Haley Stevens won Blackfolks nearly 2-to-1 in Detroit, but make no mistake: without traction among that third of Blackfolks, El-Sayed would've been defeated. If I had the ear of Kamala Harris, I'd have her fundraising for El-Sayed immediately. This is a must-hold seat, & Michigan is critical in 28.

NEWS: Rep. Chuck Edwards (R-NC) just dropped out of his re-election race at 3:32 a.m.m. He said he’s done running but will finish out his term. This after the House Ethics Committee found “substantial reason to believe [he] violated House Rules related to sexual harassment and hostile workplaces.”

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.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Wesley Bell wins Democratic nomination for U.S. House in Missouri's 1st Congressional District.

Polls in Missouri and Michigan close in twenty minutes.

🚨 BREAKING: Tarrant County, TX is trying to eliminate HALF of their polling locations ahead of the midterm elections. This isn't about budget constraints, this is about denying Black voters and voters of color equal access to the polls! But that won't happen on our watch.

Happy Birthday to my favorite President #BarackObama 65 Years Young Today (8/4) Artist: Edwin van den Dikkenberg

1.3 million Michigan voters have cast their ballots as of 10 am, about 300,000 more than those in the 2024 primary, according to Michigan Secretary of State's Office

Booker: "Ghislaine Maxwell is sitting in the lowest possible confinement after giving no information that helped us get one more investigation started and has been silent, and the man responsible for that we're about to make the attorney general of the US ... this is farcical."

Schiff: "The president is entitled to his own views about me or anybody else. He is not entitled, however, to use the DOJ to go after his political opponents. The day we say that's ok and the day we confirm an AG who says that's ok is the day the rule of law becomes merely an unenforceable idea."

Meet Janelle Sarauw, 40, a former member of the Virgin Islands legislature and the newest member of the Congressional Black Caucus. She becomes the first openly gay Black woman elected to Congress. And she will also remain the only Black LGBTQ+ elected official in the entire Caribbean.

What this means is that Trump has stolen an estimated $100mm from US taxpayers by avoiding the pending audit of his filed returns. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Blanche Strikes Deal With GOP Holdouts to Advance His Nomination

Holdout Republican senators are backing a deal with acting Attorney General Todd Blanche to formally rescind an order creating an “anti-weaponization fund” that could have paid $1.8 billion to Preside...

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How the Democrats Can Benefit From Missing Mitch newrepublic.com/post/213760/... via @newrepublic.com

How the Democrats Can Benefit From Missing Mitch

Amid the former Senate majority leader’s mysterious hospitalization, some are placing unreasonable demands on Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear. Let’s sort this out.

newrepublic.com

DDHQ previews 11 big primaries happening tomorrow! Click the link in reply for more. The main event is the #MISen Democratic primary between Abdul El-Sayed & Rep. Haley Stevens. Stevens's side has outspent El-Sayed's $64m to $7m, per AdImpact. But El-Sayed leads polls 53%-40%.

Abdul El-Sayed opens 15-point lead over Haley Stevens in Michigan Senate poll www.wlns.com/your-local-e... #MIsen

Abdul El-Sayed opens 15-point lead over Haley Stevens in Michigan Senate poll

Abdul El-Sayed holds a 15-point lead over Rep. Haley Stevens among likely Democratic primary voters in Michigan’s U.S. Senate race, according to a new Emerson College/WLNS 6 News survey.

wlns.com

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan reports first 2 US deaths of people who had been sickened in outbreak of cyclospora.

How the Trump Administration is Dismantling Refugee and Asylum Programs www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...

How the Trump Administration Is Dismantling Refugee and Asylum Programs

Humanitarian protections have been sharply curtailed despite broad public support and available funding.

brennancenter.org

The sitting president of the United States got his accounts closed for money laundering and its barely news 🤯

www.reuters.com/world/americ...

Mexico to file criminal complaints in US over deaths of Mexicans in immigration enforcement

Fourteen Mexican nationals have died while in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and three more died in arrest operations, the Mexican government said.

reuters.com

I will be supporting Kamala Harris for president if she runs again. I don't have to agree with everything. I agree with 95% of what she's about. I've always loved her energy and the thorough way she tackles problems. She is the president we need.

Prosecutors charged an LAPD officer with felony eavesdropping for making secret recordings of his colleagues’ racist, sexist and homophobic comments on the job

LAPD officer who recorded colleagues' racist comments charged with felony eavesdropping

Los Angeles County prosecutors on Friday charged an LAPD officer with felony eavesdropping for making secret recordings of his colleagues' racist, sexist and homophobic comments on the job.

latimes.com

The CBC has spent decades fighting for voting rights, economic opportunity, healthcare, and Black communities. Now, Republicans call to eliminate it. This is an attack on Black political power. https://www.blackenterprise.com/republican-lawmaker-eliminate-congressional-black-caucus/

Republican Lawmaker's Push To Eliminate the Congressional Black Caucus, Democrats Call It 'Racist'

Democrats call Republican lawmaker Rep. Nancy Mace's proposal to dissolve the Congressional Black Caucus "racist."

blackenterprise.com

Kamala Harris: We have a president taking America into a war the people did not ask for, spending billions of dollars without paying attention to the people right here in America who are losing their health coverage because of policies they are pushing to pay for a tax cut for the rich…

@kamalaharris.com calls for ‘ruthless’ changes in aftermath of redistricting efforts

Harris Warns of Decades-Long Attack on Voting Rights

Kamala Harris warned that dividing Memphis into three congressional districts aimed to render its historical voting power extinct.

pro.stateaffairs.com

BIG DEAL on voting rights this morning: Governor Spanberger just restored the voting rights of some 60,000+ Virginians. Her move reverses Youngkin's abrupt decision in 2023 to end automatic voting rights restoration, which brought Virginia back to a system of default lifetime disenfranchisement.

Virginia Governor Restores Voting Rights for Thousands With Past Felony Convictions - Bolts

This is the only state that, absent action by the governor, bans people convicted of any felony from voting for life. Virginians have an opportunity to end that system for good in November.

boltsmag.org

"A new analysis of Black voters in the South indicates that Republican attempts to dilute their political power is driving them to the polls in larger numbers and shifting their counties further left."

Republican disenfranchisement bid drives Black voters to polls, study finds

Black voters in south motivated to turn out by Republican push to redraw maps after supreme court ruling

theguardian.com

Haitians Prepare For ICE Arrests As TPS Protections End blavity.com/haitians-pre...

Haitians Prepare For ICE Arrests As TPS Protections End - Blavity

A new report indicates that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) may be preparing a large-scale operation targeting Haitians living in the United States after fleeing dangerous conditions in thei...

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For those of you concerned about genocide everywhere, there is a resource to keep up with it all: earlywarningproject.ushmm.org/reports/coun...

Countries at Risk for Intrastate Mass Killing 2024–25: Early Warning Project Statistical Risk Assessment Results- Early Warning Project

The Early Warning Project’s Statistical Risk Assessment uses publicly available data and statistical modeling to produce a list of countries ranked by their estimated risk of experiencing a new...

earlywarningproject.ushmm.org

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At some point, not today, I'd like to do a thread on where I think the Democratic Party is heading regarding Israel/Palestine and why I think Kamala Harris will make a decisive pivot away from the previous Biden/Harris Administration policy. I welcome y'alls thoughts at that time.