Indivisible Michigan

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Michigan politics, sometimes spicy, served up by a corps of dedicated Michiganders.

Americans: We’d like to afford basic necessities, keep vital programs, and not lose our retirement savings. Trump: Best I can do is a car commercial for the richest man on Earth.

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holy shit -- Trump was reading from a literal Tesla sales pitch, complete with pricing, during his White House event with Elon Musk. (Andrew Harnik/Getty)

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Nearly 3 million Michiganders rely on Medicaid for their healthcare. Donald Trump wants to rip that coverage away from them to pay for a $4.5 trillion tax cut for billionaires. And every single Michigan Republican in Congress just voted for that plan.

Michigan Republicans back budget plan that puts Medicaid on the chopping block

House Republicans passed a budget plan that could slash nearly $880 billion from health care programs—including one that provides health care for nearly 3 million Michiganders.

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This is the question we must all answer for ourselves. But if we cede democracy out of fear of Trump, things will not get better just because we cave. Freedom is worth the hard work it’s going to take.

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“You know why Trump arrested Khalil first? Precisely because he’s not the most sympathetic figure. His views are bigoted and extreme. I certainly don’t want to be in the business of defending him. But that’s the thing about freedom: You have to defend it for everyone, or it applies to no one.”

A Tale of Two Bigots

The stories of Marko Elez, Mahmoud Khalil, and the Camp Auschwitz guy show what the right means when it talks about “free speech.”

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It's almost as if a gibbering degenerate President with zero understanding of markets or respect for the rule of law who is engaged in moronic tariff wars and a wholesale betrayal of our alliances is bad for the market. Strange how that happens.

Only in America could a Ketamine-infused South African oligarch call a navy captain, astronaut and sitting US senator "a traitor" for supporting our allies and standing up to Russia...

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