This Week’s “Party on the Peninsulas” ✹ Chairperson Barnes: Couldn’t Republicans find one Michigander to run for the U.S. Senate? ✹ Six Democratic leaders on Florida millionaire Mike Rogers’ brazen ploy to be Michigan’s junior U.S. Senator ✹ This week’s Trump Outrage: the GOP revolt against their fascist wannabe dictator In the News Editorial | Kamala Harris is the Only Patriotic Choice for President – The New York Times Michigan Politics 2024 Michigan elections: campaign, polls, dates, voter information – Bridge Michigan On Politics: Will it all come down to Michigan? – The New York Times Former GOP Rep. Fred Upton Backs Kamala Harris: Trump Is ‘Just Totally Unhinged’ – The Daily Beast UAW Poll Shows Growing Support for Kamala Harris in Battleground States – Meidas Touch Michelle Obama makes women’s health care appeal to men at Michigan rally – Detroit News VIDEO – Eminem Amps up Detroit Rally, Voices Support for Kamala Harris – Wall Street Journal Attorney General: Federal Court Dismisses Meritless RNC Lawsuit Targeting Michigan Voter Registry – Michigan Attorney General Scandal-plagued GOP prosecutor Peter Lucido faces a tough challenge in a red county – The Downballot Why MSU students may play key role in mid-Michigan U.S.[...]

This Week’s “Party on the Peninsulas” ✹ Chairperson Barnes: The signs are clear – it’s time for Trump to have a full neurological examination ✹ Representative Jenn Hill (D-Marquette) on lowering costs for families while building Michigan’s economy ✹ This week’s Trump Outrage: GOP campaign ads built around lies In the News Michigan Politics Kamala Harris in Detroit for Charlamagne tha God interview – Detroit Free Press Auto Workers Challenge Trump to Work 12-Hour Shift After He Said a Child Could Do Job GOP doubling down in toss-up Michigan Senate race – Axios The Senate race in the center of the political universe – Punchbowl News®. Michigan Senate foes brace for a ‘really close’ race amid Harris-Trump brawl – NBC News Slotkin, Rogers tangle over guns, EVs, abortion during final debate – Detroit News Tom Barrett’s Washington Handlers Forced to Pull Ad After Getting Caught Lying About Curtis Hertel’s Record – DCCC Gerald Ford stars in a Hillary Scholten ad – The Downballot Marlinga plots a comeback against James – Punchbowl News Trump allies stoked election chaos in Detroit in 2020. Here’s what could happen in 2024 – NBC News Democrats go on offense in Oakland County House races in bid[...]

This Week’s “Party on the Peninsulas” ✹ Chairperson Barnes: It’s impossible to keep up with Trump’s lies and distortions ✹ Representative Matt Koleszar, chair of the House Education Committee, on strengthening K-12 education ✹ This week’s Trump Outrage: guest commentator Barack Obama on how Trump hurricane-relief lies are hurting the victims In the News Michigan Politics VIDEO Lavora Barnes on MSNBC – Michigan College Student’s Post Debate Civics Lesson – YouTubeGary Peters is tasked with defending a brutal Senate map for Dems. It’s his biggest test yet. – POLITICO Rogers wants to halt $500M taxpayer grant to build EVs at GM plant – Detroit News Slotkin, Rogers spar in Michigan U.S. Senate debate. Here are the facts – Bridge Michigan VIDEO – US Senate Debate – WOTV via YouTube Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan Hits Back After Trump Dissed His City – The Daily Beast Democrat Marlinga airs first 2024 ad, part of “seven-figure” buy – Detroit News VIDEO – Marlinga – We should all be equal in the eyes of the law – YouTube Downriver could decide which party controls Michigan House – Detroit Free Press Michigan Supreme Court majority at stake as GOP, Dem hopefuls vie for 2 seats[...]

This Week’s “Party on the Peninsulas” ✹ Chairperson Barnes: Trump is a criminal who should face trial – Special Counsel Jack Smith ✹ Representative Joey Andrews on climate change and reopening the Palisades Nuclear Plant ✹ This week’s Trump Outrage: The massive grift In the News Michigan Politics Trump campaign employee on Detroit ballot center: ‘Make them riot’ – Detroit News Vance won’t commit to $500M grant for building EVs at Michigan auto plant – Detroit News Questions raised over where Senate candidate Mike Rogers really lives – Detroit Free Press Rogers says Medicare negotiating drug price reductions is ‘sugar high politics’ • Michigan Advance Mike Rogers’ support for ‘fetal personhood’ could threaten access to IVF and contraception – The Michigan Independent Obama endorses Slotkin – via X Slotkin reports $18M fundraising haul for U.S. Senate bid – Detroit News Mid-Michigan congressional race attracts big spending, high hopes – Detroit News Michigan Policy St. Clair Shores voters, election workers face fraud charges – Detroit Free Press Michigan teachers to pay less into retirement fund in future – Detroit Free Press Trump/GOP Outrages VIDEO – Jon Stewart: Trump Is The Opposite of Who His Supporters Claim He Is | The Daily[...]

This Week’s “Party on the Peninsulas” ✹ Chairperson Barnes: Economics fact and (Trump) fiction ✹ Representative John Fitzgerald on battling sextortion ✹ This week’s Trump/GOP Outrage: Republicans refusing to condemn North Carolina gubernatorial candidate Mark Robinson In the News Michigan Politics VIDEO – Chair Lavora Barnes on MSNBC’s “The Weekend” – MSNBC Whitmer to Andy Cohen: ‘I was your most fun friend from high school’ – Freep Top Michigan Republican already warns of a stolen election – Detroit News Democrats won complete power in Michigan. Republicans are trying to take it away. – POLITICO ‘A false sense of comfort’: Michigan Dems fight to keep voters’ attention on abortion – POLITICO Detroit chamber won’t endorse Rogers or Slotkin in U.S. Senate contest – Detroit News Ben Carson says ‘we may have to’ die to protect right-wing America at MSU visit – The State News Michigan GOP walks fine line on absentee voting, as Trump sends mixed messages – Bridge Michigan Michigan Policy Biden urges ban on Chinese cars from US roads – Detroit Free Press Lawmakers OK bills making Michigan caregivers public employees to ease unionization – Detroit News Deep in Michigan’s car country, switch to EVs fuels anxieties before election[...]

This Week’s “Party on the Peninsulas” ✹ Chairperson Barnes: The potential for decades-long judicial tyranny ✹ Justice Kyra Harris Bolden on judicial impartiality ✹ This week’s Trump/GOP Outrage: Rigging the rules in Georgia In the News Michigan Politics Justice For Generations – Kyra Bolden ad via YouTube VIDEO – Unite for America Rally with Vice President Kamala Harris and Oprah Winfrey – YouTube In Michigan, Kamala Harris calls for ‘common sense’ gun reforms after school shootings – Bridge Michigan Tom Barrett’s Anti-Abortion Record on Display In MI-07 – DCCC House Dems’ ‘sleeper’ seats suddenly in sight – POLITICO Slotkin, Rogers lean into immigration policy fight in U.S. Senate race – Detroit NewsACLU spending $2M on abortion rights ads in Michigan Supreme Court race – Bridge Michigan Mike Rogers wants voters to forget his record of backing abortion bans – The Michigan Independent In Michigan, Democrats Hope to Benefit From a Post-Biden Surge of Youth Energy – The New York Times Elon Musk super PAC working with Michigan GOP ahead of presidential election – Bridge Michigan Robert F. Kennedy Jr. again loses in bid to get off Michigan’s ballot – Detroit News Michigan Policy Belleville, Romulus, townships sue over radioactive waste shipments[...]

This Week’s “Party on the Peninsulas” ✹ Chairperson Barnes: Harris Shines, Trump Whines ✹ Representative Reggie Miller: Stop the dumping of Nuclear Waste into southeast Michigan  ✹ This week’s Trump/GOP Outrage: Pandering with tax cut proposals that are DOA In the News Michigan Politics Walz highlights student debt, climate change in pitch to MSU students – Detroit News Michigan Dems blast Mike Rogers over opioid stance in Congress – Bridge Michigan Mike Rogers résumé includes consulting for businesses with shady foreign interests- Trump’s abortion answers complicate GOP’s push to neutralize attacks – Detroit News $$ Kennedy, West stay on the ballot, Michigan Supreme Court decides – Detroit News CBS News poll for 2024 Senate races shows Democrats lead in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin – CBS News Michigan Policy Attorney General’s Final Report: MSU/Larry Nassar Investigation Top States for Doing Business in 2024: A Continued Legacy of Excellence – Area Development Palisades nuclear relaunch gets more subsidies in Michigan — and more backlash – Bridge Michigan Trump/GOP Outrages Democrats press oil executives on Trump’s $1B ask – POLITICO Springfield Upended by Bomb Threats, School Evacuations Over False Pet-Eating Claims – Wall Street Journal Ohio governor reaffirms Haitian immigrants are not eating[...]

This Week’s “Party on the Peninsulas” ✹ Chairperson Barnes: Kamala Harris for the People; Donald Trump for Himself ✹ Biden, Harris in Michigan  ✹ This week’s Trump/GOP Outrage: A Media Double Standard of Accountability In the News Michigan Politics and Policy Kamala Harris, in Detroit, vows to protect workers’ rights – Detroit Free PressKamala Harris wants to make it easier to afford housing in Michigan – The ‘Gander Presidential race is a tossup in Michigan with 2 months to go, poll finds – Detroit News Slotkin builds bigger lead over Rogers in Michigan Senate race, poll shows – Detroit News Poll: Michigan minimum wage hike backed, but support dips on tipped wage change – Detroit News Michigan’s presidential ballot not finalized as Friday deadline passes – Detroit Free Press VIDEO: Lavora Barnes on the influx of presidential candidates campaigning in Michigan – CNN via YouTube Biden signs pro-labor order in Michigan, dares a successor to undo it –  Detroit News Appeals court: Remove RFK Jr.’s name from Michigan presidential ballot – Detroit Free Press Michigan canvasser suit part of growing effort to preempt election deniers – Bridge Michigan Michiganders get nine new ‘I Voted’ stickers for the November election –[...]

This Week’s “Party on the Peninsulas” ✹ Chairperson Barnes: Candidates and values ✹ Senator Sam Singh (D-East Lansing) on motivating the youth vote  ✹ This week’s Trump/GOP Outrage: In the News Michigan Politics and Policy Michigan Republican in Tight Senate Race Says He’d Respect Abortion Rights. His Record Suggests Otherwise. – Jezebel Harris, Trump in dead-heat among Michigan voters, new poll shows – Detroit Free Press Poll: Elissa Slotkin leads Mike Rogers in US Senate race – Detroit Free Press VIDEO — Mike Rogers: Big Pharma’s friend – DSCC via YouTube Mike Rogers vows to fight drug war, but urged opioid access in Congress – Bridge Michigan Democratic Rep. Elissa Slotkin introduces bipartisan bills to address forever chemicals – The Michigan Independent Michigan judge rules Cornel West eligible for presidential ballot – Detroit Free Press Why RFK may be unable to withdraw from some state ballots – NPR Former US Rep. Bob Carr dies at 81 – Detroit Free Press Trump/GOP Outrages GOP: If We Can’t Win, We’ll Cheat. If We Can’t Cheat, We’ll Intimidate – Thom Hartmann/The New Republic Trump, Vance try for a shift on abortion, riling some on the right – The Washington Post Trump Contorts Himself[...]

This Week’s “Party on the Peninsulas” ✹ Chairperson Barnes: Joy, exultation, freedom – and a big task ahead ✹ Impressions of The Best Political Convention EVER ✹ This week’s Trump/GOP Outrage: Attacks on a 17-year-old who’s proud of his dad In the News The Convention DNC 2024: See insider photos from the Democratic National Convention – AP NewsAt the DNC, the Democrats Are Finally Fighting – The New Republic At the DNC, the Democrats Are Finally Fighting – The New Republic Michelle Obama’s Speech Was the Best. Doug Emhoff’s Was the Most Groundbreaking. – Mother Jones “Do Something!” Michelle Obama’s Big-Hearted, Urgent, Barn-Burner of a Convention Speech – Mother Jones Gretchen Whitmer paints Trump as out of touch at DNC – Detroit Free Press Trump ‘admires dictators a lot,’ Slotkin says in DNC speech – Detroit Free Press At DNC convention, Dana Nessel sends sharp retort to US Supreme Court – Detroit Free Press UAW’s Fain ‘not going to be shy’ about going after Trump – Detroit Free Press McMorrow at DNC calls Project 2025 Trump dictatorship plan – Detroit Free Press Michigan sheriff who made headlines for marching in 2020 speaks at DNC – Detroit Free Press Michigan Politics and Policy[...]