full-time eavesdropper. investigative reporter. shared custody nyc/mi. lipman fellow. [email protected].
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NEW: Veolia execs in France ran controversial PR campaign during Flint water crisis trial
The campaign included targeted digital ads & has sparked concerns about potential jury influencing, and is now being investigated by lawyers representing Flint kids detroitnews.com/story/news/l…
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“As we hear about it in the media”
Translation: “As we hear about it in the corporate media narrative I’ve been sent to spin”
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The Democratic Party is poised to send a Christian pastor, a Christian seminarian, a Jewish southerner, a Muslim doctor, and several Catholics to the United States Congress to win a commanding majority.
Only in America.
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So who’s committing fraud?
A private prison in Minnesota was offered for sale for $75 million last year.
The Trump administration paid $495.6 million for the same facility.
That’s a difference of more than $420 million in taxpayer money.
And these are the people lecturing Minnesotans about fraud?
The hypocrisy is staggering.
Every accusation from Trump folks is starting to sound like a confession.
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My state house district is over 30% hispanic/latino, had double digit increases turnout in the primary compared to 2022
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.@SenGaryPeters (D-MI) on Republican candidates campaigning throughout the country: "Let's be clear, it's despicable the way they're running their campaign...we're better than that. We believe that America is stronger when we're united."
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There is real anxiety among the Jewish and Muslim communities. But national coverage of the Senate race is exacerbating that anxiety. This "two communities torn apart" narrative is good storytelling, but it's weak reporting. It's lazy. I can't wait for this election to end.
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The disconnect between cable news & local media right now is bizarre. Most voters I've spoken with are pissed off about the cost of goods, the cost of gas, how they are struggling to get by. They feel like lawmakers in both parties have done little to improve their lives.
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I spoke to Arab and Muslim advocates as well as Trump supporters about the Islamophobic campaign against Abdul El-Sayed.
Muslim Americans are not freaking out. They are disgusted but going about their lives and planning to respond in the ballot box.
aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/2…
Hispanic/Latino turnout in Michigan so far appears to be on pace with turnout in the 2024 presidential election.
That’s a story I’d like to read about. Such a shame that all of the mediocre stories about Michigan Dems’ niche factional spats are taking up so much of everyone’s time
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Can jury lists actually be matched with voter rolls to find noncitizen voters? You probably saw this claim floating around online in the past few weeks. Well, I contacted voters caught in one of these comparisons from a local GOP, and couldn't confirm a single noncitizen voter.
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I spoke to people across the Detroit Metro area and wrote about the Mike Rogers campaign's cynical attempt to drive a wedge between Arabs and African Americans for electoral gains
harbpeace.substack.com/p/how…
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In the final week of the 2026 midterms, no media market will see more advertising money than Detroit.
The city and its surrounding areas are getting hit with nearly $60 million in ad spending this week alone — nearly twice as much as No. 2 on the list, Los Angeles at $32.5 million, and third, New York at about $31.4 million, according to @AdImpact_Pol data.
cnn.com/2026/10/29/politics/…
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Detroit anticipates higher than usual voter turnout michiganchronicle.com/detroi…
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.@AbdulElSayed thinks property tax for seniors should be frozen
I think its generational warfare and that they should sell their houses if they can't afford them. He concedes I'm 'theoretically correct' but practically wrong
Our exchange
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On WNYC, Mayor Mamdani tells @brigidbergin that @AbdulElSayed is doing "a very good job" responding to Islamophobic attacks.
"I had to experience a version of it in our own mayoral race, and I can tell you that you lean on those around you as much as you can," he says.
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From the airwaves to a pair of debates, from campaign rallies and social media bomb-throwing, Michigan’s U.S. Senate race has been the center of the state’s – even the nation’s – political universe for months. bit.ly/4kgeLOY
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Anyone on this app know whether a local nonprofit can pay rent for a high school student athlete's family so they can attend a specific school in Michigan?
“Trump Played a Magic Trick on the Midwest. Is It Still Working?: On the road in Ohio and Michigan, where an insurgent crop of Democrats threaten the president’s hold on the heartland.”
Great portrait of the Rust Belt campaign trail this fall, where it’s hard to even keep track of all the competitive races playing out right now
My long strange trip from Montana to Youngstown to the Upper Peninsula. We shall encounter UAW workers, AOC, bigots, El-Sayed, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, and a quite amazing Ojibway state house candidate who runs a lighthouse. @RollingStone. Free link. rollingstone.com/politics/po…
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My long strange trip from Montana to Youngstown to the Upper Peninsula. We shall encounter UAW workers, AOC, bigots, El-Sayed, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, and a quite amazing Ojibway state house candidate who runs a lighthouse. @RollingStone. Free link. rollingstone.com/politics/po…