Left of Lansing Weekly Poll: What grade would you give Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer's second term?

$110 billion, 13 dead American servicemen, hundreds more wounded injured, blowing up an Iranian school, killing thousands of Iranians, inflation wiping-out working class wage gains, decimating farmers with high fertilizer costs… all for what again?

Since taking office, Tom Barrett hasn't held a single unscripted town hall open to the public. Yesterday, I did what he's afraid to do: I sat outside Barrett's office all day and talked with hundreds of voters about what they want to see from Washington DC.

Not @RepLisaMcClain all smiles with Facebook billionaire Mark Zuckerberg at Trump’s UFC spectacle outside the White House. No surprise there. McClain has repeatedly voted to hand wealthy oligarchs more tax cuts while working Michiganders struggle to afford basic necessities. She is not fighting the billionaire class. She is partying with them and "her husband" trades all their stocks.

Monday Musing: Why do establishment Democrats adopt MAGA talking points to attack progressives? Because both don’t want progressives winning! audioboom.com/posts/8916913-…

I'm sure Lisa McClain's constituents in Michigan's Thumb are pleased to know how she's made a 450% return on SpaceX stock while inflation is wiping-out any wage gains for the working class.

GM took Michigan tax dollars to build a UAW battery plant in Delta Township.  When they sold their stake to LG, the union jobs went with it. In Congress, I'll fight to make corporate bait-and-switches on taxpayer-funded jobs illegal.

My office is being Censored. I am not being allowed to call the Iran War a war. Donald Trump calls it a war. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth calls it a war. open.substack.com/pub/distil…

True.

We need Medicare for All, not just a public option. (with @AbdulElSayed)

That is exactly what he said. This free consulting you're doing for the NRSC is funny now, but if it helps cost your party the majority I suspect people will think of it differently in November.

Anyone who read the recent NYT piece on the Epstein coverup in the situation room feat. Kash Patel strategizing with the regime to coverup a massive pedo ring knows there is no trustworthy justice system in this country right now. They all belong in prison.

This has got to be the stupidest war in US history. Completely unprovoked, no imminent threat, and nothing to show for the effort other than higher gas prices and a strengthened IRGC. Remarkable stuff, really.

Not another bullet, bomb, or bulldozer to Israel.

If Israel wants to continue its war with Iran and Lebanon, what does that have to do with us? Why would it have anything to do with us reaching a peace deal with Iran?

Imagine being Jake, and arguing that, No, The Trump Regime does NOT target critics, or critics of Israel's genocidal government. Seems like a strange spot for Haley supporters to be. And imagine being Jake, and omitting where Dr. Abdul El-Sayed did condemn vandalism and violence.

They are busy going to college for free as they collectively enjoy healthcare as a human right. This is some bullshit right here 👇

If Israel is truly "sabotaging the deal" and Trump isn't lying and in on the Lebanon attacks then simply cut off the money and weapons to Israel immediately. Simple. That's how you prove you mean business, anything short of that is bullshit optics and kabuki theater.

Did you guys invite any of the queer Palestinians (Israel hasn’t already killed) to come over the concentration camp border to join the festivities in this “democracy?”

🟡🔵 Slowly at first, and now all at once, Michigan has become the central battleground in the country’s war over the U.S.-Israel relationship, as well as the public’s ability to debate it freely. Campuses nationwide erupted in 2024 over U.S. complicity in Israel’s ongoing genocide, with authorities rolling up encampments, disciplining students, and in some cases pursuing criminal charges. Michigan moved especially aggressively. After an Ann Arbor prosecutor declined to bring felony charges against protest organizers, state Attorney General Dana Nessel intervened. Now, after those cases ended in acquittals and dismissals, the federal government has stepped in, unveiling a sweeping felony indictment against eight pro-Palestinian advocates. The political backlash has been just as striking. Protesters mobilized against University of Michigan Regents who backed the crackdown. Jordan Acker, one of its fiercest advocates, was replaced by Lebanese American Amir Makled, who ran against the repression. Eli Savit, the prosecutor who refused to charge protesters, won the Democratic nomination for attorney general. In Michigan’s Senate race, despite millions spent by AIPAC and allied groups, Dr. Abdul El-Sayed has emerged as the Democratic frontrunner over Mallory McMorrow who has shied away from strongly criticizing Israel’s conduct and AIPAC-endorsed Haley Stevens, with the campaign centering on U.S. support for Israel. Across the board, Michigan voters are demanding a change in the relationship with Israel. State and federal leaders, meanwhile, are pulling every lever available to resist that democratic shift. Tom Perkins and Ryan Grim write about how “The Issue of Israel Is Ending Democracy In Michigan” for Drop Site. Link in reply. 🎥Video El-Sayed with @headintheoffice.

Haley, once again, sides with the Trump administration and can’t string two coherent sentences together. Leadership requires that you have moral clarity and can say words that make sense when put in order.