Midterm Madness: Michigan’s Senate Race Hits A Minefield

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- The YouTuber unraveling Michigan’s Senate race.
- House leadership’s “screw-you” to Democratic voters.
- The candidate who can’t stop putting her foot in her mouth.

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STORIES TO GO

In a hurry? These are key stories that crossed our desks this week.

🎶 Dolly Parton’s sudden passing at 80 briefly united the political world, provoking outpourings of grief and celebrations of her life from President Donald Trump , the Democratic Socialists of America , and the British royal family .

😴 Mike Lindell, the MyPillow founder and conspiracy theorist who lost Minnesota’s Republican primary for governor, is withholding the $825,000 he agreed to pay for a hand recount.

📍 The grassroots action group Swing Left is expanding its midterms map into races Democrats previously didn’t think were winnable. They now have 29 House races categorized as “must-flip” districts.

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STATE OF THE RACE

Race to the middle. Michigan candidate for U.S. Senate, Abdul El-Sayed, and other Democrats have released statements distancing themselves from popular leftist streamer Hasan Piker and disavowing recent comments he made concerning Jewish Americans’ support for Israel. The Searchlight Institute — a new billionaire-backed think tank aiming to push Democrats to the right — also weighed in, taking the opportunity to...

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