Abdul El-Sayed vs Haley Stevens | Michigans $50 Million Primary Explained [cY8ium6e3aR]
Haley Stevens' allies have spent more than $50 million to beat Abdul El-Sayed. Michigan votes August 4. Plus Maine finally has a Senate nominee. Spending on campaigns in Michigan is getting out of control and not even close. Super PACs backing Haley Stevens are outspending Abdul El-Sayed on television by - roughly - 12 to 1 in the closing stretch, with AIPAC's United Democracy Project alone putting up its largest single race investment ever. The most recent Detroit News poll has Stevens up 7, though her margin rests almost entirely on Black voters and voters over 55. We break down what that coalition gap means for El-Sayed, and why conventional wisdom about voters coming home might not hold this year. Arizona voted, and the DCCC lost AGAIN! Amish Shah beat Marlene Galán-Woods despite a late outside money blitz on her behalf, which makes three competitive primaries where the committee picked a candidate and the candidate lost. We get into whether a national party endorsement has quietly become a liability, and what that pattern says about where Democratic voters actually are right now. Also this week: Maine Democrats have converged on Troy Jackson to replace Graham Platner on the ballot against Susan Collins, and Jackson is your Oath Candidate of the Week. Pete Hegseth told the Senate the Iran war has cost $37.5 billion while asking for tens of billions more, and Gillibrand and Shaheen made him show his work. Joe Rogan Googled the Trump family's drone investments live on his own show and did not like what he found. And the New York Times and MSNBC would very much like you to accept that Kamala Harris is the 2028 frontrunner, buuut we’ve have some thoughts. Then a full round of Clickbait or Double Click on Trump's VERY SOCIALIST way of spending, the Tate brothers' arrest, Mamdani's Netanyahu video, and the Taco Bell lettuce situation nobody wants to talk about but we all keep talking about. UPDATE: This episode was recorded Wednesday morning. Later that day, John Cornyn voted to advance both ambassador nominations out of committee after receiving assurances from the administration on the PEPFAR funding. ⏱ CHAPTERS: 0:00 Arizona, Michigan, and a Kamala Harris Question 0:40 Good Morning from Brian Derrick and Glennis Meagher 1:20 Arizona Primary Results and the DCCC Problem 4:15 Oath Candidate of the Week : Troy Jackson 7:20 Arizona Republicans and the 2028 Stakes 8:30 Michigan : Abdul El-Sayed vs Haley Stevens 11:00 AIPAC, Outside Money, and the Proxy War 13:00 When Creator Hype Does Not Turn Into Votes 16:00 Is Kamala Harris Actually the 2028 Frontrunner? 19:45 Pete Hegseth, Iran, and the Numbers That Do Not Add Up 25:00 What This War Costs You Personally rn 27:00 Joe Rogan Googles the Trump Drone Money for the Trumps 28:30 Clickbait or Double Click: Socialist Spending, Andrew Tate's Blouse, and Mamdani on Netanyahu 34:00 Clickbait or Double Click: The Taco Bell Lettuce Situation 36:20 Good Vibe Goodbye: John Cornyn and the PEPFAR Fight OATH CANDIDATE OF THE WEEK: Support Troy Jackson: FOLLOW VIBES ONLY THE PODCAST: Instagram: TikTok: Brian: Glennis: New episodes every Thursday morning. Subscribe now and make sure you stay ahead of the narrative in us politics and never miss a vibe shift. SUBSCRIBE! #MichiganSenate #AbdulElSayed #TroyJackson #Midterms2026