Daniel Baxter has worked in election administration since 1985, including enduring BS attacks from Trump world in 2020. so grateful to talk to him last night about the process in Detroit, including the DOJ monitors sent by Trump this time around. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmUD...

Diligent poll workers form bulwark against Trump's efforts to undermine elections

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Daniel Baxter, the chief operating officer of Detroit's Department of Elections, comments on the presence of DOJ election monitors in the city amid Michigan's primary elections. @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social

donna, you're welcome back on MS NOW anytime 🤣💙

Marcus Johnson, the Michigan college student who went viral for schooling Vice President JD Vance, joins @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social to discuss the Gen Z vote as Michigan Democrats choose between progressive Abdul El-Sayed and moderate Rep. Haley Stevens in the state's U.S. Senate primary.

Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-NJ) reacts to another death at Delaney Hall, a detention center in her district in New Jersey. Officials say 39-year-old Salvadoran immigrant Edwin Lopez-Cornejo died at the facility on Saturday. @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social

reporting live from michigan today and just wanted to say: thank you to all our election workers. 💙 *especially* with Trump consistently questioning the integrity of their work — even sending DOJ monitors here.

michigan!! i’m here for primary day. thoughts about El-Sayed v Stevens? or Tarik Skubal joining the Dodgers? 🙊 lmk your predictions for this week’s “prediction markets" on @connectwithjacob.bsky.social!

made it Michigan. the great Marcus Johnson will join me during our special @ms.now coverage today at 6PM ET to give his breakdown of the senate race.

if you're a local reporter and have a story you want to share with the @connectwithjacob.bsky.social audience, please, please, please slide into our DMs.

filming "prediction markets" for @connectwithjacob.bsky.social this week in Detroit! cannot wait. this week's edition is spicy af. www.ms.now/connect/watc...

‘There’s no firebrands’: Can Democrats claw back Congress?

Jacob Soboroff went to Dekalb Market in Brooklyn to ask New Yorkers for their predictions ahead of the midterm elections. Voters weigh in on Democrats’ chances of retaking Congress in November, how th...

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my face in this thumbnail sums up how I feel about SCOTUS striking down limits on how much money political parties can spend in coordination with candidates. *loved* this conversation with Professor Sample. www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZuq...

Money & Maps: How GOP structural barriers are choking our democracy

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summer camp pickup today! thanks to Vaughn for holding it down. see you Tuesday at 6PM ET from Michigan.

Minnesota’s Superior National Forest received a $10 million grant in 2024 to cover wildfire prevention efforts, then DOGE delayed funding. now, parts of that area are burning. I spoke with a former wildland firefighter who says the cuts made the fire worse. youtu.be/0cbI9_CNZmM?...

Fmr. fire ranger: DOGE DELAYED a $10 million wildfire grant. It ‘would’ve really helped us’

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we posted the first 20 minutes of my show this week so you could hear as much as possible about the new revelations of disgusting and racist behavior by federal agents and allegations of abuse in Trump's ongoing mass deportation effort youtu.be/_DSI5DBTWss?...

“See bodies, chase bodies”: A look at DISTURBING bodycam footage and texts between ICE agents

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Chainsaws, cheese hats and plenty of cringe: Jacob recaps Elon Musk’s MAGA history as Musk revives his super PAC for the midterms. #connectwithjacob

Musk is getting his “GRUBBY LITTLE PAWS” back in politics

After a dramatic falling out with MAGA and Trump in 2025, Elon Musk “stepped away” from politics. But now he’s back, reviving his super PAC to support GOP candidates in the midterms. Jacob reviews Mus...

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“They’re so BLAND” New Yorkers weigh in on Democrats’ chances of retaking control of Congress in the upcoming midterms. #PredictionMarkets #ConnectwithJacob

‘There’s no FIREBRANDS’: Can Democrats CLAW BACK Congress?

Jacob Soboroff went to Dekalb Market in Brooklyn to ask New Yorkers for their predictions ahead of the midterm elections. Voters weigh in on Democrats’ chances of retaking Congress in November, how th...

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loved the show today. thank you all for tuning in! @connectwithjacob.bsky.social

lmk if you're watching with us -- doing an AMA shortly @connectwithjacob.bsky.social

🚨 ON THE AIR. @connectwithjacob.bsky.social

see you tomorrow morning on @connectwithjacob.bsky.social.

we always love meeting new people (and dogs) at the market ❤️ #predictionmarkets @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social

how long do you think this diarrhea nightmare is going to last? and is RFK Jr to blame? New Yorkers had some thoughts on the cyclospora outbreak in this week's "prediction markets". let us know yours ⬇️ @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social

Darrin Pigram. Jonah Neal. Tyrin Johnson. Alfonso Ivy. Four people whose deaths have been tied to one unit in just two months: Donald Trump's Memphis Safe Task Force. But just how "safe" is this unit? @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social dives in.

"Last year, the Trump administration delayed a $10 million grant that was supposed to help Minnesota thin out about 4,000 acres of dense, dry forest at high risk of burning... now, some of those areas are on fire." www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2026...

‘We were shovel-ready’: A Minnesota forest hit by DOGE cuts is now ablaze

Officials said losing out on the ability to do vital prevention work at a perilous time for the region hindered them from being as prepared as they could have been.

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meet Lloyd, my morning boost. 💙 🤝

thank you for another incredible weekend of shows on @connectwithjacob.bsky.social. looking forward to next week.

"It is shocking that we have allowed for investors to make money off of child imprisonment, of kids who are as young as two months old." @connectwithjacob.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=citL...

Dem Rep SLAMS investors who profit from ‘child imprisonment’ at ICE detention center

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"These attacks, these attempts at repression are really just an attempt to cover their own failures and trying to turn back the tide of history." @connectwithjacob.bsky.social youtu.be/M9Ml8vHG1J4?...

‘I'm an Agent of My Own Conscience’: Activist SLAMS Government’s Foreign Agent Claims

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Investors are making $ off imprisoning children as young as two months old, says @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social. Kids at Dilley detention center will “never be the same.” 100+ House Dems are trying to shut it down. “Trauma will stay with them for the rest of their lives.” #ConnectwithJacob

Dem Rep SLAMS investors who profit from ‘child imprisonment’ at ICE detention center

The calls to close Dilley detention center, the notorious facility in south Texas, are growing louder. In a letter to Secretary Markwayne Mullin, more than 110 House Democrats cited the inhumane condi...

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The gov’t has linked progressive activists to Cuba’s “campaign of subversion”. And has tied left-wing groups to foreign influence by China. People’s Forum Executive Director Manolo De Los Santos says it’s just another attempt to silence dissent. “I'm an agent of my own conscience.” #ConnectwithJacob

‘I'm an Agent of My Own Conscience’: Activist SLAMS Government’s Foreign Agent Claims

The Trump administration says it has launched a "global campaign to crush radical left terrorism." Its first move: releasing a report alleging left-wing activism in the U.S. is tied to a Cuban foreign...

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