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Father, author, husband, poet, and writer of the blog "Train Or Be Trained: A Fatherhood Perspective" because therapy costs money. #TOBT

[Greg Stoker @gregjstoker]

Democrats don’t exist to defeat Republicans, they exist to block progressive movements from access to political power. Ignore the “workers rights” window dressing. Their primary commitment is to protect capital accumulation.

Dividing the country into liberals and conservatives is the ultimate distraction from the real divide: top to bottom. The parasite ruling class stoked the culture wars while pillaging our wages, jacking up prices, and doing irreparable harm to the world we live in.

So yeah, this isn’t democrats vs. republicans, it’s billionaires vs. everyone else.

If you’re tired of getting screwed by the system, please support our campaign. Let’s get Greg Stoker elected to TX-31.

Election Day: Nov 3rd with early voting Oct 19-30

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[Marco Foster @MarcoFoster_]

Kyle Kulinski on Graham Platner: “Are we really trying to kneecap the only Democrat that can take down Susan Collins in this moment when the whole fucking control of the Senate might come down to this and you’re gonna talk about Democratic toxic masculinity? Oh no, I’m sorry. We left this shit back in Woke 1.0. Now we’re in Woke 2.0. This shit is known as Dark Woke. Meaning all the Republicans can suck my nuts from the back”

[Gianl1974 @Gianl1974]

BREAKING: O.M.G. The woman accusing Graham Platner of "intimidation" has been EXPOSED as a top Republican operative who has worked with his opponent, Susan Collins!

This is EXACTLY what they did to Al Franken…

On Thursday evening, the New York Times ran a story in which a woman, Lindsey Fifield, accused Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner of grabbing her by the arm, twisting her arm, and of standing in a doorway menacingly blocking her exit.

The New York Times could not corroborate any of her accusations, but ran the story anyway, along with allegations from a few other women that Graham Platner could be unsettling, had dark thoughts, and generally had spooky vibes as a boyfriend.

They also spoke to several other women who said he was a lovely boyfriend and they happily supported his candidacy.

It’s now coming out that Lindsey Fifeld is a lifelong GOP operative who has worked with Platner’s Republican opponent, Susan Collins, and successfully persuaded her to vote in favor of Brett Kavanaugh, Trump’s Supreme Court justice who is an ACTUAL rapist.

In one message to a friend, Fifeld wrote “I will personally go campaign for Collins.”

Reporter Ryan Grim at Drop Site News reports that “In 2014, Fifield began work as digital director for American Action Network, a Republican Super PAC that oversees House races. The next year she became social media manager for the Heritage Foundation, where she stayed for the next seven years.”

“In 2022, she joined the Super PAC backing Nikki Haley for president, switching to the official campaign side the next year, and staying until the campaign flamed out. She now lists herself as a visiting fellow at the Independent Women’s Forum, a prominent dark money group that is best known for helping usher Brett Kavanaugh on to the Supreme Court and giving Susan Collins the talking points she needed to make her decisive speech in his favor.“

“The NYT breezed past all this, saying she was ‘a Virginia conservative who has worked for right-leaning groups and Republican campaigns.’”

“Meanwhile, the timeline Fifield gives of their relationship is confusing, because during at least some of that time she was actually dating a different person, her longterm boyfriend who became her fiancee before she called off the wedding in 2018. We all know this because she and [Zionist extremist Bethany] Mandel did a podcast episode on it that went mega-viral in Republican circles back then.”

It should be noted as well that Lindsey Fifeld has a long history of making up baseless lies about Palestinians targeted by the Trump administration like Mahmoud Khalil and Rumeysa Ozturk.

Folks, pardon our French, but this is *bullshit.*

This is an abhorrent attempt to weaponize domestic violence and the mental trauma of dealing with PTSD in order to sink a leftist candidate who staunchly opposes the Israeli genocide of Gaza.

Oh, and if that wasn't enough, the reporter on this article is Katie Gluek, an ardent Zionist whose parents are Israeli settler-occupiers in the West Bank.

Platner’s campaign responded with “Let’s be very clear: This is a lifelong G.O.P. operative who’s dedicated her career to electing Republicans.”

What else is there to say?

Graham Platner is obviously a very imperfect person, but we are not electing him to be our boyfriend. He has been very open about his struggles with PTSD; he saw four of his squadmates killed in an IED explosion in Iraq.

This smear campaign, based on uncorroborated allegations by a woman who literally said she would work for his opponent, is part of his punishment for being a progressive who isn’t afraid to stand against Israel, to stand against the health insurance behemoths, and to demand a better life for the American people.

They managed to sink Al Franken like this. They will NOT succeed again!

[Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan]

If you can’t see the massive bad faith right wing smear campaign going on against Platner right now then you must be blind. This is ludicrous:

[Ryan Grim @ryangrim]

Scalia died in February 2016. It took Obama a full month to nominate a replacement and then he used no leverage and barely lifted a finger for Garland; the party was more focused in the moment at making sure everyone understood how racist and sexist Bernie Sanders was.

Plenty of Obama aides were actually glad when Dems lost the senate in 2014 because they were sick of Harry Reid pushing Obama to be more assertive and fight more.

They lost the Senate in 2014 largely because of Obama’s capitulation to/obsession with austerity and reducing the deficit.

He constantly insisted he had no real power — Neera will probably respond by saying he had no power — which Trump has proved totally wrong.

And when RBG died in September 2020 Trump nominated ACB the next week. They play to win.

But sure, a 5 minute segment from @chrislhayes would’ve made the difference. (And I’m sure he did do a bunch actually.)

[Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein]

Maine voter asked about Platner: "Probing into the minutiae of his personal relationships when you don't do that for any other candidate is ridiculous."

[Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein]

neither susan collins nor janet mills would ever have a sexting scandal. Why? Because they have integrity

[Secular Talk ([email protected]) @KyleKulinski]

@BrentScher You support a pedophile rapist war criminal all because he supports the terror state of Israel. Shut the fuck up bitch.

[Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders]

In New York, 100,000 volunteers came together to elect Zohran as Mayor in our nation’s largest city.

In Maine, one of our most rural states, we can do the same thing and elect Troy Jackson as Governor and Graham Platner as Senator.

[Matt Stoller @matthewstoller]

There’s a very important fight between Chevron and Gavin Newsom over California gas prices. And it has to do with the oil-drenched attempt to keep America locked into an inferior fossil fuel economy. https://t.co/MRAnwOIubv

[Cenk Uygur @cenkuygur]

Does everybody see coordinated attack against @grahamformaine? It’s on every cable network. It’s from politicians in both parties. The reason the establishment is so afraid of him is because he actually intends to use his power, as explained below. We have to fight back together.

[Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine]

There hasn’t been a draft in over 50 years. Every single one of the 7,000 young men and women Susan Collins sent to die in Iraq and Afghanistan enlisted.

What a disgusting slap in the face to their families and a callous disregard for their sacrifice.

[Jesus Freakin Congress @TheJFreakinC]

🚨BREAKING: Right-wing streamer Cam Higby was caught on video walking up to a group of protesters and pepper spraying multiple people, outside the Newark ICE Facility.

Then, as people reacted to being sprayed, an armed man pulled him away, telling him, “It’s not worth it… it’s time to go.”

Last time I checked… walking up to a group of people and spraying them with a chemical irritant is commonly charged as assault or battery.

And then, after spraying the crowd, the video show Higby, and the armed man, running into the ICE facility while agents allowed them inside.

Imagine the outrage if a left-wing activist walked up to a group of conservatives, pepper sprayed them, and then disappeared behind federal gates.

The headlines would never stop.

The law is supposed to apply equally to everyone.

[Ryan Grim @ryangrim]

Imagine being a reporter at a mainstream news outlet trying to report on AIPAC’s shell PAC structure they use to hide support for candidates.

Consider how frequently AIPAC gripes about me here, which they have to do because there’s no manager they can complain to. Would be funny if they called @nausjcaa or @jeremyscahill to complain.

But a reporter at an MSM outlet just trying to do basic straight reporting would get shut down by these arguments, which is what has happened for years.

[Warren Gunnels @GunnelsWarren]

Elon Musk Wealth
2012: $2 billion
2026: $834.7 billion

Larry Page Wealth
2012: $18.3 billion
2026: $322 billion

Sergey Brin Wealth
2012: $18.7 billion
2026: $299 billion

Jeff Bezos Wealth
2012: $18.4 billion
2026: $289 billion

Minimum Wage
2009: $7.25
2026: $7.25

Get angrier

[Democrats Deliver @DemzDeliver]

🚨 New York City has announced free tax preparation to all working families.

This will save New Yorkers an average of $346 per year.

[Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein]

We must not allow Graham Platner to sully the sterling reputation of Congress

[Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @NYCMayor]

Three months ago today, a war began that no one voted for — and the cost has been paid by people who had no say in it.

Thousands of civilians have lost their lives. Thirteen U.S. servicemembers will never come home to their families.

Americans across this country and our city have watched prices rise at the pump and the grocery store, their budgets strained by a conflict launched without a single vote of Congress.

Every life lost abroad and every dollar squeezed from a working family here is part of the same reckless bill, handed to the people who could least afford it by those who will never pay it themselves.

I opposed this war from the first day. I oppose it still. It must end.

[Ryan Grim @ryangrim]

This is a coincidence @aipac but we just identified another California congressional race you are secretly funneling money into. Will send an email for comment.

[Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine]

A message from my wife Amy: