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Senior Reporter with Michigan Advance. Geek of All Trades. Equal opportunity muckraker.

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Michigan Advance @michiganadvance.com · 7h
Elissa Slotkin to join with Abdul El-Sayed at Warren town hall michiganadvance.com/2026/09/30/e... From @bensolis1.bsky.social
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Elissa Slotkin to join with Abdul El-Sayed at Warren town hall • Michigan Advance
Michigan Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed will have some extra firepower at his planned town hall tour stop in Warren this weekend, with U.S. Sen. Elissa Slotkin as the event’s newly anno...
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Michigan Advance @michiganadvance.com · 4h
Sanders, El-Sayed vow to improve healthcare work environments if Democrats take back U.S Senate michiganadvance.com/2026/09/30/s... From @bensolis1.bsky.social
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Sanders, El-Sayed vow to improve healthcare work environments if Democrats take back U.S Senate • Michigan Advance
U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders has big plans for the U.S. Senate’s healthcare and labor policy-making committee if Democrats take back chamber in the upcoming general election, and Michigan Democratic U.S. ...
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Michigan Advance @michiganadvance.com · 29/09/2026
Noah Arbit, Mark Bernstein join ‘Nonnegotiable’ Jewish Democrats with policy demands for El-Sayed michiganadvance.com/2026/09/29/n... From @bensolis1.bsky.social
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Noah Arbit, Mark Bernstein join ‘Nonnegotiable’ Jewish Democrats with policy demands for El-Sayed • Michigan Advance
Noah Arbit, Mark Bernstein join ‘Nonnegotiable’ Jewish Democrats with policy demands for El-Sayed
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Michigan Advance @michiganadvance.com · 25/09/2026
Mike Rogers claims he was an assembly line worker. The UAW said that is stretching the truth. michiganadvance.com/2026/09/24/m... From @bensolis1.bsky.social
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Mike Rogers claims he was an assembly line worker. The UAW said that is stretching the truth. • Michigan Advance
Rogers says he built Chrysler vehicles on an assembly line. Records show his work was at an aftermarket facility that modified vehicles after they left the factory.
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Michigan Advance @michiganadvance.com · 23/09/2026
House GOP bill would require secretary of state to step aside from election duties if on the ballot michiganadvance.com/2026/09/23/h... From @bensolis1.bsky.social
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House GOP bill would require secretary of state to step aside from election duties if on the ballot • Michigan Advance
Democratic members serving on a state House election integrity panel said Tuesday that they had concerns about a Republican bill that would require Michigan’s secretary of state to recuse themselves f...
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Michigan Advance @michiganadvance.com · 23/09/2026
Nessel discusses threats of federal monitors, law enforcement at polling places during voter forum michiganadvance.com/2026/09/23/n... From @bensolis1.bsky.social
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Nessel discusses threats of federal monitors, law enforcement at polling places during voter forum • Michigan Advance
Nessel discusses threats of federal monitors, law enforcement at polling places during voter forum
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Michigan Advance @michiganadvance.com · 22/09/2026
Former VP Kamala Harris stumps with Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan, highlighting Black maternal health michiganadvance.com/2026/09/22/f... From @bensolis1.bsky.social
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Former VP Kamala Harris stumps with Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan, highlighting Black maternal health • Michigan Advance
Michigan U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed appeared with former Vice President Kamala Harris Tuesday, with the latter flying in for a roundtable event in Detroit focused on Black maternal health. H...
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Michigan Advance @michiganadvance.com · 22/09/2026
Dana Nessel says she’ll vote for Abdul El-Sayed, ending potential Michigan Democratic Party rift michiganadvance.com/2026/09/22/d... From @bensolis1.bsky.social
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Dana Nessel says she’ll vote for Abdul El-Sayed, ending potential Michigan Democratic Party rift • Michigan Advance
Dana Nessel says she’ll vote for Abdul El-Sayed, ending potential Michigan Democratic Party rift
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Michigan Advance @michiganadvance.com · 03/09/2026
Michigan AG investigating alleged embezzlement of state grant from the American Arab Chamber michiganadvance.com/2026/09/03/m... From @bensolis1.bsky.social
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Michigan AG investigating alleged embezzlement of state grant from the American Arab Chamber • Michigan Advance
State law enforcement officials are now investigating what happened to a portion of a $3.4 million state grant that was routed away from the American Arab Chamber of Commerce without a clear explanati...
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Michigan Advance @michiganadvance.com · 31/08/2026
Vance attacks El-Sayed at Michigan GOP rally without mentioning trade war with Canada michiganadvance.com/2026/08/31/v... From @bensolis1.bsky.social
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Vance attacks El-Sayed at Michigan GOP rally without mentioning trade war with Canada • Michigan Advance
U.S. Vice President JD Vance on Monday did not even once mention the nation’s ongoing trade war with Canada — and The White House’s politically charged renaming of Lake Ontario to Lake America as a re...
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Cheyenne @cheyenne77.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
@bensolis1.bsky.social Thank you! It's been hard to find info on how Hispanic Michiganders voted in the primary. Latino turnout jumps in Michigan primary as community’s political power grows michiganadvance.com/2026/08/24/l...
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Latino turnout jumps in Michigan primary as community’s political power grows • Michigan Advance
Latino and Hispanic Michiganders were motivated to vote in the 2026 primary election in part to support the community’s candidates and issues they care about, which advocates say led to a more than 10...
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Michigan Advance @michiganadvance.com · 20/08/2026
Mike Rogers touts Democratic defectors as he seeks to exploit divisions over Abdul El-Sayed michiganadvance.com/2026/08/20/m... From @bensolis1.bsky.social
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Mike Rogers touts Democratic defectors as he seeks to exploit divisions over Abdul El-Sayed • Michigan Advance
Standing on the front lawn of a home in a Detroit neighborhood, Republican U.S. Senate nominee Mike Rogers brought together a group of Democrats who on Thursday said they would vote for the former con...
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Ben Solis @bensolis1.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
So a disgruntled Detroit Dem, a Rabbi and Mike Rogers walk into a bar... Dad jokes aside, Mike Rogers is making a serious play for disaffected Democratic voters who might not support Abdul El-Sayed. Dispatch from me in @michiganadvance.com michiganadvance.com/2026/08/20/m...
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Mike Rogers touts Democratic defectors as he seeks to exploit divisions over Abdul El-Sayed • Michigan Advance
Standing on the front lawn of a home in a Detroit neighborhood, Republican U.S. Senate nominee Mike Rogers brought together a group of Democrats who on Thursday said they would vote for the former con...
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Ben Solis @bensolis1.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Huntington Woods Rabbi Asher Lopatin discusses why he's choosing Republican U.S Senate nominee Mike Rogers over Democratic nominee Abdul El-Sayed. @michiganadvance.com
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Ben Solis @bensolis1.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Greetings from Detroit. Here to see the unveiling of the Democrats for Rogers coalition. I'm told a very controversial legislative Democrat from the area will be here speaking in support of Rogers, along with others. @michiganadvance.com
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Michigan Advance @michiganadvance.com · 19/08/2026
Thanks to @davidsirota.com and @thelever.bsky.social for republishing this Michigan Advance story by @bensolis1.bsky.social www.levernews.com/this-senate-...
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This Senate Candidate Tried To Let His Future Employer Spy On You
Mike Rogers took thousands from AT&T, pushed to let telecoms share private customer data without a warrant, then joined the company as a security adviser.
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Senator Elissa Slotkin @slotkin.senate.gov · 19/08/2026
There have been hundreds of settler attacks this year in the West Bank, resulting in death and injuries -- including awful incidents this past weekend. Settlers have killed civilians, surrounded homes, burned down villages and mosques, and kept innocent civilians from food and water.
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Settler siege of Palestinian homes in the West Bank a 'horrific act of terror,' U.S. ambassador says
Israeli settlers have besieged three homes in the occupied West Bank for several days, including one owned by a Palestinian American.
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Ben Solis @bensolis1.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Yes, and I'm looking for a real tomato.
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Michigan Advance @michiganadvance.com · 19/08/2026
Telecom industry gave Mike Rogers nearly $100K while he pushed to deepen government data sharing michiganadvance.com/2026/08/19/t... From @bensolis1.bsky.social
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Telecom industry gave Mike Rogers nearly $100K while he pushed to deepen government data sharing • Michigan Advance
Mike Rogers’ legislative record and post-congressional work reveal deep ties to the telecommunications industry.
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Michigan Advance @michiganadvance.com · 10/08/2026
El-Sayed has a coalition to rebuild after a bruising Democratic primary  michiganadvance.com/2026/08/10/e... From @bensolis1.bsky.social
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El-Sayed has a coalition to rebuild after a bruising Democratic primary  • Michigan Advance
Abdul El-Sayed has a lot of work on his hands as he marches his U.S. Senate campaign toward the general election, and much of that will center on bridging deep divides held over from his battle agains...
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Michigan Advance @michiganadvance.com · 06/08/2026
High turnout shaped Michigan primary, boosting El-Sayed and Lawrence to victory michiganadvance.com/2026/08/06/h... Election analysis from @bensolis1.bsky.social
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High turnout shaped Michigan primary, boosting El-Sayed and Lawrence to victory • Michigan Advance
Early data also showed a potential gap in enthusiasm for the GOP candidates in the gubernatorial race compared to the Democrat's side of the race
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Michigan Advance @michiganadvance.com · 05/08/2026
Bernie Sanders calls El-Sayed win the most ‘extraordinary victory in modern American politics’ michiganadvance.com/2026/08/05/b... By @bensolis1.bsky.social
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Bernie Sanders calls El-Sayed win the most ‘extraordinary victory in modern American politics’ • Michigan Advance
U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) has been talking about a progressive political revolution for more than 10 years. On Wednesday, Sanders told reporters on a post-Aug. 4 election press call that hi...
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Ben Solis @bensolis1.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Michigan’s Democratic U.S. Senate primary too close to call, but I will update once we get a reliable result or projection. michiganadvance.com/2026/08/05/m...
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Michigan’s Democratic U.S. Senate primary too close to call • Michigan Advance
As of 1 a.m. Wednesday, Michigan’s Democratic U.S. Senate primary is currently too close to call, with former Wayne County health official Abdul El-Sayed and U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens (D-Birmingham) cur...
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Ben Solis @bensolis1.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
With 41% of the Michigan vote in: @abdulelsayed.bsky.social: 49.6% @rephaleystevens.bsky.social: 46.6% Per Associated Press. This race will go down to the wire.
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Man Balancing on Tight Rope Between Cliffs
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Ben Solis @bensolis1.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Swanky affair here at the Haley watch party at Hotel St. Regis. Much different vibe here; very formal. Supporters for Haley hanging out with a big spread in a separate section of the watch party. Press is in the other room
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Ben Solis @bensolis1.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Greetings from Detroit. Here first at the @abdulelsayed.bsky.social watch party at the Majestic Theater. I'll be stopping by @rephaleystevens.bsky.social watch party shortly.
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Katherine Dailey @kdailey.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
And I'd be remiss not to highlight the hard work of @bensolis1.bsky.social on the Senate Democratic primary (michiganadvance.com/2026/07/28/d...) and @kdavidsonjrn.bsky.social on a number of competitive U.S. House races (michiganadvance.com/2026/07/30/s...) that will set the stage for the midterms.
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Katherine Dailey @kdailey.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
It's primary day here in Michigan, which means your @michiganadvance.com team will be spending today keeping you up to date on contested primaries across the state. I'll be focused on the gubernatorial race - if you want to read more about it, check out a preview: michiganadvance.com/2026/07/29/s...
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State of the Race: Democrats line up behind Benson, Republicans face off in brutal two-way primary • Michigan Advance
The race to replace term-limited Gov. Gretchen Whitmer as Michigan’s next governor has heated up on the Republican side, but stayed cool for the Democrats.
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Ben Solis @bensolis1.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Get off your duff and do it.
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Michigan Advance @michiganadvance.com · 01/08/2026
Michigan Supreme Court tosses state regulator’s approval of Line 5 tunnel project michiganadvance.com/2026/07/31/m... By @bensolis1.bsky.social
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Michigan Supreme Court tosses state regulator’s approval of Line 5 tunnel project • Michigan Advance
The Michigan Public Service Commission must revisit its order approving the Enbridge Energy Line 5 tunnel project because it did not properly examine environmental harms that might arise from extendin...
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Michigan Advance @michiganadvance.com · 30/07/2026
Stevens dismisses PAC focus as ‘campaign finance zoomies’ michiganadvance.com/2026/07/30/s... By @bensolis1.bsky.social
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Stevens dismisses PAC focus as ‘campaign finance zoomies’ • Michigan Advance
As U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens (D-Birmingham) makes her closing arguments to August primary voters across the state, the congresswoman, who is seeking the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate, met wi...
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Michigan Advance @michiganadvance.com · 29/07/2026
Michigan House Oversight Committee backs off of issuing subpoenas over Benson SPLC connections michiganadvance.com/2026/07/29/m... By @bensolis1.bsky.social
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Michigan House Oversight Committee backs off of issuing subpoenas over Benson SPLC connections • Michigan Advance
Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, the Democratic frontrunner in the Aug. 4 gubernatorial primary, and her connections to the Southern Poverty Law Center are being scrutinized by Republicans ...
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Michigan Advance @michiganadvance.com · 28/07/2026
Michigan's Democratic U.S. Senate primary is shaping up to be more than a race between candidates—it's a battle over the future direction of the Democratic Party. Read “State of the Race” coverage from Michigan Advance’s Ben Solis @bensolis1.bsky.social 👇
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State of the Race: Democratic U.S. Senate race pits old guard, vanguard in battle for party’s soul • Michigan Advance
In August, Michigan Democrats will once again be asked to vote in a bellwether statewide election that could also determine the future electoral prospects of the national party.
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Michigan Advance @michiganadvance.com · 28/07/2026
Transparency becomes biggest issue in final Michigan Democratic U.S. Senate debate michiganadvance.com/2026/07/28/t... By @bensolis1.bsky.social
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Transparency becomes biggest issue in final Michigan Democratic U.S. Senate debate • Michigan Advance
A house in Dubai, hundreds of thousands of dollars in uncategorized income, tens of millions in outside spending, celebrity podcasting and campaign donations from DTE Energy Co. dominated the final Mi...
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Michigan Advance @michiganadvance.com · 28/07/2026
Trump boosts Rogers, James and other Michigan Republicans at Milford rally michiganadvance.com/2026/07/27/t... By @bensolis1.bsky.social
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Trump boosts Rogers, James and other Michigan Republicans at Milford rally • Michigan Advance
MILFORD — Michigan Republicans who have been endorsed by President Donald Trump were given a pre-primary pep talk by the big man himself, as Trump descended on Michigan Monday to talk manufacturing an...
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Michigan Advance @michiganadvance.com · 24/07/2026
State canvassers finds Michigan’s ‘Money out of Politics’ effort has sufficient valid signatures michiganadvance.com/2026/07/24/b... By @bensolis1.bsky.social
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State canvassers finds Michigan’s ‘Money out of Politics’ effort has sufficient valid signatures • Michigan Advance
Valid signatures for the Michiganders for Money Out Of Politics ballot petition were determined to be sufficient on Friday after a close call by the Board of State Canvassers. However, the board must ...
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Michigan Advance @michiganadvance.com · 23/07/2026
Stevens campaign parts ways with consultant after Palantir work comes to light michiganadvance.com/2026/07/23/s...
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Stevens campaign parts ways with consultant after Palantir work comes to light • Michigan Advance
A campaign consultant advising U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens (D-Birmingham) in her bid for the U.S. Senate was recently let go from the campaign due to her side work consulting for Big Tech and surveillance...
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Michigan Advance @michiganadvance.com · 22/07/2026
Michigan Supreme Court justices tour founding, civil rights exhibits at The Henry Ford michiganadvance.com/2026/07/22/m... By @bensolis1.bsky.social
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Michigan Supreme Court justices tour founding, civil rights exhibits at The Henry Ford • Michigan Advance
History informs the judicial branch’s understanding of the law, so it was a special treat Monday for three Michigan Supreme Court justices to get a private guided tour of The Henry Ford, visiting the ...
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Michigan Advance @michiganadvance.com · 20/07/2026
Elizabeth Warren backs Abdul El-Sayed after initially supporting Mallory McMorrow michiganadvance.com/briefs/eliza... By @bensolis1.bsky.social
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Elizabeth Warren backs Abdul El-Sayed after initially supporting Mallory McMorrow • Michigan Advance
Those watching Michigan’s Democratic U.S. Senate primary race have been asking where former supporters of Mallory McMorrow might land after she dropped out of the contest in early July. On Monday, U.S...
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Michigan Advance @michiganadvance.com · 20/07/2026
AOC addresses apparent Will Lawrence snub at Lansing rally for Abdul El-Sayed michiganadvance.com/2026/07/20/a... By @bensolis1.bsky.social
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AOC addresses apparent Will Lawrence snub at Lansing rally for Abdul El-Sayed • Michigan Advance
An odd moment at a weekend rally featuring Bernie Sanders stumping for Michigan U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed left some scratching their heads: U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, w...
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Michigan Advance @michiganadvance.com · 20/07/2026
Wife of former Michigan House speaker sentenced for embezzling from campaign fund he controlled michiganadvance.com/2026/07/20/w... By @bensolis1.bsky.social
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Wife of former Michigan House speaker sentenced for embezzling from campaign fund he controlled • Michigan Advance
Stephanie Chatfield, the wife of former Michigan House Speaker Lee Chatfield, was sentenced Monday after pleading guilty last month to embezzling from the Peninsula Fund, a nonprofit campaign fund con...
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Jon King @jonkingnews.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Sanders, Ocasio-Cortez make electability case for El-Sayed Lansing rally underscores a central challenge for the progressive candidate — convincing Democrats he can win beyond the primary. By @bensolis1.bsky.social michiganadvance.com/2026/07/19/s...
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Sanders, Ocasio-Cortez make electability case for El-Sayed • Michigan Advance
Questions of electability have loomed large for Abdul El-Sayed as he inches toward the finish line in a tight Democratic race for the U.S. Senate — both as a progressive candidate against a more estab...
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Michigan Advance @michiganadvance.com · 20/07/2026
Sanders, Ocasio-Cortez make electability case for El-Sayed michiganadvance.com/2026/07/19/s... By @bensolis1.bsky.social Photos by @roththereporter.bsky.social
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Sanders, Ocasio-Cortez make electability case for El-Sayed • Michigan Advance
Questions of electability have loomed large for Abdul El-Sayed as he inches toward the finish line in a tight Democratic race for the U.S. Senate — both as a progressive candidate against a more estab...
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Ben Solis @bensolis1.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
@aoc.bsky.social at the Lansing Center to stump for @abdulelsayed.bsky.social with @sanders.senate.gov Photo by yours truly. @michiganadvance.com
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Taco Bell Quarterly @tacobellquarterly.org · 17/07/2026
The Taco Bell finger pointing is a psyop to redirect attention from the real culprit, the deregulation and lack of oversight in our food supply
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Michigan Advance @michiganadvance.com · 17/07/2026
Michigan’s ‘money out of politics’ group confident in signature validity as it faces new challenge michiganadvance.com/2026/07/17/m... By @bensolis1.bsky.social
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Michigan’s ‘money out of politics’ group confident in signature validity as it faces new challenge • Michigan Advance
Michigan’s Board of State Canvassers plan to take up the Michiganders for Money Out Of Politics petition next week, assessing both the sufficiency of its signatures collected over the last year, as we...
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WIRED @wired.com · 17/07/2026
A statement from WIRED leadership.
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Michigan Advance @michiganadvance.com · 16/07/2026
‘Stabbed in the back’: Unions, House Democrats call Whitmer’s veto of 9 bills a betrayal michiganadvance.com/2026/07/16/s... By @bensolis1.bsky.social
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‘Stabbed in the back’: Unions, House Democrats call Whitmer’s veto of 9 bills a betrayal • Michigan Advance
There were 15 new voicemails and 25 unread text messages on Michigan AFL-CIO President Ron Bieber’s cell phone when he reemerged from an hours-long kayaking trip on the afternoon of Friday, June 10. B...
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Michigan Advance @michiganadvance.com · 15/07/2026
State appeals court revives sexual abuse lawsuit against Grand Rapids church michiganadvance.com/2026/07/15/s... By @kdailey.bsky.social
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State appeals court revives sexual abuse lawsuit against Grand Rapids church • Michigan Advance
The Michigan Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that a childhood sexual abuse lawsuit against Grace Christian Reformed Church of Grand Rapids can proceed in Kent County Circuit Court.
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Michigan Advance @michiganadvance.com · 15/07/2026
National free speech group joins criticism over relocated books at Hartland library michiganadvance.com/2026/07/15/n... By @kdavidsonjrn.bsky.social
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National free speech group joins criticism over relocated books at Hartland library • Michigan Advance
PEN America, a national organization focused on celebrating and defending creative expression, is joining the ACLU of Michigan in speaking out against the Hartland Cromaine District Library Board’s de...
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