Jeb Fain
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@JebFain
Slinging drinks behind the bar in DC. Former Dem spokesman & strategist @HouseMajPAC, @DCCC, @American_Bridge, etc. Politics, drinks, dog pics.
The Washington Monument stands as a tribute to our first president. This week, thanks to our 45th and 47th president, it is illuminated with the story of American greatness. 🇺🇸
New - Senate poll - Michigan 🔵 Stevens 48% 🔵 El-Sayed 41% Glengariff #B - LV - 7/11
Detroit News/Glengariff poll | 7/8-7/11 LV US Senate Michigan Democratic primary 2026 🟦Haley Stevens 48% 🟦Abdul El-Sayed 41% Undecided/other 10% detroitnews.com/story/news/pol…
The Bernie-style populist would-be working class hero trailing among actual working class non college voters- even those who vote in a Democratic primary, much less those who don’t- is pretty much dog bites man by this point.
The Twitter isn’t real life demos… Black voters: Stevens 67% El-Sayed's 21% Non-college voters: Stevens 56% El-Sayed's 34%
With all due respect to @mattyglesias, the last few weeks have suggested to me that the center-left cares more about beating down the left than they do about beating Trump. We've seen the re-introduction of "woke" tropes by the Democratic establishment, weaponized against Abdul El-Sayed to suggest he's some kind of mysogonist, without any actual evidence. To accuse a Muslim man of misogyny is a classic trope, of course. If I was someone who cared about the future of the Democratic Party and it's ability to compete with the GOP, I'd be more enthusiastic about people like Abdul and Zohran, who model a positive "clean-living" masculinity. I'd be be enthusiastic about their ability to turn out young voters who are otherwise disaffected by a party that doesn't seem to want to listen to them. They're also practicing Muslims who respect the role of religion in public life, something we need more of in an overly secularized Democratic Party. This doesn't mean that everyone has to like Abdul or want him to win. Even if you want him to lose, you should see that he has something genuinely positive to offer to the Democratic Party. When the left wants to beat establishment candidates, it's called "factionalism." When the establishment wants to beat the left, it's not called that. It's just normal and unaccounted for. Take @neeratanden for example. Her feed is mostly about her disdain for the left. I don't see how this is constructive. And those of us who are not part of the Democratic establishment shouldn't concede too much ground on these points. I worry, though, that we have.
Detroit News/Glengariff poll | 7/8-7/11 LV US Senate Michigan Democratic primary 2026 (crosstabs, net) 🟪College: El-Sayed +7 🟩No College: Stevens +22 🟪White: El-Sayed +12 🟩Black: Stevens +46 🟩Already voted: Stevens +9 🟪Election day voters: El-Sayed +18 🟩Still holding on to their absentee ballots: Stevens +27 🟪Union: El-Sayed +5
Does anyone know the last time Haley Stevens has actually, of her own accord, spoken about Israel, Gaza, or the West Bank? Just feels like her entire campaign has basically been “hey voters, look at this shiny distraction so you forget that I voted to send your tax dollars to fund weapons that Israel has used to blow up Palestinian children” while AIPAC pounds the airwaves on her behalf — talking about everything under the sun *except* for Israel/Palestine because they know it’s electoral kryptonite for her.
Oh look, Stevens is beating AES with working class voters by 22% according to this poll. Lots of narratives busted if that’s accurate.
Detroit News/Glengariff poll | 7/8-7/11 LV US Senate Michigan Democratic primary 2026 🟦Haley Stevens 48% 🟦Abdul El-Sayed 41% Undecided/other 10% detroitnews.com/story/news/pol…
I asked Cori Bush how much her nonprofit raised off its tornado appeal and where the money went. She said that's "a PAC that I cannot speak to as a candidate." It's not a PAC. It's the nonprofit she called a 501(c)(4). Her team moved on. The full exchange: #MO01 #stlouis
Sara Flounders commemorates the 105th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China and tells young activists the revolution is coming and to prepare for violence "As Marxists, we know that change breaks through ... Change doesn't ask for permission. It'll be violent. It'll be stormy. It'll be unpredictable." At the Anti-War Action Network conference last weekend — held at the Chicago Teachers Union building freebeacon.com/israel/itll-be…
By my count: #MISEN outside ad spending for Rep Haley Stevens (D) is about to cross $50 million (!) More than half of the total ($28.4M) is coming from United Democracy Project, AIPAC's super PAC Another $11.4M is from a newly formed super PAC that hasn't reported donors yet
BREAKING: Stunning new polling shows Haley Stevens in the lead by 7 points and with momentum going into the final weeks of the election. Stevens is Democrat who is going to keep Michigan blue. Let's go.
If you’re looking for introspection among Platner’s Senate backers, look elsewhere. “What happened to him was a flaw in that campaign and in the candidate, but it is not a flaw in the progressive movement,” said one senator who stood by him notus.org/congress/this-…
‼️Holy shit Jeremy Scahill presses Rep. Ro Khanna to say he supports the October 7 Massacre. Khanna: “It’s a scale of 1-10. You’re a 10, I’m saying let’s go 6, 7, 8.”
