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If you only have time to read one thoughtful piece about this mess, let it be this one.

Marisa Kabas

I wrote about the irony of Platner and his campaign trying to convince journalists, commentators and voters that they had outsmarted the trappings of traditional masculinity, only to come crashing down as a result of it:

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Very well presented. As always!

Welp Grim and Klippenstein are off my list. Next they will be saying that they moved to the right because people were mean to them.

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I think they’re already there. Grim is talking about how white men are being denied their right to be asshole rapists.

Ответ для Republicans have to cheat to win

Its already happening.

You did excellent work, Lawrence, as usual. I also appreciated your interviews of Rep. Pingree and Emily's List president, Jessica Mackler - both women, well done you. It was definitely worth staying up later than I would like on a workday to catch the West Coast rebroadcast. Thank you.

A Grace Platner candidacy would have ended with the tattoo. We have all been unconsciously trained to excuse bad behavior in certain groups of men. I come from a working class background—the men I grew up around never behaved like him. Good men need to stop giving passes to the Platners of the world

Here is another viewpoint. The average voter are so desperate for his policy positions that they are willing to overlook alot of red flags, but the Democratic Party will only ever advocate for centrist, corporate-backed, aipac owned candidates. But it’s the progressive voter who is the bad guy.

I don't need to read a thing about Platner after watching @lawrenceodonnell.bsky.social last night. Platner is unelectable.

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I thought @lawrenceodonnell.bsky.social destroyed Platner last night, but then came tonight's show. What little pieces that were left were ground to dust.

People voted for him because he was a Democrat to knock out Collens

It’s really a shame, I mean he had the requisite Nazi tattoos, bad judgement Reddit posts and sexting multiple women after being married for a whole five minutes.

Ответ для I hate it here 23

Are rape fantasies, including raping people you disagree merely "bad judgment"? And all this came out after it was known he worked for Blackwater as recent as 8 years ago.

Ответ для swmark78

I thought I was being completely and obviously facetious. 🤦🏼‍♀️

Ответ для I hate it here 23

You were. Quite obvious to me.

Ответ для Bill Horton

Whew! Thank you.

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you were. he’s too wrapped up in baseball for reading comprehension

If he's running for president or supreme Court justice, he gets in without issue. Now what? GOP wins Maine?

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Ah, Polymarket, where they also bet on whether someone would set off a nuclear weapon. Also the place where Trump's staffers bid in advance on things he's about to announce. Not exactly a place one goes for thoughtful political analysis.

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go maine!

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There is still time to officially replace him on the ballot, thank God.

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Do you have any idea how bad defending Platner at this point makes you look? Because that is exactly what you are doing.

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Out of all the Dems running in that primary, Platner had the absolute worst shot against Collins. Find literally anybody else and Dems have a better shot of winning than with Platner.

How about mentioning how Politico left out pertinent details and Jake Tapper doesn’t do follow up questions, allegedly with the intent to create a specific narrative? Whose playbook does this resemble? This comes out, and more will most likely. Highly sus given the timing. youtu.be/j8MStTYqt-M?...

EXCLUSIVE: Platner Assault STORY LEFT KEY DETAILS OUTYouTube video by Breaking Pointsyoutu.be
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That was weird they left out that one email from her. I can't even trust politico now.

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She didn't invite him over. She said she needed her glutes massaged. He said he was coming right over. She said "don't come over." If you're going to be a fool, do your fucking homework before you step up to glaze a Nazi rapist.

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AFTER THAT TEXT, She said DON'T COME OVER. She said NO. No means no.

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Shut the fuck up.

Thanks for the recommendation.

So perfect review on Platner.

Your show is always phenomenal, I never miss… but last night was another absolute master class! 🏆 🙌 💙

I understood the assignment from the get go. As soon as the first woman came forward about him putting his hands on her he shoulda dropped out. Instead ppl made excuses like "she was tricked into telling her story." So, it still happened.

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Did those who pushed for the oysterman realize how insulting his campaign was to the likes of Ivy-trained lawyers in the Senate, including Cory Booker, Mark Warner, Tom Cotton, Adam Schiff, Richard Blumenthal et al? All you need is a high school diploma, flannel shirt and scruffy beard, right?

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Dude, he ran an oyster fishing company someone else set up for him. With no apparent oyster fishing experience before. Stop pretending the private schooled guy who decided to join the military instead of a free ride though colleges paid by his parents is some kind of fucking "everyday workingman".

Ответ для swmark78

Yeah, his campaign was offensive to actual working class people (note: not just "white"! tho his campaign was also an offensive consultant class parody of "white working class") A lot of people (mostly men) wanted a misogynist Nazi. They should sit with that. And be shunned going forward.

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"Despite months of red flags, his allies insisted he was the vision of positive masculinity the party needed." English translation: Guys liked him. They could see themselves having a beer with this guy. That's all that matters.

Nice to see an article NOT trying to spread the blame for this fiasco by implicating "the Democrats" or invoking Chuck Schumer's name.

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They are NOT part of the larger problem of Graham Platner, who was not chosen nor supported by Schumer or The Democrats until it was very clear he was already the winner. Should they have done that? No. Are they even remotely responsible for the clowns who elevated a Nazi rapist? Fuck no.

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What is this larger problem?

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Ha! I missed that reply. Thanks for chiming in with what I would've said anyway. Not even sure what "the larger problem" is, besides people not voting for, or constantly undermining, Harris, and now the Dem leadership and whatever "the establishment" is.

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They are pissed that the shitty white dude no one knew until 9 months ago turned out to be a shitty white dude and not the Great White Progressive Hope they wanted. They projected all their thoughts and dreams onto him and now are looking to place the blame. Platner? No. Themselves? Absolutely not!

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Spot on

It comes down to walking the walk. Graham Platner has shown little evidence that he has ever done so. Everything is empty words, a facade.

Listen, NO corporate democrats to replace him. It better be a progressive

She's pretty great, some of your colleagues could learn a thing or two

Put a woman in charge.

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Interesting article. There certainly were enough warnings about this person’s suitability for public office.

Be great if you would also highlight some of the ppl who've been consistently criticizing Platner and his rancid enablers for the last year.

Seems ta me that he has an Alcohol problem which is at the heart of all his history of problems…..he should just drop out and let the dems move on……….

Absolutely astute presentation about Platner yesterday evening. Thank you.

I just unfollowed Lawrence and will block anyone who criticizes and slams the democrats thereby risking the midterms. I hate it when we roast our own even when we have Trump in the White House and his yes people in the House and Senate!

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quiet everyone, the rape apologist is speaking

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Please do me the honor of blocking me, you stupid bitch.

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And me.

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Does argument necessarily “risk the midterms?” I think it’s helpful right now. Anyway, I doubt average democrats are actually paying close attention to all this.

The DNC imploded after Kamala lost. This shit show is a reflection of a rudderless party. Even if by some miracle Democrats take the Senate it will be wasted under Schumer's leadership.

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Yes, though I’d say they imploded before, & that’s part of why she lost. They’ve been rudderless for quite some time now, utterly disconnected from ordinary voters

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I'd say Kamala lost specifically because of the rudderlessness of the party. A party that couldn't even stand up against a genocide and failed to prosecute an openly corrupt insurrection leader didn't have credibility to say they would defend democracy, let alone do anything else voters wanted.

thanks lawrence 🙏

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🎯 And thank you, @marisakabas.bsky.social . 🎯

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💪🏾‼ #Shared 💪🏾‼

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You deserve it, Marisa. It’s an excellent piece, typical of your exemplary work.

we need you to keep it going lawrence

“Though Platner’s policy stances have fallen squarely in the progressive camp, the excuses made for his personal shortcomings and failures signaled an old fashioned approach to politics where looking the part and sounding the part are enough to ignore all manner of sin.” Not anymore. Bye.

Thanks, that was awesome.

@lawrenceodonnell.bsky.social thank you for this link. If you are still active on X, I hope you will migrate your contributions fully to Bluesky, because I watch for them here with as much eagerness as I tune in to The Last Word every night. You are one of the few voices of sanity.

I disagree. We did need it, because outside of that someone willing to actually fight the old, and loosing power structure of Schumer, the F minus autopsy written by unserious people, and a tired Senate leader who doesnt fight for most Americans. Thats why we supported him till this crap came out.

We are forgetting the true villains: the Maine DC and the DNC: Ah anyone ever told them you should vet ALL candidates. This situation would never exist. And they wonder why these establish Dems are losing. I always knew it was a matter of time when the young would start removing the old Dems.

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Platner was sold to idiots as the young guy removing the old Dems. And the fools who fell for that didn't mind that he was a Nazi mercenary. Platner ran as the anti-establishment candidate. That was his entire fucking schtick. And you will fall for the next Nazi who claims the same thing.

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The Maine DNC had nothing to do with Platner running. Anyone who meets the requirements can run. He was selected as the winning Democratic nominee in the primary by the voters of Maine.

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I didn't say anything about Maine DC selecting Platner. But they could, like all the media, vet him and everyone else, once they said they were running. And now Maine DC is involved with selecting his replacement. Several voter have already mention who they will not vote. Don't you love democracy.

@marisakabas.bsky.social is a really good journalist and thinker. She should be promoted and read more widely.

Great read!

Hardly a story worth 30 minutes of your show last night. Move on.

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