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A long-time Trump acolyte, Republican Aric Nesbitt has an established history in the House and Senate as a member of the anti-abortion faction and a lawmaker who has not voted in support of adding discrimination protection for members of the LGBTQ+ community. He was among five Republicans voting against the most recent state budget. And, to call into question the supposed kumbaya of the “united” party, Nesbitt is now pushing to rename the state government Elliott-Larsen buil


RETURN OF ROCKY
With Congressman John James giving up his 10th district seat (Rochester, Rochester Hills and most of southern Macomb County) to make a run governor, the rumor mill keeps spinning out possible contenders for 2026. Occasionally we hear mention of former Oakland County Republican chair Rocky Raczkowski as one still looking at getting into this contest, depending on what Bloomfield-area Republican Kevin Rinke , of Rinke Automotive fame, decides on either to run for governor o


BAD NEWS FOR ROGERS
Considerable energy was expended behind the scenes locally and in D.C. earlier this year to make sure that Mike Rogers (R-White Lake) had no primary opposition in the U.S. Senate race next year. That effort included basically strong-arming west Michigan Republican congressman Bill Huizenga not to enter the race, and potential donors not to lend any support, to the disappointment of some party members. Now comes Genevieve Peters Scott of Royal Oak who has announced, once agai


KARMA
Props to the folks at the Detroit Metro Times ( metrotimes.com ) and journalist Steven Neavling for an expose’ on October 7 about Oakland County state Representative Josh Schriver (R-Oxford), noted hard-right Christian Nationalist, who supposedly had years ago an account with a porn website. The information about the alleged porn website membership of Schriver was revealed in a data breach involving the porn site. According to the Metro Times story, “The leaked informat


OOPS, CAMPAIGN STUMBLES
We wish we could say politicians never make an error or put their foot in their mouths, but then we’d probably have to change the...


ETHICAL MISSTEPS
Congressman John (what am I running for now) James (R-Rochester, Rochester Hills, Shelby Township, most of southern Macomb County) has...


TIME OF RECKONING
With only 11 months remaining before the 2026 primary election, we can assume that the likely list for party candidates will firm up...
UNDER SIEGE
Democrats are not pleased to have lost Michigan’s 7th Congressional District last election cycle, after former Congresswoman Elissa...


MONICA WHO?
The race for Republican candidate for Secretary of State has a new candidate, with Monica Yatooma of Commerce Township announcing in...


NEW FACE
Look for state Rep. Jason Hoskins (D-Southfield, Lathrup Village, Farmington, Farmington Hills) to announce that he will run for the...
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