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WILL DEMOCRATS IN MICHIGAN SENATE BOTCH A WINNING HAND AGAIN?

May 23, 2022 by tbreport 6 Comments

Do Democrats have a chance to finally regain control of the state Senate this coming Nov. 8 after a four-decade hiatus? Sure they do. In fact, they should have gotten control — or at least a tie — in 2006, which was a huge Democratic year. At least 23 districts (out of the 38 total) […]

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DEMOCRATS COULD GAIN A MAJORITY OF MICHIGAN’S CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION FOR ONLY THE SECOND TIME IN A GENERATION

May 19, 2022 by tbreport 9 Comments

Only once in the past 20 years have Michigan Democrats elected a majority of the state’s Congressional delegation. That was in 2008, when Democrats knocked off a pair of Republican U. S. House members to achieve an 8-7 edge in 2009-2010. That lasted only one term. Republicans got their delegation majority back in 2010 and […]

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ABORTION IN MICHIGAN: WHAT WILL HAPPEN?

May 16, 2022 by tbreport 4 Comments

Does SCOTUS Leak on Roe v. Wade Really Help The Dems? As MIRS newsletter reported last week, whoever leaked the U.S. Supreme Court’s draft on overturning Roe v Wade put Republicans in a bind — at least it initially seems so. In the week since the revelation, the Democrats have seemingly been everywhere — defining […]

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ANSWERS TO FOUR POLITICAL QUESTIONS IN MICHIGAN

May 9, 2022 by tbreport 5 Comments

Is A ‘Red Wave’ In November A Sure Thing? Question 1): Over the years, elections in the middle of a presidential term, either first or second, have tended to yield substantial gains for whichever political party is out of power. That means the Democrats would seem to be in trouble, especially with President Joe BIDEN’s […]

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2022 KENTUCKY DERBY: DOES CATASTROPHE AWAIT?

May 3, 2022 by tbreport 5 Comments

A  KENTUCKY DERBY PICK The latest chapter in “The Fastest Two Minutes in Sports” is upon us again. YES! —  this year’s Kentucky Derby, the 148th, will once again be telecast (on NBC) and simulcast in Michigan, this coming Saturday (May 7). Post time is supposed to be 6:57 p.m., but you can count on […]

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WILL MICHIGAN’S U.P. BE THE NEXT SPACE MECCA?

April 29, 2022 by tbreport Leave a Comment

U.S. Journal The Plan to Make Michigan the Next Space State Residents are up in arms about a proposed spaceport project, the first of its kind in the Midwest, which would involve launching rockets near the shoreline of Lake Superior. By David Rompf The New Yorker April 29, 2022 Jeanne Baumann, who lives on the […]

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THREE ANSWERS TO LAST WEEK’S BIG QUESTIONS

April 25, 2022 by tbreport 4 Comments

Question 1): MIRS newsletter reported over the week-end that “The dirt Democrats will shovel on Kristina Karamo (the GOP’s preferred Secretary of State candidate) and Matt DePERNO, the likely GOP Attorney General nominee, is deep and Republicans activists know and are privately worried.” This sort of speculation about the negative effect Karamo/DePerno are likely to have […]

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QUESTIONS OF THE WEEK IN MICHIGAN POLITICS

April 18, 2022 by tbreport 3 Comments

Question 1): How important is the upcoming April 23 State Republican Endorsement Convention? Will it impact what happens in Michigan politics leading up to the August 2 primary election and beyond? Answer 1): It could be a game-changer in the race for the Republican gubernatorial nomination. While former President Donald Trump has endorsed many Republican […]

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CRITICAL RACE THEORY COMES TO FLINT

April 11, 2022 by tbreport 8 Comments

Critical Race Theory (CRT) and its sidekick, the 1619 Project, will be front and center in Flint on Wednesday, April 13. Nikole Hannah-Jones, the Pulitzer Prize-winning creator of the 1619 Project and a staff writer at The New York Times Magazine, will speak at a jam-packed renovated Capitol Theatre in downtown Flint at 7 pm. […]

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FIVE BURNING ISSUES IN MICHIGAN POLITICS

April 4, 2022 by tbreport 6 Comments

Question 1): Despite rampant inflation driving up gas prices, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer last week vetoed legislation that would suspend for six months Michigan’s 27-cent-per-gallon excise tax on fuel. Earlier, Whitmer had noted that, because the bill’s effective date would be delayed until 2023, “this misguided proposal does nothing for Michiganders facing pain at the pump […]

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