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The Maine Wire crushed Bangor Daily News. The Maine Wire is the only trusted news source Maine has.
Graham Pollard@GrahamMaineWire
And for the record, even though we are TROUNCING the @bangordailynews, I'm not even particularly happy with our numbers. We can, and will, continue to build on this:
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Graham Platner Instructing Leftists To "Resist" ICE
These are the speeches the controlled-media will not show you. This was Platner at a Leftist Church in :Lewiston - with a band in the background to create emotional manipulation as he rallied the Socialists to fight back against ICE & side with illegal foreigners over Americans.
Treason.
This man will one day leave a pile of bodies behind him....
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@1drcole @grahamformaine This is Platner on rape victims (he deleted this post)!
“Rape is a real thing. If you’re so worried about it to buy Kevlar underwear you’d think you might not get blacked out fucked up around people you aren’t comfortable with.”
Misogynist Pig!
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Susan Collins is spineless and corrupt. And in 165 days, we will defeat her.
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@nancyjordaij @FoxNews He served 4 combat tours. What the fuck have you ever sacrificed?
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Veterans put their lives on the line so candidates like Platner can run for office… and he called the U.S. Army 'absolute trash' and 'full of fat, lazy' people? Combat trauma doesn't excuse that kind of disrespect. Maine deserves a Senator who actually respects the uniform, not one who apologizes only when it’s politically inconvenient. This one’s going to haunt him all the way to November 🇺🇸 #VetLivesMatter"
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“Full of fat, lazy trash who would rather not be in uniform.”
Resurfaced posts tied to Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner are back in the spotlight after he called the U.S. Army “absolute trash.”
The posts, made under the Reddit account “P-Hustle,” have become a major issue in Maine’s Senate race against GOP Sen. Susan Collins.
Platner has previously apologized for the comments, saying they were made during a period of combat trauma and do not reflect who he is today.
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@magine_3037 @grahamformaine He's going to be our next senator, Jeff. Get over yourself.
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You’re a barracks lawyer running for U.S. Senate.
You’re a BUM!
You were a prior service Sergeant when you joined the Army National Guard and never got promoted through your whole enlistment.
When you weren’t deployed for 9 months in the Guard, you were a bartender and a seven year college student using the GI Bill with no degree to show for it. While doing that you were ranting and raving on Reddit and shitting on fellow service members and services. Like Mr. Career E-5 Sgt is all knowing.
Now you do some shit with oysters while living off VA disability because taking a paycheck would mess that up.
A disrespectful, disgraceful, dishonest, BUM!
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Yesterday we started running this ad during the Red Sox game.
Midway through the game the ad was taken down by the station (which is owned by Red Sox ownership).
And then the Sox blew a 4-0 lead.
Graham Platner for Senate@grahamformaine
Private equity is taking our homes. It's taking our hospitals. It's taking beloved local businesses and stripping them for parts. And now private equity is running the Red Sox into the ground. Our new ad ⬇️
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@TheMaineWonk Appalling how liberals love to spend other people money. What he means is people that are able to get off their lazy asses and feed themselves are now required to do so. Instead of drooling over what others have, go earn it yourself!
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By “lifted” he means kicked off so he could give tax breaks to his oligarchs.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar
Trump: "Under our leadership, 5 million people have been lifted off food stamps just in a short period of time"
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@AshWilliam99 @SteveRob What news? That grunts jerk off in porta potties?
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@SteveRob But is this news actually getting through? These stories aren’t being covered by BDN or local news.
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The reverse permission structure… Democrats in Maine are becoming ashamed to advertise their support for Platner.
Maine Dems still have until June 9 to pull a switcheroo and try for Gov. Mills, but that looks exceedingly unlikely.
Cereal Killer@PatchoSombrero
Just drove Rte 1 between Ellsworth and Belfast. Not counting road intersections where campaign volunteers place signs, I only saw 2 Platner signs on lawns. There were multiples more 2 weeks ago.
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@BlobyHustonsRod @wallydubz Elvis and the dudes at Muscle Shoals disagree. So did Jerry. I'm with them.
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@wallydubz She was not a good singer. I’ve never understood. Other than the overwhelming need that all deadheads have to assign god status to everything Grateful Dead related.
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Probably a Grateful Dead hot take, but I feel like Bob Weir was just as annoying as Donna.
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@samanthabrook_ Oppo research uncovers soldiers jerking it! Film at 11!
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Elizabeth Warren 1 month ago: Graham Platner is “my kind of man”
Elizabeth Warren today: *crickets*
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Platner defended himself by saying “It's called s---posting.”
Maine needs a Senator, not a sh*tposter. foxnews.com/politics/platn…
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So… I have a 15-year-old son who, by his own choice, lives with his dad and only comes to stay with me on weekends. He came over on Friday, and when I was unpacking his backpack I found a bunch of these things inside. Does anyone know what this is? He completely avoids the subject and is super closed off with me. Please help 😭
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@RichardHanania Graham has raised nearly $12,000,000 since August and will very likely be my next senator. So, no, he has clearly not failed at life. You, on the other hand, have failed at being a human. Probably shouldn't have drunk Elon's "empathy is bad" koolaid.
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Graham Platner says he and his wife make $60K a year combined.
Isn't this an indication you've failed at life? Why would this be something you brag about?
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@SmithsHand5309 @Isikoff Not enough time or characters to answer that question.
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If you’re the scion of a wealthy Maine family, get sent to fancy private schools, your Dad finances your home, pays for you and your wife to fly to Norway and picks up the tab for your fertility treatments AND your Mom is the main customer of your oyster farm, it does undermine the idea you are uniquely attuned to the experiences of the working class.
Patrick Graber@pggraber
@Isikoff @nytimes @LuluGNavarro Quick question, are you suggesting that a person is not working class is their parent was well off? I'm not an expert on Platner. Can you clarify, does he have money or does/did his dad, does he live paycheck to paycheck as he says? It seems his Dad's money isn't really relevant
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@1985jjohnson @AlexanderMcCoy4 His campaign has raised almost $12,000,000 since August. He's doing fine. He will be my new senator and I couldn't be happier.
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He and his wife would be making less than minimum wage in Portland, Maine if this is true. Money is not the measure of succeeding in life but keeping your head above water financially is certainly a quality you should want in a leader. Knowing what it is like to be poor is not a valuable leadership trait. It is just a commonality with poor people. Pick your leaders for what they can do not for what they don't know how to do just like you.
If a grown man doesn't know how to make money then you have to question what he does know.
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When people talk like this, you need to realize you’re talking about 30-40% of American households.
Richard Hanania@RichardHanania
Graham Platner says he and his wife make $60K a year combined. Isn't this an indication you've failed at life? Why would this be something you brag about?
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@tamarackhack91 @KJisms @DeepNotShallow You fail to account for the underestimated anti-sidewalk-chalk voters.
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@KJisms @DeepNotShallow If you ignore the polls it does seem like Susan could win true lol. Shakey Susan better run a perfect campaign. If I were her I’d continue avoiding the public as much as possible so people don’t see how old she is
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The moderate consultants said you could only beat Susan Collins by running further right.
Platner is about to prove them wrong in a purple state.
And when he does, it becomes the anchoring argument for an entirely different Democratic Party in 2028.
Graham Platner for Senate@grahamformaine
We have led Susan Collins in nine straight polls.
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@KaiDaigoji @AlexanderMcCoy4 For a moment I wasn't sure you were a complete piece of shit. Thanks for clearing things up.
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@AlexanderMcCoy4 It's so funny watching the coordinated dance of the pro-Platner brigade coming out to act like these transparent lies are meaningful.
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All of this resonates with me so deeply.
Lulu NYT@LuluGNavarro
Today on #TheInterview : Any path for Democrats retaking the Senate goes through Maine. Progressives see Graham Platner as the potential cure for what ails the Democratic Party. Establishment Dems fear he is a symptom of our degraded politics. A deep an surprisingly emotional discussion with the man himself👇👇nytimes.com/2026/05/16/mag…
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@davidsirota I thought Rick Scott's multi-billion dollar medicare fraud was bad until I heard about Platner's $200k loan from his dad.
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The NY Times published its piece insinuating that Graham Platner's $200,000 home makes him an oligarch on literally the same day Sen. Susan Collins' new financial disclosure shows she is worth literally millions of dollars.
It's a reminder that there's no such thing as "objectivity" - a news outlet's story selection is a sign of its subjective viewpoint and its goals.
Of course, all candidates deserve scrutiny — but the point here is that what corporate news outlets decide to cover and not cover is a subjective and often ideological decision, even if they then write the stories in the language of objectivity.
Everyone should stop pretending “objectivity” is a thing. It’s not. Fairness and accuracy is — but the moment decisions are made that something is news (say, Platner’s modest house) and something isn’t news (say, Collins’ massive wealth), there is inherently no objectivity.
It would be better for outlets just to be more honest and admit what their goals, values and viewpoints really are.
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@ME_Politics_ Not really. The authenticity stuff is a sideshow. It will be grueling, but he will triumph because of his policy positions and Collins' record.
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Platner’s campaign will live and die on voters perceptions of his authenticity. So far, polling has showed that Dem primary voters are sold on him. It’ll be a grueling general though where he will have to navigate old, and likely new, personal attacks #MEpolitics
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#MaineSenate NYT: More than two dozen interviews, reviews of his financial documents and a visit to his hometown reveal a back story that defies easy categorization, complicating the blue-collar image cultivated by Graham Platner and his campaign. Platner is an oysterman, a combat veteran and a former harbor master from tiny Sullivan. He is also the son of a Dartmouth College-educated lawyer, the grandson of a famed Connecticut architect and a graduate of a private high school. His parents have offered him privileges and connections and have helped him financially. nytimes.com/2026/05/15/us/…
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