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MITTEN CONNECTION

Michigan Democrats continued to get their fair share of attention on the national stage as President-elect Joe Biden worked his way throu...

ANOTHER ROUND

Michigan Democratic Party Chair Lavora Barnes announced she’s going for another two-year term, which outgoing Oakland County party chair ...

THAT’S WHAT FRIENDS ARE FOR

In this isolated pandemic period, former Michigan GOP co-chair Jeff Sakwa (along with Ronna McDaniel, now national GOP chair) had an anecdot

SKY IS THE LIMIT

Michigan Rep. Mari Manoogian (D-Birmingham, Bloomfield Hills, Bloomfield Township, West Bloomfield) might be running for re-election to retu

OFF ENDANGERED LIST

You certainly wouldn’t know it based on the attack ads on TV, but according to Roll Call, the news site on all things Congress and White Hou

MONEY TALKING

Shout out for this one to the New York Times, where a newsroom of over 1,000 journalists allows time to do the extraordinary, including t...

BOGGED DOWN

It’s possible John James (R-Farmington Hills) was just trying to make a little noise when he put his foot in his mouth on Flashpoint, to ...

PINOCCHIO CHECK

Another of Slotkin’s potential Republican challengers, Paul Junge, of Brighton, appears to have a little problem with fact-checking. Jung...

FREEFALL

According to a new EPIC-MRA poll, through June 3, Michigan may no longer be in play for President Trump, as presumed Democratic nominee J...

PERISCOPE

In the never-ending game of forecasting the 2020 election, as the Democratic presidential candidates have narrowed, fallen out and coalesced

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MITTEN CONNECTION

SLOTKIN/BIDEN/PELOSI

REPUBLICAN DUAL

ANOTHER ROUND

COVID CURSE

NO DRAMA, NO DEBATE

MARCH OF THE LEMMINGS

CHUTZPAH

BEHIND THE CURTAIN

SYSTEM AT WORK

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