This Week’s “Party on the Peninsulas” ✹ Chairperson Barnes: Republican government = Chaos ✹ Governor Jim Blanchard: The legacy of the “Mother of the ERA”, Congresswoman and Lt. Governor Martha Griffiths ✹ Trump’s Bogus Revenge Lawsuits In the News Michigan Politics and Policy Trump Threatens to Shut Down Government and Rip Away Michiganders’ Disaster Relief Funding   – Michigan Democratic Party Michigan Senate passes dozens of bills in 29-hour-long marathon session – Detroit News $$ New Medicaid benefit for some Michigan patients: Better food – Bridge Michigan Consumers Energy seeking a nearly 11% increase in residential gas bills – Bridge Michigan Nessel to Review, Contest Consumers Energy’s Latest Rate Hike Request – Attorney General Michigan Senate OKs hate crime, birth control access bills in marathon final push – Bridge Michigan Michigan lawmakers OK $247M in spending for 3 economic projects – Detroit News Trump Grifting Trump sues Des Moines Register, Gannett over Iowa election poll – Des Moines Register Des Moines Register Responds to Trump’s Deranged Lawsuit – The New Republic Trump’s Billionaire Cabinet Is Unprecedented  – Mother Jones Opinion | What if Trump Doesn’t Need to Keep Any of His Promises? – Frank Bruni/The New York Times $$ Pretending he[...]