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Maine Democrat Graham Platner Is Winning Voters All 'Pissed At The Same Thing'

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bloomberg Mar 27, 2026 +764
*More From Bloomberg News Reporter Greg Ryan* Graham Platner, the oyster farmer seeking to become Maine's next Senator, has seized frontrunner status in the Democratic primary with a progressive vision that’s finally finding an audience in the historically moderate state. The Maine race is a must-win for Democrats, who need a net gain of four seats in November’s midterm elections to claim a Senate majority and see an opportunity to oust Republican Susan Collins from a seat she’s held for nearly 30 years. A series of recent polls have put Platner ahead of his main challenger in the June 9 Democratic primary, two-term Maine Governor Janet Mills, even as he faces backlash for misogynistic and offensive social media posts he made years ago. Platner earned 55% support among likely primary voters to Mills’ 28% in an Emerson College poll released Thursday. Platner’s campaign is centered on an ire for billionaires, big corporations and the Washington establishment on both sides of the aisle. He’s called for universal healthcare and higher taxes on the rich, denouncing elements of the national Democratic party as too beholden to corporate power. It’s a radical message for Maine, a state with the country's oldest population and a long history of favoring centrists. It’s also far from the norm for the Democratic party writ large, which in recent years has focused more on criticizing President Donald Trump than big new ideas. [Read the full story here](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2026-03-27/graham-platner-s-tattoo-controversy-isn-t-holding-him-back-in-senate-race)
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Rombledore Mar 27, 2026 +885
>It’s a radical message is it though? to want universal healthcare like all other modern developed nations? to want billionaires to pay their fair share? to ease the burden on the working class so we can have a modicum of happiness, health, and security?
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noncongruent Mar 27, 2026 +158
Health care costs are one of the biggest drags on the American economy, and it's one of the big reasons we're not competitive on the world manufacturing market. I remember reading about how Japan overtook the US in our domestic automotive market in the 1970s because Japanese cars were cheaper for the same quality, and eventually better quality for the same price, as domestically built cars. American car makers tried to blame unions for their higher costs, but the reality was that Japan has universal health care *and* the overall cost of health care to their manufacturing economy was significantly lower, so Japanese workers could earn less than our workers and yet have more money to spend since their out of pocket health care costs were so much lower than ours. The other big factor was a guy named [W. Edwards Deming](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._Edwards_Deming), an American recognized as a national hero in Japan, but that's a whole novel in itself. Our bloated health care costs combined with a price-driven system that excludes millions of Americans from access to health care is dragging us down, it's a failed system that should have been replaced when Clinton was President. It's unsustainable and doomed to collapse. At this point since we've proven we can't figure it out ourselves we should hire other countries to figure it out for us. It's high time we stop letting Darwin pick the winners and losers in our health care system.
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NoKids__3Money Mar 27, 2026 +61
You main paying $700 for a band-aid at the hospital is bad for the economy?
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noncongruent Mar 27, 2026 +30
$700 sounds like a deep d*******, where'd you find that awesome deal?
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MetaPhalanges Mar 27, 2026 +22
Bob's D******* Healthcare (and Furniture)
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NoCoolNameMatt Mar 27, 2026 +6
Just call 1-888-Doctorb The "b" is for "bargain!"
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Daddy_Milk Mar 27, 2026 +4
JD's favorite doctor.
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AGayThrow_Away Mar 27, 2026 +6
And $40 to administer the band-aid. And the subcontracted nurse that applied it is out of network even though the hospital is in network so actually it's $80.
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CrackerJackKittyCat Mar 27, 2026 +21
\> Health care costs are one of the biggest drags on the American economy ... Hey, don't d******* the cost of completely unnecessary wars in the middle east!
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Ven18 Mar 27, 2026 +10
That’s the drag on our energy sector. If we spent the money of the Middle East wars on a green energy grid we would be 100% renewable like 10+ years ago and something like 4 trillion dollars richer ( and that’s just savings).
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CrackerJackKittyCat Mar 27, 2026 +2
Nah, is better for us to pay French companies 9 figures to abandon offshore wind generation projects.
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LookAlderaanPlaces Mar 27, 2026 +10
Costs are bloated because the oligarchs put up the smokescreen in the system to make it confusing as f***, and then insert like 4 million middle men all circularly charging each other for their “services”, charge insane inflated bills and pocket the tax write offs (by design) commiting fraud to not pay taxes and offset operating costs, illegally recruit doctors as sales agents which ends up killing people, and kill people for profit to please the shareholders. The whole system needs to nuked. I can’t even think of any better way to set up a pyramid scheme fraud engine.
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noncongruent Mar 27, 2026 +6
The fundamental flaw of our health care system, the defect that has and will doom it to complete failure, is the fact that it's designed primarily to generate profits for a few. A real health care system would be designed to improve the health of everyone, instead of placing profits ahead of health outcomes. The rest of the world has shown that ironically it's possible to improve health care access *and* outcomes for everyone and do it for less money.
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LookAlderaanPlaces Mar 28, 2026 +5
This is why the oligarchs need to be taxed out of existence, and we need to make sure the tax revenue goes to actual real shit and not stolen from the people.
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starliteburnsbrite Mar 27, 2026 +186
To billionaires like Bloom erg it's tantamount to pure anarchy.
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ethertrace Mar 27, 2026 +90
The etymology of "radical" is from the Latin word *radix*, meaning root. A radical is someone who wants to address the root of a problem, rather than just try to treat the symptoms. So, yes, it is radical. Corporate media and status quo politicians, though, have trained us to hear that word and think that it is a bad thing.
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oldqwertybastrd Mar 27, 2026 +26
TIL. Thanks for the info!
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Ludwigofthepotatoppl Mar 27, 2026 +6
Hah, so radish just means root.
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LadyKatieCat Mar 27, 2026 +3
This is only very tangentially related, but I guess that also explains why radishes are called "radish." Neat stuff!
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psychologystudentpod Mar 27, 2026 +5
I saved everyone a trip to verify this. This should absolutely be part of the discourse, with the argument that our current political climate sucks at solving problems that impact everyday Americans.
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s-multicellular Mar 27, 2026 +2
Oh. Interesting.
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Gamebird8 Mar 27, 2026 +9
The media cannot realize that almost 70% of this country wants Universal Healthcare, Higher Minimum Wages, and Higher Taxes on Billionaires, because yo admit so wouod surrender the narrative to truth
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UghFudgeBwana Mar 27, 2026 +31
It's radical to corpos for sure
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AverageLiberalJoe Mar 27, 2026 +21
"It's radical and also the thing that is very popular." -Journalism
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Ancient-Bat1755 Mar 27, 2026 +34
Plus moderates and gop swing voters love a dude that said stupid shit years ago since many people have if they make up for it over time with hard work etc Seems like a win for dems I could not vote for this dude but can see the appeal
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Hesitation-Marx Mar 27, 2026 +19
And he’s been doing town hall after town hall, while Mills only shows up via Zoom and acts the fool the entire time. You know it’s gonna be good when the minister alumnus of the church where your audience is calls out your dishonest ads to your face.
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intangibleTangelo Mar 27, 2026 +2
it's not radical, period.  the billionaires have the megaphones. from their perspective this stuff is radical. it would radically alter how they make money. 
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Plastic_Kangaroo5720 Mar 27, 2026 +3
These things are normal in most other parts of the world. It’s sad that they’re radical here.
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Papapeta33 Mar 27, 2026 +3
You omitted some key contextual language in your quote sir.
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MeatMullet Mar 27, 2026 +22
This is the way.
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fanoren Mar 27, 2026 +21
Im just pissed the man had a nazi tattoo for years, said he wished he could have fought in the Indian wars, and is a member of the 1% he's railing against. And the crowd that supports him would have eaten him alive for even one of those if he wasn't on their side. Not to mention everything about the guy is screaming FETTERMAN 2.0 to me, and I do not like it.
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hike_me Mar 27, 2026 +22
He came from an upper middle class family (attorney father, mother owns a fancy restaurant) and had a famous architect grandfather but I wouldn’t call the dude a 1%er
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BernieBrother4Biden Mar 27, 2026 +7
He's much more likely to be a 3%er
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_Cromwell_ Mar 27, 2026 +13
Okay then vote for the 90 year old neolib.
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UngodlyPain Mar 27, 2026 +2
>it's a radical message No the f*** it's really not.
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letsago9987 Mar 27, 2026 +1295
wake up democratic establishment. you have no credibility with your own voters to the point they will pick almost anyone vs your preferred candidate.
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rainator Mar 27, 2026 +436
Doesn’t help they are putting all their weight behind a boring, unpopular dinosaur.
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jediporcupine Mar 27, 2026 +198
Our political elite loves nominating fossils who have firsthand experience of using the telegraph.
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thealmightyzfactor Mar 27, 2026 +97
Well you see, it's their turn, they put in the work doing nothing for decades, so it's time for them to be a senator and also do nothing for decades.
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alabasterskim Mar 27, 2026 +35
Mills's case is so much worse because I'm thoroughly convinced she doesn't even want this, the DSCC just kept pushing her.
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Professional_Tea_32 Mar 27, 2026 +29
She was “chosen”, Platner literally said they told him to back down The DSSC could care less about the good of the country and the strength of the party and its people. F*ck them.
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Ven18 Mar 27, 2026 +13
The whole of the DC consulting class including the DSSC are more out of touch with reality than the local addict who claims to be Jesus reincarnated. They are so in their bubble they have lost any ability to communicate with the outside world.
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rainator Mar 27, 2026 +12
That’s what happens when the creature they used to make the wax tablets goes extinct.
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Easy-Philosopher6703 Mar 27, 2026 +46
Susan Collins?
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crystal_castles Mar 27, 2026 +161
Schumer is all out in favor of Janet Mills, who's--surprise--endorsed by AIPAC
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TransiTorri Mar 27, 2026 +120
Schumer has stated his only goal is to keep the United States subservient to Israel. He has to go, along with anyone else taking AIPAC funding.
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RespectfulBreastsPlz Mar 27, 2026 +27
It's AOC time in NY at large, not just one district
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Xytak Mar 27, 2026 +27
Very well. Inform the Parliamentarian that Schumer is to step down as Democratic leader immediately. Authorization: Janeway Epsilon 447.
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vitras Mar 27, 2026 +20
Tea, Earl gray, hot enough to burn down the establishment.
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SlyBun Mar 27, 2026 +16
Janeway’s a “coffee, black” kinda captain. The sort of captain who will destroy everything in her path because someone told her there’s coffee in a nebula on the other side of hostile territory. She’ll tear down the Capitol and kill everyone in it to save them from a worse fate. She’s exactly who we need to lead the Democratic Party.
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Lord_of_Knitting Mar 27, 2026 +4
Aaaand that's my no kings sign now
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scene_missing Mar 27, 2026 +27
And eight thousand years old. Seriously we need candidates that don’t look straight out of a Mummy remake
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xX_7HR0W-4W4Y_Xx Mar 27, 2026 +28
78 is the perfect age to start a 6-year term as senator l. Surely she'll still be sharp as a tack by the end of it, and ready for another one.
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turtleviking Mar 27, 2026 +18
She currently is governor. She's running for US Senator, which carries a six-year term. So she'll be 84 by the end of her first term. Incumbents often win, so she'll be 90 at the end of her second term, 96 at the end of her third, and 104 at the end of her fourth. If medicine keeps up, she might go for 110! Sadly, I wish there were a /s at the end of this. 
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Lamplighter4Eva Mar 27, 2026 +9
We are speed running having a Weekend at Bernie’s congress, I’m sure that will be great for the country
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Professional_Tea_32 Mar 27, 2026 +6
Maxine Waters and Dianne Feinstein would like a word. And Mitch McConnell needs help getting up….
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Dineology Mar 27, 2026 +3
She’s already committed to not running for reelection if she does mange to win this seat. If she’s actually to be believed then that is a guarantee that she’s never going to have the kind of seniority that Collins has and that Dems are going to be stuck in the exact same position fighting for this seat again in another 6 years.
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TeutonJon78 Mar 27, 2026 +8
She is currently governor. She's running for a 6 year Senste seat.
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Skinnieguy Mar 27, 2026 +20
And she is 78 years old. JFC we need age limits
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rainator Mar 27, 2026 +15
Someone somehow even older.
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RaspberryCommie Mar 27, 2026 +3
ItS hEr TuRn.
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baconsword420 Mar 27, 2026 +3
I actually respect and appreciate Mills but I’ll never vote for an octogenarian. Biology is just against you and your mind at that point.
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DigiQuip Mar 27, 2026 +2
Hey, don’t insult dinosaurs like that!
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hansn Mar 27, 2026 +60
But surely the fictional couple, the Bailey's, that Schumer talks to in his head urges center right politics... Sigh 
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jcarter315 Mar 27, 2026 +23
I still love that Schumer's ideal constituents are people who he imagined would have voted against him.
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Fit_Elderberry_7236 Mar 27, 2026 +8
There's no better example of the problems and failures facing the dems than Chuck Schumer making decisions based on fictional Trump voters than actual living beings.
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Backwardspellcaster Mar 27, 2026 +8
I think, now that we talk Schumer, the thing that gave Trump the "in" into the Republicans, which is talking straight about the shit that pisses people off, may have swung now to the Democrat side. People are pissed off. They want that being heard. They are tired of footing the bills for billionaires, corporations, the political elites, while they can barely put bread on the table at the end of the day, and are one missed paycheck away from dying or losing everything. Progressives tap into that. It would be an amazing, perfect path towards gaining control of the US back. There are only two problems. 1. The old Dem-Dinosaurs who'd rather let the US become a fascist state than allowing their progressive wing of the party become prominent and supported, because they get their donations from billionaires and corporations too 2. These progressives are not on board with what Israel is currently doing, which makes them a threat to Netanyahu and all the pro-Israel PACs are going to put their immense financial weight behind preventing these progressives to win. Like Schumer, who considers protecting Israel above protecting Americans, per his own statements. So, the ones who COULD save the country are fighting against both the fascist right and the corporate left.
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b_tight Mar 27, 2026 +100
This. The parties are NOT the same but dems abandoned basic progressive policies over a decade ago
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ciel_lanila Mar 27, 2026 +76
After Mondale, realistically. All the establishment Dems at this point either were of the generation, or mentored under that generation, that saw Reagan win twice and decided their only hope was to become more Republican. Thank god Trump is so unpopular that the risk of that happening again is less, but looking at Newsom I do fear Dem establishment types might do the same thing again in 2028.
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Hurtzdonut13 Mar 27, 2026 +38
Yeah Newsom is the definition of changing his coat and opinions instantly as soon as he feels a light breeze. After Trump won his second term he was rubbing elbows with right wing podcasters declaring his support of taking care of the "immigrant problem" and promoting anti-trans policies. After the inevitable exposure of how toxic Trump was and extreme right wing views being unpopular he's pivoted to giving lip service to more progressive policies while still fighting against any being implemented. He's photogenic and inoffensive to the billionaires that own the media so they are hard positioning him as the heir apparent.
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Spaghetti_Dealer2020 Mar 27, 2026 +24
If Newsom became president, it would lead to a bigger backlash against the Democratic party (both amongst the base and general electorate) than what occurred under the later half of Biden/Harris. Look at whats happened to the UK Labour Party under Keir Starmer, which is too beholden to neoliberalism to fundamentally change anything whilst shifting to the right on various social issues and pissing everyone off in the process. Obviously a different party system but some pollsters have them as low as 15% and in 4th place behind Reform, Tory, and even Green.
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relevantelephant00 Mar 27, 2026 +15
Im really tired of having to choose between a Democrat I dislike and a Republican I loathe. Newsome is a perfect example of someone I'll momentarily agree with then he turns around and ruins that with something stupidly tone-deaf to anything considered progressive.
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freedraw Mar 27, 2026 +14
The party knew Collins’ seat was a must-win. She is perpetually vulnerable. They’ve had years to groom a younger, up-and-coming politician to run…just the fact they had no plan and recruited 78-year old Janet Mills at the last minute is reason enough to earn party voters’ scorn. It’s like Schumer is trying to lose.
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Abi1i Mar 27, 2026 +29
Heck I’m 37 and have never once really wanted to run for office and I’m starting to think I could make a grassroots campaign to primary a Democrat and win by just having a consistent message that cuts across party affiliations.
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baitnnswitch Mar 27, 2026 +9
Do it! [https://runforsomething.net/](https://runforsomething.net/)
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_DapperDanMan- Mar 27, 2026 +12
Do it. You're in Texas, where the DNC doesn't even bother
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Ok-Firefighter5006 Mar 27, 2026 +17
Such an insane take, the DNC has spent hundreds of millions on Texas, in governor races in senate races in house races. And the racist republicans keep voting in their favorite criminals. What’s this random guy going to do that the DNC didn’t?
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SylphSeven Mar 27, 2026 +7
After that win by Emily Gregory in Florida, anything is possible at this point.
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Ok-Firefighter5006 Mar 27, 2026 +2
Yeah the point isn’t that a win is impossible (though I do believe that to be the case) the point was to reject this argument that the dnc doesn’t try in Texas
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BPhiloSkinner Mar 27, 2026 +4
The right-wing drive of the last 40 years has not been entirely rich buggers and astroturfing; plenty of actual grassrootsers have gone into local offices- schoolboards, county councils and such. This has made a springboard for some who have gone on to state and national office. There are also plenty of citizen advisory councils- and in some localities, elected officials actually pay attention to them. Taking on any such position is both responsibility and opportunity; to roll-up sleeves and shovel some cold-pak pothole filler, and to take advantage of a 'bully pulpit' (as Teddy Roosevelt called the Presidency) to speak to-and for- your neighbors. The citizens of this nation have, for too long, been looking to government as something outside themselves; a strange, almost alien construct, supposedly working for them, but doing so in ways obscure, and out of step with the rhythms of their daily lives. We have forgotten that, as citizens, we have both more responsibility- and more power- than just casting a ballot in elections; we have the responsibility and opportunity to take on larger roles, to be part of this 'government of the people, by the people and for the people', and act for ourselves, our families and our neighbors. Indeed, when we take on such roles, we find that those in government are from our families, and our neighborhoods. Paraphrasing Pogo Possum: "We has met the gummint, and they is us."
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Dry_Accident_2196 Mar 27, 2026 +11
Oh stop. The moment he wins the primary he will be backed by the establishment. Trying to create division and not understanding how party politics works is played out. It’s a primary, so do whatever you want.
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LurkinsteinMonster Mar 27, 2026 +266
We can fret that Platner will be another Fetterman, but I'm more fearful that Mills will be another Dianne Feinstein. I think it's incredibly irresponsible and selfish for any 79-year-old to sign up for such a critical six-year commitment. I don't care how sharp or energetic she is today--we want some degree of confidence that she will be equal to the task at age 85, a pretty big question mark for anyone.
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JBurton90 Mar 27, 2026 +74
I like what Majority Report has been saying in that she's basically wanting to be a "my turn" sitting duck that isn't allow a guy to develop any seniority to eventually become a senior member of congress given he is in his 40s. It really is just 6 wasted years of nothing, assuming she stays true to her word and doesn't become a Collins and run for any terms longer than she promised.
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Sennten Mar 27, 2026 +28
My frustration is that Mills was the best the establishment could do. How pathetic is that?
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TheMrGUnit Mar 28, 2026 +3
There were SO many others, but they are apparently all running for governor or D-II rep instead.
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evilhooker Mar 27, 2026 +5
Right now, I have an aunt and uncle (74 and 76 yrs old) who are still running a fruit farm and we are BEGGING them to retire because they are too damn old to be running a farm. I most certainly think the same about people running the government. Our bodies and brains are just not at peak performance at that age. I would be hesitant to support anyone running for Senator who is 70 or over.
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sleepydorian Mar 27, 2026 +9
Mills will 100% be another Feinstein. And the Platner stories reeks of a hitjob. The stories all came from like 2 people, one of which previously worked for Mills and went to work for a consulting firm that is run by former Republican state representatives.
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DragodaDragon Mar 27, 2026 +8
It's honestly embarrassing how she was the best candidate Schumer thought he could find. Don't get me wrong, Mills seems to be a fine governor and probably would be a good fit for senate if she was at least ten years younger. The fact that Senate Dems seemed to have forgotten about Dianne Feinstein's situation already is kind of shocking.
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NoWorth2591 Mar 27, 2026 +539
God I hope Platner isn’t Fetterman 2.0. I really can’t tell with this guy.
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CasinoMagic Mar 27, 2026 +386
Why would you think the guy with a nazi tattoo and a history of online racist comments could be unreliable?
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superjaded08 Mar 27, 2026 +252
Also his interview from 2008 where he says he wears his Blackwater hat cause he knows it pisses people off and talks approvingly of his Marine buddies burning the bodies of Iraqis.
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ProfsionalBlackUncle Mar 27, 2026 +113
Yeah its painfully obvious that the only reason he has any support is because hes anti-establishment and a leftist. These two things will cause terminally online leftists to ignore literally anything negative about this person. But if he was a standard Dem? Holy shit he'd be a 'war mongering genocidal billionaire baby eating cuckold' just based off his history.
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Smearwashere Mar 27, 2026 +140
He has talked extensively about how much his views on life have changed since 2008. Believe him or not but listen to those interviews first.
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Scruggs613 Mar 27, 2026 +36
Didn’t he express love for a podcaster’s show who is like extremely antisemitic. Not anti Zionist but antisemitic. Didn’t his team repost some other neo-nazi’s tweets? Combine that with the tattoo that he only got covered because people found out and the literal war crime committing PMC, I don’t exactly f****** trust the guy.
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JohnKerry2028 Mar 27, 2026 +21
Stew Peters, yes. Even Fauxmoi turned on him after the Nazi tattoo, and that's saying something.
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ProfsionalBlackUncle Mar 27, 2026 +77
Thats cool. Id rather my representative not have to 'talk about' why they have nazi tattoos. I feel like this is a bar about as high as my shoelaces and people who want to represent me and my tax money should be able to leap over that bar. As a side note, why trust anything he says? Its words. Who cares about words from a politician? You should only really care about actions. Actions like getting a nazi tattoo on your chest, for example.
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ringobob Mar 27, 2026 +14
You're welcome to fashion your dream candidate out of mud, imbue it with life, and then vote for your golem in the primary. I think everyone else is picking from the people already running. And I can't really blame people who don't trust Mills the same way you don't trust Platner. People are allowed to change, and you're allowed to not believe them. I don't envy Mainers. They don't have any options that don't have obvious red flags. C'est la vie.
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Faustrolled Mar 27, 2026 +11
But he has Bernie's ok just like Tulsi, Fetterman, and Sinema. So much better than a record of passing Democratic legislation
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Twevy Mar 28, 2026 +2
Ok but can we have an option that isn’t 78 f****** years old? Are our options someone who might be a nazi and someone who might not be capable of driving anymore?
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Smearwashere Mar 27, 2026 +21
For me it comes down to, you either believe people can change/be reformed, or you don’t.
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cute_spider Mar 27, 2026 +41
I think he can change without becoming a senator
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hunter15991 Mar 27, 2026 +27
I definitely can! For example, it appears the guy who [held up a sign for his senior yearbook photo that read FREE KOSOVO, CHECHNYA, KASHMIR, PALESTINE, KURDISTAN, TIBET](https://www.listnook.com/r/Maine/comments/1mxai5q/graham_platners_old_yearbook_free_kosova/?sort=top) while being awarded the "Most Likely to start a Revolution" superlative and protesting the Iraq War signed up for the armed forces and 5 years later was someone who was going on record to his local newspaper about how he wears Blackwater merch because it "got a rise out of people" in the months after Nisour Square and spoke favorably of Marines burning insurgent bodies yet later claimed he left the military more left-leaning than he entered them. As someone who donated to him early in his campaign before all this broke I'd be a lot more willing to buy the talk about being reformed had he clearly not swung in the other direction previously in his life. My opinion is meaningless as a non-Mainer and if he wins the nomination I'll probably send him more cash but I hope Costello or LaFlamme somehow pull this out. Also an obligatory FU to Charles Entertainment Schumer and the DSCC for closing ranks around a relatively unpopular and very old Mills instead of getting someone like Jackson or Bellows to run in the Senate race to begin with.
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Ok-Firefighter5006 Mar 27, 2026 +36
And that’s a redirect. The question is not IF people can change, it’s has PLATNER changed. Why do you guys always try to conflate the judgement of one person changing, to “oh well you don’t think anyone can change then”
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lord-deathquake Mar 27, 2026 +37
You can believe people can reform without believing this specific person is reformed. You can also believe people can be reformed but that the chance of being fooled, or a relapse, etc means that you aren't comfortable risking putting them in power.
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snapekillseddard Mar 27, 2026 +24
Dude had the tattoo for more than a decade and only got rid of it when people found out. People can change and better themselves. Platner is clearly not interested in being better, only to hoodwink rubes into believing he did.
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Faustrolled Mar 27, 2026 +26
I think he's a liar who thinks lying is fine if it gets him power
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Sex_And_Candy_Here Mar 27, 2026 +12
Has he changed since a few weeks ago when he described himself as a long time fan when he appeared on a Neo Nazi podcast?
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caseyanthonyftw Mar 27, 2026 +54
Sure, I mean we all did stupid shit back in our younger days, like burning the bodies of people our governments told us to hate for no reason.
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Own-Run8201 Mar 27, 2026 +20
Doesn't everyone remember being a Blackwater mercenary when they were a kid? Amazeballs leftist don't care about anti-semitism or warmongering anymore.
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noncongruent Mar 27, 2026 +17
He never worked for Blackwater. For all intents and purposes Blackwater, renamed Xe and then Academi (and that was when Prince got kicked out of the company entirely) ceased to exist by 2014 when the remnants of it and several other companies got bought up by Constellis Holdings and merged into a single unit. Platner wasn't hired by Constellis until 2018, and he was hired as a driver, not a combat operative. All he did was drive cars around parts of Afghanistan, and even then didn't do that a whole lot. He spent his six months there mostly playing video games and surfing the internet. The whole experience of getting paid top dollar to not do much of importance is what disillusioned him about the whole thing, and it's why he quit his year-long contract at six months and came back home.
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notrandyjackson Mar 27, 2026 +8
I wish the left would give the same kind of grace to people who weren't "one of their own." When Kamala backtracked against some of her more tough-on-crime positions, they didn't forgive her. When Hillary pivoted to the left in 2016, they still used old clips from the '90s against her.
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SnugglyBuffalo Mar 27, 2026 +19
I dunno, all the "terminally online leftists" I've seen have absolutely hated Platner.
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JSMA3 Mar 27, 2026 +13
Yeah idk where this idea that "terminally online lefists" support Platner unconditionally has come from. Everytime I've tuned in to Majority Report, if they talk about Platner, a sizeable chunk of their live viewership brings up all the awful stuff about him and asks why they support him. Speaking as a terminally online leftist, I trust him as far as I can throw him, and being terminally online, I'm not physically strong enough to pick him up to throw him in the first place. He's probably better than Collins or Mills, but if he wins (and that's a massive 'if'), every speech, every piece of legislation proposed, every amendment, every vote should be watched at all times. Maybe he isn't another Fetterman, but he feels far more likely to turn like Fetterman than is comfortable.
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defectconstraint Mar 27, 2026 +7
He comes off as a bro-socialist, and he just has populist rhetoric and attacks insurance companies. His progressive credentials seem weaker than 2018-era Russell Brand (I was always surprised back then how much I agreed with him even though he seemed like a creepy f***--turned out the creepy f*** gut check was the one to go with). Platner is broke and largely powerless right now. Get him into office and fluff up his ego for a few years, and I wouldn't be surprised at all if he collects a few sexual harassment allegations and flips. He's got a solid track record of a life spent in toxic masculinity, and I'm going to bet he falls back on that if he gets into office. Of course Mills problems are obvious. So the choices we get are a neoliberal democrat, a populist trojan horse, or Susan Collins...
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smokeyleo13 Mar 27, 2026 +90
What were his racist comments? Fetterman was chasing around a Black teenager with a gun, suffered a stroke, and really had always been pro israel. He was also up against Oz who barely knew what state trump told him to run for
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Gibonius Mar 27, 2026 +44
He made some racial stereotype comments like that Blacks are bad tippers. I haven't heard anything worse then that.
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smokeyleo13 Mar 27, 2026 +27
Not good. But ima be honest, I dont think thats gonna past muster for a place like Maine.
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Ok-Firefighter5006 Mar 27, 2026 +16
And called someone the f slur, and made some gross comment about gay men liking holes. He made a comment excusing r***, and comments talking about how much he LOVED combat. Just because “it won’t pass muster” in Maine, doesn’t mean it’s acceptable lmao
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smokeyleo13 Mar 27, 2026 +16
>doesnt mean it's acceptable Look at the poll again. Maine dems say he was young, dumb and learned from his mistakes. I do like holes tho 😔, clocked unfortunately
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Trollbreath4242 Mar 27, 2026 +9
Yep, he made some really disgusting posts on Listnook. I believe they were almost all made in 2013 or earlier, before he got into therapy for his PTSD. He's also apologized for all of them. I get folks are uncomfortable with him and I understand if someone wants to support someone else, like David Costello, or writing in Andrea LaFlamme (she had to suspend her candidacy last summer due to family issues, but is back). Or even Mills, despite her being a corpo centrist dem. And I'll vote for Mills in the general if she wins in the primaries, despite preferring far more progressive candidates. But most of the rhetoric surrounding him is based on 13 year old posts he made after coming back from several tours of duty in toxic male military environments. And unlike most of the people posting the rhetoric, I've actually met the man and spent time with him. I have close friends who have volunteered with his campaign, and gone to DC with him to lobby (prior to his run for the senate when he was still reluctant to get into politics). His leading in the polls is no fluke, and he appeals across the board with leftists, centrist, AND people on the right.
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Ok-Firefighter5006 Mar 27, 2026 +2
You are incorrect. His comments about gay ranged at least until 2018/2020 with the last of his generally problematic comments in 2021. This wasn’t the 90s and he wasn’t 16. This is what I was saying, you all want to conflate his comments with “oh that’s boys being boys”. Who does that sound like? Do you want to be agreeing with him?
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SwivelPoint Mar 27, 2026 +11
has he ever been elected to anything before? pardon my ignorance but i had the same first thought. it’s real easy to say stuff. from my outside experience mills stood up to trump in a big way, early. edit: oh jeez she’s 78! fingers crossed platner is real
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snailspaceship Mar 27, 2026 +10
mills would be the oldest freshman senator in history
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Sonofagun57 Mar 27, 2026 +77
The Fetterman comps are really tired and lazy takes. The only real parallel are that both come with some notable question marks, but their overall substance are absolutely not the same. Unless Platner wakes up and decide to d********* Donald's and Bibi's fromunda and only walks it back when a certain threat is made that is too high stakes (Fetterman primary threats), this comp needs to die. I'm not gonna pretend that Platner is a super clean candidate, but anyone endorsing Mills over him is a red plant or Schumer stan.
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NoWorth2591 Mar 27, 2026 +24
If I were in Maine I’d absolutely vote for Platner, without a doubt. I’m just saying that the Nazi tattoo+Blackwater stuff is a bit concerning. I lived in Pennsylvania during Fetterman’s first Senate campaign, and I was absolutely *convinced* he was the real deal. He could talk the talk and, based on the growth Braddock was experiencing, it appeared he could walk the walk too. I was more than willing to write off the incident with the jogger as a misunderstanding without a racial component. In retrospect, more skepticism was probably warranted. Like I said, Platner is still the best option by a mile, but I’m not going to act like these red flags don’t exist this time around.
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UnquestionabIe Mar 27, 2026 +3
The "growth" in Braddock was having some of his rich friends open up a few businesses that are mostly closed now. There has been some really grass roots organizations doing good work in the area but it's still not particularly close to being a good area. I drive through it at least a few times a month, know a fair bit of people who live there, and occasionally have a reason to shop there. Fetterman as mayor had amazing PR but as for being good for the community in the long run? Eh better than some prior politicians but nowhere near the miracle worker he was sometimes touted as. He's was a rich kid playing progressive and at the bare minimum wasn't as harmful as others who have done the same.
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shafty17 Mar 27, 2026 +22
Listen to him talk about his time in Blackwater. He is very open about that time being incredibly radicalizing to him as he completely lost faith in his childhood dream of being a soldier. That's the kind of genuine growth from lived experience that I view as a positive to a candidate, not a negative.
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aspirationless_photo Mar 27, 2026 +20
But he's also pictured wearing a Blackwater baseball cap and quoted "just to get a rise out of people". That feels hard to square with his assertion that his experience with war left him disillusioned. I'm glad I'm not a Mainer.
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NoWorth2591 Mar 27, 2026 +2
Oh yeah, I do too. I find Platner very convincing , and I’m more than willing to give him the benefit of the doubt. I’m just also not going to pretend that that doubt isn’t there at all.
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Substantial_Fee9719 Mar 27, 2026 +10
I felt this way but he gave a really coherent and full-throated defense of trans rights recently so I’m a bit less worried now
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Whole-Designer Mar 27, 2026 +6
I was skeptical at first, but the AIPAC donation tracker really is one of the best tools to determine how likely these politicians will be to flip on their words. Greed is truly just polluting all three branches of government right now (even more so than normal)
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Seven-Prime Mar 27, 2026 +16
Yeah my fear as well.
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worldsworstdracula Mar 27, 2026 +8
Dude had a f****** nazi tatto, covered it up when people found out with another white supremacy dog whistle. Also dudes a war criminal who fought with a private military to r*** and burn villages down The dude is so f****** evil and it's all right there lmao
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Fart2Collect Mar 27, 2026 +2
I'm not buying this guy. He has ZERO history of working in progressive causes. He has never once put sweat into anything that made people's lives better. Being a mercenary for Blackwater by itself is disqualifying for me. Anyone can parrot populist language. That doesn't move me at all. Show me the proof. At least Mills has a long history of working for causes that help people. The attacks on her are all age related. That kind of bigotry doesn't fly with me either. Some people consider age an acceptable kind of bigotry and that just shows me they are as bad as any other bigot who considers their flavor OK. You don't choose your age like you don't choose your skin color or ethnicity. That kind of garbage is a non-starter for me. I can tell if someone can do the job by their track record and by debates and that's how I'll judge Mills.
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beaverteeth92 Mar 27, 2026 +2
Fetterman was always extremely stubborn, pro-Israel, and exaggerated his record when running for Senate. All of this was very public knowledge at the time. At most, the stroke made him a worse version of himself. Platner is a guy with a Nazi tattoo, a history of online racist comments, and was recently a guest on a niche Neo Nazi’s podcast. Two of these are *extremely specific* Nazi shit. Like, the equivalent of Dylann Roof’s Rhodesia patches. These aren’t things you do as part of a misunderstanding like in an episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm. Your uncle who watches Fox News all day? Maybe he used the N word in his 20s, but he isn’t going to have a f****** Rhodesia patch or a Tottenkopf tattoo, or know who Nate Cornaccia is. This guy isn’t a Nazi in the same way that someone who knows what an Otherkin is has never seen a Tumblr post, or that someone who knew who Chappell Roan was in 2022 isn’t gay. If he becomes a Senator and uses an extremely specific slur against Jews, no one in this thread has the right to say they were surprised without admitting they supported a Nazi because of the vibes.
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wswordsmen Mar 27, 2026 +29
He is. Dude has a Nazi tatto despite being a "history buff" his words. Volunteered for the military after the invasion of Iraq spent time in Blackwater and desecrated corpses. Now I wouldn't blame anyone for mistakes except he hasn't apologized for any of it. My fear isn't he is Fetterman. My fear is his plan is to change parties not quite day 1.
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photon45 Mar 27, 2026 +61
What? He apologized for all his past social media posts, got the tattoo removed, and is literally campaigning against the military industrial complex with every speech. All this "deeply concerned" talk... Smells like Susan Collins in here.
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WakingWaldo Mar 27, 2026 +24
Not enough people on the left are willing to let people change. And that attitude prevents folks from coming over to this side. If people do the work and walk the walk then I'm all for them.
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Iustis Mar 27, 2026 +18
Maybe you show the change by running for state legislature or something first? Instead of jumping into being 1/100 senators?
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SternestEarnest Mar 27, 2026 +39
There's a huge difference between "We should let people change" and "We should elect the guy who only recently covered up his Nazi tattoo into a United States Senator," and you know that. C'mon. You're not advocating for letting people change, you're advocating for there being no accountability.
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BigHeadDeadass Mar 27, 2026 +23
Right but he's trying to be an elected official for the federal government, and right wingers historically have been known to Trojan horse themselves into leftist circles using left-wing populism to get into power then spurn them. He wasn't just a young guy making ignorant Facebook posts, he got an SS tattoo. Maybe I'm wrong, I'd like to be proven wrong in fact but it's normal to be wary
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thetensor Mar 27, 2026 +8
> right wingers historically have been known to Trojan horse themselves into leftist circles using left-wing populism And OMG lefties **eat it up**, every time. Nazi tattoos? War crimes? But he's so *genuine*, not like those Corporate Democrats!
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Ok-Firefighter5006 Mar 27, 2026 +13
It’s just not about “people changing” generally, it’s about if he’s changed. And to this day he hasn’t taken responsibility for acting the way he has. He hasn’t explained why he thought it was ok to be homophobic in the 2020s. Every time he says “oh that’s just how we talk in the military” or “oh the dnc is trying to ruin my life” instead of owning up to being a bigot
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fedscientist Mar 27, 2026 +6
He also basically said women who get sexual assaulted were asking for it. So just some *stellar* past views in all areas, really. The guy is a walking red flag and he has no political experience at all. He is beyond unqualified.
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PathOfTheAncients Mar 27, 2026 +10
The left has become so f****** excited to have people parrot their talking points back to them that they'll support anyone who does. Even if they do it while literally having nazi tattoos.
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BigHeadDeadass Mar 27, 2026 +12
This leftist isn't. Never mind I wouldn't want to be represented by a person with those sort of tattoos, I also think this person is using leftist talking points as a Trojan horse. He could very well play us for fools
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PathOfTheAncients Mar 27, 2026 +6
Yeah, I want candidates who are further left but I'll take a moderate over a nazi pretending to be progressive.
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thelunarunit Mar 27, 2026 +134
What's comical is how people don't see the same parallels that got Trump elected helping this guy. No I am not saying he is like trump, for clarification. The voters are angry as hell and will rally around anyone that speaks to that rage. You either tap into that rage or someone else will. Not addressing real issues will create opportunities for people to use or exploit that rage. Its a dangerous time.
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MasterTolkien Mar 27, 2026 +55
Anger at the current is a fine motivator, as long as the direction is “how can we improve the system to help our fellow citizens” rather than “let’s trash the system and use power to abuse people we dislike.”
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thelunarunit Mar 27, 2026 +13
That is the responsibility of the politicians not the electorate. The reason why people are mad is because everything is getting worse yet they don't do anything to make it better. Enraged people are inherently illogical. But rather than fixing issues we still have a democratic establishment catering to the problem, rich people and special interests. It will only get worse unless this changes. Either fix the problem or see another narcissist take advantage. Its about leaders actually leading.
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j_la Mar 27, 2026 +12
I’m equally skeptical of populists as I am of establishment figures. Political positions aside, my ideal candidate would be someone with a history of working in their community with a short/medium stint gaining lower-level political experience. Obama walked that line, I think (though, he became a much more establishment figure by the end).
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mindfu Mar 27, 2026 +75
Whoever wins Democratic primary is the person we should support.
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pimparo0 Mar 27, 2026 +26
Haven't you been on listnook before? We need to stab them in the back the second it sounds like they don't agree with exactly what we want at all times.  /S
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kharvel0 Mar 27, 2026 +37
Let’s game this out. Assuming that he is another Fetterman or worse and votes against most of the Democtatic agenda, how would this change anything? It would be no different than Collins being re-elected. So at worst, we have another Collins in the seat. At best, we have a Bernie Bro in the seat. This is not an argument for Janet Mills, though because she would have lesser chance of beating Collins anyway.
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HowLittleIKnow Mar 27, 2026 +11
Why don't we like David Costello again? He seems to have the working class roots of Platner with none of the baggage, plus he has some actual experience in government.
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Flashy-Ingenuity-182 Mar 27, 2026 +7
Because the voters aren't responding to his campaign at all. 
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Wubblz Mar 28, 2026 +1
Ding ding ding, and this is what people need to wrap their heads around.  Arguments about "electability" should have nothing to do with gaming out hypothetical appeal and everything to do with results.  If voters don't seem to jive with you, you aren't electable, no matter how many ways your supporters can twist themselves into loops.
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Sex_And_Candy_Here Mar 27, 2026 +7
Platner didn’t have working class roots. He from a super rich family and makes money selling oysters to his mother’s restaurant.
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fixed_grin Mar 28, 2026 +1
Yeah, LOL, he went to Hotchkiss, an Ivy League feeder high school that costs $70k a year. His famous designer grandad's chairs [go for, wait for it, $19,977.](https://www.knoll.com/shop/en_us/living-lounge-chairs/platner-easy-chair/2529465.html) His dad's a lawyer who had the scratch for $50k in donations to candidates. And his mom has *two* restaurants he sells oysters to among the several businesses she owns. His family is *well* into the 1%. It's funny, there's a zillion of this guy in 19th century British aristocracy. Third son of an earl who loves killing so he goes off to bring the "civilising light of the Empire" to India or Africa or whatever (read: butcher native people). Comes back having thoroughly enjoyed himself, only annoyed that he missed out on some more impressive massacres before he was born. Family gives him a "career" that amounts to yearly income from them.
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DragodaDragon Mar 27, 2026 +7
Even then Fetterman still votes with Dems like 80% of the time, like Collins he tends to defect when his vote really doesn't matter. Worst case scenario he'll be primaried next time around like Sinema was.
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Meph616 Mar 27, 2026 +3
Part of the problem here is that the American election/political systems, by design, do not have hard written in recall processes. It's not been such a widespread issue to have to worry about bad faith politicians, but the world today now that's a constant threat. Platner being a potential Fetterman/Sinema freaks people out and probably loses Platner way more votes simply because the people don't want that to happen to them. Mills is definitely getting some votes from people that don't want to risk that happening. If only the election process had safeguards in place to protect people from bad faith candidates. Then people would probably be more willing to risk the vote.
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Fractured_Senada Mar 27, 2026 +62
I can't believe so many people in threads about this dude truly think this dude is Fetterman 2.0. If I'm wrong, so be it, but is taking a chance on someone flawed who at the very least has been talking the talk when there isn't a better candidate *that* big of a risk? You guys really want more Collins? Yeah, he was a solider, worked his way up in his career to black rock mercenary, and had a Nazi tattoo. People *can* change and if we judge everyone by the worst parts of their past, we are doomed. The enemy of my enemy is my friend. Edit: change "Nazi-esque tattoo to "Nazi tattoo". I have been made aware of a pic of the tattoo before the coverup online and it is obviously a Totenkopf. It doesn't really change my perspective on the situation because he did cover it up, and he doesn't espouse Nazi ideology, but I did want to correct that for anyone that sees this comment going forward.
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NewSauerKraus Mar 27, 2026 +38
>flawed An extreme understatement.
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spacebar30 Mar 27, 2026 +21
He didn’t have a Nazi-esque tattoo, he had a Nazi tattoo. For 18 years. Which he only covered up because he got caught with it when he started his campaign. There is a better candidate running directly against him. Old people are not worse than Nazis.
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erikhow Mar 27, 2026 +43
Thank god someone finally says it out loud. Everyone just wants to write him off as fetterman, but don’t actually look at the events he’s holding across Maine. The dude is organizing a coalition that is so rock solid they turned on their own governor for releasing an attack ad on him within a DAY, like press conference and all. Mainers know Susan Collins has sold them out at basically every turn, but do not want the establishment just coming in and hand picking their candidates for them. And when a guy who truly represents their state steps up to run the establishment does everything in their power to kill his campaign, and his honesty and integrity have won more over than his controversy because he’s showing that he’s an actual f****** human. He’s building a ground game of just asking Mainers to elect him, not people from across the country being sold a dream that this guy is THE next big thing like Fetterman was. I have no doubts that he’s going to look out for the state of Maine and is not focused on all this outside noise, and it’s resonating with people too. I think anyone saying Fetterman 2.0 is just in a silo honestly
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zenlume Mar 27, 2026 +10
Tulsi Gabbard started off as a progressive as well, didn’t work out so well. It’s entirely fair to be skeptical of him.
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LowAssistantInfinity Mar 27, 2026 +10
If you can't judge someone for being a Blackrock murderer-for-hire with a famous Nazi symbol tattooed on their chest then you have zero discernment.
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Bishopkilljoy Mar 27, 2026 +27
I saw the zoom town hall she did... Holy c*** was she out of touch. Her only standing point against him are his old tattoos and comments he made on Listnook. Really sad.
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Ok-Firefighter5006 Mar 27, 2026 +14
Which are valid concerns when you’re making someone a senator. I don’t want to elect a homophobe just because he’s an economic leftist
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StarrrBrite Mar 27, 2026 +13
You mean the Nazi who believes women are partially responsible for their r***?
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Foolgazi Mar 27, 2026 +8
And goes on podcasts hosted by antisemitic conspiracy nuts
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Bakedads Mar 27, 2026 +16
I'm sorry, but if he isn't calling for the arrest of republican terrorists, then I don't really care what he has to say. That's the only policy I care about: accountability. 
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MemeStarNation Mar 27, 2026 +11
He’s the guy who has called abolishing ICE the moderate position and openly advocating prosecuting agents. I think he would gladly arrest other MAGA terrorists.
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GarranDrake Mar 27, 2026 +17
I'm not saying this is that guy, but if your options are someone who will stop Trump, and someone who will support Trump, you **cannot** stand idly by because no one is going to **arrest** Trump. Don't be like those idiots who didn't vote for Harris in 2024 and as a result, are responsible for everything Trump's done.
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blinktrade Mar 27, 2026 +2
There is a certain irony saying this in support of a candidate that is a face of the camp that said "being not fascist is not enough to motivate voters".
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GarranDrake Mar 27, 2026 +2
I wasn’t really supporting this guy explicitly, I was speaking broadly - hence me saying I’m not sure if this is the guy who will do anything.
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DrinkOrganic964 Mar 27, 2026 +3
Graham Platner has held 50 town halls since September of ‘25, Susan Collins hasn’t held a town hall in 20-25 years. Graham is excellent at talking with both sides, and helping both sides to see that they want a lot of the same things. I personally don’t have a problem with Janet Mills, necessarily. But, not only is she not winning over leftists,  she absolutely does NOT have bipartisan appeal here in Maine. She is LOATHED by the right. I think we can also tell the difference between someone who is making a bid to wrap up their perfect political career in a bow of Cadillac health/dental/vision insurance, and other prime benefits, and and one who speaks from the heart about loving his neighbors, and wanting to stand up for what is best for them.  I was really upset when I read about the Nazi tattoo and I don’t for a second believe he didn’t know what it was. But, I do believe he was an idiot (as many of us were in our 20s-although perhaps not to that degree), and that he was capable of growth, as well as showing that he has grown a great deal. I believe him. Aside from the controversies, I really liked him on paper, but wasn’t sold completely until I heard him speak in person. He has a real, palpable chance to not only win the nomination, but also to beat Susan “I’m really concerned” Collins. And I hope he does. 
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Dependent-Name1370 Mar 27, 2026 +4
If this guy turns out to be another fetterman we have a serious problem with how our candidates make it on the ballet, and if he turns into another fetterman I am sure we will be able to trace his campaign money back to the eye country.
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cloudfoot3000 Mar 27, 2026 +8
We’ve already had two Fettermans. Remember Kyrsten Sinema? The Republinazis have been running undercover agents in Democratic primaries for several years now.
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Umasack Mar 27, 2026 +5
Remember how Democratic leadership didn't remove her from Committie assignments, even after she left the party. Remember how they did nothing to Manchin for taking 6T in necessary spending from Build back better spending down to 750b. Remember how nothing happened to any of the Senators who broke rank to end the shut down in November? Of which Fetterman was only one of eight? Got anything to say for all those betrayals and the lack of response when it's the establishment candidates and leadership causing disillusionment? You know the difference. All the progressives hate Sinema and Fetterman and they will both be out of office for their betrayals. The centrists though will have no problem voting for their traitors again.
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Fuzzy_Squirrel_ Mar 27, 2026 +8
This guy gives me John Fetterman vibes. If he's elected I sincerely hope he proves me wrong.
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dBlock845 Mar 27, 2026 +9
Watching the Mills town hall was absolutely brutal. No idea how anyone could vote for her, even if you are fully enveloped in anti-Platner propaganda there is still no argument to vote for Mills.
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Bumblesavage Mar 27, 2026 +2
Election is still months away , this was the same thing which was said earlier too , but democratic voters didn’t come to the booth so let’s talk only after they win and hopefully not becoming a Fetterman
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salami_on_a_bagel Mar 27, 2026 +2
Very concerned with this!
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rtc100 Mar 27, 2026 +2
20 billion for a moon building. Universal Healthcare please and also release the Epstein files.
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Unfair_Web_8275 Mar 27, 2026 +2
I hope Platner is more Mamdani than Fetterman.
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spondgbob Mar 27, 2026 +2
Whoever runs as “I’m not establishment democrat, and we need to hold Trump and his cabinet accountable. Healthcare for all, lower the cost of housing, get out of another pointless war, and ****TAX THE RICH****”
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Idrinkbeereverywhere Mar 27, 2026 +2
Hey, it seems like leftwing populist messaging works. The entire Dem platform should be "F*** Billionaires!"
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Darrkman2 Mar 28, 2026 +1
Voters and white leftists are falling for the EXACT SAME THING they fell for with Fetterman. Right down to the fake everyman act froms guy that grew up with a highly privileged lifestyle. Ah well.....Black people warned y'all about Fetterman and you didn't listen and now we've warned y'all about Platner and still a lack of listening. As with Fetterman there's going to be a lot of angry political pundits when Black people once again tell them "We told you so".
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NomDePlume007 Mar 27, 2026 +21
"...the Washington establishment on both sides of the aisle." Sounds like another John Fetterman.
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AgnarCrackenhammer Mar 27, 2026 +65
I mean Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries are practically worthless so its not an inaccurate statement
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YF422 Mar 27, 2026 +19
Depends on his stances ultimately, its well known the republican side is completely corrupt and the other has been hamstrung by the corporate wing of the Democrats over the years. If he turns into another Fetterman DINO then reef him out at the first opportunity. If he sticks to his word and takes on corporate and regressive interests f****** things up then hes worth keeping.
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MiddleAgedSponger Mar 27, 2026 +31
He isn't wrong. American democracy is on its last life. Maybe Platner is another Fetterman, but maybe he isn't. What we do know is that the establishment democrats, who have been leading the resistance, have been either completely ineffective or complicit. The working class tried voting harder, now they are trying voting smarter. Voting for the milquetoast establishment dems that got us here isn't going to get us out.
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Brokkyn2024 Mar 27, 2026 +17
Another "Democrat" who gets elected and then says "the party isn't the same anymore" and starts voting for the Republican fascists.
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Captain__Trips Mar 27, 2026 +16
The most braindead take is that he is another Fetterman. Fetterman was always a Liberal Zionist, it just didn't matter to people until post Oct 7th, and there was no salvaging his left wing supporters if he planned to stick with Israel, which he did. Graham is nothing like that. He's had a consistent and strong platform since he started campaigning. The dumb Nazi tattoo only makes him more appealing to the type of "dumb guy" voters that usually vote Republican (that Democrats have been dying to appeal to). If he does get hit with the stroke gun and become a fetterman, that just means he's another a****** politician in a sea of assholes. Not that much lost. We should be supporting Platner until proven otherwise.
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Hoodrow-Thrillson Mar 28, 2026 +3
"I'm a single issue voter over Israel and I also don't care about his Nazi tattoo". I feel like those things are connected.
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