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Analysis and commentary on Michigan politics from former Democratic Party chair Mark Brewer and former Republican Party executive director Jeff Timmer.

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43:33

God Save Us From the King (Guest: Political scientist...

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2025/02/21

Trump isn’t even hiding it anymore. He is the self-proclaimed King of the United States and anyone who questions him will be banished to Gitmo. His Majesty and court jester Musk continue the flood of executive orders, most of them blatantly or borderline unconstitutional. We do a deep dive into the invasion of U.S. government computer systems by agents of America’s first convicted criminal President with MSU political scientist Matt Grossman.In Michigan, Attorney General Nessel has joined with

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48:48

Just Who Elected “Big Balls”? (Guests: Pollster...

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2025/02/14

Anne TelnaesEdward "Big Balls" Coristine, State Department Senior Adviser “Big Balls” is 19-year-old high school graduate Edward Coristine, who now works as a “senior adviser” in the State Department’s Bureau of Diplomatic Technology. That pretty much sums up President Elon Musk’s reign of terror running through the federal government, even as Trump’s Clown Cabinet gets virtually unanimous support from a spineless U.S. Senate. This week we talk with a veteran of federal departments that are being

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36:24

Who Needs Congress When You’ve Got Elon? (Guest:...

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2025/02/07

David Horsey - Seattle TimesThe Musk coup is moving forward with minimal signs of effective opposition. Congressional Republicans are rolling over complacently while the Musk teenage Ninjas storm federal offices, and Democrats do little other than scream. A lot of federal employees deemed insufficiently loyal to the Mar-a-Lago golf pro are being fired, laid off or encouraged to quit … meaning literally millions of hours of professional expertise will be lost, replaced by True Believers. In

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45:57

Blame It on Biden (Guest: MIRS Politics Guru Kyle...

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2025/01/30

Gary Varvel - CreatorsDonald Trump made a lot of campaign promises, big and small. Many of them are pure fantasy and destined to fail. Remember Trump’s 2016 promise to replace Obamacare with something “less expensive and better”? Or his regular proclamations of “Infrastructure Week”? He’d learned from earlier failures. With the price of eggs soaring despite his promise to immediate reduce grocery prices, including eggs, his latest Press Fantasy Writer (a.k.a. Press Secretary) laid the blame on

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35:33

Perpetual Festivus (Guest: House Democratic Leader...

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2025/01/25

Festivus is the make-believe holiday invented on the Seinfeld show. Festivus "creator" Frank Constanza proclaims that Festivus observances include the "airing of grievances" and "feats of strength." Donald Trump is doing both every day. Trump is also tens-of-billions of dollars wealthier, on paper at least, than he was a week ago thanks to the latest and biggest grift in presidential history: the Trump meme-coins.The top political story in Michigan this week: the first A-List Democratic candidate

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41:46

A Tale of Two Speeches

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2025/01/16

This week's podcast...The editors of the Washington Post (owned by Jeff Bezos) refused to run this cartoon by Pulitzer Prize winning cartoonist Ann Telnaes. She resigned. See her work now at www.anntelnaes.com For Donald Trump, this really is a Dickensian week: these are the best of times and the worst of times. Even as his second-chance administration falls into place, Trump officially became a convicted felon, and the case of his insurrection-related crimes is now a part of the public record

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44:41

Saint and Sinner (Guest: Emme Zanotti – Equality...

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2025/01/10

Mike Luckovich - Atlanta Journal ConstitutionThis week offers a stunningly sad contrast in America. We recorded on Thursday, just hours after the funeral of a good and humble man, President Jimmy Carter. The humanitarian from Plains was praised by a parade of family and friends, led by President Biden. In contrast (unless he gets a last-second reprieve from his puppets on the Supreme Court) our next President — a narcissist who can’t even spell “humble” — will be formally sentenced on 34 felony

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23:33

Return to Chaos

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2025/01/04

Sequels are all the rage for Hollywood, and the same is true in Washington D.C. We’re two weeks away from the official launch of the Trump-Musk administration and even before inauguration, chaos and lies return to D.C. The chaos: an intra-MAGA war over immigration, with co-president-elect Musk raging over the possible loss of the right to import lower-wage tech support for his companies whiles MAGAs fume. And we had a messy start to the legislative session as Mike Johnson wins underwhelming but

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40:39

President-Elect Elon Musk

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2024/12/20

Matt Davies - NY NewsdayThe two biggest stories in our opening list are Trump’s campaign of intimidating the media, which seems to be working … and the apparent ascension of the world’s richest man to the unelected position of Acting President-elect. Also as we recorded on Friday morning, we have: Congress in chaos as the Musk-Johnson budget bill dies a quick death, opening the door to Mike Johnson becoming the latest House Speaker to get ousted Tin-hat conspiracy theories fanning the

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32:50

Reverse Mortgages Are Next

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2024/12/13

Michael Ramirez:Las Vegas Review-JournalOn our agenda this week... The best is yet to come ... at least for newly anointed U.S. Ambassador to Greece, Kimberly Guilfoyle. The now-spurned former finance of Donald Trump Jr. is headed halfway around the world compliments of The Don, but only because "Ambassador to Mars" isn't a thing yet. And there's so much more: Gold sneakers, gold coins, leather-bound Bibles, digital junk collectibles, red hats, camo hats, crypto currency, and now cologne and

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52:13

Pentagon Happy Hour

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2024/12/06

On our agenda this week...Another Trump cabinet nominee is barely hanging on, with alleged sexual offender and alleged alcoholic Pete Hegseth on the ropes for Defense Secretary – ironically, on the 91st anniversary of the repeal of prohibition. Trump reportedly is talking to Meatball Ron De-Sanctimonious as his backup choice for DOD … possibly in a deal where the Florida Governor first names Lara Trump to fill out the term of Senator Marco Rubio. More criminals and Fox News personalities

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37:40

Pardon Me! (Guest: Senate Majority Leader Winnie Brinks)

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2024/11/27

Mike Luckovich - Atlanta Journal ConstitutionOn this week's agenda — Donald Trump’s strategy of avoiding prison by returning to the White House works - as special counsel Jack Smith drops the federal charges, and the sentencing for his 34-count New York conviction gets delayed. Trump refuses to allow FBI vetting of his top appointments, the first time that’s happened since Watergate. Trump’s latest potential lawsuit: claims from Gibson Guitars that his latest grift, selling guitars,

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41:35

The Clown-Car Cabinet

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2024/11/22

On our agenda this week —Matt Gaetz gives in to reality. The most disliked member of Congress’s nomination for Attorney General lasted less than a Scaramucci - just 8 days. Are accused sexual predators Pete Hegseth or RFK Junior the next victims of past allegations? Michael Ramirez/Las Vegas Review-Journal A growing list of Red states are working to turn public education into Christian education The GOP brings culture-war attacks on transgender Americans to congressional bathrooms The

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26:39

The WTF Cabinet

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2024/11/14

Let the crazy begin in earnest!Historian Doris Kearns Goodwin called Lincoln’s cabinet the “Team of Rivals”. Aretha Franklin’s classic could well be the title of a new book about the Trump team as Trump loads up his administration with mostly unqualified toadies. As of recording time, Matt Gaetz stands at the top of the mountain of WTF nominees with Pete Hegseth, Tulsi Gabbard, Kristi Noem, Mike Huckabee and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. hot on his heels. MAGAs in Florida are pushing Governor Ron

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28:54

It’s the Economy, Stupid … and lots more

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2024/11/08

That was the week that was...In the main event, the Prosecuting Attorney loses to the convicted criminal. On the national undercard: Republicans are winning on points, with the possibility of a full takeover in Washington depending on a dozen or so congressional races. Closer to home: Michigan provides a mixed message: Trump carries the state by 80,000 vote Elissa Slotkin shows how to buck the headwinds and moves to the U.S. Senate Democrats hold one hotly contested U.S. House seat but lose

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40:41

A Floating Island of Garbage (Guest: Pollster Bernie...

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2024/11/01

The Final ArgumentWe are recording on Halloween, going into the final weekend. There’s lots to unpack as candidates up and down the ballot make their final pitches…and we look forward to saying goodbye to endless text messages and breathless emails begging for money. Trump recreates a 1939 Nazi Rally at Madison Square Garden, while Kamala Harris attracts 75-thousand to the staging area of Trump’s 2021 unsuccessful insurrection. The race for the Michigan Senate is a nail-biter … as are three

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34:24

Dementia Donald’s Dance Party (Guest: Gen. General...

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2024/10/18

Dave Whamond, Canada, PoliticalCartoons.comOn our political radar this week: This week's guest: General William Enyart. Before his election to Congress, Enyart was Adjutant General of the Illinois National Guard. General Enyart served 43 years in the Air Force and National Guard. Donald Trump’s increasingly bizarre behavior peaked at a bizarre campaign town hall in which he only answered 4 questions and then spent 39 minutes playing D.J. and doing his Fred Astaire impression. Trump has

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31:16

I Wish I Owned a TV Station (Guest: Senator Chris Coons)

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2024/10/10

We're joined this week by Delaware Senator Chris Coons, chairman of the Senate Ethics Committee.This week in our battleground state... Michigan TV stations are raking in the cash with campaign spending well over $200-million, fueled by close races for President, U.S. Senate and congressional districts and control of the state legislature. The Harris campaign reports it has raised a staggering $1-billion in 7 weeks. Michigan is also getting massive personal attention from the national

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28:30

Make Them Riot

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2024/10/04

"Make Them Riot!"Some of the stories on our radar this week: Jack Smith’s blockbuster court filing on Defendant Trump’s criminality leading up to the January 6th insurrection includes revelations about the election night chaos at Detroit’s counting center The Trump campaign is all-in on lying in paid advertising as well as at his increasingly boring rallies Republicans for Harris officially launches with Mark Cuban one of the national leaders, and former GOP Congressman David Trott

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55:03

Nude Africa (Guest: Journalist David Cay Johnston)

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2024/09/26

Rick McKee, CagleCartoons.comThis week in our crazy, insane Trump-infested world -- Don Trump continues his magic touch in endorsements, hanging tough with North Carolina Black Nazi Mark Robinson even as the gubernatorial candidate’s campaign staff bails out. Robinson is the latest Trumper in a pantheon of bizarre losers that includes Dr. Oz, Herschel Walker and our very own Tudor Dixon and Matt DePerno. Trump has also found time to start up a couple more grifts to go with his digital ego

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