The media's takeaway from an El-Sayed win is the same as it would have been from a Stevens win, and the same as it will be if El-Sayed wins the general, or if he loses it: everyone, no matter who they are, needs to take several steps to the right.

In other Michigan news, the state looks set to elect it's first transgender lawmaker. Joanna Whaley won her Democratic primary and will compete in November for a state house seat, beating a primary opponent who tried and failed to disqualify her for not running under her deadname

We have higher rates of kidney and bladder problems compared to the general population, and historically rather than address this, medicine has chosen to either ignore it or blame our healthcare. Nope, turns out marginalization just destroys bodies. Quelle surprise.

Sandy Ernest Allen@sandyernestallen.bsky.social · 4h ago

Here's my Cosmo piece about how segregated bathrooms have impacted my own health www.cosmopolitan.com/lifestyle/a6...

This is just rank Islamophobia and anti-Arab racism, based on the bigoted idea that there is something inherently scary about a president with the last name "El-Sayed." It is incumbent on all of us to call it out.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3h ago

JD Vance: "We don't want the next administration, whoever -- god forbid you're gonna have President El-Sayed in three years ... "

So that’s the thing to know, if you’re a tabloid that’s going to name-check me in another round of transphobic shit about Bluesky discourse. I don’t stand with you. I stand with my trans friends and family members. ⏹️

I saw yesterday that some right-wing outlets were running stories about me, which I’m used to. But this time I’m going to say something about it, because these were framed to imply that I was aligned with their own transphobia. ⬇️

Three-byline alert: 🚨 “.. Iran’s leadership has made a high-stakes calculation .. betting that its ability to inflict pain on the American economy is its best leverage to avoid future military action from the U.S. and Israel.” @wsj.com www.wsj.com/world/middle...

This is also a big night for Muslim Americans. The U.S. has never had a Muslim senator. The post-9/11 country my generation grew up in has been plagued by rampant Islamophobia—some of that bled into this Michigan race. El-Sayed’s win tonight is a huge deal.

Only a matter of time before Texas forces @kevinmkruse.bsky.social to drink hemlock. www.aclutx.org/press-releas...

Abdul El-Sayed has won, NBC News says. And there are other wins for the left in Michigan: —William Lawrence wins his U.S. House primary. —A DSA-backed candidate is leading a Democratic incumbent for state House. —Abbas Alawieh, co-founder of Uncommitted, leads for state Senate.

The founders are calling. They suggest you read the damn Constitution.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterday

Cornyn: "There's nothing we could do to rein in the president"

Support independent media. Don’t subscribe to propagandists like the nyt.

David Ellison may think we are stupid, but we know who he is. We know what he has done to CBS. We know what he wants to do to CNN. Support independent media.

I have to really hustle for memberships through the end of this year because I took a big risk in changing platforms away from Squarespace. The effort is chugging along so far, but we're not out of the woods. I made the change to assure Assigned's long term viability, but in the short term eeeeek!

Assigned Media@assignedmedia.org · yesterday

Good morning! Isn't it a great day to support independent journalism that serves the trans community and their allies? I KNEW you'd think so too. We're trying to add 50 new members in the month of August. Help us!!! <3!! assignedmedia.org/support/

If you're a cis person insisting that the prospect of trans children playing youth sports is not only "a problem" but in fact one of the biggest problems we currently face as a nation, I'd be happy to introduce you to literally a million other things that should be worrying you more.

“Chan and colleagues performed an analysis of 12 papers, finding that trans exclusion in sports can have serious impacts to mental health and suicidality.”

Assigned Media@assignedmedia.org · yesterday

In this month's Journal Club, @veraeikon.bsky.social looks at a 2024 paper investigating the harms done to trans athletes when they are excluded from participating in sports.

“Chan and colleagues performed an analysis of 12 papers, finding that trans exclusion in sports can have serious impacts to mental health and suicidality.”

Assigned Media@assignedmedia.org · yesterday

In this month's Journal Club, @veraeikon.bsky.social looks at a 2024 paper investigating the harms done to trans athletes when they are excluded from participating in sports.

@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Jul ErinReed Coach Cheryl Reeve wore a “Trans Kids Belong” tee as her MN Lynx opened a whole can of whoopass on Sophie Cunningham and the IN Fever, ending their 5-game winning streak 108-100. "We need to protect trans kids,” Reeve said. “It’s a human rights issue.”

WNBA Coach Cheryl Reeve Wore “Trans Kids Belong” While Beating Sophie Cunningham’s Team

The crowd was equally indignant, reportedly booing whenever Cunningham touched the ball.

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"This presents a problem for the right: If your winning issue is trans women in sports, and you're struggling to uncover trans women in any league that anybody has ever heard of, then how do you keep trans athletes at the top of people's minds? Answer: You invent them." defector.com/the-right-ha...

The Right Has Created Its Perfect Trans Athlete | Defector

A lot of people in and around the WNBA are talking about trans women. In the aftermath of Indiana Fever role player Sophie Cunningham’s negative comments about trans people playing sports in an ESPN p...

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on Sophie Cunningham and a trans controversy that doesn't involve any actual trans people: defector.com/the-right-ha...

“I have noticed that you’ve been remarkably silent about the Heritage Foundation’s report published this past month that took direct aim at girls’ and women’s sports by essentially proposing the gutting of Title IX.”

Charlotte Clymer@charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 4d ago

"So, you see, Ms. Cunningham, I will admit that I don’t understand what you’re aiming at here with your public concerns about trans youth in sports. I don’t get it."

This will get a fraction of the attention that Zohran Mamdani got for calling Netanyahu a war criminal.

Kyle Clark@kylec.bsky.social · yesterday

Depicting Jewish people with horns is a centuries-old, dehumanizing, antisemitic trope. Democratic Gov nominee Phil Weiser is outspoken about his mother’s birth in a Nazi concentration camp, his family members killed in the Holocaust, and the threat posed by antisemitism today.

“I have noticed that you’ve been remarkably silent about the Heritage Foundation’s report published this past month that took direct aim at girls’ and women’s sports by essentially proposing the gutting of Title IX.”

Charlotte Clymer@charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 4d ago

"So, you see, Ms. Cunningham, I will admit that I don’t understand what you’re aiming at here with your public concerns about trans youth in sports. I don’t get it."

“Here’s a radical thought: what if migration is only a problem to those who want it to be? What if we started seeing the mass movement of people less as an existential threat and more as a simple inevitability of human existence?”

Ceuta was a carnival of anti-migrant content for hateful opportunists on the right – and a lesson for the left | Jonathan Liew

It was framed as a perfect storm because nativists dearly wanted it to be. Looking on, progressives failed to meet the moment too, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Liew

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This is the sort of hatred that nyt’s Sulzberger and his lieutenants Kahn, Ryan, Healy and Paul legitimised. They knew where their propaganda campaign would lead.

Assigned Media@assignedmedia.org · yesterday

@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Jul Advocate Michigan Civil Rights Comsn ruls Studio 8 Hair Lab owner Christine Geiger violated MI civil rights laws when she posted on social media that the salon would not serve trans people, who should instead "seek services at a local pet groomer."

The proposition that the president of the United States is an adjudicated rapist isn't an argument. It is a fact.

RFK Jr said these words today on national television "There were ICUs that were empty all over the country including in New York at the height (of the pandemic)" hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha You are a fucking idiot hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha <sobs silently>

The message "they want to inspect your daughter's genitals" would be astoundingly effective. Which is also why conservative Democrats who want to cave won't say it. In general, they would rather lose and be comfortable than win and have to push hard.

Michael Hobbes@michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 2d ago

Insane that democrats keep trying to cave on this issue rather than amplifying the fact that it’s being spearheaded by bigots and freaks

My editor asked me to write about what happened to summer:

We launched a war on nature. Now we are in a climate warzone | Rebecca Solnit

Summer is not what it once was. We have been robbed of one of life’s great joys

theguardian.com

This is the sort of hatred that nyt’s Sulzberger and his lieutenants Kahn, Ryan, Healy and Paul legitimised. They knew where their propaganda campaign would lead.

Assigned Media@assignedmedia.org · yesterday

@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Jul Advocate Michigan Civil Rights Comsn ruls Studio 8 Hair Lab owner Christine Geiger violated MI civil rights laws when she posted on social media that the salon would not serve trans people, who should instead "seek services at a local pet groomer."