Simon D. Schuster

Hiroshima A hundred thousand people were killed by the atomic bomb. Survivors wonder why they lived when so many others died.

80 years ago today. This should be required reading. www.newyorker.com/magazine/194...

Scientists Say New Government Climate Report Twists Their Work A new Department of Energy report “fundamentally misrepresents” climate research and leaves out key context, multiple scientists cited in the report tell WIRED.

NEW: i spoke to nine (!) scientists across several disciplines whose work was cited in the new Department of Energy report that downplays the severity of climate change. all of them say their work was misrepresented, cherry picked, and/or lacked context —

Adobe has some hot takes for 2001: A Space Odyssey

Join the Registry | NMDP (Formerly Be The Match) Join the registry to donate bone marrow, peripheral blood stem cells or cord blood & help save a life. NMDP maintains the most diverse registry in the world.

Out of work this week (and missed the campaign finance deadline) because I’ve been in DC donating bone marrow to a child with leukemia.

If you can, please consider joining a stem cell donor registry. You could literally, directly save someone’s life: www.nmdp.org/get-involved...

Probably bad for the health of the lakes but can confirm it was pretty lovely to swim near South Haven this past weekend

Singapore owns 5% of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Its wealth fund bet on timber | Bridge Michigan As Michigan lawmakers scrutinize foreign land ownership, records obtained by Bridge reveal the Singapore government’s sovereign wealth fund owns more than half a million acres in the Upper Peninsula.

New: Federal filings show more than 540,000 acres of Michigan's UP forestland — about 5% of the entire peninsula — has a single owner: the Singaporean sovereign wealth fund GIC. www.bridgemi.com/michigan-gov...

MI Senate Majority Leader Winnie Brinks to reporters: there is 100% certainty that there will not be a negotiated budget bill before us today.

Forecast this morning: a beautiful clear day don't worry!

(I happily ride my bike to the Capitol)

This afternoon: haha idiot here's thunderstorms for three hours

Here's an explainer on all of this: www.bridgemi.com/michigan-gov...

When I covered them earlier this year, pro-RCV group RankMIVote hadn't settled on exactly how they would implement the practice in MI. They appear to have opted to require RCV in both primary and general elections for all state-level candidates. Optional county-level and lower.

A provision in Michigan's ranked choice voting ballot proposal would move August primaries to June.

Primaries must be held at least 140 days before a November general election, under draft ballot language that's before the board of state canvassers later this month.

At a press conference from the Michigan legislature's Jewish Caucus, Rep. Samantha Steckloff said that "every single one of us ... has received a call from the FBI with credible threats to our life."

She said she has a police detail outside her home.

Michigan hopes to limit foreign land ownership. In UP, it’s already too late | Bridge Michigan Who owns 540,000 acres of forestland in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula? As state and federal officials scrutinize foreign ownership, one of the state’s largest forestland owners creates a complicated pape...

I dug into foreign business filings and talked to experts in international finance who illustrated how hard it is to determine who owns or invests in an offshore business — and how easily the House's "foreign influence" legislation could be circumvented. www.bridgemi.com/michigan-gov...

In the western UP, a global private equity firm owns 540,000 acres of Michigan forestland. Holdings include 18% of all the land in Gogebic County.

Their shell companies have substantial Singaporean ownership, according to USDA records. But that doesn't reveal much. More⬇️

Here's an official White House photo of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and House Speaker Matt Hall presenting a gift to President Donald Trump April 9.

Appears to feature an engraved bullet, folded state flag, military patch in Trump's name, historical pic and list of Selfridge fighters.

Trump administration poised to accept 'palace in the sky' as a gift for Trump from Qatar: Sources President Trump poised to accept "palace in the sky" as a gift from Qatar: Sources

abcnews.go.com/Politics/tru...

The @outliermedia.org @detdocumenters.bsky.social team phone banked with residents who were owed nearly $5.9M

This is journalism at its best

For Detroit Pistons, historic regular season doesn't dull pain of 2025 NBA playoff loss The record books will show that the 2024-25 Pistons accomplished one of the most dramatic single-season turnarounds in NBA history.

They had one of the biggest single-season turnarounds ever. It doesn’t matter —losing hurts.

But they introduced themselves to the world in New York, proving their physical, non-nonsense brand is worth investing in.

It’s no fluke — the Pistons are back.
www.freep.com/story/sports...

This is really interesting. What if the disclaimer is embedded as an image?

Former House Speaker Joe Tate’s entry into Michigan’s U.S. Senate race seems forthcoming.

A source this week received a personal call from Tate asking for a campaign donation and a dark money nonprofit account connected to the Detroit Democrat is promoting town halls.

Trump on Whitmer in The Atlantic: "I think she's very good." www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

Whitmer subsidy record: Companies get $1 billion; jobs fall short of promises | Bridge Michigan Since Gretchen Whitmer became governor, Michigan has given $995 million to companies that promised to create 65,000 jobs. They’ve produced 13,000 — a rate of $76,000 per job, a Bridge investigation fi...

During Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's tenure, Michigan has paid $995 million in subsidies to firms that have created 13,079 jobs. That's a fifth of the promised total and $76,076 per job.

My colleague Paula Gardner reports these totals for the first time here: www.bridgemi.com/business-wat...

Kwame Kilpatrick: I went to ‘work’ to elect Trump after he ‘promised’ a pardon | Bridge Michigan In a voicemail, the former mayor says Donald Trump promised a pardon during his first year in office and asks a lawmaker to put in a good word on his behalf. Now, Kilpatrick says there is no ‘quid pro...

"Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick said he campaigned 'all over the country' for Donald Trump last year after the Republican presidential nominee promised to pardon him during a meeting at his Mar-a-Lago estate, according to a voicemail obtained by @bridgemi.com."

By @simon.schuster.press

Kwame Kilpatrick: I went to ‘work’ to elect Trump after he ‘promised’ a pardon | Bridge Michigan In a voicemail, the former mayor says Donald Trump promised a pardon during his first year in office and asks a lawmaker to put in a good word on his behalf. Now, Kilpatrick says there is no ‘quid pro...

Scoop: In a recording obtained by me, former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick said that before he campaigned "all over the country" for Donald Trump last year, the then-candidate promised him a second-term pardon. www.bridgemi.com/michigan-gov...

Haley Stevens runs for US Senate, vowing to fight ‘Trump-Musk chaos agenda’ | Bridge Michigan The race for Michigan’s open US Senate seat is heating up, as Democratic US Rep. Haley Stevens jumps in.

U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens has jumped in the race to replace MI’s retiring Sen. Gary Peters. www.bridgemi.com/michigan-gov...

📍Marrakech, Morocco

See you in two weeks✌️

Some of what the public can no longer see:
- How much a candidate or PAC raised/spent during a filing period.
- The clients of any lobbyist (MDOS said fix is coming for this)
- Bulk downloads of campaign finance and lobbying data
- Links to any specific filing or registration

New Michigan transparency portal a work in progress, leaving some disclosures hard to find | Bridge Michigan The multimillion-dollar new Michigan transparency portal is still a work in progress after its debut this month, state officials said.

Michigan has rolled out new portals for campaign finance and lobbying disclosures. State officials told me they're working to improve them, but in many instances, there is now less information available to the public than before.

Why this matters: www.bridgemi.com/michigan-gov...