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On this week’s agenda —
- Donald Trump’s strategy of avoiding prison by returning to the White House works – as special counsel Jack Smith drops the federal charges, and the sentencing for his 34-count New York conviction gets delayed.
- Trump refuses to allow FBI vetting of his top appointments, the first time that’s happened since Watergate.
- Trump’s latest potential lawsuit: claims from Gibson Guitars that his latest grift, selling guitars, violates their trademarks for the iconic Les Paul guitar … which means here’s your first-ever link to Guitar World.
- Trump’s proposed tariffs pose a huge threat to Michigan’s economy on three fronts: automobile production that links the U.S. with both Canada and Mexico; disrupting trade with our neighbors to the north; and threatening agricultural exports to China
- Whooping cough cases are surging nationally and in Michigan, the inevitable result of the anti-vaccine movement
- Democrats gear up for their last month of control in the Legislature. We are joined by Senate Majority Leader Winnie Brinks about the agenda.
Winnie Brinks is the first woman to serve as Senate Majority Leader, as well as being the first woman to represent Grand Rapids in the Michigan Senate since Eva McCall Hamilton was elected in 1920.
She cares deeply about clean drinking water in Michigan and has worked tirelessly on efforts to reduce the prevalence of toxic PFAS chemicals in it. In addition to accessible, clean water, her policy passions include improving equity in maternal health care, reproductive rights, reducing prescription drug costs, and helping uplift local communities and organizations.
Before being elected to the state House, where she served three terms, Brinks was a caseworker at The Source, helping businesses and nonprofits improve workplaces and retain employees. She also worked as the director of a community-based corrections agency and as a school paraprofessional.
Brinks is a graduate of Calvin College, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in Spanish with a concentration in sociology. She and her husband Steve, a Spanish teacher, live in Grand Rapids and are the parents of three daughters, Olivia, Annalise and Emma.
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