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Maine oyster farmer wants to upend #Democratic politics with #Senate bid

#GrahamPlatner wants to oust Sen. #SusanCollins — and disrupt national Dems’ plans to unite around Gov. Janet Mills.

By Holly Otterbein
08/19/2025

Platner is running on several progressive tenets — though he rejects the label “liberal” — and his announcement sets up the possibility of a clash between Democratic Party factions over generational change, Israel and other issues. In an interview with #POLITICO, Platner said he would not support Chuck Schumer as Senate Majority Leader if Democrats managed to take back control in the 2026 midterm elections.

#Platner embraced a number of progressive causes..., calling for universal health care, saying “the enemy is the oligarchy,” and asking, “Why are we funding endless wars and bombing children?” He also zeroed in on high prices, a top concern of voters and one that helped fuel #Mamdani’s rise in NYC.

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/19/graham-platner-maine-senate-campaign-launch-00513884

#news #press #politics

Maine oyster farmer wants to upend Democratic politics with Senate bid

Graham Platner wants to oust Sen. Susan Collins — and disrupt national Dems’ plans to unite around Gov. Janet Mills.

Politico

Nikolas Kozloff 6h ago

"They can kiss my ass:” Adams #crony on the take to preserve #motorist #impunity while endangering people's lives
https://www.brownstoner.com/brooklyn-life/mcguinness-boulevard-safety-upgrades-bribery-indictment/ #brooklyn #greenpoint #cycling #streetsafety #ericadamscorruption #mamdani

How Bribes Allegedly Killed Long-Planned McGuinness Boulevard Safety Upgrades

Owners of a Greenpoint business were able to jettison public safety upgrades on McGuinness with cash payments and favors, indictments allege.

Brownstoner

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Gemma ⭐️🔰🇺🇸 🇵🇭 🎐13h ago

The whackjobs in both the Republican/Fascist and Democratic/Conservative parties love to use the "#SOCIALISM" bogeyman to terrify Americans, but despite the fact that people like #Mamdani and #Sanders adopt the "democratic socialist" label, the truth is, they aren't really socialists in any meaningful sense to political economists, except in theory. They are garden variety social liberals who espouse a centrist agenda that just a generation ago in America was unremarkably mainstream politics.

Mary Austin VOTED 4 HARRIS!1d ago

The absurdity in this #NYC mayoral race is not unlike a bag of chips with actual chips in it. You just can't stop yourself with the latest news and jokes. 🤣

https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/08/21/winnie-greco-potato-chops-herrs-ingrid-lewis-martin-corruption/

#Mamdani #Cuomo

The Chips Fall as Rivals Fry the Mayor

The jokes and jabs are flying as one of Eric Adams’ closest advisors was slapped with new criminal charges the day after another longtime aide offered a reporter cash inside a potato chip bag.

THE CITY - NYC News

Nikolas Kozloff 1d ago

Huh, what's up #Zohran? Is it time for an #animalrights caucus within your campaign?

https://gothamist.com/news/is-new-york-city-ready-to-say-neigh-to-central-parks-carriage-horses #mamdani

Is New York City ready to say 'neigh' to Central Park's carriage horses?

It’s one of the city’s longest-running political battles. But two front-runners for mayor are yet to take a stance on the issue.

Gothamist

🌊 DudeTheyreOnToMe 24:7🌊2d ago

#mamdani …because we already had the primary

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:j5hrotody26iqi24hcusufxu/post/3lwugx5dar22n

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Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈2d ago

Like Labour, the Dems would rather die than let the Left into the 'big tent'
And so here we are, destined for universal Fascism because of selfish centrist cunts.

#USPOL #Politics #Dems #Mamdani #AOC #BernieSanders

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F.U. 🅭🌹🇺🇸2d ago

@Faithslayer202
Could you provide some examples?
The main Dem criticisms I've seen (and agreed with) recently are:
- establishment Dem politicians are too beholden to #AIPAC; the voters want to stop arming Israel.
- on a similar note, way too many Dem politicians oppose #Mamdani
- promoting potential candidates for 2028 is a foolish waste of time that does nothing to stop Trump.
- sacrificing #trans rights will not pull MAGA to vote blue.