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…

It’s bad. Ukraine is still effectively hitting both inside Russia and occupied Crimea almost daily, but Putin (as usual) is targeting population centers instead of legitimate military targets.

@nmdoj.bsky.social’s complaint alleges that "the federal government has refused, without adequate legal justification, to share records that could help investigators identify witnesses, corroborate evidence, and determine the full scope of crimes that occurred in New Mexico."

The shameless Islamophobia by the GOP is on full display. The only card they have against El-Sayed. Won't work.

BREAKING: The New Mexico Department of Justice has sued Acting AG Todd Blanche and the DOJ, requesting the court for access to unredacted Epstein-related investigative files that the DOJ has been withholding.

While you were sleeping, creepy fucking pervo Rep. Chuck Edwards announced he is ending his re-election bid. So why the fuck isn’t his gross ass resigning?

Michigan and the Moon

It’s Wednesday. There are 90 days until the midterm election. Bari Weiss covers for Epstein, Republicans stand by another abuser and a nailbiter in Michigan.

thealtmedia.com

El-Sayed: "My commitment to Jewish safety is the same commitment that I have to the safety of my own daughters. Because if there is one question of political philosophy that ought to animate us all, it's what would we do if we treated all our kids like they were all of our kids?"

I can’t believe he tried to hold on through the ethics investigation and the sexual assault claims, personally. But Republicans are pretty shameless that way

The exits are bottlenecked

Another GOP incumbent not seeking re-election. They’re all panicking about the midterms.

🔥 Dr. @abdulelsayed.bsky.social : “America can do glorious things, but to love 🇺🇸 isn’t just to dress up in some colors and pretend everything’s fine. To love 🇺🇸 is to will 🇺🇸 to do the hard work of being better… we can’t control the past 250 years, what we CAN do is build the next 250.”

Imagine being a US Senator pretending to care abt the child rape of the Epstein files; and then hiring Todd Blanche to help protect the rapists.

Good riddance. If he had any honor he would leave now, but Mike Johnson needs his vote so Republican sexual harassers need to stay around. Probably want to keep young female staffers away from him though.

The reality is that this is exactly what Trump wants. He wants to force Ukrainian capitulation and this is how he wants to do it.

Sure, Democrats are not perfect and we have some bad apples. But sexual harassment and abuse of women has become an absolute epidemic among elected Republicans because it is the culture of the party under lifetime serial sexual harasser Donald Trump.

Is Mike Johnson going to throw some more Bible verses at us today while continuing to back Max Miller?

"I feel badly for him."

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 14h ago

Q: Any comment on Rep. Max Miller? TRUMP: I hope he's able to work it out. I feel badly for him.

Well done, Mallory! 👏

MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com · 6h ago

Mallory McMorrow immediately endorses: “Congratulations to Abdul El-Sayed for winning the Democratic primary to become our nominee to be Michigan’s next US Senator. I’m proud to give Abdul my full endorsement and support as we head to November together as a unified party”

⚡️ Ukraine's former ambassador to US charged in corruption case. President Volodymyr Zelensky dismissed Olha Stefanishyna from her post on Aug. 3.

Ukraine's former ambassador to US charged in corruption case

President Volodymyr Zelensky dismissed Olha Stefanishyna from her post on Aug. 3.

kyivindependent.com

This is wise, and hopefully his supporters and the supporters of his opponent will all model his behavior, rally together, and try to win the seat.

Acyn@acyn.bsky.social · 12h ago

El-Sayed: There is so much more that unites us, however much we might disagree with our democratic opponent, there is so much more that unites us than divides us. And so to all of our supporters here tonight watching on TV—tomorrow, we begin to mend fences.

Good morning 🌞

Deep breath. May you find inner peace today

Another great account if you want to keep up with the war in Ukraine and (now) Russia. Maks is someone who law I’ve been following since my Twitter days. 🇺🇦

MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦@maks23.bsky.social · 6h ago

🇺🇦🇺🇸 American MIM-23 HAWK air defense systems eliminate enemy targets in the South. The complexes received by Ukraine have shown high efficiency against both cruise missiles and drones.

Congratulations! @abdulelsayed.bsky.social 🥳 🎉🎈🍾

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12h ago

⚡️ NBC CALLS IT FOR @abdulelsayed.bsky.social 🎉

If you thought John Mitchell or Bill Barr were bad… just you wait.

Current results with 43% reporting: * Abdul El-Sayed: 326,100 votes (49.9%) * Haley Stevens: 302,790 votes (46.4%)

MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com · 15h ago

Current results with 38% reporting: Abdul El-Sayed: 290,133 votes (49.6%) Haley Stevens: 272,610 votes (46.6%)

What a surprise, the alleged abuser was jacking himself up on testosterone.

Decision Desk HQ projects Jeremy Moss wins the MI US House 11 Democratic Primary #DecisionMade: 9:48 PM EDT

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