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2026 is our last chance to save Michigan. Give me one minute, and I can explain. Founder of Make Politics Local Again.
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Property taxes are too damn high. With Tim Golding of AFP-Michigan

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By James David Dickson
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Property tax reform is on the top of every tongue in Michigan. On this episode I talk with Tim Golding, state director of Americans for Prosperity-Michigan, about the want for property tax abolition, House Speaker Matt Hall’s property tax reform effort, and how the Mike Duggan-curious voter can be won over, after his campaign’s untimely demise.
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Michigan Democratic Frontrunner for Governor Can't Get Her SPLC Story Straight

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By James David Dickson
| Substack
Jocelyn Benson is campaigning this year to become the Democratic candidate for Michigan governor. Photo: Jocelyn Benson The frontrunner in Michigan’s Democratic gubernatorial primary, Jocelyn Benson, for years touted her ties to the Southern Poverty Law Center. But with the nonprofit facing federal indictment, accused of paying people to create the very hate and extremism it decries — and losing one court battle Monday — Ms. Benson is trying to minimize those connections.
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Stop trying to make Big Gretch happen: Whitmer won't be president, and she knows it

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By James David Dickson
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Playback speed 1× Subtitles Share post Share post at current time Share from 0:00 0:00 / Transcript Stop trying to make Big Gretch happen: Whitmer won't be president, and she knows it George Floyd cost Gretchen Whitmer her best chance to be president. She will never recover. Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has kissed politics goodbye. She won’t be missed. At the Mackinac Policy Conference, Whitmer told Detroit TV reporter Roop Raj that she won’t be running for president.
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