Serious Questions Over Monica Yatooma's Relationship With Radical Liberal Activist Remain Unanswered

By Brandon Hall

(Email him at WestMIPolitics@Gmail.com)

With the Michigan Republican Party Endorsement Convention just a week away, important unanswered questions still remain about Secretary Of State candidate Monica Yatooma's relationship with Nora Matti, a radical liberal activist.

Matti is not only a close friend of hers---she even ran the door knocking campaign for Yatooma's unsuccessful 2022 campaign for Oakland County Commissioner.

Matti and Yatooma

Below, Matti is pictured smiling with Hillary Clinton:

Here, Matti is pictured cozied up and quite comfortable in a bar with Elizabeth Warren:

Matti was also spotted hanging out with Chelsea Clinton:

Matti recently worked for the extremely radical leftist organization "Faith In Action."

Sounds nice, right? WRONG! According to their website, "Faith in Action is a national organizing network that works to dismantle systems of injustice that are fueled by hatred and racism."

They oppose President Trump and ICE. They support "environmental justice," and are organizing against important election integrity reforms Republicans support overwhelmingly. Faith In Action also wants "to expand access to the ballot box for people of color, persons who live in poverty and persons with disabilities. We are presently organizing to topple restrictions to voting." 

Delegates have  a right to know: what role would Matti play if Yatooma were to be elected as Secretary Of State? 

How much power would Matti have in a Yatooma administration?

Stay tuned...

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Brandon Hall is a lifelong political nerd from Grand Haven, and is the Managing Editor of West Michigan Politics.

>>>Email him at WestMIPolitics@Gmail.com

AWOL: Lazy John James Misses Multiple Important Votes In DC, ~600% More Than His Peers Since Running For Governor

 

By Brandon Hall

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John James likes to use military terminology in his campaign ads and social media posts. 

Here’s one he needs to start using: AWOL.

Not only absent on the Campaign trail, but MIA in Congress too

Overall, John James has missed DOUBLE the amount of votes compared to the average Congressman!

Since running for Governor, James has missed nearly 600% more votes than his colleagues in the US House…

Some of the votes John James has missed are about extremely important issues—including our Veterans.

Since taking office in January of 2023—as of March 2026—-Rep. John James has missed 72 of 1,690 roll call votes, which is 4.3%. 

According to GovTrack (an independent, non-partisan Congressional watchdog organization), James' 4.3%  missed votes are “much worse than the median of 2.1% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving.”

Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
2023 Jan-Mar	182	1	0.5%	40th
2023 Apr-Jun	107	0	0.0%	0th
2023 Jul-Sep	224	1	0.4%	30th
2023 Oct-Dec	211	2	0.9%	37th
2024 Jan-Mar	104	5	4.8%	78th
2024 Apr-Jun	231	12	5.2%	75th
2024 Jul-Sep	120	8	6.7%	81st
2024 Nov-Dec	62	1	1.6%	41st
2025 Jan-Mar	85	2	2.4%	52nd
2025 Apr-Jun	100	16	16.0%	96th
2025 Jul-Sep	97	10	10.3%	95th
2025 Nov-Dec	80	8	10.0%	91st
2026 Jan-Mar	87	6	6.9%	87th

Not only does James have DOUBLE the amount of missed votes overall compared to other Representatives, but since he started running for Governor, he has missed nearly 11% of votes—that’s nearly 600% more than his colleagues! 

Important votes that James has missed include:

-Supporting Pregnant Women

-Standing With Jewish Americans

-Veterans Issues

-Foreign Policy 

-National Security And Terrorism 

-Election Integrity

-Iran

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Brandon Hall is a lifelong political nerd from Grand Haven, and is the Managing Editor of West Michigan Politics.

>>>Email him at WestMIPolitics@Gmail.com

Trouble Brewing For John James In Macomb County As Perry Johnson Looks To Take Control Of Republican Governor's Race

By Brandon Hall

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Perry Johnson, the “Quality Guru” who helped revolutionize America’s auto industry in the 80’s, has turned the Michigan Governor’s race upside down since the launch of his campaign earlier this year.

Since entering the race for Governor at the end of January---then kicking off his campaign with a Super Bowl ad in support of the Turning Point halftime show---Johnson has been making big waves in the Republican Primary.

Now, Johnson has announced a major ad campaign where the businessman says he will spend over $10 million in the coming weeks.

In a recent appearance on Channel 4 in Detroit, respected Macomb County political veteran Jamie Roe says grassroots activists in Macomb County are very interested in Johnson, and that he did very well at their convention last week.

Prominent Macomb County activist Ken Licari praised Johnson after the convention.

 

"A big 'Thank You' from Macomb County," Licari said in a Facebook statement. "Thank You Perry for supporting President Trump's Epic Fury policy. Macomb County supports you!"

"I am here to fight for your vote," Johnson told the crowd during his speech to hundreds of delegates. 

"Here in Macomb County, we don't anoint kings---we elect leaders."

Johnson's comments were a clear shot at Rep. John James, who was supposed to be serving Macomb County in Congress before abandoning the 10th District to run for Governor---despite President Trump telling him not to.

James, a two-time statewide loser who leads the Primary field only because of his name ID from those failed US Senate races in 2018 and 2020, has run a weak and sheltered campaign. 

When James does actually bother to do events, they are heavily controlled, the locations are usually a secret---and they are scripted like a Hollywood production.

A recent ad campaign from Michigan First Principles has been drawing attention to James losing repeatedly:

Stay tuned...

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Brandon Hall is a lifelong political nerd from Grand Haven, and is the Managing Editor of West Michigan Politics.

>>>Email him at WestMIPolitics@Gmail.com

🚨Breaking: Speaker Hall Suing Nessel To Stop State Funding For Tampons In Boys Bathrooms And Welfare For Illegals🚨

 

By Brandon Hall

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Attorney General Dana Nessel issued a controversial opinion today, defending hundreds of millions in waste, fraud, and abuse in the state budget that Speaker Of The House Matt Hall and Michigan House Republicans just cut a few weeks ago by utilizing a rarely used budgetary maneuver through the Appropriations Committee. 

Hall and House Republicans cut over $600 million, stopping state money from being spent on Diversity Festivals, a Hip Hop Academy, welfare for illegals, and tampons in boys bathrooms.

Nessel claims the Republican cuts are Unconstitutional. 

 

West Michigan Politics has learned that Speaker Hall is now preparing to sue Attorney General Nessel to protect $645 million in taxpayer money.

 

Meanwhile, Radical leftist State Senator Sarah Anthony and Lansing Democrats are scheming to keep their secret slush funds out of the public eye because they do not want the HEAT (the Hall Ethics, Accountability, and Transparency Plan) to shine more light on their extreme, out of touch agenda---and their sickening abuse of taxpayer funds.

 

Sarah Anthony and Lansing Dems are now using Dana Nessel as a puppet to continue looting Michigan with their waste, fraud, and abuse 

They have proven time and time again they simply cannot be trusted with our taxpayer dollars. 

 

Speaker Hall is fighting like hell for taxpayers, and his lawsuit to stop this insanity will be filed imminently...

 

Stay tuned!

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Brandon Hall is a lifelong political nerd from Grand Haven, and is the Managing Editor of West Michigan Politics.

>>>Email him at WestMIPolitics@Gmail.com

Speaker Of The House Matt Hall Delivers Historic Budget Transparency Reform

By Brandon Hall

(Email him at WestMIPolitics@Blogspot.com)

Legislators can no longer secretly request money for special projects known as earmarks without identifying themselves thanks to historic budget transparency reform from Speaker Of The House Matt Hall and House Republicans.

Public disclosure of budget requests are now due 45 days in advance, 4x what Winnie Brinks and the Senate Dems pushed for.

Only non-profits are eligible for special funding...

Other requirements include:

-an express public purpose for the project

-the name of the legislator sponsoring

-the name of the recipient

"The only thing Democrats cared about was shoving pork in the budget,"said Speaker Hall at a recent press conference regarding House Republicans fight to bring ethics, accountability, and transparency to a divided Michigan government in the state budget this year.  

AFP described the new rules as "a huge win and a step in the right direction for budget transparency in Michigan."

All the requests from State House members are also now publicly available in an easy to use, searchable database. 

Earmarks have caused controversy for years, most recently in 2023,when  Fay Beydoun, a Metro Detroit woman connected to Governor Whitmer, received a $20 million grant now under investigation by Attorney General Dana Nessel. 

Beydoun famously spent $4,500 on a coffee maker with taxpayer money! 

Which legislator earmarked the money for her is still unknown...

For years, the Lansing establishment looted billions from taxpayers with these BS tricks connected to earmarks---not anymore under Speaker Hall.

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Brandon Hall is a lifelong political nerd from Grand Haven, and is the Managing Editor of West Michigan Politics.

>>>Email him at WestMIPolitics@Gmail.com

AWOL: John James Skips First Republican Gubernatorial Debate

 

By Brandon Hall

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In The Shining, Jack Nicholson famously breaks through the door with an ax announcing, "here's Johnny!"

At the first Republican Gubernatorial debate Wednesday night in Sparta, the question was, "where's Johnny?"

As in Jumpin' John James, who was "AWOL," nowhere to be found---the only primary candidate who couldn't be bothered to show up.

Milk boxes highlighting James' suspicious absence were prominently featured at multiple tables. 

Senate Republican Leader Aric Nesbitt blasted James right away, in his first answer of the evening.

“I want to thank my colleagues for actually showing up here,” Nesbitt said. “The first step of winning next year is actually showing up. … It’s unfortunate that John James decided not to show up today, and after the two times that he’s lost statewide... If we don’t figure it out, next year is [going to be] the third time.”

Former Attorney General Mike Cox agreed with Nesbitt's assessment.

“Amen Aric," Cox said. "We don’t grow Michigan by electing people who don’t show up to work, we don't win by electing people who are abandoning President Trump’s majority in the House and now abandoning all of you."

James opted to spend his time in Detroit instead of debating...

In addition to Nesbitt and Cox, truck driver Anthony Hudson, Pastor Ralph Rebandt, former Michigan Speaker Of The House Tom Leonard, and AxMiTax founder Karla Wagner were in attendance.

The debate, which was moderated by Dave Bondy, also doubled as a fundraiser for the Michigan Republican Party's 2026 campaign efforts.

Two more debates are scheduled for this year: one November 4th in Roseville, and one in Traverse City on November 20th.

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Brandon Hall is a lifelong political nerd from Grand Haven, and is the Managing Editor of West Michigan Politics.

>>>Email him at WestMIPolitics@Gmail.com