Bill Ballenger and Dennis Denno, veterans of Michigan politics, discuss timely issues on "The Friday Morning Podcast," sponsored by Deadline Detroit:
- Grosse Pointe Democrats trash gubernatorial candidate Shri Thanedar.
- A Republican congressional district chairman calls for the resignation of a right-wing radio "shock-jock" who heads Antrim County's GOP.
- Michigan legislators approve the fiscal 2019 budget and scores of other bills in what is probably the last session day for three months.
- Interview with former U.S. Rep. Bart Stupak, D-Menominee, who excoriates both major political parties for creating "dysfunctional" Congress.