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Michigan Democrats’ Israel divide deepens as Jewish attorney general skips state convention

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel will not attend Saturday’s Michigan Democratic Party convention, citing concerns about antisemitic harassment and what she describes as a deteriorating political climate within her own party.

Nessel, a Democrat and the first Jewish person elected to statewide executive office in Michigan, announced last month that she would skip the Aug. 29 nominating convention in Lansing because she does not feel safe or welcome there.

“I don’t feel safe going,” Nessel said, according to Fox News. “I feel like my presence isn’t going to be welcome. I don’t want to get chased around. I don’t want to get harassed. I don’t want to get yelled and screamed at. I don’t want to get booed off the stage, irrespective of what I’m saying.”

Her absence comes after Rep. Haley Stevens, D-Mich., was loudly heckled by pro-Palestinian activists during the party’s April convention as she addressed the crowd about her support for Israel. 

Stevens ultimately lost the Democratic Senate nomination to Abdul El-Sayed, a progressive candidate who has been sharply critical of Israel.

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LOCK HER UP: Slippery Democrat and MI Gubernatorial Candidate Jocelyn Benson Dropped NGO Fraud Charges Against MI AG Dana Nessel’s Wife After She Received a Call from Nessel – No Repercussions!

Jocelyn Benson was caught in a major scandal in Michigan in December.

As you may know, the current Secretary of State is running for governor to replace failed Democrat and buddy, Gretchen Whitmer.

Benson has a performance record that would make most normal individuals blush in shame. But not Jocelyn.

The Democrat Secretary of State has lost at least nine election-related lawsuits as she works to make elections less secure in the Wolverine state.

She is that bad.

Recently, information has resurfaced that Benson dropped NGO fraud charges against state AG Dana Nessel’s wife after she received a call from Nessel to do so!

Wall Street Apes tweeted out about this scandal this weekend.

This evidence of the call was leaked to the Michigan House Oversight Committee late last year. Republicans hold the Michigan House majority with 58 representatives to 51 Democrat representatives.

Here are the facts on the incident:

Michigan House Oversight Committee hearings in December 2025 revealed that Attorney General Dana Nessel contacted Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson to have a criminal case involving her spouse, Alanna Maguire, re‑evaluated.

The case centered on Bipartisan Solutions, a nonprofit accused of violating Michigan’s Campaign Finance Act by raising about $700,000 to support the Fair & Equal Michigan ballot committee. Maguire served as a co‑chair of that committee, creating a clear conflict of interest.

Michigan law gives the Secretary of State sole investigative authority under the Campaign Finance Act. If unresolved after 90 days, the matter may be referred to the AG for possible criminal enforcement, but the AG cannot conduct its own investigation.

In April 2020, Nessel’s office established a “conflict wall” barring her from involvement in Fair & Equal Michigan matters, and she acknowledged in writing that it would be inappropriate to oversee the case.

According to internal emails obtained by the Oversight Committee, Nessel told her staff that the AG had reached out directly to Benson, who agreed to “take this matter back for further review”. The AG’s chief legal director responded that the office had no legal authority to “restart” the process.

Nessel refused to appear before the committee.

So, the Oversight Committee voted 10–6 to find Nessel in contempt for failing to appear and cooperate, calling her conduct “impeachable” and suggesting she stepped around ethical firewalls to benefit people close to her.

I’d say!

So why are Jocelyn Benson and Dana Nessel still in office in Michigan?

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Michigan Senate Candidate Abdul El-Sayed Apologizes for ‘Pain’ Caused by Remarks Following Synagogue Attack

Far-left Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed has apologized for remarks he made following an antisemitic attack on a Detroit-area synagogue.

El-Sayed acknowledged that his attempt to provide “broader context” in the immediate aftermath was a mistake.

He addressed the controversy Saturday while speaking before the Michigan Democratic Jewish Caucus, whose members had expressed concerns about his candidacy and links to Islamism.

In March, Ayman Mohamad Ghazali drove a truck into Temple Israel in West Bloomfield Township, injuring a security guard in what authorities described as a targeted attack against Jews.

El-Sayed condemned the violence at the time, saying there was “never a justification for attacking innocent people,” but added that “violence is a cycle” and “hurt people hurt people.”

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SICK: Radical Michigan Senate Candidate Abdul El-Sayed Justifies Transgender Mutilation of Kids by Comparing It to Circumcision — Asks Jesse Watters About His Private Part on National TV

Michigan voters received another disturbing preview Monday night of what far-left Democrat Abdul El-Sayed would bring to the United States Senate.

During an appearance on Fox News’ “Jesse Watters Primetime,” El-Sayed defended keeping the government out of transgender medical procedures involving children, and then bizarrely compared those procedures to circumcision.

In El-Sayed’s twisted logic, parents allowing their sons to be circumcised is somehow comparable to authorizing life-altering transgender procedures on children.

Watters immediately rejected the outrageous comparison.

El-Sayed then accused Watters and conservatives of being “selective” because they oppose transgender procedures for minors while not demanding a government ban on circumcision.

Jesse Watters: Sex changes for minors — do you support that?

Abdul El-Sayed: Look, you know, I remember having great conversations with my conservative friends about right-to-try legislation — the idea that the government shouldn’t tell you what kind of healthcare you should have. I just think the government shouldn’t tell you what kind of healthcare you should have. And if you’re a minor, it is between your doctor and your parents.

Jesse Watters: You want to try on kids?

Abdul El-Sayed: Now, if you disagree with that — if you disagree with that, if you disagree that healthcare decisions need to be made by a doctor, their parents, and a patient — then I just think we agree to disagree.

Abdul El-Sayed: But, you know, you want to put government inside a clinic or hospital selectively.

Jesse Watters: So, Abdul, you’re a doctor, right?

Abdul El-Sayed: I am.

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BOOM! Another Michigan Clerk Makes Video Asking For Feds To Step In And Remove Non-Citizens From Her Voter Rolls

Last week, Barry County, Michigan, Clerk David Olson made a video asking for the feds to step in and remove non-citizens from the voter rolls in Hastings Charter Township, Michigan.

Clerk Olson explained what the whistleblower told the Barry County Sheriff: “When a non-citizen changes their address, programming automatically registers that citizen to vote. When the employee advised the supervisor, the supervisor said, ‘That’s okay, because it will be caught downline by the clerks.” Olson challenged the supervisor’s statement, saying, “That is not correct! Once it’s in the qualified voter file, there’s no way for me to verify citizenship!”

He continued, “Therefore, they [non-citizens] are automatically issued a ballot or an absentee ballot. So, since it is my responsibility to safeguard the voter rolls in my township, I’m asking if the federal government is interested in helping verify my citizens’ [voter] rolls?”

Clerk Olson appears to welcome the opportunity to have his voter rolls cleared of non-citizens who have no right to vote in our elections. “I would be welcome to have them here,” he said, as he assured the integrity of his voter rolls would not be compromised.

Olson explained, “I will safeguard my voter roll in the office, but they are certainly welcome to come and compare against mine, and this way will uphold the law. I will definitely follow mine, and it will be fair and honest.” The soft-spoken clerk ended with a simple, “Thank you.

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El-Sayed in the hot seat after ‘sickening’ animal control record goes viral on social media

Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed is facing renewed scrutiny over his tenure as Detroit health director, during which Detroit’s animal control department was beset by allegations of animal mistreatment and reportedly branded a “dog slaughterhouse” by a former employee.

Detroit Animal Care and Control’s (DACC) live-release rate was roughly 20% to 26% when El-Sayed inherited the operation in late 2015 but climbed to about 61% to 62% by late 2016 — an improvement his campaign points to in arguing that the raw number of animals euthanized during his tenure obscures a turnaround from the dire conditions and euthanasia rates he inherited. The Daily Mail reported that records covering the period surrounding El-Sayed’s tenure showed 4,680 dogs and cats were euthanized, with 1,056 dogs and 29 cats getting euthanized in the first full calendar year DACC was under El-Sayed’s Health Department.

After winning a bruising primary against Rep. Haley Stevens, D-Mich., El-Sayed is asking Michigan voters to send him to the U.S. Senate, but his record running Detroit’s Health Department and the troubled animal-control operation under its authority has generated renewed scrutiny.

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WHAT COULD GO WRONG? Detroit Public Schools Now Offering Students Cash Prizes Just for Showing Up

Public schools in the city of Detroit are now rewarding students for attendance with cash prizes and gift cards. Apparently, no one has told the students that going to school and studying hard is in their best interests and acts as its own reward.

Even parents can get in on the action if their children have good attendance records.

How did we come to this in America? Why are we even bothering with public schools at this point?

FOX News reports:

Detroit schools offer students up to $1,000 for perfect attendance as program expands

Detroit Public Schools Community District (DPSCD) paid students up to $1,000 for perfect attendance and is expanding the incentive program to middle schoolers after district officials say it successfully reduced chronic absenteeism.

Now in its second year, the Perfect Attendance Pays initiative targets the winter months — from Jan. 5 to March 20 — when attendance historically dips across the district.

“DPSCD is continuing the Perfect Attendance Pays initiative for the 2026–27 school year for high school students and expanding it to include middle school students,” a district spokesperson told Fox News Digital Friday.

“At the middle school level, parents of eligible students with perfect attendance during each five-day cycle will receive a $50 gift card.”

District officials clarified that the financial incentives are not funded by taxpayers or standard state educational aid.

“The incentive is funded through interest generated through district funds awaiting to be used for facility projects. Federal and state revenue is not used to fund the incentive, nor is the incentive offered on fall or spring count days,” the spokesperson added.

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Clerk Calls On DOJ To Help Get Non-Citizens Off His Voter Rolls After Sec of State Whistleblower Claims MI SOS Benson is Automatically Registering Them To Vote

This evening, Hastings Charter Township Clerk David Olson released a video of himself pleading with the feds to get involved in Michigan’s elections, specifically to help him identify and remove non-citizens from his voter rolls. Mr. Olson is asking for help from the feds after a whistleblower from Jocelyn Benson’s Secretary of State’s office came forward and told Barry County Sheriff Dar Leaf that non-citizens are being placed on the voter rolls at the Secretary of State level. Hastings Charter Twp. Clerk David Olson claims there is absolutely no way for local clerks to detect non-citizens placed on their voter rolls by the Secretary of State’s office. Hastings Charter Township is in Barry County, Michigan.

Clerk Olson explained what the whistleblower told the Barry County Sheriff: “When a non-citizen changes their address, programming automatically registers that citizen to vote. When the employee advised the supervisor, the supervisor said ‘That’s okay, because it will be caught downline by the clerks.” Olson challenged the supervisor’s statement, saying, “That is not correct! Once it’s in the qualified voter file, there’s no way for me to verify citizenship!” He continued, “Therefore, they [non-citizens] are automatically issued a ballot or an absentee ballot. So, since it is my responsibility to safeguard the voter rolls in my township, I’m asking if the federal government is interested to help verify my citizen’s [voter] roll?” Clerk Olson appears to welcome the opportunity to have his voter rolls cleared of non-citizens who have no right to vote in our elections. “I would be welcome to have them here,” he said, as he assured the integrity of his voter rolls would not be compromised. Olson explained, “I will safeguard my voter roll in the office but they are certainly welcome to come and compare against mine and this way will uphold law. I will definitely follow mine and it will be fair and honest.” The soft-spoken clerk ended with a simple, “Thank you.

When it comes to investigating and exposing voter fraud in Michigan, Barry County Sheriff Dar Leaf is arguably the most committed law enforcement official in the state.

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MI Sheriff Drops Bombshell: Whistleblower Reveals How Sec Of State Is Putting Non-Citizens On Voter Rolls 

When it comes to investigating and exposing voter fraud in Michigan, Barry County Sheriff Dar Leaf is arguably the most committed law enforcement official in the state.

This evening, after speaking with a whistleblower who works at the Michigan Secretary of State’s office, he dropped a major bombshell that should make every United States Senator who’s been resisting the idea of signing on to the SAVE Act, which would require every voter to prove their citizenship, think twice.

Here’s a quick summary of Sheriff Dar Leaf explaining how non-citizens are allegedly automatically registered to vote and how difficult it is to detect and remove them: 

•  A confidential informant who works for the Michigan Secretary of State’s office told him that non-citizens are automatically registered to vote when they change their address.

•  The customer and automotive records system is programmed to congratulate and inform those non-citizens that they have been registered to vote.

•  When the informant showed proof to a supervisor, the supervisor claimed the county clerk would catch and remove non-citizens. Leaf states that this is incorrect: clerks receive access to the Qualified Voter File only after the Secretary of State has already registered the person, and the QVF itself does not flag citizenship status.

•  Once on the rolls, the person can request a mail-in ballot or vote in person with an ID card; polling places do not verify citizenship.

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Abdul El-Sayed Compares Himself to Jesus: He Was ‘Radical in His Time Too’

Far-left Democrat Michigan U.S. Senate candidate Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed cited the Quran as the inspiration behind his politics and compared himself to Jesus during a podcast interview in May.

El-Sayed — who abides by Sharia law in his personal life —  made the comments in an appearance on the The Progressive Christians Podcast, citing Islam as the force behind his politics while also denying attempting to “push a certain ideology.”

El-Sayed said:

One of the most frustrating things is there’s this notion that somehow when Muslims are trying to organize politically, that there’s this effort to push a certain ideology. There’s this verse in the Quran, Lā ikrāha fī d-dīn, which literally means there’s no compulsion on faith. So if you’re not doing a certain thing out of your faith, compelling people to follow a certain set of faith or set of laws out of your faith — like faith is kind of the thing itself.

So there is no compulsion in religion. Your job is to live out your faith, and to try to do so in a way where you’re offering dignity and opportunity to other people — not to compel them to behave in any sort of way, but to try to create a level freedom where people have the right to choose how they want to live their lives, if they want to pray at all, how they want to pray, who they want to love, how they want to engage in the world.

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