Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed of Michigan joins Morning Joe for a wide-ranging interview. El-Sayed discusses why he feels it is important to do Fox News interviews to reach voters, Michigan’s relationship with Canada, and campaigning with former Vice President Kamala Harris.
Alex Bores, a New York State Assembly member and former Palantir tech engineer, who worked to pass AI safety legislation and lost his Democratic primary bid for Congress in a race with millions spent by AI backed PACs, is launching a political advocacy group called Who Decides. The effort by Bores and his former chief of staff Anna Myers – which hopes to raise $30 million – will focus on Democrats running in 2028 and their messaging surrounding AI safety.
The 2028 race for the White House will give new political clout to a long-overlooked constituency: Native American voters. Driving the news: New Mexico now holds an influential early spot as one of the first states to vote in the Democratic primary — on Feb. 15, 2028. That's put Native Americans , who make up about 12% of the state, in position to wield more influence in the presidential race than ever before. - In recent Democratic primaries, New Mexico typically has voted late in the season, in June. States that held the earliest primaries had much smaller Native populations. - Now potential presidential campaigns are scrambling to adjust to the 2028 lineup, calling Native leaders to learn about Indigenous power players and the…
Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan's campaign sent a fundraising email after her primary win claiming no Native American woman has ever served in the U.S. Senate, a boast that glosses over Elizabeth Warren's years of disputed ancestry claims. Flanagan defeated centrist Rep. Angie Craig in Tuesday's Democratic Senate primary, winning 59% of the vote to […] The post Flanagan claims she could be first Native American woman senator — but Elizabeth Warren already tried that appeared first on American Almanac .
Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan's campaign sent a fundraising email after her primary win claiming no Native American woman has ever served in the U.S. Senate, a boast that glosses over Elizabeth Warren's years of disputed ancestry claims. Flanagan defeated centrist Rep. Angie Craig in Tuesday's Democratic Senate primary, winning 59% of the vote to Craig's 40% with 80% of expected ballots counted. Hours later, her campaign's fundraising operation fired off an email casting her potential election in historic terms. The email, reported by the New York Post , read in part: "Friend, in almost 250 years, there's never been a Native woman serving in the US Senate. It's time to change that." Flanagan, who is Ojibwe and a member of the…Open
AI:Peggy Flanagan is patting herself on the back after steamrolling Angie Craig in the Democratic primary, attempting to claim historical significance by asserting she would be the first Native American woman in the U.S. Senate. This blatant revisionist history ignores the reality of Elizabeth Warren’s long-standing and controversial claims to indigenous ancestry, showing a complete lack of integrity common among these Minnesota elites who spend more time dodging responsibility for state failures than telling the truth. It is another transparent attempt at identity politics designed to distract from the actual governance issues plaguing the state.Open
David Crowley, the Milwaukee County Executive, defeated socialist State Representative Francesca Hong by approximately 3,000 votes in Wisconsin’s Democrat gubernatorial Primary election, Tuesday, after a […] Source
Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley narrowly defeated socialist Francesca Hong by about 3,000 votes, dealing a blow to the progressive left's momentum Tuesday in Wisconsin's Democratic primary for governor, after his own polling indicated he was behind by nearly 20 points. Why it matters: Crowley's win could breathe new life into a center-left that had been losing primary after primary in recent months, from last week's Senate contest in Michigan to House races across the country . Yes, but: The day wasn't a total loss for progressives. - In the day's other big ideological showdown between Democrats, Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan, a progressive, defeated moderate Rep. Angie Craig in Minnesota's Senate primary by 20 points.…
Socialist Abdul El-Sayed narrowly defeated Rep. Haley Stevens by roughly a point with nearly all votes counted in Michigan’s Democrat primary for U.S. Senate. El-Sayed campaigned on things like Medicare for All, investing in “affordable” housing, and abolishing ICE. He previously called for defunding the police. His campaign website says he believes “in an economy […]
A DSA-backed radical Islamist has won the Michigan Democrat Senate primary, narrowly defeating incumbent Representative Haley Stevens. Abdul El-Sayed, a far-left former public health official, […] Source