Inside Graham Platner’s Senate bid to take on party elites
Graham Platner, an oysterman-turned candidate from Maine, launched a U.S. Senate campaign framing his race as a revolt against oligarchic influence and both-party elites. Platner has urged Democrats to rein in the Supreme Court if they retake power in the midterms and pursue structural reforms. He accused Republican Senator Susan Collins of voting to cut a billionaire donor's taxes and uses that example to argue both parties protect wealthy interests. Platner positions his outsider background and anti-oligarch message as a pitch to voters frustrated with elite control in a competitive Senate contest.
DAMN, THIS HITS HARDER! Graham Platner—Democrat running for U.S. Senate in Maine—isn't asking, he's telling. The Supreme Court is a corrupt, far-right partisan weapon, and both Alito and Thomas need to be impeached. Real Republicans, Democrats, and independents who actually give a damn about
Paul Eric11democracy: you're either fighting this fascist takeover or you're on the wrong side of history. The Trump party chose their side. We the people choose ours. Period.
DoveWithClaws4Having been a civil rights attorney for 30 years, I agree with Mr. Platner 💯💯💯
jmdswim.bsky.social4He is not wrong. I hope that he has actually grown into the man we all want him to be. I understand his past transgressions and opinions but I think all adults have the capacity for growth. I hope that is the case here. I am not the person I was at 20, 30, 40. Life can change us for the better.
Again that a tiny rural state would elect someone like Graham Platner to a position like Senator or would even get close is not a glowing endorsement of the approach to governance that is the United States Senate, a body which just unanimously confirmed Marco Rubio
Lord Businessman II55You can fit five Maines into just Houston
The Pines8Abolishing that body would be impossible huh
Infrastructure is politics3A body that allowed Diane Feinstein to continue voting on matters of national significance long after it was obvious to even casual observers that her mentis was non compos
Wallet Inspector MetaBlueSky ♨️3Honestly I've never looked at Australia or the Australians the same since I learned they saw the US Senate and went 'you know what, this is exactly what we wanted' and brought that on themselves. Everything bad about the US Constitution starts there.
Going Local2Nebraska Sen. Roman Hruska “There are a lot of mediocre judges and people and lawyers. They are entitled to a little representation, aren’t they? We can’t have all Brandeises, Frankfurters and Cardozos.”
ellenahzulu.bsky.social2Off the top of my head: Sheehy, Moreno, Blackburn & Tuberville have no business at all being in the Senate. Dems absolutely must control the Senate. If not we can't stop any judicial appts., meaning it's game over. I think we Dems can tolerate one ill-suited person for a time.
🚨NEW: Maine's @grahamformaine.bsky.social is plotting a political revolution against oligarchs & both parties' leaders. They're freaking out. My journey with the candidate who told me his plans to do what Dems never do: wield power. A story with new reporting & brutally frank comments. Pass it on.
PencilSketchy6I don’t WANT politicians to “wield power.” Particularly not politicians who had Nazi tattoos. I want public servants who enact the will of the people through a system of carefully constructed checks and balances.
Steven Matheson3He has already had a journey that most Dems have not done: he got Nazi tattoos and lied about it.
Graham Platner has countless posts, stressing how important Gaza is to him, but less than a handful about Maine. He should drop out of the Senate race and challenge Hamas to govern Gaza since it’s clearly the only place on earth he cares about
Wendy Orent4Would Graham Platner, not the brightest sardine in the can, even be able to find Gaza on a map? I kinda doubt it. The guy is as thick as a stoneware plate. (How's that for mixing metaphors?)
peacefulcoexistnce.bsky.social3Id support that, it would be an improvement over hamas, but I'd be concerned about Palestinians being under the governance of a fuy with a Nazi tattoo bc no one should be
evo1963.bsky.social2I personally think he should go there.
