Schumer/Gillibrand on @abdulelsayed.bsky.social's nomination: "Democrats are united by a common purpose: putting a check on Donald Trump by defeating his Republican enablers and taking back the Senate. We look forward to working with Abdul and Democrats across Michigan to win this seat in November."
I'm calling it: "Start smoking" is going to be mainstream MAHA / Republican health advice by 2028. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Biden’s bet that the Inflation Reduction Act could address climate change and create jobs for voters is widely considered to have been a bust—but this is the wrong lesson to draw from his administration’s experience, @leahstokes.bsky.social argues.
Bidenomics Was More Successful Than People Think
Conventional wisdom holds that Joe Biden’s bet on climate investment was a bust. The data suggest otherwise.
bit.ly
They could always sign up to give comment at a public meeting.
The Wall Street Journal@wsj.com · 18h 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.
This is a win for @wewill2026.bsky.social, @abdulelsayed.bsky.social, @donavanmckinney.bsky.social. This is a win for Michigan. This is a win for regular people everywhere who are tired of being taken advantage of.
Working Families Party 🐺@workingfamilies.org · 6h agoYes
1. the whole "disappointing night" thing is pure cope. El-Sayed beat the establishment candidate despite being outspent 10:1, that's an earthquake 2. primary polls are just not great and everyone needs to spend the next week going really, really hard for Peggy Flanagan
@donavanmckinney.bsky.social has won his primary election for Congress in Michigan. He's a union organizer coming for corporate do-nothing Democrats who use their office to line their own pockets while Michiganders can't afford housing and healthcare. McKinney is taking that fight to DC.
Reminder that Politico is bad. (We fucken won. I dunno; that's what I wanted!)
Politico@politico.com · 13h 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.
Miller is a piece of shit. But be cautious about calling family photos of nude toddlers "CSAM." I've written about lives ruined over allegations that turned out to be harmless photos of kids taking a bath or running naked through the house. Moreno is already calling for prosecutions, here.
Max Miller’s lawyer admits to accidentally releasing ‘private images’ of daughter
Lawyers for ex-wife Emily Moreno said possible “Child Sexual Abuse Material” was included in a trove of documents the Ohio lawmaker publicly posted.
politico.com
Bari Weiss and Sheryl Sandberg; Sandberg is carrying a copy of John Fetterman's book; they're attending the annual Allen Sun Valley Conference, rumored to be where multiple large media acquisitions have been negotiated in the past. "It's a big club, and you ain't in it." —George Carlin
Sarah Szalavitz💡@dearsarah.bsky.social · 22h agoLean In To Fascism
Now that folks are getting their Rose City Comic Con table assignments, I have a favor to ask. If you'll be at #RCCC and you were on my Jimmy Olsen cover, reply with your table number so I can assemble a printed list of where you'll all be, and send people to you to sign it!
@abdulelsayed.bsky.social has won his primary election for Senate in Michigan. He went up against record amounts of dark money. He won anyway because he stayed locked in on what Michiganders' actually need: a government that answers to you instead of billionaires.
Oregon would join 15 other states that have proposed data center pauses in the last yearhttps://www.salemreporter.com/2026/08/05/democratic-lawmakers-propose-three-year-moratorium-on-new-large-data-centers-in-oregon/
Salem-Keizer Public Schools eliminates jobs, largely without layoffs.https://www.salemreporter.com/2026/08/05/no-district-can-reduce-this-level-of-funding-without-feeling-the-impact-a-look-at-salem-keizers-15-million-in-staffing-reductions/
Wrote about the border search exception: a massive loophole in the Fourth Amendment that allows border officials to search through your phone without a warrant, the exception provides an easy pretext for the Trump administration to target its political enemies. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
Trump Should Need a Warrant to See Your Phone
Federal officers can too easily comb through the most intimate details of your life.
theatlantic.com
Available for XBOX Insiders: More Control Over Captures, Saves, and Wishlists news.xbox.com/en-us/2026/0...
Interests of 05-08-2026 are online @ https://www.mtgstocks.com/interests?utm_source=bsky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=interests #mtgstocks #mtgfinance Battle of Wits (9ED) $9.39 (▲820.59%) Battle of Wits (ODY) $42.97 (▲71.95%) Sol Ring (1604) (SLD) $100.00 (▲66.67%)
Oregon appears to be on track to have one of its most harmful and expensive wildfire seasons in history.
Oregon’s wildfire season has cost state more than $150 million so far, officials say. Here’s what we know
Oregon appears to be on track to have one of its most harmful and expensive wildfire seasons in history.
oregonlive.com
No matter the margin the story is that Haley Stevens got $70M of support, more than $30M of it from a single organization, and still lost.
#StupidSuez@diplomatofnight.com · 19h ago30,000,000 dollars
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
This is genuinely great. I like McMorrow a lot more than I liked her campaign team. Time to come together and win the general. Stevens also made some good gestures in the last 24 hours; here’s hoping she carries through.
#StupidSuez@diplomatofnight.com · 14h agoMallory McMorrow endorses Abdul El Sayed minutes after NBC call
It’s official: @abdulelsayed.bsky.social wins the Democratic Primary for Senate! The People Prevail Over Corporate Profits Once Again!
Hooray for us! And HUGE high five to everyone who voted in Michigan - and everyone who donated to El-Sayed and Lawrence through the ActBlue page I set up! You can still donate there - they're gonna need the bux to win the general! secure.actblue.com/donate/pakpi...
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Medicine. Medicine has grown by leaps and bounds. You cannot introduce vaccines that crater cancer rates, cure AIDS, and cure sickle cell, and then tell me things have only gotten worse. Also: Food. To a HUGE degree. I eat what I once considered rare treats every day, now.
Constantine@ajaxsinger.bsky.social · 18h agoFood, man. Food is so much better than it was in 1986. All of it. Poor-people food, restaurant food, fresh food, frozen food. Food is just a hell of a lot better.
