From Driscoll at Insty, THE NIGHT PORTER: Graham Platner’s Wife Flagged Sexually Explicit Texts to His Senate Campaign. "The previously unreported deliberations last year over sexually explicit texts discovered on Platner’s phone come as the veteran has exploded onto the national political scene, kindling Democratic hopes that they can unseat Republican Sen. Susan Collins and gain control of the Senate." Clay Travis @ClayTravis, "So Graham Platner had a Nazi chest tattoo for 20 years, rooted for military members to get killed, lied about being poor — he went to a rich boarding school and he was ending nudes to multiple women and his wife caught him and told the campaign per @wsjFrom wsj.com." Quote Clay Travis @ClayTravis, "I’m starting to think Graham Platner’s campaign might be a total and complete disaster for Democrats, guys. You can also toss in that the only customer for his “oyster farm” was his mom’s restaurant. This is a trust fund kid cosplaying a normal guy. He’s a less authentic Tim Walz." From Twitchy, Platner Campaign Posts Video of Dem Candidate's Wife Making a Fresh 'Clean Up in Aisle UH OH' Statement and Atlantic Drops 'Do Better Than Platner' Bomb as Shipwreckedcrew Warns: DNC Prepping Another Primary Heist. John Sexton at Hat Hair, Graham Platner Has a New Problem. Joe Chalfant at TownHall, Platner Maintained Sexually-Suggestive Profile on 'Predator's Paradise' App Known For Child Exploitation. News Wax, Platner Campaign Knew of Explicit Texts Before Senate Bid Gained Momentum. More from Driscoll, IT’S JUST A BLITZKRIEG OF OPPOSITION DUMPS: Platner Maintained Sexually-Suggestive Profile on ‘Predator’s Paradise’ App Known For Child Exploitation. Tim Rice @TimRiceDC, "Platner’s Kik profile features a photo of him topless in a towel, showing off his infamous tattoos. His username is. Early identical to the one he uses on his Instagram and Reddit accounts, the latter of which has caused a lot of problems for this campaign." Tim Rice @TimRiceDC, "Platner joined Kik four months *after* the New York Times published an expose on the app’s popularity among sexual predators, who used Kik to distribute child pornography and facilitate abuse, kidnapping, and murder." Cynical Publius @CynicalPublius, "Graham Platner is about to get Bidened. Janet Mills is about to get Kamalaed. But Collins will still win. Sit back and watch. The Nazi tattoo, port-a-potty domain mastering and the sex texts have become too much, even for Democrats. Book it." Shipwreckedcrew @shipwreckedcrew, "This is getting very curious. These influential voices are coming out on this point VERY LATE. The primary is June 9. I do not think anything will happen in advance of the primary, and Platner is going to win with no real opponent still in the race. BUT, under Maine law, if Platner were to drop out after winning the primary, he could be replaced by the Dems on the General Election ballot ONLY IF: 1. He drops out prior to the 2nd Monday in July, and 2. His replacement is named by the 4th Monday in July..." Quote Josh Kraushaar @JoshKraushaar, "Democrats Can Do Better Than Graham Platner - The Atlantic"
Mark Hemingway @Heminator, "
Platner has called Gaza a “genocide,” which even if you oppose Israel’s actions, is an outrageously inaccurate and inflammatory thing to say. So, yes he’s still exhibiting anti-semitism." Quote John Harwood @JohnJHarwood, "the tattoo Platner got years ago is very bad. if there are any present-day signs in his life or campaign that he actually sympathizes with Nazis or is motivated by antisemitism, that would be disqualifying."
Jason Cohen @JasonJournoDC. "
NEW: CNN’s Michael Smerconish *SLAMS* Graham Platner over Nazi tattoo “He didn’t cover it until October of 2025 — 18 years after getting it — and only when it became a political problem.” “Think about that for a moment. 18 years of getting out of the shower, 18 years of looking into the mirror — and seeing the Totenkopf.” “That’s not a drunken mistake in Croatia — that’s a daily choice sustained for nearly two decades.”
Clay Travis @ClayTravis, "
So Graham Platner had a Nazi chest tattoo for 20 years, rooted for military members to get killed, lied about being poor — he went to a rich boarding school and he was ending nudes to multiple women and his wife caught him and told the campaign per
@wsj."
Capt. Ed cites
Axios: Texas Senate Race Now An 'Ultimate Test' of GOP's Anti-Woke Playbook (UPDATED).
Breitbart News @BreitbartNews, "
James Talarico says if you advocate for "private school vouchers," you're a Christian Nationalist."
Northern Barbarian @xnoesbueno, "
I'm beginning to think this trans vegan DEI Senate campaign in Texas is actually an Andy Kaufman-like stunt to make a mockery of the left." Quote James Talarico @jamestalarico Mar 18, 2021, Replying to @jamestalarico, "I’m co-authoring legislation to explicitly teach “diversity, equity, and inclusion” in our schools. I’ve also filed House Bill 4111 which would require school districts over a certain size to hire a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer."
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Driscoll at Insty is enjoying
PRATT SUMMER:
Variety @Variety, "
#HannahEinbinder says it's important to "resist" Spencer Pratt's campaign for LA mayor: "Spencer shouldn't, and neither should I! I'm with Lisa Rinna. That's not what we want.""
Joel Engel @joelengel, "
@latimes endorsed Bass over Rick Caruso four years ago in large measure because "Caruso doesn't have a climate plan." This is morbidly funny if you consider that the worst conflagration in the city's history, caused by her incompetence, released 1.5 million tons of carbon." Quote Ian Miller @ianmSC, "Jimmy Kimmel says Spencer Pratt shouldn’t win the LA mayoral election because he doesn’t believe in “climate change” after his house burned down Meanwhile the fire was started by an arsonist and destroyed his house because of widespread LA incompetence." At NYPo word is that Spencer Pratt leads Karen Bass in LA mayor’s race,
California Post poll reveals. "Pratt now leads the field with 30.1% support, compared with 29.5% for Bass, setting up a razor-thin race heading into next week’s primary." I don't dare believe it. Driscoll,
NITHYA RAMAN: BIKE LANE LEFTIST. Mickey Kaus @kausmickey, "
Have bike lanes ever been a success? Anywhere in LA? It was a nice idea, but ... Yet its what urban planning bureaucrats talk about." Quote Spencer Pratt @spencerpratt, "Nithya thinks this election is just about bike lanes. This election is about saving our city from rampant fraud, drug addicts destroying our streets, and moms feeling unsafe everywhere they go. Nithya is a deeply unserious person and she doesn’t have it in her to do this job. x.com/nithyavraman/s…"
Spencer Pratt @spencerpratt, "
When President Obama had Osama bin Laden killed, Americans all celebrated. But for Nithya Raman, it felt strange."
RedState's Rusty Weiss hears
CA Union Hits Gavin Newsom With Unbelievable Excuse to Dodge Return-to-Work Order, it's bad for the climate! PJM's Matt Margolis thinks
Ruben Gallego Sure Is Acting Guilty of Something ""Without, I guess, getting too graphic, there is a woman that allegedly is coming forward with attorneys, wants to go on record about an incident that occurred between the two of them at the same time, and the event was sexual in nature, allegedly,” Luna told CBS News’ Major Garrett last month." From the Free Bacon,
Far-Left House Candidate Backed by AOC and Hasan Piker Said Corporate CEOs ‘Should Fry,’ Called for ‘Frequent and Swift’ Death Penalty for CEO ‘Gangs’. "Chris Rabb, who won the Democratic primary in an overwhelmingly blue Philadelphia congressional district, said CEOs are ‘far more devastating’ than the Crips and Bloods." At Da Wire,
Girl Math: Democrat Gov Says Party Doesn’t Need Any Male Voters "“If women, Democratic women, just show up and vote, we’re good.”" Hat Hair's Salena Zito presents
Pennsylvania Primary Results Unpacked: Democrats Go Far Left, While GOP Centers. At PJM, Tim O'Brien thinks it's time for
A Massive Troll: It’s Time for Trump to Endorse Democrats in the Primaries. That would be fun!
Stacy McCain sees
What $100,000,000 Buys. "Do I want to pick a fight with Erick Erickson? No, I do not. Erick has done yeoman’s work for the conservative cause for more than 20 years, and 99 days out of 100, I have no problem with him. But his reaction to Texas Attorney General
Ken Paxton’s victory in Tuesday’s GOP primary runoff against John Cornyn is a reminder of something most people never think about — there are professional campaign operatives who earn a lucrative living from politics. Erick Erickson is close friends with a lot of Republican operatives and, it seems obvious to me, some of Erick’s friends were getting paid by Team Cornyn. It’s estimated that the Cornyn campaign (including allied super PACs, etc.) spent upwards of $100 million on his doomed reelection bid, and no doubt many of the people who got paid by Cornyn are very bitter over their defeat." And
Trump Derangement Syndrome: Some Historical Perspective on Political Manias.
At CBN,
Belgian Court Rules 'Factually Correct' Remarks Can Be Hate Speech "The judge, however, in his ruling, said, "Even if all of the statements made by Van Langenhove are based on scientific evidence and statistics, it makes no difference to the criminal intent. Van Langenhove is not charged with spreading false information. He is charged with presenting facts in a way that incites hatred against persons on the grounds of one or more of the protected criteria in the Anti-Racism Law.""
RedState's Becca Lower sees
A Satisfying Coda to the CBS-Paramount-Colbert 'Late Show' Tale, and Leftists Will Despise It "Byron Allen's Comics Unleashed officially took over CBS's 11:35 p.m. late-night slot on Friday, May 22, under a new "time buy" deal with the network. Under the arrangement, Allen Media Group pays CBS for the time period, handles all production costs itself, and controls the advertising inventory. This means that CBS doesn't have to spend a dime ... "With this 'time buy' model, we have shifted an hour that was losing roughly $40 million annually to $15 million in profit — a $55 million swing," the spokesperson said, calling it "a new business and programming model for late night that proactively addresses a network daypart that was cost prohibitive to continue."" Matt Margolis hears
CBS Torches Stephen Colbert After His Exit.
Stacy McCain,
Our Sudden Alaska Road Trip. Because I’d never visited a
Bass Pro Shops location before, this was an eye-opening experience. Have you guys ever been to one of these? It’s not just a store, it’s like a sporting goods museum — something you’d take a school bus full of fifth-graders to see. There’s all kinds of stuffed animals (including a seven-foot-tall Kodiak bear) and more outdoor gear than you could ever imagine. It occurs to me that Bass Pro Shops might be the most American thing ever, combining the frontier spirit with the glories of capitalism in a way that makes you start humming Brooks & Dunn: Only in America, Where we dream in red, white, and blue." We have a big
Bass Pro way up the road, and yeah, it's pretty amazing if you're into fishing and hunting.
Theo Jordan @Theo_TJ_Jordan, "
Just to make it clear what we're seeing here... Since 2008, the entire pro sports and Hollywood terrain marched in loud ideological compliance with the DNC. Back in 2020, they ran the BLM scam together. Harris campaigns used nonstop celebrity. But Trump can't be introduced? why? Answer the question to yourself logically. What would be the basis? So your candidates forever end hate but our are hate? This is innate for... ever? This is Repressive Tolerance. the way the Liberal guard is required to fawn and praise over it is so repulsive. Remember Vince Vaughn had to apologize for shaking a president's hand? When Ellen did for sitting next to one? Who do these self-absorbed idiots think they are? No one I give one shit about." Quote, "SNY Giants @SNYGiants, "9 Abdul Carter says he will only address Jaxson Dart introducing Donald Trump one time: "Some things are bigger than football, and this is one of those things." Matt Vespa on
Why the Washington Nationals Just Fired One of Their Executives. Hint: It's Woke Nonsense. "The Washington Nationals fired an executive on Friday after James O’Keefe exposed him for blackballing pitcher Trevor Williams for being Catholic."
