It was a similar sentiment from Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass. — another Platner booster — who brushed off questions about the candidate’s indiscretions and pivoted to rising gas prices, the war in Iran and Democratic hopes of unseating the Republican incumbent, Sen. Susan Collins.

Asked on Monday if he was rethinking his support for Platner, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt. — the progressive leader who endorsed the oyster farmer just days into his campaign — told MS NOW, “Certainly not.”

Democrats are standing by Maine’s presumptive Democratic Senate nominee.

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Life is harder and more expensive for Americans because of the misplaced policy priorities of Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress. And it’s getting worse. Every day, families are struggling to afford health care, food, and gas

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Will This Doctor Who Went to Gaza Win a Seat in Congress? open.substack.com/pub/zeteo/p/...

Judge Kills State-Level SAVE Act, Communities Take Down Data Centers, and Gov. Wes Moore Takes A Sledgehammer To The Regime’s Rising Costs open.substack.com/pub/dworkin/...

HRC President Kelley Robinson ushers in Pride Month as HRC membership soars to 4 million strong; Appellate Court finds expulsion of trans servicemembers unconstitutional; Donald Trump is weird, but that doesn’t make him an ally;

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Commemorating Our History Under a Historically Ignorant President There’s a word for Trump’s top-down, cookie-cutter constriction of American history and his far-reaching purge of any perceived deviations from its supposed "truth": un-American. By Chris Sellers

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The independent writer’s advantage in the age of AI open.substack.com/pub/on/p/the...

Trump Plans Mass Firings Over Humiliating Concert Fiasco open.substack.com/pub/rawstory...

Dan Osborn I’m running again against billionaire Republican Pete Ricketts and the latest poll shows me LEADING for 2026 – 47% to 46%.

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Trump claims Israel and Hezbollah will de-escalate; White House narrows Medicaid work exemption; Kenya protests U.S. Ebola quarantine facility open.substack.com/pub/dropsite...

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New Mexico lawmakers to blast out subpoenas in Epstein investigation California’s conservative Huntington Beach could get a gay, Democratic congressman

Trump's base keeps shrinking, plus polls on AI, Ebola, and more open.substack.com/pub/yougovam...

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All Hell Breaks Loose Over Trump’s New Cabinet Pick! open.substack.com/pub/michaelp...

Breaking: Trump-backed Republican Randy Feenstra concedes in 5-way Iowa governor primary Primary results are rolling in for key races from New Jersey to California after voter in six states went to the polls on Tuesday READ FULL STORY→ click.e.usatoday.com?qs=ABB7InYiO...

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The Oligarchs Are Not as Safe as They Look open.substack.com/pub/wendy664...

“While the billionaires get much richer, 60% of working-class Americans struggle to afford food or housing. The very rich should start paying their fair share of taxes.”

USPS just announced that they will only send ballots to voters who are on lists created and controlled by the Trump administration. Team, this is a terrifying assault on our democracy.

Tuesday Afternoon News Updates: Where Is Trump? — 6/2/26 open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...

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