CondiaSwirl

“I want to hear how they fucked this up” Because the two wings of the Democratic Party are so eager to play “gotcha” that they’ll pounce on bs small stories creating noise and toxically attack each other. Meaning real stories like this get suppressed as air is sucked out of the room. Hell even as this story breaks, half the talking heads are too busy saying “haha told you so” or “this is an establishment attack” rather than caring about the victim, or even the political race. In 2020 Russia invested attack ads in telling Republicans that Democrats were enemies of America and funding podcasters that stoked right wing agendas. They also ran ads telling Democrats that other Democrats were their enemy, and funding podcasts that stoked internal division. Both campaigns were remarkably effective. Only one of those campaigns does the average Dem realize. The rational response to this moment is simple: -No prior “red flag” is relevant to this claim, and it did not have the veracity of this claim, so it’s irrelevant to this discussion. -He had a lead and won the primary, it’s reasonable to support that unless there is actual evidence of wrong doing. -Now there is a very credible claim of something heinous, you drop him, replace him with someone better (lock him up) and identify gaps in your vetting process. But if the response is “haha I told you so!” while America is dealing with a Christian-nationalist takeover and a corrupt rapist president, then you’ve lost the fucking plot.

BREAKING — A woman who previously dated Maine Democratic Senate nominee Graham Platner has accused him of sexually assaulting her in 2021. Platner denies the allegation, calling it “serious and false.”

Everything happening is part of the campaign to reelect Collins. It’s something I anticipated before the New York Times smear campaign started. The initial goal of the smear during the primary was to ensure Platner significantly underperformed so they could make the case for replacing him. Now that didn’t happen, they’ll try again with another smear before the deadline in an attempt to force him out. The machine is very powerful, but it has met its match. There is no reason to leave a race if you’re innocent of the attacks against you. I’ll be supporting Platner against the machine until November. ✌🏾

Probably going to get hate for this, but I have similar feelings towards baby registries for couples who waited a long time to have a baby as I do for wedding registries for couples who have been cohabitating for years. I'm still going to get you something and I am happy you are having a baby, but you are 40 year old lawyer and pharmacist with a $3000 stroller on your registry; I just don't have the same sense of urgency as for the registry for the 28 year old HS teacher and basketball coach who had to pay for fertility treatments