Abdul El Sayed needs to win the Michigan Senate race and nothing else happening there should matter. He is a Dem and he is a progressive.

There's stuff happening (e.g., Dem's staff resigns as she 'sells her soul' to endorse swing state MAGA Senate candidate + Sanders feuds with AIPAC over last-minute Rogers donations). AIPAC has a lot of money, and buys what it can for political advantage. 

Days ago, Times of Israel published -

Michigan GOP Senate candidate Mike Rogers said to ask AIPAC not to campaign on his behalf

As pro-Israel lobby group becomes increasingly unpopular across US politics, Axios says aides for Rogers warned its involvement would be detrimental to defeating Abdul El-Sayed

By ToI Staff and Agencies 22 August 2026

 

That is like your money is green and welcome, but you're toxic. Not a position of power, but the money has bought something, presumably. Something that had its price and terms, which the money met. 

 

Those agitators need a slap-down. This is the election contest for it to happen. Reform will be set back if the money wins. Michigan will be a beacon for the nation, either way, and progressives know how the light should shine.

 

UPDATE: JTA has a balanced coverage item online.