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Quite a statement from Rep Stevens
On the eve of the eve of the eve of our BIG and important election, a unifying moment has arrived, our democratic nominee for U.S Senate disavows the Rebellion PAC ad made by Hasan Piker’s uncle that claims Jews are responsible for America’s economic woes. We have learned from party leaders and emissaries, as reported in the news media that he has.
On Sunday I will join with the Great Democratic leader, Jim Clyburn and Dr El Sayed for a church service in the beautiful city of Detroit.
The political coalition of Black and Jewish voices that have carried Michigan and this country through so many storms to the righteous path of liberal democracy and equal opportunity for all will ring out. Full statement here:
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Sixth, MAGA is often framed as a reaction to woke overreach, but it's probably better to think of it the other way around.
The Black Lives Matter protests happened during Trump's first term. That's also when MeToo began, as well.
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In the interest of presenting both sides, here's the language of Omar's denial in 2018.
BREAKING via NYT: In 2016, the Obama administration investigated Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) and found “some evidence that Ms. Omar had entered into a sham marriage with a man suspected of being her brother”, but the case and potential felony charges stalled because of a 5 year statute of limitations.
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Yeah, hate to break it to you, Zeteo Prem, but that's not a denial or substantive pushback. It's an unsubstantiated, anonymously-leveled ad hominem dressed up as reporting.
Gonna have to do better than that!
In a world where information is harder and harder to believe, an “unnamed source” saying a named source is lying is something just can’t be trusted. If the unnamed source had actual knowledge, they would name themself. No plausible reason this has to be unnamed.
A source said NYT journalist Ernesto Londono had a bias in the story, connected with Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey and power broker Joe Radinovich. Radinovich denied the alleged friendship with Londono and denied Frey considering a primary challenge against Omar. He trashed @zeteo_news claiming the outlet is "laundering" coverage.
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Cedrick Frazier, running to be the chief prosecutor in HC, is endorsed by Omar Fateh, noted leader of the defund the police movement, choose wisely Minneapolis.
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This is very well done (you need to click the links)
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Last thing I'll say on Hasan is that if he was genuinely a positive for progressive candidates then Peggy and Keith would've been campaigning with him. The fact that they declined says he's a negative and should've just stayed away.
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As DFLers, we must condemn hateful rhetoric, no matter who says it. Shame on @IlhanMN for bringing Hasan Piker to MN and giving him a platform.
You can’t stand for inclusion while excusing division. Our values should mean something, even when it’s politically inconvenient.
Hasan Piker event in Minnesota draws backlash and splits DFL Party week before election kstp.com/kstp-news/top-news/…
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The federal government may try some ridiculous stunts over the next couple of weeks. I encourage all eligible Minnesota voters to shut out the noise, keep their focus on the election, and make sure they cast their vote.
BREAKING: DOJ is suing Alaska to block certification of election results if Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan loses.
politico.com/news/2026/10/23…
I was reliably told this summer that if John Hoffman endorses something then you dishonor him by disagreeing. So I guess all the Peggy supporters now agree that Ilhan and Fateh are horrible people for bringing Piker here.
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I love matt yglesias man. Just a normal, coherent set of beliefs. Doesn’t have to contort himself or lie like all the lefties do
Me: "Do you know how many times you've tweeted about Piker since you wrote that tweet [about not tweeting about him] on August 30th?"
@mattyglesias: "Probably more than I intended to."
Me: "8 times.... you tweeted about Mike Rogers 6 times. So you're tweeting about the streamer you didn't want to talk about more than the Republican candidate you say you want to defeat."
Yglesias: "Yeah, that's fair."
Me: "Why?"
Yglesias: "What do you want me to say? You got me."
From my new Zeteo interview with the top centrist pundit - on the left, Michigan, Gaza, immigration, polls, electability, and more:
zeteo.com/p/matt-yglesias-me…
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Yglesias's posts since Aug 30 include ~5 mentioning Piker and at least 9 mentioning Rogers/Rodgers, not 8 and 6. Hasan posted about Piker ~35 times in the period.
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Again, it's really hard not to notice which races are underperforming the environment (MI, MN, ME) and what they all have in common...
The Cook Political Report shifted its rating of Minnesota’s U.S. Senate race toward Republicans, another sign that a contest Democrats once expected to win comfortably has become increasingly competitive in the closing weeks of the campaign. wapo.st/4dOOGm6
Unsurprisingly, this was met with a combination of people calling me a “kike lover” and others telling me to go back from where I came.
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JCRC is appalled by Congresswoman Ilhan Omar and State Senator Omar Fateh’s decision to share a stage with Hasan Piker at their October 26 Minneapolis event. Their choice is a betrayal of Jewish Minnesotans and harmful to the broader public.
minndakjcrc.org/news/stateme…
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Thank you @JCRCMINNDAK for speaking with a loud and clear voice on this.
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The Star Tribune's Eric Roper calls this race a fork in the road. Hennepin County needs a county attorney with the experience to make sure no one is above the law. Not fraudsters. Not repeat and violent offenders. Not federal agents who abuse their power. Read more here: startribune.com/mary-moriart…
