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Sailed the world and back on dry land…. Loving Twitter/X with Elon at the helm!

[Tim @trouble_man90]

Platner's Nazi tattoo is a symbol of genocide. His supporters need to pivot to saying they just don't care instead of this deranged nonsense this lady is saying.

[Mila Joy @Milajoy]

Spencer Pratt CAN request a ballot recount.

Here are the steps:

Candidate/Voter-Requested Recounts: Under California Elections Code §§ 15620–15634, any registered voter (including a candidate) can file a written request for a recount of votes for any candidate, slate of electors, or measure. This serves as the main mechanism for a candidate to seek a more thorough review.
• Timing (Local/County Races like most LA contests): Must be filed within 5 days after the official canvass is completed (when the elections official signs the certified results). For multi-county or statewide races, there is a separate window (within 5 days starting on the 31st day after Election Day).
• Format: Written request to the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk (RR/CC). It must specify the contest, on whose behalf (e.g., the candidate), and optionally the method (manual, machine, or both) and order of precincts.

[Defiant L’s @DefiantLs]

Dana Bash: "Platner is saying my past is being weaponized politically... then Ro Khanna, at the same event, effectively saying we support women, we believe women... how do you reconcile those two notions?"

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

The level of fraud here is mind-blowing

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

The system is rotten

[AwesomeAnnie 🇺🇸❤️🇮🇱 @AwesomeAnnie18]

This lady is a prime example of today’s Democrats and why so many Jews have left the Democratic Party. No self-awareness. They say they’re against genocide as they support a genocide against the Jews.

[I Meme Therefore I Am 🇺🇸 @ImMeme0]

BREAKING UPDATE: Michigan DoorDash driver who publicly admitted refusing to deliver an order to a customer displaying an Israeli flag has had their account deactivated for violating DoorDash’s community guidelines.

[Nicole Lampert @nicolelampert]

Quite astonishing.
What has happened to the Democrats?

[Visegrád 24 @visegrad24]

🇬🇧 Hampshire Police quietly rewrote their entire press release behind closed doors after Henry Nowak's father furiously fought against it.

They were actively attempting to push a completely false narrative about their son to the media.

Just three days after Henry's demise, Hampshire Police's press team presented their initial draft to Henry Nowak's family. They were appalled.

Henry Nowak's father, Mark Nowak, had to fight tooth and nail to stop the police from issuing a statement claiming Henry was the "violent aggressor" who had racially abused Vickrum Digwa.

Rather than standard bureaucratic back-and-forth, it was described as a moment of absolute outrage from his grieving family.

They refused to let Henry be blamed for his own death while the true perpetrator's lies were validated.

Faced with the father's intense anger and refusal to accept the draft, the police department realized they could not publish the text as written.

They backed down and completely stripped out the word "assaulted," changing it to the vague term "altercation" to pacify the family before releasing it to the press.

They had no evidence of any racial abuse from Henry but thought it was safe to automatically side with the foreigner's baseless claims of racism.

The British police are trained to be woke and side with foreigners by default.

This case is a pure example of two-tier policing in the UK.

[Magdi Jacobs @magi_jay]

I think Democrats and others are being terribly naïve about Graham Platner. I would like them to be less naïve, even if they are in the camp of "Okay, let's take this poison pill." Okay, take the poison pill. But be very careful.

First, there is the documented pattern of lying across a variety of topics.

-He lied to the New Yorker about receiving a VA loan for his house
-He lied about having to go to Prep School because his local school wasn't accredited
-He lies repeatedly in speeches about how he earns his income. "I earn my living at the sea." He draws no wages from his business.

Just these facts alone indicate: treat this guy with kid gloves. He could be lying about a whole lot more.

And, yes, he also lied about knowing whether he had a Totenkopf. Multiple people have said he knew. And there is objective, visual evidence in the form of a text message from his ex-girlfriend saying, "He has a Nazi tattoo" from August, 2025. As well as his own history of commenting on Nazi insignia.

There are other possible domains where he looks like he *could* be lying. He told the NYT that the mortgage loan he got from his dad was at a higher rate than he would have gotten from a bank. That sounds fishy. Then there's the fact that he's ostensibly re-paying his father for that loan with VA benefits. Instead of having taken out a loan from the VA itself, which, again, he claimed to have done.

GOP is also asking other questions about his income. Why he draws no wages. The re-investment/tax structure of his business. The nature of his disability claim + the amount he receives per month.

Now let's take the allegations of violence against women. Try to be dispassionate. The allegations could be true or could be false.

A lot of focus has rightfully been on the most serious allegation: domestic violence, against Lyndsey Fifield, occurring between 2013 and 2016. There is another allegation of problematic behavior: that Platner showed up drunk at Jenny Racicot's home in 2021, after she specifically told him not to come. So, if the allegations are true, this is a time range of at least 9 years.

In 2024, Jenny Racicot also posted to a facebook group "Are we dating the same guy?" Multiple women replied to that post indicating problematic behavior towards women, after Platner was married. At the very least: cheating. Then there's the KIK profile, which runs up to the current moment. The extra-marital texting with ~12 different women. So, that's proof he lied to his wife.

Graham Platner is untrustworthy; demonstrably so. He has lied to reporters, lied to his wife, lied to other women, and also lied directly to voters. All of that is concrete and demonstrable, whatever you think of the abuse claim.

He also arguably lacks impulse control. He tells lies that are easily disproven; sexts outside of marriage with multiple women, etc. Just the lying about why he went to Prep school, the VA loan, how he makes a living, & a variety of other issues looks pathological in nature. If he lies about all this, what else does he lie about?

Why would he say the VA gave him a loan when they didn't? Why would he lie and say he HAD to go to Prep school because the public school was not accredited? Why tell those specific lies? Add to that: "Susan Collins sent me to war," when we know that he wanted to go to war. From 2011 to 2020, he said, multiple times, that he wanted to go to war and had no regrets. These lies all go in a very specific persona-building direction. Don't trust a guy like that.

In terms of the allegations. Again, maybe they're true and maybe they're false. But there is enough "there there" to be cautious, at the very least, particularly in combination with the observed pathological lying.

Allegations from 2013-2015; then allegations from 2021. Did anything else happen in between? After? And, if there is a pathology to this, will anything else happen if he's elected Senator? Pathological people don't just "stop." You add what looks like compulsive cheating on top of that. . .well. . .

A final note. Platner has repeatedly said: "Nothing else will come out" and then something comes out. So, that's a real reason for caution. Also: Platner's campaign manager threatened his previous campaign manager with a smear campaign. "If you tell the truth, I will destroy you," essentially. That is a sign of tremendously bad character. It's also a sign that warrants even more caution: Has anyone else been threatened into silence?

I understand the consequentialist arguments re: Platner vs. Collins in a binary race re: the judiciary. But don't be naïve.

Even if you hand-wave away the alleged violence against women (which, gross), there's still all the other lying. Don't ever assume a demonstrated liar is *now* telling the truth because he tells you so. He still had the KIK profile 10 days ago. That behavior is less problematic than the abuse allegation, but it's still an objective demonstration of dishonesty and an arguable demonstration of compulsive behavior (sexting multiple women while married). If you naïvely tie yourself to a person like that, they will bring you down with them.

And, please, don't change your definitions of what constitutes violence or harm against women based on a man with this profile. That's harmful in and of itself. But, worse, what if more comes out? What if he does something while he is a Senator? How's that going to look for you? How will it look for the Democratic party?

[Izabella Tabarovsky @IzaTabaro]

Congratulations to American progressives for accomplishing what generations of neo-Nazis have pursued in vain: the effective exoneration of the Nazis.

There is only one question left: now that we know a Totenkopf tattoo is fine but an Israeli flag isn't, what are you going to do with all those articles and prize-winning books you've written arguing that Israelis are the new Nazis?

If I were you, I'd start looking for the unpublish button. You wouldn’t want to be sued by Nazis for defamation.

[Gina Milan @ginamilan_]

4/25/15, Stephen A. Smith:

“Obama is the POTUS. The face of any franchise should always show any POTUS that respect.”

Fast-forward to today: Stephen A. throws a full-blown tantrum because the Knicks OWNER invited President Trump to a game.

The hypocrisy is off the charts. 😂

[Murray Hill Guy @MurrayHillGuy1]

This morning on a Zoom call I mentioned Trump was going to the Knicks game tonight.

One marketing girlie launched into a rant about how awful he is. Said how evil he is, etc

I said, “I think it’s probably a good thing he’s supporting our city and Knicks.”

Now I have an HR meeting on my calendar.

It’s gotten to the point where you can’t even say the word “Trump” without people acting like you just confessed to a crime

[Basil the Great @BasilTheGreat]

🚨BREAKING: It has been revealed that Vickrum Digwa and his brother were secretly recorded by police saying Vickrum stabbed Henry and they were going to lie, the conversation was in Punjabi

[Wall Street Apes @WallStreetApes]

This is insane

Spencer Pratt “We talked to the building contractor today. He said to rebuild our 2,500 square foot, it's a 2 bedroom house $2.5 million. $2.5 million to build a 2,500-square foot house… not including a single thing inside of the house that we ever bought, just the actual structure”

Okay how is this even possible

Apparently California makes it extremely expensive to build in these areas

Factors include strict seismic codes, energy efficiency requirements because of Title 24, new environmental regulations, permits

The rest of of course labor costs and materials

But again that’s just the house, nothing else. Apparently from estimates by the time they’re done the cost could by over $7 million

[AwakenedOutlaw⚒️ @AwakenedOutlaw]

President Obama sitting courtside at a Chicago Bulls game, October 28, 2015

[Tali Goldsheft @TaliGoldsheft]

If you're ok with a nazi tattoo but not ok with a star of david tattoo...you just might be a bigot.

[Mila Joy @Milajoy]

My sister lives in Los Angeles.

She's a Democrat but voted for Spencer Pratt.

I was with her when she dropped her ballot in the mail weeks ago.

We checked today and it hasn't been received back.

Are they just TOSSING ballots for Spencer Pratt?

[StopAntisemitism @StopAntisemites]

Meet Maine resident Laurie Dobson. She can overlook Graham Platner having a Nazi tattoo on his chest, even if it was done "by accident."

But had it been an Israeli flag tattoo?

That would be a dealbreaker.
Suddenly, he'd be unfit for office.

[Chay Bowes @BowesChay]

Suggesting this is a "Woman" is like suggesting a child in a doctors play kit should be allowed remove your appendix

The fact that a significant portion of society will tell you my opinion is "offensive" and "hateful" defines the utter lunacy of what western society has become.