Michigan Senate primary called for Abdul El-Sayed. He will face Trump Republican Mike Rogers in November. Via @phillewis.bsky.social
Phil LewisWASHINGTON (AP) — Abdul El-Sayed wins Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate in Michigan.
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Thread. “Competing interpretations” is a generous description. American and Iranian negotiators are not talking directly to one another. Both look over their shoulders: the Iranians at different factions within Iranian security services, the Americans at Trump. Via @criticalthreats.bsky.social
Critical Threats ProjectMORE | US officials and Iranian negotiators continue to present competing interpretations of the emerging arrangement on the Strait of Hormuz.
Wisconsin story. In the weeds of state government: the idea of breaking up the Department of Natural Resources is periodically promoted by Republicans who want to starve natural resource management. GOP candidate for governor Tom Tiffany is trying again this year. civicmedia.us/news/2026/08...
Tom Tiffany pushes extreme Wisconsin DNR break up plan opposed by Republican officials - Civic MediaRepublican candidate for Wisconsin governor Tom Tiffany proposed splitting the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, claiming it would be better for sportsmen. However, the plan is opposed by con...civicmedia.usWhat does “fighting Donald Trump” mean? For some Congressional Democrats, it appears to mean something that happens after this November’s election. Until then, don’t rock the boat — certainly not on appropriations. @brianbeutler.bsky.social disapproves. www.offmessage.net/p/senate-dem...
Senate Democrats Dodge Last Pre-Election Opportunity To Fight TrumpThey won't take a big stand to protect the election, or resist Trump's broader lawlessness, before the midterms.www.offmessage.netIt would probably take too long to explain on social media why this kind of thing drives me nuts. Congress started trying to protect prairie pothole wetlands at least since the Conservation Title of the 1985 Farm Bill. It has been successful! Trumpers at Fish and Wildlife want to muck it up.
FactPostMore: ourpubliclandsandwaters.substack.com/p/a-quiet-ru...
ICE kills another detainee. Miller, Homan, & Mullin must love this stuff. Delaney Hall is a detention facility in New Jersey, hence this report from NJ Congressman @menendez.house.gov
Rep. Rob MenendezWe just got back from Delaney Hall and we can confirm that Edwin Jovanny Lopez Cornejo died on Saturday while in ICE’s custody. More on what we heard today at Delaney:
If one believes that nothing about a tax amnesty for Trump and his family or a slush fund for Trump’s rioters is legitimate, one might see conceding any of it as a surrender to Trump. This is @harrylitman.bsky.social’s view. I agree with it. Cornyn and Tillis were just putting on a show.
Harry LitmanThe Blanche statement that likely now secures his confirmation does nothing to abrogate Trump’s rights in the slush fund and perpetuates the outrageous tax amnesty for Trump and family, which the American people are paying for without getting anything in return. It’s all lip service and a travesty.
Question: how many Republicans in Congress are wife-beaters? Do any Republicans in Congress feel strongly about men who hit their wives (& children)? Trump voters may not care — look who they put in the White House. But I’m sure other Americans would like to know. (Via @marisakabas.bsky.social)
Marisa Kabasa republican congressman allegedly broke his two-year-old daughter's collarbone and he somehow hasn't been run out of congress. there really is no bridge too far for these ghouls.
Thread. Prudent note of caution from @aphclarkson.bsky.social about the Persian Gulf war. The Iranian government needs more than just defiance; it can get a deal that gives Iran more than it does the US, but Iran will need to concede something.
Alexander ClarksonBut also worth noting that Americans won't call off their blockade until the Iranians provide enough concessions for Trump or whoever follows him to save face Until the Iranian regime works out where it can concede a bit, we'll get cycles of escalating attacks, panicked phone calls, rinse repeat
Further thread on the wildfires encroaching on Spokane, WA. Large residential neighborhoods are burning. Via @awrylilyana.bsky.social
Lilyana 🥀We are approaching worst-case scenario www.spokesman.com/stories/2026...