This Week’s “Party on the Peninsulas” ✹ Chairperson Hertel     Contest Every Race ✹ Representatives Erin Byrnes, Julie Brixie and Jason Morgan    Exposing Dark Money in Politics In the News Michigan Politics and Policy Michigan Sets New Record for Food, Ag and Forestry Exports – Michigan Department of Agriculture House Dems Re-Introduce Government Transparency Bills – House Democrats Voters Agree K-12 Education Is Off Track, Oppose Eliminating the Department of Education – Data for Progress Lawmaker targeting voter fraud ran in different precinct than wife – Detroit News Mitchell Poll: Gubernatorial race – MIRS People Are “Terrified.” Mallory McMorrow Has a Democratic Blueprint for Hope – Vanity Fair The list: The 26 House Dems the NRCC is targeting – Punchbowl News DCCC announces 26 vulnerable members for Frontline program in 2026 – Roll Call How Elissa Slotkin, a Moderate Michigan Democrat, Is Fighting Trump Tooth and Nail – Vanity Fair Trump/Musk’s Assault on Government and the Constitution Trump Goes to DOJ for Bonkers Rant Berating his ‘Illegal’ Media Enemies – The Daily Beast Memo details Trump plan to sabotage the Social Security Administration – Judd Legum/Popular Information Substack Musk group offers $100 to Wisconsin voters ahead of pivotal[...]