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Allan Smith

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National Politics Reporter @NBCNews. Ex-@businessinsider. email: [email protected] | [email protected]

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New: Attacks on Abdul El-Sayed’s identity crescendo in the final days of the pivotal Senate race Latest from the trail in Michigan w/ @HenryJGomez nbcnews.com/politics/2026-el…
Anti-Muslim rhetoric crescendos at the end of the heated Michigan Senate race

Anti-Muslim rhetoric crescendos at the end of the heated Michigan Senate race

Republicans have accused Abdul El-Sayed of being tied to the Muslim Brotherhood and are using increasingly incendiary rhetoric to do so. El-Sayed has denounced the group.

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From an interview w/ David Beamer, whose son died on Flight 93 after storming the cockpit. At Trump’s Michigan rally Sunday, Beamer said Abdul’s birth certificate doesn’t make him American I asked about Rogers’ emphasis that his warnings aren’t about El-Sayed’s faith/identity
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President Trump’s two weekend rallies in Kansas and Iowa, officially canceled less than 24 hours ago as unneeded/ inefficient use of POTUS time, are now suddenly back on, according to White House and other sources.
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Observation from a day on the Shapiro trail; his stump speech barely mentions that he has a GOP opponent. Unlike 2022, when he accentuated the choice between himself and a J6 supporter, Garrity’s an afterthought; he’s wrapping his wings around downballot Dems to carry them in w him.
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The White House has also canceled the President's planned rally in Iowa on Sunday, replacing it with a tele-rally, a White House official tells colleague @albamonica - the President now has only one more in-person event, tomorrow in Florida, left on the books these midterms.
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Speaking with CNN, Haley Stevens says: "We're a household divided. I still very much want our Democratic nominee, his name is Abdul, to win this race, there's so much on the line." But she calls on El-Sayed to forcefully denounce two ads
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Stevens said she hasn't voted yet "but I want our Democrats to win."
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Stevens is asked directly if she is voting for El-Sayed: "Of course I'm voting for our Democratic nominee"
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Asked El-Sayed for his reaction to this. Part of his answer: “To me, this election is about control of the United States Senate. It's about putting a check on Donald Trump. It's about addressing his effort to try and take away everything from religious freedom to our voting rights to union rights to health care and the big ugly bill. So if folks see another issue that is more important to them and decide that their disagreement with me on that is bigger than their agreement with me on all these other things, that is their choice.” “We feel really strong about our ability to bring people together. There are always going to be some folks who have different opinions, and they're welcome to that. That's the beauty of democracy.”
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Haley Stevens' fiancé says he's voting for Mike Rogers for Senate detroitnews.com/story/news/p…
Haley Stevens' fiancé says he's voting for Mike Rogers for Senate

Haley Stevens' fiancé says he's voting for Mike Rogers for Senate

Jason Turkish, a Democratic mega donor, described his decision to back Republican Mike Rogers over Abdul El-Sayed as "putting country before party."

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"Michael R. Bloomberg, the former New York mayor, has taken a liking to Mr. Shapiro, according to two people briefed on the relationship, and donated $2.5 million to the governor’s re-election run" nytimes.com/2026/10/28/us/po…
Democrats Eyeing 2028 Presidential Campaigns Begin Courting Donors and Operatives

Democrats Eyeing 2028 Presidential Campaigns Begin Courting Donors and Operatives

As soon as the midterms are over, presidential contenders are going to need to raise millions, quickly.

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SCOOP: Haley Stevens' fiancé says he's voting for Mike Rogers for Senate over Abdul El-Sayed detroitnews.com/story/news/p… via @nannburke & @detroitnews
Haley Stevens' fiancé says he's voting for Mike Rogers for Senate

Haley Stevens' fiancé says he's voting for Mike Rogers for Senate

Jason Turkish, a Democratic mega donor, described his decision to back Republican Mike Rogers over Abdul El-Sayed as "putting country before party."

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NEW from me: With under a week to go in what many polls are showing as a still tight Senate race, Abdul El-Sayed hasn’t called his former primary opponent Haley Stevens in months — and there are no plans for them to campaign together before election day. cnn.com/2026/10/28/politics/…
Abdul El-Sayed and Haley Stevens haven’t campaigned together — or spoken — in recent months | CNN...

Abdul El-Sayed and Haley Stevens haven’t campaigned together — or spoken — in recent months | CNN...

With under a week to go in what many polls are showing as a still tight Senate race in Michigan, Abdul El-Sayed hasn’t called his former primary opponent Rep. Haley Stevens in months — and there are...

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First in The Hill --> In almost half of the DCCC's "redboxes" for key races, the campaign arm for House Democrats is pushing for messaging targeting Republicans on AI and data centers, according to a new report from the Tech Oversight Project thehill.com/policy/technolog…
DCCC pushes for ads targeting GOP on AI, data centers in dozens of key House races

DCCC pushes for ads targeting GOP on AI, data centers in dozens of key House races

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) is pushing for advertising targeting Republican candidates over their record on AI and data centers in dozens of key House races, as technolog…

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Michigan-7 (Lawrence vs. Barrett) is so far the most expensive House race for the final week
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The top 15 Senate and top 15 House races seeing the most ad spending in the final week of the midterms -- via @AdImpact_Pol
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“Like Saddam Hussein opened an AutoZone” doesn’t hit quite the same
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Is The Cheesecake Factory Really a Restaurant for Regular Americans? Here’s what the data show washingtonsun.com/policy/che…
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New: Building the Future, the pro-data center super PAC linked w/ Leading the Future, will spend more than $1.5 million in the Kansas Gov race to boost GOP state Sen. Ty Masterson Comes after @nytimes reported the group is spending to boost Darline Graham nbcnews.com/politics/2026-el…
Data center group jumps into the Kansas governor’s race to boost Republicans

Data center group jumps into the Kansas governor’s race to boost Republicans

Building the Future is an offshoot of the pro-AI super PAC Leading the Future, arguably the leading super PAC promoting industry interests in the November midterm elections.

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"According to the survey, the rate of non-fatal violent crime excluding simple assault declined 25% from 9.9 per 1,000 persons age 12 or older in 2024 to 7.4 per 1,000 in 2025." justice.gov/opa/pr/national-…
National Crime Victimization Survey Shows Violent Crime Plummeted in

National Crime Victimization Survey Shows Violent Crime Plummeted in

New preliminary estimates from the Bureau of Justice Statistics’ (BJS) National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) show that the rate of violent crime, property victimization, burglary or trespassing,...

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Looks like a new arm of Leading the Future. The pro-AI PAC had been doing more on data centers in recent weeks nbcnews.com/politics/2026-el…
Data center backlash is everywhere. The biggest pro-AI group is getting ready to fight back.

Data center backlash is everywhere. The biggest pro-AI group is getting ready to fight back.

Josh Vlasto and Zac Moffatt, the bipartisan strategist team atop the super PAC Leading the Future, addressed data centers, AI skepticism and more in an in-depth interview.

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NEW — The super PAC for DATA CENTERS has arrived. Meet Building the Future. The group is spending millions for Darline Graham in the homestretch, a preview of fights to come in 2028. With @ELaserDavies: nytimes.com/2026/10/26/us/po…
Darline Graham Gets Help From the Data Center Industry in South Carolina Senate Race

Darline Graham Gets Help From the Data Center Industry in South Carolina Senate Race

As political fights over artificial intelligence accelerate, there is now a super PAC aligned with the data center industry. Its first bet is on Ms. Graham, a Republican in an unexpectedly tight race.

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NEW — The super PAC for DATA CENTERS has arrived. Meet Building the Future. The group is spending millions for Darline Graham in the homestretch, a preview of fights to come in 2028. With @ELaserDavies: nytimes.com/2026/10/26/us/po…
Darline Graham Gets Help From the Data Center Industry in South Carolina Senate Race

Darline Graham Gets Help From the Data Center Industry in South Carolina Senate Race

As political fights over artificial intelligence accelerate, there is now a super PAC aligned with the data center industry. Its first bet is on Ms. Graham, a Republican in an unexpectedly tight race.

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