
Rick Isenhart
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Maine Gov. Janet Mills drops her U.S. Senate bid ahead of June 9 Democratic primary against first-time candidate Graham Platner. apnews.com/article/janet-…




Mills withdrawal in Maine underlines two points: -Platner is a force w Dems and has run a strong campaign in a state w an uber high-information Dem primary electorate. They know about his past comments, they just don’t care bc there’s something bigger going on Which raises point two -Mills was a stand-in for Biden and Schumer in the months after the disaster that was 2024 and she shouldered their sins. Her numbers are strong as gov but Maine Dems wanted a bigger and more emphatic change, which Platner embodies It’s a statewide but it reminds me of those 2018 big-city primaries. Dem primary voters unseated or chased out older Dems - Capuano, Crowley, Lipsinki - partly as an expression of deeper frustration at their party for losing to Trump





If you commit fraud in Minnesota you’re going to get caught — and that’s exactly what we saw today. We catch criminals when state and federal agencies share information. Joint investigations work, and securing justice depends on it.



Today’s raids by state and federal law enforcement happened because our state agencies caught irregular behavior and reported it. That’s how the system is supposed to work, and our agencies will keep at it as long as there are fraudsters around to put behind bars.










