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El-Sayed: "They spent an unprecedented amount of money to beat us -- attack ad after attack ad after attack ad after attack ad, wall to wall ads. But it turns out that the commercials are the part of the television show most people don't want to watch."
The pro-Israel lobby group AIPAC has spent a jaw-dropping $30M+ in tomorrow's Democratic primaries in Michigan and Missouri. But if you saw their attack ads, you'd never know it was them. Watch.
Meet the Biggest Super PACs of 2026
Voters are increasingly opposed to U.S. aid to Israel, cryptocurrency, and AI data centers.That's why the Big Money grou
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Just to be clear, I reported an exhaustive piece about the allegations against Max Miller on July 18. The New York Times published their story, without crediting me, on July 28. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Assault, misogyny, verbal threats: Records detail new allegations against Rep. Max Miller
Police reports and filings in a bitter custody dispute raise new questions about the conduct of an Ohio Republican as he campaigns for a third term.
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NEW: Susan Collins says she would vote for Brett Kavanaugh again despite being the key vote to shred abortion rights. #mesen #mepolitics www.nytimes.com/2026/08/01/u...
Amnesty's capitulation is unacceptable, because a human rights NGO is not simply a discount think tank (viz. a double discounted research university). It's part of its job description to specifically leverage its resources to stand its ground against actual and threatened SLAPPs from bad actors!
More detail with links to evidence and a nice chart in my substack post 12/12 christinapagel.substack.com/p/we-are-lea...
We are learning the wrong lesson from Covid school closures
A response to yesterday's News Agents podcast...
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I'm very glad the Massachusetts Legislature finally passed the PROTECT Act which will, among other things, limit ICE's ability to operate in courthouses. But it remains infuriating that our state has not canceled its lone existing 287(g) contract. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/07/29/m...
All the Fauci stuff is a modern day version of the POW/MIA stuff after Vietnam - a way to try to rewrite the history of a huge failure of conservative ideology to be instead a story about how liberals and foreigners stabbed us in the back.
Sen. Ed Markey has become the fifth US senator to endorse Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan's pivotal Democratic Senate primary, calling him "the bold progressive leader Michiganders need fighting for them."
Markey Backs 'Bold Progressive Leader' El-Sayed as Pivotal Michigan Primary Nears
"We need him in the Senate to help pass Medicare for All and guarantee health care as a human right," Markey added.
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Most people didn't have that because the Covid vaccine is incredibly safe and effective. Consider how many of us are still here or have family and friends who are still alive and healthy today because we got vaccinated.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.Sen. Roger Marshall: "Who didn't have a friend who took this vaccine and had some time of complication? A stroke, a blood clot, a young man getting some type of heart inflammation. That's what destroyed the trust in the American people for our government."
"Covering an area the size of Britain, Western Sahara is designated as a “non-self-governing territory” by the United Nations and remains on its official list of territories still awaiting decolonization." Eoghan Gilmartin for @africaisacountry1.bsky.social africasacountry.com/2026/07/odys...
Odyssey to Africa’s last colony
Backed by Moroccan state subsidies, Christopher Nolan’s decision to film The Odyssey in occupied Western Sahara is the latest and highest-profile chapter in a five-decade campaign to normalize colonia...
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This happened again yesterday. The police took over the lakefront in Hyde Park for hours and hours. Each of these cop SUVs parked egregiously on our busiest bike trail at 4pm had two cops sitting in it.
Eric Allix Rogers@ericallixrogers.com · last mo.Who is being served here, Chicago? And what is being protected?
Tomorrow, the House will vote on the NDAA, which includes a provision to merge parts of our military with the IDF. This amendment is an existential threat to American sovereignty and democracy. Every member of Congress must vote NO.
Taylor Farms' parent company has given $2.2M to GOP PACs this election cycle. That includes $1M to Trump's own PAC, just 6 days after the FDA delayed new food tracing requirements last year. Money in politics is sickening.
he needs to be ousted as leader immediately
Politico@politico.com · 3w agoHakeem Jeffries says he will oppose bid to cut off Israel aid
I know Susan Collins is pro-ICE, but you’d think she’d at least care enough to put out a statement when a victim is gunned down by ICE agents in her own backyard. Her silence today speaks volumes. For shame.
July 12, 2026 Chelsea, NYC Pier 40's lease for ICE vehicle parking expired in June and was not supposed to be renewed, yet ICE vehicles are still there. We documented them in the garage. We demand an end to ICE parking in our sanctuary city and reject our neighborhood being used for ICE operations.
Boutros again. Second time in 7 weeks he has been reprimanded in the courtroom (good). But no sanctions = no accountability (bad). And Trump, Blanche & Patel get their boast (repulsive).
(includes state senate & state rep districts that are partially in MA-06; apologies if I am off by 1 or 2 on my select board/school board totals, I think they're accurate, but easy to make a mistake when quickly compiling info from 39 cities and towns)
ICYMI I think the best way to proceed in Maine is with a statewide caucus that adds legitimacy by giving Democrats a chance to decide who their Senate candidate should be, and which could even be cleansing. prospect.org/2026/07/06/m...
Maine Needs a Lighthouse Primary - The American Prospect
The best way to salvage the Senate race against Susan Collins is to give voters another chance to decide her opponent.
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Hey @chicagotribune.com Editorial Board: Why did you describe me as a “bomb-throwing influencer”? This is wrong, inflammatory, and racist. Change it. www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/05/e...
In a sane world (an alt reality) today's dissents would sufficient to warrant Thomas, Gorsuch and Alito's impeachment and removal from office. If you defy the plain words, meaning, intent, history, precedent of a black letter constitutional injunction u are abusing your power and should be removed.
this morning's decision in the TPS case, Mullin v. Doe, is just a straightforward declaration from the Supreme Court that neither the law nor the lives of nonwhite people matter ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/mulli...
The Republican Justices Are Pretending They’ve Never Heard Donald Trump Speak
No comment about “shithole countries” is too racist for this Supreme Court to decide that it might be legally significant.
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What stupid asshole confirmed this dipshit, @heinrich.senate.gov?
