Houston Mayor John Whitmire: For the Salgado family, life will never be the same. At no fault of theirs, Mr. Salgado was chased by a unmarked vehicles. Before he could identify himself and speak as a Houstonian, he was shot and killed. We'll use our resources to pursue a transparent investigation.

This is quite a read. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/08/u...

When next visiting the San Diego area, be sure to stop by…Dead Dolly Lane apple.news/AMOX0A_AkQCO...

Every single word of this short thread. She nails it. Hard. ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️

Platner’s demise was always inevitable. We’re just lucky it happened BEFORE he became a US Senator.

Not watching his suspend video but I’m glad he’s gone.

In any sane universe Janet Mills would be made nominee in Maine simply because she was the closest runner up in the primary, has a proven track record, and isn't a fucking piece of shit, and you all know it.

This is 🏆🧾🎯

A car jumped a curb, careened over the sidewalk, and landed wheels up in a creek bed. Had I left the house for my run 10 minutes earlier this morning, I’d be in that creek too. Take nothing for granted. It can be gone in an instant. Folks in that car sure hadn’t planned on that kind of morning.

Oyster Boy's current conduct is giving flashbacks to late in the 2016 Democratic primary when Bernie realized the math wasn't mathin' so he started trying to pressure the superdelegates into flipping to him because some stupid poll said he'd do better against Trump. Egos over reality.

Tofu is ADORABLE 🥰

Bob Kennedy the Lesser must have asked for a new swimming pool closer to the office.

You can spend time commiserating over the Senate race in Maine, or you can pivot to the Senate races in AK, IA, NC, and OH. Maine is lost, folks. Let Platner and the powers that be sort it out, but Collins will win reelection. HR lady politics would've let Platner go already.

Our NATO allies had better be ready for a ketchup bath.

Why has Platner not yet resigned? Why has Mitch McConnell not posted a proof-of-life video? Why haven’t our NATO allies locked Donald Trump in a room for safekeeping and given the only key to Jack Smith?

The Executive Director of the Maine Democratic Party: www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8G9US5e/

Good story from my friend Mike -- the conduct that is alleged here is appalling paydayreport.com/platners-gur...

Lawrence on the lesson of the Platner campaign: Always wait for the vetting youtu.be/rnKosV5DkqA?...

Leaving this here….

Platner should be gone by now. That he isn’t demonstrates as clearly as anything that he’s precisely the arrogant, entitled, stubborn, and belligerent asshole he always appeared to be. It’s no wonder he appealed to Bernard W Sanders and his ilk.

You also need to go, @kenmartin.bsky.social. As @charlesgaba.com just pointed out, you never should have endorsed Platner during an ongoing primary. You are the worst @democrats.org Chair of my lifetime. Resign. Tonight.

Whoopsie part deux

look who finally showed up

Pipeline Fire

Sigh. Another massive fire on Camp Pendleton and the air is rancid with brownish smoke. Second major fire so far in the early fire season. Bad and getting worse. We need rain.

Schumer/Gillibrand: “The allegations reported today are incredibly disturbing – violence, abuse and sexual assault are absolutely unacceptable. “Graham Platner needs to immediately withdraw… The DSCC will not invest in the Maine Senate race if Platner remains on the ballot.”

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His journey should include transforming into a non-candidate no more than 24 hours from now.

I didn’t need to know an SA allegation would derail Graham Platner’s senate campaign. All I needed to know was that when you put an untested, fragile piece of equipment in a hostile environment, something is going to derail it. My thoughts here: www.jfassler.com/p/this-was-o...

“Maine Democratic Party leadership is calling on Graham Platner to withdraw as the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate.”

Here's what I've got so for the pre- primary Platner Endorsements: DNC Bernie Sanders Liz Warren Ruben Gallego Martin Heinrich Tina Smith Brian Schatz Ed Markey Ro Khanna

*Maine Democratic Party calls on Platner to quit the race

Gentle reminder that the woman who came forward about Platner isn’t the first to do so, just the latest. It should not have come to this.

Fuck you.

This always tracked. The man who wrote rape essays endorsing an actual rapist.

Ken Martin’s head should roll over this foreseeable and predicted debacle. @kenmartin.bsky.social

Make a list of everyone who ignored the clear red flags about Platner and endorsed him anyway and file that list under “People Whose Endorsements Don’t Mean Shit.” You should discover when you do that Bernard Q Sanders was already at the top of one previously filed away.

IMO the simplest and best and ONLY political advice you ever need.

Whoopsie

When we said “Susan Collins is salivating at the prospect of running against Groaning Platitude” THIS is exactly why. And she might not even have had this latest info in her oppo. Bc who he is was clear from the jump.

I have edited a lot of sexual-assault-accusation articles, and this one easily clears every veracity check: contemporaneous emails with her therapist, a boyfriend who knew, a woman she warned—all before Platner ran for office. Good on Politico for nailing it, and on Jenny Racicot for speaking up.

You walk away from this site for a few hours then return to discover that the oyster dude you thought was probably a rapist turns out to actually be one.

I recently read a distinctly fawning article about Tom Brady that amounted to “everyone who really knows him thinks he’s a remarkably caring, friendly, giving, selfless person,” and I thought it was amazing how absolutely none of that comes through anytime he’s on tv.

Trump is a black hole of corruption, pulling everything and everyone in its vicinity into ignominy. Nothing escapes its reach.

Hardwicke is quite witty for a Nazi officer. #Svengoolie

He has until tomorrow👇

Our city recently imposed escalating fines starting at $1K for illegal (non-professional) fireworks. Unlike every 4th of July for the past two decades we’ve lived here, last night was conspicuously fireworks-free. Maybe the word’s gotten out. Tonight will be the real test.

Let’s be honest on this our country’s 250th birthday. We’ve gone from E Pluribus Unum to “Out of many, (only the white) one(s Trump and Steven Miller wants)”

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