the "smoothgroin" pejorative and all its attendant implicit masculinity/phallic/sexual baggage feels a lot more disgusting and uncomfortable upon learning that the candidate preferred by those who coined the term now has multiple credible allegations of sexual assault and aggressive impropriety

I’d forgotten all about this. Klippenstein is yet another cretin whom way too many otherwise smart people continue to take seriously.

wait someone came up with “smoothgroin” and used it without being laughed and shamed into the void?

Turns out it means "not a rapist"

Along with Katz, I think this should be the nail in the coffin for Klippenstein's "smoothgroin" bullshit.

Oh what the fuck

He's been shitty for a *long* time.

Feel vindicated in my ire that @gregsargent.bsky.social gave Rebecca Katz a friendly platform that she didn’t deserve last week.

Katz struggling to find a way on board the replacement candidate’s campaign.

Morris Katz came from rich parents, went to Skidmore, an expensive and elite college, and also worked for John Fetterman. All the reasons why Democrats should never, ever have taken him seriously.

...and ken klippenstein suddenly got fixated and obsessed with McConnell

Morris Katz should never work in Dem politics ever again

morris Katz has been notably offline throughout July so far.

Every single person who tried to sanewash this guy should probably shut the hell up forever. Looking at you Morris Katz.

Katz should be keel-hauled

"Maine Dems" read: Katz and the 2 progressive folks who recruited Platner, the extensive out-of-state network of taste-makers who promoted him, and progressive money that supported him.

Two weeks ago @elisejordan.bsky.social & I asked Morris Katz, top campaign strategist for Platner, if he could assure the public no more sexual misconduct allegations would come out. He repeatedly dodged the question, complained abt people digging into Platner's past www.mediaite.com/politics/he-...

...it turned out Chanda Prescod-Weinstein was the Nazi RAPIST apologist! Oops! :-o

I was right there in all the bluesky fights, and it was all the lefty Bernie bro/Pod Bro types fluffing Platner, yelling at us "centrists" for wanting someone normal and vetted like Mills or Costello.

Platner being accused of sexual assault allegations wasn’t exactly obvious. But certain (not all) voices on the left really embarrassed themselves dying on this hill. It’s been obvious since October that the guy sucked. Bernie Sanders, I’m looking right at you.

And now Graham Platner can rank right up there with Tulsi Gabbard as Bernie Sanders' best judgement calls. But sure, he'd have won in 2016 and 2020. Sure.

The left fails on basic respect for women. Bernie bros harassing Hillary was totally unacceptable. Bernie was told much about Platner but didn’t care. Platner’s team didn’t care. Platner might have lied about baggage, or worse, just didn’t think he did wrong. Without women you will never win.

Chanda Prescod-Weinstein and Shay Stewart-Bouley awfully quiet about Platner, right now, hmmmmm?

Platner stans are now saying they aren't responsible for him when he was endorsed by DSA and Bernie. Fake Dems now trying to distance themselves from the Nazi rapist they screamed was the only one who could beat Collins.

"Sanders made the initial endorsement in late 2025 and has continued to stand firmly behind Platner amid subsequent media controversies regarding past online comments and explicit text messages." Fetterman and Platner were endorsed by Bernie and he would have the most influence.

Honestly, I lay Platner wholly at the feet of Bernie and the Pod Save bros, because they are the ones responsible for it

"Don't back Graham Platner" was the most obvious political move in the world and in retrospect it's very obvious AOC didn't do it and Bernie Sanders did.

Sound like Platner is going to drop out. If true, the question becomes who replaces him. Bernie-endorsed former Maine Senator Troy Jackson beats Susan Collins comfortably head-to-head.

OK, I was wrong. Fuck Graham Platner. We can probably consider Maine lost regardless of whether or not he has the decency to drop out before Monday. Unfortunately, that probably means Abdul El-Sayed is toast as well due to pure guilt by association.

Platner was talking about El-Sayed as his weightlifting buddy which eye roll.

REPLACE 👏🏻 PLATNER 👏🏻 WITH 👏🏻 TROY 👏🏻 JACKSON

I really hope Schumer is letting Platner know that he is not welcome in the conference even if he gets elected. I don't have much faith he is, but I hope he is.

The walking red flag. I believe her, and she comes with receipts. And Platner always gave me the ick.

“Don’t be a rapist” is far from “Be perfect” Apparently, Platner couldn’t even clear that incredibly low bar. How surprising in a man with a Nazi tattoo…/s

AOC not getting behind Graham Platner looks like a chess move now.

Certainly explains why he supported Totenkopf Boi Graham Platner!

Kinda crazy but the first thought that crossed my mind when I read the news (today) was, Platner probably told David Hogg some if not all of this shit when they had the bromance on the boat and Hogg was probably just like “OMG that’s so punk rock bro”

The one's who propped up Graham Platner were: The Pod Save bros, Morris Katz, Ryan Grim, David Hogg, the Bernie wing, Warren, and Gallego

What has @podsaveamerica.crooked.com or @franifio.bsky.social or Jon Stewart said about him lately? Have any of them admitted to maybe supporting him without proper vetting yet?

Just as Trump's campaign should've come to a screeching halt with "grab em by the pussy" or mocking that reporter, this shitheel should have been dropped at Nazi tattoo. Anyone shilling for him since Tattoogate needs to be shunned. (And yes this includes Jon Stewart)

nope. you and jesus can do all the forgiving this time..

Jon Stewart was positively giddy, in his conversation with Platner.

Like it was a lot of men simping for him. It was very disturbing to see

Like the amount of times Kyle form secular talk simped for him was so bad I just stopped watching. Was just disgusting

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.

bye bye, rapist Nazi tatboy

Please, for the love of god, can we pack it in finally? Can we finally admit after his Nazi tattoo, Reddit posts, cheating allegations, abuse allegations, and rape allegations that Platner just isn't it? Is he even electable at this point? Can Maine Democrats stomach putting a rapist in office?

Somebody FINALLY CALLING OUT Parker Molloy on expending all her political capital supporting the Nazi rapist candidate for Senate in Maine!

I’d rather they didn’t murder a bunch of Palestinian children personally. But I’m not going to murder a bunch of Jews over it.

I disagree. That said if we call Gaza a genocide, Platner was committing one in Iraq while he was over there, because we did the same shit to people in Ramadi and Fallujah that Israel is doing in Gaza. Plus he raped someone that just hit the news a few mins ago.