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🗳️ Zeteo is gearing up for the midterm elections.
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Zeteo → gear → elections
On election night, Mehdi and Prem will be live from Abdul El-Sayed HQ in Detroit, Michigan, from 9pm ET on Substack and YouTube; Swin will be on the ground covering the major races in Ohio, and Andrew will be reporting from Maine.
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Andrew → cover → Maine
So if you’re a free subscriber, please consider upgrading to a paid subscription to unlock all that Zeteo has to offer, from in-depth reporting to acclaimed documentaries.
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Zeteo → ’re → documentaries
You can also support our work with a donation.
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You → support → donation
Even a little goes a long way.
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little → go → way
Martin here, delighted to bring you the news that matters for Monday, though “delighted” might not quite be the right word, and certainly I don’t think it’s quite right to give you my usual “Happy” Mondays musical link, given the squalid scenes unfolding in Michigan.
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it → bring → Michigan
In today’s ‘First Draft,’ we’ll consider how Rep. Haley Stevens carried out a political betrayal for the ages, stabbing Abdul El-Sayed and her own Democratic Party in the back just two days before election day, to say she’ll vote for Mike Rogers.
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she → consider → Rogers
Yes, that Mike Rogers: the repulsive Trumpist Islamophobe and shamelessly corrupt swamp creature Stevens spent much of the year attacking.
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Stevens → spend → year
Stevens said she did it because El-Sayed told her not to come to a unity rally.
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Sayed → say → rally
Elsewhere, there were major developments in election-related lawsuits brought by the Trump administration as it stares defeat in the face; none of them good for Trump, his cronies, or enablers like Rep. Stevens.
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none → relate → Stevens
Judges in Alaska and California stood firm, for now, and that counts.
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that → stand → Alaska
There’s plenty more to take in, so let’s get on to the news.
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’s → ’ → news
It might feel wrong to lead on Democratic Rep. Haley Stevens’s gutter treachery against her own party two days before the midterm elections, through her surprise embrace of Trumpism and MAGA, with the verdict of a party leader whose own support of Abdul El-Sayed in the Michigan Senate election has been disgracefully weak.
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support → feel → election
Even Chuck Schumer was absolutely appalled at Stevens’s actions.
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Schumer → appal → actions
“This is a despicable betrayal from Rep. Stevens,” the Senate Minority Leader said.
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Leader → say → Stevens
“Senate Democrats are united in our support for Abdul El-Sayed, because we know he will fight for the economic interests of working families in Michigan, unlike Mike Rogers, who is a tool of Donald Trump and billionaire donors.
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who → unite → Trump
If for some reason you find yourself doubting Schumer’s sincerity, well, he endorsed Stevens in the primary so his own sense of betrayal, at least, is clear.
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sense → find → betrayal
And if you don’t believe Schumer about Rogers, the Republican with whom Stevens appeared?
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Stevens → believe → whom
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