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Michigan Policast for Monday, June 3, 2019
Segment One: Mackinac Policy Conference
'Every man woman and child would have to smoke about $2,500 of marijuana a year to fix our roads. And let's' be honest, at that level, nobody is going to care about the damn roads.' ~@GovWhitmer #FTDR #MPC19 #migovClick To Tweet- Fact-checking Gov. Whitmer's fuzzy marijuana math to fix the roads
- Whitmer signs auto insurance reform law at Mackinac Policy Conference
- A link to keep — 50 NAMES TO KNOW IN GOVERNMENT – Top government officials in prominent public-facing and behind-the-scenes roles at the Capitol, in the governor's office, state departments, county governments and Detroit City Hall. Great work by @chadlivengood and @crainsdetroit
- Gov. Whitmer’s Take on Mackinac Policy Conference ’19
- Michigan Senate Majority Leader Predicts ‘Serious Voters Remorse' Over Legalized Pot
- AP Interview: Nessel blasts GOP-proposed cuts to her budget
- Shirkey pushes ‘22 ballot initiative terminating term limits
- TERM LIMITS: THE BEST OF INTENTIONS GONE AWRY – Amy Kerr Hardin on how term limits have done more harm than good
- Gov. Gretchen Whitmer makes another push for 45-cent gas tax hike
Whitmer graphic on road funding alternatives at #MPC19 pic.twitter.com/L1sMc5EZSl
— Jonathan Oosting (@jonathanoosting) May 30, 2019
Segment Two: Impeachment and the Michigan Congressional Delegation
- Most Michigan Democratic reps not ready for impeachment — for now
- Justin Amash May 23 Twitter thread on Mueller's report in Thread Reader
- Justin Amash May 28 Twitter thread on Barr's false narrative around the Mueller Report in Thread Reader
- REPUBLICAN REP. JUSTIN AMASH DEFENDS CALLING FOR TRUMP'S IMPEACHMENT: I SWORE AN OATH TO ‘DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION'
“There are people who are still reviewing [the Mueller report],” he said. “I've had people who, after I made my tweets said, ‘Boy, they'd better review it more carefully now and they hadn't really gone through it before.'” ~Justin Amash, CNN interview [referenced in Newsweek]
- Impeachment 101: How could Congress remove President Trump from office?
- Full List: Who Supports an Impeachment Inquiry Against Trump? – A list of Congressional Representatives and where they stand on impeachment, kept current by The New York Times
'If you continue to raise the bar on #impeachment, you're going to lower the bar on Presidential lawlessness. That's the problem.' ~Jon Meacham on Meet the PressClick To Tweet
“It's our job, our duty, and responsibility. Just like the Watergate class when they came in, they didn't run away from their responsibility and their duty.”@RashidaTlaib on impeachment. #Hardball pic.twitter.com/2w9pMivki2
— Hardball (@hardball) May 29, 2019
Segment Three: Enbridge Line 5
- Nessel vows to move on shutting down Enbridge's Line 5 pipeline in 30 days – Includes audio interview with AG Dana Nessel
- Michigan AG talks Line 5, church investigation, abortion – Video interview with the AG
- What I overheard in a Mackinac Island Grand Hotel hallway
“Enbridge maintains that its Line 5 pipeline is safe, and given its druthers would probably prefer to keep the aging pipeline in place.” ~ Nancy Kaffer, Detroit Free Press
Interview: Craig Mauger on the investigation into the dirty politics behind lame duck SB1244
In a rare move, dozens of behind-the-scenes state environmental regulators sent a letter to @onetoughnerd to veto the #LameDuck pollution bill @CraigDMauger @MichiganCFN @SenateGOP @mi_republicans @SchuetteonDuty #PureMichiganClick To Tweet- Senate Bill 1244 (2018)
- Lansing shouldn't let polluters commandeer state's pollution standards
- A toxicologist warns of a lame-duck legislative effort to change toxic cleanup criteria in Michigan
- Gov. Snyder signs Michigan lame-duck bills opposed by environmentalists
- Michigan LCV: SB 1244 would hinder PFAS safety standards
- Bill would limit science Michigan uses to regulate toxic cleanups
- Michigan lobbyist for polluter wrote law easing toxic cleanups, emails show
- EPA orders river excavation near polluted Wolverine tannery
More media:
Grateful to have the visionary leadership of @staceyabrams at the Mackinac Policy Conference today. #MPC19 pic.twitter.com/yEdfmpvbOs
— Governor Gretchen Whitmer (@GovWhitmer) May 29, 2019