UPDATE: Donald Trump Takes Office as the 47th US President
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Some clips to get to know dude
El-Sayed on Islamophobia: "That's the only play they got. They're gonna point at me, they're gonna point at my name, like, 'Wow, he's different.' That's the best you got? You can't actually talk about what you want to do? My name is not raising your gas prices. My name is now taking us to war ... this is the best place in the world to be Abdul."
El-Sayed: "Mike, I'm gonna say it right now, I know you're gonna say no because you're a coward: Five debates, alright? If you're willing to stand with me and have a conversation, you and I both know that you will wither in front of your own crimes. But I'm gonna make sure Michiganders know about them. By the time we're done, you are not gonna have safe quarter from people holding you accountable to what you've done for them here in Michigan. We will send you back to Florida where you belong."
El-Sayed on Islamophobia: "That's the only play they got. They're gonna point at me, they're gonna point at my name, like, 'Wow, he's different.' That's the best you got? You can't actually talk about what you want to do? My name is not raising your gas prices. My name is now taking us to war ... this is the best place in the world to be Abdul."
El-Sayed: "Mike, I'm gonna say it right now, I know you're gonna say no because you're a coward: Five debates, alright? If you're willing to stand with me and have a conversation, you and I both know that you will wither in front of your own crimes. But I'm gonna make sure Michiganders know about them. By the time we're done, you are not gonna have safe quarter from people holding you accountable to what you've done for them here in Michigan. We will send you back to Florida where you belong."
BIG FACTS!!!!
There is a lesson to be learned in this...Hopefully, DEMS are paying attention.....
I will say I am impressed after I read what he did for the Dept. of Health in Wayne County (38% black folks) and his book Medicre for All...I would like to read it, but I saw this primer which is helpful that someone who says Medicare For All actually has a plan that can be feasible....
El-Sayed and Johnson: A citizen’s guide to Medicare for All
Medicare for All: A Citizen's Guide
Abdul El-Sayed, MD, DPhil
Dr. Abdul El-Sayed is a physician, epidemiologist, educator, and former city and county health director. As Wayne County's Health Director, Abdul led efforts to erase $700 million in medical debt, build a state-of-the-art air quality monitoring system, and provide free glasses for children. Abdul hosts the award-winning “America Dissected” podcast, attracting listeners to go beyond the headlines to explore the intersection between health and society. His three books include “Healing Politics” and “Medicare for All: A Citizen’s Guide” with Dr. Micah Johnson. His over 100 peer-reviewed publications have earned nearly 4,000 citations. He has held academic appointments at the University of Michigan School of Public Policy, the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Wayne State University, and American University. He is formerly a candidate for governor of Michigan and CNN commentator. He’s been a member of the NWU, AFT Locals 477 and 6244, SEIU Local 500, and the AAUP.
I mean she is Palestinian herself. While I can't say how she truly felt, I'd, personally, hope she cares about her own people if I lived in her district and was deciding to vote for her. How heartless would she have to be not to?
We have enough heartless sociopathic MFers in there already anyway.
Bone Spurs President Uses AI to Award Himself Ultimate Medal
Draft-dodging Donald Trump has cast himself as a battlefield leader in the mold of America's greatest generals—while appearing to bestow himself with the nation's highest military honor.
The 80-year-old president posted an AI-generated image on Truth Social Tuesday depicting him alongside generals George S. Patton and Douglas MacArthur, two of the most celebrated U.S. military commanders of World War II, against the backdrop of a raging battlefield.
Trump's fantasy image places him above Patton and MacArthur in the military hierarchy, showing him with four stars while the legendary generals wear two. In reality, MacArthur was a five-star general—one of only five Americans to attain that rank—while Patton was a four-star general.
Trump’s AI fantasy did not end with military glory; the image also appeared to give him a slimmer physique. / Donald Trump/Truth Social
Trump, who received four deferments for education and one for a disputed bone spur diagnosis, also imagined himself bedecked with dozens of service ribbons and a medal resembling the Medal of Honor.
The Medal of Honor is presented by the president to service members who display "conspicuous gallantry" and risk their lives above and beyond the call of duty in combat. Recipients are saluted by service members of every rank, including five-star generals, as well as the president, according to the National Medal of Honor Museum.
Trump has never served in the armed forces and therefore never held an official military rank. He attended the New York Military Academy, where he became cadet captain.
After receiving four deferments while in college, Trump received a fifth deferment in 1968, as the Vietnam War was raging. That followed a diagnosis of bone spurs in his heels—courtesy of a Queens podiatrist who rented an office in a building owned by his father, Fred Trump.
Trump has been thirsting after military glory despite having no military résumé.
White House insiders told The Wall Street Journal in April that amid the chaos of his war on Iran, which has so far claimed the lives of 18 troops, Trump considered giving himself the Medal of Honor.
The Journal reported that Trump pondered the idea during a White House reception, saying he deserved it because his plane flew into Iraq on an unlit runway during a first-term trip to visit troops stationed in the country, citing people who were at the event.
The president, who has reportedly called fallen soldiers "losers" and "suckers," had previously riffed about his Iraq trip during a rally in Georgia in February.
Trump reduced soldiers who have died in his war on Iran to statistics last month, stacking the death toll against those from past conflicts on Truth Social. / Donald Trump/Truth Social
"I flew to Iraq and was extremely brave. In fact, so brave I wanted to give myself the Congressional Medal of Honor," he said.
As his Iran war effort struggles, Trump has turned to AI to rewrite his own mythology—casting himself alongside George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and John F. Kennedy over the past two weeks.
Bone Spurs President Uses AI to Award Himself Ultimate Medal
Draft-dodging Donald Trump has cast himself as a battlefield leader in the mold of America’s greatest generals—while appearing to bestow himself with the nation’s highest military honor. The 80-year-o...
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Dems say 2nd District is ‘in play’
by Byron TateAugust 5, 2026 2:49 pm
Chris Jones is vying for the 2nd Congressional District seat, which Dems say is in play.Credit: Chris Jones campaign
Two months ago, a poll showed Democratic candidate Chris Jones was 3% ahead of his Republican opponent, French Hill.
Now there’s more good news for Jones. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, the campaign arm for the House of Representatives, announced Wednesday that the 2nd Congressional seat the two are vying for is “in play,” according to a news release from the political organization.
“French Hill has abandoned Arkansas’ working families,” said committee chair Suzan DelBene. “From Hill’s war of choice in Iran causing gas prices to skyrocket, to voting to kick nearly 150,000 Arkansans off their health insurance, voters are sick and tired of Hill’s betrayal. This November, they are going to elect a leader who is ready to hit the ground running and fight for them, not Republicans’ billionaire buddies.”
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The committee’s national “Districts in Play” program identifies vulnerable districts that the party thinks it can flip from red to blue. The designation can mean more money from the party for a candidate and more from political action committees that want to focus campaign contributions in places where it matters the most.
“This designation reflects the momentum that’s been building across Central Arkansas,” Jones stated in the release. “We are here not because of insiders in Washington, but because neighbors are talking to neighbors, volunteers are knocking on doors, and people believe our district deserves better. Today’s announcement confirms what we’ve been seeing on the ground for months: This race is competitive because Arkansans are demanding new leadership.”
The poll, released in May, surveyed 660 Arkansans and showed that independents were leaning heavily toward Jones and that an eyebrow-raising quarter of Republicans did not think that Hill deserved to be reelected.
The party in opposition to the president typically picks up districts in the House and Senate in mid-term elections, and pollsters have said this November will likely be no different. President Trump’s approval ratings are down, with polls showing the public growing more and more dissatisfied with his handling of the economy, where affordability still makes headlines, and with his handling of foreign affairs. Trump promised to stay out of “forever wars,” but he, along with Israel, plunged the United States into what many have said was an unnecessary conflict with Iran that still goes on.
Still, with all that said, victory for a Democrat in the 2nd Congressional District has been a giant tease over the years. Then-state Rep. Clarke Tucker, who is now a state senator, got 46% of the vote in 2018 against Hill, now in his sixth term. Two years later, Sen. Joyce Elliott got almost 45%.
Because of those scares, the Republicans in the Legislature redrew the boundaries of the district, carving up liberal-leaning Pulaski County into three districts, giving Hill an easier path in 2022 and 2024, when he got around 60% of the vote both times.
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Furious Trump brands Michigan voting 'rigged' after El-Sayed win
President Donald Trump has officially weighed in on the Michigan primary, calling it 'one of the most corrupt voting areas in the United States.'
He's a good man who does the work and doesn't hide.Dems say 2nd District is ‘in play’
by Byron TateAugust 5, 2026 2:49 pm
Chris Jones is vying for the 2nd Congressional District seat, which Dems say is in play.Credit: Chris Jones campaign
Two months ago, a poll showed Democratic candidate Chris Jones was 3% ahead of his Republican opponent, French Hill.
Now there’s more good news for Jones. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, the campaign arm for the House of Representatives, announced Wednesday that the 2nd Congressional seat the two are vying for is “in play,” according to a news release from the political organization.
“French Hill has abandoned Arkansas’ working families,” said committee chair Suzan DelBene. “From Hill’s war of choice in Iran causing gas prices to skyrocket, to voting to kick nearly 150,000 Arkansans off their health insurance, voters are sick and tired of Hill’s betrayal. This November, they are going to elect a leader who is ready to hit the ground running and fight for them, not Republicans’ billionaire buddies.”
ADVERTISING
The committee’s national “Districts in Play” program identifies vulnerable districts that the party thinks it can flip from red to blue. The designation can mean more money from the party for a candidate and more from political action committees that want to focus campaign contributions in places where it matters the most.
“This designation reflects the momentum that’s been building across Central Arkansas,” Jones stated in the release. “We are here not because of insiders in Washington, but because neighbors are talking to neighbors, volunteers are knocking on doors, and people believe our district deserves better. Today’s announcement confirms what we’ve been seeing on the ground for months: This race is competitive because Arkansans are demanding new leadership.”
The poll, released in May, surveyed 660 Arkansans and showed that independents were leaning heavily toward Jones and that an eyebrow-raising quarter of Republicans did not think that Hill deserved to be reelected.
The party in opposition to the president typically picks up districts in the House and Senate in mid-term elections, and pollsters have said this November will likely be no different. President Trump’s approval ratings are down, with polls showing the public growing more and more dissatisfied with his handling of the economy, where affordability still makes headlines, and with his handling of foreign affairs. Trump promised to stay out of “forever wars,” but he, along with Israel, plunged the United States into what many have said was an unnecessary conflict with Iran that still goes on.
Still, with all that said, victory for a Democrat in the 2nd Congressional District has been a giant tease over the years. Then-state Rep. Clarke Tucker, who is now a state senator, got 46% of the vote in 2018 against Hill, now in his sixth term. Two years later, Sen. Joyce Elliott got almost 45%.
Because of those scares, the Republicans in the Legislature redrew the boundaries of the district, carving up liberal-leaning Pulaski County into three districts, giving Hill an easier path in 2022 and 2024, when he got around 60% of the vote both times.
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