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The Trump administration is drawing up “secret lists of terrorist groups inside the United States,” Senator Elissa Slotkin said on the floor of Congress yesterday — the first such reference to the effects of National Security Presidential Memorandum 7 (NSPM-7). open.substack.com/pub/kenklipp...

A $500 million dollar grant to convert the General Motors Lansing Grand River Assembly plant to electric vehicle production is among more than $16 billion in federal grants being considered for cancellation by President Donald Trump. Story from @jonkingnews.bsky.social

Hat tip (again) to Beth LeBlanc and @craigmauger.bsky.social with @detroitnews.com for unraveling every last thread in this story. Just outstanding.

“‘John Roberts isn’t an umpire — he’s a Trumpire,’ Lisa Graves said, describing how Roberts orchestrated the immunity decision that effectively placed the presidency above the law.”

9 October 1941 | A Hungarian Jewish girl, Judit Erdos, was born in Miskolc. In 1944 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber. --- A short video about gas chambers and crematoria of the Auschwitz camp: https://youtu.be/-A05i25j9Ck

The First Amendment explicitly guarantees: -the right of the people peaceably to assemble -to petition the Government for a redress of grievances -the free exercise of religion -freedom of speech If this priest had also been press, ICE would have violated all five 1A freedoms at once.

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This image haunts me now.

You can joke about Pam Bondi’s ridiculous unprofessionalism all you want, but I’m deeply shocked by it: She acts as if she fears absolutely no consequences, convinced that there will be no more political power transfers. — This should shake everyone to their core.

Public opinion polling is among the greatest ills that have befallen our republic.

Pritzker is also furious: “Should National Governors Association leadership choose to remain silent, Illinois will have no choice but to withdraw from the organization.”

If we connect a drive belt to the corpse of Edward R. Murrow, we’d never need fossil fuels again.

Chicago priest Father Michael Pfleger: "The state of emergency is in AMERICA, not Chicago. It's birthed from this president and his admin's reign of terror." ( ht: @mikenellis.bsky.social )

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BREAKING: A federal judge has temporarily blocked President Donald Trump from federalizing and deploying Oregon National Guard troops to Portland following a challenge from the state and the city of Portland. oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/10/04/f... by @alexbaumhardt.bsky.social

The judge who granted this restraining order was appointed to the bench by Trump.

It only took 256 days to reach the “zip tying little kids at 2am on the street” stage of this administration.

We have a small, but mighty team at @michiganadvance.com, who covered passage of our new state budget, spending long hours at the Capitol until final votes, followed by comprehensive write-ups on each piece. Kudos to @bensolis1.bsky.social, @kdavidsonjrn.bsky.social and @kdailey.bsky.social

Democratic candidates for statewide office in Michigan say they are taking additional precautions but won’t back down amid an “escalating pattern of political violence.” Story from @roththereporter.bsky.social

Michigan Legislature passes eight day continuation budget, votes expected Thursday michiganadvance.com/2025/10/01/m... Story from @bensolis1.bsky.social and @kdavidsonjrn.bsky.social

The scene inside the Michigan State Senate at 12:15 a.m. We have entered a new fiscal year without a budget deal, though lawmakers from both chambers are seemingly working to reach a deal behind closed doors. @michiganadvance.com

And the government is shut down. No new spending plan was passed as of midnight, and the governor has signaled that she's keeping to government open, but has yet to issue an executive directive doing so. Also, that appears to buck the the tenets of the state's Constitution. @michiganadvance.com

The Michigan Legislature won’t be going home Tuesday night as a final budget plan is drafted and reviewed by legal experts before coming up for a vote – which could happen on Wednesday at the earliest. Story from @bensolis1.bsky.social

It’s just getting mean now… #biggretch #mistatebudget #marijuanatax

the daily caller published a call to violence of the left yesterday, a news organization that has connections to the heritage foundation

Trump just ordered the military into Portland, and he’s giving them the green light to use lethal force on American citizens. Authoritarianism is an abstract concept but Trump is making its impacts real and tangible. Let’s be real about it: This is the beginning of dictatorship in America.

Scenes from the hell-hole that is Portland. I’m just glad me and my wife made it out alive after visiting last week.

This story at the end refers to George Wallace’s transformation at the end of his life, and I am begging national reporters to read Dan Carter and talk to the targets of Wallace’s attacks for how sincere this transformation really was. (1)

We have one hell of a team at Michigan Advance. They grabbed a surprise budget deal announcement and kicked some ass to dig into it. Like I said - a great team. And come Monday, we’ll be adding a new member to the lineup. Stay tuned!

Honestly, I think @bensolis1.bsky.social, @kdavidsonjrn.bsky.social and myself deserve the credit for this because, much like a car wash induces rain, the two-hour meeting we held to plan shutdown coverage for @michiganadvance.com made this happen. You’re welcome.

If Comey is charged, keep this mind. 👇 Seems like charging Comey is more about retribution than justice.

Jimmy Kimmel is a great example of how pushback works and also how completely craven Shari Redstone was canceling Colbert

The thing that bothers me most is there are so many great and amazing people who have autism. It is not cancer.

Tiger fans wanted a season to remember and they’re certainly getting that.

Negotiations apparently are also at an impasse for Michigan House Speaker Matt Hall to use a @michiganadvance.com photo taken by our Senior Reporter @bensolis1.bsky.social 🤣

This is what it looks like when ICE violates our First Amendment rights.

This is Hollywood's McCarthy Moment. This is the litmus test. Learn from history. Who will step up and fight? Who will bend the knee and be complicit? History will remember.

“But the vice president veered off in his 20-minute speech, most notably to suggest deploying federal troops to clamp down on crime in Detroit, even though the city has been safer than it has been in decades.” From @bensolis1.bsky.social

Trans rights are human rights.

Dr. Anneke Bulthuis of St. Joseph invites Michigan Congressman Bill Huizinga to shadow a doctor for a day; “Come alongside us and hold the hand of an elderly patient who is panicking because her family member will now be homeless with no affordable housing after her long-term care facility closed.”

“Following Charlie Kirk’s assassination and the Trump administration’s promise to go after the “radical left” a study showing most domestic terrosim is far-right was disappeared.”

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Tuesday shifted her tone on the ongoing budget impasse in Michigan, noting in a speech that she stands with state Senate Democrats and many of their priorities and would not sign the House’s spending proposal as presented. From @bensolis1.bsky.social

"Outlets like FOX News have essentially pulled the entire media landscape to the right, telling these incredibly skewed stories so fast and so furiously." -- Robert Redford in *2003*

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The Tax Excessive CEO Pay Act would raise taxes on corporations that pay their executives 50 times the wages of their workers. Story by @bensolis1.bsky.social michiganadvance.com/briefs/tlaib...

In Portland for the week. What a hell hole. 🤣

Charlie Kirk was a champion of free speech and anyone who says otherwise will be fired