This Week’s “Party on the Peninsulas” ✹ Chairperson Barnes: Economics fact and (Trump) fiction ✹ Representative John Fitzgerald on battling sextortion ✹ This week’s Trump/GOP Outrage: Republicans refusing to condemn North Carolina gubernatorial candidate Mark Robinson In the News Michigan Politics VIDEO – Chair Lavora Barnes on MSNBC’s “The Weekend” – MSNBC Whitmer to Andy Cohen: ‘I was your most fun friend from high school’ – Freep Top Michigan Republican already warns of a stolen election – Detroit News Democrats won complete power in Michigan. Republicans are trying to take it away. – POLITICO ‘A false sense of comfort’: Michigan Dems fight to keep voters’ attention on abortion – POLITICO Detroit chamber won’t endorse Rogers or Slotkin in U.S. Senate contest – Detroit News Ben Carson says ‘we may have to’ die to protect right-wing America at MSU visit – The State News Michigan GOP walks fine line on absentee voting, as Trump sends mixed messages – Bridge Michigan Michigan Policy Biden urges ban on Chinese cars from US roads – Detroit Free Press Lawmakers OK bills making Michigan caregivers public employees to ease unionization – Detroit News Deep in Michigan’s car country, switch to EVs fuels anxieties before election[...]