Saying one is dropping out and dropping our are two different things.

Plenty of people who should have known better to blame for this spectacular failure, but nobody deserves more blame Than Bernie and his top operatives. Of course Platner is to blame, but he's damaged goods, and they'd have known that had they bothered to vet him. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/08/u...

This is what happens when the Supreme Court fails to issue a unanimous win in favor of the plain text of the Constitution. A 9-0 decision upholding birthright citizenship would have firmly discouraged this threatened waste of judicial resources. www.cnbc.com/2026/07/08/t...

Of course the rapist is defending the rapist. Game recognizes game.

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Political malpractice of the highest order, mostly by Bernie and his operatives, who anointed this POS *behind closed doors* while refusing to vet him, because they knew instantly that this was their guy. The same operatives want final say on a replacement? Because we should trust their judgement?

The red flags weren’t hidden. They were public. The timeline isn’t about one bad decision. It’s about how warning after warning was ignored until it became politically impossible to look away.

I keep coming back to one simple truth: we need kindness, real, everyday kindness, toward one another. So many people feel less rooted now, even in the places they grew up, among family, friends, and the environments that once felt familiar. There’s a deep sense of hurt and disconnection.

Real leaders know that no matter how good, how original your ideas may be, the best way to move forward is to let others discover the ideas on their own. And they will, if your ideas are as good as you think. It's not about taking credit. It's about getting shit done.

It has been criminally underreported but Kelsey Pfendler has just rowed solo across the Pacific Ocean from the US coast to Hawaii in record time. A 2,400-mile unsupported journey in 43 days, 17 hours, and 55 minutes. Notably beating the Men’s record by 9 whole days.

Hero. 43 days, 17 hours and 55 minutes. Crossing the Humboldt Current is no easy thing. I did it in a ridiculously powerful 75' cigarette boat, and my take was never again. Rowing? Hero. www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2026/07/08/d...

Yeah, I saw that Quentin Tarantino movie, too.

God bless "they". If only we'd just given him his way with us, this would have been so much easier. Seems a bit on the nose.

I have a friend who pitched in the bigs. He still throws mid-90s. Maybe I should give Jed Hoyer a call. Yeah, he pitched in the bigs. 20-years-ago. Might still be an improvement for this pitching staff. #Cubs

Platner's team demanding his replacement not be picked "behind closed doors" is turbocharged hypocrisy. A pair of Bernie operatives anointed the lying Nazi tattoo serial woman abusing Blackwater mercenary racist drunken rapist guy LITERALLY BEHIND CLOSED DOORS! And without any vetting.

Gee, I thought all working class heroes owned property abroad.

First off, lie. Duh. There are no such billboards. Secondly, Trump is LITERALLY selling citizenship! Pay $1 million for a Trump Gold Card and bang, zoom! You're a citizen. 50 frog pelts says some MAGA douchebro will buy billboards and have 'em up tomorrow. Any takers?

Endorsed by a lying Nazi tattoo serial woman abusing Blackwater mercenary racist drunken rapist guy is a helluva thing. Platner's first pick, Troy Jackson, didn't want his backing, so he fucked him over and picked Valli Geiger, because that's how he rolls. www.wmtw.com/article/vall...

Even when doing the right thing - for the first time - he's still an asshole about it. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Have your say...

The Great Red Scare of Mesopotamia was really something.

Bipolar incompetence.

He was never thoroughly vetted, but the Bernie operatives that anointed the POS knew enough. They crowned him, anyway. Katherine Alejandra Cross makes an excellent point. Surely we can do better.

Four fucking years late is better than never. In case you think Trump might have had a sudden moment of sanity, he also renewed calls for the US to take over Greenland. You can imagine how that went down with our NATO allies. apnews.com/article/nato...

See there, little lady? This would have all been over quickly had you just let us have our way.

Just in case there was anyone who didn't already know how delusional Bernie's operative cabal is. This is an attempt at extortion. We're staying in unless you give us what we want. Same people who anointed the lying Nazi tattoo serial woman abusing Blackwater mercenary racist drunken rapist guy.

There's a word for this: Extortion. After you shit the bed, you don't get to tell the adults how to clean up your mess. They're shooting themselves in the foot. The guy they want would have already been the pick were it not for the extortion and ridiculous demands. Now, the slime is rubbing off.

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This thread deserves way more attention than it's getting. Y'all wanna know why DSA crowd has a big problems with Black people, women, and all people of color? This is why.

How did Bernie, Liz, and their operatives, who crowned this POS behind closed doors, not see this coming? Political malpractice of the highest order. www.cnn.com/2026/07/07/u...

NEW: Platner has a hard time taking no for an answer. How surprising. DROP OUT. The Maine democrats have said that the people of MAINE will choose their next candidate.

Bad, unprincipled men defending a bad, unprincipled man? Pardon me while I practice my "shocked" face.

That's the guy.

Read my latest:

Wherever you are is the center of the universe. Everything possible happens. Everything you know is wrong. For some reason, people tend to have the hardest time with the last.

In case you're wondering, the billionaire family behind this is the same one that enlisted Trump's aid to stop a much needed new bridge to Canada from opening, because they own the rotting, rusty current bridge.

Boeing and Toyota each ponied up $1 million for this. I can guarantee you that any $1 million ad/sponsorship deal with any media company is gonna get scrutinized by the buyer/client. If there are no ROI metrics, then this is just paying a bribe. www.forbes.com/sites/suzann...

Trying to force his will on all of us, despite shitting the bed, is a little on he nose for a rapist, no?

There's a word for this: Fascism. This is 100% pure, unadulterated fascism. Fuck these fascist fux.

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That's exactly what he's doing. He's holding the race hostage. The lying Nazi tattoo serial woman abusing Blackwater mercenary racist drunken rapist guy thinks he should get to pick his replacement. I shit you not.

"He's throwin' grapefruits, coach." It's amazing how well the Cubs have done considering the revolving door of no-name guys they've had to put on the mound after so many injuries in their rotation.

Men. Nice of them to provide an easy two-fer.

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Due process? WITAF are they talking about!? There is no due process in politics. There has never been due process in politics. That's not how politics works. That's never how politics has worked. Anyone who tries to tell you different is a moron or a deceitful POS trying to con you.

Did you think Trumps fascist, racist thuggery had ended?

I get accused of being a moderate all of the time, so from time to time I take the Political Compass test, and post my results. Does this look moderate to you? Where are you on the political compass? Take the test at www.politicalcompass.org

Donald Trump is a racist.

We're lucky this is coming out now. There's a lot more in the Platner oppo book than we've seen so far, and it's even worse. The GOP was holding it until after the dropout deadline. At least now we can replace the lying POS, and still have a chance of winning.

FBI agents raided the Cleveland offices of the Ohio Organizing Collaborative, a grassroots pro-democracy group. “The ‘crime’ in question? Registering hundreds of thousands of Ohio voters." msmagazine.com/2026/07/07/f...