On Thursday, Rep. Haley Stevens (D-Michigan) posted a bizarre and racist rant against opponent Abdul El-Sayed over his criticisms of AIPAC — even as Stevens’s campaign has already faced pushback for embracing bigoted attacks. In a post on X addressed directly to El-Sayed late Thursday evening, Stevens said that “[e]veryone in America understands you want to blame all of your problems on…
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Democrats are calling for an ethics investigation into Republican Congressmember Max Miller of Ohio, who is facing allegations of domestic abuse as he runs for reelection. Miller’s ex-wife Emily Moreno, daughter of Ohio Republican Senator Bernie Moreno, claims that Miller burned her by throwing hot water at her, held a gun to her head and fractured their 2-year-old daughter’s collarbone.
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Reflecting on his time taking a wrecking ball to the government last year, Tesla CEO Elon Musk recently confessed to The Economist that he believes he “got a little too involved in politics, got carried away, frankly.” But not so carried away, apparently, so as to deter him from trying again.
Axios, citing sources with knowledge of the plan, reported that Musk is “jumping into the midterms with a huge investment in a plan to boost Republican voter turnout.” He’s doing that by “resuscitating his dormant super PAC, America PAC, which spent more than $260 million to help get President Trump elected in 2024.” (An America PAC spokesperson told Axios that “we’re excited to again be part of the team.”) Musk’s backing of the operation gave him the plutocratic distinction of being the single-biggest political donor in a political cycle in American history.
Even as Musk seeks to boost the fortunes of the GOP, he also comes with potential political costs.
But that doesn’t mean his money will be as effective this time around. Musk has revealed himself since then to be erratic and frequently self-defeating in his political maneuvering. And given that his favorability has tanked and is underwater, he provides Democrats with a ready-made villain in the election cycle.
So far, Musk has reportedly authorized America PAC to spend $100 million to $120 million. But it cannot be assumed that the commitment is rock solid, nor should we expect that it will necessarily rise to match the amount he committed in 2024. He has shown himself to be a fickle friend, and he might not be as invested in the outcome as
If there’s one thing we’ve learned from abortion opponents, it’s that abortion rights, no matter how many times they are affirmed and supported by the electorate, are never a settled issue. In August 2022, less than two months after Roe v. Wade was overturned, Kansas made a defiant stand in favor of abortion rights, one that reverberated across the country. But abortion opponents refuse to take no…
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Michigan’s Senate race has become one of the most pivotal electoral battlegrounds in the country. With primaries taking place on August 4, all eyes are on the high-stakes competition between progressive candidate Dr. Abdul El-Sayed and establishment candidate Haley Stephens to see who will represent Democrats in the general election.
In this raw, unedited interview, TRNN Editor-in-Chief Maximillian Alvarez sits down with El-Sayed in Saginaw, Michigan, to talk about his campaign, the civil war within the Democratic party, and about fighting corporate oligarchy and MAGA fascism at the same time.
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Videography: Maximillian Alvarez
Post-Production: David Hebden
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The following is a rushed transcript and may contain errors. It will be updated.
Maximillian Alvarez: I’m here in the Mexican American Council Building in Saginaw, Michigan, and I’m sitting with Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, who is running to represent Michigan in the United States Senate. Brother Abdul, great to see you again, man. Thanks for joining me. I really appreciate it.
Dr. Abdul El-Sayed: An honor.
Maximillian Alvarez: And we first met when you were running for governor here in Michigan in 2018.
Dr. Abdul El-Sayed: Feels like yesterday. It feels like 15 years ago.
Maximillian Alvarez: Exactly. Both a day ago and a lifetime ago. And I think the circumstances around each election can sort of trick us into feeling like they’re very similar moments. When you were running in 2018, the question was how are Democrats going to respond to Trump? But also, who’s going to inherit the Bernie Sanders mantle? AOC just won. And so you were part of that progressive cohort. And now we kind of have a similar situation. How are Democrats going to respond to Trump
About a month ago, as part of an all-caps rant published to his social media platform, Donald Trump said his “real” public support had reached an all-time high. The president, who has an unfortunate track record of simply making up generous approval ratings for himself, soon after pointed to imaginary polls that showed “my Approval Rating at 65%, and more!”
Two weeks later, the Republican published a related item to his platform, writing, “59% Approval Rating. … Thank you!”
Even in the alternate reality created by the president to soothe his fragile ego, his public support had fallen six points in two weeks.
The inadvertent concession was amusing, although it’s a safe bet that no one in the White House was laughing at the latest round of polls showing Trump’s actual approval rating. Indeed, the latest national survey data, released over the last 24 hours, offered devastating results for the president.
The latest CNN poll showed Trump’s overall approval rating slipping to 34%, matching the career low he last saw in the aftermath of the Jan. 6 attack. The same survey showed the president struggling on issues across the board, and his backing among Republican voters has dropped to 78%, his worst-ever standing among members of his own party.
The latest Quinnipiac University poll showed Trump’s overall approval rating slipping to 32%, an all-time low, driven in large part by broad opposition to the war with Iran and the White House’s economic policies.
The latest Associated Press poll also showed Trump’s overall approval rating slipping to 33%, for the same reasons as the other surveys.
For months, there’s been a parlor game of sorts in political circles