AnarchoNinaAnalyzes<p>Well, I guess the Reaganite wing of the Dem Party isn't going to stop declaring the best way to beat the fascists is to buck up and become more like them anytime soon, so this is a whole thing now; collaborators never sleep. </p><p>Elissa Slotkin, who is basically what would happen if the DCU's Amanda Waller took a mid-career detour to successfully run for a US Senate seat in Michigan, has been furiously working in the lab on a "brand new" way to fight Trump and the fascist GOP. Can you guess what this ex-CIA murderbot brain genius came up with? If you guessed "sacrifice marginalized people to the fascists and become more like the nazis" you can get in line to claim your gold star. </p><p><a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/24/slotkin-has-a-war-plan-to-beat-trump-dont-be-weak-and-woke-00308176" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">politico.com/news/2025/04/24/s</span><span class="invisible">lotkin-has-a-war-plan-to-beat-trump-dont-be-weak-and-woke-00308176</span></a></p><p>Slotkin is testing a ‘war plan’ to beat Trump. She wants Dems to ditch wokeness and muscle up</p><p>"Elissa Slotkin, the former CIA analyst turned battleground senator, will on Thursday start road-testing what she calls a “war plan” to “contain and defeat Donald Trump.”</p><p>In the first of a series of speeches about the Democratic Party’s path out of the wilderness, the Michigan senator said she will span everything from strategy to tactics and tone, acknowledging public perception of the party as “weak and woke” needs to change. She is urging Democrats to “fucking retake the flag” with appeals to voters’ sense of patriotism, to adopt “the goddamn Alpha energy” of Detroit Lions coach Dan Campbell and to embrace an “airing out” of potential 2028 presidential candidates in a broadly contested primary."</p><p>As an astute observer replied to another post I made about Slotkin's plan: "anyone who says "wokeness" unironically is accepting the nazis' terms & conditions." The beauty of the fascist right's openly broadcast plan to redefine "woke" as a brand wholly separate from its traditional meaning in African American communities, is that now that "wokeness" has made its way into nazi propaganda, it means entirely different things to different demographics or groups of people. Needless to say however, a Democrat US Senator supposedly working in opposition to to the fascist Trump regime should not be talking about "ditching wokeness" at the precise time the ruling fascist party is defining caring about: constitutional rights, ICE kidnapping and attempting to deport political prisoners, and the right for trans people to exist, as "woke" - unless she *means* to imply the Democratic Party should shift rightward to mirror objectively fascist policies being enacted by that regime. </p><p>And hey, maybe that's what she does mean; Slotkin is after all a self-described Zionist who expressed support for Israel's genocidal actions in Gaza even as the ICJ was ruling they were conducting a plausible genocide of Palestinians there - so it's not like she's worried about getting a little blood on her hands. Slotkin also joined a festering cluster of Reaganite triangulators in the Democratic Party who'd like party members to stop using the word "oligarchy" because, and this is rich given the crowds folks like AOC and Bernie Sanders are attracting on their anti-oligarch speaking tour, Americans "don't know what it means."</p><p><a href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/us-is-an-oligarchy" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">commondreams.org/news/us-is-an</span><span class="invisible">-oligarchy</span></a></p><p>Slotkin Panned Online After Claiming That Voters Don't Know What 'Oligarchy' Means</p><p>"But even as evidence mounts that Americans understand that the political system has been captured by corporations and the wealthiest people—and are living their day-to-day lives with the results, including higher healthcare costs and disinvestment in public services—Slotkin told Politico on Thursday that Democrats should "stop using the term 'oligarchy,' a phrase she said doesn't resonate beyond coastal institutions."</p><p>So you got that kids? The way to beat fascism at the ballot box in elections that might literally be rigged for the nazis, is to stop fighting for the survival of marginalized people and never speak ill of the rich people that are turning your life into a dystopian sci-fi novel about emerging techno-fascism on a boiling planet. </p><p>The truth is however that there's nothing special about Slotkin, Newsom, and Emanuel; in my now forty-eight years on this Earth this is exactly how monied people in the Democratic Party have reacted to every political tremor in modern US history. When your purpose is to get paid for serving the needs of wealthy ruling class donors, your solution to every problem is always going to be shift rightward and protect rich people; they don't care at all that Trump is a fascist, just that their donor class maintains control of both major political parties in America. Which is probably why folks who think like them, have managed to lose not one but two separate elections to a reality TV show nazi oligarch whose catchphrase is literally "you're fired."</p><p>Like Newsome before her, Slotkin is peddling collaboration with a fascist as a realpolitik resistance; and she deserves the same response he got. Politely madam Senator? Go fuck yourself.</p><p><a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Slotkin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Slotkin</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Dems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dems</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oligarchy</span></a></p>
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Thelonious08<p>I don't like Pelosi either, but the Senator from Michigan is over the line here. </p><p><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/Pelosi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pelosi</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NancyPelosi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NancyPelosi</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FascistAppeasers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FascistAppeasers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ImpeachTheFascists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ImpeachTheFascists</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RaiseTheBar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RaiseTheBar</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PrimaryThemAll" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PrimaryThemAll</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DemandMore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DemandMore</span></a> <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/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>media</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/socialmedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>socialmedia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DoSomething" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DoSomething</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NoKings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoKings</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NoDo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoDo</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 & 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 & 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 & <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&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&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&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&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>
Luca da Firenze<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/American" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>American</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Politicians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politicians</span></a> I do appreciate :<br>For their preparation, ethics, ability to transmit opinions.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Jasmine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jasmine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Crockett" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Crockett</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Alexandra" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alexandra</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Occasio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Occasio</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Cortes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cortes</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Pete" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pete</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Buttigieg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Buttigieg</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Jared" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jared</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Moskowitz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Moskowitz</span></a><br>J.B.<a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Pritzker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pritzker</span></a> Gov. Illinois<br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Tim" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tim</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Walz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Walz</span></a> Gov. Minnesota<br>Sen. <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Elissa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Elissa</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Slotkin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Slotkin</span></a></p><p>The list will be updated.</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” & 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 & 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> & <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>
Kenneth<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://masto.ai/@Nonilex" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Nonilex</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://masto.ai/@Nonilex" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Nonilex</span></a></span><br>County clerks are next.</p><p><a href="https://disabled.social/tags/Slotkin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Slotkin</span></a> <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/swatting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>swatting</span></a> <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/Michigan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Michigan</span></a> <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a> <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/extremism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>extremism</span></a> <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/MIpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MIpol</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 & 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> & <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>
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>
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>
Laffy<p>8-17-23 Nicole Sandler Show – Thursdays with Howie Klein<br> <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>
Nonilex<p>"As <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GunViolence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GunViolence</span></a> continues to be the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LeadingCauseOfDeath" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LeadingCauseOfDeath</span></a> among <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AmericanChildren" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanChildren</span></a>, we as a society have to… step up & protect kids like Dylan & Devin. …these bills are a step to help us begin to address this <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/epidemic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>epidemic</span></a>." <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Slotkin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Slotkin</span></a> said.</p><p>She said the 3 bills being introduced Wed will "work concurrently, covering all corners of the issue so that we can achieve our most fundamental of our responsibilities as elected officials: keeping our communities — & children — <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/safe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>safe</span></a>."</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GunEpidemic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GunEpidemic</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Guns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Guns</span></a></p>
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