Michigan: I'm just a messy bitch who lives for drama

It turns out that when I read "Benson wins primary" that wasn't about me

WASHINGTON (AP) — Abdul El-Sayed wins Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate in Michigan.

I'm on the right

I can see Michigan from my house

I suppose you would probably believe that if you had made billions of dollars in the past 18 months

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 11h ago

Trump: "Then they say, 'On the economy, Trump is at 42%.' I shouldn't be at 42%. We have the greatest economy maybe in the history of the world."

I spoke with 10 CNNers about David Ellison's essay in The NYT, in which he tried to convince the public he'll be a good steward of CNN. Suffice to say, no one at the network is buying what he's selling. “We all have eyes and ears and see what’s happening at CBS." www.status.news/p/david-elli...

The Ellison Credibility Crisis

The Paramount boss tried to convince the public he can be trusted with CNN. But staffers inside the network torched his Times essay in brutal comments to Status, pointing to his disastrous record at C...

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The winner of the Michigan senate primary is La La Land

Three-byline alert: 🚨 “.. Iran’s leadership has made a high-stakes calculation .. betting that its ability to inflict pain on the American economy is its best leverage to avoid future military action from the U.S. and Israel.” @wsj.com www.wsj.com/world/middle...

I've seen enough. Michigan is a weird state

It seems AOC is pretty good at endorsements

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

The numbers coming out of Detroit are not enough for Stevens. It’s a bloodbath

Some personal news

Unfortunately there's a very small constituency for this (me)

Cameron 🇺🇸🗽🦅@cameroncorduroy.bsky.social · 14h ago

you know i'm starting to think she just hates holidays for their own sake, not even as a woke thing

*trying to be diplomatic* Uhhh El-Sayed is leading

Sun Tzu: The wise warrior uses all of their missiles as quickly as possible

Read it here if you haven't yet. Today is the very best day of all days to read it for the first time. short-stories.co/@raybradbury...

There Will Come Soft Rains by Ray Bradbury

The voice-clock sang, breakfast was ejected, but no doors slammed. The garage chimed and lifted its door to reveal the waiting car. The house sat alone in a city of rubble and…

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Adam Rawnsley@arawnsley.bsky.social · yesterday

Today, August 4, 2026, is the setting of Ray Bradbury’s short story “There Will Come Soft Rains” about a fully automated house continuing on after the family who lived there and the world around it died in a nuclear blast.

Just in time for the worst part of hurricane season for the gulf

Natalie Alms@almsnatalie.bsky.social · 18h ago

NEW: The Trump administration cut FEMA's workforce without a plan for what this would mean, leaving it at risk of being unprepared and without staff to respond to future emergencies. More 👇

I've been conducting a years-long study of the problems America is facing and have come to a conclusion: Too many idiots

the intentional abdication by Congress of nearly all of its constitutional responsibilities is at the core of most of our problems as a nation

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 23h ago

Cornyn: "There's nothing we could do to rein in the president"

Steve Herman@newsguy.bsky.social · yesterday

"While I was silent, others were happy to write my story for me. No more." - David Ellison, chief executive of Paramount Skydance www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/op...

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I don't think the next Democratic president should break the law/ignore norms like Trump but maybe just to get high-speed rail done really quickly

Mojtaba Khamenei really decided he was going to be the first person to show Trump that there are consequences for his actions

Me: Why don't you just buy a bigger desk NPR: It's... that's not the point Me: It's only tiny because you bought a tiny one

If you're in line to vote in Michigan, you're too early. It's tomorrow. Go home

Bondi, Noem, Pirro. Women made for reality TV just can't catch a break in this administration