The aurora just north of Lansing last night

Former state Rep. running for the upper chamber here.

I’m going to keep these kind of alerts on for a while, but we’ll see how much utility they really have… it’s mostly for situations like when a leadership PAC has changed hands, and thus changed names.

pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.

After trying it a few times, filling out my absentee ballot at home then taking it to my polling place to feed into the tabulator is definitely my preferred way to vote.

I'd rather commute like Fred Flintstone than own a car that requires a perpetual subscription to operate.

Bad news: My new committee alerts were down for several days due to refactoring. Sorry about that! Good news: I now also post when a PAC changes its name.

Ah yes, we should abandon a longstanding nonprofit experiment in collaborative human knowledge in favor of automated posts from an AI controlled by a single person. The advantages are obvious

PSA: The amount of shit in Michigan politics/government cheekily named with "MI" in place of "my" is nearing epidemic levels. The pun is so worn. It's time for a moratorium.

💰 New Attorney General Filing 💰 Name: 𝗗𝗼𝘂𝗴 𝗟𝗹𝗼𝘆𝗱 (R) Status: Candidate Receipts: $61,525 Total Spent: $14,968 Debt: $30,320 Cash On Hand: $46,556 All Filings

$244k from his congressional campaign

Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist nearing a 100% burn rate here.

💰 New Governor Filing 💰 Name: 𝗠𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗗𝘂𝗴𝗴𝗮𝗻 (I) Status: Candidate Receipts: $1,176,470 Total Spent: $1,030,960 Debt: $0 Cash On Hand: $2,464,778 All Filings

💰 New Governor Filing 💰 Name: 𝗧𝗼𝗺 𝗟𝗲𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗿𝗱 (R) Status: Candidate Receipts: $290,705 Total Spent: $190,560 Debt: $105,610 Cash On Hand: $709,293 All Filings

💰 New Governor Filing 💰 Name: 𝗝𝗼𝗰𝗲𝗹𝘆𝗻 𝗕𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗼𝗻 (D) Status: Candidate Receipts: $1,211,748 Total Spent: $649,541 Debt: $0 Cash On Hand: $2,982,217 All Filings

💰 New Governor Filing 💰 Name: 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀 𝗦𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗼𝗻 (D) Status: Candidate Receipts: $296,878 Total Spent: $380,017 Debt: $0 Cash On Hand: $385,189 All Filings

Appreciate Mike Cox's campaign for flagging this: Michigan's campaign finance system is seemingly double-counting original and amended transactions, falsely inflating the cumulative totals the system generates for some summary reports.

💰 New Attorney General Filing 💰 Name: 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗸 𝗧𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻 (D) Status: Candidate Receipts: $148,568 Total Spent: $30,138 Debt: $89,469 Cash On Hand: $200,211 All Filings

Significant cash-to-debt ratio here from GOP gubernatorial candidate Mike Cox, who's largely self-funded at this stage.

Very happy to announce the Michigan campaign finance bot is once again automatically posting key committee filings! The state's new campaign finance portal makes it harder to view reports, so the folks at @bridgemi.com and I were compelled to bring it back.

The campaign finance bot now posts when committees go away.

Story, with more to come: bridgemi.com/michigan-gov...

Anné Minard, the Lee Chatfield associate facing corruption-related charges with her husband Robert, is expected to enter a guilty plea in Ingham County circuit court today. Robert Minard is still headed for trial.

Last week, the Indiana University administration asked their student newspaper not to print any news stories in the Homecoming edition. When the faculty advisor refused, IU fired him and ended paper printing. So students at the Purdue paper printed the IU edition and drove it down to Bloomington!

The size of the No Kings Day rally crowd in front of the Michigan Capitol this afternoon.

Around the state I’m hearing No Kings Day rallies today are as well or better-attended than in June. I was in Mt. Pleasant around 12:30 and there were between (an estimated) 1,500 and 2,000 protestors lining the streets on one of the main thoroughfares into town.

About 150 protestors in Gladwin (population 3,000) this morning for a No Kings Day rally. There’s handful of counter-protestors from the Gladwin GOP across the street, and the Trump Unity Bridge guy (sans bridge) is doing drive-bys with his loudspeaker.

Campaign finance filings from Michigan's US Senate candidates are in — they're all close. So here's who got the most (itemized) $$$ from Michiganders: Abdul El-Sayed (D): $488,365 Haley Stevens (D): $405,775 Mallory McMorrow (D): $353,880 Mike Rogers (R): $212,314 Filings ⬇️

Lawmakers are considering capping competition in Michigan's strained marijuana market by halting new licenses for all but the smallest growers and with population-based limits on new dispensaries. bridgemi.com/michigan-gov...

It's wild to me how twitter bots, which used to be simple accounts offering informative content, are now mostly LLMs that pollute replies with ideological babble and served up exclusively by wealthy nerds willing to fork over ~$2k/year for API access

The world lost a musical giant today, RIP www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/a...

I've been reading a lot more books lately

House Speaker Matt Hall says he's committed to working with Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to find a plan to replace SOAR and MEGA tax credits before the end of the year, echoing the governor's statement.

Update: spox for governor says Whitmer didn't make any line-item vetoes.

Inbox: Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has signed the FY 2025-2026 budget into law. Her announcement didn't specify what line-item vetoes, if any, were made.

🏛️ New Candidate Committee 🏛️ 𝗥𝗮𝗹𝗽𝗵 𝗥𝗲𝗯𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘁 has filed to run for 𝗚𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗼𝗿 as a Republican. Committee ID: 0611059

🏛️ New Candidate Committee 🏛️ 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗼𝗹 𝗚𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘃𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲 has filed to run for 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗮𝗻 𝗦𝗲𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗲 in the 30th district as a Democrat. Committee ID: 0610967

In Howell, Vice President JD Vance has a message for Gov. Gretchen Whitmer: "We are happy to send the national guard to Detroit, Michigan. All you've got to do is ask."

Pretty decent turnout for this Michigan Capitol rally held after the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. The Trump Unity Bridge is also here, naturally

Inbox: “Due to an abundance of caution for the community’s safety” a progressive coalition’s town hall event is being postponed. Their announcement last night came not long after Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist disclosed he had received a bomb threat at his home yesterday.

“New York City”, Joel Meyerowitz, 1983

13th district congressional candidate Adam Hollier has dropped out of that race to run for secretary of state. Major party nominees are chose internally at state conventions.

Mike Cox, talking to Republicans here in Midland, is bringing back a 2022 proposal that was the centerpiece of Kevin Rinke's campaign: eliminate Michigan's income tax.

The Michigan House just passed a “bathroom bill” along party lines. It would ban transgender students from using school bathrooms of the gender they identify with.

🏛️ New Candidate Committee 🏛️ 𝗝𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗛𝗼𝘀𝗸𝗶𝗻𝘀 has filed to run for 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗮𝗻 𝗦𝗲𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗲 in the 7th district as a Democrat. Committee ID: 0610240

🏛️ New Candidate Committee 🏛️ 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘆𝗲𝗿𝘀 has filed to run for 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗮𝗻 𝗛𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲 in the 8th district as a Democrat. Committee ID: 0610464

"We are not getting anywhere" — Michigan GOP House Speaker Matt Hall on his budget discussions with Senate Majority Leader Winnie Brinks, a Democrat, today. Less than one month until the end of the fiscal year.