Let’s start with the biggest news of the week and head to America’s most high-profile mitten-shaped formation. No, not the West and East Mitten Buttes of Arizona (though no shade to them). I’m talking, of course, about the great state of Michigan. That’s where a guy you may have heard of named Abdul El-Sayed won a little thing called the Democratic Senate primary on Tuesday, despite facing around $60 million (yes, million with an M) in outside spending, and the full force of the Democratic establishment, against him. Bombshells don’t get more bombshell-ier than this.

We tackled this seismic news from approximately 150 angles—from Chris Lehmann’s analysis of a Democratic leadership class that keeps getting humiliated by insurgents like El-Sayed, to John Nichols on how El-Sayed’s messaging on corruption and affordability bodes well for his chances in November, to Iman Abid on what the win means for the Palestine movement, to Aaron Regenburg on the need for centrist Dems to take their own medicine and “vote blue no matter who.” I’m no big-city lawyer, but I’d call that “comprehensive coverage.”

Of course, there was other news this week! And, as ever, there was a smorgasbord of Nation excellence. We’ve got Zephyr Teachout on noted nepo cretin David Ellison; Bryce Covert on the effects of GOP attacks on Obamacare; Hannah Riley Fernandez on the chilling Trump executive order you need to know about; and much, much more. A veritable feast for you to tuck into this weekend. Happy reading!

—Jack Mirkinson

Senior Editor, The Nation