Our community hit an important milestone this week - $10m raised for battleground candidates and party committees - thank you all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
While I generally agree with Simon about candidate vetting, the new world order should have everyone not judging what happens between adults as automatically a no-go. Look at the current regime and all their sins.
I think in the past the problem wasn't entirely one of morals - in our modern culture, every couple is entitled to their own arrangement and rules - it was (WAS does heavily lifting here) a possible question of exposure to blackmailing. To compromise.
But with people living their lives online everything is at the ready.
Something that is illegal is altogether another thing (and even that shame/political consequence has now faded).
Clinton and Monica scandal vs Eliot Spitzer and his pay-for-sex scandal.
I think it's more that it's a drip, drip, drip of "scandals". Some more serious than others, in my opinion. Personally, as long as the texts weren't of a harassing nature, I believe it is between Platner and his wife. But part of running for office is all the skeletons have the potential to come out. Will Maine vote for him? I guess we will see.
The thing that struck me most about this story was the betrayal. I mean his wife is the one that brings the sexting story to the campaign so it can be vetted! Talk about character.
Maine voters will get to determine it such behavior is disqualifying versus an incumbent with many "concerns" and no spine.
As far as Plattner goes, I think we need to give people the benefit of evolving. Isn't that what life is supposed to be about? Learning from mistakes and doing better? So he was a young, sexting, tatooing, survivor of military service in a war zone. He grew up. He has admitted mistakes. Not "Mistakes were Made." He took responsibility for his actions. I like that in an elected.
I think for some it is how long it took Platner to cover up the tattoo that is the most troubling. The CNN article mentions that there are posts from 2019 that undercut his argument that he didn't know what the tattoo resembled or what it meant. I can't access the full CNN article so I don't know what the full article states. I say this with respect to everyone and I believe everyone is entitled to their opinion. I got blocked (first time) by someone here for saying something similar. So, I hope I do not offend anyone with this comment. We can agree to disagree. I just want Collins out but dammit that woman always seems to slither back into the Senate.
I haven't been closely following Plattner, but from the articles I've read this morning, his wife did the right thing disclosing this highly personal thing to make sure the campaign knew about it, only to have it leaked to the press.
I'm way older than Plattner but have had an active online presence for decades now. Have I emailed or texted things I would find highly embarrassing now? I sure have. I've also watched Watergate, Gary Hart, John Dean, Kitty Dukakis, Walter Mondale, Bill Clinton deal with embarrassments in different ways. And then there is the creep in the Oval now and his thugs and vulgars. Whole other ballgame.
I was at an early 2028 Presidential Candidate forum, where JD Vance barely met the qualifications. He was financially the weakest of all the candidates, and his polling just barely made him eligible to participate.
I was moderating and right to his bearded, gerbil-cheeked face yelled at him: "JD, YOU DON'T HAVE THE CARDS! YOU DON'T HAVE THE CARDS, JD!"
We are in an existential fight to save our democracy.
Susan Collins has sided, again and again, with the forces determined to weaken it. She must be defeated.
And if the last few years have taught us anything, it is this: the left has to stop flinching. The panic. The hand-wringing. The bed-wetting. The performative weakness. It is killing us,
Over and over again.
Yes, the Platner allegations are a distraction. Fine. They’re here. We deal with them. But we do not lose focus.
I will gladly push through a fucking sexting scandal if the alternative is handing Susan Collins another term.
Double your resolve.
Double your support.
Show people we know what matters. Show them we have discipline. Show them we have focus. Show them we know how to win.
To be clear, when something like this happens, rather than wringing our hands and contemplating what could go wrong, we should money bomb him. Inoculate him on this.
He finally said out loud what was always true: the purpose of the ballroom is a place for him to be crowned president-for-life, just like his idols Putin and Xi. We need to stop minimizing this by referring to it as a "vanity project" and to just say it: Trump will be gone by January 20, 2029 if not sooner because we will not tolerate it. He will leave vertically, or he will leave horizontally, or he will leave in chunks but he will be leaving. Period. I don't want to hear the timid, "but what if he won't leave..."
He has no intention of leaving and never did. That was true on election day and is still true. And we have no intention of putting up with this bs. If we can do it non-violently, great! Though the reality is in all the color revolutions people were killed. Just like in Minneapolis. Non-violent protesters murdered there. If it takes lighting a bunch of shit on fire, then it does.
For anyone who wants to be shocked at what I wrote, then please don't get all proud about the American War of Independence this Fourth of July. I'm a proud member of the No Kings movement, but let's remember it was not peaceful protest that got us no king in the first place. It's not that I want violence. It's that I believe one has to consider that it it might come down to a choice of war or tyranny. Just like in Ukraine.
Tomorrow the NM State legislature will hold its first public hearing about Jeffrey Epstein's crimes, including sex trafficking. It’s part of a bipartisan investigatory subcommittee of the NM State House of Representatives called The Truth Commission that is focused on the illegal activities that occurred at Zorro Ranch in Stanley, NM. This commission has subpoena powers as a “temporary, non-judicial body established to investigate and report on past human rights violations or atrocities. Its main goals are to uncover the truth, acknowledge the scale of abuses, provide a platform for victims' voices, with recommendations for reforms to prevent future violence and promote reconciliation.” This hearing starts at 2 pm Mountain Time at the Roundhouse in Santa Fe and will be on live stream (local PBS station and KOAT-TV, the local ABC television affiliate in Albuquerque).
1) $10M raised!
2) Trump cancels music party for 250th.
3) Trump gives up the fight to keep his name on Kennedy center, because he can't get real entertainment there either.
Take the wins, Baby.
Thanks to all the contributors and contributions. That's a huge accomplishment.
Keep pushing. Have a nice Sunday, y'all.
While I generally agree with Simon about candidate vetting, the new world order should have everyone not judging what happens between adults as automatically a no-go. Look at the current regime and all their sins.
I think in the past the problem wasn't entirely one of morals - in our modern culture, every couple is entitled to their own arrangement and rules - it was (WAS does heavily lifting here) a possible question of exposure to blackmailing. To compromise.
But with people living their lives online everything is at the ready.
Something that is illegal is altogether another thing (and even that shame/political consequence has now faded).
Clinton and Monica scandal vs Eliot Spitzer and his pay-for-sex scandal.
Character vs crime.
I think it's more that it's a drip, drip, drip of "scandals". Some more serious than others, in my opinion. Personally, as long as the texts weren't of a harassing nature, I believe it is between Platner and his wife. But part of running for office is all the skeletons have the potential to come out. Will Maine vote for him? I guess we will see.
The thing that struck me most about this story was the betrayal. I mean his wife is the one that brings the sexting story to the campaign so it can be vetted! Talk about character.
Maine voters will get to determine it such behavior is disqualifying versus an incumbent with many "concerns" and no spine.
As far as Plattner goes, I think we need to give people the benefit of evolving. Isn't that what life is supposed to be about? Learning from mistakes and doing better? So he was a young, sexting, tatooing, survivor of military service in a war zone. He grew up. He has admitted mistakes. Not "Mistakes were Made." He took responsibility for his actions. I like that in an elected.
This race is even more interesting to me now.
I think for some it is how long it took Platner to cover up the tattoo that is the most troubling. The CNN article mentions that there are posts from 2019 that undercut his argument that he didn't know what the tattoo resembled or what it meant. I can't access the full CNN article so I don't know what the full article states. I say this with respect to everyone and I believe everyone is entitled to their opinion. I got blocked (first time) by someone here for saying something similar. So, I hope I do not offend anyone with this comment. We can agree to disagree. I just want Collins out but dammit that woman always seems to slither back into the Senate.
This is democracy in action. Respectful sharing and differences of opinion in "the town square."
I hope he is one of the ones that put us over the top in the Senate in November.
💯 Thank you.
I haven't been closely following Plattner, but from the articles I've read this morning, his wife did the right thing disclosing this highly personal thing to make sure the campaign knew about it, only to have it leaked to the press.
I'm way older than Plattner but have had an active online presence for decades now. Have I emailed or texted things I would find highly embarrassing now? I sure have. I've also watched Watergate, Gary Hart, John Dean, Kitty Dukakis, Walter Mondale, Bill Clinton deal with embarrassments in different ways. And then there is the creep in the Oval now and his thugs and vulgars. Whole other ballgame.
Let's see what the voters think.
I had a dream last night.
I was at an early 2028 Presidential Candidate forum, where JD Vance barely met the qualifications. He was financially the weakest of all the candidates, and his polling just barely made him eligible to participate.
I was moderating and right to his bearded, gerbil-cheeked face yelled at him: "JD, YOU DON'T HAVE THE CARDS! YOU DON'T HAVE THE CARDS, JD!"
And it gave me such joy to do that on camera.
Congrats to Simon and to all of us for $10 million raised! That's a remarkable accomplishment and we're not finished yet!
We are in an existential fight to save our democracy.
Susan Collins has sided, again and again, with the forces determined to weaken it. She must be defeated.
And if the last few years have taught us anything, it is this: the left has to stop flinching. The panic. The hand-wringing. The bed-wetting. The performative weakness. It is killing us,
Over and over again.
Yes, the Platner allegations are a distraction. Fine. They’re here. We deal with them. But we do not lose focus.
I will gladly push through a fucking sexting scandal if the alternative is handing Susan Collins another term.
Double your resolve.
Double your support.
Show people we know what matters. Show them we have discipline. Show them we have focus. Show them we know how to win.
To be clear, when something like this happens, rather than wringing our hands and contemplating what could go wrong, we should money bomb him. Inoculate him on this.
Just focus on winning FFSs.
He finally said out loud what was always true: the purpose of the ballroom is a place for him to be crowned president-for-life, just like his idols Putin and Xi. We need to stop minimizing this by referring to it as a "vanity project" and to just say it: Trump will be gone by January 20, 2029 if not sooner because we will not tolerate it. He will leave vertically, or he will leave horizontally, or he will leave in chunks but he will be leaving. Period. I don't want to hear the timid, "but what if he won't leave..."
He has no intention of leaving and never did. That was true on election day and is still true. And we have no intention of putting up with this bs. If we can do it non-violently, great! Though the reality is in all the color revolutions people were killed. Just like in Minneapolis. Non-violent protesters murdered there. If it takes lighting a bunch of shit on fire, then it does.
For anyone who wants to be shocked at what I wrote, then please don't get all proud about the American War of Independence this Fourth of July. I'm a proud member of the No Kings movement, but let's remember it was not peaceful protest that got us no king in the first place. It's not that I want violence. It's that I believe one has to consider that it it might come down to a choice of war or tyranny. Just like in Ukraine.
Tomorrow the NM State legislature will hold its first public hearing about Jeffrey Epstein's crimes, including sex trafficking. It’s part of a bipartisan investigatory subcommittee of the NM State House of Representatives called The Truth Commission that is focused on the illegal activities that occurred at Zorro Ranch in Stanley, NM. This commission has subpoena powers as a “temporary, non-judicial body established to investigate and report on past human rights violations or atrocities. Its main goals are to uncover the truth, acknowledge the scale of abuses, provide a platform for victims' voices, with recommendations for reforms to prevent future violence and promote reconciliation.” This hearing starts at 2 pm Mountain Time at the Roundhouse in Santa Fe and will be on live stream (local PBS station and KOAT-TV, the local ABC television affiliate in Albuquerque).
https://www.nmlegis.gov/handouts/CCJ%20110625%20Item%202%20AR%20MA%20Truth%20Commish.pdf