Note he's reframing "retribution" as "enforcing the rule of law," not cowering from holding people accountable. This needs to be the consistent frame--it's not about "getting even," it's about justice. We'll get even by making these people face the rightful consequences.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 54m ago

El-Sayed: "People have always seen Trump as this big unbeatable monster. It turns out, you just stand up to him & he can read the tea leaves. I'm willing to work with anyone... it should never be about retribution. It's about enforcing the rule of law & most importantly delivering for the public"

(RNS) — The Michigan Senate results, among other national races, suggest that the turmoil and divisions surrounding Israel and antisemitism that roiled Jewish communities prior to the midterms did not result in dramatic voting changes.

A majority of Michigan Jews voted for El-Sayed, polling suggests, but divisions remain

(RNS) — The Michigan Senate results, among other national races, suggest that the turmoil and divisions surrounding Israel and antisemitism that roiled Jewish communities prior to the midterms did not result in dramatic voting changes.

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He continues to impress.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 36m ago

El-Sayed: "The first 3 things we have to do is end this war -- we need a war powers resolution that brings war-making capacity back to Congress -- number 2, ending this tariff regime & war against Canada, but number 3, stopping the nuclear bomb that's about to go off in our healthcare system ... "

Abdul El-Sayed Makes History As First Physically Healthy Senator

Abdul El-Sayed. You want someone who really understands this sort of stuff to be helping to run a country. Fortunately, he is.

SLAP IT ON A T-SHIRT “enforcing the rule of law & delivering for the public”

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 54m ago

El-Sayed: "People have always seen Trump as this big unbeatable monster. It turns out, you just stand up to him & he can read the tea leaves. I'm willing to work with anyone... it should never be about retribution. It's about enforcing the rule of law & most importantly delivering for the public"

Transformational having this guy on a national stage making these arguments with force and articulation. Important caveat: you can be narrowly aligned on policy with a wannabe dictator without working with them.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 45m ago

SCARBOROUGH: What do you think about Donald Trump talking about cutting off aid to Israel? EL-SAYED: I agree with him on that. I'd love to work with him on doing that.

Congratulations to Dr. Abdul El-Sayed! I know he will be a champion for working people as Michigan’s next senator.

The anger of the bigots to Abdul El-Sayed's victory will bring me joy for months!

The Israel lobby once seemed impossible to defeat. Abdul El-Sayed just crushed them. They're right to be panicking.

Quite satisfying and utterly unsurprising for progressive Jews who have had it with the AIPAC bullying

Joel S.@joelhs.bsky.social · 12h ago

So much for that narrative.

"It took a long time for me to see anything he saw in me simply because of my name" -- Morning Joe plays El-Sayed the video of Bill Clinton in 2007 praising his valedictory speech

El-Sayed: "People have always seen Trump as this big unbeatable monster. It turns out, you just stand up to him & he can read the tea leaves. I'm willing to work with anyone... it should never be about retribution. It's about enforcing the rule of law & most importantly delivering for the public"

A 19-year-old Democrat has unseated a 16-year Republican incumbent in Massachusetts. Daniel Darris-O’Connor, a 2025 Billerica High graduate and UMass Lowell student, defeated Rep. Marc Lombardo by just 438 votes. He'll be one of the youngest lawmakers in state history.

That is a great idea., cbwrong.blogspot.com/2026/11/the-...

Some VERY big, fun news: The Onion is extremely close to buying an honest-to-goodness, Division 1 college football bowl series bowl game. Yes, we're trying to pull off The Onion Bowl. A few days before Christmas, potentially in Texas. But we've already been banned once. And we need your help.

The Onion Pitches Pablo Torre (and ESPN) the Bowl Game America Needs | PTFO

YouTube video by PABLO TORRE FINDS OUT

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The look in these ladies’ eyes says it all.

🎁Gift Article Even Where MAGA Won, MAGA Lost A vision of a multicultural America emerges from this election. By Adam Serwer November 5, 2026, 7 AM ET www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...

Even Where MAGA Won, MAGA Lost

A vision of a multicultural America emerges from this election.

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During the midterms, Trump and Vance kept saying “America belongs to those who love it.” MAGA’s reaction to the results showcasing America’s diversity and multiculturalism shows that the country they say they love is not the one that actually exists. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...

𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐠𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐮𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐋𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐲. 𝐓𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐧!

I don’t know how many people noticed, but every single thing that Warnock mentioned about the Deep South during this cycle happened. He was one of the only people who clearly saw such a dramatic shift happening. They actually laughed at him when he said this.

Phony Pedophile Puke

WHO ELSE AGREES?! 🤚 SHOW. SCHUMER. THE. DOOR. 😎🇺🇸✨

MAGA blames Trump They elected him MAGA is to blame MAGA should be treated As Nazis were treated in Germany After World War II.

Grow a Spine. @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social And @ChuckSchumer. No AIPAC

conifergirl.bsky.social@conifergirl.bsky.social · 4h ago

The Democrats may have taken control of the House and the Senate, they may have humiliated Donald Trump and the Republican Party, but the real fight is only beginning. It is not simply a battle to hold the corrupt Trump regime to account, something that can only be done if the Democrats are willing

www.thedailybeast.com//kaitlan-col... #Blues #GTS

Kaitlan Collins Gives Brutal Take on the State of the Trump Administration

The CNN host weighed in on the MAGA midterm post-mortem.

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