Radicals took over the Michigan GOP. Now they can’t stop losing.

The MoJo Daily newsletter, Monday through Friday. [View in browser]( [Mother Jones Daily Newsletter](     August 23, 2023 What happens when Trump-era, election-denying radicals take over a state? My colleague Noah Lanard went to Michigan, where a far-right transformation in recent years prompted a major exodus by GOP consultants and donors. The result? A party that just can’t stop losing. And the losing streak, as Noah reports, is something to behold. The Michigan GOP's headquarters in Lansing has been abandoned. Their official address is now a P.O. Box at a UPS store in Grand Rapids. Kristina Karamo now chairs the Michigan GOP despite suffering the worst performance of any candidate running for the state’s top offices. And internal battles resemble a Coen brothers film. Here's a glimpse: In Kalamazoo County, Karamo supporters are [suing]( the local chair, Kelly Sackett, for pushing them out. DePerno is representing Sackett, which he hopes will allow him to [question]( Karamo under oath. Forton, the Macomb chair, says DePerno has been "butthurt" since getting beat by Karamo. In April, the news site Bridge Michigan [published]( a leaked video of Sackett knocking a phone and a cigarette out of the hands of the secretary of the Macomb GOP. The police were called. Noah's reporting offers the perfect snapshot of what a Republican Party freed from the constraints imposed by consultants and donors looks like in the Trump era. Evidently, that involves a lot of losing, with no end in sight. —Inae Oh Advertisement [House Store Ad]( [Top Story] [Top Story]( [Radicals Took Over the Michigan GOP. Now They Can’t Stop Losing.]( On the ground with the party’s latest insurgents. BY NOAH LANARD MOJO MUST-READS BY ADAM HOCHSCHILD   American Midnight: The Great War, a Violent Peace, and Democracy's Forgotten Crisis From Mother Jones co-founder Adam Hochschild, a "masterly" (New York Times) reassessment of the overlooked but startlingly resonant period between World War I and the Roaring Twenties, when the foundations of American democracy were threatened by war, pandemic, and violence fueled by battles over race, immigration, and the rights of labor. [Get American Midnight here](. [Trending] [The threat of a strike is over: Teamsters ratify contract with UPS]( BY ABIGAIL WEINBERG   [Gas companies in Canada fake sustainability numbers]( BY MARC FAWCETT-ATKINSON   [Voting rights groups condemn Atlanta's verification process for Cop City referendum]( BY EAMON WHALEN   [Royce White announces run for Senate with new conspiracy theory]( BY EAMON WHALEN Advertisement [House Donation Ad]( [Special Feature] [Special Feature]( [The struggle to tax the rich isn't done yet—in some states it's actually happening]( In Massachusetts, a constitutional amendment to increase taxes on the wealthy took 10 years. BY MELISSA HELLMANN AND MAYA SRIKRISHNAN [Fiercely Independent] Support from readers allows Mother Jones to do journalism that doesn't just follow the pack. [Donate]( Did you enjoy this newsletter? Help us out by [forwarding]( it to a friend or sharing it on [Facebook]( and [Twitter](. [Mother Jones]( [Donate]( [Donate Monthly]( [Subscribe]( This message was sent to {EMAIL}. To change the messages you receive from us, you can [edit your email preferences]( or [unsubscribe from all mailings.]( For advertising opportunities see our online [media kit.]( Were you forwarded this email? [Sign up for Mother Jones' newsletters today.]( [www.MotherJones.com]( PO Box 8539, Big Sandy, TX 75755