ID ); $exclude_types = array( '' ); $exclude_types = apply_filters( 'eat_exclude_types', $exclude_types ); // do nothing if the post has already a featured image set if ( $already_has_thumb ) { return; } // do the job if the post is not from an excluded type if ( ! in_array( $post_type, $exclude_types ) ) { // get first attached image $img = rv_auto_featured_image_catch_that_image( $post ); $attachment_id = attachment_url_to_postid( $img ); if ( $attachment_id ) { // add attachment ID add_post_meta( $post->ID, '_thumbnail_id', $attachment_id, true ); } } } // set featured image before post is displayed (for old posts) add_action( 'the_post', 'rv_auto_featured_image_add_thumbnail' ); // hooks added to set the thumbnail when publishing too add_action( 'new_to_publish', 'rv_auto_featured_image_add_thumbnail' ); add_action( 'draft_to_publish', 'rv_auto_featured_image_add_thumbnail' ); add_action( 'pending_to_publish', 'rv_auto_featured_image_add_thumbnail' ); add_action( 'future_to_publish', 'rv_auto_featured_image_add_thumbnail' ); function rv_auto_featured_image_catch_that_image( $post ) { // Find the images in the post_content. $output = preg_match_all( '//i', $post->post_content, $matches ); $first_img = isset( $matches[1][0] ) ? $matches[1][0]:''; // if no images found, do nothing if ( empty ( $first_img ) ) { return false; } return $first_img; } } Michigan Governor Softens Opposition to Trump in State of the State Message – BCI 24 News Network
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Michigan Governor Softens Opposition to Trump in State of the State Message

28 February 2025 4:20 AM
BCI 24 News Network

Michigan’s two-term Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer walked a fine line between cooperation with and criticism of President Donald Trump in her seventh State of the State speech delivered Wednesday night.
Term-limited out in 2026, Whitmer is on the short list of potential candidates vying to become the Democratic nominee for president in 2028.
The governor took some shots at Washington Republicans, saying that we are living in a “divisive national moment when America needs a new way forward.” She called it a “time when bullying and lying seem to be in style.”
With all the current “economic uncertainty” and “political division,” she said, “national politics can be exhausting.”…