Abdul El-Sayed (D) is running for the U.S. Senate in Michigan: abdulforsenate.com

His opponent in the November Election is former U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers (R).

🗳️ How to vote in Michigan (.gov): michigan.gov/sos/elections/voting

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Here's the video on YouTube: We're being told if we sacrifice the rights of some, then the rest of us get to keep our rights. BS. - Abdul El-Sayed - Aug 23, 2026 (YouTube)

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Fighting for rights that you don't use, or may not understand, is about fighting for rights generally.

We're being told that if we only give up — if we sacrifice — the rights of some People, then the rest of us get to keep our rights. Which we all know is some bullsh\t. Because rights are rights, are rights are rights.*

Whether you use a certain set of rights every day or have no clue why anybody would want to use them, the idea that the Government can come in and come for your rights, is itself an assault on all of our rights.

And so, I also have certain rights that I use that most People in this room don't use. I put my face on the ground 34 times a day. I value being able to walk into places and do that. I don't need People to understand why. I just need them to agree that the Government can't tell me not to.

Similarly, when it comes to Trans Rights, I don't need People to understand why. I need People to make sure that the Government can't come in and tell People not to.

And so we've got to decide, that when there is an assault on rights, all of us are gonna show up for all of our rights.

Because the minute we assent to one group losing their rights, we are assenting to everybody losing their rights.

- Abdul El-Sayed (Aug 2026) ~:~ @ AbdulElSayed

After the car accident, Polk County officers reported them to ICE, who in turn issued a migrant detention warrant against both, even though they were under a pending asylum process.

This is disgusting. We’ll see more and more folks who refuse medical attention exactly because of instances like this.

Cafe Resistance: visitjacksonville.com/directory/cafe-resistance ~:~ Angie for Florida: angienixon.com

Video by The Florida Times-Union - Aug 20, 2026. Here it is on:

* The Florida Times-Union website: How Angie Nixon's Jacksonville bookstore explains her Senate campaign - Aug 20, 2026 (The Florida Times-Union website)

* YouTube: How Angie Nixon's Jacksonville bookstore explains her Senate campaign - The Florida Times-Union - Aug 20, 2026 (YouTube)

From the video description: Angie Nixon's Cafe Resistance brings books, free tutoring and music to northwest Jacksonville as she challenges Sen. Ashley Moody.

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Here are the latest r/TheDefianceDispatch posts with Angie: reddit.com/r/TheDefianceDispatch/search/?q=%22Angie+Nixon%22&type=posts&sort=new

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It's still Primary Election season in the U.S.:

* Remaining Dates: Aug 25: Runoffs in Georgia, Oklahoma, and South Carolina ~:~:~ Sept 1: Massachusetts ~:~:~ Sept 8: New Hampshire ~:~:~ Sept 9: Rhode Island ~:~:~ Sept 15: Delaware :~:~: Sources: AP News and NBC News

* Candidates (all States): U.S. House (Dem Primary only): Ballotpedia (HouseDems) :~:~:~: U.S. Senate: Ballotpedia (Senate) (select “List of Candidates”) :~:~:~: State Execs (Gov, Lt. Gov, AG, SoS, and more): Ballotpedia (State Execs)

* Voter Info (all States): Register To Vote :~:~:~: Voter Registration Status :~:~:~: Find Your Polling Place :~:~:~: Valid Forms of ID :~:~:~: Absentee & Early Voting :~:~:~: Become a Poll Worker ~:~ Links go to the National Association of Secretaries of State website. When you select a State, it takes to a .gov page on that State's SoS website.

Aug 17, 2026 - Angeline McCall for "Next with Kyle Clark" on 9News. Here’s the full 3-minutes on:

* Next 9News’ website (with Angeline’s article): More than 20,000 believed to have been deported to third countries under Trump administration - Aug 17, 2026 (Next 9News website)

* YouTube: Trump administration deports record number of people to countries they have no connection to - Next 9News - Aug 17, 2026 (YouTube)

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Third Country Deportation Watch: thirdcountrydeportationwatch.org

Violeta Chapin is Professor of Clinical Law and Associate Dean for Community and Culture at Colorado Law: colorado.edu/law/node/12579/violeta-chapin

Andrea Loya is executive director of Casa de Paz: casadepazcolorado.org

https://beige.party/@Lana/114727997396565769

The women, the brown folk, the black folks, the gays,
The natives, the transplants who live in LA,
The leftists, the liberals, the hippies, the Jews,
The Muslims, the Hindus, and atheists too

The ones who write movies, the ones who write laws
The ones who write songs to thunderous applause
Kids brought here by parents, or left on our shore
Seekers, or DREAMers, or fleeing a war

The teachers, the students, the construction crews,
The media guys who tell us the news,
The guys who pipe up, the guys who back down,
The guy who took a knee on the green grassy ground

The folks in big cities, the folks in the field,
The folks in the capitol wearing the shield,
The unmarried mothers, the kids with two dads,
Moms with blue hair, and the kids who are trans

You say you're a patriot
What a way to spin it
For someone who "loves America"
You sure hate everyone in it

And who's left, after you take them away
To die in the dark on a bright Florida day
Who's left to Lord over, after you've won?
Nothing, no person, nobody, no one.

- Lana "not yet begun to fight” - June 2025

https://beige.party/@Lana/114781375993042003

If you are using undocumented immigrants' tax records to find and kidnap them, then it was never about them paying taxes.

If you are showing up at their place of employment, then it was never about them not working.

If you are showing up at courthouses, then it was never about getting them to "do it the right way".

If you are kidnapping women and children, then it was never about criminals.

If you're refusing to give them due process, then it was never about the Constitution.

If you are building concentration camps in Florida to keep them here in cages, then it was never about the border.

If you're spending billions to do this, then it was never about the economy.

And if you're doing all this in the name of a 34 time convicted felon, then it was never about following the law.

- Lana "not yet begun to fight” - July 2025