Egyptian sentenced to life for funding Muslim Brotherhood giving money to Abdul El-Sayed’s U.S. Senate campaign
An Egyptian American activist sentenced to life in prison in absentia by a Cairo court for his support of the Muslim Brotherhood is pumping cash into Abdul El-Sayed’s campaign for U.S. Senate.
Mohamed Soltan, the 38-year-old president of the American Committee for Middle East Rights, is funneling funds to El-Sayed’s Abdul for U.S. Senate candidate committee as ACMER contributes to Fighting for Michigan PAC, the super PAC backing the former Wayne County health official.
Soltan was sentenced by an Egyptian court to life in prison in 2015 after spending two years behind bars alongside his father, Salah Soltan, a leading figure in the Muslim Brotherhood who served as deputy minister of endowments for Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi. Click here to read more.
Olympic gold medalist urges WNBA to define female-only eligibility
WASHINGTON — The WNBA spent this summer grappling with a debate over eligibility in women’s sports, after comments from Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham ignited protests and backlash across the league.
Cunningham said biological males do not belong in women’s sports, setting off a chain of reactions that included protests outside arenas and two former NBA players announcing they identify as women and will enter next year’s draft.
The league’s player contract says only women can play in the WNBA, but it does not define what a woman is. A task force met and denounced “bad faith actors,” but left the category open. Click here to read more.
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Men acquitted in Whitmer kidnapping plot sue
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Three men who were accused and ultimately acquitted in connection to the plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in 2020 are suing the state’s attorney general for violating their civil rights in what they called a “conspiracy to frame” them.
The lawsuits were filed Tuesday, one by twin brothers Michael and William Null and one by Eric Molitor. All three men were acquitted by a jury exactly three years before, on charges of providing support for a terrorist act and a weapon charge. They were the last of 14 men to face charges in state or federal court. Nine were convicted and five were ultimately cleared. Click here to read more.
Chicago speed cameras ticket drivers every 48 seconds
Despite campaigning against them in 2023, Mayor Brandon Johnson added 50 speed cameras in Chicago last year.
That led to a nearly 26% increase in tickets but still didn’t generate as much additional revenue as the city estimated, highlighting the problem with relying on unpredictable sources to balance the budget.
Last year Chicago issued 529,529 tickets to drivers for traveling 6 to 10 mph over the speed limit, up from 424,754 in 2024. That’s an increase of 24.6%.
Tickets for those driving at least 11 mph over the limit increased even faster, rising 30% from 94,906 in 2024 to 123,786 in 2025. Click here to read more.
Trump Economy Delivers Record Low Child and Hispanic Poverty Rates
The poverty rate for children and Hispanics just hit record lows, while median household incomes have hit a record high.
Listen, I know everyone’s bummed over gas prices, and for good reason. Yesterday, I paid $4.19 per gallon. Ouch. Driving past a gas station sign is like looking at a weather barometer for our national economy. Worse, it’s also a barometer for the likely outcome of the midterm elections. And that’s a shame for any number of reasons.
The first is that as much as it sucks, we are all paying a necessary price to ensure that the theocratic death cult that runs Iran does not get its hands on a nuclear bomb. Click here to read more.
