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Hey everyone!
I started a project called @QualityPollNews to track polls from only reputable sources—using A+B ratings from VoteHub & Silver Bulletin. No more wondering if a poll can be trusted!
Follow along and help me grow 🚀 🗳️ 🇺🇸
I started a project called @QualityPollNews to track polls from only reputable sources—using A+B ratings from VoteHub & Silver Bulletin. No more wondering if a poll can be trusted!
Follow along and help me grow 🚀 🗳️ 🇺🇸
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How are my Michigan peeps feeling? 💙 🧤
This #MichiganFirst ad made me smile 🥰 He’s so good, and I’m proud he’s our guy.
@Chris_H_Politic @KaseyHelton05 @BoughRuth @themeasuredtake @BlomquistForMI @Press4BC @ElliscbIV @JeffMossDSR @PaulJacobsMedia @patriot_420
This #MichiganFirst ad made me smile 🥰 He’s so good, and I’m proud he’s our guy.
@Chris_H_Politic @KaseyHelton05 @BoughRuth @themeasuredtake @BlomquistForMI @Press4BC @ElliscbIV @JeffMossDSR @PaulJacobsMedia @patriot_420
A head-turning new "Michigan First" ad from @AbdulElSayed - he names some issue he agrees with MAGA voters on, then plays a supercut of Fox News hosts/Tucker praising him or bashing Mike Rogers. semafor.com/article/10/23/…
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Time to study my voters guide because I have no idea who tf to vote for after focusing on the national races all season!
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Finally have some extra 💸💸, so I made donations to:
Abdul El-Sayed
Angie Nixon
James Talarico
Troy Jackson
Dan Osborne
Scott Colom
David Jolly
Amy Acton
Gina H.
Justin Pearson
William Lawrence
Who else needs help?
Abdul El-Sayed
Angie Nixon
James Talarico
Troy Jackson
Dan Osborne
Scott Colom
David Jolly
Amy Acton
Gina H.
Justin Pearson
William Lawrence
Who else needs help?
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Eco-Lefty 🌎 💙 ✌️ retweeted
A head-turning new "Michigan First" ad from @AbdulElSayed - he names some issue he agrees with MAGA voters on, then plays a supercut of Fox News hosts/Tucker praising him or bashing Mike Rogers. semafor.com/article/10/23/…
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Eco-Lefty 🌎 💙 ✌️ retweeted
Texas was built by hope. By people who had no business believing — but believed anyway.
To every Texan who’s ever wondered if anyone in power is paying attention: We are taking our state back.
Because a little bit of hope is a dangerous thing.
To every Texan who’s ever wondered if anyone in power is paying attention: We are taking our state back.
Because a little bit of hope is a dangerous thing.
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Eco-Lefty 🌎 💙 ✌️ retweeted
El-Sayed campaign statement following tonight's debate: "Abdul is not a socialist, has not been endorsed by the DSA, and is a capitalist who wants to have a healthy and functional system of capitalism in America."
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Just sayjn, I called out Wedgewood on the day they released the Michigan poll. The lesson: be discerning of unknown pollsters!
@WedgewoodPolls New pollster, who dis?
34 followers. Joined this month. Lame clip art logo.
This is their 2nd poll ever. If Adam Carlson doesn't know them, I'm highly sus.
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Eco-Lefty 🌎 💙 ✌️ retweeted
I've been reticent to jump into the moral panic about @AbdulElSayed's supposed ties to the Muslim Brotherhood. But I'll say a few things that should be obvious but apparently aren't, as someone who studied the Brotherhood for years and wrote several books about them. First of all, so what if Abdul's mom was involved with the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood in the 1970s? What does that have to do with Abdul? You shouldn't be judged for something your parents did or didn't do before you were even born. That's plainly guilt by association.
As for the Egyptian Brotherhood itself, it hasn't been involved in political violence since the 1940s/50s and even those incidents can't really be described as terrorism, since they didn't target innocent civilians for political gain. In the decades since, the Brotherhood has repeatedly renounced violence and committed themselves to pursuing their aims through the democratic process. It's little accident that Al-Qaeda's number two, Ayman al-Zawahiri, wrote an entire book condemning the Brotherhood as lackeys and disbelievers, precisely because they had agreed to abide by the rules of the democratic game.
Of course, it's totally fine to dislike the Brotherhood and what they stand for. They advocate for the application of Islamic law in politics and for a larger role for Islam in public life more broadly. In short, they're illiberal and we as Americans probably wouldn't want to live under their rule. But I don't see how one could describe them as an "extremist" organization. Their views on Islam — as ample polling makes clear — are fairly mainstream by Egyptian standards. I'm not sure it makes a lot of sense to judge the Brotherhood according to liberal, American standards.
Before the Trump administration, successive U.S. administrations engaged directly with Muslim Brotherhood officials and maintained open lines of communication with their leaders, which made sense. They were the largest mass movement and opposition group in Egypt and it would have been foolish to ignore them from the standpoint of U.S. national interests.
Even if you hate the Brotherhood, it should also be possible to hold the view that their members and supporters shouldn't be repressed or killed and should have the right to participate in politics and contest democratic elections. Democracy, at its core, is about the right to make the wrong choice.
In many ways, MAGA as a movement is more radical than the Brotherhood was in Egypt both before and during the Arab Spring. At the very least, MAGA — like the Brotherhood — is illiberal. And the Republican Party under Trump has a dubious relationship with democracy. After all, a significant number of Republicans, including Trump himself, didn't respect democratic outcomes in 2020 and sought to overturn a legitimate election.
The GOP's attempt to demonize the Brotherhood and paint with the guilt-by-association brush is just another way to vilify peaceful law-abiding American Muslims by portraying them as having foreign ties and dual loyalties. It should be rejected as such. The idea that Abdul is some secret Muslim Brotherhood member is absurd on its face.
I wish the Republican Party would make up its mind about people like Abdul and Zohran, both of whom take the Democratic Party's line on LGBTQ rights and even trans athletes participation in women's sports. Sure, their faith is important to them and it influences them — but Republicans should welcome the fact that there are prominent Muslim politicians who are normalizing talking about one's faith in public life, especially after criticizing the Democratic Party for being inhospitable to people of faith.
As for the Egyptian Brotherhood itself, it hasn't been involved in political violence since the 1940s/50s and even those incidents can't really be described as terrorism, since they didn't target innocent civilians for political gain. In the decades since, the Brotherhood has repeatedly renounced violence and committed themselves to pursuing their aims through the democratic process. It's little accident that Al-Qaeda's number two, Ayman al-Zawahiri, wrote an entire book condemning the Brotherhood as lackeys and disbelievers, precisely because they had agreed to abide by the rules of the democratic game.
Of course, it's totally fine to dislike the Brotherhood and what they stand for. They advocate for the application of Islamic law in politics and for a larger role for Islam in public life more broadly. In short, they're illiberal and we as Americans probably wouldn't want to live under their rule. But I don't see how one could describe them as an "extremist" organization. Their views on Islam — as ample polling makes clear — are fairly mainstream by Egyptian standards. I'm not sure it makes a lot of sense to judge the Brotherhood according to liberal, American standards.
Before the Trump administration, successive U.S. administrations engaged directly with Muslim Brotherhood officials and maintained open lines of communication with their leaders, which made sense. They were the largest mass movement and opposition group in Egypt and it would have been foolish to ignore them from the standpoint of U.S. national interests.
Even if you hate the Brotherhood, it should also be possible to hold the view that their members and supporters shouldn't be repressed or killed and should have the right to participate in politics and contest democratic elections. Democracy, at its core, is about the right to make the wrong choice.
In many ways, MAGA as a movement is more radical than the Brotherhood was in Egypt both before and during the Arab Spring. At the very least, MAGA — like the Brotherhood — is illiberal. And the Republican Party under Trump has a dubious relationship with democracy. After all, a significant number of Republicans, including Trump himself, didn't respect democratic outcomes in 2020 and sought to overturn a legitimate election.
The GOP's attempt to demonize the Brotherhood and paint with the guilt-by-association brush is just another way to vilify peaceful law-abiding American Muslims by portraying them as having foreign ties and dual loyalties. It should be rejected as such. The idea that Abdul is some secret Muslim Brotherhood member is absurd on its face.
I wish the Republican Party would make up its mind about people like Abdul and Zohran, both of whom take the Democratic Party's line on LGBTQ rights and even trans athletes participation in women's sports. Sure, their faith is important to them and it influences them — but Republicans should welcome the fact that there are prominent Muslim politicians who are normalizing talking about one's faith in public life, especially after criticizing the Democratic Party for being inhospitable to people of faith.
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Eco-Lefty 🌎 💙 ✌️ retweeted
“He's gunna go up to the Upper Peninsula and get a pretty cold welcome.”
And the UP said…
And the UP said…
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This is a beautiful campaign video. He’s going to win.
Texas was built by hope. By people who had no business believing — but believed anyway.
To every Texan who’s ever wondered if anyone in power is paying attention: We are taking our state back.
Because a little bit of hope is a dangerous thing.
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Eco-Lefty 🌎 💙 ✌️ retweeted
Eye-popping numbers in the ABC/Ipsos poll:
1) Trump's approval hits a record low
2) Trump's "strong approval" with Republicans hits a record low
3) Democrats lead on 10 of 12 issues (+9 on trans issues). Crime is the only issue Republicans lead on outside of the margin of error
1) Trump's approval hits a record low
2) Trump's "strong approval" with Republicans hits a record low
3) Democrats lead on 10 of 12 issues (+9 on trans issues). Crime is the only issue Republicans lead on outside of the margin of error
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Eco-Lefty 🌎 💙 ✌️ retweeted
You know who has connections to the Muslim Brotherhood?
The Qatari government which gave Trump his billion dollar plane.
The Saudi Arabian government which gave Trump's son-in-law billions of dollars.
Just saying.
The Qatari government which gave Trump his billion dollar plane.
The Saudi Arabian government which gave Trump's son-in-law billions of dollars.
Just saying.
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