Host Saeed Khan talks with guests: former co-chair of the Michigan Republican Party Jeff Sakwa; pollster Ed Sarpolus; public relations specialist Beverly Watts; attorneys Bill Seikaly, Steve Fishman, and Joel Sklar; veteran journalist Nancy Derringer; and Deadline Detroit co-founder Allan Lengel.

They discuss:

Trump fires the messenger over the jobs report

Who’s funding Mike Duggan’s gubernatorial campaign, and what challenges lie ahead for him

Trump’s displeasure with John James’ run for governor

Two Virginia men plead no contest to using robocalls to suppress the Black vote in Detroit during the 2020 election

Detroit mayoral primary comes down to Mary Sheffield and Rev. Solomon Kinloch Jr.

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