Somer Sodeman

Reporter with @MIRSnews covering politics, policy and Michigan State House | Previously @thesnews | [email protected]

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Two Attendees Say Rogers Asked To Keep Arab American Meeting Quiet . . . https://t.co/voFGMMJ9yL

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Another attendee corroborated the account. It was disclosed after responding to Rogers' attacks on Abdul El-Sayed, including a new ad associating AES & his family with the Muslim Brotherhood & other extremist organizations. Kyle and I worked on this for the top story yesterday.

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The Arab American News publisher said Mike Rogers privately met with him & roughly 15-20 Arab American community members during his 2024 Senate campaign, then asked them to keep the meeting out of the media as some GOP voters would not support him if they knew he met with them.

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The Arab American News publisher said Mike Rogers privately met with him & roughly 15-20 Arab American community members during his 2024 Senate campaign, then asked them to keep the meeting out of the media as some GOP voters would not support him if they knew he met with them.

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@TruckerRandy I was hoping someone would get a laugh about my phone storage… this is an issue that runs in the family. You should my sister’s phone!

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AES spent quite a bit of time answering a question from a technologist who wanted to understand why data centers are bad for Michigan. (Didn’t capture the full answer due to phone storage and battery).

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@SamanthaShriber Thank you for letting me join! Happy to report I not only survived my podcast debut, but also had a great time with you.

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A look at the crowd today. A volunteer reminded them that not everyone in this room agrees with the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate, Abdul El-Sayed, but any disrupters will be asked to leave.

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Democratic nominee for the 7th Congressional District, William Lawrence kicking off the Lansing town hall hosted by End Citizens United and Abdul El-Sayed’s. He said his race against incumbent Rep. Tom Barrett has become the 2nd most expensive race in the U.S.

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4/4 I asked AES why he didn’t dispute the claims.

“Because at the end of the day, this is about trying to point to somebody whose name is different to make all kinds of hearsay accusations that are just not worth the dignity of a response. I’m just not going to dignify it.”

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1/4 One notable through-line from last night’s debate: Mike Rogers repeatedly sought to tie Abdul El-Sayed’s campaign, supporters and, at one point, his family to the Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas, Hezbollah and Al-Qaeda.

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3/4 After Roger’s & AES answered questions, a consultant approached reporters, pointed to names in AES’ campaign finance filings and alleged they had ties to the groups Rogers referenced. I gave him my card and asked for the names to be emailed. I’m still waiting on that email.

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This debate is feeling a lot like a good episode of the real housewives.

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Pro-John James PAC fueled by the Republican Governors Association, which was averaging $1.58 million a week in paid media, is down to $187,000 this week. James and his other PAC barely spending. Pro-Jocelyn Benson spending this week: $3.79M, per AdImpact.

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Congressman Tom Barrett alongside Speaker of the House Mike Johnson for a press conference that's often turned to his opponent William Lawrence’s old tweets on defunding the police. Johnson is one of many dignitaries Barrett has brought out during the campaign trail.

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Whitmer Seeks Alternatives To Gas tax Pause; Senate Takes No Action . . . https://t.co/kVSyP1eEe3

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Interesting venue dynamics today: Dem nominee for governor Jocelyn Benson launched her “Heroes for Benson” coalition at a Warren Fraternal Order of Police building.

But the MI FOP endorsed her opponent, Republican John James, and his sign was outside.

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Shout out to MIRS for that female representation!

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Among the troves of documentation the @LibraryofMich and @MIHistoryCenter archives had on the 1961-1962 Constitutional Convention, was a detailed list of who covered it.

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This is huge

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Here is official trailer, You Can See Everything