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The Moment with Brad LaPlante

The Moment with Brad LaPlante

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How do you teach the founding of America to a generation tired of politics?

This weekend, the United States marks 250 years — and the birthday itself has become a fight, with dueling celebrations and competing claims about how the country's story should be told. Thoughts? Email me at blaplante@wlns.com Watch our show on YouTube: Watch our show on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqgS30Rc4L7OvWFdZCKMpQaiNw5iVA357 For transcripts and more, visit wlns.com/originals/moment

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Rev. Horace Sheffield III on Juneteenth, America 250 and a freedom not yet finished

Sheffield speaks about Frederick Douglass and Dr. King, about fatherhood and power, about whether the Black church still has the force to organize a generation drifting away and about why he believes — as King did — in an “innate goodness” in people, even now. Thoughts? Email me at blaplante@wlns.com Watch our show on YouTube: Watch our show on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqgS30Rc4L7OvWFdZCKMpQaiNw5iVA357 For transcripts and more, visit wlns.com/originals/moment

Rema Vassar on power, dissent and MSU's fractured board

Michigan State University trustee Rema Vassar won't sign the new ethics code. She explains why. Thoughts? Email me at blaplante@wlns.com Watch our show on YouTube: Watch our show on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqgS30Rc4L7OvWFdZCKMpQaiNw5iVA357 For transcripts and more, visit wlns.com/originals/moment

She pushed to investigate Epstein. Now she’s paying the price

The East Lansing Democrat died on a hill pushing for an Epstein investigation. Now she’s paying the price. Thoughts? Email me at blaplante@wlns.com Watch our show on YouTube: Watch our show on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqgS30Rc4L7OvWFdZCKMpQaiNw5iVA357 For transcripts and more, visit wlns.com/originals/moment

How Michigan justice 'do-overs' still leave the innocent behind

A Michigan bill would make it easier for wrongfully convicted people to win state compensation. This week, Wayne County exonerees Roderic Pippen and Eric Anderson, WMU-Cooley Innocence Project's Dr. Marla Mitchell-Cichon, and bill sponsor Sen. Staphanie Chang about what the fix would — and wouldn't — change. Thoughts? Email me at blaplante@wlns.com Watch our show on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqgS30Rc4L7OvWFdZCKMpQaiNw5iVA357 For transcripts and more, visit: wlns.com/originals/moment

Aric Nesbitt wants to be Michigan's governor. First, he has to introduce himself

Aric Nesbitt was first elected to the Michigan House of Representatives in 2011. He served as state Lottery commissioner in the final years of Gov. Rick Snyder’s term. He ran for state Senate in 2018 and won, eventually rising to Senate Minority Leader. Now, Nesbitt is running for governor.

Will Lawrence says Democrats’ problem isn’t the message. It’s courage.

Will Lawrence grew up in East Lansing watching soccer fields give way to subdivisions. He spent years trying to stop that kind of development, or at least redirect it, as co-founder of the Sunrise Movement, the youth-led climate organization that helped push the Green New Deal into mainstream Democratic politics. Now, he’s running for Congress in Michigan’s 7th District, a seat Tom Barrett flipped red in 2024 when he defeated Democrat Curtis Hertel.

Tom Leonard: In Michigan's governor's race, running on policy is a losing strategy

Tom Leonard joins the Moment after he's dropped out of the governor's race.

Schuette v. Nessel (Part II): The fight over the state Supreme Court

Attorney General Dana Nessel is suing Eli Lily for alleged price gouging in Michigan. A bill in the Michigan House would eliminate Nessel's legal theory for her lawsuit and change how the state can sue businesses.

Democrats plan to paint Mike Duggan as a Republican who won't stand up to Trump

Curtis Hertel's job, as chair of the Michigan Democratic Party, is to put Democrats in the best position to win elections. But the party is railing against former Democrat Mike Duggan. Republicans say he's "100% a Democrat," but Hertel says he is running a campaign fueled by the GOP. Duggan, meanwhile, says he's running a campaign for those sick of both parties.

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