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What a week as things go from bad to worse for the Martyr of Mar-a-Lago:
- History will be made this week as the first-ever criminal trial of a former President gets underway
- Trump announces his “whatever” wishy-washy abortion policy during a total eclipse, only to have an Arizona court ruling shove his weasle-words into a harsh spotlight.
- A federal court has rejected Republican efforts to overturn Michigan’s voter approved election reform laws
- The Republican National Committee is fundraising with a robocall that repeats the Big Lie – no surprise from the Lara Trump-run subsidiary of the Trump Companies
- Trump, at Fund-Raiser, Says He Wants Immigrants From ‘Nice’ Countries – The New York Times (he forgot to include Slovenia on his list)
- The House Majority PAC has announced $186-million in advertising buys, with a huge chunk of that focused on 3 races in Michigan
- A new Biden administration rule will close the gun show loophole, increasing background checks.
- Still more student loans are forgiven through Presidential action
- ‘On life support’: Senate Republicans are prepared to sink the child tax credit bill
Michigan Democrats are serious about restoring the party’s standing in rural Michigan. Jeff and I areMark were at the party’s annual Rural Caucus Summit. They are joined on the podcast by Rural Caucus chairperson Mark Ludwig. Mark was born and raised in Michigan. His youth was spent assisting his father during the early days of the environmental movement, studying Great Lakes water birds affected by industrial pollution. He settled in Allegan County, founding a small beef farm in Clyde Township in 2005 with his wife Kim. Mark served on the Fennville Public School Board, Clyde Township Planning Commission and currently serves on the Allegan Conservation District Board of Directors. Mark graduated from Michigan State with a degree in Environmental Issues and has a Short Course Degree from UW Madison in Grass Based Dairy.
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