Correct to both. Once someone gets 50%, it’s over so Graham won after only one round. The other rounds were never looks at. I’m saying that if he drops out, we look at who his voters voted for second, distribute the votes and keep going until someone gets 50%.

giving people the opportunity to rank second and third choices in case their first choice doesn’t win. We’ve already done this. Why should we be scrambling to cook up something new? Also, the gubernatorial and CD 2 results took a weekish to go through. We have time to do this. /end

The Platner story shows how political consultants should not parachute into a state and pick a candidate. There were a bunch of solid Democratic candidates in the state. Maybe the elites don’t know better than the people who actually live in the state?

I think @govandybeshear.bsky.social should just appoint a Dem to fill McConnell’s seat. It would force proof of life, and the state law that stripped him of that power should be challenged in court. I’m sure Thune would refuse to seat the appointee, but I think it’s a fight worth having. BE BOLD!

American women won the World Cup 4 times....

She already had one. @andrealaflamme.bsky.social

There was no shortage of warning signs. If they hadn't been ignored, we wouldn't be right before the deadline for him to voluntarily drop out, wondering what to do. Acting with principles from the beginning would have been so much easier. Compromising on them only compounded the problem.

I mean it's only progress because he started the conversation with a fucking Nazi tattoo, which probably put him considerably behind where we'd normally be, and yet somehow still was not enough on its own to end the conversation then and there.

a coda i’ll add here is that my feelings about platner are no different than they were a month ago. the NYT story painted a picture of a predatory and unsafe man, but a woman had to share the graphic details of her rape for it to be enough.

i will not forget the men who downplayed the earlier allegations of abuse against platner and said accepting them was just the price we had to pay to gain control of the senate. i hope they feel like fucking assholes.

Dude imploded months and months before the primary and everybody involved decided to keep going anyway.

We Hillary hags and KHive were screeching for months about that Nazi and we got ignored.

The Dem establishment failed the voters. Podcasts didn't swing the primary, running such a horrible centrist candidate allowed a guy who had several red flags to demolish them. The establishment had this most recent story months ago and ran the Republican operatives story over it

Maybe ask the Democratic leadership (you know the ones who have been kowtowing to Mitch, Trump, and Johnson for a decade) why they couldn’t find a better candidate. Stop blaming people who are searching for someone, ANYONE, who will stand up to the folks trying to destroy democracy.

Jonathan Ross killed Renee Good and he has yet to charged. Pass it on

Everything that motherfucker touches dies. open.substack.com/pub/jojofrom...

Journalists have a duty to tell the public that the president and his aides are seriously considering suspending habeas corpus *when it is happening* rather than saving it for a book rollout over a year later

I know I'm just cranky from hours of scaffolding & loitering, but I'm kind of shocked that MSNOW livesteam has maintained for *hours* a banner saying "NOW: WORKERS REMOVING [DT] NAME FROM KENNEDY CENTER" when that is exactly not what they have done the whole time.

What I hate is that there is multiple other people running (since its still the primary) and this isn't a guarantee that he'll win. And then say he does win, we are to believe his word that he'll vote the way he says he will.

#Trump hates women, especially WOC. The smarter & more successful, the more he hates them. #RachelScott is the award winning journalist that got under his thin skin ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥 #ImWithHer #SheShed ♥️

Red states don’t hold referendums before they redraw maps to their advantage. They just do it. If the courts are going to keep moving the goalposts, maybe it’s time blue states stop asking permission.

She would be branded a traitor to America, accused of treason and everything under the sun. Rightfully so. But since it’s Trump who is doing all this, we’re being told it’s strong leadership. GTFOH. (5/5)

The most dangerous man in the Epstein class is Peter Thiel, the eccentric billionaire behind JD, HE is the one pulling the political strings on the hill. HE is very dangerous in that he prefers to move in the shadows.

Write-in candidate Andrea LaFlamme! You don’t have to be a ghoul and vote for the Nazi! bsky.app/profile/andr...

With Mills out, I wanted @andrealaflamme.bsky.social to debate and challenge him.

seems like a great plan to send a candidate into the general who's never ever in their lives taken part in a debate before.

Ofc he's doing this shit, he's already been crowned by the voters and party establishment as the presumptive nominee! The polls show him ahead even in the general, so why even bother campaigning in the primary!? This is bordering on recklessly arrogant, thinking he's already got the seat in the bag.

He is sexist and inexperienced. She was the women's rights and gay rights candidate.

He’s afraid to debate any of the Democratic candidates running

Why is this guy so awful and still under the banner of being a Democrat? We don’t put Nazis on the ticket.

Red Flags...Big Mistake. Maine voters deserve more.

Candidate w nazi tattoo does what now?

I’ve reached out to David several times about he and I holding a debate between the two of us. Mainers deserve to hear from their candidates so that they’re informed at the ballot box. I’ll keep you informed if he accepts my invitation.

Yet another powerful reminder to never give up on the survivors. Keep being loud on the #EpsteinFiles #Pinks #ProudBlue youtu.be/tT1fNbjALlA?...

What possible reason is there for Maine voters to not support the first female Attorney General in New England to replace Susan Collins in the Senate?

Wise words from Spain's Prime Minister: “The momentary relief cannot make us forget the chaos, the destruction, and the lives lost. The govt of Spain will not applaud those who set the world on fire just because they show up with a bucket. What is needed now: diplomacy, international law and PEACE.”

Do not stop talking about the #EpsteinFiles. Do not stop talking about the #EpsteinFiles. Do not stop talking about the #EpsteinFiles. Do not stop talking about the #EpsteinFiles. Do not stop talking about the #EpsteinFiles. Do not stop.

Help make it go higher if you’re still over there

Question: Trump’s illegal war hasn’t been successful at making you forget about the Epstein files, right? We’re not distracted enough to forget about thousands of young girls who were trafficked.

KEEP ON REPOSTING. KEEP THE TRENDING HIGH. #EpsteinFiles #NoPedophiles #NoKings #NoPEDODENTS #NoTrump

Buh bye pamela jo

At sunrise Monday, a 10-foot-tall golden toilet appeared at the National Mall. The statue mocks Trump’s remodeling of the historic Lincoln bathroom in Mar-a-Lago style. www.thedailybeast.com//mysterious-...

Any member of Congress who votes yes, and puts their name on a $200 billion supplemental for a war Trump and Republicans won’t even call a war, should lose their seat in November. Thank you for your attention to this matter. #FundHealthcareNotWar

📌BREAKING via NYT: “Pete Hegseth is blocking the promotion of four Army officers to be one-star generals, a highly unusual move." Two of the officers are Black and two are women, the other 32 are white men. Tell me again this regime isn’t fueled by bigotry and misogyny, and I’ll call you a liar.

my main concern with graham platner isn't that he's actually a devout nazi but that he's the sort of ideology-free populist who can't be trusted

honestly why not this lady instead of platner

For those who may not know, yes I am the person who chalked on the sidewalk in front of Susan Collins’ house. Not only did she call the police to erase my work (violating my 1st am right), but she’s since moved to a house without a sidewalk. She’s already made it clear that she’s intimidated by me.

Warren endorsing Platner assures another Susan Collins term. Liz and Bernie turning their backs on Mills ruins the Dems chance to flip a seat. But if misogynist Nazi Platner manages to win, he'll be a Dem like Sinema was a Dem.

It's already ILLEGAL for non-citizens to vote. This voter suppression bill—the "Save America Act"—solves a non-existent problem while disenfranchising millions of actual citizens. It's a lie from start to finish. #SaveActIsPayToVote social.demcast.com/s/W6PgCiWC

This morning WPR News is repeatedly calling it an "Israeli-led war" or "Israel's war against Iran." Any mention of US seems incidental. Is this an NPR thing, or is WPR deciding to do this themselves?