Simon D. Schuster
@simon.schuster.press
Political reporter in Michigan with @bridgemi.com, dad to @bridgecfrbot.bsky.social
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Simon D. Schuster
@simon.schuster.press
· Nov 20
Made a starter pack for MI journalists covering politics. Let me know who I'm missing. go.bsky.app/2JJ7KH2
The aurora just north of Lansing last night
November 13, 2025 at 4:06 PM
The aurora just north of Lansing last night
Former state Rep. running for the upper chamber here.
🏛️ New Candidate Committee 🏛️
𝗔𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗲𝘄 𝗕𝗲𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗿 has filed to run for 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗮𝗻 𝗦𝗲𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗲 in the 25th district as a Republican.
Committee ID: 0611662
𝗔𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗲𝘄 𝗕𝗲𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗿 has filed to run for 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗮𝗻 𝗦𝗲𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗲 in the 25th district as a Republican.
Committee ID: 0611662
November 13, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Former state Rep. running for the upper chamber here.
I’m going to keep these kind of alerts on for a while, but we’ll see how much utility they really have… it’s mostly for situations like when a leadership PAC has changed hands, and thus changed names.
📝 Committee Name Changed 📝
Old Name: 𝟭𝗦𝗧 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗔𝗟 𝗗𝗘𝗠 𝗣𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗬
New Name: 𝗠𝗜𝗖𝗛𝗜𝗚𝗔𝗡 𝗙𝗜𝗥𝗦𝗧 𝗗𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗧 𝗗𝗘𝗠𝗦
Type: District Political Party
Committee ID: 000369
Old Name: 𝟭𝗦𝗧 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗔𝗟 𝗗𝗘𝗠 𝗣𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗬
New Name: 𝗠𝗜𝗖𝗛𝗜𝗚𝗔𝗡 𝗙𝗜𝗥𝗦𝗧 𝗗𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗧 𝗗𝗘𝗠𝗦
Type: District Political Party
Committee ID: 000369
November 10, 2025 at 9:35 PM
I’m going to keep these kind of alerts on for a while, but we’ll see how much utility they really have… it’s mostly for situations like when a leadership PAC has changed hands, and thus changed names.
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pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:55 AM
pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
After trying it a few times, filling out my absentee ballot at home then taking it to my polling place to feed into the tabulator is definitely my preferred way to vote.
November 4, 2025 at 9:53 PM
After trying it a few times, filling out my absentee ballot at home then taking it to my polling place to feed into the tabulator is definitely my preferred way to vote.
I'd rather commute like Fred Flintstone than own a car that requires a perpetual subscription to operate.
Few features are more beloved by drivers than Apple CarPlay. Enjoy it while you still can, writes Patrick George. https://theatln.tc/sBsAA2h0
November 4, 2025 at 8:54 PM
I'd rather commute like Fred Flintstone than own a car that requires a perpetual subscription to operate.
Reposted by Simon D. Schuster
Bad news: My new committee alerts were down for several days due to refactoring. Sorry about that!
Good news: I now also post when a PAC changes its name.
Good news: I now also post when a PAC changes its name.
📝 Committee Name Changed 📝
Old Name: 𝗠𝗜 𝗔𝗦𝗦𝗢𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗥𝗘 𝗢𝗪𝗡𝗘𝗥𝗦 𝗣𝗢𝗟𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗔𝗖𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗠𝗜𝗧𝗧𝗘𝗘
New Name: 𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗮𝗻 𝗖𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗺𝗮 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗣𝗔𝗖
Type: Independent
Committee ID: 512591
Old Name: 𝗠𝗜 𝗔𝗦𝗦𝗢𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗥𝗘 𝗢𝗪𝗡𝗘𝗥𝗦 𝗣𝗢𝗟𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗔𝗖𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗠𝗜𝗧𝗧𝗘𝗘
New Name: 𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗮𝗻 𝗖𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗺𝗮 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗣𝗔𝗖
Type: Independent
Committee ID: 512591
November 4, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Bad news: My new committee alerts were down for several days due to refactoring. Sorry about that!
Good news: I now also post when a PAC changes its name.
Good news: I now also post when a PAC changes its name.
Ah yes, we should abandon a longstanding nonprofit experiment in collaborative human knowledge in favor of automated posts from an AI controlled by a single person. The advantages are obvious
Elon Musk launches Grokipedia to compete with online encyclopedia Wikipedia
Elon Musk has launched Grokipedia, a crowdsourced online encyclopedia that the billionaire seeks to position as a rival to Wikipedia.
apnews.com
October 29, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Ah yes, we should abandon a longstanding nonprofit experiment in collaborative human knowledge in favor of automated posts from an AI controlled by a single person. The advantages are obvious
PSA: The amount of shit in Michigan politics/government cheekily named with "MI" in place of "my" is nearing epidemic levels.
The pun is so worn. It's time for a moratorium.
The pun is so worn. It's time for a moratorium.
October 28, 2025 at 6:34 PM
PSA: The amount of shit in Michigan politics/government cheekily named with "MI" in place of "my" is nearing epidemic levels.
The pun is so worn. It's time for a moratorium.
The pun is so worn. It's time for a moratorium.
Reposted by Simon D. Schuster
💰 New Attorney General Filing 💰
Name: 𝗗𝗼𝘂𝗴 𝗟𝗹𝗼𝘆𝗱 (R)
Status: Candidate
Receipts: $61,525
Total Spent: $14,968
Debt: $30,320
Cash On Hand: $46,556
All Filings
Name: 𝗗𝗼𝘂𝗴 𝗟𝗹𝗼𝘆𝗱 (R)
Status: Candidate
Receipts: $61,525
Total Spent: $14,968
Debt: $30,320
Cash On Hand: $46,556
All Filings
October 27, 2025 at 11:46 PM
💰 New Attorney General Filing 💰
Name: 𝗗𝗼𝘂𝗴 𝗟𝗹𝗼𝘆𝗱 (R)
Status: Candidate
Receipts: $61,525
Total Spent: $14,968
Debt: $30,320
Cash On Hand: $46,556
All Filings
Name: 𝗗𝗼𝘂𝗴 𝗟𝗹𝗼𝘆𝗱 (R)
Status: Candidate
Receipts: $61,525
Total Spent: $14,968
Debt: $30,320
Cash On Hand: $46,556
All Filings
$244k from his congressional campaign
💰 New Secretary of State Filing 💰
Name: 𝗔𝗱𝗮𝗺 𝗛𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗿 (D)
Status: Candidate
Receipts: $348,635
Total Spent: $4,078
Debt: $0
Cash On Hand: $344,556
All Filings
Name: 𝗔𝗱𝗮𝗺 𝗛𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗿 (D)
Status: Candidate
Receipts: $348,635
Total Spent: $4,078
Debt: $0
Cash On Hand: $344,556
All Filings
October 27, 2025 at 9:47 PM
$244k from his congressional campaign
Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist nearing a 100% burn rate here.
💰 New Governor Filing 💰
Name: 𝗚𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗻 𝗚𝗶𝗹𝗰𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁 (D)
Status: Candidate
Receipts: $358,797
Total Spent: $292,535
Debt: $0
Cash On Hand: $378,457
All Filings
Name: 𝗚𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗻 𝗚𝗶𝗹𝗰𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁 (D)
Status: Candidate
Receipts: $358,797
Total Spent: $292,535
Debt: $0
Cash On Hand: $378,457
All Filings
October 27, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist nearing a 100% burn rate here.
Reposted by Simon D. Schuster
💰 New Governor Filing 💰
Name: 𝗠𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗗𝘂𝗴𝗴𝗮𝗻 (I)
Status: Candidate
Receipts: $1,176,470
Total Spent: $1,030,960
Debt: $0
Cash On Hand: $2,464,778
All Filings
Name: 𝗠𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗗𝘂𝗴𝗴𝗮𝗻 (I)
Status: Candidate
Receipts: $1,176,470
Total Spent: $1,030,960
Debt: $0
Cash On Hand: $2,464,778
All Filings
October 27, 2025 at 9:12 PM
💰 New Governor Filing 💰
Name: 𝗠𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗗𝘂𝗴𝗴𝗮𝗻 (I)
Status: Candidate
Receipts: $1,176,470
Total Spent: $1,030,960
Debt: $0
Cash On Hand: $2,464,778
All Filings
Name: 𝗠𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗗𝘂𝗴𝗴𝗮𝗻 (I)
Status: Candidate
Receipts: $1,176,470
Total Spent: $1,030,960
Debt: $0
Cash On Hand: $2,464,778
All Filings
Reposted by Simon D. Schuster
💰 New Governor Filing 💰
Name: 𝗧𝗼𝗺 𝗟𝗲𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗿𝗱 (R)
Status: Candidate
Receipts: $290,705
Total Spent: $190,560
Debt: $105,610
Cash On Hand: $709,293
All Filings
Name: 𝗧𝗼𝗺 𝗟𝗲𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗿𝗱 (R)
Status: Candidate
Receipts: $290,705
Total Spent: $190,560
Debt: $105,610
Cash On Hand: $709,293
All Filings
October 27, 2025 at 8:34 PM
💰 New Governor Filing 💰
Name: 𝗧𝗼𝗺 𝗟𝗲𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗿𝗱 (R)
Status: Candidate
Receipts: $290,705
Total Spent: $190,560
Debt: $105,610
Cash On Hand: $709,293
All Filings
Name: 𝗧𝗼𝗺 𝗟𝗲𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗿𝗱 (R)
Status: Candidate
Receipts: $290,705
Total Spent: $190,560
Debt: $105,610
Cash On Hand: $709,293
All Filings
Reposted by Simon D. Schuster
💰 New Governor Filing 💰
Name: 𝗝𝗼𝗰𝗲𝗹𝘆𝗻 𝗕𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗼𝗻 (D)
Status: Candidate
Receipts: $1,211,748
Total Spent: $649,541
Debt: $0
Cash On Hand: $2,982,217
All Filings
Name: 𝗝𝗼𝗰𝗲𝗹𝘆𝗻 𝗕𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗼𝗻 (D)
Status: Candidate
Receipts: $1,211,748
Total Spent: $649,541
Debt: $0
Cash On Hand: $2,982,217
All Filings
October 27, 2025 at 8:34 PM
💰 New Governor Filing 💰
Name: 𝗝𝗼𝗰𝗲𝗹𝘆𝗻 𝗕𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗼𝗻 (D)
Status: Candidate
Receipts: $1,211,748
Total Spent: $649,541
Debt: $0
Cash On Hand: $2,982,217
All Filings
Name: 𝗝𝗼𝗰𝗲𝗹𝘆𝗻 𝗕𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗼𝗻 (D)
Status: Candidate
Receipts: $1,211,748
Total Spent: $649,541
Debt: $0
Cash On Hand: $2,982,217
All Filings
Reposted by Simon D. Schuster
💰 New Governor Filing 💰
Name: 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀 𝗦𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗼𝗻 (D)
Status: Candidate
Receipts: $296,878
Total Spent: $380,017
Debt: $0
Cash On Hand: $385,189
All Filings
Name: 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀 𝗦𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗼𝗻 (D)
Status: Candidate
Receipts: $296,878
Total Spent: $380,017
Debt: $0
Cash On Hand: $385,189
All Filings
October 27, 2025 at 8:22 PM
💰 New Governor Filing 💰
Name: 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀 𝗦𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗼𝗻 (D)
Status: Candidate
Receipts: $296,878
Total Spent: $380,017
Debt: $0
Cash On Hand: $385,189
All Filings
Name: 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀 𝗦𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗼𝗻 (D)
Status: Candidate
Receipts: $296,878
Total Spent: $380,017
Debt: $0
Cash On Hand: $385,189
All Filings
Appreciate Mike Cox's campaign for flagging this: Michigan's campaign finance system is seemingly double-counting original and amended transactions, falsely inflating the cumulative totals the system generates for some summary reports.
October 27, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Appreciate Mike Cox's campaign for flagging this: Michigan's campaign finance system is seemingly double-counting original and amended transactions, falsely inflating the cumulative totals the system generates for some summary reports.
Reposted by Simon D. Schuster
💰 New Attorney General Filing 💰
Name: 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗸 𝗧𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻 (D)
Status: Candidate
Receipts: $148,568
Total Spent: $30,138
Debt: $89,469
Cash On Hand: $200,211
All Filings
Name: 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗸 𝗧𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻 (D)
Status: Candidate
Receipts: $148,568
Total Spent: $30,138
Debt: $89,469
Cash On Hand: $200,211
All Filings
October 27, 2025 at 7:44 PM
💰 New Attorney General Filing 💰
Name: 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗸 𝗧𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻 (D)
Status: Candidate
Receipts: $148,568
Total Spent: $30,138
Debt: $89,469
Cash On Hand: $200,211
All Filings
Name: 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗸 𝗧𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻 (D)
Status: Candidate
Receipts: $148,568
Total Spent: $30,138
Debt: $89,469
Cash On Hand: $200,211
All Filings
Significant cash-to-debt ratio here from GOP gubernatorial candidate Mike Cox, who's largely self-funded at this stage.
💰 New Governor Filing 💰
Name: Mike Cox
Status: Candidate
Receipts: $2,159,539
Total Spent: $218,762
Debt: $3,542,000
Cash On Hand: $3,788,174
All Filings
Name: Mike Cox
Status: Candidate
Receipts: $2,159,539
Total Spent: $218,762
Debt: $3,542,000
Cash On Hand: $3,788,174
All Filings
October 27, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Significant cash-to-debt ratio here from GOP gubernatorial candidate Mike Cox, who's largely self-funded at this stage.
Very happy to announce the Michigan campaign finance bot is once again automatically posting key committee filings!
The state's new campaign finance portal makes it harder to view reports, so the folks at @bridgemi.com and I were compelled to bring it back.
The state's new campaign finance portal makes it harder to view reports, so the folks at @bridgemi.com and I were compelled to bring it back.
💰 New Secretary of State Filing 💰
Name: Amanda Love
Status: Candidate
Receipts: $123,904
Total Spent: $18,320
Debt: $52,755
Cash On Hand: $105,584
All Filings
Name: Amanda Love
Status: Candidate
Receipts: $123,904
Total Spent: $18,320
Debt: $52,755
Cash On Hand: $105,584
All Filings
October 27, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Very happy to announce the Michigan campaign finance bot is once again automatically posting key committee filings!
The state's new campaign finance portal makes it harder to view reports, so the folks at @bridgemi.com and I were compelled to bring it back.
The state's new campaign finance portal makes it harder to view reports, so the folks at @bridgemi.com and I were compelled to bring it back.
The campaign finance bot now posts when committees go away.
🚫 Independent Committee Dissolved 🚫
Name: 𝗘𝗤𝗨𝗔𝗟𝗜𝗧𝗬 𝗠𝗜𝗖𝗛𝗜𝗚𝗔𝗡 𝗣𝗥𝗜𝗗𝗘 𝗣𝗔𝗖
Type: Independent
Committee ID: 502818
Name: 𝗘𝗤𝗨𝗔𝗟𝗜𝗧𝗬 𝗠𝗜𝗖𝗛𝗜𝗚𝗔𝗡 𝗣𝗥𝗜𝗗𝗘 𝗣𝗔𝗖
Type: Independent
Committee ID: 502818
October 24, 2025 at 1:47 AM
The campaign finance bot now posts when committees go away.
Story, with more to come: bridgemi.com/michigan-gov...
October 23, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Story, with more to come: bridgemi.com/michigan-gov...
Anné Minard, the Lee Chatfield associate facing corruption-related charges with her husband Robert, is expected to enter a guilty plea in Ingham County circuit court today.
Robert Minard is still headed for trial.
Robert Minard is still headed for trial.
October 23, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Anné Minard, the Lee Chatfield associate facing corruption-related charges with her husband Robert, is expected to enter a guilty plea in Ingham County circuit court today.
Robert Minard is still headed for trial.
Robert Minard is still headed for trial.
Reposted by Simon D. Schuster
Last week, the Indiana University administration asked their student newspaper not to print any news stories in the Homecoming edition. When the faculty advisor refused, IU fired him and ended paper printing. So students at the Purdue paper printed the IU edition and drove it down to Bloomington!
Purdue student journalists deliver special 'solidarity' newspaper to IU Bloomington campus
The special edition blasted across town features columns from IDS and Exponent editors, alongside QR codes to support both student papers.
www.heraldtimesonline.com
October 18, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Last week, the Indiana University administration asked their student newspaper not to print any news stories in the Homecoming edition. When the faculty advisor refused, IU fired him and ended paper printing. So students at the Purdue paper printed the IU edition and drove it down to Bloomington!
Reposted by Simon D. Schuster
