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Mike Rogers raises cash with ex-lawmaker who said ‘we can’t make an African American white’

If Mike Rogers wanted to distance his Senate campaign from the racism and Islamophobia surrounding the race, holding a fundraiser at the home of a former state lawmaker who once said “we can’t make an African American white” was a strange way to go about it.

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Mike Rogers weakened housing rules while his family was in the building business

Republican Senate candidate Mike Rogers is pitching deregulation as a path to cheaper housing decades after pushing measures that weakened building safeguards and energy-efficiency standards while his family was in the construction business.

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Mike Rogers’ wife appears to join the anti-Muslim fear campaign ahead of Dearborn hate rally

An Instagram account that appears to belong to the wife of Republican U.S. Senate candidate Mike Rogers recently reposted a video portraying Muslims as resistant to assimilation and suggesting many view terrorism as a legitimate form of resistance.

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This Democratic Detroit Senate primary has attracted utilities, developers, Republican backers, Zionists, and plenty of dark money 

A powerful collection of corporate interests, developers, utility-linked organizations, pro-Israel political donors, Republican backers, and secretive nonprofits is pouring money into a closely watched Democratic state Senate primary in Detroit and Downriver.

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Haley Stevens supporter falsely attacks El-Sayed over an Arabic campaign that doesn’t exist

A Farmington Public Schools board member is facing accusations of racism and Islamophobia after saying Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed should stop speaking Arabic and playing Arabic music at campaign events.

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Millionaire Mike Rogers says voters blaming Trump for high prices are ‘nuts’

Millionaire U.S. Senate candidate Mike Rogers said people who blame President Trump for rising prices have “lost their mind,” dismissing voter concerns about affordability as Michigan families continue to struggle with higher costs.

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UAW endorses Abdul El-Sayed in major boost for Michigan Senate bid

The United Auto Workers endorsed Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan’s closely watched U.S. Senate race Friday, giving the progressive former Wayne County health director one of the most coveted labor endorsements in the state less than two months before the Democratic primary.

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