it’s still funny to me that a bunch of House Democrats went on the record (on background, but still) to say they didn’t care if Shri Thanedar lost because nobody likes him
🧨 primary everybody 🧨 🌻
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circling back to this: I am genuinely confused at what is considered disqualifying behavior for House Republicans. If Chuck Edwards needs to drop out (and he does) then so do Cory Mills and Max Miller
Jamie Dupree@jamiedupree.bsky.social · 8h agoUnder an ethical cloud over allegations of sexual harassment involving two of his female staffers, Rep. Chuck Edwards R-NC announced overnight that he will drop his bid for re-election. jamiedupree.substack.com/p/under-ethi...
El-Sayed: "If all Mike Rogers got is that 'his name is Abdul, and my name is Mike,' you're gonna be surprised how many people are like, 'Yeah, but that's the Abdul who wants to bring down the price of my groceries and make sure I got healthcare. So yeah, I like Abdul over your Mike from Florida.'"
The DSCC puts out a statement from Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand backing Abdul El-Sayed. This is the first time since 2010 that a DSCC-backed candidate lost in a primary. #MISen
unpopular take, but you don’t have to assume other Democrats are going to react badly because their candidate lost an election and preemptively condemn their behavior. obviously call out shit when you see it, but it seems unfair to write people off based on things they haven’t actually done
…We need to win this Senate seat, because Elissa Slotkin deserves a partner like Abdul in the U.S. Senate.”
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…
Abdul El-Sayed won Michigan's Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate, defeating U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens in a victory for the party's progressive wing in a battleground state. bit.ly/4wHDgbm
Under an ethical cloud over allegations of sexual harassment involving two of his female staffers, Rep. Chuck Edwards R-NC announced overnight that he will drop his bid for re-election. jamiedupree.substack.com/p/under-ethi...
Under ethics cloud, House Republican drops reelection bid
Mixed primary night for progressive Democrats
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The main reason we have not called the race is that Detroit’s Election Day absentee ballots have not yet been reported. The pre-processed ballots often do not represent the full absentee vote, and Stevens could win the remaining ballots by a wide margin.
you know what, actually i hope he went to sleep at a reasonable hour
🧨 primary everybody 🧨 🌻@prowhaledad.bsky.social · 17h agohope Andy Levin is having a good night
Michigan aside, I think partisan primaries are just hard to poll
Burnham Down The House@corncobanalysis.bsky.social · 14h agono matter what happens here, I think the American electorate might be less predictable than any I've seen in the entire world. This doesn't even make sense anymore.
there were not one, but two revolting state house Dems who tried to sue trans women off the ballot because they did not use their deadnames. they've both lost.
Kevin@reginageorgebush.bsky.social · 13h agooh, this is great to see—Liberati is a gross socially conservative dynasty pol who tried to get Whaley, a progressive, disqualified for not filing under her deadname. Harris+1.5 so she starts out favored
you can count on Trump to sympathize with any man who puts his hands on a woman
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 13h agoQ: Any comment on Rep. Max Miller? TRUMP: I hope he's able to work it out. I feel badly for him.
hearing from the NYT that the candidate with the most votes will win
sasha (they/them)@returnedknyaz.bsky.social · 14h agowhat a nothingburger observation from Cohn
the good thing is that whatever the outcome of this race, you can spend the next three months worrying about what other polling is off
low key feel like New York is better at counting votes than Michigan
The AP is also projecting that Amendment 4 in Missouri will lose; it's currently getting crushed, 82–18%. This measure would have made it very hard to pass citizen-initiated constitutional amendments by requiring them to pass in every congressional district.
"Until Friday, ORR had a contract with the Acacia Center for Justice, but the federal govt. allowed that contract to expire after months of withholding funds to Acacia, and by extension, many of the nonprofits that served as 'subcontractors' and represented the majority of the children in ORR care."
Politico@politico.com · 19h ago26-employee Texas law firm gets $150M to represent 24,000 children in immigration court
NEW: Voters have rejected Republicans' scheme to unseat the Kansas Supreme Court's Dem-appointed majority and overturn abortion rights. Amendment 1 would have let the GOP replace the system of a nominating commission, gubernatorial appointment, and retention elections with direct partisan elections
could we really not have found someone who wasn’t a “faith healer”
Nathaniel Rakich@baseballot.bsky.social · 16h agoThe AP has called the Democratic primary in #MO01 for Rep. Wesley Bell. He's currently crushing former Rep. Cori Bush 71–26%, although only 26% of the vote is counted. A high-profile loss in an otherwise good year for progressives.
it's very funny everyone in the dem caucus doesn't care www.axios.com/2026/07/22/s...
"No one cares": The DSA primary challenge House Democrats are happy to ignore
One House Democrat said of Rep. Shri Thanedar: "I don't think anybody would miss him at all."
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Republicans actually do a version of rotating villain theory btw
Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 18h agoBREAKING on MS NOW: Susan Collins says she's voting against Todd Blanche's nomination to be Attorney General.