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Consumers “Petrified” as Sentiment Drops Below Great Recession Levels Under Trump

WASHINGTON, DC (APRIL 11, 2025) — In response to consumer sentiment plunging for the third month in a row under Donald Trump, DNC Chair Ken Martin released a statement.



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DNC Statement on North Carolina Supreme Court Ruling

WASHINGTON, DC (APRIL 11, 2025) — For nearly six months, in baseless suit after suit, disgraced candidate Jefferson Griffin has attacked North Carolina voters after losing the race to become a justice on the North Carolina Supreme Court last November and refusing to concede. Today, that court partially rejected Griffin’s efforts to throw out more than 60,000 ballots, while leaving the votes of military service members and their families in jeopardy.


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Trump’s Chaotic Policy U-Turn Raises Market Manipulation Concerns

WASHINGTON, DC (APRIL 11, 2025) — Donald Trump’s massive economic policy U-turn is raising concerns of insider trading — and Democrats are sounding the alarm. Trump has a track record of corruption, and has made it clear that he’s more interested in lining the pockets of his billionaire backers than anything else. Hardworking Americans deserve better than Trump’s chaotic agenda, which is playing political games with their dollars and plunging the country into financial chaos.





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MI Republican Oversight Committee Members, History of Financial Mismanagement & Extremism

LANSING (APRIL 10, 2025) — The Heartland Signal exposed Michigan Republican Oversight Committee members’ troubling histories of financial troubles and extremist politics. MAGA Matt Hall appointed these representatives, promising to bring sensibility and fiscal responsibility to Lansing — yet these members seem to be unable to even do that in their own lives, so why would we trust them to do it across Michigan?















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Under Trump Grocery & Energy Costs Hit Record High

WASHINGTON, DC (APRIL 10, 2025) — Despite spending his campaign promising to "stand up" for working families, Donald Trump’s chaotic economy has seen grocery and electricity prices skyrocket to record highs last month, while gas prices rose across the country. As the American people beg Trump to get the economy back on track, he’s  tanking retirement funds, decimating small businesses, and slashing manufacturing jobs. While a Trump recession is looming, it’s clear that helping working Americans is the last thing on Trump’s mind.


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Republicans Want to Slash Protections Against Big Banks’ Overdraft Fees

WASHINGTON, DC (APRIL 9, 2025) — In response to House Republicans voting to repeal the CFPB’s overdraft fee cap rule, DNC Rapid Response Director Alex Floyd released a statement.





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Trump Threatens to Illegally Send U.S. Citizens to Salvadoran Prisons

WASHINGTON, DC (April 7, 2025) — In response to Donald Trump threatening to illegally send U.S. citizens to prisons in El Salvador, DNC Chair Ken Martin released a statement.



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DNC Announces New War Room Operation to Take on Trump Administration

WASHINGTON, DC (APRIL 7, 2025) — The DNC launched a new War Room, led by veteran strategist Tim Hogan, will integrate the communications, research, and mobilization departments to drive a cohesive daily message against the Trump Administration and Republicans up and down the ballot, targeting messaging to Americans across information spaces and combating misinformation from the right.

 


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People’s Cabinet: Former Labor Secretaries Slam Trump’s Failing Economic Agenda

WASHINGTON, DC (APRIL 4, 2025) — In a press call with DNC Chair Ken Martin, former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich, and former Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su called out Donald Trump’s reckless economic agenda. With Trump putting the economy on recession watch, it’s clear that Trump and his billionaire Cabinet – including his shadow president Elon Musk – will do nothing but hurt working families and tank economic growth with their reckless agenda.

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DNC Chair Ken Martin Launches “People’s Cabinet” to Fiercely Counter Trump Administration Chaos and Lies

WASHINGTON, DC (APRIL 4, 2025) — DNC Chair Ken Martin announced the launch of the “People’s Cabinet,” a new project from the DNC that will leverage a deep bench of qualified policy experts, national and local leaders, as well as community voices who – all working together – will cut through the lies and speak directly to the American people about the reality of the Trump administration’s reckless and dangerous agenda.


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Chair Hertel Celebrates Election Integrity Assessment Amid Republican Attacks on Democracy

LANSING (APRIL 3, 2025) — The Secretary of State’s office completed an audit confirming the security of the 2024 election at the same time that Republicans are pushing to put more barriers up to the ballot box. With this announcement, Chair of the Michigan Democratic Party Curtis Hertel released a statement.


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Trump & Vance Are Running A Project 2025 Administration

WASHINGTON, DC (APRIL 1, 2025) — Donald Trump and JD Vance spent their campaign lying to the American people in an attempt to distance themselves from the wildly unpopular Project 2025 — but now, the mask is off. As Vance speaks at the Heritage Foundation today, it’s clearer than ever that the Trump-Vance agenda and Project 2025 are one and the same.





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MI Dems Chair Slams Trump’s Attacks on Social Security with Nominee Bisignano

LANSING (March 25, 2025) — Following Frank Bisignano’s hearings today to be Trump’s head of Social Security Administration, Chair of the Michigan Democratic Party Curtis Hertel released the following statement:







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Democrats to Hold “People’s Town Halls” in Competitive GOP-Held Districts As Republicans Hide From Constituents

Washington, DC (March 14, 2025) – Democrats are launching “People’s Town Halls” – a series of in-person public events in competitive districts across the country where vulnerable GOP House members are running scared from their constituents. Over the next several weeks, starting with the upcoming in-district work period, the Democratic National Committee, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Association of State Democratic Committees, and Democratic state parties’ “People’s Town Halls” will engage voters who have been left behind by Donald Trump and Republicans’ dangerous agenda.









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MI Senate Democrats Unveil Proposal for Strong Future for Children & Parents

LANSING (March 12, 2025) — Senate Democrats unveiled a bold, transformative proposal that would provide the "Building Blocks" Michigan needs to uplift working families and ensure they have a fair shot at a better quality of life for themselves and their children.
















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Trump’s Agenda Could Cripple Michigan’s Economy

LANSING (Feb. 10, 2025) — Michigan will be one of the hardest-hit places in the entire country if Trump’s economic agenda moves forward. His extreme proposed tariffs on Canada could skyrocket the price of goods while destroying high-paying jobs in the automotive industry at the same time. Unsurprisingly, when Trump’s administration is led by billionaires, middle-class families are not the priority.






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As Inflation Jumps and Consumer Confidence Falls, Trump Focuses on “Purge” of the Kennedy Center

LANSING (Feb. 9, 2025) — After spending his entire campaign lying to working families that he would focus on lowering prices, Donald Trump is now spending his time purging the Kennedy Center and appointing himself chair.











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Matt Hall’s New Oversight Committees Weaponize Government, Putting Politics Over Taxpayer Dollars

LANSING (Jan. 23, 2025) — MI House Majority Leader Rep Matt Hall expands GOP Oversight Committee to waste hundreds of thousands playing politics and carrying out political persecutions.



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MI House Democrats Condemn GOP Holding Nine Bills Hostage

LANSING (Jan. 13, 2025) — After over 100 bills passed MI Legislature in December, House Republicans have cherry-picked nine, refusing to formally present to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. The nine bills were passed by both chambers, and are constitutionally required to be presented before the Governor for her signature into law.
















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MI Senate Democrats Make Lowering Costs, Increasing Access to Affordable Health Care Top Priority in 2025

LANSING (Jan. 8, 2025) — Legislation to establish Prescription Drug Affordability Board would rein in skyrocketing costs of medication to help Michiganders stay healthy and save money.






















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MI Senate Dems Continue Bipartisan Fight for Government Transparency and Accountability with FOIA Expansion to Governor, Legislature

LANSING (Jan. 8, 2025) — On opening day of the 103rd legislative session, MI Senate Democrats renewed bipartisan efforts to improve government transparency in Michigan. Sen. Jeremy Moss (D-Southfield) and Sen. Ed McBroom (R-Waucedah Twp.) introduced Senate Bills 1 and 2 to expand scope of state’s Freedom of Information Act to include MI legislature and governor.





















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