Really weird and sus how this narrative of "Jews are abandoning the Democratic party" is taking hold when (1) there's absolutely no evidence of this and (2) literally the only voting bloc more loyal to Democrats (and more progressive overall) than US Jews is Black women (seriously, look it up).

Iran is demanding a fee of 7% on all commercial ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz, with Chinese and Russian vessels exempt from the fee, while Oman is discussing smaller fees of around 3% and the US wants no fees at all.-Reuters

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.

As @kevinmkruse.bsky.social noted, this was the cover of the pro-free-market, not-progressive Economist one month before the election that brought Trump back to power. The economy had problems, hence the result, but a “total catastrophe” it was not.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 6h ago

Trump: "When we took office, we inherited a total catastrophe"

Banger

Hundreds of Haitian immigrants who have had Temporary Protected Status are being told by DHS to appear at ICE offices to be fitted with ankle monitors or face deportation. Haitian immigrants, many of whom have lived in the U.S. for over a decade, deserve a pathway to citizenship — not deportation.

Some Haitian immigrants in Ohio told to report to ICE and given ankle monitors

Hundreds of Haitian immigrants in Ohio who had Temporary Protected Status have been summoned by the ICE for in-person "check-ins," immigration advocates say.

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El-Sayed: "We've been talking about an illegal apartheid regime for a very very long time, and that supersedes Netanyahu itself. So I just think we need to treat Israel the way we would treat any other country that behaved the way Israel is behaving."

In Texas, we would vote for him for a hundred reasons. But this alone should be enough.

Christopher Webb@cwebbonline.com · 14h ago

Talarico’s argument is simple: Stop treating marijuana like a crime. Legalize it. Regulate it. Tax it. Stop wasting police resources on low-level marijuana offenses. Clear the records of people whose lives have been derailed by nonviolent marijuana convictions.

Talarico’s argument is simple: Stop treating marijuana like a crime. Legalize it. Regulate it. Tax it. Stop wasting police resources on low-level marijuana offenses. Clear the records of people whose lives have been derailed by nonviolent marijuana convictions.

Taking my time to really listen and learn from the very valid concerns of the MAHA movement:

Memento (artemis) Morty 🌙@mementomorty.bsky.social · 11h ago

we should hear MAHA out about this they might be onto something

My goal is to live until the year 2640 so I can be at this church in Germany as this song ends so I can be the first wiseass to go "encore!"

depths of wikipedia@depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 11h ago

for the first time in two and a half years, a new note was played in this organ performance today!

Here's a supercut from Abdul El-Sayed's first post-primary news conference:

🥊 Abdul El-Sayed comes out swinging 🥊

YouTube video by Aaron Rupar

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Israel said the war was about the hostages. All 251 were returned by January 26, 2026. Hamas hasn’t fired a rocket into Israeli territory since April 2025. Sixteen months. Israeli strikes on Gaza haven’t stopped for a single day. So what is their excuse now?

Every single Republican candidate for governor of Minnesota (including Mike Lindell!) makes clear that if Trump tried another Operation Metro Surge in the Twin Cities, they would support his efforts to brutalize residents

It is a GENIUS messaging strategy to link AI and data centers to dick swinging toxic masculinity and I want more of it.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 12h ago

El-Sayed: "Mike Rogers is a guy who wants to put a data center in your backyard so he can make himself feel a little more manly by making an AI video ... he's a guy who went back to Florida so he could lick every single boot Donald Trump owns to bet for his endorsement."

Issues and challenges are still as relevant today. Inspiring.

Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR)@hcrichardson.bsky.social · 13h ago

Representative Shirley Chisholm, 1972: "[W]e have looked in vain to the Nixon administration for the courage, the spirit, the character, and the words to lift us, to bring out the best in us, to rekindle in each of us our faith in the American dream."

First, you tell me to get a hobby; now it's an “appropriate hobby”.

Take notes, Andrew Cuomo and Chuck Schumer

VoteHub@votehub.com · 13h ago

NEWS — Haley Stevens has endorsed Abdul El-Sayed in the Michigan U.S. Senate race against Republican Mike Rogers.

I’m sure it’s happened before but I can’t recall a candidate winning a statewide nomination while being outspent ~9:1

#StupidSuez@diplomatofnight.com · 21h ago

Unfathomable

From the picket line to the halls of the U.S. Senate, we know that Abdul El-Sayed has our back. We're going to fight like hell to make sure in November we're celebrating another victory on election night.

CNN producer: El-Sayed is projected to win. Quick, get the biggest fucking loser you can find on air

A gracious concession: “I want to congratulate Abdul El-Sayed on winning the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate. He is a doctor, a community health official, a Rhodes Scholar, and a dedicated Michigander. I am proud to offer my support as he takes on Mike Rogers in the general election…

As of last night, there are now *7* pastors, former pastors and seminarians who've become Democratic nominees running for Congress. Some have already won safe Dem seats, and several are in hotly contested races. In multiple cases, the GOP has attacked their faith. religionnews.com/2026/08/04/p...

'They're not real pastors': As clergy run as Democrats, Republicans question their faith

(RNS) — 'It's a sign that they are really scared they're gonna lose this seat,' the Rev. Sarah Trone Garriott, a Lutheran pastor running for Congress in Iowa, said. She is part of a wave of religious ...

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This is like when the Ken Burns Baseball documentary portrayed Bill Mazeroski’s World Series-winning home run as a tragedy because Billy Crystal saw Mickey Mantle cry on TV.

Politico@politico.com · 20h ago

Progressives didn’t get the big election night they wanted

The decisive failure of GOP referenda in Kansas Amendment 1 and Missouri Amendment 4 yesterday is yet another reminder of something I've been saying for a while: Voters, even Republican voters, now regularly despise and repudiate GOP attempts to use them to destroy democracy.

Uncertainty around the investigation into the death of the 18-year-old, whose body was found in Mississippi after a 4 July boat trip with friends, has led some to question whether justice will be meted out equally

Nolan Wells went to an island with friends and never came home. His death has renewed debate over race and justice in the deep south

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Gets more and more bizarre. Certainly the lack of diligence and seriousness of the investigation just increases the doubts and suspicions, even if there were no foul play. The racism and incompetence worsened what was already a tragedy.

Guardian US@us.theguardian.com · 13h ago

Uncertainty around the investigation into the death of the 18-year-old, whose body was found in Mississippi after a 4 July boat trip with friends, has led some to question whether justice will be meted out equally

Whenever you read a hot take from Politico that casts Dems in an unflattering light, remind yourself that the owner asked the executives to pray for Donald Trump’s reelection. It’s propaganda.

I wonder what establishment Democrats will learn from the consequences of screwing with McMorrow and Tom Malinowski's campaigns