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Micheline Maynard

@mickimaynard.bsky.social
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I’m a business journalist, author and podcaster, based in Ann Arbor.

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Micheline Maynard @mickimaynard.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Ann Arbor/Ypsilanti/Saline Township: got that right.
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Micheline Maynard @mickimaynard.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
At the 4 pm ET hour, @npr newscast did two Trump stories and did not use audio clips. They read his quotes and included context to counter what he said. Keep that up.
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Micheline Maynard @mickimaynard.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Good thing the Dodgers have clinched the NL West.
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Micheline Maynard @mickimaynard.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
I have no proof it is just a hunch but I think Shohei is going on the IL. We’ll see how this ages.
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Micheline Maynard @mickimaynard.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
ICYM my @bostonglobe.com column on Carney vs Trump, here it is in print.
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Micheline Maynard @mickimaynard.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Wow this Cubs game. Not over yet!
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Micheline Maynard @mickimaynard.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Again for the people in the cheap seats.
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Micheline Maynard @mickimaynard.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
I got an MMR booster last spring - I don’t have a record of when I got my original shot, and we have had measles cases in Washtenaw County. Hopefully we don’t have a serious outbreak.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
The share of U.S. kindergartners with exemptions from school vaccine requirements for the 2025-2026 school year rose to another record high, as the country battles its worst measles resurgence in 35 years.
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Kindergarten vaccine exemptions jump to another record high
Coverage among kindergartners for major vaccines fell in more than half the states, continuing a years-long trend, as measles cases climb.
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Micheline Maynard @mickimaynard.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
We need to come to grips with some things. Congress isn’t going to do anything about it. The Supreme Court probably won’t stop it. Costs are going up for a vast majority of people, even if the rich can afford it. Polls are nearly useless in a time where people lack home phones/screen cell calls.
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Micheline Maynard @mickimaynard.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Do we believe the shoulder mounted missile launcher thing?
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Micheline Maynard @mickimaynard.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Am I understanding this correctly: 1) New AF1 is delivered without the security of old AF1. 2) He insists on flying in it. 3) Iran threatens the plane. 4) They land in Turkey, remove him in a delivery truck and put him on another plane. 5) Everyone else is left on the non-secure plane.
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Micheline Maynard @mickimaynard.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
It is just wild to see the Michigan I live in characterized by people who do not live in Michigan.
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Micheline Maynard @mickimaynard.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
He has been a nice surprise in a mediocre Tigers season.
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Micheline Maynard @mickimaynard.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
To paraphrase The Natural, I believe there are two Michigans. The one we live in, and the one the national media has created. You all give me good laughs and also make me want to throw my phone against the wall.
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Micheline Maynard @mickimaynard.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
It is so wild to see out of towners analyzing the Dem MI Senate race. You’re getting so much wrong.
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Micheline Maynard @mickimaynard.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Chicago political news.
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Micheline Maynard @mickimaynard.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
This is a garbage return and no one can convince me otherwise. But the wheels were set in motion when the Tigers disrespected him in arbitration.
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Micheline Maynard @mickimaynard.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Lots of data about the absentee and early ballot count in Michigan. Absentee ballot requests are up 59% from 2022 and 36% more ballots have been returned. Bottom line: the races here are already being decided. www.michigan.gov/sos/resource...
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Micheline Maynard @mickimaynard.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Maybe you’ll like it. Maybe not.
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Micheline Maynard @mickimaynard.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
They deserve better, via @politico.com
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Micheline Maynard @mickimaynard.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Just a reminder: in 2024, 61% of Michigan votes were early or absentee ballots. Early voting begins on Saturday. Absentee ballots went out in late June. Election Day itself (Aug. 4) is when a smaller portion of voters will cast ballots.
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Micheline Maynard @mickimaynard.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Betting NBC is kicking itself that it will be airing a bullpen game instead of Yoshinobu Yamamoto’s 1st regular season MLB complete game.
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Micheline Maynard @mickimaynard.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Trivia: I met Ricardo Montalban.
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Lions, Towers & Shields @liontowershield.theincomparable.com · 16/07/2026
Posted: Lions, Towers & Shields 143, There is no Leather in Corinth. With @shelly.brisbin.net your host @mickimaynard.bsky.social @djl.bsky.social @nathanalderman.com and @philipmichaels.bsky.social. theincomparable.com/lts/143. We recap On an Island with You.. #TCMParty
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There is no Leather in Corinth (Lions, Towers & Shields 143)
If you’ve watched Star Trek, you’ve probably had your share of “I know that person” moments, when it comes to guest stars. So let us consider Ricardo Montalbån, long before he was Khan in Star Trek’s ...
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Micheline Maynard @mickimaynard.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
You all will know the answer better than I do. Normally, when a U.S. senator dies, it can take days to name their replacement. They at least wait until after the funeral. The replacement is sometimes a veteran retired politician, or occasionally a widow. At least someone familiar with the law. So
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Micheline Maynard @mickimaynard.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Did you know there have been many film adaptations of The Brothers Karamazov and William Shatner made his film debut in one? You will if you listen.
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Micheline Maynard @mickimaynard.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Allez Les Bleus! 🇫🇷
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Micheline Maynard @mickimaynard.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Is a Democrat in name only A DINO? I can think of several.
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Micheline Maynard @mickimaynard.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
You all are going to take Mamdani seriously now, aren’t you.
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MLB Jersey Numbers @numbersmlb.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
OF Ben Malgeri will wear number 53. Last worn by RHP Chase Lee in 2025. #Tigers
A white Detroit Tigers home jersey, name "MALGERI", number 53.
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Micheline Maynard @mickimaynard.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Michigan is trying to find a new president. It just signed a new football coach. Now it has to find a new men’s basketball coach. Turbulent times in Ann Arbor.
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Micheline Maynard @mickimaynard.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
“29 lives here.”
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Micheline Maynard @mickimaynard.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Happy Juneteenth to everyone! Red drinks in honor of the ancestors.
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Micheline Maynard @mickimaynard.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
When it comes to being an orator, Michelle Obama is equally as good as her husband.
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Micheline Maynard @mickimaynard.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
It’s worth checking out Macron’s IG posts from G7. He’s a chess player.
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Micheline Maynard @mickimaynard.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
“Summer blues.” People worry about feeding their families and how they’ll manage if they get sick. They’re scrambling to afford higher gas prices.
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Micheline Maynard @mickimaynard.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Here’s what you need to know about a Memorandum of Understandung: 1) It’s a memorandum. Not a signed agreement. It has no legal bearing. 2) Of understanding - what each side believes to be true, but which is not stated to be true. Again, no legal bearing. Take it with a grain of salt.
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Micheline Maynard @mickimaynard.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
We interrupt the news to show you these beautiful Michigan strawberries.
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Micheline Maynard @mickimaynard.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Can you imagine Eisenhower tweeting his plans for the invasion on the night of June 5? Me, neither.
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Micheline Maynard @mickimaynard.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
I think MSM has to ask a fundamental question with every story about this White House: Who is getting rich from this? When he says, “I love the inflation,” who benefits? Who benefits from a continued war with Iran? Who did tariffs help most? Who’s making bank on the ballroom?
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Micheline Maynard @mickimaynard.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
And yet, he keeps surviving.
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BBC Newsnight @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
"He can’t survive" | Mick Lynch on Keir Starmer's response to a leadership challenge #Newsnight www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWvRxnQiOkQ
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"He can’t survive" | Mick Lynch on Keir Starmer's response to a leadership challenge
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Micheline Maynard @mickimaynard.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Prediction: the CBS regime will be gone by fall.
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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Oliver Darcy got the audio of the heated 60 Minutes meeting where Scott Pelley dressed Nick Bilton down! "You know what was rude? Black Thursday. That was the absolute definition of rudeness. Telling Tanya Simon she had to be out of here at five o'clock." www.status.news/p/scott-pell...
"Bari loves this institution," Bilton told staffers at one point during the highly contentious meeting. "She loves '60 Minutes.'"

"She's murdering '60 Minutes,'" Pelley countered. "She does not love this place. She was brought in to kill it—and she's doing exactly that."

This story is based on audio of the meeting obtained by Status. A CBS News spokesperson did not respond to a request for comment, but Pelley's stunning series of remarks left staffers on the newsmagazine wondering if he will resign.

In the meeting, Pelley pointed out that Weiss has "no qualifications for her job" and told Bilton "you have slender qualifications for this job." Pelley, the former anchor of "CBS Evening News," noted that the changes Weiss has made to that program "have been catastrophic."

"So why should we expect any of this is going to be any better?" Pelley asked Bilton.

Bilton tried to move the meeting along, but Pelley pressed on, challenging the new executive producer’s references in interviews to “60 Minutes” creator Don Hewitt’s vision for the program as he outlined his plans.

"I have another question," the veteran journalist said. "Did you at any point work with Don Hewitt, telling everybody about what Don Hewitt thought, and what his inspiration was? I worked for Don Hewitt from 1999 to 2004 and Lesley Stahl probably worked with him for 30 years. Just wondering how you have such deep insight?"

Bilton replied that he was simply quoting Hewitt’s own words from past interviews and asked Pelley whether he had any other questions. Pelley said that he did.

"I have many questions," Pelley responded. "What was wrong with Sharyn Alfonsi?"As Bilton started to say he would "defer," Pelley interrupted: "This is not the crowd to dodge."

Bilton insisted he was not dodging.

"Nobody talked to you about that?" Pelley continued, pressing him on the firing. "They're taking one of your correspondents away and nobody mentioned to you what was wrong with Sharyn?"

Bilton acknowledged that he "had conversations with people."

"And what came out of those conversations?" Pelley asked. "They are private conversations?"

Bilton reiterated that he "did not fire" Alfonsi or Vega. Pelley pointed out that Bilton had nonetheless discussed the matter with others. Charles Forelle, a top Weiss deputy and managing editor of CBS News, interjected, telling Pelley that he was being "rude."

"This is not actually productive," Forelle said. "This is not an interview."

"It's working for me," Pelley replied.

"Anybody came into our house—this is '60 Minutes,'" Pelley added. "I guess you wandered in expecting to read a statement off?"

Pelley then asked Bilton "what was wrong with" Draggan Mihailovich, the executive editor of "60 Minutes" who was fired on Thursday.

Bilton again said that he did not fire Mihailovich. Forelle one more told Pelley that he was being "rude."

Pelley did not let up, however. The veteran newsman told Bilton and Forelle that the way management handled the firings was "cruel." Forelle—yet again—responded by calling Pelley "rude."

"I'm not being rude," Pelley shot back. "I have some pretty—you know what was rude? Black Thursday. That was the absolute definition of rudeness. Telling Tanya Simon she had to be out of here at five o'clock. Sending Draggan Mihailovich to HR to get fired, because nobody could look him in the eye. Not talking about Tanya's contract. Not talking about Sharyn Alfonsi's contract. Not talking about Cecilia Vega's contract. Just calling them up and telling they were fired. That's rude. This is a conversation. That is rude, and you were part of that."
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Micheline Maynard @mickimaynard.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
You had to figure. The rest will do him good.
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MLB Trade Rumors @mlbtraderumors.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
The #WhiteSox make it official, placing Munetaka Murakami on the 10-day IL: www.mlbtraderumors.com/2026/05/whit...
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Micheline Maynard @mickimaynard.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
A Toyota press release - and a Ford announcement - are a study in contrasting strategies. intermove.substack.com/p/a-thousand...
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A Thousand Jobs, And 35 Years
A Toyota plant in Missouri operates under the radar; a Ford JV plant dissolves
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Micheline Maynard @mickimaynard.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Doesn’t matter if you come to us for sane discussion of the news. Doesn’t matter if our stations are respites for jazz, alt and classical. We’re going to force feed you MAGA and the UFC any way. Because underwriters.
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Micheline Maynard @mickimaynard.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Congrats @mjr.news! Follow him and subscribe to his Substack.
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