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What would that prove, exactly? That's what it is and most of us didn't have one on our chest for 20yrs.

again, I don't think theories like this are taking into account that Platner got started as the candidate of Maine organized labor because they have a terrible relationship with Mills

The entire Platner situation is heartbreaking because a wide chunk of the Democratic electorate is desperate for someone who won't communicate in sentence-long conglomerations of phrases that have been focused grouped for years and wants that to pay off well, just once, and so far it hasn't.

Personally I’m less offended by Platner’s tattoo and the Reddit posts than by (1) the inability of the team to anticipate the issue and plan ahead and (2) the consultants who sought him out to do any vetting at all and built this working class populist image out of not much.

It was also major political malpractice on the part of whomever "vetted" him and either a) didn't catch something so easily discovered, or b) knew about it and somehow didn't think it would come out over the course of a year-plus campaign and potential decades-long Senate career.

Pod save the pod save guys.

Mainers on bsky are going through it today so try to be a little understanding if we're feeling extra salty.

Someone just blocked me because I tagged an account he was sub-skeeting via a quote post. If anyone follows @eliasisquith.blog tell him I'm on his side, dammit.

FFS stop defending Platner.

“Leftists need to be realistic, there is no perfect candidate”

Wanting candidates that don’t have N*zi tattoos isn’t asking for perfection.

Wanting candidates that don’t support genocide isn’t asking for perfection.

This is bare minimum stuff. Stop settling & calling it wisdom.

We're all just pretty demoralized because at this point it's almost certainly going to be Mills and progressive Mainers have been disillusioned with Mills for years now. It sucks and we hate it

Here Comes the Paradigm Shift It's all moving very fast.

Obama's America and its shadow—Jeffrey Epstein's America—was once history's dead-end.

The right saw those days as exclusive & woke. The left considered the culture stagnant.

For better or worse, we're unstuck now & change is happening very fast.

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Seriously, WTF? Are we just that hard up for younger progressive candidates in Maine?

The real question is why did none of his handlers do the very minimal oppo required to uncover this? Did they actually know about it and simply lack the basic intelligence to realize this would most definitely come out? Mind numbing stupidity all around.

Just drop it Watch, he's cooked. Onward and upward.

Some of us were actually getting ready to vote for him Drew

Platner should definitely fuck off the political stage, but my real beef is with whatever incompetent doofus "vetted" him.

You brought in Mamdani's people without bothering to ask a Marine vet about any problematic tattoos? What the fuck are we even doing

Y'all, I'm crashing out hard and need a break. Knew the high of No Kings Day wouldn't last long, but didn't expect it to vanish in less than 3 news cycles. Today has been too much for this Mainer.

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Guys, we're gonna win.
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Set yourself up for success.

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Prophetic
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Best to just accept the fact this argument will never end because none of us ever loved Obama in 2008 as much as Nico hates him in 2025.

Between this and the diarrhea plane video, the regime these last few days has been giving "too on the nose" a whole new meaning.

No Kings literally means placing rule of law above rule by fiat. Under Trump there is no order because there is no law-- only what Diarrhea Donald commands.

Side note- wow, new GOP jump-scare face just dropped

Who exactly is he pointing to in the accusation of calling for political murder? That lie seems like it should be a bigger deal.

If Johnson just flat out *never* seats Grijalva, will there honestly be any repercussions?

Even worse, this also strikes me as a possible preview of what's to come in January 2027

A Key Senate Candidate Opposes Eliminating The Flibuster The Maine governor and establishment pick to challenge GOP Sen. Susan Collins said she wants to keep the Senate's 60-vote requirement for most legislation.

Folks have understandably been focused on Graham Platner's online posts but this may wind up being the most important thing that happened in ME-Sen the last 72 hrs. The substance but also the jolting revelation that Janet Mills seems to lack basic familiarity w/ how the Senate functions. #MEpolitics