Welcome to version 2.0 of our podcast: “Party on the Peninsulas with Curtis Hertel”! This Week’s “Party on the Peninsulas” ✹ Chairperson Hertel  Dangerous GOP Budget Games in Lansing ✹ Representative Jason Morgan Protecting marriage equality ✹ Senator Elissa Slotkin Full video: where Trump got it wrong In the News Elissa Slotkin Trolls Donald Trump From First Line of Democratic Rebuttal Speech – The Daily Beast Michigan Politics and Policy Gary Peters: Trump’s Latest Tariffs Are Bad for Michigan – Wall Street Journal Trump Tariffs Set to Send Car Prices Soaring Up to $12,000 Higher – The Daily Beast Tariffs: Trump’s trade wars threaten US auto industry – AP News VIDEO: AG Nessel Files Suit Against Trump, Federal Agencies to Stop Mass Firings 318,000 inactive voter registrations to be removed in Michigan – Detroit News Morgan Introduces House Joint Resolution to Repeal Michigan’s Same-Sex Marriage Ban – Representative Jason Morgan Far-right campaign to overturn gay marriage ruling hits statehouses – The Washington Post Dozens fired from Michigan veteran care facilities as Trump cuts continue – Bridge Michigan Trump cuts hit Forest Service in Michigan; critics fear ‘catastrophic’ loss – Bridge Michigan Republican lawmakers hold telephone town halls as protesters demand[...]