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This week on “”A Republic, If You Can Keep It”
- Thousands demonstrate against Trump’s destruction of the government and economy. Is this a replay of the movements that brought Civil Rights laws in the 1960’s, the end of the VietNam war in the 1970s, and the birth of the GOP rightward leap via the Tea Party in the 2009 and the women’s movement of the 2010s?
- Governor Whitmer has reinforced talk of a 2028 presidential run with a high-profile speech in Washington this week … paired with a one-on-one meeting with Donald Trump. Was she measuring the curtains in the Oval Office?
- Penguins are breathing a sigh of relief as Trump blinks on his one-man demolition of the economy. But the slingshot economic tactics are a political threat to the reelection campaigns of Republicans nationwide and in Michigan – with the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee now targeting 3 Republican-held districts in our state.
- One of those Trump-backing Republicans, Congressman John James, says he’s running for Governor, meaning his 10th district congressional seat is a definite flip opportunity for Democrats. We’ll be joined by the latest Democratic candidate for that job, Macomb County assistance prosecuting attorney Christina Hines.
- Trump is weaponizing the once respected DOJ by ordering criminal investigations into two critics in the private sector: Chris Krebs and Miles Taylor.
- Online rumors fueled by Indivisible warn Trump may invoke the Insurrection Act to shut down protest rallies across the nation
- Mallory McMorrow’s media rollout for her Senate campaign goes national: multiple MSNBC appearance plus “The Daily Show”
- Larry Sabato’s initial House election projections show Democrats with a slight advantage, with 5 Michigan congressional districts in play
One of the most-watched congressional races in the nation next year will be centered in Macomb County and Michigan’s 10th district. With John James running for Governor, the swing district is a definite coin toss. Democrats will have a competition in the primary. Last month we talked with Alex Hawkins, the first announced candidate. Joining the race in the last week: Christina Hines. A graduate of the University of Michigan and Wayne State Law School, Hines ran for Macomb County Prosecutor in 2024 against sitting prosecutor Peter Lucido, with Lucido receiving 57% of the vote while Hines held 43%. Prior to that, she served as an assistant prosecuting attorney in Wayne County before heading up the Special Victims Unit in Washtenaw County.
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