Good morning. The Michigan Senate primary is decided tomorrow, Missouri votes on the future of its state income tax the same day, and a Senate committee takes up a contempt resolution against Dr. Anthony Fauci on Wednesday. Three tests, three days, and today is the last day to vote absentee in Missouri. Here is what we are tracking.
Michigan Senate Primary: The Frontrunner, the Streamer, and Tuesday’s Test
Michigan Democrats choose their Senate nominee tomorrow, and the final polling shows a race that has broken open. An Emerson College survey conducted July 26 and 27 for WLNS and WOODTV puts former Detroit health director Abdul El-Sayed at 54 percent against Rep. Haley Stevens at 39 percent, with 6 percent undecided (700 likely Democratic primary voters, margin of error 3.7 points). A separate poll from The Public Sentiment Institute, in the field July 25 to 29, found a 54.8 to 45.2 split head to head, while cautioning that the true lead could range from roughly five to 15 points depending on the age of the electorate that shows up. The RealClearPolling average for July had El-Sayed ahead 50.5 to 40.3.
The race has become a proxy war inside the Democratic Party. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer recruited Stevens; Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez endorsed El-Sayed on July 2. And the campaign’s most covered figure is not on the ballot: Twitch streamer Hasan Piker, who campaigned for El-Sayed and became a controversy of his own after telling CNN there is a “zero percent chance” the party’s 2028 presidential nominee will be pro-Israel “in any way.” State Sen. Mallory McMorrow, herself a former candidate in this race, said Piker “is not somebody that you should be campaigning with.” CNN’s Sunday closing report framed the primary as a referendum on which wing of the party commands its future. Tomorrow, Michigan answers.
Missouri’s Amendment 5: Last Absentee Day Today, Polls Open Tomorrow
Missouri’s no-excuse absentee voting window closes today. Tomorrow, polls are open from 6 AM to 7 PM statewide, and the marquee item is Amendment 5, the proposal to phase out the state income tax. The stakes are structural: the income tax brings in roughly $8.5 billion a year, about 63 percent of Missouri’s general revenue. Supporters, including Gov. Mike Kehoe, argue the phase-out is safeguarded by revenue triggers; opponents warn it could shift the burden toward sales taxes on services. Full explainers are available from KY3 and KCUR.
Turnout is the variable to watch. Secretary of State Denny Hoskins projects roughly 32 percent participation statewide, and the early voting period opened with a rush that election officials read as a sign of unusual interest for an August primary. Ballot measure campaigns have spent a combined $26.7 million. No public polling on the amendment exists, so nobody honestly knows where it stands. If you have not voted yet, Fox 2’s voter guide has polling place and ID details.
The DSA Is Already Planning 2028, and AOC Is the Name in the Room
The Washington Post reported Sunday that the Democratic Socialists of America are actively debating how to approach the 2028 presidential race, with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez at the center of the conversation. The organization won at least 30 primary races in 2026, including Janeese Lewis George’s victory in Washington D.C.’s Democratic mayoral primary. Internally, the fight is over timing: the group’s National Political Committee voted 14 to 13 earlier this summer to reject an all-member poll on an early endorsement, pushing the decision to the organization’s August 2027 convention. One faction wanted to “endorse AOC on day one.” Ocasio-Cortez, for her part, says she is not running for any other office and is not seeking endorsements. The story lands 48 hours before a Michigan primary that will test exactly how much electoral weight this movement carries.
Fauci Contempt Resolution Goes to Committee Wednesday
The Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs is scheduled to consider a contempt resolution against Dr. Anthony Fauci on Wednesday. The resolution follows the July 29 hearing at which Fauci invoked the Fifth Amendment 111 times. Sen. Rand Paul’s position is that Fauci’s 2025 pardon strips him of the privilege he cited; Paul told Fauci at the hearing that the committee would vote on “a resolution certifying your contempt.” Democrats, led by Sen. Richard Blumenthal, have called the proceedings a show trial. If the resolution clears committee it would go to the full Senate, and from there to a Justice Department referral. Committee schedules do move, so treat Wednesday as scheduled rather than certain.
New York’s Pied-a-Terre Rollout: The Deadline Moved, the Database Did Not
A weekend update on the story we followed all last week: Mayor Zohran Mamdani extended the exemption application deadline for the city’s new pied-a-terre tax from August 21 to September 18, after a rollout in which a public database listed more than 900,000 properties that might be subject to the surcharge while only about 17,000 households received actual notice letters. The extension does not change the bills already issued, and the searchable database remains online. Criticism has come from unexpected directions: podcaster and NYU professor Scott Galloway, himself on the list, said on the Pivot podcast that the city had turned a legitimate revenue tool into “a wanted poster” and that he had been doxed. City-run grocery stores, the other half of the mayor’s affordability agenda, continue to draw fire from economists over their promised 30 percent discount.
Last Week on the 4Liberty Network
On Wake Up America, Austin closed the month with “Why Joseph McCarthy Was Right” (July 27), two hours on what the Venona files actually showed versus what your textbook told you; catch it on the podcast feed or the Rumble archive. On the site, Austin took apart the Vice President’s “economics is fake” line in Alexander Hamilton, Milton Friedman, and JD Vance’s Refrigerator, Brad Boeckmann covered the Salvation Army’s 62-bed shelter expansion in Jefferson City, civil society doing the work without a dollar of government operating money, and the network published The Goldwater Revival Starts Now. One more thing worth your click: 4Liberty launched a nationwide talent search for the next great voice for liberty. If that’s you, apply.
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