Media Cyphers Kalamazoo

Michigan continues to reel from the Big BS Bill as a rural hospital in Sturgis shuts down.

 

Progressive candidate for congress in the Lansing area William Lawrence is feeling the heat after AIPAC dumps money into his race and we look at the Stevens campaign hiring an advisor from Palantir.

 

Lawrence joins us. We talk briefly about how the Trump administration's disinvestment in food safety has lead to explosive consequences.

 

We spend the rest of the show talking about next week's primary election- from who is running to represent the Kalamazoo area in Lansing to the race for Michigan's next US senator.

 

01:20- 14:40 Rural Hospital in Sturgis Closes

 

15:00- 25:20 William Lawrence Faces AIPAC Funding Onslaught in Lansing

 

26:15- 30:15 "We do not know who else may be watching!" Stevens Hired Palantir Consultant

 

30:50- 37:00 Product Warning: Food Outbreaks and Defunding the Safety Net

 

PRIMARY ELECTION COVERAGE

 

37:45- 40:25 The Importance of Local Millages

 

42:10- 54:30 Michigan House District 41: Strebs v. Schwartz

 

54:35- 1:07:50 MI District 4 Congressional Race: Harris v. McCann

 

1:08:00- 1:17:20 MI District 13 Congressional Race: Thanedar v. McKinney

 

1:17:25- 1:48:00 The Race for Senate: El-Sayed v. AIPAC

 

SOURCES/ FURTHER READING

 

Sturgis Hospital closes in rural Michigan
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/07/25/jngk-j25.html

 

The Last-Minute Million-Dollar Ad Spend Against Will Lawrence Is Coming From a Major Pro-Israel Group
https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/dmfi-will-lawrence-michigan-haley-stevens-consultant-palantir

 

Haley Stevens’s Palantir Consultant Scandal Draws Attention to Her Record on ICE
https://truthout.org/articles/haley-stevenss-palantir-consultant-scandal-draws-attention-to-her-record-on-ice/

 

Yes for Families (Child Care Millage)
https://www.yesforfamilies.org/

 

2026 Metro Millage Facts (Kalamazoo Metro web site)
https://ride.kmetro.com/2026-millage-facts

 

We begin our show with some personal reflections from Andy about the intersections of capitalism and Stage 4 cancer.

 

Residents in Texas Township have won a moratorium on AI Data Centers and Milwood neighborhood residents are speaking out against a proposed center near the neighborhood.

 

A report from GRIID discusses how some of our Michigan tax dollars are being funneled into the Israeli war machine.

 

Lawrence joins us and we have a winding discussion about the recent primaries. The ascendance of DSA candidates, the gonzo reaction from centrists and fascists, breaking down the centrist talking points about 'electability,' and how this moment was the result of 10 years of organizing.

 

Lawrence leads a discussion about recent killings and how the injustice system is continuing to mistreat black lives.

 

We break down the reflecting pool fiasco and talk about how it's a microcosm of Trump's particular brand of MAGA casino fascism.

 

We close with short discussions about the Supreme Court, the World Cup, the Knicks, and the ridiculous UFC spectacle at the White House.

 

01:30- 16:00 Capitalism is a Cancer- A Dialectic with Stage 4 Sarcoma and Late Stage Capitalism

 

16:30- 24:00 Kalamazoo Residents Say No to AI Data Centers

 

24:45- 28:20 How Your Michigan Tax Dollars are Going to the Israeli War Machine

 

28:50- 32:11 Michigan Will NOT Have to Give its Voter Rolls to the Trump Admin

 

37:30- 1:12:30 Primary Coverage OR The Great Cope & Seething of Centrists and Fascists

 

1:12:40- 1:22:00  Fatal Shootings and the Value of Human Life in the USA

 

1:22:10- 1:27:20 Reflecting Pool or How The Algae Pond in DC is Emblematic of MAGA Fascism

 

1:27:20- 1:35:45 Supreme Court Updates and Trump's Refugee "Complexion Correction"

 

1:36:15- 1:40:44 World Cup Discussion

 

1:40:45- 1:45:30 Knicks vs. UFC 

 

SOURCES/ FURTHER READING

 

Township near Kalamazoo approves 12-month moratorium blocking data centers
https://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/2026/06/township-near-kalamazoo-approves-12-month-moratorium-blocking-data-centers.html

 

‘Use your power to prevent this’: Kalamazoo residents blast data center idea
https://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/2026/06/use-your-power-to-prevent-this-kalamazoo-residents-blast-data-center-idea.html

 

Tell Michigan Legislators to not provide funds to the Michigan Israel Business Accelerator right now
https://griid.org/2026/06/27/tell-michigan-legislators-to-not-provide-funds-to-the-michigan-israel-business-accelerator-right-now/

 

Trump admin loses again in bid for Michigan voter rolls 
https://bridgemi.com/michigan-government/trump-admin-loses-again-in-bid-for-michigan-voter-rolls/

 

We start with updates on Michigan labor- from striking UAW workers in Three Rivers to teachers struggling without a contract in Ann Arbor.

 

A duo of stories about the defunding of PRIDE festivals shows us how bigots are running rampant over queer affirmation and celebration and how the power of solidarity can beat them back.

 

An article from GRIID examines how Democratic politicians like Elissa Slotkin and Gary Peters beat the money drums for the further development of the military industrial complex in Michigan. Meanwhile that same industrial complex is facing a potential tech merger with the state of Israel.

 

We close with how ordinary Albanians are putting their government's feet to the fire for allowing Trump's family to try to turn protected areas in a real estate project.

 

1:00- 4:30 American Axle Strike Update

 

5:00- 18:15 Ann Arbor Teachers Working Without a Contract in Poor Conditions

 

19:00- 35:00 It Was The Best of PRIDE, it Was the Worst of PRIDE- Bad News and Good News

 

35:30- 42:45 Slotkin & Peters and The Military Industrial Complex in Michigan

 

43:35- 52:25 Congress is Working to Integrate U.S. and Israeli Defense Tech

 

53:00- 59:20 Albanians Revolt Against Revolting Land Grab from Trump and Co.

 

SOURCES/ FURTHER READING

 

"I threw their proposal in the trash": American Axle strike continues after negotiations stall 
https://www.wmuk.org/wmuk-news/2026-06-08/i-threw-their-proposal-in-the-trash-american-axle-strike-continues-after-negotiations-stall

 

Ann Arbor public school teachers enter sixth month without a new contract
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/07/kzro-j07.html

 

As Anti-LGBTQ Censorship Expands, These Cities Have Cancelled Pride This Year
https://truthout.org/articles/as-anti-lgbtq-censorship-expands-these-cities-have-cancelled-pride-this-year/

 

‘Bigger and better than ever’: how Durham Pride beat Reform’s funding axe with help from the miners
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/30/durham-pride-trade-unions-beat-reform-funding-axe

 

Once again Democrats are celebrating additional funding for a US military base in Michigan
https://griid.org/2026/06/03/once-again-democrats-are-celebrating-additional-funding-for-a-us-military-base-in-michigan/

 

Congress Is Trying to Permanently Integrate U.S. and Israeli Defense Tech
https://theintercept.com/2026/06/08/us-israel-224-ai-defense-budget/

 

Massive Protests in Albania Against Trump Family’s Tourism Project in Protected Areas
https://www.leftvoice.org/massive-protests-in-albania-against-trump-familys-tourism-project-in-protected-areas/

 

We start with a brief update on the crisis at Wildwood Apartments and look at a new suit that could turn back the clock on the inclusion of disabled folks in US society.

 

We talk about an effort to introduce fusion voting to Michigan and give some updates about the primary season. We look at AI- from the community of Dowagiac banding together to sue a data center over noise to the Michigan's governor breaking ground on a project in Saline that puts her firmly on the side of corporations and against the people.

 

We offer some thoughts on the U.S. Senate debate on Mackinaw Island and look at the ICE protests in Newark and their relation to Michigan and GEO Group. 

 

UAW workers are going on strike in Three Rivers, Israel continues to invade Lebanon while the UK would like you to hush up about it old chap, "The Epstein Lodge" at Interlochen is being sent back to the dark dimension from whence it came and we close discussing which jokes were acceptable and not at the roast of Kevin Hart.

 

1:00- 11:30 Wildwood Apartments Update 

 

12:30- 20:52 Disability Rights At Risk in Lawsuit Against HHS

 

21:30- 23:55 Third Parties In Michigan Seek Fusion Voting

 

26:00- 29:30 Primary Updates Around the Country

 

29:30- 48:10 Machine Politics: Old Propaganda Tricks and The People vs. The Ruling Class on AI Data Centers

 

48:10- 56:10 Mackinaw Island Debate Thoughts

 

56:15- 1:09:00 Protests Against ICE in Newark and Michigan

 

1:09:10- 1:19:10 UAW in Three Rivers Goes on Strike

 

1:19:30- 1:30:50 Israel's Invasion of Lebanon and Censorship in the UK

 

1:31:00- 1:36:00 The Epstein Lodge and the Evil That Men Do

 

1:37:00- 1:45:35 Thoughts on the Roast of Kevin Hart 

 

SOURCES/ FURTHER READING

 

Township supervisor calls for Wildwood Off Main to stop 'bullying tactics' against tenants
https://wwmt.com/news/local/township-supervisor-wildwood-off-main-stop-bullying-tactics-against-tenants-michigan-new-earth-residential-condemned-structures-wwmt

 

Disability Rights Are at Risk as 7 States Back Case Attacking Key Protections
https://truthout.org/articles/disability-rights-are-at-risk-as-7-states-back-case-attacking-key-protections/

 

Minor parties in Michigan are suing to allow fusion voting, calling current law anti-competition
https://michiganadvance.com/2026/06/02/minor-parties-in-michigan-are-suing-to-allow-fusion-voting-calling-current-law-anti-competition/

 

OpenAI, Oracle leaders praise data center south of Ann Arbor, pledge $10M to local center
https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2026/06/openai-oracle-leaders-praise-data-center-south-of-ann-arbor-pledge-10m-to-local-center.html

 

Residents say a lawsuit and settlement overrode Saline Township’s initial vote on the OpenAI Oracle data center
https://wheninyourstate.com/michigan/residents-say-a-lawsuit-and-settlement-overrode-saline-townships-initial-vote-on-the-openai-oracle-data-center/

 

Migrants detained at ICE facilities, including in Michigan, launch hunger strikes to protest conditions
https://michiganadvance.com/2026/05/29/repub/migrants-detained-at-ice-facilities-including-in-michigan-launch-hunger-strikes-to-protest-conditions/

 

Workers strike at Three Rivers axle plant as contract expires
https://michiganadvance.com/briefs/workers-strike-at-three-rivers-axle-plant-as-contract-expires/

 

Interlochen to demolish lodge donated by Jeffrey Epstein 
https://www.mlive.com/news/2026/05/interlochen-to-demolish-lodge-donated-by-jeffrey-epstein.html

 

We spend most of today's show putting Diop Harris in the hot seat. He's running to replace Bill Huizenga here in CD4. We talk to him about the issues and his political strategy.

U of M postdoc researchers are organizing a union and we talk about Hasan Piker and CODEPINK being subpoenaed over their involvement in the aid flotilla to Cuba.

We then look at the mass shooting at a mosque in San Diego and how the type of Islamophobia pushed in right-wing media spaces fuels these kinds of tragedies.

 

0:00- 1:16:00 Interview w/ Diop Harris

 

01:16:30- 01:24:00 Post Interview Discussion

 

01:24:00- 01:25:40 U of M Post Doc Researchers Unionize

 

01:25:45- 01:40:30 The Cuban Embargo and Federal Subpoenas 

 

01:40:30- 01:47:00 The Mosque Shooting in San Diego and the Culpability of Right Wing Hate Merchants

 

 

SOURCES/ FURTHER READING

University of Michigan Postdocs Unionize, Fight for a Living Wage
https://www.leftvoice.org/university-of-michigan-postdocs-unionize-fight-for-a-living-wage/ 

We talk with Tom Greig of the Michigan Education Association to discuss the efforts of Kalamazoo Career Technical Education Association to bargain for their first contract with KRESA and the pushback they are facing from the administration.

 

Mallory McMorrow stumbles through a recent podcast interview and we discuss the state of the race with Michigan candidates for governor and the U.S. Senate.

 

Governor Whitmer is facing criticism for throwing up her hands in the face of funding shortfalls at Planned Parenthood.

 

The Trump administration is using its power to offer reparations to J6 insurrectionists and we put that in the context of how they are using governing tools designed to investigate and hold to account confederates during Reconstruction to bolster white supremacy.

 

We close acknowledging the anniversary of the Nakba- the initial setting event of Israel colonization of Palestine.

 

33:00- 1:01:00 Mallory McMorrow Faceplants and the State of the Michigan Primary

 

1:01:00- 1:09:00 Big Gretch Stands Down on Planned Parenthood

 

1:09:10- 1:22:30 J6 Reparations and the Trump Administration's "Deconstruction" for White Supremacy

 

1:22:30- 1:25:15 Free Palestine- Observing the Anniversary of the Nakba

 

SOURCES/ FURTHER READING

 

Union reps picket outside Kalamazoo County's KRESA career center during spring orientation
https://wwmt.com/news/local/kresa-kctea-teachers-union-pickets-outside-spring-orientation-kalamazoo-county-career-center-connect-campus-technical-education-trades-instructors-contract-wwmt

 

Planned Parenthood once had a fighter in Gov. Whitmer. This time she folded
https://michiganadvance.com/2026/05/14/planned-parenthood-once-had-a-fighter-in-gov-whitmer-this-time-she-folded/

 

BREAKING: Trump Creates $1.8B Fund for January 6 Insurrectionists
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O85UoMh555k

 

For Palestinians, the Nakba Isn’t Just History. It’s Also Our Present.
https://truthout.org/articles/for-palestinians-the-nakba-isnt-just-history-its-also-our-present/

 

We look at how the Big BS Bill is going to cause financial strain for medical helicopter transport in Michigan and how the problems are both an indictment of the bill and the US healthcare system.

 

Lawrence and I talk about a viral idea going around about college athletes withholding their talent for states that are gerrymandering their majority minority districts out of existence.

 

Wildwood Apartments in Kalamazoo are condemned for shoddy upkeep by their property management leaving tenants in a chaotic situation.

 

Erika Kirk gave a speech at Hillsdale College and we discuss how using Christianity to push ideas that spread hate and punish the poor is a fundamental sin.

 

We express concern about the embrace of right-wing political figures that are expressing condemnation of Israel and how people who are regressive except for Palestine make for strange bedfellows. In a related story, Dana Nessel is crashing out on social media seemingly because "Progressive Except for Palestine" is no longer a tenable political position.

 

We close discussing the aftermath of the supreme court's decision on the Voting Rights Act and some political comedy at the roast of Kevin Hart.

 

01:55- 15:50 Get to the Choppa!?- How the Big BS Bill is Effecting Medical Helicopter Transport in Michigan

 

19:50- 30:10 Game Off- Could College Athletes Withhold Labor to Tackle Voting Rights?

 

30:15- 43:28 Condemning Capitalism- Tenants Scramble as Wildwood Complex is Condemned For Rotting Stairs and Balconies

 

43:30- 59:00 Hillsdale College Carries the Flame- Erika Kirk Speaks at Commencement

 

59:00- 1:12:45 "Regressive Except for Palestine"- The Dangers of Embracing the Anti-Zionist Right

 

1:12:45- 1:36:20 "Progressive Except for Palestine"- Dana Nessel Crashes Out on Facebook

 

1:36:45- 1:44:05 Gerrymandering For Me But Not For Thee- Supreme Court Pushes Back on "Blue" Redistricting

 

01:44:20- 1:48:15 Political Chuckles at the Roast of Kevin Hart

 

1:48:20- 1:51:30 A Special Shout Out to the Voice of Loy Norrix

 

SOURCES/ FURTHER READING

 

Rural Michigan may need more medical helicopters. Can it afford them?
https://bridgemi.com/michigan-health-watch/rural-michigan-may-need-more-medical-helicopters-can-it-afford-them/

 

‘CONDEMNED’: Residents fear what’s next after apartment complex is deemed uninhabitable
https://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/2026/05/condemned-residents-fear-whats-next-after-apartment-complex-is-deemed-uninhabitable.html

 

Protesters rally in deeply red county to oppose Erika Kirk, Christian nationalism, Trump
https://www.mlive.com/news/jackson/2026/05/protesters-rally-in-deeply-red-county-to-oppose-erika-kirk-christian-nationalism-trump.html

 

Lightning struck the site of an Erika Kirk protest. ‘Charlie is keeping an eye out for us.’
https://www.mlive.com/news/jackson/2026/05/lightning-struck-the-site-of-an-erika-kirk-protest-charlie-is-keeping-an-eye-out-for-us.html

 

Dana Nessel Crashes Out on Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1BiEoNKrFn/

 

Black Disenfranchisement Has Not Been This Intense Since Jim Crow
https://truthout.org/articles/black-disenfranchisement-has-not-been-this-intense-since-jim-crow/

 

 

The Michigan Supreme Court bans warrantless arrests inside courthouses in a rebuke to conduct from ICE.

 

A professor who had kind words for student organizers for Palestine at the University of Michigan commencement is being scolded by the university administration.

 

In another story about our Wolverine neighbors the Ypsilanti Community Utilities Authority is putting a 12 month moratorium on a new data center that would have powered nuclear weapon research at U of M.

 

We briefly look at some new information about Melania Trump's ties to Epstein and how a candidate in Michigan's 2nd congressional district is trying to knock their opponent out the race over their trans identity.

 

We then spend some time discussing the Supreme Court kneecapping the Voting Rights Act and the bankruptcy of Spirit Airlines.

 

2:00- 7:30 MI Supreme Court Bans Arrests Inside Courthouses w/o a Warrant

 

9:00- 21:50 U of M Professor Scolded for Praising Anti-Genocide Student Protestors

 

22:00- 38:00 I Am Become a Utility Authority, Destroyer of Data Centers- Ypsi Passes 12 Month Moratorium on Nuke Weapons Data Center at U of M

 

38:00- 40:45 Melania & The Epstein Files

 

40:50- 51:35 MI Dem Primary Contender Tries to Knock Out Opponent With Anti- Trans Tactic

 

53:30- 01:11:25 Supreme Court Kneecaps Voting Rights Act

 

01:11:30- 01:33:50 Spirit Airlines Goes Under

 

01:34:20- 01:47:20 Correspondents Dinner, Hasan, and Other Quick Hits

 

SOURCES/ FURTHER READING

 

Michigan Supreme Court bans warrantless civil arrests at courthouses 
https://www.wlns.com/news/politics/michigan-supreme-court-prohibits-civil-arrests/

 

Pro-Palestine speech by University of Michigan professor criticized by university leaders
https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2026/05/pro-palestine-speech-by-university-of-michigan-professor-criticized-by-university-leaders.html

 

Ypsilanti utility board halts University of Michigan nuclear weapons data center
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/04/jevd-m04.html

 

Michigan Dem Claims Trans Primary Opponent Violated Law by Not Running Under Deadname
https://www.them.us/story/frank-liberati-joanna-whaley-michigan-congressional-campaign-deadname

 

The Supreme Court Has Completed Its Quest to Kill the Voting Rights Act
www.thenation.com/article/politics/supreme-court-demolishes-voting-rights-act/

 

Spirit Airlines 2.0
https://letsbuyspirit.neocities.org/

 

We talk about prisoners engaging in a hunger strike at an ICE Detention Center in Baldwin, MI.

 

DTE is leading astroturfing efforts ahead of the upcoming election to curb a citizen initiative to municipalize electricity in Ann Arbor.

 

We look at an op-ed about May Day and Lawrence joins us to discuss the fallout from the assassination attempt at the White House Correspondents Dinner.

 

The Trump administration is suing the SPLC and right-wing media is pushing the idea that they've been using their resources to bankroll white supremacist events rather than simply pay informants.

 

We also look at efforts from the FCC to force companies to put a content warning on media featuring LGBTQ+ characters.

 

01:10- 7:00 Hunger Strike at ICE Detention Center in Baldwin

 

07:40- 15:00 DTE Astroturfing to Curb Municipal Power Initiative in Ann Arbor

 

16:00- 23:50 Movement Analysis- From No Kings to May Day

 

26:00- 53:15 Ballroom Grift- Trump Angles Assassination Attempt Towards Rallying Public Support for his Ballroom

 

53:15- 1:02:00  Onion and Infowars, Awesome News Great Job!

 

1:02:55- 1:17:00 Trump Admin Sets Sights on the Southern Poverty Law Center

 

01:17:25- 1:26:00 Celebrity Culture, Para-social Relationships, Megan Thee Stallion

 

01:26:20- 1:37:00 FCC Pressuring Companies to Have Special Ratings for LGBTQ+ Content

 

SOURCES/ FURTHER READING

 

Detainee speaks out as hunger strike continues at Michigan’s largest ICE detention center
https://michiganadvance.com/2026/04/23/detainee-speaks-out-as-hunger-strike-continues-at-michigans-largest-ice-detention-center/

 

No Detention Centers in Michigan
https://nodetentioncentersmi.org/

 

Ann Arbor Public Power initiative accuses DTE of fronting opposition effort
https://michiganadvance.com/2026/04/27/ann-arbor-public-power-initiative-accuses-dte-of-fronting-opposition-effort/

 

Building Power from No Kings to May Day: Reflections from a Minneapolis Activist
https://www.leftvoice.org/building-power-from-no-kings-to-may-day-reflections-from-a-minneapolis-activist/

 

‘We Need the Ballroom’: Trump Uses Shooting Outside White House Correspondents’ Dinner to Boost Corrupt Project 
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-ballroom-white-house-correspondents

 

Trump Justice Department intervenes to defend fascists and neo-Nazis
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/04/24/llez-a24.html

 

Trump's FCC Targets Parental Rating System Over Transgender TV Characters
https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/trumps-fcc-targets-parental-rating

 

AG Dana Nessel is trying to make Consumers Energy lower their rates for customers and we look at some alarming conditions around water access at the Kalamazoo County Jail.

 

We look at a piece from The Intercept that traces how the Pentagon projects its pro-Western propaganda in the Middle East.

 

Lawrence joins us and we talk about the tragic murder of beloved community member Telonn Horton at Davis St Park, a popular skate park and third space in the Vine Neighborhood. 

 

We spend time talking about the Michigan Democratic Party Convention that took place over the weekend and what it portends about Michigan politics.

 

The mad king is flailing amidst his war of choice with Iran and we talk about some of Iran's clever AI "rap-aganda."

 

We close discussing Dave Chappelle and him learning the hard way why you shouldn't 'punch down' when you're a famous comedian with a platform.

 

1:00- 7:00 Power Politics: Nessel Pushes for Rate Decreases for Consumers Energy Customers

 

7:00- 13:00 Water Conditions Deplorable at Kzoo County Jail

 

13:45- 31:00 Tracing Pentagon Propaganda in Real Time- Western Mouthpieces in the Middle East

 

32:00- 46:00 A Tragedy at Davis St Park

 

46:00- 1:17:30 Michigan Democratic Party Convention- Centrist Parades and Centrists Shamed

 

1:18:00- 1:35:00 The Mad King and Iran's Rap-aganda Blitz

 

1:37:00- 1:44:25 I Didn't Tell No Trans Jokes that Fascists Could Use I Got More Sense than That... Yeah I Told Some Trans Jokes OR Money is A Hell of a Drug

 

SOURCES/ FURTHER READING

 

Michigan AG seeks decrease in Consumers Energy natural gas rate case
https://michiganadvance.com/briefs/nessel-files-for-decrease-in-consumers-energy-electric-rate-case-calls-for-end-to-yearly-increases/

 

'Cruel and inhumane': One-on-one with Kalamazoo County Jail inmate on water issues
https://wwmt.com/news/local/kalamazoo-county-jail-water-quality-issues-inmate-interview-cloudy-color-bottles-health-safety-investigation-repair-west-michigan

 

These Middle Eastern News Sites Are Actually U.S. Government Propaganda Operations 
https://theintercept.com/2026/04/20/pentagon-middle-eastern-news-propaganda-iran/

 

Vigil remembers life of Telonn Horton who died in Kalamazoo park shooting
https://wwmt.com/news/local/vigil-telonn-horton-kalamazoo-vine-neighborhood-park-shooting-kalamazoo-department-public-safety-remembrance-skate-park-western-michigan

 

Michigan Democrats push party left. Will voters follow? 
https://bridgemi.com/michigan-government/michigan-democrats-push-party-left-will-voters-follow/