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If you don't know at least a handful of guys like Graham, you've never done a day of physical labor in your life and you should really think long and hard about your own class position and why Platner is winning Maine so handily...
Bonchie@bonchieredstate
No, Graham Platner is not relatable. He's not like most guys. Most guys don't have the skeletons in their closets that he does. Stop letting politics make you psycho.
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@katagious2 There are definitely fewer in Portland. They were everywhere. Now I see just a handful. I think people will still vote for him but are embarrassed to support him.
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I honestly didn't believe the Platner signs disappearing spiel, but I did quite a bit of driving through communities in central Maine yesterday and did not see a single, not one single sign for Platner, even in my town, where there were more than I'd have expected... all gone.
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I keep thinking about this story. Platner getting into an accident (we don't know who was at fault), calling the police to report the other person, then getting a DUI himself.
Centrism Fan Acct 🔹@Wilson__Valdez
There are so many Platner red flags, that even me, someone who is highly attuned to them keeps discovering new ones. From the new NYT piece, he apparently got a DUI and his explanation was 'uhh actually I was hit by a drunk driver (while also being a drunk driver).' Seems legit.
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@amyliztweets This is exactly what happened. Last summer he was suddenly everywhere. Came out of nowhere.
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It is incomprehensible that Graham Platner is on the verge of securing the Democratic nomination in the Maine Senate race.
At the end of the day, we just need the people of Maine to send Susan Collins back to the Senate and keep that Republican Majority in the Senate!🇺🇸
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Bunch of NIMBY losers want to block a big housing opportunity in Davis. I live in this neighborhood and would welcome it.
Having 500 more families living here would make the square even more bustling and vibrant, attract new restaurants, and lower the cost of living for everyone else
Boston 25 News@boston25
Strong opinions in Boston suburbs as several tall projects are in the pipeline ebx.sh/PkdMVs
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@berkie1 @MassINCPolling @AbundantHomesMA But the 30% who oppose will march screaming into every city council meeting to ensure nothing ever gets built.
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A 2025 @MassINCPolling / @AbundantHomesMA poll found that 70% of Boston residents support more flexibility in parking requirements to facilitate more housing production.
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@jimgeraghty Did you read the post? He's just saying its a cool picture of soldiers in combat with a dog. I dislike Platner and won't vote for him. But this is ridiculous.
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Man, whole lot of folks scoffed when I called this guy "neo-Nazi-curious."
Jon Levine@LevineJonathan
NEW from me Graham Platner praised Nazi-allied soldiers in a now-deleted Reddit post freebeacon.com/democrats/what…
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@MeghanEMurphy @walterbball I think most men don't know how to get a woman interested. Women are excited by very different things from men, but men do not adapt to their needs. This applies mostly to long-term relationships. In new ones, novelty overrides everything.
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@walterbball Yes, I think most women don’t maintain sexual interest for that long…
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The honest truth is that a lot of married women and women in long-term relationships feel this way. I realize this will anger many men, but it’s pretty normal. I don’t know what the solution is, I just know it’s common
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@NancyMace Seniors want it all!
1) Prevent new housing through restrictive zoning
2) Inflate their property values by suppressing supply
3) Erase their property taxes, which have risen because of 1 and 2
Pay up or allow more homes to get built. Values will come down and so will taxes.
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I just want to note for the record that Hunter Biden continues remains a selfish egomaniac even after he got sober. People ascribed too much of the blame for his bad behavior to the drugs.
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Regarding some feedback on the Fetterman side of this: People focus too much on Fetterman's ideology and miss the fact that he simply is not good at being a senator in classic low-conscientiousness ways. He basically doesn't show up for work.
Josh Barro@jbarro
Why did leftists decide that manifestly low conscientiousness is a mark of "authenticity"? They did it with Fetterman, it blew up in their face, and now they've done it again with Platner: falling in love with an obviously unreliable underemployed weirdo. joshbarro.com/p/low-conscien…
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@JordanBell54 @berkie1 Mass NIMBY's would halt construction of a one-room shed. Worst entitled people in the country.
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@berkie1 Many towns don’t have clean water or enough water to support the current residents. Adding housing would make the situation worse.
Why can’t building make starter homes?? Why do we have keep building these apartments that look that shipping containers with windows?
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Across Massachusetts, towns are spending millions to take developable land off the market and block future housing and economic growth.
Many of these same communities are struggling to fund schools, infrastructure, and basic services while giving up millions in future tax revenue.
NBC10 Boston@NBC10Boston
The town of Wilmington has approved spending nearly $11 million to buy Sciarappa Farm, a wooded 63-acre site, to keep it from being developed. on.nbcboston.com/5iA9mUB
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@caroljsroth Bernie has managed to pass three bills he's sponsored. Two were for renaming post offices. He is useless as a legislator.
Last year, he killed a single-handedly killed a bill funding research of pediatric cancer.
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Bernie is building a hedge: promoting legislation to block AI data centers AND also promoting confiscating ownership of AI if it’s successful.
He must have learned a few things hanging out with Pelosi…
Bernie Sanders@BernieSanders
I will soon be introducing a bill to give the public a 50% ownership stake in the largest AI companies in America. This would guarantee that the trillions created by AI are used to improve the lives of all of us — and block oligarch decisions that harm the American people.
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@jonfavs Platner is an attractive guy. He looks and sounds like the archetypal antagonist in every spicy romance women gobble up.
He obviously uses this to his advantage to get women's attention. With a long Reddit history and a Kik account, the real number is closer to 100.
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I'd just say that if the reason you don't want to support a candidate is because he and his wife chose not to share that they went through marriage counseling to deal with infidelity, that's your choice. But I do think there are other factors in the race that will have more of a direct impact on your life.
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@mattberg33 Maine voter here. Will not vote for him. May not vote at all. I hate Trump....
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@JonahDispatch This article is a perfect reflection of the blond support given to Platner. He has no relevant experience, consistently demonstrates severe character flaws, and has no plans for accomplishing anything. But ignore all of that.
This article is much better: open.substack.com/pub/stephanieb…
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Best thing I’ve read from a Platner supporter — because it’s honest about his moral failings (or at least some of them) and honest about the often cynical and mercenary reasoning of those supporting him. Personally, I disagree with the calculation — if a candidate is unacceptable they’re unacceptable — but people will draw lines differently. open.substack.com/pub/theargumen…
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@magi_jay I live in Maine. What bothers me is Platner was so obviously manufactured. Last August, a polished IG ad appeared in my feed touting a working class veteran. No one has the money or media skills to pull that off alone. Some consultancy chose this guy and heaved him onto Maine.
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I thought about the claim that I am "obsessed" with Graham Platner last night. Am I obsessed with Graham Platner? The truth is: I'm not. I think he's boring. But I think I am "obsessed"--or at least hyper-focussed--w/ how little others care about things that I think should matter
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