Midwest Curmudgeon

06/01/2026

Mark Brewer: Trump opens the door for Dems - complacency is the enemy. https://www.youtube.com/

06/01/2026

CORRECTED LINK The Dept. of "Justice" has been transformed into enforcers for Trump & his crime family. DJT whines about 'weaponizing' is projection. The Wall Street Journal has compiled the list: dozens of investigations, failed indictment efforts …but no convictions bit.ly/4dWPFA4

06/01/2026

The Dept. of "Justice" has been transformed into enforcers for Trump & his crime family. DJT whines about 'weaponizing' is projection. The Wall Street Journal has compiled the list: dozens of investigations, failed indictment efforts …but no convictions://bit.ly/4dWPFA4

The president has asked the Justice Department to investigate more than four dozen enemies, leading to a spate of prosecutions.

05/29/2026

This week on "A Republic, If You Can Keep It": Gretchen Whitmer for President? Jeff Timmer responds

Gretchen Whitmer hedges a little on whether she'll run for President. Jeff Timmer says it's ultimately is a gut-level decision: does she truly want the job.

05/24/2026

Now play on YouTube: Greed, Grift$ and Grab$: The Ultimate Inside Stock Trader? Spoiler alert: he also sells red baseball caps.

Analysis of Michigan politics (and the national news impacting state politics) with Mark Brewer and Jeff Timmer. Brewer chaired the Michigan Democratic Party for 16 years. He's now considered the top elections lawyer in the state. Timmer is former Executive Director of the Michigan Republican Party,...

05/21/2026

On "A Republic, If You Can Keep It" podcast: Exclusive details of how a lawsuit on Michigan's "Fusion Voting" ban would make 3rd parties relevant, not spoilers, with co-plaintiff Jeff Timmer and lead attorney Mark Brewer! https://www.youtube.com/ www.ARepublicPodcast.com

05/20/2026

Premiere episode of "Greed, Grift$ and Grab$" - the Trump family saga.

The premiere of an occasional report highlighting the latest corruption, grift and grabs from the most corrupt presidential criminal enterprise in our 250 ye...

05/19/2026

Premiere of "Greed, Grift$ and Grab$" - the Trump family saga. https://youtu.be/SStfupp8igY

05/16/2026

Mark Brewer: recent strong polls should not make Dems complacent. https://www.youtube.com/

05/13/2026

Snopes has debunked a part of the story that the promised-but-not-delivered "Trump Phones."

While indicating the deposits can, in fact, be recovered, it overlooks that the deposits represent a $60,000,000 interest-free loan to the Trump phone company. The company has said it will not pay interest when a deposit is refunded.

Even if the deposits had been invested in short-term Treasury bonds since the announcement of the phone nearly a year ago, the deposits would have earned somewhere north of $6-million which will not be passed along to the MAGA suckers.

Trump Mobile has collected deposits for its golden T1 phone since June 2025.