Peng, the Dark Souls of People

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Formerly Stevens County's Best Public Liberal Arts College Newspaper Editor of the Year. It's not on my resume. He/him | For better or worse, a lifelong Minnesotan

“Sure, we’re both much preferred over Tafoya, but if you choose me, you can win the seat *and* get a completely milquetoast Senator owned by crypto bros” —Angie Craig

A social media post from Angie Craig showing that both she and Peggy Flanagan are preferred by swing voters by a significant margin. (She doesn’t actually show that the polling is of swing voters, for some reason, but that seems to be what the polling is of.)

Today in lawn signs don't vote, but I was driving around a lot today and have some anecdotes: saw my first Peggy Flanagan lawn sign ever today. Was in Hopkins. All told, I've seen more Cedrick Frasier signs than anyone else to date. I primarily drive around Richfield/Bloomington nowadays.

We have to reckon with the fact that Uncommitted really was what it said it was - a group of loyal partisan democrats trying to save the party from itself. This was obviously not the case with "Abandon Harris," but anyone conflating the two is doing so out of either ignorance or malice.

#StupidSuez@diplomatofnight.com · 2d ago

The co-founder of the 2024 National Uncommitted Movement, Abbas Alawieh, decisively won his primary to become a State Senator in Michigan. Abbas was endorsed by both Bernie Sanders and Gretchen Whitmer. Abbas Alawieh also privately met with former VP Kamala Harris last month upon her request.


Candidate
Votes

%

Abbas Alawieh (D)
23,722
59%
Erin Byrnes (D)
16,567
41%
100% of Precincts Reporting
(87 / 87)

I looked into this when it started being used as an attack line against him and the evidence is that he once criticized Michelle Obama's initiative to tackle childhood obesity because it didn't go far enough to address societal issues including things like food deserts. That's what makes him sexist

Parker Molloy@parkermolloy.com · 4d ago

When I first saw this headline, I assumed that this was just a bad opinion piece. But it turns out that this is straight news? Lol, come on, WaPo. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Politics
Abdul El-Sayed, accused of sexism, says his contempt is for most everyone
In Michigan's brutal Democratic Senate primary, the candidate's barbed wit sparked attack ads that portray him as disrespectful to women. He says that's a racist trope.
August 2, 2026

You can never just move on from this, even after he's gone. Without punishment and ostracism for everyone who has participated in his crime spree over the last 18 months you can forget it- we're all just treading water until the next tyrant

Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 3d ago

“.. Trump has leveraged his control of the federal government to instead escape the scrutiny that every other modern president, not to mention every other regular taxpayer, has been subject to.” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/b...

Scoop: In a private call with top officials, St. Paul Mayor Kaohly Her lashed at requests to delay a homeless encampment sweep. She attributed her anger to “fuckery” being said about her in public, 3 officials told @axios.com . One state rep logged off in frustration. www.axios.com/local/twin-c...

Scoop: St. Paul's homelessness meeting with top officials went off the rails

Mayor Kaohly Her's controversial shift in homelessness policy comes as she faces a separate investigation.

axios.com

Just so everyone knows, this is a tried-and-true mainstream media tactic. For progressives/leftist candidates, every election is a “crucial test” and any loss would serve as proof to the media that the latest left-side moment is at its end. Any win, though, just means it’s time to find a new test.

Politico@politico.com · 4d ago

Michigan will provide another crucial test of whether progressives can not only keep up their winning streak in safe-blue seats but also break through in battlegrounds crucial for control of Congress. The stakes for the Democratic Party are huge.

That's what taxes are, man. That's the definition of taxes. "You are subsidizing things you might never use" man shut the fuck up. My taxes currently subsidize like oil company exec private jets, you think I'm upset at low-income people eating inexpensive bananas?

USA TODAY Opinion@usatodayopinion.usatoday.com · 5d ago

Opinion: Mamdani's idea may sound appealing, but it's NYC taxpayers who will take the hit, subsidizing discounts they may never even use.

My photo is being used in a campaign ad for Anders Folk. It will come as a surprise to literally no one who has ever met me - I am not supporting his bid Hennepin County Attorney. I've asked that my photo be removed from all materials, & reported the ad. If you see the video, please report it, thx!