It’s now official - Fox News lies, but that’s just a cost of doing business as the media giant buys its way out of getting caught … while failing to share the news with the millions the company has willingly deceived.Also this week: there’s a nationwide contrast on two hot-button issues: gun safety and reproductive healthcare rights look to be the pivotal issues in 2024, and Republicans are on the wrong side of both.

The turmoil in the Michigan Republican Party continues and now even features actual physical fighting as a war breaks out between two leaders of the whack-job core of the party. And speaking of delusional – we have a quick update on the Quixotic presidential campaign of onetime failed Michigan gubernatorial candidate Perry Johnson. 

Returning to the podcast this week is John Della Volpe who has spent 20 years surveying millennials and Gen Z and advised President JOE BIDEN’s 2020 campaign on its outreach to younger voters. John is the director of polling at the Harvard Kennedy School Institute of Politics, and the author of Fight: How Gen Z is Channeling Their Fear and Passion to Save America. The Washington Post referred to John as one of the world’s leading authorities on global sentiment, opinion, and influence, especially among young Americans and in the age of digital and social media.

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Stories We’re Following This Week

Fox "News" Lawsuit

Fox News reaches $787.5 million settlement in Dominion’s defamation lawsuit - POLITICO

Five takeaways from the Fox News-Dominion settlement | The Hill

'Difficult to say with a straight face': Tapper reacts to Fox News' statement on settlement | CNN Politics

Gun safety vs. the NRA

Michigan lawmakers send 'red flag' law gun bill to Whitmer

GOP presidential hopefuls make pitches at Indianapolis NRA convention - Indianapolis Star

NRA convention draws top GOP 2024 hopefuls after shootings - AP News

Trump and Pence compete for ovations at the NRA after a rash of mass shootings - POLITICO

Pro-gun groups sue to stop Michigan's new gun safety laws - Detroit Free Press

Oxford woman, whose son survived shooting, takes on Rep. John James

GOP in Disarray

Michigan GOP infighting leads to actual fight between Kristina Karamo, Matt DePerno backers - Bridge Michigan

Broke Michigan Republican Party plans fall Mackinac conference - Detroit News

Abortion divides 2024 candidates and confounds many within the GOP - The Washington Post

Opinion | The Abortion Ban Backlash Is Starting to Freak Out Republicans - The New York Times

Why GOP culture warriors lost big in school board races this month - POLITICO

Other political news

Michigan Democrats eye next items on legislative agenda

Mich. senators spar over law against unmarried couples living together - Detroit News

Livengood: Michigan architects seek reform of rise in 'dark' political money - Detroit News

FEC Disclosure Form 3 for PERRY JOHNSON FOR PRESIDENT INC.

DeSantis seeks to control Disney with state oversight powers - AP News

Clarence Thomas–Harlan Crow scandal: The Supreme Court justice broke the law. We would know. - Slate