Amash leaves the Republican Party, saying politics is ‘trapped in a partisan death spiral’ Melissa Nann Burke, The Detroit News July 4, 2019 U.S. Rep. Justin Amash, R-Cascade Township, holds a town hall meeting at Grand Rapids Christian High School’s DeVos Center for Arts and Worship on Tuesday, May 28, 2019. The congressman came under […]
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MICHIGAN TALK NETWORK: The Political Insider #60 — Interviews with Dr. Bobby Mukkamala, state Rep. Sheldon Neeley (D-Flint), & Birmingham Civic Activist David Bloom
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MICHIGAN TALK RADIO: The Political Insider #58 — Legislative Walkouts & Interview with MLive’s Lauren Gibbons on Auto Insurance Rate Reform
DETROIT NEWS: Ballenger Says Amash is a Lone Wolf with No Following
WASHINGTON POST: Progressives Should Be Glad They Lost the Supreme Court Gerrymandering Case
By Charles Lane The Washington Post/MLive Flint Journal July 1, 2019 A great puzzle of the past couple of years’ worth of political and constitutional debate has been that so many people, mostly progressives, have continued to insist on federal-court supervision of partisan gerrymandering long after it became clear that the ultimate arbiter would be […]
MICHIGAN TALK NETWORK: The Political Insider #57 — Michigan Lookin’ Good! Interviews with WalletHub & state Senator Roger Victory (R-Hudsonville)
MICHIGAN TALK NETWORK: The Political Insider #56 — Interviews with Former State Health Director James Havemann and state Rep. Pam Hornberger (R-Chesterfield Twp)
POLITICO: How Trump Turned Liberal Comedians Conservative
By JOANNA WEISS POLITICO June 15, 2019 Joanna Weiss is a writer in Boston and the editor of Experience magazine. Once, wry satire ruled. Today, it’s all about outrage, and punching up. President Donald Trump likes to think of himself as a statesman, an author, an A-level negotiator, but at heart, he’s one thing: an […]