President, @WeDemandJustice. Former: Bernie 2020 policy director, then VP Harris.
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In our new poll, Abdul's favorability is higher than Whitmer's.
The Islamophobia attacks are either backfiring or falling flat altogether. ⬇️
Correct ⬇️
Whether it’s abortion or voting rights or other things people hold dear, the writing is either on the wall already or it’s looming large. And voters understand that nothing is permanent any more and giving Trump Justices a multi-decade lock on SCOTUS is simply paving the way to more of their rights going away. And they are voting accordingly.
NEW SCOTUS MICHIGAN POLL for Demand Justice:
[Upswing - Oct 24-28, N505, LV, MOE 4.4]
MI voters really DO NOT want more Trump justices:
^56%: SCOTUS worse off if Trump nominated another justice
^55%: Trump will pick a loyalist over someone qualified
And Sen head-to-head:
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Senate head-to-head:
^El-Sayed leads Rogers 50%-45%
AND - Abdul Al-Sayed has equal or higher favs as other Dems:
^El-Sayed 48-46 fav-unfav (+2)
^Rogers 39-51 fav-unfav (-12)
^Whitmer 42-45 (-2)
^Benson 40-38 (+2)
^Trump 38-57 (-18)
Josh Orton retweeted
If you think the way to fight anti-semitism is to cozy up to the GOP as it openly embraces actual Nazis, I would say that you have not thought this through.
Depicting Jewish concerns over anti-Semitism as "prioritizing a personal grievance" is a pretty good explanation for why so many Michigan Jews are voting for Rogers.
When Democrats make clear they don't care about Jewish fears of anti-Semitism, and they don't believe that Democratic candidates who have used anti-Semitic tropes and campaigned with anti-Semites have a responsibility to reassure Jewish voters, they are saying the quiet part out loud: they simply don't care about Jewish safety and security.
Josh Orton retweeted
🚨FYI - the ONLY active judge in the Amarillo Division of the Northern District of Texas is well-known GOP crusader Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk. He is best know for unilaterally trying to ban the abortion pill mifepristone in 2024, which was UNANIMOUSLY reversed by SCOTUS.
New tonight: Concerned about a tight election, some Republicans are preemptively asking a federal court in Amarillo to require a manual hand count across Texas in next week's general election. Details via @quorumreport bit.ly/4ilObRY
Correction: we're not giving nearly enough credit to longtime Obama advance guru Mike Brush.
Always on #TeamAdvance
For a supposed Democrat to endorse Rogers in Michigan is to accept two more Trump scotus justices.
Astounding.
As Susan Collins desperately tries to distance herself from Trump in the final days, we remind you of the OG Trump loyalty pledge:
The Trump DOJ is a farce and the people can see through their sleaze.
The admin lawyers engaging in this authoritarian behavior must be held accountable.
nytimes.com/2026/10/27/us/po…
Trump has infected federal courts with election deniers.
In battleground races across the country, they could be ruling on next week's midterms.
Vote. This year, the courts might not save us.
Trump stacked the courts with loyalists and election deniers who refuse to admit he lost the 2020 election. Now those judges could hear his challenges to the midterms.
@joshorton on @Morning_Joe: We can no longer count on the courts to save us. We have to vote in numbers no Trump judge could overturn.
Get the full report: demandjustice.org/midterm-ju…
Josh Orton retweeted
BREAKING: Trump’s election-denying judges now preside over nearly ALL competitive midterm races. He’s laying the groundwork to challenge the 2026 elections. 🧵 demandjustice.org/midterm-ju…
Three surrogates headed to Michigan in the final days that will help elect @AbdulElSayed:
@BernieSanders
@BarackObama
@realDonaldTrump
Josh Orton retweeted
The Bernie team tried to get this into the Democratic platform in 2016, the Clinton team blocked it.
We tried again in 2020, the Biden team blocked it.
Glad folks are coming around but it’s absurd that it’s taken this long on what should be a noncontroversial point of fact.
One of many critical points in Jon Finer's excellent post-elections Israel policy agenda for Democrats: "A new approach should also start from the principle that U.S. policy will distinguish occupied territory and Israel proper."
nytimes.com/2026/10/23/opini…
Shut. It. Down.
SCOOP: Major U.S. banks are detecting unauthorized third-party AI agents inside customer accounts, including some attempting to take actions that appear to be independent of user instructions, sources told Axios.
The findings have alarmed banking executives, who are racing to restrict access to their systems as AI moves at a velocity faster than financial institutions can respond, multiple industry and bank executives told Axios.
Several banks are now preparing for worst-case and even “day after” scenarios, including how to rapidly secure or restore customer accounts if things go wrong, the people said.
Several bank executives told Axios they're struggling to distinguish between human users and AI agents. One executive said banks also struggle to determine whether agents are authorized by customers or potentially operating without their permission, more akin to rogue agent behavior.
Read my latest for Axios here: axios.com/2026/10/22/ai-agen…
