# el-sayed (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 3 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover el-sayed. Page: Feed: --- ## [Minimum Wage Hurts Poor Workers, New Study Finds](https://freebeacon.substack.com/p/minimum-wage-hurts-poor-workers-new) _2026-08-19 · Ira Stoll · The Washington Free Beacon_ ‘The job loss is concentrated among poor families,’ says paper by UC Irvine professor ## [This Week In The Big Picture](https://thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p/week-big-picture-august-19) _2026-08-19 · The Big Picture · The Big Picture_ Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: Republican president wins the electoral college despite losing the popular vote; he then wins a second term with a narrow popular vote victory, which he misreads as a mandate, leading him to overreach with his second term agenda; his mismanagement of a costly and unpopular war in the Middle East helps drive his approval rating into the low 30s, fueling a… ## [Hasan Piker’s Wingman Brother Is Space Engineer With Security Clearances Who’s Worked on Air Force One](https://freebeacon.substack.com/p/hasan-pikers-wingman-brother-is-space) _2026-08-19 · Eliana Johnson · The Washington Free Beacon_ Plus, Islamic group pulls 'pedophilic' cleric from convention featuring El-Sayed but keeps imam who called Holocaust 'hoax' ## [‘Dog Rape’ New York Times Columnist Delivers Another Dud as Harvard Prepares to Honor Him](https://freebeacon.substack.com/p/dog-rape-new-york-times-columnist) _2026-08-18 · Ira Stoll · The Washington Free Beacon_ ‘Settler violence’ is declining, but Kristof conjures a crisis ## [Data Centers Are Becoming A Big Problem For Big Tech—And Trump](https://thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p/data-centers-trump-tech) _2026-08-18 · Jay Kuo · The Big Picture_ Voters across the political spectrum agree: No one wants data centers built near them. ## [MS LIMBO: Israel-Bashing MS NOW Host Ayman Mohyeldin Twists in the Wind After His Third Show Is Canceled in Four Years](https://freebeacon.substack.com/p/ms-limbo-israel-bashing-ms-now-host) _2026-08-18 · Adam Kredo · The Washington Free Beacon_ The beleaguered news personality has no new role at the network and has significantly dialed down the anti-Israel rhetoric in his on-air guest appearances and on social media ## [Judge in Harvard Antisemitism Case Was Anti-Israel, Anti-War Activist, McGovern Campaign Aide](https://freebeacon.substack.com/p/judge-in-harvard-antisemitism-case-c7f) _2026-08-18 · Ira Stoll · The Washington Free Beacon_ Richard Stearns was Bill Clinton’s roommate and protester pal at Oxford ## [Judge in Harvard Antisemitism Case Was Anti-Israel, Anti-War Activist](https://freebeacon.substack.com/p/judge-in-harvard-antisemitism-case) _2026-08-18 · Eliana Johnson · The Washington Free Beacon_ Plus, Foreign Policy magazine spouts anti-Israel views as it cozies up to Qatar ## [Far Out](https://weeklysift.com/2026/08/17/far-out/) _2026-08-17 · weeklysift · The Weekly Sift_ There’s a maddening tendency among elected officials and the political press to equate “far left” and “far right” candidates as occupying equally extreme, dangerous ends of the political spectrum, though those in the former camp mostly want universal healthcare and affordable housing while the latter is more likely to endorse the forced deportation of non-white \[…\] ## [Some revolutions are too big to see](https://weeklysift.com/2026/08/17/some-revolutions-are-too-big-to-see/) _2026-08-17 · weeklysift · The Weekly Sift_ If you want to understand the 21st century, take a wide-angle view of the 20th. During the 1800s, the technological underpinnings of the 20th century economy gradually arose and got implemented on a large scale. The steamboat and then the railroad revolutionized transportation. The telegraph, telephone, and mass-market newspapers revolutionized communication, creating new possibilities for \[…\] ## [Browse ThreatCrush Modules (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/eVMkvzzQ7DnL) _2026-08-17 · **Sponsored**_ Install community-built security modules to extend real-time threat intelligence and monitoring ## [The Monday Morning Teaser](https://weeklysift.com/2026/08/17/the-monday-morning-teaser-658/) _2026-08-17 · weeklysift · The Weekly Sift_ Usually I take the news one week at a time, but today’s featured post takes a step back to examine a much wider time span: I’m looking at the technological developments that led to the first Gilded Age in the late 19th century, and trying to draw a parallel to the current internet/social-media/AI technologies that \[…\] ## [Abdul El-Sayed Says Wealthy Should ‘Pay Their Fair Share’ But Appears To Take Advantage of Tax ‘Loophole’](https://freebeacon.substack.com/p/abdul-el-sayed-says-wealthy-should) _2026-08-17 · Eliana Johnson · The Washington Free Beacon_ Plus, with Troy Jackson at the helm, Maine Senate Democrats’ campaign arm took big money from corporate PACs and lobbyists ## [Our Wins Of The Week](https://thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p/week-progressive-wins-august-16) _2026-08-16 · The Big Picture · The Big Picture_ After more bruising primary fights, Democrats are once again uniting heading into November. ## [Weekend Beacon: First, I Want to Thank My Agent](https://freebeacon.substack.com/p/weekend-beacon-first-i-want-to-thank) _2026-08-16 · Vic Matus · The Washington Free Beacon_ Also: What the Windsors and Kennedys have in common (and don't), a search for solace after loss, bridging the gap in 'Stand By Me,' and an homage to Spielberg in 'The End of Oak Street' ## [The Perils of Pausing AI](https://freebeacon.substack.com/p/the-perils-of-pausing-ai) _2026-08-15 · Mike Watson · The Washington Free Beacon_ A nonproliferation treaty didn’t stop the spread of nukes. It won’t rein in AI either. ## [Wisconsin Governor primary upset. Trump's catering truck ruse exposed. Outrage over air craft carrier conditions.](https://thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p/august-14-weekly-news-roundup) _2026-08-14 · The Big Picture · The Big Picture_ David Crowley Upsets Francesca Hong in Race for Wisconsin Governor ## [Abdul El-Sayed To Headline Islamic Event Alongside Pakistani Cleric Who Forced His 13-Year-Old Niece Into Marriage, Was Denounced for ‘Pedophilic Rhetoric’](https://freebeacon.substack.com/p/abdul-el-sayed-to-headline-islamic) _2026-08-14 · Chuck Ross · The Washington Free Beacon_ Tariq Masood urged his congregants to marry off their own female children and invoked Sharia law on the question of women’s education ## [The Rise Of The Anti-System Moderate](https://thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p/antisystem-moderates-democratic-party-2028) _2026-08-13 · The Big Picture · The Big Picture_ Middle of the road institutionalists are positioning themselves as anti-system fighters ahead of 2028. Will it be enough to win over primary voters? ## [This Week In The Big Picture](https://thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p/week-big-picture-august-12) _2026-08-12 · The Big Picture · The Big Picture_ Throughout this year’s Democratic primaries, a narrative has taken root pitting the candidates of the progressive left, widely seen as “insurgents” running to disrupt the status quo, versus more moderate candidates largely aligned with the Democratic establishment. ## [Carte Blanche](https://thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p/todd-blanche-attorney-general) _2026-08-11 · The Big Picture · The Big Picture_ Now that Todd Blanche is confirmed as attorney general, we need a roadmap to assess the principal risks and prepare for what’s coming. ## [One platform, from silicon to agent (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/08RoAQygUlLE) _2026-08-11 · **Sponsored**_ Serverless inference plus Inference Router to optimize cost and latency at scale. ## [Interested Parties](https://weeklysift.com/2026/08/10/interested-parties/) _2026-08-10 · weeklysift · The Weekly Sift_ Tyranny is the handmaiden of the moneyed interests. – Robert Reich “The real meaning of Abdul El-Sayed’s victory in Michigan“ This week’s featured post is “Why the freak-out over El-Sayed?“ Ongoing stories This week’s developments This week everybody was talking about the economy Wednesday, Donald Trump told a crowd in Las Vegas that this is \[…\] ## [Why the freak-out over El-Sayed?](https://weeklysift.com/2026/08/10/why-the-freak-out-over-el-sayed/) _2026-08-10 · weeklysift · The Weekly Sift_ Don’t react to labels, paraphrases, or guilt by association. Listen to what he says. It wasn’t the blow-out the polls had predicted, but progressive candidate Abdul El-Sayed defeated the Democratic establishment’s candidate Haley Stevens in the Michigan Senate primary. El-Sayed will face Republican Congressman Mike Rogers in the fall election. Not being a Michigan voter, \[…\] ## [The Monday Morning Teaser](https://weeklysift.com/2026/08/10/the-monday-morning-teaser-657/) _2026-08-10 · weeklysift · The Weekly Sift_ This week I’ve gotten fascinated by the winner of Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary, Abdul El-Sayed. I hadn’t paid attention to him until last week, when the Sift came out the day before the election. I heard the “he’s unelectable because of X, Y, and Z” arguments and looked around for something solid to hang them \[…\] ## [Our Wins Of The Week](https://thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p/week-progressive-wins-august-9) _2026-08-09 · The Big Picture · The Big Picture_ On Tuesday, Dr. Abdul El-Sayed won the hard-fought primary for U.S. Senate for Michigan against Rep. Haley Stevens by just 1 point. ## [El-Sayed wins Michigan primary. Trump enraged at Jeanine Pirro over reflecting pool. Todd Blanche wins key vote toward confirmation.](https://thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p/august-7-weekly-news-roundup) _2026-08-07 · The Big Picture · The Big Picture_ Abdul El-Sayed Narrowly Wins Michigan Democratic Senate Nomination ## [The Blueprint To Unrig Our Democracy From Right-Wing Rule](https://thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p/ben-wikler-plan-unrig-democracy) _2026-08-06 · The Big Picture · The Big Picture_ Ben Wikler helped fix Wisconsin. Now he has a plan to restore democracy nationwide. ## [Going Long](https://weeklysift.com/2026/08/03/going-long/) _2026-08-03 · weeklysift · The Weekly Sift_ So, how did we get here? Not because one party discovered a winning campaign slogan, a charismatic leader, or because of one presidential election. We arrived here because one political movement developed a deep understanding of how power operates within the American constitutional system. – John F. Terzano, “The Long Game“ This week’s featured post \[…\] ## [Power is more than just votes](https://weeklysift.com/2026/08/03/power-is-more-than-just-votes/) _2026-08-03 · weeklysift · The Weekly Sift_ Good short- and medium-term political news has emboldened some writers to remind us of the longer-term bad news. The good news is that polls for the fall elections keep looking better. The unpopular and unpromising Iran War, Trump’s tariffs, the continuing inflation that the war and the tariffs make worse, ICE’s repeated acts of unjustified \[…\] ## [The Monday Morning Teaser](https://weeklysift.com/2026/08/03/the-monday-morning-teaser-656/) _2026-08-03 · weeklysift · The Weekly Sift_ Polls for the fall election are looking good. Trump is unpopular and Democrats have a sizeable lead in the generic congressional ballot. At the moment, they’re even winning Senate races in states where they shouldn’t, like Texas. It’s now easy to imagine a Democratic House majority next year, and maybe even a Senate majority too. \[…\] ## [Left of what?](https://weeklysift.com/2026/07/27/left-of-what/) _2026-07-27 · weeklysift · The Weekly Sift_ People \[are\] calling us the “far left” and we are literally just out here talking about funding public schools and keeping hospitals open and paving roads. – Jess Piper There is no featured post this week. Ongoing stories This week’s developments This week everybody was talking about the war with no end in sight We’ve \[…\] ## [Home Internet From Space (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/VIR1CaM7GL8J) _2026-07-27 · **Sponsored**_ Residential satellite internet that brings connectivity to homes beyond conventional networks ## [The Monday Morning Teaser](https://weeklysift.com/2026/07/27/the-monday-morning-teaser-655/) _2026-07-27 · weeklysift · The Weekly Sift_ There’s no featured post this week. But the weekly summary will have a lot to cover: the on-again-off-again war, the wildfires in Europe, the latest pretext for Trump’s tariffs, anticipating the Musk crash, the state of the Senate midterms, and several other things, concluding with a big battery in Finland that is just rocks inside \[…\] ## [Coming for Us](https://weeklysift.com/2026/07/20/coming-for-us/) _2026-07-20 · weeklysift · The Weekly Sift_ You may think the camps are for someone else. DHS has already floated “100 million deportations” as a real number. Only 47 million people living in America were born somewhere else. Hitting 100 million means coming for citizens too, native-born and naturalized alike. “These concentration camps are being built for us. We can stop them.” \[…\] ## [Why everything seems to be getting worse](https://weeklysift.com/2026/07/20/why-everything-seems-to-be-getting-worse/) _2026-07-20 · weeklysift · The Weekly Sift_ Cory Doctorow’s recent book not only outlines how “enshittification” works, but lays out solutions. The problem with Google. Recently I was trying to plan an upcoming trip to Paris. Having heard warnings that the Louvre can book up, I set out to buy advance tickets online. Googling “Louvre tickets” took me to louvre-museum-tickets.org, where I \[…\]