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Published Saturday, August 01, 2026 at 06:10 PM PT Burbank · Saturday, August 1, 2026 · 6:10 PM · 94°F, 33% humidity, wind 2 mph WSW, 29.30 inHg, UV 0, PM2.5 5 The Michigan Primary: Democrats’ Reliable Path to Inspiration Bankruptcy Or: How to Build the Most Exciting Primary Imaginable and Then Choose the Beige Person Anyway Here’s the thing nobody wants to say out loud about the Michigan Democratic Senate primary, and I’m saying it because I don’t have the luxury of polite discretion — Democrats are doing exactly what Democrats always do, which is pick the candidate who makes them feel safe instead of the one who makes voters feel like voting. And then they act shocked, genuinely shocked, that Republicans show up meaner and louder and somehow more interested in winning. ...

Maine’s Senate Race Is a Masterclass in Why Local Politics Actually Matters (And We’re All Pretending It Doesn’t) Right, here’s the thing that’s doing my head in: we’ve got Maine’s Senate primary happening today, along with a whole host of other contests that’ll genuinely shape how this country runs itself, and most of us are treating it like we’re waiting for the bus—checking our phones, not really engaged, hoping someone else sorts it out. ...