Here's what we learned from the DOJ monitors here in Michigan yesterday: www.votebeat.org/michigan/202...
The Trump administration sent federal monitors to the Michigan primary. Here’s how it went.
Monitors from the Department of Justice quietly observed the voting process in four Michigan cities.
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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."
The question isn't what this primary tells us about the future, it's what it says about the *present*. And the answer is that even though 100% of party leadership, donors, consultants, and AIPAC are maniacally opposed to candidates like El-Sayed, Mamdani, etc... at least 50% of party VOTERS aren't.
Matthew Gertz@mattgertz.bsky.social · 10h agoMy ice-cold boring take that will definitely not go viral is that a primary result with a margin of victory of roughly 1 percent tells you precisely nothing about The Future Of The Party.
Can't read it because I don't subscribe, but my gosh, this headline alone makes my whole morning! Thanks, @wsj.com, lol!
The Wall Street Journal@wsj.com · 22h agoNew York City’s business elites are long accustomed to direct access to City Hall, where even Democratic mayors felt the need to court the city’s wealthiest and most influential corporate leaders. That access is getting shredded by Mayor Zohran Mamdani.
Congratulations to @abdulelsayed.bsky.social and the people of Michigan who just nominated a champion for working people. Medicare for all. Getting money out of politics. Lowering costs. Abdul, your victory is proof that a better world is possible. On to November.
Abdul El-Sayed@abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 13h agoMoney out of politics. Money in your pocket. Medicare for All. Michigan... We won. I am so proud to be your Democratic nominee for US Senate. Let's win in November.
🔥 Dr. @abdulelsayed.bsky.social: “Mike Rogers served special interests in Congress. He made $14 million after leaving and moved to Florida to play golf… politics has changed. You have to stand for something. We look forward to sending him back to Florida to golf with his buddies.” ⛳️
🔥@abdulelsayed.bsky.social truth rocket 🚀 on @morningjoe-msnow.bsky.social: “I’m committed to Jewish safety— I just don’t believe in unconditional military aid to any country, especially when 🇮🇱 is committing genocide/apartheid. OUR kids have a right to our tax 💰 . I believe in international law.”
McKinney’s win is another victory for the progressive insurgency toppling incumbent Democratic lawmakers.
Donavan McKinney Defeats Shri Thanedar In Michigan Primary
McKinney’s win is another victory for the progressive insurgency toppling incumbent Democratic lawmakers.
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If Stevens had made it to the general election and lost in the fall, the argument would have been that the left cost the Dems the Senate. The left is pretty used to the media narrative always being “the left is at fault.”
Faeelin@faeelin.bsky.social · 11h agoIf sayed loses in the fall then the argument will be the left cost the Dems the senate which would be bad IMO
the el-sayed win shows yet again that centrists are now everything they always claim the left is when it comes to israel: ideologically rigid, in hock to extremists, mistaking online beefs (ie hasan) for mass politics—and toxic to the electorate.
Republicans didn’t take long to get the open bigotry going
🎉 Pro-tip: Look for the candidates saying things like this today
Rather absurd framing when you consider the results up and down the ballot, and where expectations were before just the last few weeks.
Politico@politico.com · 16h agoProgressives didn’t get the big election night they wanted
Missouri elections be like: Hitler (R) 79% - Christ (D) 21% And then the ballot initiative: Amend the Missouri constitution to require the state to own the means of production and work towards full communism? Yes 92% - No 8%
he won by the same margin as Trump, which represented "a huge mandate" back then.
Politico@politico.com · 16h agoProgressives didn’t get the big election night they wanted
Don't let anyone gaslight you. Tonight was a HUGE win and represents a seismic shift in Democratic politics.
LOL. Abdul El-Sayed WON the Democratic Primary in Michigan despite being outspent 10-1! Amazing gaslighting here.
Politico@politico.com · 16h agoProgressives didn’t get the big election night they wanted
Abdul El-Sayed has won, NBC News says. And there are other wins for the left in Michigan: —William Lawrence wins his U.S. House primary. —A DSA-backed candidate is leading a Democratic incumbent for state House. —Abbas Alawieh, co-founder of Uncommitted, leads for state Senate.
Lead is growing
Decision Desk HQ@decisiondeskhq.bsky.social · 21h agoDDHQ Race Update (est. 44% in): Michigan US Senate Democratic Primary Abdul El-Sayed (D): 339,476 (50.3%) Haley Stevens (D): 310,618 (46.0%) Mallory McMorrow (D): 25,079 (3.7%) Follow more results here: votes.decisiondeskhq.com/races/283906
