Sunday on MS NOW’s “The Assignment,” Michigan Senate Senator Mallory McMorrow (D) said in a “sad” and “desperate” move, Rep. Haley Stevens (D-MI) endorsing Republican Rep. Mike Rogers for Senate is abandoning “Michiganders and her constituents.” Host Antonia Hylton said, “I

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Only 6% of Democrats think that “patriotism” is important for the country.

That was one of the unnerving findings of a recently released Gallup national survey about American values that highlighted the conflict of visions that defines modern politics.

Gallup led its report on the survey with the seemingly heartening idea that three-quarters of Americans can “identify at least one value most Americans share,” but that’s grasping at straws a bit, as the summary admits.

The list included 12 values, most of which seem so universal they would be shared by pretty much any group of people the world over. The summary writers noted that the findings show that “there is little consensus on which values are widely shared, or which the country needs more of.”

On the list of 12 values, Democrats ranked patriotism as the lowest value and “equality” as the highest. Republicans were essentially the reverse, ranking patriotism as the highest value needed for the country and putting equality near the bottom of the list.

What’s impressive to me about the absurdly low priority Democrats give to patriotism is that the question pertains to the country. One would think that if patriotism is valued at all, this would be the place for it. But nope.

Even some liberals jarred by the rise of the far Left found this statistic concerning.

“We need to confront the fact that anti-Americanism has become the default stance of the Democratic voter base,” left-leaning commentator Noah Smith wrote on X.

Smith not long ago promoted the idea that Democrats were reembracing patriotism at the end of the Biden era, but that was no more than a mirage.

To steelman the views of the Democrat base in this poll one could say that they just don’t think patriotism is important right now. But isn’t that a huge problem too?

It’s clear that much of the Left’s patriotism, such that it is, stems from their satisfaction in having like-minded people in the White House. The moment they lose power, their pride in America melts down to a shallow puddle.

Just as worrisome for our future, another Gallup poll found that Americans not only have very little faith in the government, but they don’t even trust each other. Only 51% of those surveyed trust “the American people as a whole,” the lowest number Gallup has recorded, though only marginally lower than last year.

What’s apparent in the data from the Gallup polls is that there is now a chasm of difference between Americans on core values and which ones are prioritized. The gap is so severe that it calls into question how America moves forward without devolving into two distinct regimes angrily living under one hopelessly divided government.

Patriotism was something we could fall back on, even when we disagreed over the extent to which we believed in this idea or that. When you throw in the dramatic increase in religious, ethnic, and racial diversity that has occurred over the last half-century it’s easy to see why America and so many other Western countries are powder kegs. People fall into pure tribal identitarianism or ideological solidarity. Trust disintegrates. Cynicism prevails.

So, we are faced with an enormous challenge. How does one move forward when these sorts of implacable battle lines are drawn? During the Civil War, George Washington’s Mount Vernon was neutral ground, a small recognition of our origin during a catastrophic attempt at national divorce.

Today we may not even have that amount of shared connection as the flag and symbols of our country no longer bind us together.

Right now, we must accept this reality for what it is. But we shouldn’t accept that this is inevitably our future. Is the answer to choosing between patriotism and a lack of patriotism meeting in the middle? No.

The answer, I believe, is to double down on the values once shared that brought America to its zenith: pride in our past, Americanism in our schools, and an unrepentant devotion to the great nation the Founders built and sent along its way.

Many who now live in America find these things contemptible. So be it. Arguing them out of this position will likely be fruitless.

All we can do now is provide a compelling alternate vision. Ensure that we paint a picture of a better future for young Americans whose views haven’t hardened. Build institutional strength so that we can transmit these ideas as wide and as deeply as possible.

The only way out is through, as they say.

Director Michael Mann accidentally shot himself in the leg while holstering his handgun about 4 p.m. Saturday at the The Range L.A.

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Democrat Haley Stevens, who was originally scheduled to appear today at an event with former primary rival Abdul El-Sayed, announced she is endorsing his Republican opponent in the Michigan Senate race, Mike Rogers.

El-Sayed had urged Stevens not to attend any events for his campaign after she criticized his failure to condemn a pro-El-Sayed ad widely seen as antisemitic.

“Our Democratic nominee Abdul said I should stay away from his campaign, and he is right. And that is why I am endorsing Mike Rogers for the United States Senate today. I don’t belong in Abdul’s campaign,” Stevens said in a post on X.

She singled out El-Sayed’s ties to virulent antisemite Hasan Piker, whom El-Sayed has embraced on the campaign trail, denouncing the message of “hate” the pair offer Michigan students.

“I do not stand with Hasan Piker, who gets trafficked on our college campuses,” she said. “A dear friend of mine earlier today said that education is on the ballot. And she’s absolutely right. And what our students see, what our children see, and who we are as Michiganders is not hate. It is not what we are getting out of our Democratic nominee right now.”

Stevens joined Rogers for a church service in Detroit, afterward saying, “we can’t stand with hate,” adding, “I stood with my party, and I was booed off stage.”

Rogers, locked in a tight battle with El-Sayed to replace retiring Democratic Sen. Gary Peters, echoed the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, saying, “You can’t solve hate with hate. You have to solve it with love.”

The Republican told of Jewish women on the campus of the University of Michigan who hide their Stars of David and men who cover up their yarmulkas, for fear of being targeted.

“We have gone too far,” he said.

As late as Friday, Stevens was affirming her support for El-Sayed while demanding that he condemn an advertisement from Cenk Uygur’s Rebellion PAC blaming Israel for high grocery prices and that he apologize for his past rhetoric about Israel. Uygur is Piker’s uncle.

“Haley has made it clear to anyone who will listen that remains on Team Dem,” Stevens’ fiancé Jason Turkish told “Fox & Friends Weekend” on Saturday. “Her only ask, a very small ask, was to say that we not blame all of society’s high costs on one group of people.”

Such a statement was not forthcoming. And so, two days before the election, Stevens told Michiganders, “My vote for Senate will be for Mike Rogers, because we have to stand with country.”

Reuters contributed to this report.

Somali immigrants are backing Ohio Democrat Amy Acton in her campaign for governor, with Democrat state Rep. Ismail Mohamed telling supporters via video, "the most important race in Ohio is the governor's seat race." 

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The 2026 midterm elections are a busy time for Ohio. Not only are there key federal elections, like a costly U.S. Senate special election, but also a high-profile governor’s race. Then there’s the open battle for attorney general.

Down-ballot races could be tricky, especially with a Republican president in office and Democrats potentially winning the Senate or governor’s race. But Ohio Auditor Keith Faber, the Republican candidate, is “feel[ing] good,” telling the Daily Signal, “I think we’ve run a competitive campaign” and “executed on what we’ve needed to execute.” He’s also outspent his Democratic opponent, John Kulewicz.

This is all while he acknowledged “in the end, this is an interesting election year. I think we’re getting headwinds, and it’s making it more difficult for the down ticket races.”

Topping the ticket is the governor’s race between Republican Vivek Ramaswamy and Democrat Amy Acton, with Acton seen as having the edge according to forecasters, polls, and prediction markets.

Faber stressed that the outcome Tuesday will depend on turnout. “If the normal Republican voters show up, the whole ticket’s going to be successful,” he predicted. Faber also later pointed out he believes this speaks to how Ohio “is generally a red state or certainly a reddish state.”

In 2018, arguably a blue-wave year—though not in Ohio statewide races—Faber noted that he and other Republican statewide candidates had been down in the polls but went on to win. He’s leading in the polls now, and also favored even if other Ohio Republicans might not be at this point.

Adam Piper, executive director of the Republican Attorneys General Association, also expressed confidence in Faber’s chances.

“Keith Faber is one of the most qualified candidates Ohio has ever had for attorney general,” Piper told the Daily Signal, bringing up his experience as state auditor and his past role as Senate president, speaking to his “legitimate record of fighting fraud, waste, and abuse.”

Piper also noted that attorneys general are seen as pro-law enforcement candidates and pointed to the safety concerns that come with the Democratic Socialists of America’s influence on the Democratic Party and soft-on-crime district attorneys.

If Acton and Kulewicz win, Piper warned, they’ll “turn Ohio, into a junior varsity form of Minneapolis with California values and New York-styled socialism.”

What’s at stake goes beyond general law and order and safety concerns, as well as the support of law enforcement, which Faber has touted on the campaign trail that he has.

One particular case that Faber is concerned about going forward involves Ohio’s voucher program. EdChoice has been deemed unconstitutional by the courts, but is to be appealed to the state Supreme Court and is allowed to remain in effect.

Faber expressed concerns about the case if Kulewicz were to win, given that he “hasn’t committed” and “could decide he’s not going to appeal that.”

The Republican stressed the importance of the program, given that “upwards of 25% of Ohio students are educated through vouchers now, and it is very important for Ohio families to know they’re not going to be financially strapped if they’re getting a voucher and to keep their choice for where their kids go to school. And that’s a very important case that my opponent’s never talked about, and his largest donors, the teachers’ unions, don’t want continued.”

“It’s Republican AGs [who are] freedom’s frontline and also the last line of defense. And so, on the biggest issues, on the biggest stages, Republican AGs delivered those wins,” Piper shared about the important work attorneys general do.

“Whatever the next big case is, the difference between a Republican AG and a Democrat AG is the difference between night and day, on the future, on whether it’s morning in America or not, tomorrow, next week, and next year.”

Faber also argued the position of attorney general may even be more important than who is governor, given that the governor “for public policy issues has to go through the legislature.”

“The most important thing in Ohio right now is making sure that our public safety officials, our law enforcement, and prosecutors, have the support to keep Ohio safe,” Faber noted, also speaking to having “an attorney general who is going to pursue justice for Ohioans.”

This means “going after the human traffickers, the cyber fraudsters, the elder abusers, the big companies who want to rip Ohioans off, and that’s going to be a very important difference between a Republican and a Democrat.”

He went on to mention that he and Kulewicz would “approach things very differently.” These may be “partisan elections, but they’re not partisan offices,” Faber also stressed.

Faber has his own concerns about Kulewicz, including how “he’s never prosecuted a single criminal case” and “does not have the support of law enforcement or prosecutors, and he has not talked the entire election about what he’s going to do in that regard. That’s just not his background. He’s also never run anything. He would walk into a 1,600-person office that’s complex and multifaceted, and he’s going to be learning as be goes.”

The Daily Signal reached out to Kulewicz’s campaign for comment but did not hear back in time for publication.

Faber or Kulewicz will replace Attorney General Andy Wilson, who replaced Dave Yost, who has been with Alliance Defending Freedom since June.

Today, the final weekend before the midterm election, President Trump will be holding two rallies.  One in Dubuque, Iowa, and a second in Salina, Kansas.  President Trump is anticipated to speak in Iowa at 4:00pm ET.  Livestream Links Below: . . Posted in Donald Trump, Election 2026, President Trump, Press Secretary - Trump

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