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El-Sayed: "Once a government agency like ICE is told it has impunity to do the worst things and violate the highest law of the land, which is the Constitution itself, I don't think you can reform or retrain. I think we need to start from scratch ... I think we need to abolish it."

In Bari Weiss' Free Press, Olivia Reingold reported from El-Sayed's watch party that "there were keffiyehs as far as the eye could see ... keffiyehs on heads, keffiyehs as belts, keffiyeh-printed phone cases." Not a single one made it into images from Reuters, a local ABC station, or Detroit News.

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Folks from the Women's March have been arrested at the Capitol for protesting ICE. Shout out to the women who are putting their lives and livelihoods on the line to get their message out: ABOLISH ICE.

Abdul El-Sayed was outspent 9-to-1 by AIPAC and corporate Super PACs in the most expensive Senate Democratic primary of all time. Last night, he proved that organized people can beat organized money.

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El-Sayed, Lawrence and McKinney all won progressive campaigns in Michigan last night by talking about climate and clean energy like it was a kitchen-table issue — because skyrocketing energy bills and endless wildfire smoke matter to people.

It’s wild to have people this morning blithely pronounce that “the money didn’t really matter” in a race where one candidate got outspent 12:1 and won by ONE point. That’s some willful ignorance.

El-Sayed: "If all Mike Rogers got is that 'his name is Abdul, and my name is Mike,' you're gonna be surprised how many people are like, 'Yeah, but that's the Abdul who wants to bring down the price of my groceries and make sure I got healthcare. So yeah, I like Abdul over your Mike from Florida.'"

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.

It’s apparently become one of if not the most expensive races of its kind, mostly due to AIPAC (pro Israel funding org in the US) trying to push forward pro Israel centrist against pro Palestine left winger. Extraordinary numbers

Spending by Outside Groups in Michigan's Senate Primary
Outside groups have spent more than $60 million in the state's Democratic primary. The AIPAC-affiliated United Democracy Project, which is backing Stevens, has spent far more than anyone else.
• United Democracy Project A Stronger Michigan + Center Forward
Committee
Stevens spending
Center for Democratic Priorities
Additional pro-
Pro El-Sayed spending
Groups benefiting Stevens
$60,097,935
Groups benefiting El-Sayed
$4,631,743
The Center for Democratic Priorities has not reported total spending but is reported to have spent $6.5 million backing Stevens. FEC data accessed on
July 30.