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On our political radar this week… ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ In multiple battles on election day, some candidates won despite being heavily outspent. The list includes Abdul El-Sayed prevailing over Haley Stevens’ $60-million campaign GOP Gubernatorial candidate Perry Johnson seeing another $30-million of his personal fortune disappear in his loss to John James Multi-millionaire Congressman Shri Thanedar outspending … Continue reading Progressives Win, Money Loses! →

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On our political radar this week… We’re in the final days of a primary campaign that’s being watched by the nation: will the Democratic Socialist wing of the Democratic Party upset the centrist leadership? It’s the top political story of the week nationwide. Donald Trump’s approval rating is now officially in the deep freeze: 32-percent … Continue reading The Home Stretch →

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On our political radar this week… Canadian officials cut the ribbon today to herald Monday’s scheduled opening of the Gordie Howe Bridge. Ontario Prime Minister Doug Ford spoke directly of the latest Trump assault on America’s number one trading partner, saying “ Ontario will be ready to respond in any new American tariffs, will not back … Continue reading Another War With Canada, Eh? →

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On our political radar this week… America was treated to still another delusional rant from Donald Trump Thursday night about the issue that’s his singular fixation: imaginary election fraud six years ago. The speech came in a week of bad news from the mad man in the Oval Office:  Iran continues to dog-walk Trump and … Continue reading Party Like It’s 2020! (Guest: Jack Cocchiarella) →

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On our political radar this week… The GOP game plan for the 2026 campaign is clear: branding Democrats as soft-on-crime and communists who want to destroy America. Using Hollywood terms, it’s a sequel to what was, for a while, a highly successful 1950’s crusade led by Wisconsin Senator Joseph McCarthy. The candidates in Michigan’s two … Continue reading McCarthyism 2.0 (Guest: Sam Bagenstos) →

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Subscribe to our YouTube channel On our political radar this week… Trump’s heavily hyped Great American State Fair has been labeled the All-American Fyre Festival. Crowds are non-existent. It’s even so bad that Vanilla Ice pulled out at the last minute. Jeff notes that he’s had larger crowds in his shower than at Trump’s latest … Continue reading Donald’s Not So Successful Party →

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Subscribe to our YouTube channel On our political radar this week… There are dead ducks everywhere. In Switzerland, it could well be J.D. Vance’s presidential ambitions as the 60-day pause in Trump’s War is looking shakier by the day. In Lansing, it’s the almost invisible but now dead campaign of state Senate GOP Leader Aric … Continue reading Dead Ducks (Guest: Barbara McQuade) →

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Subscribe to our YouTube channel On our political radar this week… In the first days of Donald Trump’s Middle East War, he proclaimed that the only acceptable end was “unconditional surrender.” He didn’t specify WHO needed to surrender. This week, we got the answer. Iran wins permanent control of the straits of Hormuz, keeps its … Continue reading Unconditional Surrender →

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Subscribe to our YouTube channel On our political radar this week… A summer snowflake sighting in Wisconsin: Donald Trump stalked out of an NBC interview when his lies about election fraud were challenged by NBC’s Kristen Welker. While Trump was attacking mainstream media as “crooked”, his allies at CBS were proving they fit that description … Continue reading I Love the Inflation (Guest: MIRS Editor Kyle Melinn) →

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Subscribe to our YouTube channel On our political radar this week… Donald Trump says he’s getting bored with his war, doesn’t care about the mid-terms … but is laser focused on what matters: his reflecting pond renovation, diverting money from national parks for his D.C. cleanup, the Arc ‘d Trump, taking over DC golf courses, … Continue reading War Is Boring. Swimming Pools Are Fun! →