NEWS — Haley Stevens has endorsed Abdul El-Sayed in the Michigan U.S. Senate race against Republican Mike Rogers.
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NBC projects El-Sayed the winner of the Michigan Senate primary! www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...
Michigan Senate Primary Election 2026 Live Results: Stevens, El-Sayed, Rogers and More
See live results from the 2026 Michigan Senate primary election as Republican and Democrat votes are counted by candidate and county.
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🚨🚨 Abdul El Sayed wins the Democratic Senate primary in Michigan, NBC News projects. He defeats Haley Stevens.
dawg we gotta beat predictive markets with sticks until they crawl back into the holes they came from
Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 14h agoThese betting markets sites are so socially corrosive. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Michigan's answer to Elizabeth Warren
vermivorax@vermivorax.bsky.social · 14h agoI like McMorrow - I think she picked/got stuck with bad consultants for her Senate campaign and got bad advice. I actually think that in a 2-way race against either Stevens or El-Sayed, she would have won, but in a 3-way race her lane just wasn't there.
“What is a fire? And how does it, what’s the word, burn?” The problem of perpetual white innocence in the face of racism. In this essay…
Will Beaman@greenbackbetter.bsky.social · 14h agoPrimaries are so crazy because the world is on fire and no matter how much burns down there's no consensus on what a fire is or how you put it out
Good read. I also wonder if the self-policing of negative syllogisms (for now troped as "not x but y" statements) will have disciplinary implications for critical humanist fields that are not positivist and "open up" problems by showing that they are not identical with themselves, etc.
Julia Serano@juliaserano.bsky.social · 23h agoI hate this timeline & that I had to write this essay. I hate AI companies & LLMs & the randos who are now using "AI detectors" (also AI!) to smear authors they dislike: on Medium (friend link): juliaserano.medium.com/on-em-dashes... & Substack (no paywall): juliaserano.substack.com/p/on-em-dash...
Primaries are so crazy because the world is on fire and no matter how much burns down there's no consensus on what a fire is or how you put it out
I think the biggest similarity between Trump and Obama in hindsight will be that Trump leaves the local and state-level GOP in the same shambles.
Zoomer Antimillenarian@surcomplicated.bsky.social · 15h agoWhile the gap between Dem and GOP talent keeps snowballing hard in favor of Dems, there has been an absolute decline in Dem talent, as a delayed effect of the local and state-level wipeouts under Obama.
Decision Desk HQ projects William Lawrence wins the MI US House 7 Democratic Primary #DecisionMade: 10:41 PM EDT
Ok i'm just gonna say it: Michigan has me depressed right now
I forgot how much I actually hate watching results come in
Tortuting AI is Foucault's revenge on catholic confession
The thing where negative syllogisms read as AI really gets me because it's just apophatic reasoning. In e.g. continental philosophy it's sometimes appropriate to reason negatively like that.
Max Miller & Graham Platner are examples of men who perform masculinity in ways that men drool over even if it harms women. Democrats don’t need to follow the republican masculinity playbook to win men. My latest for @rewirenewsgroup.com rewirenewsgroup.com/2026/08/04/e...
What Is 'Edgelord' Politics—and Why Are Democrats Flirting With It Before the Midterms?
Max Miller, Graham Platner, and the rise of edgelord politics on the left. Democrats don't need toxic men to win young male voters. Here's why.
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In a fascinating historical turn, Hasegawa walks through the founding of the Bank of North Dakota over a century ago, revealing how the agrarian movement behind the bank actually drew inspiration from progressive public ownership projects underway in Seattle at the time.
The Fight for Public Banking with Washington State Senator Bob Hasegawa (In the Loop: Revolutionizing Public Finance, Ep. 3)
In this episode, hosts Tyler Suksawat, Will Beaman, and Scott Ferguson sit down with Washington State Senator Bob Hasegawa to explore his nearly two-decade campaign to establish a public bank in Wa…
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This was a surprisingly moving listen/article. I had not heard of public banking. This is a solid introduction. Also am now a fan of Senator Hasegawa and Money on the Left.
Money on the Left@moneyontheleft.bsky.social · yesterdayIn a fascinating historical turn, Hasegawa walks through the founding of the Bank of North Dakota over a century ago, revealing how the agrarian movement behind the bank actually drew inspiration from progressive public ownership projects underway in Seattle at the time.
One sign of the rise of male supremacy and the decline in women’s status is the ubiquity of online porn lingo in casual speech.
Chris Hayes@chrislhayes.bsky.social · 2d agoIt was this one, and, yes, I do believe that was an All In first.
there is a clear pattern of incest themes in conservative coded popular media right now and I really want adults to not be weird about saying so
This kind of shit is why “return to good economic indicators” is grossly insufficient. We need big qualitative changes in the political economy of so many things.
The New Republic@newrepublic.com · 2d agoPresident Trump is banning students majoring in degrees that don’t make enough money from taking out college loans. Degrees for social work, art, religious studies, teaching aides, and music will be hit the hardest. trib.al/aaAEu6v
Base/superstructure thinking has done so much damage to actually trying to change the world. It's like content/form. Whatever is considered "the base" is being reified IMO.
I'm hoping she doesn't CONSCIOUSLY mean to suggest triangulating on eugenics and natalism, but the most charitable straight interpretation of this is still some base-superstructure nonsense about how MAHA has a material political essence with coincidental right wing culture wars on top.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez@ocasio-cortez.house.gov · 2d agoThere is pervasive corruption across our healthcare and agricultural systems that defy party lines. I meet with MAHA activists because a lot of their concerns are bipartisan issues that major corporations paint as partisan. The fight isn't left and right, it's top and bottom.
"The crux of the problem is that every year millions of Seattle’s tax dollars line the coffers of capitalists outside the city."
The Seattle Loop: Reclaiming the Public Interest
By Tyler Suksawat & Scott Ferguson A palpable, but indecisive enthusiasm permeated a recent Seattle arts forum, revealing a city desperate for a future that no one quite knows how to build, let…
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