The Absolute <i>Balls</i>: Alex Thompson <i>Again</i> Claims a "Scoop" On Something Conservative Media Reported Months Ago

The Absolute Balls: Alex Thompson Again Claims a "Scoop" On Something Conservative Media Reported Months Ago

Huh. If you forgot the name Alex Thompson, one, congratulations on the efficient use of your memory cells, and two, he joined with Jake Tapper to share the B R E A K I N G news that Joe Biden had lost a step and really shouldn't have tried running for president in 2024.

He wrote this book in 2025. He really had his finger on the pulse of a corpse.

And now he's discovered -- apparently by simply reading conservative media outlets, who have reported this for months -- that Graham Platner's claims of being a "working class" "oysterman" are entirely a a fiction invented in 2024, when he decided to run for the Senate.

One might bid him a hearty welcome him to Current Day, except for the fact that he absolutely refuses to acknowledge the media outlets that reported this long ago, pretending he's got a real Shoeleather Express Scoop on his hands here.

Looks like the word has gone out to all the Narrative Tenders in political and media culture. Time to shut down Graham Platner's "working-class man" credentials.
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Most people saw through this false premise months ago. Axios decided to catch up today, now that Democrats need to pressure Herr Totenkopf to withdraw from the Senate election in Maine. Alex Thompson and Holly Otterbein do a deep dive into the predicament Democrats now face after attempting to sell Platner as a MAGA-adjacent man of the people instead of the middle-class parental mooch that he is. Readers have to get halfway through the analysis to get to Axios' half-assed admission of participating in the fraud:
Starting with their launch video last August, Platner and his team billed him as an oyster farmer -- a title most of the media, including Axios at times, repeated without scrutiny.
But as early as August, he told ideologically friendly outlets that he makes little money from selling oysters and it's not how he makes a living.
Platner and his team pitched him as a "working-class Mainer" who bought his house with veterans' benefits.

"I bought my house in 2017," he posted in September 2025. "If I hadn't bought then, if I hadn't had the support of the VA, my wife and I would now be priced out of the town I grew up in, like the millions of Americans being exiled from their towns and cities."
In fact, Platner's father -- a lawyer -- loaned him $200,000 for the home.
Platner said last fall he's "never been close to money and power," but he briefly attended the elite prep school Hotchkiss in Connecticut before attending a private school in Maine.
Golly! Who could have known that? Well, anyone who read the Free Beacon more than two months ago, when Collin Anderson and Peter Hasson first reported on the details of the house purchase.

Worth noting that conservative outlets like the Free Beacon exposed his sham blue collar image long ago. Those facts were largely ignored by legacy media. Now that’s changed. A cynic might say it’s because he’s now seen as a threat to their partisan tribe’s power quest. https://t.co/7h7Xf48mhI
— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) July 8, 2026

Axios also lies when it claims a "scoop" about Platner lying about why he attended an expensive private school. He claimed that the public school in his area had been de-accredited, thus requiring this Child of Non-Privilege to go to expensive private school.

But that was a lie. The public school had never been de-accredited. Platner just went there because... he was the rich-bitch son of a lawyer.

Should Alex Thompson get credit for this "scoop"? No, as Ed Morrissey writes -- the Maine Monitor reported that five weeks ago, and they didn't claim it was a scoop even five weeks ago.

Stephen L. Miller
@redsteeze

Alex Thompson has made a lot of money reporting things that everyone already knew about and acting like it's breaking news.

I can't wait until Alex Thompson teams with Jake Tapper to tell us, next year, that the entire Platner storyline was an op created by the leftwing media in close consultation with the Democrat Socialists of America.

I have written before about how the myth of Graham Platner's "working man" populism was created, despite the fact that he was a child of privilege, lied constantly about his background and even his "job" as an oysterman. He was a creation of a propaganda machine, primarily driven by The New York Times and the Condé Nast media empire.
National Review did a deep dive into how Platner was plucked out of nowhere and turned into a working-class political star.

The phrase "it's an op" -- meaning an influence operation -- is often, though not always, a marker of paranoia, a tendency towards conspiracy theories, or a belief in forces that are unseen and cannot yet be proven to exist.
Still, from the very start of SS-tattooed Democrat Graham Platner's campaign for Senate, something seemed odd. The New York Times is not in the habit of writing a largely glowing profile of every long-shot, little-known Democrat who announces a bid for Senate. Platner was the harbormaster of Sullivan, Maine, population 1,246.
Yet the Times wrote its profile of Platner before he officially announced his campaign, in August.
In September, The New Yorker wrote its own 3,400-word profile of Platner, emphasizing how he "devoured books on military history." (But remember, he insists he never recognized the tattoo on his chest as a symbol of the Nazi SS.) Again, The New Yorker almost never writes long-detailed profiles of little-known Democratic Senate candidates one month after they announce their bid.
Then in October, GQ -- not primarily a political magazine, and not one that often spotlights candidates -- published its own large spread of Platner with lots of photos.
Then in November, the culinary magazine Bon Appetit -- again, not in the habit of covering obscure Senate candidates -- wrote another glowing profile, this one entitled, "How Graham Platner Went From Working-Class Oysterman to Maine's Zohran Mamdani."
This is Beto O'Rourke-level national coverage, right out of the gate.

CNN: Gee maybe we let Graham Platner claim "Muh PTSD" as an excuse a few times too many.

Shorter CNN segment: Yeah, we probably let Graham Platner saying he had PTSD be too much of an excuse for his horrible behavior, even though the mistreatment of women is never acceptable. Whoopsie! pic.twitter.com/qLHoPzxcRg
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) July 8, 2026

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 04:20 PM

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1 They are amazing, in their hypocrisy.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 08, 2026 04:22 PM (XHO5P)

2 He gotta scoop?

Posted by: Case at July 08, 2026 04:22 PM (IY9No)

3 Media.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 08, 2026 04:22 PM (ExV1e)

4 I've noticed this trend: the left just flat out denies things that are on video.

Tucker is doing it. Hakeem Jeffries does it. Hasan Piker does it.

THEY DON'T CARE. They know they can lie with impunity.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 08, 2026 04:23 PM (XHO5P)

5 4 I've noticed this trend: the left just flat out denies things that are on video.

Tucker is doing it. Hakeem Jeffries does it. Hasan Piker does it.

THEY DON'T CARE. They know they can lie with impunity.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 08, 2026 04:23 PM (XHO5P)

They'll say the videos are fakes...

Posted by: Nova Local at July 08, 2026 04:23 PM (tOcjL)

6 Narrative enforcers are whores.

Posted by: mr tmz at July 08, 2026 04:25 PM (rJ48h)

7 I've noticed this trend: the left just flat out denies things that are on video.

Tucker is doing it. Hakeem Jeffries does it. Hasan Piker does it.

THEY DON'T CARE. They know they can lie with impunity.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 08, 2026 04:23 PM (XHO5P)

They'll say the videos are fakes...
Posted by: Nova Local at July 08, 2026 04:23 PM (tOcjL)
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Nowadays that's an easy claim to make due to AI.

Who can prove them wrong?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 08, 2026 04:26 PM (FZ29D)

8 And the lies will get much worse.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 08, 2026 04:26 PM (wOO3z)

9 Hey, let-wing journalists: All you have to do is read Ace of Spades HQ for ten minutes each morning to get a non-stop stream of prize-winning "scoops" of "counter-intuitive" news stories that no one inside your Ignorance Bubble has ever heard of before.

Posted by: zombie at July 08, 2026 04:26 PM (Av6i5)

10 DEWEY DEFEATS TRUMAN

Posted by: Alexandria Thompson at July 08, 2026 04:27 PM (Cqx++)

11 This guy is like Pat Boone re-recording all the black artists in the '50s for white audiences. He takes the real news and sanitizes it for a liberal audience.

Posted by: No one really at July 08, 2026 04:27 PM (1+ahE)

12 It makes a certain sense that a fake journalist would "break" the news that the would-be gauleiter of maine is a fake oysterboy.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 08, 2026 04:28 PM (fqXci)

13 I didn't even know who Alex Thompson is, although now I'm looking forward to his cracking of Al Capone's vault.

Posted by: gKWVE at July 08, 2026 04:29 PM (gKWVE)

14 Potemkin Reality

That is what Dems live in.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 08, 2026 04:29 PM (2GVsD)

15 Fictional moisture farmer > fictional oyster farmer

Posted by: Curly Shuffle at July 08, 2026 04:29 PM (5yDGQ)

16 Platner could have at least lost the scruffy appearance. The rough beard makes him look like some kind of Maine woodland critter into surprise anal. Wait a minute, Platner is into...

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at July 08, 2026 04:30 PM (gm9Sb)

17 Some point in future someone will go back and kill baby Planter just to end the relentless discussion.

After that, future historians will spend decades arguing over the lost months where there was no news at all, and that it must have been a gap in time or something.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at July 08, 2026 04:30 PM (Ullif)

18 So Herr OysterFokker ist kaput?

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 08, 2026 04:30 PM (2GVsD)

19 Mommy says I farm oysters the best.

Posted by: Herr Graham Platner at July 08, 2026 04:31 PM (fqXci)

20 Alex Thompson scoop: anal sex causes HIV transmission.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 08, 2026 04:31 PM (rStkT)

21 This seems to be a reminder that the mainstream media does not exist to report stories, but to admit when stories are "fit to print" - that is, to be conceded by Party officials.
Правда

Posted by: gKWVE at July 08, 2026 04:32 PM (gKWVE)

22 Too late for the Duggan decision below.But it really makes me angry. Judge Adelman's rationalization i for sentencing s just pathetic

Posted by: JM in Illinois at July 08, 2026 04:32 PM (kgvzl)

23 A Lie Told Often Enough Becomes The Truth...

or, some shit.

Posted by: garrett at July 08, 2026 04:33 PM (5MUB0)

24 fal@MarioNawfal4h - - Meloni on Iran:

"We said from the beginning that we would not participate in attacks against Iran.

We are not participating in attacks against Iran, and we will not participate in attacks against Iran."
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She should have known Trump would give her the 'walk by' for not letting us use bases in Italy. Surprising and dumb.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 08, 2026 04:33 PM (xHEjv)

25 That "GQ" article....what was the by-line?

"Butt Play for Dominance"
"Porta-Potty Promiscuousity"
"The SS and Platner; Hugo Boss Lives On"

It seems that would play well with that readership.

Posted by: Orson at July 08, 2026 04:33 PM (dIske)

26 Here is an important subject that is not discussed enough --

Most the commies (DSA) and the muzzies have extremely extensive candidate farming programs. They contact just about everyone who has any potential, send them to training and vetting programs (vetting for allegiance, not suitability.)

I think Sarah Hoyt recently posted a link to a woman who apparently had an Iranian name, and she said she had been contracted "many" times by muzzie organizations to see if she was interested in being a candidate. There is also talk recently of AOC being auditioned in a cattle call of 10,000 looking for the best face for a candidate and that is how we were graced with her mule-teeth ranting.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at July 08, 2026 04:35 PM (Ullif)

27 We are not participating in attacks against Iran, and we will not participate in attacks against Iran."
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She should have known Trump would give her the 'walk by' for not letting us use bases in Italy. Surprising and dumb.

Posted by: Braenyard

I'm curious in what meaningful way Italy COULD participate in attacks on Iran?

Posted by: MkY at July 08, 2026 04:35 PM (q6tQZ)

28 Nowadays that's an easy claim to make due to AI.

Who can prove them wrong?

Hasan Piker claims things seen on his own videos that he himself posted are false.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 08, 2026 04:36 PM (2ocoG)

29 > CNN: Gee maybe we let Graham Platner claim "Muh PTSD" as an excuse a few times too many.

Old and Busted: "Muh PTSD"

New and Hot: "This is a situation where an otherwise good person upset by Donald Trump, a sentiment widely shared, made a bad decision in the moment,"

Posted by: Community Notes at July 08, 2026 04:36 PM (9s47C)

30 "Then in November, the culinary magazine Bon Appetit -- again, not in the habit of covering obscure Senate candidates -- wrote another glowing profile, this one entitled, "How Graham Platner Went From Working-Class Oysterman to Maine's Zohran Mamdani."

There's something appallingly amusing about this. Did "Bon Appetit" feature Several of Platner's favorite oyster recipes along with his smiling picture?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 08, 2026 04:37 PM (D+BhG)

31 This happened to me several times over the years. For example, when I discovered and proved that after Obama poured $500 million into the "Solyndra" scam -- a solar power company that went belly-up after enriching his cronies and other grifters with half a billion of our taxpayer dollars -- the "groundbreaking" "revolutionary" solar-panel tubes the company designed all ended up being rescued from the dumpster and used as part of a jive-ass modern art installation in a botanical garden in Berkeley (https://pjmedia.com/zombie/2012/08/20/ where-our-500-million-went-solyndra- glass-tubes-used-as-modern-art-n137455 -- behind a paywall, unfortunately), various media outlets later reported on the "scoop" that the Solyndra tubes were used in a stupid modern art installation in a botanical garden in Berkeley -- without ever citing the source.

This is what the MSM does -- copy, imitate, steal, then act like they're the "journalists." Par for the course.

Posted by: zombie at July 08, 2026 04:37 PM (Av6i5)

32 Hasan Piker claims things seen on his own videos that he himself posted are false.
Posted by: Ian S. at July 08, 2026 04:36 PM (2ocoG)
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I'm guessing he blames the Jews for doctoring his own videos.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 08, 2026 04:37 PM (FZ29D)

33 >>I'm curious in what meaningful way Italy COULD participate in attacks on Iran?

Merely allowing the US access to the airbases there. Which I am guessing we built and maintained during/after World War Eleven.

So...Air Traffic Control considerations?

Posted by: garrett at July 08, 2026 04:37 PM (5MUB0)

34 Hello, Horde! 😊♥️

Is it wrong that I am laughing way too hard at the Maine democrats getting hoisted on their own petard over this? 😂😂😂

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at July 08, 2026 04:37 PM (SRRAx)

35 The wiring of the media-industrial complex is showing when Platner gets a feature on Bon Appetit. (Or, as Sean Connery would say, "Le Apple Tit, Trebek!").

Posted by: Ian S. at July 08, 2026 04:38 PM (2ocoG)

36 Oysters Rockefeller with a side of ass rape.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 08, 2026 04:38 PM (wOO3z)

37 >>Did "Bon Appetit" feature Several of Platner's favorite oyster recipes along with his smiling picture?

They are likely against Rape Seed Oil, but are ironically Pro-Rape.

Posted by: garrett at July 08, 2026 04:39 PM (5MUB0)

38 Hey, let-wing journalists: All you have to do is read Ace of Spades HQ for ten minutes each morning to get a non-stop stream of prize-winning "scoops" of "counter-intuitive" news stories that no one inside your Ignorance Bubble has ever heard of before.

Posted by: zombie at July 08, 2026 04:26 PM (Av6i5)

Oh, JJ would have a field day if they tried to comment here! Another note for the journalists: Learn common Yiddish phrases and insults. Trust me on this one.

Posted by: pookysgirl, not a schmuck at July 08, 2026 04:39 PM (Wt5PA)

39 Bro's in love.

https://youtube.com/shorts/HRd0z-IDUxQ

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 08, 2026 04:40 PM (dK+Kv)

40 (Next week) And in sports, the Green Bay Packers defeated the Kansas City Chiefs 35-10 in what is being called Super Bowl I. Frankly, I don't see this gaining any sort of popularity.

Posted by: Alex Thompson at July 08, 2026 04:40 PM (6fP93)

41 33 Italy could provide light lunches and late suppers to our troops. The bread sticks and chianti add so much to the drudgery of MREs. Also, heavily armed Vespas (looking at you, Ace).

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at July 08, 2026 04:40 PM (gm9Sb)

42 There is also talk recently of AOC being auditioned in a cattle call of 10,000 looking for the best face for a candidate and that is how we were graced with her mule-teeth ranting.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at July 08, 2026 04:35 PM (Ullif)

It's been well-known since shortly after she won the primary in 2018 that her brother got her to go to the audition for some group adjacent to the DSA that were looking for a candidate exactly like her.

She didn't just decide she wanted to leave the bar and run for congress on her own, it was more like a casting call and she got picked.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 08, 2026 04:40 PM (6ydKt)

43 @31 zombie, yup. One of the older reporters noted that the journalism school grads spend all day looking at their computer screens. They never go out and go on the heat.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 08, 2026 04:41 PM (rStkT)

44 Come on Platner, you weren't shucking oysters now were you?

Be honest.

You'll feel better.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 08, 2026 04:41 PM (jehhT)

45 So Alex Thompson performs the valuable service of "I will read the evil Rethugggglikkkkan news sources to find out what's really going on and then re-report it so the important people will finally know, because no one is brave enough to read that dark soul of non-Pravda info!"

Or something like that. Probably most leftists don't know anything bad about Platner at all except "Republicans are making horrible mean accusations without any basis!" And now they have to be gently introduced to "um, dude, you are voting for a nazi rapist."

Posted by: SimoHayha at July 08, 2026 04:41 PM (/ZkOF)

46 "Then in November, the culinary magazine Bon Appetit -- again, not in the habit of covering obscure Senate candidates -- wrote another glowing profile, this one entitled, "How Graham Platner Went From Working-Class Oysterman to Maine's Zohran Mamdani."
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Why would Bon Appetit cover a politician?

Posted by: The question Kirk asked after wondering why God needed a starship at July 08, 2026 04:42 PM (TN0g+)

47 I'm curious in what meaningful way Italy COULD participate in attacks on Iran?
Posted by: MkY

Melon head denied the US use of bases for aerial movements necessary for logistics and aircraft movement. She can fuckoff with his Euro stained asshole friendz like France, Spain, and UK.
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She ain't the US friend nor are the rest of those assholes in Western Euroland. NATO is dead, it is just a zombie now waiting to be lit on fire and burned.

Eastern Europeans are a bit more circumspect being closer to the Bear and more grounded in realizing Western Europe is dying from teh weight of Muzzies piling in.

Posted by: whig at July 08, 2026 04:42 PM (E4rtv)

48 Italy could provide light lunches and late suppers to our troops. The bread sticks and chianti add so much to the drudgery of MREs. Also, heavily armed Vespas (looking at you, Ace).
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at July 08, 2026 04:40 PM (gm9Sb)

Exactly. Some hot chicks to boost morale would be a nice touch.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 08, 2026 04:42 PM (wOO3z)

49 BREAKING: Sen. John Thune reportedly took $1.58M from the Illegal-Labor Lobby pushing amnesty. That’s why he won’t force the SAVE Act to the floor. A new website has launched to hold him accountable.

Posted by: SMOD at July 08, 2026 04:42 PM (IrKJc)

50
Graham Clapner, how are they hangin', boy-o?

What's Li'l Tottie angry about today?

Where will you be visiting porta johns in your neck of the woods this fine day?

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at July 08, 2026 04:43 PM (jpRUr)

51 The bread sticks and chianti add so much to the drudgery of MREs.

Fava beans and chianti. Same as in town.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 08, 2026 04:44 PM (2ocoG)

52 18 So Herr OysterFokker ist kaput?

fokker d.vii > herr oysterfokker

Posted by: anachronda at July 08, 2026 04:45 PM (oY6Yp)

53 Graham Platner has been to quite a few "Number 6 Dances".

Posted by: Stu Podaso at July 08, 2026 04:45 PM (6fP93)

54 Why would Bon Appetit cover a politician?

Posted by: The question Kirk asked after wondering why God needed a starship at July 08, 2026 04:42 PM (TN0g+)

The Dems just doing a widespread media blitz on the ground they control - corporate media.

Who still reads Bon Appetit in 2026?
College educated, leftist, women with money, mostly.

The exact people who voted for Platner.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 08, 2026 04:45 PM (6ydKt)

55 Anyone brave enough to see how DU is feeling about this?

Posted by: Piper at July 08, 2026 04:45 PM (1hgaQ)

56
Graham Clapner is a major force in the Maine oyster market, providing literally as many as twelve dozen oysters to buyers every day?

Why only twelve dozen oysters, you ask? Because twelve dozen is a GROSS! And so is he!

Ba-dum, sssss!

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at July 08, 2026 04:46 PM (jpRUr)

57 A Lie Told Often Enough Becomes The Truth...

or, some shit.
Posted by: garrett
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"We believe in truth, not facts" -- Joe Biden

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 08, 2026 04:46 PM (XeU6L)

58 Why would Bon Appetit cover a politician?
Posted by: The question Kirk

It's owned by Conde Nasty, as noted in the article.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 08, 2026 04:47 PM (diia5)

59 BREAKING: Sen. John Thune reportedly took $1.58M from the Illegal-Labor Lobby pushing amnesty. That’s why he won’t force the SAVE Act to the floor. A new website has launched to hold him accountable.
Posted by: SMOD

What a feckless asshole.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 08, 2026 04:47 PM (wOO3z)

60 ... a reaction to an aggression must always respect the principle of proportionality. This is true for individuals and is all the more true for States. Israel has crossed that line, with a large-scale war that involves the Palestinian civilian population beyond measure,” she told the assembly.

“And it is by crossing that line that the Jewish state has ended up violating humanitarian norms, causing a slaughter of civilians. A choice that Italy has repeatedly described as unacceptable, and one that will lead us to vote in favor of some of the sanctions against Israel proposed by the European Commission,” [Meloni] she said.
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Italy's race to leave the third world has ended.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 08, 2026 04:47 PM (xHEjv)

61 The phrase "it's an op" -- meaning an influence operation -- is often, though not always, a marker of paranoia, a tendency towards conspiracy theories, or a belief in forces that are unseen and cannot yet be proven to exist.
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LMFAO lot of confession speech going on today. The "kids" have a word for it but I can't think of what it is. Like a self-reveal or some shit, but that sounds like my gay HGTV take on it. The word or phrase is something cooler.

Anywya, "you can't prove it" are the proven words of the terminally criminal and guilty.

And I get that they were trying to themselves say something about an op, but still... many ways to introduce the story with self-owning, NR. We know you publish on behalf of someone else - it's okay we knew years ago.

Posted by: ... at July 08, 2026 04:47 PM (vE0+H)

62
Graham Platner has been to quite a few "Number 6 Dances".
Posted by: Stu Podaso

Well, all indications are that he really like rape.

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at July 08, 2026 04:47 PM (jpRUr)

63 In the EU, the class of elite society dunderheads has taken “The Continent” to circling the drain.

Posted by: SMOD at July 08, 2026 04:47 PM (IrKJc)

64 Rupert Lowe was on with Joe Rogan. Listening to it, now.

Vid is up on youtube.

Posted by: garrett at July 08, 2026 04:48 PM (5MUB0)

65 Anyone brave enough to see how DU is feeling about this?
Posted by: Piper at July 08, 2026 04:45 PM (1hgaQ)
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Hopefully our Intrepid Liaison is over there right now...

I don't know how he does it without going stark raving mad.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 08, 2026 04:48 PM (FZ29D)

66 LMFAO lot of confession speech going on today. The "kids" have a word for it but I can't think of what it is.

"Telling on yourself".

Posted by: Ian S. at July 08, 2026 04:48 PM (2ocoG)

67 Whoops, whoopsie, whoopsie-doodle~

@DSA_Watch
🚨 Troy Jackson, a potential replacement candidate for and key ally of Graham Platner, admitted to committing mortgage fraud

Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 08, 2026 04:49 PM (diia5)

68 Who knew that an oyster farmer was a blue collar job??

I certainly never thought of it.

Posted by: dantesed at July 08, 2026 04:49 PM (Oy/m2)

69 >She ain't the US friend nor are the rest of those assholes in Western Euroland. NATO is dead, it is just a zombie now waiting to be lit on fire and burned.
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There is a joke:
Q: What do lawyers use as a reproduction prophylactic?
A: Their personality

We can replace the setup and keep the punchline:

Q: How does Western Europe defend itself against an invasion by Russia?

Posted by: Community Notes at July 08, 2026 04:49 PM (BvPIe)

70 Why would Bon Appetit cover a politician?
Posted by: The question Kirk

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[recalls Debbie Wasserman Schultz on the cover of Vogue]

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 08, 2026 04:49 PM (XeU6L)

71 Sen. John Thune reportedly took $1.58M from the Illegal-Labor Lobby pushing amnesty

Sorry SMOD, but I need a linky for this.

Posted by: too good to check? at July 08, 2026 04:50 PM (gKWVE)

72 I've noticed this trend: the left just flat out denies things that are on video.

Many voters do not care about truth. They want to hear that their side is good and the other side is bad. The end. It applies to our side as well.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 08, 2026 04:50 PM (ExV1e)

73 Here's the Bon Appetit propaganda puff piece about dreamboat Graham Platner:

https://www.bonappetit.com/story/ graham-platner-oysters-maine-senate-race

Sample paragraph:

"In that original viral campaign launch video, a bearded Platner, his strawberry blonde hair tousled, introduced Maine voters to the issues central to his platform, namely, broad economic populism, taxing billionaires, and universal healthcare. In a deep, gravely voice that wouldn’t sound out of place in a truck commercial, he talks about his decade of military service, and “farming oysters to feed my community.” ..."

They creamed their panties over this Nazi rapist.

Posted by: zombie at July 08, 2026 04:50 PM (Av6i5)

74 Please. I'm the new Robert "Beto" O'Rourke!

Posted by: James Talarico at July 08, 2026 04:51 PM (0sNs1)

75 We can replace the setup and keep the punchline:

Q: How does Western Europe defend itself against an invasion by Russia?

Putin's probably more concerned about when they're going to be sufficiently Islamic to try and invade him.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 08, 2026 04:51 PM (2ocoG)

76 Fast pivot to Talarico.

Posted by: alanon at July 08, 2026 04:52 PM (jHMkm)

77 Who knew that an oyster farmer was a blue collar job??

I certainly never thought of it.
Posted by: dantesed
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Hey, look, I'm a beekeeper. I even receive a subsidy. And...I wear raggety clothes!

Posted by: Bruce Sprinsteen at July 08, 2026 04:52 PM (XeU6L)

78 platner is going to milk this for every single $ that he can get.

I have $25 that says he stays in until the 12th just to make the dems scramble and keep tossing him more and more money to drop out.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 08, 2026 04:52 PM (0N4FZ)

79 Italy's race to leave the third world has ended.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 08, 2026 04:47 PM (xHEjv)

So if Israel had just maimed, murdered and raped their through a few thousand Gazans and stopped there, then Meloni & the rest of the EUies would've been a little more supportive?

We know they don't really mind Muslims raping and murdering since they've allowed them all in to do just that across Western Europe for a decade.

Nah, there seems to be something else bothering them about Israel. I just can't put my finger on it.... it's such an enigmatic mystery.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 08, 2026 04:52 PM (6ydKt)

80 I've noticed this trend: the left just flat out denies things that are on video.

Tucker is doing it. Hakeem Jeffries does it. Hasan Piker does it.

THEY DON'T CARE. They know they can lie with impunity.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 08, 2026 04:23 PM (XHO5P)
==
It is slowly catching up with them - our side always was more aware of what was going on politically because we saw both sides of the news. Libs didn't. As the media empires dissolve, more people are realizing that they've been lied to. Those numbers keep increasing. The left is continuing to shrink, continuing to retreat.

Posted by: Black JEM at July 08, 2026 04:53 PM (GZYu7)

81 Posted by: zombie at July 08, 2026 04:50 PM (Av6i5

Thanks, I guess. That was quite nauseating!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 08, 2026 04:53 PM (D+BhG)

82 C'mon baby
Don't fear the Raper.

Posted by: Blue Oysterman Cult at July 08, 2026 04:54 PM (6fP93)

83 We already know Troy Jackson had a temper.
Jackson's mortgage difficulties were being reported in TheMaineWire in 2023. This piece does not call Jackson the fraudster; instead I find "The longtime Maine lawmaker and his girlfriend, Lana M. Pelletier, are suing Paul R. and Jane R. Godbout, 65, alleging that the couple committed fraud by concealing defects with the North Belfast Ave. house during the sale."
tinyurl.com/53bhnzpf

Posted by: following lynx isn't just for neko fans at July 08, 2026 04:55 PM (gKWVE)

84
Hey, look, I'm a beekeeper. I even receive a subsidy. And...I wear raggety clothes!
Posted by: Bruce Sprinsteen

Beekeeping was Jon Bon Jovi's grift.

Old McSpringsteen's grift was something else.

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at July 08, 2026 04:55 PM (jpRUr)

85 The mind of the leftist is a fascinating organism. I can pretend to throw the ball maybe twice before my dog catches on to my ruse. The Dems would keep going until I reached my pitch count.

Posted by: New York Times at July 08, 2026 04:55 PM (2ap+5)

86 Checking in at DU:

"What fresh hell is this?

Staff Reports McConnell is improving at hospital. (from USA TODAY)

"He was revived by paramedics @ his home on 6/14 in the morning and had other life saving procedures @ the hospital that day too. He has been in the hospital for 24 days since then."

WTF is the media passing on such blatant bull shit? Reason the Republicans own the media and selling lies as the truth."

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 08, 2026 04:55 PM (0sNs1)

87 Breaking! Bill and Hillary Clinton were more Bonny and Clyde than Jesus and Mary Magdalene!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at July 08, 2026 04:55 PM (z8Sp3)

88 I've noticed this trend: the left just flat out denies things that are on video.
---

They are psychologically damaged. Anything that contradicts the narrative that has been installed in their heads literally does not make past their eyes or ears.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 08, 2026 04:56 PM (XeU6L)

89 I'm curious in what meaningful way Italy COULD participate in attacks on Iran?
Posted by: MkY at July 08, 2026 04:35 PM (q6tQZ)

Iranians have a mortal fear of unbroken spaghetti. The Italians could have made TikTok dances highlighting long, skinny, pasta.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 08, 2026 04:57 PM (ExV1e)

90 Nah, there seems to be something else bothering them about Israel. I just can't put my finger on it.... it's such an enigmatic mystery.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 08, 2026 04:52 PM (6ydKt)
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Oh! I have an idea!

Posted by: Candace Owens at July 08, 2026 04:57 PM (oqH4h)

91 Can any Texans tell me about Talarico's campaign. I know he's a yutz , but is anyone going to his events beyond the usual suspects?

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 08, 2026 04:57 PM (rStkT)

92 Staff Reports McConnell is improving at hospital. (from USA TODAY)

"He was revived by paramedics @ his home on 6/14 in the morning and had other life saving procedures @ the hospital that day too. He has been in the hospital for 24 days since then."
-----

If he recovers, maybe he'll pull a Fetterman and slowly but surely start making some sense.

Posted by: Crusader at July 08, 2026 04:57 PM (TN0g+)

93 73 he talks about his decade of military service, and “farming oysters to feed my community.”

the hard part is getting the tractor to pull a plough on the seafloor.

Posted by: anachronda at July 08, 2026 04:58 PM (oY6Yp)

94 81 Posted by: zombie at July 08, 2026 04:50 PM (Av6i5

Thanks, I guess. That was quite nauseating!
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

It goes on like that for 1500 words. Another snippet:

"Platner’s hyperlocal business is reflected in his platform centered around working-class issues, like making housing affordable, and supporting Medicare and Medicaid. His oysterman image is an important part of building his identity as an everyman working an honest job, a friend to the middle class.

It’s an image that resonates with voters."

Keep in mind this is a food magazine for wealthy Wine Moms.

Posted by: zombie at July 08, 2026 04:58 PM (Av6i5)

95 Beekeeping was Jon Bon Jovi's grift.

Old McSpringsteen's grift was something else.
Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot
--------

I stand corrected!

"Bruce Springsteen receives farm subsidies because he leases his land to an organic farmer, allowing him to benefit from tax breaks designed for agricultural use"

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 08, 2026 04:59 PM (XeU6L)

96
I'm curious in what meaningful way Italy COULD participate in attacks on Iran?

Spicy meatballs. Spicy PORK meatballs.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 08, 2026 04:59 PM (Cqx++)

97 Fast pivot to Talarico.

Posted by: alanon at July 08, 2026 04:52 PM (jHMkm)
==
Yep, fast pivot to the candidate who believes in open borders, veganism, chopping off the sex organs of kids, and hating Christians.

In Texas.

I'm thinking if we hold NC we will at least be at 54 seats in the Senate, maybe 55 if it is a good day. No way the dems hold NH, Michigan AND Georgia in this environment.

Posted by: Black JEM at July 08, 2026 04:59 PM (GZYu7)

98 @94 "hyper local business". He is very selective about who he sells to

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 08, 2026 05:00 PM (rStkT)

99 Troy Jackson, a potential replacement candidate for and key ally of Graham Platner, admitted to committing mortgage fraud

What Democrat hasn't? We have commentors here who claim it's hunky dory.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 08, 2026 05:00 PM (ExV1e)

100 DU is not happy about the wall-to-wall 24/7 Platner coverage:

"Platner, Platner Platner, Platner

but not an effin word about Donvict’s refusing to pay E Jean

M$Greedia is effed up beyond repair."

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 08, 2026 05:00 PM (0sNs1)

101 Looked at other vehicles, not sure but a truck is out of the question

Posted by: Skip at July 08, 2026 05:01 PM (Ia/+0)

102 The mind of the leftist is a fascinating organism.

-
In one of the old time WWI in the air movies, Hell's Angels I think, the German crew of a Zeppelin line up to jump out of the damaged ship in an attempt to save the Kaiser's ship. These are today's Democrats.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at July 08, 2026 05:01 PM (z8Sp3)

103 101 Looked at other vehicles, not sure but a truck is out of the question

why is a truck out of the question

NARPs are fun, actually

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at July 08, 2026 05:01 PM (j+aD2)

104 I am filing "DSA_Watch" into my "clickbait for MAGA whales" file, alongside the gay-married Jim Hoft and MeAgain Kelly... maybe a step above Candace and Tucker.

Posted by: gKWVE at July 08, 2026 05:02 PM (gKWVE)

105 ...working-class issues, like making housing affordable...
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I wish all of us (myself included) were more into the habit of interrupting anyone who suggests such a thing and asking them point-blank "What does that even mean? How do you propose to perform such a stunt? Has anyone ever tried that before? What were the results?"

Posted by: Crusader at July 08, 2026 05:02 PM (TN0g+)

106 Left McDipshit: Hi, I'm a retard and I still vote Democrat!

Chorus: SUPERFLUOUS.

Posted by: Weak Times at July 08, 2026 05:02 PM (qUkBO)

107 You know, a few years ago, Utah Democrats, who hate Senator Mike Lee with a passion, decided to run as their candidate a "Misty Snow", a trans grocery clerk whose job was bagging groceries. This was at least 8 years ago, so before the "trans fetish" that swept the party.

Needless to say, Senator Lee spent almost the entire cycle traveling the country and working to help other Republicans win; and stomped Snow into the ground. I thought "Democrats can't possibly run a worse candidate." Platner and Talarico have proven me wrong!

Posted by: SimoHayha at July 08, 2026 05:02 PM (/ZkOF)

108 platner is going to milk this for every single $ that he can get"

This. He didn't marry into beto money...

Posted by: man at July 08, 2026 05:03 PM (XuXeR)

109 I don't really see the Democrat's problem with Platner. Admitted he won't pull-out, recurring theme if his girlfriends are believed.

The solution is simple and obvious. The Democrats, and the media, simply declare him a Republican! Editing reality is hardly a stretch for the Democrats. Much like Democrats in Illinois ret-conned Abraham Lincoln from Republican to Democrat, they just edit Platner away!

And once he is safely Republican, well, the rules are wonderfully flexible when the Democrats try to deal with an inconvenient Republican (Cough, Trump, Cough).

Posted by: JB1000 at July 08, 2026 05:03 PM (yv9By)

110 We have commentors here who claim it's hunky dory.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 08, 2026 05:00 PM (ExV1e)

Name them.

Posted by: gKWVE at July 08, 2026 05:03 PM (gKWVE)

111 Can any Texans tell me about Talarico's campaign. I know he's a yutz , but is anyone going to his events beyond the usual suspects?
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 08, 2026 04:57 PM (rStkT)

All I know is that I can't go five minutes without seeing his f*cking face on UToob either begging for money or grocery shopping while he complains about rich people. So sick of this guy.

Posted by: hobbitopoly at July 08, 2026 05:03 PM (k9OZB)

112 78 platner is going to milk this for every single $ that he can get.

wait... he's an oyster dairy farmer?

Posted by: anachronda at July 08, 2026 05:03 PM (oY6Yp)

113 wait... he's an oyster dairy farmer?"

Creamed oysters....

Posted by: man at July 08, 2026 05:04 PM (XuXeR)

114 I'm reading about Oregon's Petition 28, which will ban hunting, fishing and animal slaughter in the state, has the required 140,000 signatures to appear as a referendum on the ballot in November. They just need the Secretary of State to review and approve it.

Just when I thought they couldn't get any crazier in Portland.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 08, 2026 05:05 PM (6ydKt)

115 Well, good, I hope

@scotus_wire 58m
🚨 In an extraordinary move, the full 7th Circuit took over a case from a three-judge panel before any merits decision, allowing Florida to resume its lawsuit against the American Academy of Pediatrics that alleges it misled families about treatments for transgender minors.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 08, 2026 05:05 PM (diia5)

116 Have we mentioned his balls? Shaggy like a woolly mammoth. These are virile working man's balls, filled with the seed necessary to satisfy middle-aged overly educated women with smart glasses, make babies whose gender will not be assigned at birth, and vanquish burglars (but not in a gay way).

Posted by: Bon Appetit at July 08, 2026 05:05 PM (fqXci)

117 he talks about his decade of military service, and “farming oysters to feed my community.”
__________

He makes it sound like he's growing a staple crop rather than a luxury food.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 08, 2026 05:06 PM (XvL8K)

118 Yep, fast pivot to the candidate who believes in open borders, veganism, chopping off the sex organs of kids, and hating Christians.

I also want to ban guns! -- James Talarico

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 08, 2026 05:06 PM (ExV1e)

119 latner is going to milk this for every single $ that he can get.

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wait... he's an oyster dairy farmer?
Posted by: anachronda at July 08, 2026 05:03 PM

Once you can milk bivalves, the world is your oyster.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 08, 2026 05:06 PM (0sNs1)

120 Just remember that Jimmy Carter was in hospice care for a year and a half. So, Mitch McConnell should have no problem.

Posted by: dantesed at July 08, 2026 05:06 PM (Oy/m2)

121 We have commentors here who claim it's hunky dory.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 08, 2026 05:00 PM (ExV1e)

Name them.
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No, he's right--I've seen some people here try to use the Clintonian explanation of "Everyone does it" while tossing in their hate of the banking system when the topic of mortgage fraud comes up. I can't recall the individuals.

Posted by: Crusader at July 08, 2026 05:06 PM (TN0g+)

122
I'm curious in what meaningful way Italy COULD participate in attacks on Iran?
Posted by: MkY at July 08, 2026 04:35 PM (q6tQZ)

Certainly not by providing ammunition. The Italians screwed up lately by ordering ziti instead of shells.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 08, 2026 05:06 PM (y9nCu)

123
wait... he's an oyster dairy farmer?
Posted by: anachronda
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You laugh, but:
"Oyster milk is a term often used to describe the liquid that comes from fresh oysters, which is rich in flavor and can be used in cooking, particularly in dishes like oyster stew. This liquid adds a unique briny taste to recipes, enhancing the overall flavor profile"

Ha! 'unique briny taste', 'flavor profile' ...I'll bet.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 08, 2026 05:07 PM (XeU6L)

124 Creamed oysters....
Posted by: man at July 08, 2026 05:04 PM

My people ate creamed prairie oysters on toast.

Posted by: Elizabeth "Two Dogs" Warren (D-MA) at July 08, 2026 05:08 PM (0sNs1)

125 Posted by: Crusader at July 08, 2026 05:06 PM (TN0g+)

So you got nothin' too.
Still waiting for Obama's Kenyan birth certificate from you btw.

Posted by: gKWVE at July 08, 2026 05:08 PM (gKWVE)

126 We have commentors here who claim it's hunky dory.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 08, 2026 05:00 PM (ExV1e)

Name them.
Posted by: gKWVE at July 08, 2026 05:03 PM (gKWVE)

If memory serves, Jack Straw was one. It was back when the Trump Administration started prosecuting Dems for it.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 08, 2026 05:08 PM (ExV1e)

127 >>Creamed oysters....
Posted by: man at July 08, 2026 05:04 PM

I think he's accused of Creaming a Clam, not an Oyster.

Posted by: garrett at July 08, 2026 05:09 PM (5MUB0)

128 The Italians make pretty good MREs according to this guy:

https://youtu.be/GowFRT19yok

So they've got that much going for them.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 08, 2026 05:09 PM (6ydKt)

129 You don't want to live downwind from an oyster factory. Ask me how I know this...

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 08, 2026 05:10 PM (XeU6L)

130 I still like the part about how the only customer for this "oyster farmer" was his own mom's restaurant.

The oyster farm bought by his mom for him.

Kids selling lemonade at the roadside are a more honest business--they may use their parent's supplies but they at least still have actual customers.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 08, 2026 05:10 PM (3cUTc)

131
The Left tells us that psychopaths with alleged PTSD, or dyslexia, or raging pedophilia, etc. should be elected to office without too many intrusive questions being asked. A variation on "hire the handicapped." In fact, if these people are so messed up, they shouldn't have any power or authority at all.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at July 08, 2026 05:10 PM (aqrdH)

132 I hope we don't give no shucks about oyster farmers.

Posted by: dantesed at July 08, 2026 05:10 PM (Oy/m2)

133 #1 red flag: Reddit account

#2red flag "Phustle"? Gimmie a fucking break dude

Posted by: Melodicmetal at July 08, 2026 05:11 PM (8IZP9)

134
The Italians make pretty good MREs according to this guy:

https://youtu.be/GowFRT19yok

So they've got that much going for them.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 08, 2026 05:09 PM (6ydKt)

Nice!

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 08, 2026 05:11 PM (y9nCu)

135 Oregon needs to find predatory animals to keep wildlife in check
Would suggest cougars and wolves

Posted by: Skip at July 08, 2026 05:11 PM (Ia/+0)

136 If the men in today's Art Thread painting has been beefier and younger, it would have been art about a hunky dory.

Posted by: George T. and Lindsay G. at July 08, 2026 05:11 PM (0sNs1)

137 I'm reading about Oregon's Petition 28, which will ban hunting, fishing and animal slaughter in the state, has the required 140,000 signatures to appear as a referendum on the ballot in November. They just need the Secretary of State to review and approve it.

Just when I thought they couldn't get any crazier in Portland.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 08, 2026 05:05 PM (6ydKt)

Outlaw fishing???? In the Pacific Northwest?!? Not that the rest isn't also nuts, but that is particularly ridiculous.

Posted by: LASue at July 08, 2026 05:11 PM (lCppi)

138 We can argue about who rated whom or we can impose utopia!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at July 08, 2026 05:11 PM (z8Sp3)

139 >>Oregon needs to find predatory animals to keep wildlife in check
Would suggest cougars and wolves

They will happily sacrifice their entire herds to keep one hunter from 'murdering' an innocent deer or elk.

Posted by: garrett at July 08, 2026 05:12 PM (5MUB0)

140 Oregon needs to find predatory animals to keep wildlife in check
Would suggest cougars and wolves
Posted by: Skip at July 08, 2026 05:11 PM (Ia/+0)

If you want it done right, bring in the huskies. Ignore the cougars and beavers, and particularly the ducks. They're worthless.

Posted by: LASue at July 08, 2026 05:13 PM (lCppi)

141 Mah. I'm not gay. It's just oystah milk.

Posted by: Graham Platner at July 08, 2026 05:13 PM (fqXci)

142 "We're ready to defend every inch of NATO, incl our OWN GREENLAND. Article 5 is our insurance"
_PM Mette Frederiksen

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 08, 2026 05:13 PM (xHEjv)

143 I'm convinced the whole "Casting Call" story for AoC is a half truth. It leaves out that she was working as a full-time activist against the Keystone pipelines in the time period leading up to before that. I think she was paid as a bartender as a form of money laundering. Employing her was someone's payment to Paulie.

Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain at July 08, 2026 05:14 PM (gHSfI)

144 135 Oregon needs to find predatory animals to keep wildlife in check
Would suggest cougars and wolves
Posted by: Skip at July 08, 2026 05:11 PM (Ia/+0)

=======

Haitians

Posted by: New York Times at July 08, 2026 05:14 PM (2ap+5)

145 We're ready to defend every inch of NATO"

We talking what...2 or 3 feet?

Posted by: man at July 08, 2026 05:17 PM (XuXeR)

146
Nice!

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 08, 2026 05:11 PM (y9nCu)

haha

He just said that when he pulled out his lunch tray.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 08, 2026 05:17 PM (6ydKt)

147 Wait until this guy finds out the affordable care act is neither affordable nor provides a lot of care.

Posted by: Facts at July 08, 2026 05:17 PM (Tpp9k)

148 He may not be an oyster man, but he’s pounded a lot of clams.

I denounce myself.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at July 08, 2026 05:17 PM (eTqKK)

149 If hunting season includes dogs and house cats sure Haitians would be best

Posted by: Skip at July 08, 2026 05:17 PM (Ia/+0)

150 Meanwhile, in the paradise that is California . . .

Christopher F. Rufo
@christopherrufo
Gangs are running an open-air sex market in the middle of Los Angeles. Blowjobs for $25. Sex for $60. Pimps selling girls as young as 14.
"The younger you are, the more money you make."

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$25, huh? Not a bad price. Wonder if you could get a loyalty discount.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at July 08, 2026 05:18 PM (z8Sp3)

151 do a deep dive into the predicament Democrats now face after attempting to sell Platner as a MAGA-adjacent man of the people instead of the middle-class parental mooch that he is.

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Platner now acknowledged as a mooched on his parents, Talarico in Texas also such a dainty boy who needs mommy to afford housing. This looks like a pattern for Democrat political aspirants.

Posted by: Decaf at July 08, 2026 05:18 PM (ZNpJk)

152
wait... he's an oyster dairy farmer?"

Creamed oysters....
Posted by: man

Only he, Graham Clapner, and he alone, has the perspicacity to find their little nipples and to milk them.

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at July 08, 2026 05:18 PM (jpRUr)

153 If a bear eats a Portlander, does the meth affect the bear?

Posted by: New York Times at July 08, 2026 05:18 PM (2ap+5)

154 >>If hunting season includes dogs and house cats sure Haitians would be best

Don't discount the Hmong.

Posted by: garrett at July 08, 2026 05:19 PM (5MUB0)

155 >>Christopher F. Rufo
@christopherrufo
Gangs are running an open-air sex market in the middle of Los Angeles. Blowjobs for $25. Sex for $60. Pimps selling girls as young as 14.
"The younger you are, the more money you make."

That's $5 more than in town.

Posted by: garrett at July 08, 2026 05:19 PM (5MUB0)

156 Long, crazy day. Just saw we are bombing the heck out of Iran.

Posted by: Piper at July 08, 2026 05:20 PM (hftzA)

157
Platner now acknowledged as a mooched on his parents, Talarico in Texas also such a dainty boy who needs mommy to afford housing. This looks like a pattern for Democrat political aspirants.
Posted by: Decaf

Senator Jack Mei Ossoff of Georgia ran the same con on his then significant other when he first ran for federal office.

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at July 08, 2026 05:20 PM (jpRUr)

158 Nood Cocks Not Glocks

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 08, 2026 05:20 PM (NnhvP)

159 christopherrufo
Gangs are running an open-air sex market in the middle of Los Angeles. Blowjobs for $25. Sex for $60. Pimps selling girls as young as 14.

—

14 is so gross. Way too old.

Posted by: Joe Biden at July 08, 2026 05:21 PM (Tpp9k)

160 142 "We're ready to defend every inch of NATO, incl our OWN GREENLAND. Article 5 is our insurance"
_PM Mette Frederiksen
----

Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty states that an armed attack against one NATO member shall be considered an attack against all members, triggering a collective defense obligation for each member to assist the attacked party.
---

Looks like she blew that up when Trump's plea for NATO's help was declined.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 08, 2026 05:21 PM (xHEjv)

161 Platner now acknowledged as a mooched on his parents, Talarico in Texas also such a dainty boy who needs mommy to afford housing. This looks like a pattern for Democrat political aspirants.
Posted by: Decaf at July 08, 2026 05:18 PM (ZNpJk)

The new mayor of Seattle, 43 year old Katie Wilson, admits that this is the first actual job she has ever held, and that she has lived off her parents for her entire life.

She's a communist, of course.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 08, 2026 05:22 PM (edUvp)

162 Can any Texans tell me about Talarico's campaign. I know he's a yutz , but is anyone going to his events beyond the usual suspects?
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 08, 2026 04:57 PM (rStkT)

All I know is that I can't go five minutes without seeing his f*cking face on UToob either begging for money or grocery shopping while he complains about rich people. So sick of this guy.

Posted by: hobbitopoly at July 08, 2026 05:03 PM

We never see anything dealing with democrats here in my rural NE Texas county. The democrats don't even set up a table at the voting place during the primaries. They have to call someone to come in if want to vote democrat.

I did see a "beto" sticker on a car once.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 08, 2026 05:22 PM (0N4FZ)

163 My take on this is that Feces Nazi told the Dem establishment to suck his microdick on dropping out, so they’re unloading all they have in a last ditch effort to get rid of this turd.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at July 08, 2026 05:23 PM (FyPhv)

164 The right a while back: You sure you want to go with this Platner guy? He's a rapey neo-NAZI

The left a while back: Yeah rapey neo-NAZIs are the best Democratic Socialists in America...why do you hate him so?

The right now: Haha we told you people don't like rapey Neo-NAZIs

The left now: Obviously Platner is a Republican plant, I mean the right loves rapey Neo-NAZIs

Posted by: 18-1 at July 08, 2026 05:25 PM (sKqQm)

165 Can any Texans tell me about Talarico's campaign.

in the state seats the past efforts have dems get somebody that will front as a solid goper and try to get them elected as a republican, it tended to work mostly in rural areas with liberal local newspaper media as the only source of information.

with the internet, Fox, NewsMax, OAN showing up on their TVs and satellite radios it isn't working anymore, the recent primary flushed out a lot of that garbage

with national elections shitloads of out of state money tries to lift dem candidates (Beto) but it ain't working with Tallywacker. The nation seems to be turning off fabulous gays for some reason. Heckadern...

Posted by: DanMan at July 08, 2026 06:16 PM (8uzBS)

166 I'm reading about Oregon's Petition 28, which will ban hunting, fishing and animal slaughter in the state, has the required 140,000 signatures to appear as a referendum on the ballot in November. They just need the Secretary of State to review and approve it.

Just when I thought they couldn't get any crazier in Portland.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 08, 2026 05:05 PM (6ydKt)

Outlaw fishing???? In the Pacific Northwest?!? Not that the rest isn't also nuts, but that is particularly ridiculous.
Posted by: LASue at July 08, 2026 05:11 PM (lCppi)

I forsee a huge spike in unprovoked fish attacks on innocent boaters requiring self defense.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 08, 2026 06:35 PM (uhVAy)

167 Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty states that an armed attack against one NATO member shall be considered an attack against all members, triggering a collective defense obligation for each member to assist the attacked party.
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Looks like she blew that up when Trump's plea for NATO's help was declined.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 08, 2026 05:21 PM (xHEjv)

Not sure how she can spin a "attack on a NATO member" out of us doing just about anything since they gave us a free hand in setting up bases and mining/drilling operations just a few months ago.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 08, 2026 06:37 PM (uhVAy)

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