NEW: Abdul El-Sayed has won Michigan's Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate, defeating Rep. Haley Stevens in a massive victory for the party's progressive wing in a battleground state. https://to.pbs.org/4fPHHJQ

Abdul El-Sayed wins Michigan Senate primary in major victory for Democrats’ progressive wing

The real test of El-Sayed’s and progressives’ strength will now come in a November matchup against Republican Mike Rogers, a former congressman who ran unopposed for the GOP nomination.

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just learned that there are 83 counties in Michigan?! What is Ingram County all about

Random: I went to high school with Amit!

Roger Parloff@rparloff.bsky.social · 15h ago

Judge Mehta's J6 Requiem "That book is now closed. Today’s epilogue diminishes the gravity of that day, denigrates the work of the prosecutors and ... officers who secured these convictions, and excuses criminal acts that caused a centuries-long pillar of our democracy ... to buckle."

MICHIGAN update: From the 3pm briefing MichSoS: Turnout is steady and voting is going fairly smoothly. Returned AV ballots are at about 1.2 million, and have already exceeded 2022’s total by 13%

SpaceX earnings live blog here: www.bloomberg.com/news/live-bl...

SpaceX Earnings Live Updates: Musk’s Firm to Report First Results Since IPO

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Deploying troops or armed federal agents to election sites is illegal under federal law. And voters have the right to vote free from fear and intimidation. Here is what you can do to protect your vote if federal agents show up at your polling place. bit.ly/4wpSGAH

Vote Safely in 2026

Sending troops or ICE officers to the polls is illegal. Here’s how you can protect your vote and your community’s voice, even if federal agents unlawfully show up.

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today Elon Musk will host SpaceX’s first earnings call as a publicly traded company and if you think he will be “grilled” by sell side analysts you have never listened to a TSLA call for 16 years

Okay! So hello. My name is Allison Gill. For the last 9 years, you’ve known me as Mueller, She Wrote. I used to have to be anonymous. But not anymore. So, hello world!

Allison Gill@muellershewrote.com · 2d ago

Changed my name from Mueller, She Wrote to my actual name, Allison Gill. Hoping I can get my blue check back. @joshpetri.bsky.team can you help?

Good thread:

M. Belanger@sethanikeem.bsky.social · yesterday

There was a psych study some years back about our tipping point as individuals to break out of herd mentality - specifically when we pick up on a threat I think it offers insight into why so many terrible people get by in our spaces, even when many of us instinctively pick up on their ick 

New: Acting AG Blanche shared two docs meant to assuage GOP holdouts to his nomination. They leave intact the text of the Trump settlement + audit immunity that spurred controversy, while walking back/clarifying DOJ's stance. Now what? The Blanche docs, annotated: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

the data center midterms!

Abdul El-Sayed@abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 4d ago

No more data centers until we can do it safely and with federal protections.

Bluesky is a "liberal bubble" because fascist chuds can't get traction without algorithmic assistance and because people here trained themselves to block "debate me" trybois the instant they roll up

The Verge@theverge.com · 2d ago

Bluesky's new CEO Toni Schneider on the platform's reputation for being a liberal bubble: "Yes, we definitely want that to change. It is already changing. It certainly wasn’t designed to attract one specific group of people."

ICE has killed another person.

El Salvadoran Man Held by ICE at Delaney Hall Dies, Family Says

The detainee had an extensive medical history, including epilepsy, according to a lawsuit. He had complained about his face and hand going numb just before his death, his mother said.

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Can't say we weren't warned. Btw tiny bit of important nuance here. Drought made worse by climate change. Not caused by it. www.worldweatherattribution.org/increasingly...

What a hire!!

Aaron C. Davis@byaaroncdavis.bsky.social · 2d ago

After 18 years at The Washington Post, I’m excited to announce a new chapter. I’ve joined the intrepid team at ProPublica, which is expanding its D.C. newsroom to pursue accountability journalism on national security, including …

After 18 years at The Washington Post, I’m excited to announce a new chapter. I’ve joined the intrepid team at ProPublica, which is expanding its D.C. newsroom to pursue accountability journalism on national security, including …

ProPublica Hires Four Reporters to Expand Washington and National Security Coverage

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ALERT: After weeks of insisting he couldn't do so.... Todd Blanche finally "puts it in writing" The Trump cop-beater slush fund is halted And Trump's sweetheart IRS deal is chopped down Just filed: open.substack.com/pub/macfarla...

The WNBA has never had a trans woman play in the league’s 30-year history and now the right and other anti-trans activists are hammering the league over something that has never been an issue, proving once again it isn’t about protection but exhibiting cruelty toward trans people.

there's a lot going on with this Ohio congressional race today but is this the first house candidate to feature a wrench in their graphic?!

Brian Poindexter For Congress@poindexterforcongress.com · 3d ago

No one credibly accused of holding a gun to his wife's head and breaking their two-year-old daughter's collarbone belongs in the halls of power. Help defeat Max Miller in November. https://secure.actblue.com/donate/bpx82

I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful

Are you saying the DOJ withdrew that pool vandalism indictment… upon reflection?

In addition to the potential unfolding WUI wildfire disaster in Spokane, WA, numerous other large & fast-moving fires (existing & new) are blowing up under extremely critical fire weather conditions & severe drought conditions from eastern slopes of Cascades eastward into ID/MT.

The most satisfying—and deserved—ratio in human history.

Watch Duty app is helpful for monitoring fires 🔥. This is #Spokane

never in my years of journalism unions have I been able to work under a ratified contract. This is HUGE for ProPublica and I couldn't be prouder that we stood up and fought for what we deserved.

ProPublica Guild@propublicaguild.org · 5d ago

🚨 WE HAVE A DEAL! After three years, in a major step forward for our members, we have ratified our first contract with @propublica.org’s management. We deeply appreciate everyone who supported us along the way. Here are some of our big wins👇

🚨 WE HAVE A DEAL! After three years, in a major step forward for our members, we have ratified our first contract with @propublica.org’s management. We deeply appreciate everyone who supported us along the way. Here are some of our big wins👇

make it make sense

Natalie Korach@nataliekorach.bsky.social · 5d ago

New: Washington Post Opinion editor Adam O’Neal is leaving, he announced in an internal memo Friday

The overwhelming right wing sentiment is that COVID was an engineered bioweapon that was also harmless. Trump overreacted to it by shutting down the country, then engineered a drive to create a vaccine that was the real bioweapon that killed millions, and it's Joe Biden's fault.

BREAKING: BLANCHE VOTE POSTPONED. NOTE: Tomorrow is when Blanche must hand over some Epstein files for a judge’s review.

Half the planet is having a massive fight about how to correctly interpret an Ancient Greek poem but go ahead, close some more humanities departments.