🏛️ 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.

If the House's cuts go through, Nessel said her department wouldn't have staff needed to take over operations in Michigan counties missing prosecutors. They're currently doing so in Lake County, but would have to withdraw. "It will be literally like 'The Purge' there," she said.

In a bipartisan unveiling of human trafficking legislation this morning, AG Dana Nessel took a swipe at House-passed budget: "They can't claim to support survivors while irrationally cutting the budget of" the staff fighting trafficking, she said. Her dept. would face 30% cut.

Neither Gov. Gretchen Whitmer nor Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist participated in the Labor Day walk across the Mackinac Bridge today.

237 days since it became vacant, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is still "currently deciding" when to call a special election in the 35th senate district, state attorneys wrote in response to a lawsuit trying to force one. bridgemi.com/michigan-gov...

🏛️ New Candidate Committee 🏛️ 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗽𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗥𝗲𝘆𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗱𝘀 has filed to run for 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗮𝗻 𝗦𝗲𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗲 in the 38th district as a Republican. Committee ID: 0609312

Inbox: Former House Speaker Joe Tate has endorsed congresswoman Haley Stevens in the US Senate race. Tate recently ended his own nascent Senate run.

Bringing back the Michigan campaign finance bot. The account is still in testing but new committees are being posted now.

Mike Duggan said election day 2026 is going to be "independence day" in Michigan, apparently from two-party politics. Feels like the very public struggles of the legislature to negotiate a bipartisan budget may be building an opportune moment for his candidacy.

Mike Duggan's independent gubernatorial campaign announced a list of more than 200 current and former elected officials backing his campaign this evening. Former Flint mayor Karen Weaver is in there, and a smattering from elsewhere in MI, but it's a heavily metro Detroit list.

80 years ago today. This should be required reading. www.newyorker.com/magazine/194...

NEW: i spoke to nine (!) scientists across several disciplines whose work was cited in the new Department of Energy report that downplays the severity of climate change. all of them say their work was misrepresented, cherry picked, and/or lacked context —

Out of work this week (and missed the campaign finance deadline) because I’ve been in DC donating bone marrow to a child with leukemia. If you can, please consider joining a stem cell donor registry. You could literally, directly save someone’s life: www.nmdp.org/get-involved...

Probably bad for the health of the lakes but can confirm it was pretty lovely to swim near South Haven this past weekend

New: Federal filings show more than 540,000 acres of Michigan's UP forestland — about 5% of the entire peninsula — has a single owner: the Singaporean sovereign wealth fund GIC. www.bridgemi.com/michigan-gov...

MI Senate Majority Leader Winnie Brinks to reporters: there is 100% certainty that there will not be a negotiated budget bill before us today.

Forecast this morning: a beautiful clear day don't worry! (I happily ride my bike to the Capitol) This afternoon: haha idiot here's thunderstorms for three hours

A provision in Michigan's ranked choice voting ballot proposal would move August primaries to June. Primaries must be held at least 140 days before a November general election, under draft ballot language that's before the board of state canvassers later this month.

At a press conference from the Michigan legislature's Jewish Caucus, Rep. Samantha Steckloff said that "every single one of us ... has received a call from the FBI with credible threats to our life." She said she has a police detail outside her home.

In the western UP, a global private equity firm owns 540,000 acres of Michigan forestland. Holdings include 18% of all the land in Gogebic County. Their shell companies have substantial Singaporean ownership, according to USDA records. But that doesn't reveal much. More⬇️

Here's an official White House photo of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and House Speaker Matt Hall presenting a gift to President Donald Trump April 9. Appears to feature an engraved bullet, folded state flag, military patch in Trump's name, historical pic and list of Selfridge fighters.

The @outliermedia.org @detdocumenters.bsky.social team phone banked with residents who were owed nearly $5.9M This is journalism at its best

They had one of the biggest single-season turnarounds ever. It doesn’t matter —losing hurts. But they introduced themselves to the world in New York, proving their physical, non-nonsense brand is worth investing in. It’s no fluke — the Pistons are back. www.freep.com/story/sports...

Former House Speaker Joe Tate’s entry into Michigan’s U.S. Senate race seems forthcoming. A source this week received a personal call from Tate asking for a campaign donation and a dark money nonprofit account connected to the Detroit Democrat is promoting town halls.

Trump on Whitmer in The Atlantic: "I think she's very good." www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

During Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's tenure, Michigan has paid $995 million in subsidies to firms that have created 13,079 jobs. That's a fifth of the promised total and $76,076 per job. My colleague Paula Gardner reports these totals for the first time here: www.bridgemi.com/business-wat...

"Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick said he campaigned 'all over the country' for Donald Trump last year after the Republican presidential nominee promised to pardon him during a meeting at his Mar-a-Lago estate, according to a voicemail obtained by @bridgemi.com." By @simon.schuster.press

Scoop: In a recording obtained by me, former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick said that before he campaigned "all over the country" for Donald Trump last year, the then-candidate promised him a second-term pardon. www.bridgemi.com/michigan-gov...

U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens has jumped in the race to replace MI’s retiring Sen. Gary Peters. www.bridgemi.com/michigan-gov...

📍Marrakech, Morocco See you in two weeks✌️

Some of what the public can no longer see: - How much a candidate or PAC raised/spent during a filing period. - The clients of any lobbyist (MDOS said fix is coming for this) - Bulk downloads of campaign finance and lobbying data - Links to any specific filing or registration