Party on the Peninsulas with Curtis Hertel Jr.

Party on the Peninsulas with Curtis Hertel Jr.

Official podcast of the Michigan Democratic Party

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May 4, 2025 29 mins
This Week’s “Party on the Peninsulas” ✹ Chairperson Hertel Trump Betrays Michigan Workers ✹ State House Democrats The Do-Nothing State House In the News VIDEO: Community Members Slam Trump Policies – CBS News/Detroit VIDEO – Sen. Elissa Slotkin – Alpha Energy, Tuning In & Responsible vs. Reckless Change – The Daily Show VIDEO – Gretchen Whitmer on Balancing Donald Trump, Tariffs and a Constitutional Crisis – Pod Save America VIDEO ...
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This Week’s “Party on the Peninsulas” ✹ Chairperson Hertel Trump’s Politicized DOJ Attack on ActBlue ✹ Dr. Abdul El-Sayed U.S. Senate Candidate In the News Nessel vs. Trump et. al.: Federal Actions Tracker – Attorney General’s Office Trump orders Justice to investigate Democratic fundraising platform – AP News Trump Plans to Direct DOJ to Investigate ActBlue, a Democratic Fundraising Platform – Wall Street Journal Michigan Politics...
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This Week’s “Party on the Peninsulas” ✹ Chairperson Hertel Trump’s Tariffs Punish Michigan Farmers, Michigan Tourism ✹ Representative Phil Skaggs Our Universities Join the Resistance In the News Cognitive Decline? Trump Goes on Bizarre Rant About His Enemies The New Republic Egg Prices Continued to Rise in March The New York Times Michigan Politics and Policy MSU faculty join call for Big Ten ‘mutual defense compact’ against Trump ...
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This Week’s “Party on the Peninsulas” ✹ Chairperson Hertel Trump’s one-person Economic Meltdown The non-citizens-are-voting myth Reaching out to rural Michigan ✹ Senator Mallory McMorrow Candidate for United States Senate In the News We Are All Living in George Orwell’s World Now – The New York Times Michigan Politics and Policy Non-citizens voting in Michigan: 0.00028% of the total vote – Michigan Secretary of State Peters blasts ...
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This Week’s “Party on the Peninsulas” ✹ Chairperson Hertel     The Macomb County Town Hall: Frustration, Anger, John James MIA ✹ Representative Matt Koleszar    The Inane House Elections Integrity Committee In the News Trump says he ‘couldn’t care less’ if auto prices rise because of his tariffs – The Washington Post Michigan Politics and Policy Wooden, Koleszar Denounce Republican Weaponization of House Elections Integrity Committ...
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This Week’s “Party on the Peninsulas” ✹ Chairperson Hertel     Contest Every Race ✹ Representatives Erin Byrnes, Julie Brixie and Jason Morgan    Exposing Dark Money in Politics In the News Michigan Politics and Policy Michigan Sets New Record for Food, Ag and Forestry Exports – Michigan Department of Agriculture House Dems Re-Introduce Government Transparency Bills – House Democrats Voters Agree K-12 Education Is Off Track, Oppose...
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This Week’s “Party on the Peninsulas” ✹ Chairperson Hertel  Republicans Hide from the Voters ✹ Representative Penelope Tsernoglou Another GOP Voter-Suppression Proposal In the News Republicans in Hiding Town hall takes place without Bergman – Escanaba Daily Press Protesters again demand in-person town hall from Rep. Huizenga – Fox 17 Grand Rapids Barrett stays silent as pressure mounts for a town hall – Lansing City Pulse More than...
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Welcome to version 2.0 of our podcast: “Party on the Peninsulas with Curtis Hertel”! This Week’s “Party on the Peninsulas” ✹ Chairperson Hertel  Dangerous GOP Budget Games in Lansing ✹ Representative Jason Morgan Protecting marriage equality ✹ Senator Elissa Slotkin Full video: where Trump got it wrong In the News Elissa Slotkin Trolls Donald Trump From First Line of Democratic Rebuttal Speech – The Daily Beast Michigan Politics an...
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March 2, 2025 51 mins
Governor Whitmer delivered her 7th annual update on Michigan’s progress and needs this last week. We have extended highlights of her presentation. But there’s also important work from the 2024 session hanging over Lansing: the refusal, to date, of newly elected Republican Speaker Matt Hall to send 9 bills enacted by the Legislature to the Governor for signing or vetoing. The state Senate has taken the unusual step of suing the stat...
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This Week’s “Party on the Peninsulas” ✹ Chairperson Barnes      — Trump puts the nation and world at risk — Moving on… ✹ Lt. Governor Garland Gilchrist — Danger: Musk takeover of federal computer systems Chairperson Curtis Hertel Jr.      — Building on Lavora Barne’s Six Years of Success In the News Hertel to lead Michigan Democratic Party into pivotal 2026 elections – Detroit News Trump Friends-and-Family Corruption One-third of T...
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