We have seen enough, the new allegations against @grahamformaine make it clear that he is not what we believed him to be. No rapist can call themselves a progressive and expect to get away with it in the end.
We unequivocally revoke our endorsement and demand he drop out.
🚨I just got off the phone with a former Iraqi Sahwa commander who served with the Desert Brigade from its founding in 2005 until 2010. During that time, he frequently operated alongside Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marines in Ramadi, the capital of Al Anbar Province in western Iraq.
He shared some disturbing details about a Marine named Graham Planter. According to the commander, there was a recurring pattern involving their interpreter, who would arrange visits to a local woman running a prostitution house. She had several underage daughters. Planter and a couple of other Marines would go to the house, often setting up an observation point with their Iraqi counterparts.
The story took a darker turn when he described how it started. During what was supposed to be a routine raid on the home, they discovered it wasn’t a terrorist hideout — it was a brothel operated by a single mother who had lost her husband. After that first encounter, the visits became regular.
Two or three Marines including the interpreter would disappear inside the house for an hour, sometimes up to an hour and a half. The Iraqi Sahwa fighters were always positioned outside, securing the area between the roof and the front gate. They were never allowed inside.
The commander was emphatic. He said he was 110% certain that Graham Planter and one or two others were paying for sex with both the mother and her underage daughters.
I have made the world's first Japanese electoral simulator, it includes maps, constituency tables, PR blocks etc; The LDP is still winning big, it would be great if any Japanese can test it!
Link in the comment
For America's 250th, I scraped 9.7 million Congressional speeches and grabbed all the "I am" statements.
Scroll back to speeches since the congressional record began 1873
A ripoff of @walzr's San Francisco version
This is less car seat culture and more a tacit admission that cars are very dangerous unless you're precisely who they are designed for: a 5'9" man who weighs 165 lbs. Once the girl is an adult, cars are still not designed for her, but since she will be a woman and not a child, nobody gives a damn.
It’s not the most famous Inaugural but I’ve always had a soft spot for Bill Clinton’s 1993 line, “There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what is right with America.”
It’s an appropriate thing to take heart to as we look back on 250 years, and work ahead.
The United States of America on July 4, 2026 in the "Fire in the Sky" alternate history by Euphrosymina (DominoDaddy2).
The US has a multi-party system, high-speed rail, and colonies throughout the Solar System, powered by nuclear and renewable energy.
https://t.co/8RXhNuXdPV
250 years ago, our founders declared our nation’s independence and embarked on a great American experiment. They created a system of government built on the consent of the governed — one that could evolve and grow as the nation itself grew and changed. America is at its best when we work together in pursuit of a more perfect union. As we celebrate 250 years of our great nation, we must recommit ourselves to this noble, foundational effort.