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🚨 REMINDER 🚨 Mike Rogers told Michiganders facing skyrocketing gas prices that they’re going to be “fine.”

"Vote like Donald Trump is on the ballot. Donald Trump’s war is on the ballot. Donald Trump’s tariffs are on the ballot. Donald Trump’s big ugly bill is on the ballot...And a vote for Mike Rogers is a vote for Donald Trump.” - @abdulelsayed.bsky.social www.detroitnews.com/story/news/p...

detroitnews.comEl-Sayed says Trump's war, tariffs, 'personality' are on the ballot"Everybody ought to vote like Donald Trump is on the ballot," Abdul El-Sayed told reporters after the rally.

🚨 LEAKED: In a fundraising appeal, Mike Rogers told potential donors, "When you stand with my Senate campaign today, you are directly shielding Elon Musk" from potential investigations into the harm caused by DOGE cuts. Rogers asked for donations so he could "protect Elon."

"People are so ready for something new, so hungry for something better, so sick and tired of being sick and tired that everywhere you go, it feels like change is in the air!" Read Pres. Barack Obama's full remarks from his visit to Detroit on Saturday: barackobama.medium.com/my-remarks-a...

barackobama.medium.comMy Remarks at a Detroit Rally in Support of Jocelyn Benson and Abdul El-SayedDetroit! It’s good to be back in Detroit, back in the Motor City! It is great to be with your next governor, Jocelyn Benson! And your…

RESURFACED VIDEO: Mike Rogers backs Social Security cuts, raising the retirement age. "Every option is going to have to be on the table... You know, we're just going to have to a rethink about what work looks like and what retirement looks like."

WELKER: I know that President Trump is going to be out in Michigan campaigning with you. Is a vote for you a vote for the Trump agenda? MIKE ROGERS: Um, I'm apologizing. I'm having some difficultly in my earpiece. But is a vote for you? I'm not sure. I- (That's a yes)

RESURFACED VIDEO: Mike Rogers praises Trump's reckless tariffs and mocks concerns about grocery prices. "I have faith that Donald Trump is gonna get a deal on all of this... They don't even know what to be mad at. Now they’re all of a sudden worried about the price of eggs."

Why are UM students excited to vote for @JocelynBenson.bsky.social? “The cost of living — especially housing — is so expensive here, and she has a plan to build more houses, bring the cost of housing down and make it easier for students like me to live here." www.michigandaily.com/news/governm...

michigandaily.comJocelyn Benson's bus tour stops in Ann Arbor ahead of election dayThe Democratic nominee for governor arrived at Zingerman’s Roadhouse as part of her four-day Driving Down Costs bus tour Thursday afternoon.

🚨 LEAKED AUDIO: Mike Rogers pledges to make Trump's abusive executive orders permanent. "Donald Trump needs a little bit of help in the United States Senate... We're going to start legislating on those executive orders so that the Democrats can't undo it very quickly."

🚨 LEAKED: In an unearthed email to supporters, Mike Rogers said his race is about "Giving President Trump another reliable vote to get his agenda across the finish line." That's what Rogers thinks is "at stake" in this election: helping Trump, not Michiganders.

9,700 Michiganders can breathe easier thanks to Gretchen Whitmer and Democrats. We're working to stop medical debt from building up in the first place, but MAGA Matt Hall and House Republicans in Lansing are standing in the way. michiganindependent.com/health-care/...

michiganindependent.comMichigan forgives $21 million in medical debt for more than 9,700 residents‘This action ensures fewer Michigan families have to choose between putting food on the table or paying their medical bills,’ Gov. Whitmer said.

🚨 LEAKED AUDIO: Mike Rogers dismisses concerns about AI as “fearmongering” while the industry makes him rich. “I'm sure they're terrifying you young students, that AI is going to kill you and take your job…. Oh man, the fearmongering of all of that AI stuff.”

"I don't know how long the economy and the average person is going to be able to sustain what we're going through right now." The Trump-GOP economy is crushing Michigan families. Let's win big on November 3 and start turning this disaster around. www.cbsnews.com/news/in-mich...

cbsnews.comIn Michigan, consumer sentiment is pessimistic before midtermsDue to high fuel and housing costs, and wages that aren't keeping pace with inflation, consumer sentiment is lower than at almost any other time in modern history. CBS News spoke with Michiganders to…