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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Debate – or Food Fight? (Guest: Representative Betsy Coffia)

July 13, 2026 • 29 mins
This Week… What Michigan’s 2026 candidates revealed during a week of debates | Detroit Free Press Bipartisan Housing Bill Becomes Law Even Though Trump Refuses to Sign It | The New York Times In the News Michigan Politics and Policy Whitmer vetoes 9 bills at center of Michigan Legislature spat | Detroit Free Press Michigan lawmakers propose crackdown on loud cars, modified exhaust | Detroit Free Press How to spoil an a...
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$2.2 Billion…So Far (Guest: State House candidate Alex Hawkins)

July 7, 2026 • 25 mins
This Week… Kleptocracy Is Trump’s Most Lucrative Business Venture The New Republic In the News Michigan Politics and Policy Michigan lawmakers pass $84B budget, 67 bills in marathon session | Bridge Michigan There Are Very Few Socialists in America | Paul Krugman Substack How the Tide Turned Against Transgender Athletes—and the Movement | Wall Street Journal Voters Support a Data Center Moratorium | Data for Prog...
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Mike Rogers Just Doesn’t Get It (Guest: Representative Joey Andrews)

July 2, 2026 • 33 mins
This Week… Michigan lawmakers propose data center guardrails Detroit Free Press Voters Support a Data Center Moratorium Data for Progress Data Center Database The ‘Gander New Independent Analysis Outlines Roadmap for Responsible Data Center Development in Michigan Detroit Regional Chamber In the News Michigan Politics and Policy Mike Rogers tries to rewrite Michigan’s autoworker history with false claim | Detroit...
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Hope is Not a Choice (Guests: Senator Jeremy Moss, 58th District Nominee Katrina Manetta)

June 22, 2026 • 39 mins
This Week… Senate Democrats Take Steps to Protect Michigan Voters, Pass Michigan Voting Rights Act Senate Democrats Continue Affordability Push With Bills to Crack Down on Price Gouging Star-studded opening for Obama library in Chicago delivers implied rebuke to Trump The Guardian Obama opens his center with a warning about America’s future POLITICO In the News Michigan Politics and Policy Slotkin Leads Purple State Se...
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Energy Inflation (Guests: Representative Erin Byrnes)

June 15, 2026 • 21 mins
This Week… Consumers Energy to seek $456M electric rate hike Detroit Free Press Michigan House Democrats new legislation aimed at utility affordability and ratepayer protection Price Hike Mike website turns Rogers’ own words against him Detroit Metro Times In the News Michigan Politics and Policy Comment Ascribed To Whitmer In Viral Data Center Video Disputed | MIRS News PriceHikeMike | Michigan Democratic Party As ene...
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No Distractions: It’s The Economy, Donald! (Guest: Jesse Lee, Climate Power Michigan)

June 8, 2026 • 25 mins
This Week… Trump Announces $700 Million Taxpayer Dollars for Coal Slush Fund | Public Citizen Opinion: Trump’s coal initiative smacks of central planning The Washington Post Federal Pause Of Renewable Energy Grants Could ‘Financially Ruin’ MI Farmers MIRS News In the News Michigan Politics and Policy Attorney General Memorandum: Election Statutes, Enforcement Trump administration investigating potential non...
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Priorities for 2026 and Beyond

June 1, 2026 • 35 mins
This Week… Gov. Whitmer Delivers Final Keynote Address at Mackinac Policy Conference on Collaboration and Choosing Michigan Executive Office of the Governor Mackinac Policy Conference updates: Michigan universities, Chinese cars Detroit News In the News Michigan Politics and Policy No Duggan = Gov. Benson in partisan repeat | Kyle Melinn/Lansing City Pulse Mike Rogers Said He Loved DOGE After Michigan Families Were Hurt By F...
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Duggan: Out! (Guest: Representative Penelope Tsernoglou)

May 25, 2026 • 24 mins
This Week… Tsernoglou Removed From Committees, In Hot Water With GOP MIRS News Tsernoglou ‘Done Asking’ Hall For Vote On Epstein-Interlochen Committee MIRS News In the News Michigan Politics and Policy OPINION: Mike Duggan’s Michigan independent governor bid was a non-starter | Nancy Kaffer/Detroit Free Press OPINION: The GOP owns Trump’s inflation, debt and war machine | Former Michigan GOP Chair Rus...
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Duggan’s Very Bad Week (Guest: Representative Donavan McKinney)

May 18, 2026 • 26 mins
This Week… Clean energy saved Michiganders money—now it’s on the GOP chopping block The ‘Gander In the News Michigan Politics and Policy Governor, US Senate Poll, May 2026 | Glengariff Group Senate/Gubernatorial Poll | Mitchell Research (May 1-7) Mike Rogers campaign keeps pastor tied to church scandal | Midland Daily News VIDEO: Huizenga votes for Medicaid cuts, Billionaire Tax Breaks Barrett backed bill c...
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Landslide! (Guest: Senator-elect Chedrick Greene)

May 11, 2026 • 22 mins
This Week… Republicans saw Michigan as ripe for a takeover. The mood is shifting | AP News Supreme Court voids majority Black congressional district in Louisiana | AP News Samuel Alito’s Voting Rights Act ruling cited misleading data from DoJ | The Guardian With the VRA gutted, the GOP could target over a dozen Black and Latino House districts | The Downballot The Truth About ‘No Tax On Social Security’ | F...
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