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Against the backdrop of the 2026 midterm cycle, a network of state-based newspapers with ties to Soros-linked funding has drawn fresh scrutiny in Michigan.
The Michigan Independent, distributed across the state and carrying a Washington, D.C. non-profit address on its front cover, ran an August 2026 headline calling Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed a veteran.
El-Sayed has never served in the military, and the article's own text contained no such claim.
Photos of the headline circulated on social media before Fox News Digital obtained a physical copy of the edition in Michigan.
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