating financial disclosures by state officials and candidates

* Segment six: Presidential primary – the next debate and latest polls

* Segment seven: Update on conservatives vs the Michigan Bar Association

* Segment eight: Pete Buttigieg burns Donald Trump. In a nice way. Kind of.

* Interview: Michigan Democratic Party Chair Lavora Barnes

* Transcript

* Comments

Michigan budget: Did Gretchen Whitmer just lose her first showdown?

* Gov. Whitmer says some lawmakers wanted a government shutdown

* EPIC-MRA Press Release – Poll Findings on School Employee Retirement Changes in Budget Negotiations (pdf)

* Whitmer agrees to delay road funding talks to finish Michigan budget

* Whitmer, GOP leaders: Budget now first priority, even without road funding deal

 

On #FTDR — “I feel no timeframe.

Michigan Policast for Tuesday, September 3, 2019

  In this episode:

* Michigan budget talks

* Interview: Former Gov Jennifer Granholm on a state shutdown, the Dem primary, and more

* AG Nessel and the Democrats go after payroll theft

* Polling – Reproductive rights, gun control, climate change

* The primaries, the next debate, and the real contenders

* This Week in Trump

* Transcript

* @govwhitmer

* @ChrisGreigMI37

* @jengranholm

* @CurtisHertelJr

* @DanaNessel

* @MiAttyGen

* @GretaThunberg

 

Jump to:

* Segment one: Michigan budget talks

* Interview: Former Governor Jennifer Granholm

* Segment three: AG Nessel and the Democrats go after payroll theft

* Segment four: Polling – Reproductive rights, gun control, climate change

* Segment five: The primaries, the next debate, and the real contenders

* Segment six: This Week in Trump

* Related posts

* Transcript

* Comments

Note:  we mention in the show that we will be discussing Enbridge Line 5.  We are postponing that segment for another show.

Michigan budget talks

* Budget talks breaking down between Whitmer, GOP leaders

* Michigan starts contingency planning in event of government shutdown

* Whitmer to Republicans: ‘Stop screwing around’ on budget

* Susan J. Demas: Republicans don’t want to give Whitmer a victory on roads. You can blame business lobbyists for that.

* State Dems deep-six Gov. Whitmer’s proposed gas-tax increase to fix roads

* MIRS Monday podcast – August 26 2019

 

“I reject any false ideas that we can continue to do what we’re doing and thrive,” @GovWhitmer said. Says Republicans are playing games. pic.twitter.com/nRkW7NDCti

— Ahtra Elnashar (@AhtraElnashar)

Michigan Policast for Monday, August 26, 2019

  In this episode:

* The week in Trump (or at least as much as we could fit into one segment)

* Trump, automakers, and fuel efficiency

* Trump and trade war (mini-segment)

* Presidential primary developments

* Marysville, Jean Cramer, wtf? (mini-segment)

* Medicare for All is not that popular

* Fix the Damn Roads, the business community, education and roads. (oh my!)

* “Hurricane Nessel” takes on robocalls

* More Republican lawsuits

* Interview: Clarence Jones, speechwriter, MLK’s “I have a dream”

* Transcript

* @sethmoulton

* @jayinslee

* @rstudley

* @ConsumerReports

* @LungAssociation

* @dananessel

* @APFactCheck

* @michiganadvance

* @sjdemas

* @preservemiroads

* @michamber

* @DetroitChamber

Cover image credit to Artist Akse_P19, UK

Jump to:

 

* Segment one: The week in Trump (or at least as much as we could fit into one segment)

* Segment two: Trump, automakers, and fuel efficiency

* Segment three: Trump and trade war (mini-segment)

* Segment four: Presidential primary developments

* Segment five: Marysville, Jean Cramer, wtf? (mini-segment)

* Segment six: Medicare for All is not that popular

* Segment seven: Fix the Damn Roads, the business community, education and roads. (oh my!)

* Segment eight: “Hurricane Nessel” takes on robocalls

* Segment nine: More Republican lawsuits

* Interview: Clarence Jones, speechwriter, MLK’s “I have a dream”

* Transcript

* Comments

 

 

The week in Trump (or at least as much as we could fit into one segment)

 

 

* Donald Trump’s war on the Federal Reserve

* Trump might not be able to buy Greenland, but he could open a consulate there

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Michigan Policast for Monday, August 5, 2019

  In this episode:

* Fox News poll shows bad news for Trump

* Crooked Media poll shows Trump may be ok in swing states

* Michigan Man of the Year

* Daniel Dale on how to tell when Trump is going to lie

* Oakland County drama

* Election integrity

* Interview: Fred Karger, first openly gay presidential candidate in a major political party

* Transcript

* @fredkarger

* @ddale8 (Daniel Dale)

* @PeteButtigieg

* @crookedmedia

* @EllenLWeintraub

* @FEC

* @davidwcoulter

 

Jump to:

* Segment one: Fox News poll shows bad news for Trump

* Segment two: Crooked Media poll shows Trump may be ok in swing states

* Segment three: Michigan Man of the Year

* Segment four: Daniel Dale on how to tell when Trump is going to lie

* Segment five: Oakland County drama

* Segment six: Election integrity

* Interview: Fred Karger, first openly gay presidential candidate in a major political party

* Transcript

* Comments

Fox News poll shows bad news for Trump

* Fox News Poll 8/15

* 2 troubling signs for Trump in this new Fox News poll

* If This Fox News Poll Is Right, Trump Is a Goner

2020 National GE:

Biden 50% (+12)

Trump 38%

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Sanders 48% (+9)

Trump 39%

.

Warren 46% (+7)

Trump 39%

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Harris 45% (+6)

Trump 39%@FoxNewsPoll 8/11-13

— Political Polls (@Politics_Polls) August 16, 2019

Crooked Media poll shows Trump may be ok in swing states

NEW POLL from @crookedmedia and @ChangePolls of general election voters in WISCONSIN:

Trump job approval: 48-51%

2020

Democrat: 46%

Trump: 45%

3rd Party: 3%

Unsure: 6%

Full results here, and follow this thread for more highlights: https://t.co/csEFiO5rA0

— Jon Favreau (@jonfavs) August 15, 2019

The most persuasive message we tested against Trump was this:

“Trump proposed nearly $1 trillion in cuts to Medicare to pay for his tax cut for millionaires and billi...

 

Michigan Policast for Monday, August 12, 2019

  In this episode:

* Democratic candidates respond to the shootings

* Trump and George Wallace

* Interview: Emily Durban with Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America

* Corporate subsidies

* Interview: Woodstock Festival producer Michael Lang

* Transcript

* @michael87626329

* @bucomdean (Tom Fielder)

* @historyinmoment

* @MomsDemand

* Moms Demand Action – Michigan Chapter Facebook Page

 

Jump to:

* Segment one: Democratic candidates respond to the shootings

* Segment two: Trump and George Wallace

* Interview: Emily Durban with Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America

* Segment three: Corporate subsidies

* Interview: Woodstock Festival producer Michael Lang

* Transcript

* Comments

Democratic candidates respond to the shootings

* Video: Joe Biden

* Video: Corey Booker

WATCH: 2020 presidential candidate Andrew Yang speaks through his tears as he responds to a woman in Iowa who talked to him about her daughter, who was hit by a stray bullet and died, and her son, the girl’s twin, who saw it happen – @alivitali / @MauraBarrettNBC pic.twitter.com/vjRHHPx4rC

— MSNBC (@MSNBC) August 10, 2019

 

Trump and George Wallace

 

* DAUGHTER OF NOTORIOUS SEGREGATIONIST GEORGE WALLACE SAYS TRUMP IS WORSE THAN HER FATHER: ‘NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT’

* Trump channels George Wallace with racial appeals

 

“Today I have stood, where once Jefferson Davis stood, and took an oath to my people. It is very appropriate then that from this Cradle of the Confederacy, this very Heart of the Great Anglo-Saxon Southland, that today we sound the drum for freedom as have our generations of forebears before us done, time and time again through history. Let us rise to the call of freedom loving blood that is in us and send our answer to the tyranny that clanks its chains upon the South. In the name of the greatest people that have ever trod this earth, I draw the line in the dust and toss the gauntlet before the feet of...

Michigan Policast for Monday, August 5, 2019

  In this episode:

* America and guns

* Democratic debates

* Religious leaders denounce Trump’s racism

* Retiring Republicans, Fred Upton

* Republican lawsuit to save gerrymandering

* Slay the Dragon movie review

* Interview: Katie Fahey of Voters Not Politicians, The People

* Transcript

* @jaketapper

* @mmflint (Michael Moore)

* @WNCathedral

* @JamieLyonsEddy

* @NotPoliticians

* @ThePeopleOrg

* @KTeaFahey

 

Jump to:

* Segment one: America and guns

* Segment two: Democratic debates

* Segment three: Religious leaders denounce Trump’s racism

* Segment four: Retiring Republicans, Fred Upton

* Segment five: Republican lawsuit to save gerrymandering

* Segment six: Slay the Dragon movie review

* Interview: Katie Fahey of Voters Not Politicians, The People

* Transcript

* Comments

America and guns

* Dean Randy Hollerith on the Recent Mass Shootings in Texas, Ohio and California

* Axios AM – Newsletter with data on the week of gun violence

* lThe El Paso shooter faces the death penalty in a ‘domestic terrorism’ case

* Police: Ohio gunman who killed 9 was stopped in 30 seconds

* Attack on Texas shoppers to be handled as domestic terrorism

* Minutes Before El Paso Killing, Hate-Filled Manifesto Appears Online

* The deadliest mass shootings in mode...

Michigan Policast for Monday, July 29, 2019

  In this episode:

Impeachment:  good or bad?

Michiganders split on some key issues, unified on others

Fix the Damn Roads!  With more debt?

Interview:  Kerry Ebersole Singh on the state census

Transcript

@kerryebersole

@detroitchamber

@cnn

#DemDebateMI

#census2020

 

Jump to:

Segment one: Impeachment:  good or bad?

Segment two: Michiganders split on some key issues, unified on others

Segment three: Fix the Damn Roads!  With more debt?

Interview:  Kerry Ebersole Singh on the state census

Transcript

Comments

Impeachment:  good or bad?

Not all of these candidates will be with us after the CNN Detroit debate. Here’s why

Here’s what you need to know about Detroit’s Democratic debates next week

Everything you need to know about the Democratic debates in Detroit

* Whitmer invites presidential hopefuls to fundraiser before Detroit debate

* Here are the 87 congressional Democrats and 9 additional Democratic presidential candidates who want to begin an impeachment inquiry against Trump

* 2020 candidates say Mueller’s already made the case for impeachment

 

Robert Mueller’s report is an impeachment referral, and it’s up to Congress to act. But impeachment shouldn’t be the only way that a sitting president can be held accountable for committing a crime. No president is above the law. https://t.co/v1pgkcdRDm

— Elizabeth Warren (@ewarren) July 24, 2019

Michiganders split on some key issues, unified on others

Michigan to Democrats: Tariffs hurt, but we aren’t sold on Medicare for all

DETROIT REGIONAL CHAMBER MICHIGAN STATEWIDE POLICY SURVEY (pdf)

Poll: Michigan voters say immigration helps economy, split on health care

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Michigan Policast for Monday, July 22, 2019

We had some technical issues this week and our audio quality is a bit degraded during our chat. Our interview with Mike Murphy is not affected. We’ll have it resolved next week.

  In this episode:

* Segment one: Slotkin and Stevens building a war chest

* Segment two: Benson moves forward on citizen redistricting commission

* Segment three: Democratic Presidential Candidate debates in Detroit

* Interview: Republican campaign consultant Mike Murphy

* Transcript

* @ElissaSlotkin

* @HaleyLive

* @JocelynBenson

* @murphymike

* @MichiganCFN

 

 

Jump to:

* Segment one: Slotkin and Stevens building a war chest

* Segment two: Benson moves forward on citizen redistricting commission

* Segment three: Democratic Presidential candidate debates in Detroit

* Interview: Republican campaign consultant Mike Murphy

* Transcript

* Comments

Slotkin (MI08) and Stevens (MI11) building a war chest

* Republicans look to reclaim dozens of House seats in 2020 after midterm ‘blue wave’ wipeout

* 2020 House Race Ratings

* A look at the 19 most vulnerable House incumbents and their Q2 cash

* Michigan U.S. House Members Post Big Fundraising Numbers For 2020 Election

* Congressional Fundraising Reports: July 2019

‘The 14 lawmakers who represent Michigan in the U.S. House reported raising $4.1 million from April 1, 2019, through June 30, 2019, according to new disclosures due on Monday. That’s an average of about $45,500 per day.’  ~via Michigan Campaign Finance Network

 

 

 

 

First-term Michigan Reps. Elissa Slotkin and Haley Stevens led fundraising in the House delegation last quarter, each bringing in about $735,000 and reporting over $1 million in the bank. https://t.co/UPM86AwAY4

— The Detroit News (@detroitnews) July 16, 2019

Benson moves forward on citizen redistricting commission

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