Contrarian view. I am very bullish on Michigan in November. I think Stevens and El-Sayed are saying and doing all the right things right now and Stevens showed she has really strong infrastructure that can help him when/if everyone comes together. Really very encouraging all around, to me.

Trump's guy is losing to someone who isn't even running anymore because his name is Amir Hassan and though he's an evangelical Christian, MAGAts assume he's Muslim. Who could've seen that coming?

The Downballot@the-downballot.com · 17h ago

Seems like an upset might be brewing in the GOP primary in #MI08 to take on Dem Rep. Kristen McDonald Rivet. Trump endorsed Amir Hassan, but he currently trails an absolute nobody who suspended his campaign a month ago by a wide margin.

Trying to keep up with the races tonight on X reminds me why I don't go there anymore. Such a fucking cesspool. Trolls and self important egos having ego fights. It's truly a hellscape over there. Really sad because I remember when Twitter was just catching on, it was funny/happy there.

Good. Everyone should rally around the winner.

Scott MacFarlane@macfarlanenews.bsky.social · yesterday

No matter who wins tonight's primaries in Michigan, the state Democratic party is launching a rally for all of the top nominees on Friday in Detroit. Pete Buttigieg will join the event - seeking to unify, after a blistering fight between Abdul El-Sayed & Rep. Haley Stevens

When does a judge address the DOJ withdrawing charges against the Reflecting Pool Olympian? I'm dying to know if there will be repercussions.

Lol they packed the office up for her and made her go to the WH to get her belongings. (Or it is a case file. But I prefer to think they packed her stuff up)

Allison Gill@muellershewrote.com · 2d ago

TULSI (VO): RFK Jr and I could never get free Trump wine for life because we had bad Democratic blood. Didn't matter my dad was a Republican! As far as Bobby was concerned, if Jeanine was getting free wine it was like we were all getting free wine Except they didn't give Jeanine free wine that day.

Allison Gill@muellershewrote.com · 2d ago

NEW: Jake Taylor from MSNOW says Jeanine Pirro just arrived at the West Wing. Uh oh! Methinks her days are numbered!

I'm not an "abolish the Senate guy," though I am an "abolish the filibuster and electoral college" guy. But I don't think the "OMG THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISTS WANT TO ABOLISH THE SENATE!" is the killer talking point folks think it is. The other stuff, yeah, but I'd reckon people would be ok w that.

United We Stand, Divided We Fall... We must hang together or surely we will all hang separately.... U.N.I.T.Y. (You gotta let him know!) The left was told to vote blue no matter who, but now that they're winning primaries it's time for the middle to take their own advice. Stakes are too high.

Put the Knives Down. Winter Is Coming.

A MI Dem is already splitting the party, with control of the Senate on the line in November.

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United We Stand, Divided We Fall... We must hang together or surely we will all hang separately.... U.N.I.T.Y. (You gotta let him know!) The left was told to vote blue no matter who, but now that they're winning primaries it's time for the middle to take their own advice. Stakes are too high.

Put the Knives Down. Winter Is Coming.

A MI Dem is already splitting the party, with control of the Senate on the line in November.

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I made dinner for my abuser a bunch of times. You have to play nice while you're planning your escape so you don't get dead. Max Miller is a textbook abuser.

The questions are no longer about whether Talarico is ahead and can he win. The answers are clearly yes and yes. Even Fox News now has him over 50%. The question is whether Texas Republicans can successfully suppress enough votes to swing the election. They are taking active measures to do so now.

Appalling cruelty — and all to fund more tax cuts for the rich.

Daughter and I caught our first robot worker rolling around the aisles at Ralph's today. By the frozen food aisle, I was explaining The Terminator to her.

This is VERY bad. Congressional investigation immediately. They’re trying to use Palantir to figure out who you voted for. 0% chance this ends well. Stop it ASAP.

Exclusive: FBI gets voter's IP address in new fraud probe tactic

The move offers a glimpse into how authorities are now digging into voter rolls and registration practices.

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Jeanine Pirro is like way below the Mendoza line right? She might be even batting .000 at this point. She's got more L's than the word milliliter. Well, at least it's an hour of a day so she can have a drink.

WELL LA DEE FREAKING DA. Don't let this be a Friday news dump. Share the F out of it on your social feeds. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Trump administration drops Reflecting Pool case, blaming damage on ‘botched’ installation

The Justice Department said “it is difficult to attribute the widespread damage to the Reflecting Pool to vandalism, let alone to establish that fact beyond a reasonable doubt.”

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BREAKING: The Trump administration has moved to drop its felony Reflecting Pool case against a former Olympic canoeist, admitting their allegations against David "Davey" Hearn don't hold water.

Trump administration drops Reflecting Pool case, blaming damage on ‘botched’ installation

The Justice Department said “it is difficult to attribute the widespread damage to the Reflecting Pool to vandalism, let alone to establish that fact beyond a reasonable doubt.”

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Scoop: Schumer stopped by a fundraiser last night in DC for SCOTT COLOM, Dem Senate candidate in deep-red Mississippi, per two sources. Colom is facing GOP Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith. (Fun fact: Colom was nominated by Biden for a federal judgeship and blocked by… Cindy Hyde-Smith.)

Generally I don't go with betting markets. But in this case it's a factor of the ballot return counts and polling this morning. It does feel like things are definitely trending in El-Sayed's direction.

What happens when a Trump loyalist takes the Fed. A lot of BS and hot air, but no actual plan or strategy.

a statement from Fauci's lawyers says Rand Paul has "an intense & seemingly pathological course of retribution, revenge, & obsession with Dr. Fauci ... The accusations that Chairman Paul continues to propagate are false and disgraceful, and we will examine all options to hold him accountable."

Would you believe me if I told you Trump just instructed the Interior Dept to replace the Emma Lazarus poem on the Statue of Liberty with the lyrics to Lee Greenwood's "God Bless the USA?" That you COULD believe it tells you how fucking off the rails things are. (PS I don't THINK it's true)

"And the Arch, by the way, would be made of John McCain's bones and Joe Lieberman's hair. And he wakes up every morning and urinates on it. But not in the pee pee tape way, something that doesn't exist. In a way that says 'Freedom.'"

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Hannity: "My President, Lindsey probably has a heavenly version of Mar-a-Lago. It may even be a little bigger. I wouldn't be surprised if he added one big beautiful ballroom and an arch somewhere on the property. Because he would want to obviously duplicate his dearest friend in life. You."

Could you even imagine? Sounds awful!

Proud as ever that I supported Lamb (and then Fetterman when he won the primary). The difference between Platner and Fetterman, though, is that most of the folks around Fetterman do say he changed wildly after his stroke. That data point shouldn't be ignored.

August J. Pollak@augustjpollak.bsky.social · last wk.

Since these guys love comparing Fetterman to Platner I'll say exactly what I said about both: "The left" isn't the majority. He won the primary in a goddamn landslide. Every fucking county in the state. The fault here was in the party not running an opponent who wasn't pure barrel-aged dogshit.

"Rahm can’t talk Democratic voters out of the candidates they picked, and he cannot undo the primaries that are now done and settled. Nobody can, and trying to only causes damage. Who needs a Ted Kennedy ad when Rahm will do the job for free?" betterdonkey.substack.com/p/rahm-the-t...

Rahm, the Ted Kennedy Ads Are ALWAYS Running

Emanuel wants Dems to stop handing GOP a bogeyman. It doesn't matter.

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Rahm can STFU and help or get out of the way. But the idea he's peddling that left candidates somehow uniquely give the GOP an effective bogeyman to tie around mods in purple districts goes against all modern GOP campaign history. I lay the wood down here. betterdonkey.substack.com/p/rahm-the-t...

Rahm, the Ted Kennedy Ads Are ALWAYS Running

Emanuel wants Dems to stop handing GOP a bogeyman. It doesn't matter.

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