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QOTCA 💛<p>“I can’t do what she [AOC] does, because we live in a purple state and I’m a pragmatist.“</p><p>= compromise with the Nazis to keep your position"<br>Yep. <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Slotkin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Slotkin</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Michigan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Michigan</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://lemmy.world/post/27307368" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">lemmy.world/post/27307368</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>This approach sets <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElissaSlotkin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElissaSlotkin</span></a> apart from many of her fellow <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democrats</span></a>, though the difference is better measured by degree than kind. [The ex-<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CIA</span></a> officer] <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Slotkin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Slotkin</span></a> is quite familiar—as a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/woman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>woman</span></a>, as a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Jew" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jew</span></a>, as the daughter of a woman who came out late in life as a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/lesbian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lesbian</span></a>—with the plight of certain constituencies within her party’s coalition. It’s simply a matter of emphasis: Slotkin sees electoral success as the path to addressing America’s injustices, not the other way around.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Slotkin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Slotkin</span></a> argues that the surest way to heal the country—to defuse identitarian struggles, pacify the culture wars, uncoil our hypertense politics—is by restoring the confidence of working families. When people feel assured of their <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/financial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>financial</span></a> welfare &amp; of their <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/children" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>children</span></a>’s future, she insists, they become far less receptive to the type of strongman demagoguery that thrives on scapegoats &amp; feasts on anxiety.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democrats</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GiftArticle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GiftArticle</span></a></p><p>…Wyandotte is the kind of place—working class, culturally conservative, racially homogenous—that has turned new shades of red in the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> era. And yet, this past November, both Trump &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Slotkin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Slotkin</span></a> won here: Each of the candidates carried seven of the city’s 10 precincts, a rare example of ticket splitting in one of the nation’s premier battleground states.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democrats</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/03/elissa-slotkin-democratic-resistance/681933/?gift=guxsrl_dAdXUP9zqbQPWxdxUeaKU7AATzccSdlUnyjk&amp;utm_source=copy-link&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=share" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theatlantic.com/politics/archi</span><span class="invisible">ve/2025/03/elissa-slotkin-democratic-resistance/681933/?gift=guxsrl_dAdXUP9zqbQPWxdxUeaKU7AATzccSdlUnyjk&amp;utm_source=copy-link&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=share</span></a></p>
JNSLCT<p>FULL SPEECH: Michigan Sen. Elissa <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Slotkin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Slotkin</span></a> delivers Democratic response to Trump's address</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ls8GhqCRr5U" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=ls8GhqCRr5U</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/kleptofascist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kleptofascist</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/billionaireSwamp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>billionaireSwamp</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/us" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>us</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/usa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>usa</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/democrat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democrat</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/decent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>decent</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rights</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UkraineWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UkraineWar</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StandWithUkraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StandWithUkraine</span></a></p>
JustNate<p>If you value democracy, this person is YOUR ENEMY <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/michigan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>michigan</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/slotkin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>slotkin</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> Get rid of her. <a href="https://www.slotkin.senate.gov/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">slotkin.senate.gov/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
7sleepersmusic<p>"<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democrats</span></a> destroy extremist <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a> agenda with brutal rebuttal" was not a headline I expected to see. And, as it turns out, I'm not seeing it 🙄 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Slotkin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Slotkin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ElissaSlotkin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElissaSlotkin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Michigan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Michigan</span></a> <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/democratic-senator-slotkin-reaches-political-center-rebuttal-trump-2025-03-05/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reuters.com/world/us/democrati</span><span class="invisible">c-senator-slotkin-reaches-political-center-rebuttal-trump-2025-03-05/</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElissaSlotkin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElissaSlotkin</span></a>’s Democratic response to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s address may go down as the first time the rebuttal was far-far superior to the actual speech. Just saying.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Slotkin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Slotkin</span></a> opens by saying that “America wants change” but that there is a “responsible way” &amp; a “reckless” way, framing Trump’s approach as chaotic.</p><p>Slotkin is not just going after Trump but also <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a>. She specifically cites his recent quote that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialSecurity</span></a> is the “biggest Ponzi scheme of all time.”</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JointSession" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JointSession</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a></p>
Valerie Sonh :verigold:<p>US Politics: Dems tap Slotkin to deliver response to Trump's joint address <a href="https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/02/27/congress/dem-response-to-trump-joint-address-00206478" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">politico.com/live-updates/2025</span><span class="invisible">/02/27/congress/dem-response-to-trump-joint-address-00206478</span></a> Importantly, as a US Rep, Elissa Slotkin had co-sponsored a wonderful SSI reform bill that would help people like me who became disabled after age 25. I can only hope that factor was taken into account. <a href="https://grijalva.house.gov/reps-grijalva-schakowsky-and-slotkin-reintroduce-ssi-restoration-act/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">grijalva.house.gov/reps-grijal</span><span class="invisible">va-schakowsky-and-slotkin-reintroduce-ssi-restoration-act/</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SSI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SSI</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disability</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Slotkin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Slotkin</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USPOL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPOL</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Awesome</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democrats</span></a> tap <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Michigan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Michigan</span></a>'s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElissaSlotkin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElissaSlotkin</span></a> to give rebuttal to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>'s State of the Union address</p><p>…[<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Senate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Senate</span></a>] freshman [but longtime <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/House" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>House</span></a> of Representatives member &amp; rockstar prior to serving in the Senate] US Sen <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Slotkin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Slotkin</span></a> will deliver the Democratic response to Trump's <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SOTU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SOTU</span></a> address next week — propelling the state's junior senator into the national spotlight after she's spent just 2 months in the Senate.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2025/02/27/michigan-senator-elissa-slotkin-to-give-democrat-rebuttal-to-donald-trump-state-of-the-union-address/80690458007/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">detroitnews.com/story/news/pol</span><span class="invisible">itics/2025/02/27/michigan-senator-elissa-slotkin-to-give-democrat-rebuttal-to-donald-trump-state-of-the-union-address/80690458007/</span></a></p>
Flipboard News Desk<p>Democrats got a little bit of good news today when media outlets projected two women will win U.S. Senate seats in Michigan and Wisconsin. Interestingly, both states went for Donald Trump, so a significant portion of voters cast split tickets.</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://threads.net/@newrepublic/" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>newrepublic</span></a></span> reports on Sen.-elect Elissa Slotkin: <a href="https://flip.it/01-tE6" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">flip.it/01-tE6</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>And the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports on Sen. Tammy Baldwin: <a href="https://flip.it/l9LBRn" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">flip.it/l9LBRn</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>For more coverage of the U.S. Senate, follow <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@electioncentral/the-senate-ihpua2siz" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>the-senate-ElectionCentral</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Baldwin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Baldwin</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Slotkin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Slotkin</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Senate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Senate</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democrats</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Election" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Election</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Rep <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElissaSlotkin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElissaSlotkin</span></a> of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Michigan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Michigan</span></a>, is running for retiring Senator <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DebbieStabenow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DebbieStabenow</span></a>’s seat. It is one of the closest <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Senate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Senate</span></a> races in the country.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Slotkin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Slotkin</span></a> is from the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a> world.</p><p>“I want you to proudly claim your <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/patriotism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>patriotism</span></a>. You are here because you love your country. Do not give an inch to pretenders who wrap themselves in the flag but spit in the face of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/freedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>freedom</span></a> it represents.”</p><p>Lots of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democrats</span></a> affiliated w/ <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>military</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/defense" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>defense</span></a> tonight.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DNC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DNC</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DNC2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DNC2024</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HarrisWalz2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HarrisWalz2024</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Rep Elissa <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Slotkin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Slotkin</span></a> was targeted in a "<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/swatting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>swatting</span></a>" hoax Thurs evening.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Michigan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Michigan</span></a> State Police responded to Slotkin's home after a "false threat" that was emailed to a local elected ofcl. Slotkin was not home at the time.</p><p>MSP checked the property &amp; confirmed no one was in danger. "This is the latest in a disturbing trend of swatting incidents targeting members of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a>," said a spox for Slotkin.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/extremism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>extremism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MIpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MIpol</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2024/08/08/slotkins-home-in-michigan-swatted-as-senate-race-gears-up/74731419007/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">detroitnews.com/story/news/loc</span><span class="invisible">al/michigan/2024/08/08/slotkins-home-in-michigan-swatted-as-senate-race-gears-up/74731419007/</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Elections Tues decided a handful of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Michigan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Michigan</span></a> congressional <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/primary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>primary</span></a> races to set up competitive fall general <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/election" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>election</span></a> contests, most of which will help determine whether <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> maintain control of the US <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/House" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>House</span></a>.<br><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Democrat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democrat</span></a> Elissa <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Slotkin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Slotkin</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republican</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MikeRogers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MikeRogers</span></a> won their respective primary contests for the open US <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Senate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Senate</span></a> seat. Experts expect this showdown will be one of the most competitive races nationally.<br><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MIpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MIpol</span></a><br><a href="https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/08/06/michigan-primary-election-results-2024/74698620007/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">detroitnews.com/story/news/pol</span><span class="invisible">itics/elections/2024/08/06/michigan-primary-election-results-2024/74698620007/</span></a></p>
Jeremy (יעקב) 🇺🇦<p>Apparently Slotkin even got the overwhelming vote over Hill in <em>Washtenaw</em>. Fucking <em>ouch</em>.</p><p>My wife was asking me who Hill is, because she sees the yard signs everywhere around us and on the way to work and had never seen a Slotkin sign until I put one in our lawn.</p><p>I had to explain about vote concentrations, geographic dynamics, but apparently even I was overestimating his support when I did. In our (rural) precinct, it was 85/15. Overall, I think it said Washtenaw was 75/25.</p><p><a href="https://babka.social/tags/MIPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MIPol</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Slotkin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Slotkin</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/AnnArbor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AnnArbor</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/ElissaSlotkin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElissaSlotkin</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/AnnArbor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AnnArbor</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Election" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Election</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Elections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Elections</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Vote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vote</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Votes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Votes</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Senate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Senate</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/MISen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MISen</span></a></p>
Michelle Hughes<p>So, I was just looking into the Michgan Senate race between Elissa Slotkin and Hill Harper. I've always heard that Slotkin is a bit of a centrist, so I was interested in her opponent. So I went to Hill Harper's website, and the first thing it blasts in your face is an ad for a fundraiser concert with Dave Chapelle. I couldn't find anything about trans rights on the site.</p><p>So yeah, I guess I gotta go with Slotkin!</p><p><a href="https://hillharper.com/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">hillharper.com/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://a2mi.social/tags/mipol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mipol</span></a> <a href="https://a2mi.social/tags/slotkin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>slotkin</span></a></p>
Beachbum<p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Slotkin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Slotkin</span></a> won’t get another penny from me. She’s a defector. She apparently doesn’t care that I voted for Biden in the primary and that she would be stealing my vote and giving it to someone else. <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/ElissaSlotkin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElissaSlotkin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Biden2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biden2024</span></a> 💯</p>
Chuck Darwin<p>They flipped old Republican strongholds, helped convince their colleagues to impeach Donald Trump, and established themselves a moderate counterpart to the Squad.</p><p>Now, “the badasses” are moving on. The close knit group of Democratic women, who adopted the nickname after winning House seats in 2018 following careers in the military and the CIA, is set to dwindle as several of them look toward higher office.</p><p>Rep. Elissa <a href="https://c.im/tags/Slotkin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Slotkin</span></a>, a former CIA analyst and Defense Department official, is running for U.S. Senate in Michigan. Rep. Abigail <a href="https://c.im/tags/Spanberger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Spanberger</span></a>, a fellow CIA alum, is leaving Congress after this term to prepare for a run at Virginia’s governorship next year. Rep. Mikie <a href="https://c.im/tags/Sherrill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sherrill</span></a>, a former Navy helicopter pilot, is “seriously considering” her own 2025 gubernatorial bid in New Jersey, where she tops early polls, even as she’s campaigning to keep her current seat for now</p><p><a href="https://www.semafor.com/article/05/12/2024/democrats-are-about-to-lose-their-mod-squad" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">semafor.com/article/05/12/2024</span><span class="invisible">/democrats-are-about-to-lose-their-mod-squad</span></a></p>
Jeremy (יעקב) 🇺🇦<p>Wow. Elissa Slotkin just publicly called on Rashida Tlaib to apologize and retract her statement. This is big in a lot of ways locally.</p><p>Slotkin is the frontrunner (by a wide margin) for the newly vacated Senate seat as Stabenow retires. Tlaib is an incumbent in one of the deepest blue districts in the country who barely won the nomination but has a great reputation for constituent services.</p><p>Slotkin is a NatSec rep who represents the suburbs, while Tlaib is a "Justice Dem" representing downtown.</p><p>Slotkin and Tlaib have both taken on roles criticizing other Democrats obliquely, but rarely actually campaigning against one specifically.</p><p>Tlaib has a global (weirdly) profile for her own problems and also due to racism, while Slotkin has always been a workhorse, but is now trying to raise her profile as she runs for Senate.</p><p>This could be a passing thing, but it could portend an open fight over the Democratic party.</p><p><a href="https://babka.social/tags/Michigan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Michigan</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/MIPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MIPol</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Tlaib" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tlaib</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Slotkin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Slotkin</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Senate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Senate</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Detroit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Detroit</span></a></p>
Laffy<p>8-17-23 Nicole Sandler Show – Thursdays with Howie Klein<br>&nbsp;<br> View on Zencastr <br> ;</p><p>It's Thursday. Weekly for the past dozen years or so, Howie Klein has stepped away from the desk at downwithtyranny.com to join me on the air for an hour to talk politics... and usually music too!<br>Today, lots of politics to discuss from Trump indictment #4 to those conspicuously absent from any of<br><a href="https://nicolesandler.com/8-17-23/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">nicolesandler.com/8-17-23/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NicolesBlog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NicolesBlog</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DeSantis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DeSantis</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HowieKlein" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HowieKlein</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Maui" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Maui</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Michigan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Michigan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Schumer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Schumer</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Slotkin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Slotkin</span></a></p>
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