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“Mop Up #Michigan”: #DonavanMcKinney on #DemocraticSocialism, #CorporateMoney & His Primary Upset
#DemocracyNow, August 14, 2026
"One of the biggest upsets from Democratic primary elections this month was Donavan McKinney’s defeat of two-term Congressmember #ShriThanedar in the House primary to represent parts of Detroit and Wayne County in Michigan’s 13th District. McKinney, a #DemocraticSocialist state lawmaker, won on a platform to get #CorporateMoney out of politics, support #MedicareForAll and end military aid to Israel, among other issues. Like many other insurgent Democrats running for office, he has also proposed strict limits on artificial intelligence data centers. He took no corporate PAC money, and his campaign was supported by the Justice Democrats, Working Families Party, Democratic Socialists of America and major labor unions."
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“Mop Up #Michigan”: #DonavanMcKinney on #DemocraticSocialism, #CorporateMoney & His Primary Upset
#DemocracyNow, August 14, 2026
"One of the biggest upsets from Democratic primary elections this month was Donavan McKinney’s defeat of two-term Congressmember #ShriThanedar in the House primary to represent parts of Detroit and Wayne County in Michigan’s 13th District. McKinney, a #DemocraticSocialist state lawmaker, won on a platform to get #CorporateMoney out of politics, support #MedicareForAll and end military aid to Israel, among other issues. Like many other insurgent Democrats running for office, he has also proposed strict limits on artificial intelligence data centers. He took no corporate PAC money, and his campaign was supported by the Justice Democrats, Working Families Party, Democratic Socialists of America and major labor unions."
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Abdul El-Sayed deals record-breaking loss to Israel lobby
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CW: Occasional Foul Language. Always Political.
Call it the DSA Difference! Donavan McKinney has officially won his primary over scandal-ridden incumbent Rep Shri Thanedar! The People went 3 for 3 on the Big 3 Michigan races last night!
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Insurgent Candidate Victories Highlight Growing Movement Against #Corporate & #Elite Power: #JohnNichols
#DemocracyNow, August 05, 2026
Excerpt: "AMY GOODMAN: And let’s go to #WilliamLawrence of the #SunriseMovement —
JOHN NICHOLS: Yeah.
AMY GOODMAN: — who we just mentioned, who won his primary, a co-founder of the Sunrise Movement, defeated two opponents to win the Democratic House primary in Michigan’s 7th District, focusing partly on what you just mentioned: #AIDatacenters . This is one of his ads.
' WILLIAM LAWRENCE: I’m #WillLawrence. And #TechBillionaires want to turn this whole field into a massive #datacenter that’ll jack up our energy bills and ruin our home values.
RANDY: They put that in, it’s going to plummet the values. It’s an existential threat.
WILLIAM LAWRENCE: I’m running for U.S. Congress because I’ve been afraid to stand up to corporate power. I’m backed by #BernieSanders, and I don’t take a dime from #CorporatePACs . '
ANJALI KAMAT: And in Michigan’s 13th Congressional District, #DonavanMcKinney, a member of the Democratic Socialists of America, has a narrow lead over Congressman Shri Thanedar. This is a part of one of McKinney’s ads.
' DONAVAN McKINNEY: #ShriThanedar and the same #billionaires supporting #DonaldTrump are spending millions lying to you. They know that in Congress, Shri fights for them. I will fight for us — lower costs, higher wages, #MedicareForAll . '
ANJALI KAMAT: #AbbasAlawieh also won the Democratic primary for a seat in the Michigan state Senate. He was a co-founder of the #UncommittedMovement, which pushed for President Biden, and then Kamala Harris, to end U.S. support for Israel’s #WarOnGaza. This is Abbas speaking outside the DNC, the Democratic National Convention, in 2024, where the Uncommitted Movement pushed to include a #Palestinian voice at the convention.
'ABBAS ALAWIEH: Here is the scandal, my friends. Here is the scandal. The scandal is that there are forces within #DemocraticParty leadership who do not want us to talk about #Palestinian #HumanRights. But that’s not sustainable. This is a watershed moment. '
ANJALI KAMAT: John Nichols, can you talk about some of these other key races in Michigan and other states where progressives were challenging more establishment candidates, and just what you think is most important as a takeaway from yesterday’s primaries?
JOHN NICHOLS: I sure can. I’m delighted to do it, because the fact of the matter is that our national media too often focuses on the top-line races and misses the real dynamic, which you start to recognize is when you go down-ballot and you look at contests for U.S. House seats and for legislative seats.
And if you look in Michigan, what you’re seeing is, with Will Lawrence, an example of a real breakthrough win for a young candidate who ran a campaign on dynamic, fresh issues, including data centers. With #DonavanMcKinney, that’s still a close race. There are votes still to be counted there. But this is an incredible thing, because this is a candidate who didn’t have anywhere near the kind of money that his opponent did, and yet, with a real grassroots campaign on the ground there in Detroit and that region, ran very, very well.
And if we move beyond Michigan and you look around the country, what you’re going to see is that Tuesday night was a very good night for insurgent candidacies and for outsiders. In the #Missouri governor’s race, what you saw was kind of a remarkable result. #CindyHolscher, who’s a state senator out there and came from the outside — she wasn’t backed by the sitting governor, she wasn’t backed by a lot of Democratic Party leaders, and yet she won her primary for governor. And she did it by talking, again, about data centers and making that a very central part of her campaign. We’re starting to see a thread here. "
Full interview:
https://www.democracynow.org/2026/8/5/john_nichols_aug4_primaries#USPol #DSA #Elections2026 #USElections #IsraeliWarCrimes #FreeGaza #FreePalestine #GetMoneyOut #NoDatacenters
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Insurgent Candidate Victories Highlight Growing Movement Against #Corporate & #Elite Power: #JohnNichols
#DemocracyNow, August 05, 2026
Excerpt: "AMY GOODMAN: And let’s go to #WilliamLawrence of the #SunriseMovement —
JOHN NICHOLS: Yeah.
AMY GOODMAN: — who we just mentioned, who won his primary, a co-founder of the Sunrise Movement, defeated two opponents to win the Democratic House primary in Michigan’s 7th District, focusing partly on what you just mentioned: #AIDatacenters . This is one of his ads.
' WILLIAM LAWRENCE: I’m #WillLawrence. And #TechBillionaires want to turn this whole field into a massive #datacenter that’ll jack up our energy bills and ruin our home values.
RANDY: They put that in, it’s going to plummet the values. It’s an existential threat.
WILLIAM LAWRENCE: I’m running for U.S. Congress because I’ve been afraid to stand up to corporate power. I’m backed by #BernieSanders, and I don’t take a dime from #CorporatePACs . '
ANJALI KAMAT: And in Michigan’s 13th Congressional District, #DonavanMcKinney, a member of the Democratic Socialists of America, has a narrow lead over Congressman Shri Thanedar. This is a part of one of McKinney’s ads.
' DONAVAN McKINNEY: #ShriThanedar and the same #billionaires supporting #DonaldTrump are spending millions lying to you. They know that in Congress, Shri fights for them. I will fight for us — lower costs, higher wages, #MedicareForAll . '
ANJALI KAMAT: #AbbasAlawieh also won the Democratic primary for a seat in the Michigan state Senate. He was a co-founder of the #UncommittedMovement, which pushed for President Biden, and then Kamala Harris, to end U.S. support for Israel’s #WarOnGaza. This is Abbas speaking outside the DNC, the Democratic National Convention, in 2024, where the Uncommitted Movement pushed to include a #Palestinian voice at the convention.
'ABBAS ALAWIEH: Here is the scandal, my friends. Here is the scandal. The scandal is that there are forces within #DemocraticParty leadership who do not want us to talk about #Palestinian #HumanRights. But that’s not sustainable. This is a watershed moment. '
ANJALI KAMAT: John Nichols, can you talk about some of these other key races in Michigan and other states where progressives were challenging more establishment candidates, and just what you think is most important as a takeaway from yesterday’s primaries?
JOHN NICHOLS: I sure can. I’m delighted to do it, because the fact of the matter is that our national media too often focuses on the top-line races and misses the real dynamic, which you start to recognize is when you go down-ballot and you look at contests for U.S. House seats and for legislative seats.
And if you look in Michigan, what you’re seeing is, with Will Lawrence, an example of a real breakthrough win for a young candidate who ran a campaign on dynamic, fresh issues, including data centers. With #DonavanMcKinney, that’s still a close race. There are votes still to be counted there. But this is an incredible thing, because this is a candidate who didn’t have anywhere near the kind of money that his opponent did, and yet, with a real grassroots campaign on the ground there in Detroit and that region, ran very, very well.
And if we move beyond Michigan and you look around the country, what you’re going to see is that Tuesday night was a very good night for insurgent candidacies and for outsiders. In the #Missouri governor’s race, what you saw was kind of a remarkable result. #CindyHolscher, who’s a state senator out there and came from the outside — she wasn’t backed by the sitting governor, she wasn’t backed by a lot of Democratic Party leaders, and yet she won her primary for governor. And she did it by talking, again, about data centers and making that a very central part of her campaign. We’re starting to see a thread here. "
Full interview:
https://www.democracynow.org/2026/8/5/john_nichols_aug4_primaries#USPol #DSA #Elections2026 #USElections #IsraeliWarCrimes #FreeGaza #FreePalestine #GetMoneyOut #NoDatacenters
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Congressman Is Ousted by #DemocraticSocialist in #Michigan House Primary
Representative #ShriThanedar is among a wave of Democratic incumbents in Congress whom primary voters have sent packing in a surge of anti-incumbent fervor this cycle.
By Bayliss Wagner, Aug. 5, 2026
"Democratic primary voters ousted Representative Shri Thanedar of Michigan on Tuesday, according to The Associated Press, nominating a democratic socialist for a deep-blue district in the latest sign of the party’s hunger for new blood.
"Mr. Thanedar narrowly lost to #DonavanMcKinney, a state representative, in the 13th Congressional District, which includes parts of #Detroit and its suburbs. The race was called on Wednesday morning.
"Both candidates are progressive and support policies like funding universal health care and abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement. But Mr. McKinney, 34, who is Black and grew up in Detroit, has contrasted his background with that of Mr. Thanedar, 71, an Indian immigrant who was elected to Congress in 2022. Mr. Thanedar’s victory that year left Detroit, a city that is roughly three-quarters Black, without a Black representative in Washington for the first time in decades.
"The primary also highlighted Democratic voters’ continued backlash against lawmakers who support Israel. Mr. McKinney has condemned the war in Gaza as a '#genocide' and campaigned with fellow #ProPalestinian Democrats, including Dr. #AbdulElSayed, the progressive candidate in Michigan’s marquee Senate race. Mr. Thanedar, in contrast, has consistently voted to fund aid for the Jewish state."
Read more:
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/05/us/politics/michigan-house-primary-mckinney-thanedar.htmlArchived version:
https://archive.ph/FeVEt#USPol #MichiganPol #Elections2026
#USElections #IsraeliWarCrimes #FreeGaza #FreePalestine #GazaGenocide #DSA #DemocraticSocialists #DemocraticSocialism -
Congressman Is Ousted by #DemocraticSocialist in #Michigan House Primary
Representative #ShriThanedar is among a wave of Democratic incumbents in Congress whom primary voters have sent packing in a surge of anti-incumbent fervor this cycle.
By Bayliss Wagner, Aug. 5, 2026
"Democratic primary voters ousted Representative Shri Thanedar of Michigan on Tuesday, according to The Associated Press, nominating a democratic socialist for a deep-blue district in the latest sign of the party’s hunger for new blood.
"Mr. Thanedar narrowly lost to #DonavanMcKinney, a state representative, in the 13th Congressional District, which includes parts of #Detroit and its suburbs. The race was called on Wednesday morning.
"Both candidates are progressive and support policies like funding universal health care and abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement. But Mr. McKinney, 34, who is Black and grew up in Detroit, has contrasted his background with that of Mr. Thanedar, 71, an Indian immigrant who was elected to Congress in 2022. Mr. Thanedar’s victory that year left Detroit, a city that is roughly three-quarters Black, without a Black representative in Washington for the first time in decades.
"The primary also highlighted Democratic voters’ continued backlash against lawmakers who support Israel. Mr. McKinney has condemned the war in Gaza as a '#genocide' and campaigned with fellow #ProPalestinian Democrats, including Dr. #AbdulElSayed, the progressive candidate in Michigan’s marquee Senate race. Mr. Thanedar, in contrast, has consistently voted to fund aid for the Jewish state."
Read more:
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/05/us/politics/michigan-house-primary-mckinney-thanedar.htmlArchived version:
https://archive.ph/FeVEt#USPol #MichiganPol #Elections2026
#USElections #IsraeliWarCrimes #FreeGaza #FreePalestine #GazaGenocide #DSA #DemocraticSocialists #DemocraticSocialism -
RE: https://hachyderm.io/@molly0xfff/116949172932816918
#WarrenBuffett famously said that “#Bitcoin (and other #crypto currencies) is like rat poison squared.” So, if I’m translating the financial wisdom the Oracle of Omaha into the language of #USpol correctly, this ⬇️ means that #Michigan #MI13 ‘Democratic’ candidate #ShriThanedar is a… rat? 🤔
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RE: https://hachyderm.io/@molly0xfff/116949172932816918
#WarrenBuffett famously said that “#Bitcoin (and other #crypto currencies) is like rat poison squared.” So, if I’m translating the financial wisdom the Oracle of Omaha into the language of #USpol correctly, this ⬇️ means that #Michigan #MI13 ‘Democratic’ candidate #ShriThanedar is a… rat? 🤔
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#AIPACAssHOLE OF THE DAY #15: #ShriThanedar of #MI #District13 Can’t Defend Israel. I
Dave endorses #DonavanMcKinney
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#AIPACAssHOLE OF THE DAY #15: #ShriThanedar of #MI #District13 Can’t Defend Israel. I
Dave endorses #DonavanMcKinney
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#DSA considering backing #AOC in 2028, a politician who confronted #ShriThanedar on the floor of #Congress in an effort to get him to stand down from #Trump #impeachment https://www.politico.com/news/2026/06/24/democratic-socialists-new-york-2028-presidential-00973341
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#DSA considering backing #AOC in 2028, a politician who confronted #ShriThanedar on the floor of #Congress in an effort to get him to stand down from #Trump #impeachment https://www.politico.com/news/2026/06/24/democratic-socialists-new-york-2028-presidential-00973341
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Progressive Democratic women take the lead in reviving ‘abolish ICE’ messaging
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/politics/abolish-ice-democrats
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Progressive Democratic women take the lead in reviving ‘abolish ICE’ messaging
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/politics/abolish-ice-democrats
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https://www.alojapan.com/1427086/us-lawmaker-pushes-to-impeach-pentagon-chief-alleging-reprehensible-illegal-actions/ US lawmaker pushes to impeach Pentagon chief, alleging ‘reprehensible,’ ‘illegal’ actions #AnadoluAjansı #Hokkaido #HokkaidoNews #Impeachment #news #PeteHegseth #ShriThanedar #us #北海道 WASHINGTON US Rep. Shri Thanedar said Friday that he formally introduced articles of impeachment against Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth this week. “This week, I introduced articles to impeach Secretary Pete Hegseth for murder and consp
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Irrelevant framing of the problem, since #AOC, who supposedly sits on the most #leftist flank of the party, bullied #ShriThanedar on the House floor when the latter tried to force a vote on #impeachment
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/us/politics/democrats-midterms-senate-house.html #trump #fascism
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Ok former #AOC staffer, but then why did your boss confront #ShriThanedar on the House floor and try to get him to stand down from forcing a vote on #impeachment?
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So why did you pressure Rep #ShriThanedar to stand down from forcing a vote on #impeachment? Stop playing a double game, "#constitutional #scholar" #Raskin
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Where to start with the #ironies? Maybe #Musk will pressure #AOC and #JamieRaskin to enforce the #constitution and #impeach #Trump, as opposed to bullying #ShriThanedar on the House floor? If only...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/05/trump-elon-musk-fallout?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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It's pretty amazing, but the NY Post got it right with this editorial.
#ShriThanedar #Thanedar #Hogg #DavidHogg #Schumer #Impeach #Impeachment #DNC #DeadwoodDems #Tyranny #MikeJohnson #Jeffries #Pelosi #HouseOfReps ImpeachConvictRemove #ImpeachTheFascists #RaiseTheBar #PrimaryThemAll #DemandMore #uspol #uspolitics #media #socialmedia #immigrants #immigrantrights #marker
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It's pretty amazing, but the NY Post got it right with this editorial.
#ShriThanedar #Thanedar #Hogg #DavidHogg #Schumer #Impeach #Impeachment #DNC #DeadwoodDems #Tyranny #MikeJohnson #Jeffries #Pelosi #HouseOfReps ImpeachConvictRemove #ImpeachTheFascists #RaiseTheBar #PrimaryThemAll #DemandMore #uspol #uspolitics #media #socialmedia #immigrants #immigrantrights #marker
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The Democratic Party has just bullied #ShriThanedar into withholding his #impeachment motion under Rule IX. The government is now comprised of #fascists and #fascist enablers, pure and simple.
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No more empty moral #posturing #Democrats you're going to have to reveal your true #poker hand by Thurs or Fri as the result of efforts by #ShriThanedar! #impeachment #trump #fascism
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Very #frustrating: #AlGreen and #ShriThanedar have not filed articles of #impeachment specifically under Rule IX, which would force a vote. This feels like parlor tricks #trump #fascism
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#SupportShriThanedar 's effort to #ImpeachTrump
Congressmember #ShriThanedar (D- #Michigan) filed an #impeachmentresolution citing sweeping #abuseofpower, flagrant violations of the Constitution, and acts of tyranny that undermine democracy and threaten the #ruleoflaw.
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#SupportShriThanedar 's effort to #ImpeachTrump
Congressmember #ShriThanedar (D- #Michigan) filed an #impeachmentresolution citing sweeping #abuseofpower, flagrant violations of the Constitution, and acts of tyranny that undermine democracy and threaten the #ruleoflaw.
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Not being able or not wanting to read does not protect from impeachment.
#trump #analphabet #impeachment #Congress #Congressman #ShriThanedar
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Not being able or not wanting to read does not protect from impeachment.
#trump #analphabet #impeachment #Congress #Congressman #ShriThanedar
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Raises the question of why this is the first time I am hearing about #ShriThanedar, as opposed to other #progressive lawmakers who are vocal about vaguely challenging #oligarchy but never step up with their own articles of #impeachment
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2025/04/29/who-is-the-detroit-michigan-congressman-shri-thanedar-trying-to-impeach-president-donald-trump/83341353007/ #aoc #bernie #trump #fascism
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In what would likely be a major scandal under any other administration, but feels a bit like a "well duh" moment after the first 100 days of the Trumpenreich's fascist rule, recent polling indicates that a majority of American voters now support impeaching President Trump a third time.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-impeachment-2025
Majority of US Voters Support Third Trump Impeachment: Poll
"Specifically, a polling memo published Friday by ASO Communications and Research Collaborative shows that just a few months into Trump's return to the White House, 52% of likely voters across the ideological spectrum somewhat or strongly support impeaching him—including 84% of Democrats, 55% of Independents, and even 20% of his fellow Republicans."
While I don't believe there's any amount of polling that will make the Trump regime surrender, and I remain doubtful a fascist GOP is likely to risk reprisal from Trump's hardcore nazi base in the party to impeach Der Leader, I still think it's pretty relevant that experiencing the reality of Trump's authoritarianism in action is driving a majority of Americans to desire his removal from office.
Much of Trump's presumed authority to install himself as a dictator comes from the regime's invocation of a popular mandate to transform America into a white ethnostate, as well as a complicit media's refusal to address a clear lack of that mandate while they focus on "will he or won't he" coverage of Trump's obviously fascist activities. As more and more evidence comes in that the regime's Christian Nationalist agenda is in fact not popular, and Americans do not believe Trump has the authority to enact it, it's going to become harder and harder for both the regime and collaborators in the mainstream establishment to keep pretending there might be a veneer of legality or popular support behind all the government's nazi bullshit.
In the end, I'm pretty sure there's no way to topple the Trump regime that doesn't involve putting millions of people in the street to actively disrupt the police state and make it impossible for the collaborator class to profit from all that fascism. By that same measure however, I don't think Americans are going to rise up and stop their fascist government until they're completely sure there are no easier options for ending Trump's reign of tyranny and they believe the majority of people in this country are ready to rise up with them. In my opinion, polls like this one help shatter the fascists' false projection of invincibility, and bring us closer to that uprising; and as such that makes these numbers a welcome sight for my exhausted eyes at least.
#Fascism #Trump #USPolitics #Impeachment #Polling #AntiTrumpProtests #GOP #RepublicanParty #AlGreen #ShriThanedar
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Shri Thanedar Drops Political Bombshell: Trump Targeted in Explosive Impeachment Filing
#Impeachment2025, #ShriThanedar, #TrumpNews, #USPolitics, #RuleOfLaw
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Tireless, strangely ageless desi uncle wins over black voters in Detroit by showing up 🤗
<5 seconds later> We regret to say the milkshake desi is racist. #ShriThanedar https://x.com/adam_abusalah/status/1712665421772411068?s=46
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Statement released today by Metro Detroit DSA regarding Israel/Palestine, Rashida Tlaib, and Shri Thanedar.
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Statement released today by Metro Detroit DSA regarding Israel/Palestine, Rashida Tlaib, and Shri Thanedar.
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#ShriThanedar ‘forced out by the local [DSA] chapter over his support for #Modi’ https://x.com/daveweigel/status/1712500201347334618?s=46