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Tony Moonbeam II @moonbeamii.bsky.social · 2h

It’s fucking over for @grahamformaine.bsky.social. The trust fund baby and Blackwater mercenary has never done a thing for Maine.

Unlike the incumbent Governor…

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ellenahzulu.bsky.social @ellenahzulu.bsky.social · 10h

Both Kelly & Warnock were well-known & had an outsized public presence, strong connects to the Dem party, had been properly vetted & were engaged in long-standing community/organizational activities that left them well-suited to step up & properly represent their state & the USA in elected office.

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Jacob Bryant @pantsb.bsky.social · 22h

Platner is a former Blackwater mercenary, opposes gun control and dog whistles "The working class abandoned the Democratic Party because the Democratic Party abandoned the working class.” He has no government experience, no college degree, no leadership experience. He's not Senate material

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ellenahzulu.bsky.social @ellenahzulu.bsky.social · 23h

Platner has a 100% disability rating for PTSD & other unspecified injuries. He worked for Blackwater, apparently witnessed corruption, but didn't whistleblow.

He's NEVER been vetted for office. If there's anything sketchy in his military, contractor or medrecs the GOP is gonna eat him alive.

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Defend Our Democracy @myrnaukelele.bsky.social · 23h

He worked for Eric Prince's Blackwater.

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KataSutra @katasutra.bsky.social · 23h

Guys got Fetterman vibes

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Tony Moonbeam II @moonbeamii.bsky.social · 10h

The only Senator on our side who never ran for office before is Mark Kelly and Raphael Warnock. And you are unfit to carry their shoes

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 23h

Parnas: A lot of people are saying this idea that, well, Graham Platner hasn’t won statewide, and Janet Mills has.

Platner: We have a number of excellent senators who had never run for office or won a statewide race before.

That’s an argument the establishment makes to protect itself

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annabellelecter.bsky.social @annabellelecter.bsky.social · 10h

It's weird that Graham Planter brands himself as a 'fighter' when he and his fans have no stomach for a competitive primary.

On the other hand, he backs Josh Hawley, who raised a fist for the January 6th insurrectionists and he supports Bernie Sanders, who fought Establishment Planned Parenthood.

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Sarah Mango ✡️ 🪷 #KHive🎗️#JewSky #🟦 @sarahmango23.bsky.social · 1d

They were misusing the word ceasefire-calling for Israel to surrender unconditionally. And for Israelis to “go back where they came from” (Poland & Brooklyn). They NEVER called for the hostages to be returned or for Hamas to surrender. And they were calling Israelis evil by nature (antisemitic).

Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 1d

I can’t help but think today about how many young people were savaged on social media, branded as anti-semites and abandoned by their schools for daring to call for a ceasefire. I remember saying that it was the first time I can remember that calling for ceasefire was regarded as a hostile demand.

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ae @aelkus.bsky.social · 17h

they still are stuck with 2016-2020 mindset, which is “if i bully people on tbe internet, i don’ t actually need to win a competitive primary”

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Natasha Bertrand @natashabertrand.bsky.social · 10h

NEW: How the Pentagon sidelined lawyers while testing the legal limits of military action
New details here about how the Army’s top uniformed lawyer was fired just weeks after raising concerns about the use of the military domestically and mass firings of DoD employees www.cnn.com/2025/10/15/p...

How the Pentagon sidelined lawyers while testing the legal limits of military action | CNN Politics

For weeks earlier this year, the Army’s top uniformed lawyer had been raising legal concerns inside the Pentagon about some of the new policies being rolled out dictating how the military can be used ...

www.cnn.com

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 10h

By allowing for the dismantling of minority districts held by Democrats, a ruling against the VRA could give President Donald Trump and the GOP enough additional seats to lock in the party’s control of the House for a generation. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Fair Elections — and Perhaps Control of Congress — at Stake as SCOTUS Hears Challenge to VRA

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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Tony Moonbeam II @moonbeamii.bsky.social · 10h

You’re challenging Steny Hoyer and we’re the ones who are addicted to losing? Lmao

Harry Jarin for Congress @harrymd5.bsky.social · 23h

Her text came in as I was watching your video. Incredibly blackpilling to see establishment Dem donors line up behind another elderly career politician. I've had donors here in Maryland tell me they'd like Steny Hoyer serve to until he's over 100. These people are addicted to losing, just pathetic.

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Democrats In Array Thanks Joe Biden @demsinarray.bsky.social · 21h

Fetterman staffers are literally running this dude’s campaign.

Fetterman endorsers are lining up behind him.

How dumb do you think we are, Susan?

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R. Souissi @rsouissivibes.bsky.social · 10h

Wait. Y'all don't want a lapdog of Erik Prince's Blackwater Merc4Murder self-hating Dem to run against Collins.

Bernard ain't gonna like that.

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Tony Moonbeam II @moonbeamii.bsky.social · 10h

Do you have anything to offer beyond shit talking the party? Because I’m not seeing it

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THEE Acting Lore @portgreen.bsky.social · 10h

Their ageism comes from a place of ignorance and I’m sick of it! None of these “fresh ideas” are new. They’re already in bills that have died on arrival because Dems don’t have the votes. But they think these “younger” faces, who don’t even know how gov’t works, are magically going to get it done🙄

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Wendy Orent @wendyorent.bsky.social · 11h

Hamas has executed at least 33 people since the “ceasefire” began. 7 were dragged into Gaza City Square and shot there, for the high crime of opposing Hamas. Yet the pro-Palestine protestors don’t object.Because most of them are pro-Hamas and always have been. they just hate Jews.

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Tony Moonbeam II @moonbeamii.bsky.social · 10h

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Lisa Mikolajczyk ✡️ 🟦🏴‍☠️ @lisamikolajczyk.bsky.social · 10h

Susan Collins is 74 years old you moron. As soon as Janet Mills announced she’s running, pollsters changed the rating of the Maine senate race from lean R to toss up meaning she’s the first candidate they believe has a real chance to beat Susan Collins.

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Tony Moonbeam II @moonbeamii.bsky.social · Sep 5

How many people did Graham Platner kill during his time as a Blackwater mercenary? Where did the money for the oyster farm come from?

ChicagoDad @chidad3.bsky.social · Sep 5

Also, #Schumer wants Janet Mills to run, not Platner. You are giving too much credit to Chuck.

Democrats still pine for Mills as Maine upstarts seek the Senate

Graham Platner and Dan Kleban bring relative youth as well as strong (and tasty) local credentials. It may not matter.

www.semafor.com

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Paula Vergara @paulavergara.bsky.social · 1d

That phony Democrat doesn't have a chance in hell of defeating Susan Collins in 2026. It's Gov. Janet Mills who will take her down.

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Kacey325 @kacey325.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah, I'm not feeling that dude. His answer about being 'anti war,' but signing up to fight in Iraq, then working for Blackwater, has me side eyeing him. I sure as heck don't trust anyone who craps on the Democratic Party, but then says the admire Josh Hawley. Just, no.
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Kacey325 @kacey325.bsky.social · 2d

He's critical of the Democratic Party, but admires Josh Hawley.

But 'progressives' are pushing this guy as the alternative to the "Dem establishment." 😭

You can't make this shit up.😂

Smoking outside after the town hall, Platner rattled off some current U.S. senators who he admires: Independent Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Democrats Chris Van Hollen of Maryland, Brian Schatz of Hawaii, Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island, Ed Markey of Massachusetts. On the other side of the aisle, Josh Hawley of Missouri.

“We don’t see eye to eye on a lot of things, but he has been fighting for stuff,” Platner said. “For instance, trying to ban stock trading. Yeah, I’m into that,” notably the opposite stance Collins has taken.

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Amy Fried @asfried.bsky.social · 23h

Maybe also from his father, the attorney, and his mother, who owns restaurants, or his grandfather, the esteemed modernist architect who designed buildings and projects all over the world.

Wasn't Platner anti-war during the Iraq War?

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TheMaryGirls (Mini Airlock) @marygirls.bsky.social · 23h

With the money he got from killing Iraqis and Afghanis during those respective wars. Oh, and from Blackwater.

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