This Week’s “Party on the Peninsulas” ✹ Trump’s “Mandate” Isn’t What He Thinks It It ✹ Representative Julie Brixie: Gun Safety on Election Day, and “Dark Stores” ✹ Chairperson Barnes: Mandating Religious Studies in Public Schools In the News Michigan Politics and Policy House Dems Pass Firearm Safety Legislation – housedems.com Tax loophole leads to revenue shortage – WLNS TV Dems eye cash bail, ‘second look’ criminal justice reforms in Michigan lame-duck – Bridge Michigan With McDonald Rivet heading to Congress, who will fill her open Michigan Senate seat? – Michigan Advance McDonald Rivet congressional win leaves Michigan state Senate seat vacant – The Michigan Independent Democrat Bahar-Cook appears to win second MSU board seat – Lansing State Journal Michigan Senate Loser Is Out of the Running to Be FBI Director – The Daily Beast Michigan ER doctor outlines how a second Trump term could affect reproductive rights – The Michigan Independent Michigan women who broke political barriers say White House is next – Detroit Free Press $$ Slotkin: A vote for Trump doesn’t mean someone isn’t ‘a worthy person’ – Detroit Free Press $$ Some Arab Americans who voted for Donald Trump growing concerned by his picks – Bridge[...]