Everyone’s expectations got skewed over the past week but Abdul El-Sayed getting $70 million spent against him in a state he lost a primary by like 20 points eight years ago and still winning last night is probably the most impressive electoral accomplishment of the decade.
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ABDUL EL-SAYED HAS WON MICHiGAN`S Democratic Senate primary NBC NEWS / WOW MEDIA CHANNEL Aug. 5, 2026, 7:58 AM GMT+2 Updated Aug. 5, 2026, 10:48 AM GMT+2
Abdul El Sayed is the Democratic Nominee for the Senate Race in Michigan. Here's Why That's Bad News for Joe Biden.
Election Center has called it for Abdul El-Sayed.
☆ Tomorrow is August 6th, the anniversary of Hiroshima. Before we get there, I want you to understand something. Nuclear weapons didn't just change warfare. They changed how ordinary people thought about tomorrow. That's a hard thing to explain unless you lived through it.
Man, if Putin had told Trump exactly what he wanted the US to do to help Iran and Russia and hurt Ukraine, it would have been exactly what Trump did in his war. This is a Russian strategic dream we are watching.
MI UPDATE: Abdul El-Sayed is currently surpassing expectations across the board in the Michigan Democratic Senate Primary.
The updated chart is here, since its gotten traction after the race has tightened up
Michigan U.S. Senate Primary Election Live Results 2026
Live results for the August 4, 2026 Michigan U.S. Senate primary. Track election results with real-time vote counts, county-level maps and race calls from AP.
apnews.com
Abdul El-Sayed is outperforming his benchmarks in every county reporting so far, though all are areas where he was expected to run well. Unless Stevens significantly overperforms in the Detroit area, this is set to be an early night.
University of Michigan voters have a 100% El-Sayed precinct right now.
El-Sayed is projected to win the Michigan Democratic Senate primary and will go up against Mike Rogers in November
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This administration is searching for cheaper gas and are upset at Exxon Mobile and Chevron for “making too much money.” It looks like Israel and the US bombing Iran is what caused the spike in gas prices, not the gas companies. I wonder how much Russia has made off this war.
One last call and response for the primary. You know the drill. 🗣️
A civilian medical plane went down after an experimental US military GPS jamming test reportedly disrupted its radar. Every person aboard lost their life. www.yahoo.com/news/us/arti...
NEWS: Former Senator Jeff Flake (R-AZ) has endorsed Senator Jon Ossoff (D-GA) for re-election Flake: “I’m still a conservative Republican. But character matters. And I want someone in that seat who takes the institution seriously and will protect the institution.”
Don't look now, but the world has now installed 3TW of solar. Took 10 years to get from 100GW to 1TW. Less than 3 years to get to 2TW. Less than 2 years to get to 3TW. Analysts expect *9TW* by 2036.
The World Crossed a Major Solar Milestone. No One Noticed
The next phase of the boom may reveal a shift in who is gaining access to the technology.
bloomberg.com
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trump had a colonoscopy and inside were tillis and cornyn pathology is pending…
Changed my name from Mueller, She Wrote to my actual name, Allison Gill. Hoping I can get my blue check back. @joshpetri.bsky.team can you help?
It's genuinely a massive problem that the median voter both 1) believes "criminal illegal immigrants" to be an astronomically more serious threat than they actually are, and 2) believes that the legal immigration process is substantially easier than it actually is.
I understand your position, but those are different situations. People straight up both envision a system much milder than exists and cannot imagine a modern world without that imaginary system. By default they have no real grasp of reality on the matter, but are usu. sympathetic to individuals.
I wrote and posted this to Instagram a couple of days ago and it became my most-read poem ever. I’m honored I get to feel big feelings alongside you all. I’m posting it here too and want to use this space more consistently. Hello friends ❤️