A Republic, If You Can Keep It

Analysis and commentary on Michigan politics from former Democratic Party chair Mark Brewer and former Republican Party executive director Jeff Timmer.

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Recount Tinfoil Hats and Other Insanities

Posted December 8, 202200:46:24

Lame ducks, federal subpoenas re: Michigan’s 2020 election, a Supreme Court hearing on ending democratic elections, another court hearing on the lawyers...

Keep Building – Or Fail! (Guests: Amy Chapman, Jon Hoadley)

Posted December 2, 202200:49:16

Donald Trump may be drawing a lot of heat for his Ye-Dinner with white nationalist Nick Fuentes at his Mar-A-Lago crime scene, but his acolytes in Michigan...

The People’s Lawyer (Guest: Attorney General Dana Nessel)

Posted November 23, 202200:55:01

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In Lansing, Democrats are quickly and quietly putting in place their leadership structure as they prepare...

A New Hope (Guest: Sen. Jeremy Moss)

Posted November 16, 202200:50:53

Welcome to 2024! The dust is still settling from last week’s mid-term elections (especially among the shell-shocked GOP), but Donald Trump’s inevitable...

The End of the Beginning – Analyzing the 2022 Mid-term Election

Posted November 10, 202200:57:18

It was supposed to be a nationwide Red Wave, but nationally turned into a Pink Drizzle and (in Michigan) a Blue Tsunami. Mark and Jeff analyze an election...