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A lot of people are pretending there’s nothing unusual, controversial, or downright concerning about Abdul el-Sayed’s positions. Not his mother’s affiliations or some college op-ed, but his own words, on the campaign trail, that a lifelong Democrat could reasonably consider disqualifying, even in a race against a Republican.

This type of fearmongering about Israel is wrong. It is not a winning strategy for any state. It does nothing to help Michigan Democrats win up and down the ballot in eight days. Do we need to lower costs by building more homes, securing people’s health care, and creating a fairer federal tax code? Yes, we do!! How we do so is not by blaming the high costs of our goods on the only Jewish homeland in the world. I want to see Democrats succeed at every level, and that means keeping our focus on lowering costs for Michigan families and reining in this out-of-control President.

Taika Waititi’s ‘KLARA AND THE SUN’ debuts with 20% on Rotten Tomatoes. Starring Jenna Ortega and Amy Adams.

WSJ: Vice President Kamala Harris has been laying the groundwork for a potential third presidential campaign. Her husband has privately told some people he would prefer she didn’t run and some donors have told her directly that a bid would be a longshot, according to multiple people familiar with the conversations. Harris has said she is undecided on whether to launch another run for the White House, but she has taken steps that could be a precursor to a presidential campaign, including speaking with major donors, hiring staff and traveling to battleground states to boost Democratic candidates in the November midterm elections.

Kourtney Kardashian reacts to Jennifer Lawrence calling her “annoying”: “OK, she thinks she's one of my sisters? I'll slap the s*** out of her. (...) Invite her over i'll go for it like she's my sister.”

Marilyn Monroe is Sydney Sweeney’s 9th cousin once removed according to a study by @MyHeritage.

This day is profoundly painful for so many New Yorkers. It marks three years since the horrific war crimes of October 7. On that day, Hamas killed more than 1,100 Israelis and abducted 251 others. We grieve alongside our many friends and neighbors who still carry that unthinkable loss. The suffering did not begin nor end that day. It instead continued through the Israeli government’s devastating, ongoing genocide in Gaza, in which it has killed more than 74,000 Palestinians—including more than 21,000 children. Even since the so-called ceasefire, more than 1,400 Palestinians have been killed. That suffering has intensified with every Israeli bomb dropped on ambulances waiting outside hospitals, every drone strike targeting a residential building or journalist, and every shipment of food aid turned away at a border crossing. Many New Yorkers are reckoning with this unbearable grief, and we mourn alongside them – all while knowing that our tax dollars fund these war crimes. Three years later, we must refuse to accept a world in which occupation and apartheid continue, where war crimes are met with impunity, and our federal government continues its complicity with every arms shipment. To honor the dead, we must fight for a world in which every person can live with freedom, safety, and dignity.