Marcy Wheeler on Twitter: @EmptyWheel Marcy Wheeler at EmptyWheel.net: Someone has already been charged for most of the actions the Steele dossier attributes to Michael Cohen Marcy Wheeler at EmptyWheel.net: The dossier is not the measure of the Trump-Russia conspiracy Kathleen Gray at The Detroit Free Press: Snyder tackles most controversial lame-duck bills passed by lawmakers Kathleen Gray at The […]

Ari Berman on Twitter: @AriBerman Ari Berman’s book: Give Us the Ballot: The Modern Struggle for Voting Rights in America is available HERE. John Sarbanes’ House Resolution 975: The By the People Resolution. Darryl Fears, Juliet Eilperin, and Josh Dawsey at The Washington Post: Zinke was a rising star in Washington. Then he joined the Trump administration. Michael Hiltzik at […]

Elissa Slotkin on Twitter: @ElissaSlotkin. Tracy Samilton at Michigan Radio: Slotkin leading effort to change U.S. House from within Melissa Nann Burke at The Detroit News: Slotkin leads freshmen Democrats in asking Pelosi for greater voice Alana Abramson at Time: 16 Democrats Sign Letter Against Nancy Pelosi as Speaker. Kristin Lam at USA Today: After losing court battle, DeVos to […]

Susan Demas on Twitter: @SJDemas. Michigan Advance website: MichiganAdvance.com Michigan Advance on Twitter: @MichiganAdvance Susan J. Demas at Michigan Advance: Whoa, there, little ladies. GOP men will show you who’s boss. Katherine Barrett & Richard Greene at Governing.com: Defying Predictions, Union Membership Isn’t Dropping Post-Janus Ronald Brownstein at CNN: The foundation of Trump’s coalition is cracking Jordan Zakarin on Twitter: […]

This podcast was recorded live on Friday, November 30th at the Corner Brewery in Ypsilanti. Our guests were attorney Mark Brewer, grassroots fundraiser extraordinaire Jordan Zakarin from Progressives Everywhere, and education advocate and educator Mitchell Robinson. We’d like to thank all of our sponsors and for all the people who came out to support us. Enjoy!

REMINDER: Our Eclectablog/GOTMFV Show fundraiser is Friday, November 30th at The Corner Brewery in Ypsilanti. Please join us and support the blog and pod. Sponsorships are ENCOURAGED! All the details are HERE. Rebecca Vallas on Twitter: @RebeccaVallas The Off Kilter Show on Twitter: @OffKilterShow MUST LISTEN episode of the Off Kilter Show (referenced heavily during the interview with Rebecca): Christopher […]

REMINDER: Our Eclectablog/GOTMFV Show fundraiser is Friday, November 30th at The Corner Brewery in Ypsilanti. Please join us and support the blog and pod. Sponsorships are ENCOURAGED! All the details are HERE. Osita Nwanevu at The New Yorker: Indivisible, an Early Anti-Trump Group, Plans for a Democratic Future Benjy Sarlin at NBC News: Key ‘resistance’ group plots how newly elected […]

[T]he three main factors of the election last week seem to be (1) Trump repulsing everyone but billionaires, temporarily embarrassed billionaires and white people who’ve never slept in a dorm, (2) historic turnout for a midterm fed by massive  organizing efforts like the Women’s March and Indivisible and (3) Democrats magnifying their reach by donating everywhere. The Cook Report’s Dave […]

One thing Jesus was clear about was how he felt about starving migrants—feed them. He was—as far as this fellow Jew can tell—far less clear about how he felt about the baking of gay wedding cakes. Yet I see no conservative Christians making a religious stand for migrants. So, let’s stop pretending these concerns are religious. It’s all about race […]

Powerful women. Legal weed. Fair electoral maps. Automatic Registration. Easy voting. If you live in Michigan, you have a chance to vote for almost everything Republicans despise on November 6. You’ve probably heard that Trump’s fluke success across the Big Ten states of Michigan, Iowa, Ohio, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania doesn’t seem fated to be repeated by Republicans. But we have […]

If voting didn’t matter, Republicans wouldn’t mind if your vote counted. The safest bet in the world is that Democrats will win the popular vote for the House on November 6 the way they have won the popular vote in the last 6 out of 7 presidential elections. But they could still easily lose the House majority. Republicans starting off […]