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Michigan Policast for Monday, August 3, 2020
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- Segment one: Elections
- Segment two: Interesting primaries
- Segment three: John Austin on Michigan's economy, PUA, and Biden's plan
- Segment four: Governor William Milliken tribute
- Segment five: Polls
- Segment six: Political notes
- Transcript
- Comments
Elections
- Michigan Voter Information Center
- Want your absentee ballot to count, Michigan? It may be too late to mail it in
- Ensuring The Efficiency And Integrity Of America's Voter Rolls
- DEMOCRACY MVP initiative
- President Trump worries about voter fraud. Here’s the reality in Michigan.
- Benson implementing voter-approved elections improvements during pandemic – includes the list of actions we discuss in this section
- Michigan Ballot Drop Box Locations (pdf)
- Michigan absentee ballot requests skyrocket compared to 2016
- Michigan issues more than 1 million absentee ballots, sees surge in voter registration
- SOS – Benson implementing voter-approved elections improvements during pandemic
- Counting Michigan absentee ballots, election results could take days
- Coronavirus means long-time poll workers sit out 2020 elections
- Michigan to get its first-ever election security specialist as 2020 vote nears
- Michigan Secretary of State news update announcing Ashiya Brown as Election Security Specialist (p.25) (pdf)
Election workers are on the front lines of our democracy and in the midst of a pandemic, they are even more integral to the success of Election Day! Protect Michigan’s democracy, sign up today to be an election worker at https://t.co/q3jEtFNHEs #DemocracyMVP @MichSoS pic.twitter.com/NC1YJxbAJR
— Michigan Attorney General (@MIAttyGen) July 31, 2020
@MichSoS @JocelynBenson said citizens must also contribute to election security by guarding against the 'hacking of their minds' through the spreading of fear or propaganda. ~@freep @paulegan4 https://bit.ly/3k3KQbhClick To Tweet
Interesting primaries
- Rashida Tlaib and Brenda Jones prepare for rematch in Aug. 4 primary
- Pelosi endorses Rep. Tlaib in primary fight, moves to help members of the ‘Squad’ – The Washington Post
- Amash Retirement Opens Michigan Seat Democrats Plan to Target | Bloomberg Government
- Tlaib takes Sanders on tour of ‘corporate greed' in Detroit before rally
- Detroit Democrats unanimously censure lawmaker who credited Trump for COVID-19 recovery
- Lawmaker from Detroit sues Whitmer, fellow Democrats over censure after she met with President Trump
- Is this Michigan House seat held by a Trump-friendly Dem the next big pickup for progressives?
- Roxlyn Ogburn official campaign site
- He spent $10M of his own money running for governor in ‘18. So why does Shri Thanedar want to join the Legislature next year? ⋆ Michigan Advance
- Shri Thanedar spends $439K in Detroit state House primary, while Karen Whitsett fights revolt
- Brenda Jones official campaign site
- Activist's lawsuit aims to kill Jones' challenge of Tlaib
- Brenda Jones running for Congress again in challenge to Tlaib
- Shri Thanedar official campaign site
- Thanedar plots future political run in Detroit
- Al Williams official campaign site
- Rashida Tlaib official campaign site
- Hillary Scholten official campaign site
- Democrat Hillary Scholten outraises Republican rivals in West Michigan congressional race
- In race to replace Amash, Meijer may have edge but he's got competition
- Trump looms large in West Michigan race to replace presidential critic Amash
- Amash Retirement Opens Michigan Seat Democrats Plan to Target | Bloomberg Government
“Today, the 13th Congressional District voted unanimously to censure State Representative Karen Whitsett for actions and statements made during and prior to the COVID-19 crisis. Representative Karen Whitsett has chosen to drive a wedge between herself and the Democratic Party with the use of incendiary words to attack fellow Democratic leadership in Michigan, while publicly supporting the Operation Gridlock protest. She continues to refuse to meet electronically with local precinct delegates and party members. Maybe she would be better served, if she considered the suggestion made by President Trump to join the Republican Party.” ~Source
I'm proud to have @RashidaTlaib‘s endorsement. Earlier today #TeamRoslyn canvassed with Rep. Tlaib.
Join our movement for change! Volunteer at https://t.co/MbSQvZF41E. We have phonebanks every Tuesdays & Thursday sign up today at https://t.co/gY39bceoku. https://t.co/rP1dOHnMfv pic.twitter.com/Ra3iVLfKaR
— Roslyn Ogburn (@Roslyn4StateRep) July 18, 2020
Peter Meijer and Lynn Afendoulis primary attack ads:
John Austin on Michigan's economy, PUA, and Biden's plan
- John Austin – LinkedIn
- Michigan Economic Center
- Unemployment benefits ending
- THE BIDEN PLAN TO INVEST IN MIDDLE-CLASS COMPETITIVENESS – Joe Biden for President
- Opinion | We need to rebuild our civic foundation: our education system
- John Austin – Brookings Institute
The end of #PUA is going to mean real hardship for families, which is unnecessary because we could have the money we need to keep everyone whole through this. ~ @John_C_Austin #COVID19 #UIAClick To Tweet“Citizens, parents, and leaders of both “red” and “blue” Michigan must call a truce. United, they can put pressure on the president and federal lawmakers to close the digital divide and make education work for everyone this fall.” Read: https://t.co/p9Vtut50vH via @BrookingsInst
— John Austin (@John_C_Austin) July 28, 2020
There aren't many places that have the ability to go from an idea or new discovery to manufacturing it and building it at scale. Michigan can do that. ~@john_c_austin Click To TweetAlready hitting hard the former industrial communities of #Midwest #GreatLakes where our regional universities are one catalyst for economic change and growth! https://t.co/fooCsg3j90
— John Austin (@John_C_Austin) August 1, 2020
Governor William Milliken tribute
- Memorial for Gov. William G. Milliken: Information for attendees | Interlochen Center for the Arts
- FLOW Launches “Helen & William G. Milliken Fund For Love of Water” – FLOW
- Listen online | Interlochen
- Flags lowered for Bill Milliken, Michigan's longest-serving governor
- State of Michigan – William G. Milliken Biography
- William G. Milliken, Michigan Governor in a Transformative Era, Dies at 97
Gov. William G. Milliken, the longest-serving and perhaps most beloved governor in the history of the state, will be remembered during a celebration of his life on Thursday, Aug. 6, at 2 p.m. in Kresge Auditorium at Interlochen Center for the Arts. ~Source
FLOW is deeply honored to announce that the Milliken bequest and memorial donations— along with future gifts invited at this time— will be pooled in the newly created Helen and William G. Milliken Fund For Love of Water. ~Source
“It is my greatest hope that this administration will be known for its compassion, its idealism, its candor, and its toughness in the pursuit of public ends.” ~Gov Milliken https://nyti.ms/3k4eJZ4 #MillikenTributeClick To Tweet 'I thought he was a prince of a person who really cared about the environment, women's issues, and the bottle deposit bill. There were so many things that he sponsored.' ~Ann Rogers of @NMEAC1 #MillikenTribute https://youtu.be/SH3ZUDmVymQClick To Tweet“Gov. Milliken was a true statesman who led our state with integrity and honor,” said Whitmer, who called Milliken a family friend. “He had a unique ability to bring people from both sides of the aisle together for the betterment of Michigan. We are a stronger, safer, more sustainable state because of his leadership and dedication to the people who call it home.” ~Source
Polls
- CNN / SSRS July 18-July 24 poll
- RealClearPolitics – Michigan: Trump v Biden
- RealClearPolitics – Michigan: Peters v helicopter James
- Michigan Threatens to Slip From Trump as He Goes Quiet on Airwaves
- Trump Campaign Pauses Advertising for Strategy Review
- Governors who took strict measures on coronavirus are seeing better political outcomes
- States of Play: Battleground & National Surveys on COVID-19, Vaccines, and Economic Relief
Michigan's @LtGovGilchrist on Trump's sending federal forces into Detroit: “President Trump is looking to insert violence in Detroit, not to reduce it, and it just speaks to how out of touch he is.” (fixed typo) pic.twitter.com/QvInKBYabR
— The Recount (@therecount) July 26, 2020
“The clearest reason why @realDonaldTrump is reeling in Michigan is because of his failed coronavirus response” said Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchristhttps://t.co/TuEfzZTEeZ
— Jennifer Granholm (@JenGranholm) July 29, 2020
Michiganders should be able to access quality & affordable health care, especially during a public health crisis. It’s past time for the Trump Administration to re-open the health care enrollment period.
We need to make sure Michiganders have coverage during this pandemic. pic.twitter.com/TbAlD3yqcW
— Senator Gary Peters (@SenGaryPeters) August 1, 2020
'@SenGaryPeters is leading in every survey taken this year, often by double digits.' ~@BooMan23 @monthly https://bit.ly/3i2CYou @GaryPeters @JohnJamesRevealClick To TweetTrump faces a trifecta of troubles in Michigan, according to political strategists and state polling: reduced support among less educated white voters in a contest against Biden compared with Hillary Clinton; motivated Black voters in the state’s urban centers; and suburban voters who continue to flee Trump’s divisive brand of politics.
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There are uniquely local factors hampering the president, too: Trump’s unprovoked and unfulfilled threat this spring to “hold up funding” to the state because election officials planned to send absentee ballot applications to voters, as well as his loud sparring with Michigan’s Democratic governor, Gretchen Whitmer, over her response to the coronavirus pandemic. Voters now consistently rate her performance on the issue positively and his unfavorably.
~Source
Political notes
- Opinion | One president pinned it. The other one nailed it. – The Washington Post
- Governors who took strict measures on coronavirus are seeing better political outcomes – The Washington Post
- Democrats Slam Republican Attacks on Health Care, Highlight Importance of Expanding Coverage
- Obama: Bull Connor May Be Gone, But We Witness Police Officers Kneeling On The Necks Of Black Americans
- Stanford University | Connor, Theophilus Eugene “Bull”
[Bull] Connor ordered firemen to use their hoses on protesters and onlookers, and as the demonstrators fled from the force of the hoses, Connor directed officers to pursue them with dogs. During the following days, television reports and newspapers across the country showed images of police and firemen using hoses, dogs, and batons to force demonstrators from downtown Birmingham. ~Source

There's no more appropriate way to honor the life and legacy of John Lewis than by fighting to expand the rights he almost died for. As @BarackObama said, let's keep marching. pic.twitter.com/xgUI7pAaMv
— Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) July 30, 2020
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