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Covers state government and politics in Michigan for @detroitnews . Email is cmauger @detroitnews .com.

Lansing, MI
Joined June 2010
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It's long been a mystery what then-President Donald Trump told the Republican members of the Wayne County Board of Canvassers on a phone call in November 2020. Thanks to sources and journalism, it's no longer a mystery.
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Quite an opening line to this statement from the Michigan Legislative Black Caucus:
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Exchange I just had with Michigan state Rep. Daire Rendon. Me: Is that a QAnon button on your shirt? Her: It’s a flag with a Q on it. Me: What does the Q reference? Her: The Q is the highest level of security in the federal government.
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MAJOR NEWS: Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel says this morning her office is "reopening our investigation" into the false slate of electors.
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Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer making her second term official a few moments ago.
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It's unclear how many auto workers attended Trump's speech. A person in the crowd with a "union members for Trump" sign acknowledged she wasn't a union member. A person with an "auto workers for Trump" sign said he wasn't an auto worker.
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Wow. The beginning of the City of Detroit's response to Sidney Powell's lawsuit in Michigan:
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NEWS: Michigan lawyer Stefanie Lambert, who's championed dubious claims of election fraud, was arrested on a bench warrant in Washington, D.C., on Monday. Story with reporting from @DNBethLeBlanc + @GrantSchwab :
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THE LATEST: A Michigan judge said in court on Wednesday that Stefanie Lambert, a lawyer who advanced false election fraud claims nationally, needs to turn herself in. The judge issued the bench warrant 6 days ago. It still hasn't been satisfied.
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I think this may be the longest line I’ve seen at a Michigan campaign event this fall:
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NEWS: In court just now, Kahla Crino of the Michigan Attorney General's office just referenced a "multi-state criminal conspiracy that was absolutely linked to the Trump campaign."
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BREAKING: Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel's office is seeking a special prosecutor to consider potential criminal charges against 9 individuals in a "conspiracy" to obtain and examine voting machines. Among the 9 is GOP AG candidate Matt DePerno.
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Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel says she believes there's "absolutely" enough evidence to bring criminal charges against Republicans who signed a certificate falsely claiming to be the state's presidential electors in December 2020.
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Then-President Donald Trump's campaign directly orchestrated the filing of a certificate, signed by 16 Michigan Republicans, that falsely claimed he won the state's 2020 election, according to internal campaign emails obtained by The Detroit News.
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Stefanie Lambert, the lawyer who is facing charges in Michigan for her alleged role in a conspiracy to improperly obtain voting machines, was scheduled to appear in court at 3 p.m. today. It's 3:48 p.m., and she's not here.
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A ceremonial switching of the robe for new Michigan Supreme Court Justice Kyra Bolden and departing Justice Bridget McCormack:
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A statement from Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Donald Trump’s visit today:
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NEWS: A day after Donald Trump touted a claim that "three illegal alien migrants" had been recently arrested in Michigan for "soliciting sex from children," the sheriff who ignited the viral story acknowledged Wednesday it was inaccurate.
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Republican Tudor Dixon's campaign for governor hasn't been running TV ads this fall. So the Gratiot County Republican Party apparently came up with its own. From the county party's Facebook page:
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Asked why her speech resonated with so many people, here's Sen. McMorrow's response: "There is a difference between politics and outright hate," she said. "And I think people are frustrated that elected officials haven’t done enough to call that out..."
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This news tonight shows how seriously Michigan's Attorney General's office has taken the false GOP presidential electors' certificate + could have repercussions throughout state politics.
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Michigan state Sen. Mallory McMorrow on MSNBC this morning: “We have to push back against hateful garbage.”
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The new Democratic majorities in the Michigan Legislature announce their first bills:
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I asked state Rep. Aaron Miller, a Republican who's not on the Oversight Committee, about what he thought of Giuliani's closing remarks. His response is in this story:
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Stefanie Lambert, who worked to overturn the 2020 presidential election, has 24 hours to turn herself in. She didn't appear for a court hearing in Oakland County over her failures to get fingerprinted. Judge Jeffery Matis issued a bench warrant.
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MAJOR: Renner says the group of false electors was told that lawmakers had the ability to accept the Republican electoral certificate over the Democratic certificate.
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James Renner says the false electors met at the Radisson hotel in downtown Lansing before walking to the Capitol on Dec. 14, 2020. They were invited by someone to return to the hotel for pizza and hot chocolate after going to the Capitol, he testifies.
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Prosecutor is now asking the judge for a bench warrant for Stefanie Lambert's arrest.
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Stefanie Lambert, the lawyer who is facing charges in Michigan for her alleged role in a conspiracy to improperly obtain voting machines, was scheduled to appear in court at 3 p.m. today. It's 3:48 p.m., and she's not here.
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Rudy Giuliani just discussed ballots he claims were illegally cast in Michigan (based on anecdotal affidavits with allegations that haven't been proven). Then, he said: "It changes the result of the election in Michigan, if you take out Wayne County."
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In this email to a Trump adviser, lawyer Kenneth Chesebro explains in plain terms his “objective.”
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Then-President Donald Trump's campaign directly orchestrated the filing of a certificate, signed by 16 Michigan Republicans, that falsely claimed he won the state's 2020 election, according to internal campaign emails obtained by The Detroit News.
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During Democratic Party presser, attorney Steven Liedel says at least 66 people who are "verifiably" dead had somehow signed Republican Perry Johnson's petitions to get on the ballot.
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“He is leading a lot of good people astray. He’s filling their heads with lies,” Tony Daunt, a GOP member of the Michigan Board of State Canvassers, on former President Trump.
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A physical altercation broke out at Saturday's Michigan GOP state committee meeting, bringing police and sending a person to the ER. "When you see me taking my glasses off, I’m ready to rock," one of the individuals involved in the fight told me today.
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Ronna McDaniel is reportedly getting a commentary job with NBC. Here’s our reporting from December about her involvement in a call to pressure the Wayne County canvassers not to sign the 2020 election certification:
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It's long been a mystery what then-President Donald Trump told the Republican members of the Wayne County Board of Canvassers on a phone call in November 2020. Thanks to sources and journalism, it's no longer a mystery.
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"People who are different are not the reason that our roads are in bad shape after decades of disinvestment or that health care costs are too high or that teachers are leaving the profession," Sen. Mallory McMorrow said on Tuesday.
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Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is about to sign firearm storage and background check bills into law here at Michigan State University.
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A photo, obtained through an open records request, shows 16 Michigan Republicans posing together on the day they signed a certificate falsely claiming Donald Trump won the state's election.
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Michigan Democrats say this morning they’ve taken majorities in both the state House and Senate.
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"Drag queens make everything better. Drag queens are fun," Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel says at a civil rights conference in Lansing while speaking out against what she describes as efforts to divide people. "A drag queen for every school," she adds.
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The Bureau of Elections found that 5 of the 10 Republican candidates for governor didn't turn in enough valid petition signatures to make the ballot. Craig, Johnson, Brandenburg, Markey + Brown.
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President Biden refers to Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer as the best governor in the country.
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“I refuse to enforce this draconian law,” AG Dana Nessel says of Michigan’s 1931 law banning abortion during interview on Meet the Press.
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MAJOR Michigan news here —->
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NEW: Michigan AG @DanaNessel on @Maddow says investigation into submission of a false slate of electors in the 2020 election was referred to federal prosecutors: "We think this is a matter that is best investigated and potentially prosecuted by the feds."
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The Police Officers Association of Michigan backed Donald Trump in 2016. The group is sticking with him in 2020:
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Judge Jeffery Matis says he's going to issue a bench warrant for Stefanie Lambert.
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MAJOR NEWS: Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announces "felony charges against 16 Michigan residents for their role in the alleged false electors scheme following the 2020 U.S. presidential election."
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The crowd on Michigan State’s campus tonight for a Democratic rally on the eve of the election:
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NEWS: A right-wing radio host in northern Michigan who's running for the state Senate criticized commercials featuring biracial couples and said he thinks families should be all White, according to audio recordings reviewed by The Detroit News.
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The official account of the Michigan Republican Party:
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BE UNGOVERNABLE!!!
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Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer here to greet President Joe Biden:
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Crowd shot ahead of Kyle Rittenhouse speech:
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Live from a farm in Ionia:
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Former Michigan House Speaker Lee Chatfield and his wife, Stephanie Chatfield, are both being charged. Attorney General Dana Nessel accuses Lee Chatfield of “rampant and flagrant” misuse of political nonprofit funds.
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It means someone used Photoshop and some people are easily fooled by misinformation that backs up what they want to believe.
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Stefanie Lambert's mug shot from Oakland County:
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Stefanie Lambert, a lawyer who championed dubious claims about the 2020 presidential election, has returned to Michigan and turned herself in. . @CharlesERamirez was there.
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A mystery person installed a lighting system that was meant to flash when voters approached a ballot drop box in a Michigan township, according to the local police chief.
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Stefanie Lambert, the lawyer who was involved in multiple lawsuits to try to reverse Michigan's 2020 presidential election, now has 24 hours to turn herself in.
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Judge Jeffery Matis says he's going to issue a bench warrant for Stefanie Lambert.
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Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer calls out Ohio and Indiana. "I’ll go to any state that restricts people’s freedoms and win business and hardworking people from them. I’m looking at you, Ohio and Indiana."
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"Bigotry is bad for business." - Gov. Whitmer
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Michigan Senate Republicans blocked votes this morning on bills to set new storage requirements for guns. #mileg
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Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer will push this fall for a paid family and medical leave program that could operate like the state's unemployment system.
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A Michigan prosecutor described the effort to submit false certificates claiming Donald Trump won the 2020 presidential election as a "multi-state criminal conspiracy that was absolutely linked" to Trump's campaign.
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Stunning stuff. The Michigan GOP is now considering attempting to move the power to nominate Republican candidates away from primary elections, where voters decide, and to precinct delegates. It’s unclear how this idea complies with Michigan law.
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Reaction to Karamo's victory pouring in. "The Republican Party is now pretty well cemented as the party of election denying, conspiracy theories, tin hats and supporting Capitol riots," said former state Rep. Aaron Miller, a Republican from Sturgis.
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NEWS: Michigan prosecutors consider former President Donald Trump and some of his top aides co-conspirators in the plot to submit a certificate falsely claiming he won Michigan's 2020 election.
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The Michigan Senate just approved a bill to allow alcohol sales at university stadiums in a vote of 36-2.
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The Michigan Senate just voted 37-1 to make Juneteenth, June 19, a public holiday.
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"Our office has recently received multiple credible allegations of instances in which an unauthorized third party has been granted access to vote tabulation machines in violation of Michigan law," Secretary of State Benson said in a letter to clerks.
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NEWS: At least one lobbyist hired a prostitute to have sex with former Michigan House Speaker Rick Johnson in order to secure licenses to grow and sell marijuana in Michigan. Story with @robertsnellnews :
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On top of probing the “alternate” electors certificate, the U.S. House Jan. 6 committee has also been looking into how a rush of GOP poll challengers who showed up at TCF Center was organized the day after the election:
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McMorrow says no Republican lawmakers apologized Tuesday for the fundraising email from Sen. Theis.
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Michigan state Sen. Mallory McMorrow on MSNBC this morning: “We have to push back against hateful garbage.”
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Michigan House Democrats have repeatedly and unsuccessfully called for an internal House investigation into former Speaker Lee Chatfield. Looks like they will get their chance in January.
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The fictional Edison County, Michigan, made Detroit's response:
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Hey Meshawn, I read your thread about what you believed on Dec. 14, 2020. Did you believe you were in the state Capitol when you signed the certificate? Did you know the certificate was going to be sent to Mike Pence and the National Archives? Simple questions.
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The fake news just repeats itself over and over and pretends they have new news. Millions of people clearly believed that proof of cheating would eventually reveal that Trump won MI and other states. We weren’t quiet about it.
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Republicans were hoping to wipe out Democrats in northern Michigan. Instead, it looks like Democrats won 2 pivotal races there. #mileg
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"We’re looking at this as voter intimidation," James Knittel, the police chief, said.
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A mystery person installed a lighting system that was meant to flash when voters approached a ballot drop box in a Michigan township, according to the local police chief.
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NEWS: Asked if a number of high-profile people are un-indicted co-conspirators in the Michigan false electors investigation, Howard Shock, special agent for Attorney General Dana Nessel says Donald Trump, Rudy Giuliani and Mark Meadows all are un-indicted co-conspirators.
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Now, Renner testifies that in addition to presenting the false certificate to lawmakers, another purpose of the meeting was a contingency in case recounts showed Trump had won. There was no recount in Michigan.
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That's quite a bit different than the previously floated idea that the false certificate was simply about providing a contingency in case the courts eventually reversed the election.
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The Michigan Republican Party has about $93,000 in its bank accounts 16 months before the November 2024 presidential election, a revelation GOP insiders said paints an alarming financial picture.
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Driving around near the Muskegon County airport ahead of the president’s rally tonight:
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The Michigan Association of Municipal Clerks has suspended the membership rights of Shelby Township Clerk Stan Grot, one of the 16 false electors now facing felony charges.
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An account using the name and photo of Barry County Sheriff Dar Leaf has released more than 2,000 pages of internal Dominion emails. Dominion's lawyers have already alleged Leaf got access to confidential documents that were protected by a court order.
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Lambert had been involved with election-related litigation in Michigan and Pennsylvania. - She was part of Sidney Powell's "kraken" lawsuit - She was Barry Co. Sheriff Dar Leaf's lawyer for his suit that sought "to impound all the voting machines and software in Michigan"
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Stefanie Lambert, who once filed an unsuccessful lawsuit alleging "massive" election fraud, is facing four criminal charges in a special prosecutor's investigation into the handling of voting machines in Michigan.
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Meshawn Maddock's lawyer says an Ingham County district court judge has denied a request to allow Maddock to attend Mike Lindell's Election Summit in Missouri. Maddock is currently facing felony charges over her alleged role in the false electors certificate.
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The Michigan Chamber endorses Tudor Dixon for governor:
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Facts are facts, Mike. Here’s what Michigan law says. The electors are chosen by voters, not through a closed-door meeting in a basement.
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@CraigDMauger Part of the pushback comes from your hugely flawed use of the term ‘fake elector’. That set you up for appropriate ridicule. I couldn’t decide if you simply had no idea what you were writing about or if you were truly that biased. The jury is still out on that question.
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Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson responds to Ronna McDaniel:
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Hi @RonnaMcDaniel 👋🏼 I also “regret the fact that people are being threatened for doing their job.” For the last 3+ years professional election workers have been threatened because of yours & others’ lies. No amount of memory lapses changes that reality.
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NEW DISCLOSURES, as of Aug. 22: Whitmer campaign: $14 million on hand Dixon campaign: $523,930 on hand
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The Michigan Bureau of Elections says the proposal to embed abortion rights in the state constitution gathered enough signatures to make the November ballot. Story with @DNBethLeBlanc
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Asked if he was prepared for a push to censure him within the Michigan GOP, Daunt replied, “I don’t care.”
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Gov. Whitmer and others referring to Pete Buttigieg as a Michigander now that he owns a home in the state. Waiting for a response from Indiana.
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The Attorney General's office says one of the voting machines that had been taken had "distinctive" red tape covering an ID number when they seized it through a search warrant. A machine with red tape was also featured in a video posted prominently on DePerno's website:
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In a text message today, Republican Michele Lundgren restates that the 1st page of the electors certificate, which featured multiple false statements, wasn't offered to the 16 Trump electors in Michigan to read. She says the only page "offered to us to read" was this one:
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Michigan senators revised one of their gun reform proposals Thursday to remove legal immunity protections for gun sellers and manufacturers. A critic said the change “has the potential to shut down every gun store in the state.”
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