Marshall

It's the American Museum of Magic.

It is located in Marshall, Michigan, and I had to look this up, 'cause even though I'm, I'm from the area, i- meaning the, the Midwest, uh, spent a good bit of time in Minnesota.

This is just to the left or west of Detroit.

It is between Detroit and, um, Lake Michigan, right there on the coast.

It's right there.

Uh, that's where Marshall is.

Um, this is, this is a place...

You can look it up online.

Okay.

So last week, Eliza and I, we, I had a speaking aga- event in Marshall, Michigan.

By the way, shout-out Marshall, Michigan.

My God, cutest little town.

So I had a speaking event in Marshall, and we spent the night at this adorable hotel called The Royal Hotel.

I might be flubbing the name.

It's on top of the venue.

Hang on, I gotta look it up, 'cause I'm gonna flub the name, and I wanna get it right for you.

39-year-old Mary Denise Lansde was described by those who knew her best as a loving and caring woman who had plenty of friends and family around her.

The Lansde family were described as tight-knit, with Mary's mother, Anita, describing her daughter as a well-liked young woman in the community of Marshall, Michigan.

Mary had a connection with Marshall.

It was where she'd grown up and experienced all of her major life events.

So when her family told them that they were planning to move to California in 2004, she told them that she was staying put.

Her family moved to California with the 39-year-old, her fiance, Chris Pratt, and Mary's two children staying behind in Marshall, Michigan.

Mary was an adult and was more than capable of looking after herself, and her family had no worries about her or her welfare.

Just months after they made the big move west, the Lansdes were struck by a tragedy that has continued to haunt them for over 18 years.

Oh.

"Everybody comes back." And, um, getting over the knowing that I could do anything even, you know, even though I'm from a small town in Marshall, Michigan, and, um, you know, even small town girls from Marshall, Michigan, can create big breweries, big businesses, nationwide recognized companies and yeah.

Oh, my goodness.

Wow.

We're partnering with CATL.

It's our factory, our people in Marshall, Michigan.

But it's their IP.

They're leaders in battery tech.

Anyway, Michigan State Police motor carrier officers stopped a semi-truck Thursday on I-69.

near Marshall, Michigan.

All right.

The commercial vehicle stopped happening around 2 p.m. on September 24th.

And then within hours, the Trump administration, the White House posted that letter.

One of the bullet points said, 1,000 employees, $3 billion investment in Marshall, Michigan by Ford Motor Company.

As a win, within hours,

that was sent.

Ford and the DOT are having a bit of a quarrel.

On September 8, 2026, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy sent a public letter to Ford CEO Jim Farley at Blue Oval Battery Park in Marshall, Michigan, criticizing the company for using licensed battery technology from CATL, a Chinese-backed battery manufacturer.

Duffy accused Ford of intentionally deepening its dependence on a foreign adversary and failing to act as a reliable partner to the American public.

The letter also criticized Ford's oversee partnership with Geely in the delayed reshoring of some Lincoln models.

Ford pointed out the inconsistency within the Trump administration as well regarding the company.

While Secretary Duffy is attacking Ford, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick recently praised the automaker's efforts to bring manufacturing back to the United States.

And the White House, as recently as last week, praised the Marshall Battery Project.

So what is it? Are we happy with it? Are we mad about it? Like what's going on? So I mainly just brought this up because I thought it was interesting because, you know, I saw this and it's like, oh, cool.