NOT.
SO NOT SURPRISED.
Adam Wren
@adamwrenA woman who dated Maine U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner tells us he sexually assaulted her. She detailed the alleged incident in a series of interviews.
Platner responded: “These allegations are troubling, serious, and false. Any accusation of non-consensual behavior is categorically untrue.”
Read the full story from me @jsscppr:
politico.com/news/2026/07/0…
https://x.com/adamwren/status/2074212911728427238
The phucking UNMITIGATED GALL
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Peter Baker
@peterbakernytPlatner aide lists terms for dropping out: “If he was to step down it would only be with a guarantee of being replaced by a candidate who he believes is true to the values and vision and policy agenda of the campaign that Maine voted for.” @ShaneGoldmacher
https://x.com/peterbakernyt/status/2074284013955453051
She is me.
I don’t wanna hear no nonsense from folks clutching their pearls today.
LIKE THEY WEREN’T WARNED.
#JoeMama🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🌻🪷
@Mama4Obama1Replying to @TVietor08
You were warned . The Nazi tattoo should have been enough ! But nope , yall didn’t listen to the Black voters that fucking warned you . Looked at that white electorate and dismissed us . Your judgement is nil.
9:50 AM · Jul 7, 2026
https://x.com/Mama4Obama1/status/2074430757917839582
UH HUH
UH HUH
Dominique Devereaux’s Son
@wondermann5You know why Graham Platner was not vetted? He had the complexion for the protection.
10:36 PM · Jul 6, 2026
https://x.com/wondermann5/status/2074261321168867566
Daniel Pearson
@DPearsonPHLReplying to @magi_jay
There was a screenshot of this exact woman in a Facebook group saying that people shouldn’t date Platner that was available last year. I’m one guy who doesn’t even really write about national politics for my job. US senators and others have staff who could have talked to her.
11:27 PM · Jul 6, 2026
https://x.com/DPearsonPHL/status/2074274172155331053
Break it down:
Magdi Jacobs
@magi_jayI want to be very clear about something. A lot of people have known about these stories for months. Before the end of the Democratic primary. Platner’s lawyers have been fighting every story. Platner has an intimidation network. Meanwhile, we also knew the GOP had the “dirt.”
10:25 PM · Jul 6, 2026Magdi Jacobs
@magi_jayReplying to @magi_jay
The Platner campaign knew about these allegations, as well as others. They didn’t just try to hide the truth. They tried to hide the truth *while also knowing* the GOP had the truth. Others knew as well.
10:27 PM · Jul 6, 2026Magdi Jacobs
@magi_jayReplying to @magi_jay
Multiple people have covered up violence against women. Multiple people have bullied women & other witnesses. All while knowing the GOP had their hands on something. They thought they could kill the truth. They didn’t care about what the GOP did with it. Maximal narcissism.
10:29 PM · Jul 6, 2026
https://x.com/magi_jay/status/2074259432393883940
Yeah….maybe those things were GLARING RED FLAGS to some of us…
Steve Schale
@steveschaleMaybe all of us who had very real concerns about his comments, his Nazi tattoo, and his history with women, weren’t just “establishment” lackies “afraid of Graham Platner” and “his moral clarity,” but actually just wanted a candidate who could win a f’n US Senate seat…
https://x.com/steveschale/status/2074263845992804816
Lawrence on the lesson of the Platner campaign: Always wait for the vetting
Lawrence on the lesson of the Platner campaign: Always wait for the vetting
https://youtu.be/rnKosV5DkqA?si=hozXx5yCnofPFM2Z
No, no White dudes. You own Graham Platner
Posted by Proud Establishment Dem
July 08, 2026
We knew this day would come.
The day when even worse opposition research dropped on Graham Platner. And, to be honest, there likely is even more that the GOP is hoarding that would have been released down the road. This is what happens when you prop up a candidate on “vibes” and nothing else. Because other than hitting all the right notes that made him a far-left darling, Graham Platner was a seriously flawed candidate. Nazi tattoos. Racist. Antisemitic. Anti-woman. Perverted. Infidelity. The only thing surprising about him sexually assaulting a woman is the fact that the story didn’t surface sooner. Women, especially Black women, called it from day one. They saw the creepiness displayed. They saw someone who would be a problematic drunk. They saw someone who, to be honest, simply didn’t respect women. And they saw someone who not only displayed these patterns in the past, but who continued displaying these patterns on the campaign trail as he ran for the United States Senate.
But men ignored all these signs.
Specifically White men. Because they needed someone who came from the “working class.” Someone who served in the military. Someone who was a self-made man, fighting off the evil oligarchy, championing Medicare-for-All and, of course, siding with the Gaza Groupies. White men saw Graham Platner as one of their own and went all-in to paint him as the face of their movement during this election cycle. Platner became the darling of the far-left and earned the praises of countless White progressives throughout the last ten months. Among these adoring fans were:
Bernie Sanders:
Jon Favreau
Track AIPAC:
Our Revolution:
David Hogg’s Leaders We Deserve PAC:
Maine Chapter of DSA:
………………………………………………………
To all of those mentioned: Receipts, motherfuckers.
Because you all ignored the obvious red flags on Platner due to the fact that your privilege allowed you to do so. You were so desperate to have him as your guy that you continued to move the goal posts over the past ten months. You engaged in the DARVO practice done by abusers and enablers and you gaslit us into trying to convince us not to trust our eyes when it came to Platner’s very real, problematic history. You blamed the DNC, the Establishment, and AIPAC each time a news story broke. You rejected the very real pain of women, first the women of the initial New York Times story, and later with Jenny Racicot before you finally admitted that maybe your guy wasn’t all he was cracked up to be. Your red line was not a Nazi tattoo, or perverted social media posts, or inappropriate behavior with multiple women, or even infidelity. No, it took a credible witness describing an obvious sexual assault that made you finally realize your chosen one may not be the kind of candidate you thought he was. An observation that was clear to the rest of us ten months ago.
https://establishmentbar.blogspot.com/2026/07/no-no-white-dudes-you-own-graham-platner.html
THE FUTURE IS IN SOLAR AND WIND.
A FUTURE THAT THIS ADMINISTRATION HAS HANDED OVER TO CHINA.
Aaron Rupar
@atrupar
Chris Wright accuses Democrats of “betting the farm on the sun and the wind” and says, “that was a disastrous bet that drove high electricity prices and stopped any growth of American electricity production”
https://x.com/atrupar/status/2074507366922412032
Fred Wellman
@FPWellman
This is a lie. It’s not based on reality in any way. Renewables are easier and faster to build, cleaner, and more sustainable. There is a reason that China is building them at an insane pace while we struggle to add gigawatts and expect average Americans to foot the bill for billion dollar companies.
https://x.com/FPWellman/status/2074507863402090911
#JoeMama🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🌻🪷
@Mama4Obama1
Y’all gone fucking learn to listen to Black people when we fucking tell you that you are picking the wrong damn candidate! We warned you about Fetterman, we warned you about Platner , we warned you about Talarico. We damn well warned you not to abandon Pres. Biden as well!Learn!
12:33 AM · Jul 7, 2026
https://x.com/Mama4Obama1/status/2074290679224684687
UH HUH
UH HUH
Progressive Victory
@ProgressiveVic
We began asking our contacts on the ground in Maine about Troy Jackson earlier today after seeing many suggestions that he should replace Graham Platner against Susan Collins.
In our discussions we have received troubling information about not only Jackson’s behavior, but the behavior of many prominent Maine Democrats toward women more broadly. Both as a result of the credibility of the sources and in the interest of not seeing our movement make the same mistake twice, we are choosing to share some of this now.
As Maine Senate President in a state senate caucus meeting several years ago, Troy Jackson in a heated disagreement struck a female colleague with a bottle he threw at her. There are many witnesses, and it appears this is a widespread open secret within Maine politics and not an isolated incident.
This information is still developing and we will provide updates in a thread in the comments of this post as we receive it.
2:31 AM · Jul 7, 2026
https://x.com/ProgressiveVic/status/2074320341929726172
Headquarters
@HQNewsNow
Trump’s Justice Department has filed to block the release of Acting AG Todd Blanche’s Epstein-related communications.
This comes right before Blanche’s confirmation hearing to officially become Attorney General.
https://x.com/HQNewsNow/status/2074539589318943148
THE NYT SEEMS TO HAVE HAD THE PLATNER STORY AND DIDN’T REPORT ON IT
Magdi Jacobs
@magi_jay
NYT’s treatment of this story is so wildly unethical that it’s almost impossible to understand. It was driven by bias, but even bias shouldn’t blind people to the very basic nature of their profession: reporting the truth. They buried the truth & they spun the story. A betrayal.
https://x.com/magi_jay/status/2074542901992865926
Keith Murphy
@murphdogg29
Black voters are pragmatic not because we want to be. We know (White) America more than it knows itself. We were all ready to vote for H. Clinton until we saw White folks were ready for a Black President. We are not emotional. It’s why we never fell for Bernie.
5:29 PM · Jul 7, 2026
https://x.com/murphdogg29/status/2074546378382979203
FactPost
@factpostnews
The Trump administration has released a 162-page report berating the Smithsonian as “radical” and demanding museums revise their coverage of:
—Systemic racism
—The gender pay gap
—Women’s suffrage
—The overturning of Roe v. Wade
—DACA
—LGBT rights
—The Founding Fathers owning slaves
—Christopher Columbus and colonization
—Anti-gun violence protests
—Police brutality
—Racial discrimination in schools
https://x.com/factpostnews/status/2074541758667501901
Yasmin Radjy
@yasminradjy
. @swingleft has removed Maine from our list of target Senate races. This isn’t a decision we made lightly. As we’ve said many times, defeating Susan Collins is essential for winning a Democratic Senate majority.
Swing Left’s ruthless pragmatism means we direct grassroots time and money to Dem nominees in races that affect the national balance of power.
6:49 PM · Jul 7, 2026
https://x.com/yasminradjy/status/2074566440309440843
Ronan Farrow
@RonanFarrow
Studies now present a striking picture of what happens when private equity firms acquire hospitals and nursing homes: predictable increases in harm and deaths. One landmark study shows: patient deaths up about 11% after such acquisitions.
https://x.com/RonanFarrow/status/2074563065085923695
🇰🇭Petty Tendergrass 🇰🇭
@pettytendernism
So let me get this straight…the incumbent President that had some of the biggest progressive wins during his admin shouldn’t get to pick his replacement but the Nazi rapist that hasn’t done a damn thing positive in his life should get to pick his?
Yall are fucking nuts
8:20 PM · Jul 7, 2026
https://x.com/pettytendernism/status/2074589460109594638
scary lawyerguy
@scarylawyerguy
So called “progressives” who spent months and months defending Graham Platner and his litany of misdeeds have completely moved on in less than 24 hours w/o so much as an apology and are already working the refs to make sure their preferred candidate gets the nomination.
https://x.com/scarylawyerguy/status/2074568939418390758
Myron J Clifton
@AuthorMJClifton
I said:
-When Ken Martin was HIRED he wasn’t the man for the moment
-He should be FIRED for how he backed David Hogg
-Through every new party mess up he should step down
-When he backed Plantner he should be FIRED
I’m saying again-
Ken Martin should step down or be fired.
8:22 PM · Jul 7, 2026
https://x.com/AuthorMJClifton/status/2074589883071705340
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Smarty Pants✨
@ItsREE_1908
All these rules for black people to stay alive but none for white people to stop being racist. Okay!
2:50 PM · Jul 7, 2026
https://x.com/ItsREE_1908/status/2074506404753207300
About that crumbling building in NYC.
This interview….wow
ALLDAYNYC
@AllDayNYC
Dude aired out the whole job and rightfully so.
All unsafe practices, no wonder it started to collapse.
https://x.com/AllDayNYC/status/2074534263819579599
Victor Shi
@Victorshi2020
Worth watching this chilling account from Amb. Samantha Power about Elon Musk & Trump ignoring evidence in plain sight that destroying USAID would lead to deaths around the world: “There was no regard for human lives at stake.”
https://x.com/Victorshi2020/status/2074331989088616609
Dr. Allison Wiltz
@queenie4rmnola
Can’t even talk about the dangers of a Black person being the token of an all-white friend group without people being offended by the conversation. Our safety matters more than anyone’s feelings
10:06 PM · Jul 6, 2026
https://x.com/queenie4rmnola/status/2074253605524144311
IS CONTINUING TO MOVE?!?👀🤨🧐
Tom Winter
@Tom_Winter
BREAKING | NBC News: FDNY Chief of Department John Esposito says measuring equipment indicates that 235 East 42nd street is continuing to move and is unstable at this time.
The plan is for emergency trusses to be deployed to handle the load, per DOB.
4:44 PM · Jul 7, 2026
https://x.com/Tom_Winter/status/2074535135148429389
Ebony Noor! I love garden season! ✊🏿
@darlingebony.bsky.social
This whole Graham Platner situation could have been avoided if only racism and antisemitism were red lines for leftist white folks. But they rarely ever are.
9:15 PM · Jul 6, 2026
https://bsky.app/profile/darlingebony.bsky.social/post/3mpzjvezdvs2v
TELL IT
EMILYs List
@emilyslist
When women raise the alarm, listen. Graham Platner’s behavior is disqualifying (AS WE HAVE SAID THIS WHOLE DAMN TIME), and he should end his campaign.
11:54 PM · Jul 6, 2026
https://x.com/emilyslist/status/2074280766029148500
Lawrence O’Donnell
@Lawrence
“THIS WHOLE DAMN TIME”
Emily’s list has been vetting candidates longer than current pundits & political operatives.
Whenever a new unknown candidate who’s never been vetted in any way suddenly surges & creates pundit excitement, I always stay quiet & wait for the vetting.
https://x.com/Lawrence/status/2074511911538802962
Christopher Webb
@cwebbonline
THIS SHOULD ALARM EVERYONE
Trump’s DOJ is sending election monitors to Detroit, Lansing, and East Lansing for Michigan’s August 4 primary.
This is how doubt gets manufactured. This is how confidence in free and fair elections gets chipped away.
The real target isn’t just the election. It’s public trust in blue cities.
https://x.com/cwebbonline/status/2074503654061772931
Emoluments Clause
@Emolclause
#BREAKING: Hayes: “…according to Haberman and Swan, the price to get into Trump’s good graces would be high. In conversations with a Republican fundraiser who acted as a go-between, Trump would DICTATE the number, the EXACT dollar figure he wanted her to extract from each CEO. Within days, they write, MILLIONS of dollars and then tens and hundreds of millions were pouring into Trump’s various fundraising accounts. Worth considering for a moment, what are those fundraising accounts for? Can’t run for president again. Can’t run for anything. Where’s that money going to go?”🤔
https://x.com/Emolclause/status/2074349405113663609
AUGUST 3RD
THEY ARE STALLING UNTIL AUGUST 3RD
Jennifer Bendery
@jbendery
Today I asked Mitch McConnell’s office if they could confirm or refute claims that he is brain dead, in organ failure and/or not returning to the Senate.
They gave me a statement from last week about him appreciating support while he’s in the hospital.
https://x.com/jbendery/status/2074522387874304168
Scott Dworkin
@funder
A handful of neighbors in one Virginia county just killed the largest data center on Earth—a $16 billion Wall Street project owned by a top Trump donor. They were supposed to lose. They didn’t. dworkinsubstack.com/p/trump-went-a…
https://x.com/funder/status/2074519436296351818
Harry Sisson
@harryjsisson
Replying to @harryjsisson
By the way, a lot of leftist influencers got people to donate to Platner despite knowing he’s a shitty person with a shitty history. They advocated for him and they partially own this.
8:23 PM · Jul 6, 2026
https://x.com/harryjsisson/status/2074227730871205986
Haley Taylor Schlitz, Esq.
@HTaylorSchlitz
Partially own this? Black Gen Z, especially Black women, keep watching 2026 & the rise of hate toleranace by self proclaimed “progessives”. In November, we will are going to have a robust discussion about the truth behind the lie of “electability”.
https://x.com/HTaylorSchlitz/status/2074513032097476935
NEW: For the first time since 1995, the Bureau of Land Management is rewriting its grazing regulations.
The new rule, which governs ranching across 155 million acres of public lands in the West, would heavily favor the livestock industry.[image or embed]— ProPublica (@propublica.org) 8:05 AM · Jul 7, 2026
BOOM
Peter Wolf
@peterawolf
Has anyone considered that there was good reason for Team Biden’s decision to ice out the podbros?
11:37 PM · Jul 6, 2026
https://x.com/peterawolf/status/2074276550380323089
Booker G. Washington
@BookerGWash
Liberals who voted for Obama, Hillary, Biden, and Harris AND who also called out #Project2025, Gabbard, Fetterman, and Platner, etc. have been right about everything.
We told you! And the past 10-11 years show it.
2:56 AM · Jul 7, 2026
https://x.com/BookerGWash/status/2074326642457977088
I know that’s right
Mason McCann
@Mason__McCann
Daniel Moraff needs to be blacklisted.
Ryan Grim needs to be blacklisted.
Rebecca and Morris Katz need to be fired from Fight Agency.
Bernie needs to take a deep, long look in the mirror.
The people who spent months defending Planter need to never open their mouths again.
7:43 PM · Jul 6, 2026
https://x.com/Mason__McCann/status/2074217711123763318
UH HUH
UH HUH
Ethan Wolf 🇺🇸
@ethanmwolf
This is crazy: Abdul El-Sayed had strong words about President Barack Obama, saying he was not the right choice in 2012. Yeah, that’s something he really said.
https://x.com/ethanmwolf/status/2074178541340540945
Greg Sargent
@gregsargent.bsky.social
Vile: Mike Johnson just said GOP might try to undo birthright citizenship with legislation, which is unconstitutional. I’ve noticed a pattern: He and Vance are using sleazy new language to sell this as a trivial reform. The threat is very much alive. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2127…
https://bsky.app/profile/gregsargent.bsky.social/post/3mq2i65otfs2u
That poor child :(
Dr Shola Mos-Shogbamimu
@SholaMos1
Their depraved indifference to his life should be criminal. Black people do not lynch themselves or choose to unalive themselves by bodies of water. I think these so called friends are complicit and culpable.
Now the White parents of the White boys who intentionally left Nolan Wells behind and took his phone will use the very oppressive systems stacked up against Nolan’s Black parents to protect their White sons.
My deepest condolences to Nolan Xavier Wells parents.
https://x.com/SholaMos1/status/2074469866589876578
Yemisi Egbewole
@yemisi
This may be hard for people who are not my skin tone, Jewish, or just decent humans to grasp, but the line was the Nazi tattoo. The “new information was brought to light” posts don’t absolve you. They just mean you arrived late to what was always blatantly obvious.
10:42 PM · Jul 6, 2026
https://x.com/yemisi/status/2074262656488267901
Qondi
@QondiNtini
This is a hard truth
White voters need to start listening to people who have developed incredible survival skills and discernment under the thumb of white supremacy
When we tell you someone is no good we aren’t pulling it out of thin air
It is a threat assessment
https://x.com/QondiNtini/status/2074362277705166978
Annalea 🪷🐝🌻
@citizengatsby
Nice compilation of assholes who supported and defended scumbag Platner after the DV allegations were published. Was Hawk drunk when he made his video? Yeesh! 😬
https://x.com/citizengatsby/status/2074369056111747375
StuffyCat Xanadu
@turboxanadu
Replying to @citizengatsby
It kills me that so many people warned, and we’re all dismissed. @magi_jay was so piled on when she had her thread on the subject. It was an excellent thread! We all knew this was going to happen. Someone who talks about violence in details is because they know violence.
7:26 AM · Jul 7, 2026
https://x.com/turboxanadu/status/2074394555399684187
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Amene
@Ange_Amene
It’s kinda funny…every candidate that has something wrong with them have been widely supported by white people while
Black voters remained skeptical…ironic.
4:19 AM · Jul 7, 2026
https://x.com/Ange_Amene/status/2074347598174171427
White “Leftists” specifically. This is great opportunity to keep the pressure on “The Left” and challenge them every single time they dump on Democrats or our candidates and reduce their influence in the Party and media once and for all.
That poor child:
Shayla Sweatt
@shay_sweatt
The mother of #NolanXavierWells, Christine Wonsley is looking for any tips that the public may have regarding his death. We are specifically looking at the time frame of 4 pm, when the argument took place on the shore, and 7:30 pm, when the boat parked next to the one Nolan was on left. Also there was a girl, name Katie, that came with her friends and she and Nolan had planned to meet up once he arrived with Alex and the rest of their friends.
You can DM Ms. Wonsley directly on her Facebook page.
https://x.com/shay_sweatt/status/2074326571251294500
Leia
@TheSWPrincess
Graham Platner is refusing to drop out of the Maine Senate race unless he can choose his replacement.
This perfectly illustrates what a narcissistic, selfish, entitled shit he is.
His response to a credible accusation of RAPE
is threatening to fuck over the people of Maine by denying the Maine Democratic Party the chance to choose another candidate.
https://x.com/TheSWPrincess/status/2074303619587883186
Aaron Rupar
@atrupar.com
Trump on Greenland: “That’s what hurt my relationship with NATO…it’s an important part for the United States. It’s surrounded by China ships & Russian ships. Greenland should be controlled by the United States, not by Denmark. We could remove all our soldiers out of Europe. They better be careful”
https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mq2ovyswys2m
Lips so pursed
Aaron Rupar
@atrupar.com
Q: Are further troop drawdowns in Europe likely?
TRUMP: We’re gonna see. I was very disappointed in NATO. And frankly if weren’t held in Turkey where my friends happens to be a very strong leader, it’s possible that I wouldn’t have attended.
https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mq2nntwgll2c
Once again…we can’t have nice things because of RACISM, Dear.
Which is why the ‘ Class over Race’ people always get the side eye.
Mike Young
@micyoung75
Norway pays entry level cashiers and gas station attendants over 20 dollars an hour, plus five weeks vacation, a pension, and a year of combined parental leave. A Harvard economist told Kristof the U.S. ran a similar model from the 1940s through the 1960s: strong unions, expanding education, an early experiment with universal child care. Then America changed course, and Kristof’s explanation for why is specific rather than vague: safety net programs got recast as handouts for Black Americans, the welfare queen caricature did real political work, and the coalition supporting broad investment in workers came apart along racial lines instead of economic ones.
Kristof frames this through his own rural Oregon hometown, where mills closed, meth arrived, and three childhood friends died homeless. He says plainly he thinks they’d have survived being born into Norway’s safety net instead.
The same story plays out in Indiana counties that lost manufacturing and never fully replaced it. It’s the road not taken, with a body count attached to the version we picked instead.
https://x.com/micyoung75/status/2074312696733049031
The United States versus Elon Reed Musk
@Needle_of_Arya
a reminder that elder Millennial DSA white men are the sons of white men who deeply despised all women in a way that resembled racism
4:22 AM · Jul 7, 2026
https://x.com/Needle_of_Arya/status/2074348424292651163
TELL IT
TELL IT
Chris Cadence
@ChrisCadence
Back tracking on Graham Platner is just to save face. Y’all looked passed Nazi tattoos, racism and other SA allegations. Never talk to us again about being morally superior. You gave up respecting women and Black Americans cuz he said free health care and Israel bad.
2:45 AM · Jul 7, 2026
https://x.com/ChrisCadence/status/2074323814792794486
Scott MacFarlane
@MacFarlaneNews
ALERT: More than 1,200 former Dept of Justice employees have signed etter urging Senators to block Todd Blanche’s confirmation
There are so many signatures… this letter consume 59 pages. It was distributed by @Justice_CXN
thejusticeconnection.org/wp-content/upl…
11:14 AM · Jul 7, 2026
https://x.com/MacFarlaneNews/status/2074452012121350187
About DSA:
The United States versus Elon Reed Musk
@Needle_of_Arya
Replying to @WajahatAli
This, from a movement that can’t get elected unless a) they begin in a navy blue district, b) they win a split primary, or c) they out-organize a long-time incumbent sleeping at the wheel.
DSA is not viable in purple, pink or red districts.
10:47 AM · Jul 7, 2026
https://x.com/Needle_of_Arya/status/2074445077552988356
Dominique Devereaux’s Son
@wondermann5
Krystal Ball, Ryan Grim, Keith Edwards, that Emma chick and all those other white progressives who pushed Graham Platner forward… do you have anything to say?
https://x.com/wondermann5/status/2074241815176425669
Good Morning, Everyone😊😊😊