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| | 'Never in million years did I think I’d be running against someone who thinks America deserved [[9/11]],’ [[GOP]] Michigan Senate candidate [[Michael J. Rogers]].<ref>Mike Rogers. @MikeRogersForMI. [https://x.com/MikeRogersForMI/status/2085002121187868790 Aug 5, 2026] [https://archive.ph/wH3Aq]</ref> | | 'Never in million years did I think I’d be running against someone who thinks America deserved [[9/11]],’ [[GOP]] Michigan Senate candidate [[Michael J. Rogers]].<ref>Mike Rogers. @MikeRogersForMI. [https://x.com/MikeRogersForMI/status/2085002121187868790 Aug 5, 2026] [https://archive.ph/wH3Aq]</ref> |
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| − | ==Antisemitic ad for Abdul El-Sayed (Oct/2026)== | + | ==2026 Senate election campaign== |
| | + | Money into politics and his camp tactics== |
| | + | Reportedly, Muslims flooded early voting.<ref>{{cite news |title=Muslims Flood Early Voting Lines in Michigan His 'Grassroots' Campaign |url=https://c14news.com/article/1519332roots-campaign/ |work=C14 news |date=November 2, 2026}}</ref> |
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| | + | An investigation examining the political fundraising network supporting Abdul El-Sayed's Michigan Senate campaign. Drawing on research by Canary Mission and campaign-finance disclosures, the article identified overlapping donors and approximately 14 political action committees and super PACs supporting El-Sayed and other progressive candidates critical of Israel and AIPAC. It highlighted financial connections involving American Priorities, Unity & Justice Fund, CAIR Action, Fighting for Michigan, and other political organizations. The report identified several major donors and described transfers between affiliated political committees, while noting that the organizations maintained separate structures. Representatives of American Priorities and Unity & Justice Fund disputed the report's characterization of their political activities and defended their positions on Israel and AIPAC. The article questioned how the network's substantial independent political spending related to El-Sayed's claims that his campaign was funded by grassroots supporters rather than corporate interests.<ref>{{cite news |last=Kredo |first=Adam |title=Abdul El-Sayed's Bagmen: Inside the Shadowy Network of Anti-Israel Donors, PACs, and Super PACs Funding His 'Grassroots' Campaign |url=https://freebeacon.com/democrats/abdul-el-sayeds-bagmen-inside-the-shadowy-network-of-anti-israel-donors-pacs-and-super-pacs-funding-his-grassroots-campaign/ |work=Washington Free Beacon |date=November 2, 2026}}</ref> |
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| | + | Ibrahim Charara, Lebanon's consul general in Detroit, attended an ''Arab American Political Action Committee'' (AAPAC) banquet supporting Abdul El-Sayed and other Democratic candidates. The article highlighted Charara's 2021 social media comments describing [[Hezbollah]]'s 1983 bombing of the U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut, which killed 241 American service members, as "heroic resistance." It also documented Charara's appearances alongside El-Sayed and other political figures at events in the Dearborn area, raising questions about his political associations and diplomatic activities. The Lebanese consulate and embassy did not respond to the publication's requests for comment.<ref>{{cite news |last=Ross |first=Chuck |title=Lebanon’s Top Diplomat in Detroit Attends El-Sayed-Supporting ‘Banquet’ After Praising Hezbollah’s Suicide Bombing of US Marines as ‘Heroic Resistance’ |url=https://freebeacon.com/democrats/lebanons-top-diplomat-in-detroit-attends-el-sayed-supporting-banquet-after-praising-hezbollahs-suicide-bombing-of-us-marines-as-heroic-resistance/ |work=Washington Free Beacon |date=November 2, 2026}}</ref> |
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| | + | After recruiting Obama, El Sayed's multi million dollars backed camp recruited [[Jim Clyburn]] to campaign with him in churches. As the other rift, between Arabs and blacks have been simmering for years. |
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| | + | El Sayed, especially on the last day, ran a [[Tucker Carlson]] ad to chip from some of Republican voters.<ref>[https://thatpointtoo.blogspot.com/2026/11/if-aleged-muslim-brotherhood-gets.html If "alleged" Muslim Brotherhood gets Republican votes, remember it was (largely) Tucker Carlson]. Comma, point. November 2, 2026.</ref> |
| | + | ===Antisemitic ad for Abdul El-Sayed (Oct/2026)=== |
| | In Oct 2026, [[Cenk Uygur]] revamped a 2024 antisemitic disgusting ad blaming the Jews (hiding under anti-Israel "criticism"), erroneously, for grocery prices. It was Nazi like. Not facts based. | | In Oct 2026, [[Cenk Uygur]] revamped a 2024 antisemitic disgusting ad blaming the Jews (hiding under anti-Israel "criticism"), erroneously, for grocery prices. It was Nazi like. Not facts based. |
| | <ref>{{cite news |last=Rahmanan |first=Anna |title=Abdul El-Sayed’s Antisemitic Ad Controversy Didn’t Come Out of Nowhere |work=Newsweek |date=October 27, 2026 |url=https://www.newsweek.com/abdul-el-sayed-antisemitism-ad-israel-michigan-senate-12624347}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Dorstewitz |first=Michael |title=Antisemitic Rhetoric From Democrats is Tired, Old, and Dishonest |work=Newsmax |date=October 27, 2026 |url=https://www.newsmax.com/michaeldorstewitz/el-sayed-milstein-uygur/2026/10/27/id/1274151}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Frum |first=David |title=Yes, We Have No Bananas: But Please Don’t Blame the Jews |work=The Atlantic |date=October 27, 2026 |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/10/groceries-israel-funding-budget/689151/}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Gutfeld! |medium=Television broadcast |publisher=Fox News |date=October 27, 2026 |url=https://archive.org/details/FOXNEWSW_20261028_020000_Gutfeld |via=Internet Archive}}</ref><ref name=mediaite>{{cite news |last=Griffing |first=Alex |title='Disgusting': Pro-El-Sayed Ad Sparks Avalanche of Criticism As Campaign Distances |work=Mediaite |date=October 26, 2026 |url=https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/disgusting-pro-el-sayed-ad-sparks-avalanche-of-criticism-as-campaign-distances/}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | | <ref>{{cite news |last=Rahmanan |first=Anna |title=Abdul El-Sayed’s Antisemitic Ad Controversy Didn’t Come Out of Nowhere |work=Newsweek |date=October 27, 2026 |url=https://www.newsweek.com/abdul-el-sayed-antisemitism-ad-israel-michigan-senate-12624347}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Dorstewitz |first=Michael |title=Antisemitic Rhetoric From Democrats is Tired, Old, and Dishonest |work=Newsmax |date=October 27, 2026 |url=https://www.newsmax.com/michaeldorstewitz/el-sayed-milstein-uygur/2026/10/27/id/1274151}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Frum |first=David |title=Yes, We Have No Bananas: But Please Don’t Blame the Jews |work=The Atlantic |date=October 27, 2026 |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/10/groceries-israel-funding-budget/689151/}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Gutfeld! |medium=Television broadcast |publisher=Fox News |date=October 27, 2026 |url=https://archive.org/details/FOXNEWSW_20261028_020000_Gutfeld |via=Internet Archive}}</ref><ref name=mediaite>{{cite news |last=Griffing |first=Alex |title='Disgusting': Pro-El-Sayed Ad Sparks Avalanche of Criticism As Campaign Distances |work=Mediaite |date=October 26, 2026 |url=https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/disgusting-pro-el-sayed-ad-sparks-avalanche-of-criticism-as-campaign-distances/}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |
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| | Blaming Jews for people’s problems is an old story. Anybody who has read the last century of history knows where it leads. It is a dark pathway. | | Blaming Jews for people’s problems is an old story. Anybody who has read the last century of history knows where it leads. It is a dark pathway. |
| | This ad is anti-Jewish hate and should come down immediately. Abdul El-Sayed should denounce it today.}} | | This ad is anti-Jewish hate and should come down immediately. Abdul El-Sayed should denounce it today.}} |
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| | "Jewish community leaders and fellow Democrats widely denounced the advertisement, saying the connection between domestic inflation and American support for Israel evoked harmful anti-Semitic tropes involving Jewish financial influence."<ref name=tml>{{cite news |title=El-Sayed Rejects Stevens’ Demand To Condemn Anti-Israel Ad Ahead of Michigan Vote |work=The Media Line |url=https://themedialine.org/headlines/el-sayed-rejects-stevens-demand-to-condemn-anti-israel-ad-ahead-of-michigan-vote// |date=November 1, 2026}}</ref> | | "Jewish community leaders and fellow Democrats widely denounced the advertisement, saying the connection between domestic inflation and American support for Israel evoked harmful anti-Semitic tropes involving Jewish financial influence."<ref name=tml>{{cite news |title=El-Sayed Rejects Stevens’ Demand To Condemn Anti-Israel Ad Ahead of Michigan Vote |work=The Media Line |url=https://themedialine.org/headlines/el-sayed-rejects-stevens-demand-to-condemn-anti-israel-ad-ahead-of-michigan-vote// |date=November 1, 2026}}</ref> |
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| − | After recruiting Obama, El Sayed's multi million dollars backed camp recruited [[Jim Clyburn]] to campaign with him in churches. As the other rift, between Arabs and blacks have been simmering for years.
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| | '''Principles Over Party: Stevens Endorsement of Mike Rogers''' | | '''Principles Over Party: Stevens Endorsement of Mike Rogers''' |
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| | This comes after 2 million in Michigan already voted. | | This comes after 2 million in Michigan already voted. |
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| − | El Sayed, especially on the last day, ran a [[Tucker Carlson]] ad to chip from some of Republican voters.<ref>[https://thatpointtoo.blogspot.com/2026/11/if-aleged-muslim-brotherhood-gets.html If "alleged" Muslim Brotherhood gets Republican votes, remember it was (largely) Tucker Carlson]. Comma, point. November 2, 2026.</ref>
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| | + | The [[The New York Times]] slamned for its election-night television coverage, which recommended NBC, ABC, CBS, and CNN but did not mention [[Fox News]]. Stoll also questioned the political backgrounds of Times staff members and criticized the newspaper's coverage of Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, its characterization of criticism directed at El-Sayed as Islamophobic, and a book review discussing Israel and the Holocaust. The article argued that these examples reflected declining political impartiality at the newspaper.<ref>{{cite news |last=Stoll |first=Ira |title=The New York Times Is Getting Really, Really Ridiculous |url=https://freebeacon.com/media/the-new-york-times-is-getting-really-really-ridiculous/ |work=Washington Free Beacon |date=November 2, 2026}}</ref> |
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| | [[File:Islamic Bigot Cenk Uygur Antisemitic Ad For El Sayed.jpg|thumb|Islamic Bigot Cenk Uygur Antisemitic Ad For El Sayed]] | | [[File:Islamic Bigot Cenk Uygur Antisemitic Ad For El Sayed.jpg|thumb|Islamic Bigot Cenk Uygur Antisemitic Ad For El Sayed]] |