Catch and Kill: The New York Times Had Two Witnesses Prepared to Accuse Graham Platner of Sexual Assault but Didn't Publish Their Stories

So there's the answer: Yes, there were "multiple women" accusing the Nazi of rape, but the New York Times ran a catch-and-kill operation to suppress their stories, while only reporting on less serious charges. (Though still serious enough.)

In newspaper parlance, "catch and kill" is a technique for "getting" a story with the intent to suppress it.

For over a week, Washington, D.C., was abuzz with rumors of a big story coming from the New York Times about Democrat Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner -- himself once a fixture for many young political staffers in the capital while serving as a bartender at the Tune Inn.
Although you likely won't read about it on social media, the Times story mentions serious allegations against Platner: that he physically abused an ex-girlfriend -- including grabbing her shoulders so hard that he left bruises and twisting her arm behind her back, shoving her into a room, and locking her in there overnight. Another ex-girlfriend shared that she cut off contact with Platner after a drunken episode that was apparently too disturbing to retell.
But these allegations are buried under mountains of campaign flack bullshit and then packaged as "intimidating" and "unsettling." Normal people have another phrase for it: domestic abuse.
That characterization is by design.
Let me be clear: the New York Times story was not journalism. It was a a soft catch-and-kill operation. It was a favor to Platner's campaign, a disservice to readers, and an insult to the women who say they were hurt by him.
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The term 'catch and kill' refers to a shady practice where a public relations firm or consultant works with a friendly news outlet that was pitched or 'stumbled' upon a negative story about a client to effectively 'catch' and then 'kill' the story -- or delay it until it no longer has impact.
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The Times's supposed vaunted exposé on Platner buries its lede 22-paragraphs in to the piece. By the time readers got to the allegations that should have opened the article, they had already been marched through campaign spin, euphemistic mush, and ex-girlfriend character witness.
In fact, for the first third of the New York Times expose, they focused on women provided to the newspaper by the Platner campaign -- who, of course, sang the degenerate former bartender's praises. And frankly, that is all many readers will come away with, because that is about as far as their attention span lets them get into the narrative. Which is, again, the point.
Prior to publication, I'm told that the Times spoke to two women who had credibly accused Platner of sexual assault. This detail was revealed to Fifield -- likely in an effort to encourage her to divulge more of her story. Those women's allegations never made it into the story. They were effectively 'killed' by the Times's editors and by Platner's attorneys, I'm told.
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The goal was to create enough doubt and ambiguity regarding Platner's disgusting behavior to let my friend, Lyndsey Fifield, be smeared by Democrat Party operatives like Emma Vigeland and partisan media hacks like Krystal Ball.
And that's exactly what they did.

Lyndsey Fifield writes that the NYT duped and used her to cover up for Maine Kampf:

Lyndsey Fifield
@lyndseyfifield
Anyone who has ever extracted themselves from a relationship with a narcissistic abuser knows it isn't clean or easy.
I cringe remembering how many times I tried to play the "cool girl" or fawn in response to what was clearly abusive, coercively controlling behavior by Graham.
I also know how dangerous it is to become the target of a narcissist -- so even long after our relationship ended I continued to be upbeat any time he reached out, though I would also immediately shut down any attempts on his part to initiate flirting or romanticizing of the past.
Yes, the day I saw him announce he was running I wanted to make sure people knew he had a Nazi tattoo -- and I was terrified he would find out it was me.
But of course he knew it was me.
What's ironic is I absolutely never would have shared my story if he hadn't been relentlessly attacking my character behind the scenes for months once the tattoo story came out.
I tried to signal that I wasn't the source and stayed completely silent about him on social media even as most of my friends posted regularly about what a bad person he is.
But then in early April the New York Times came to me. I asked how they got my number. I said I was not interested in sharing my story. They said but wait--there are other women. Women terrified to tell their stories, too, and you need to band together. WE will help you. We will protect you. Men can't keep getting away with this.
Hours before their first call to me I saw Eric Swalwell's name plate get removed from his office door in Cannon. It felt like fate.
I welcomed the two journalists into my home days later, nervous and overwhelmed. Justin Fairfax had just murdered his wife and himself the previous day and even conservative pundits were conjecturing that "if only those women hadn't accused him of abuse, this never would have happened..."
But I told them my story. I let them take pictures of my diary pages. I sent them screenshots of messages and gave them phone numbers and contacts. It was excruciating. I was surprised by what details I remembered, and as I poured through old messages I was horrified by how much I had forgotten.
I explained very clearly that, like many women abused by their partners, I had not told anyone about his violence at the time--I had covered for and defended it. I accepted his earnest apologies. They said that's fine because the diary entries and my on the record story was enough.
They connected me to two of the other victims so we wouldn't feel so alone. I insisted to each of them that I trusted the NYT journalists and that we were doing the right thing despite their (sadly very accurate) sense that something was wrong.
One of the victims and I realized our relationships with Graham overlapped completely - he had been cheating on both of us the entire time we were together....

Here's the post where she reveals that she provided the names of people who would confirm her account -- but the New York Times lied and claimed there was no one to confirm her account:

Lyndsey Fifield
@lyndseyfifield
I bucked all advice from my friends (and resisted my conservative bias) and decided to fully trust the Times journalists.
As they left my home they asked that I not talk to any other outlets and I insisted then and repeatedly over the following weeks that I would keep my word and only share this story with them.
But then the weeks dragged on. They kept coming back to us saying the editors needed more. I needed to go on the record (okay). We need more screenshots (okay). I met every bench mark they set, eager to provide more sources or evidence as needed.
After the story went up I began to ask them ... wait, where are the stories from the other women? Where are their accusations of sexual assault? Why am I the focus? Why are there 11 paragraphs dedicated to detailing my work history (more than has been published about Graham's by far)?
Why does it say "nobody could corroborate" when I offered them sources that COULD corroborate?
Why did they include an out of context quote from a friend joking "do not call Graham" after I called off my wedding? (Because she knew I would never).
Where were the screenshots they'd said they would use? Or the mention that I'd supported local democrats and that most of my family (and husband) are liberal?
The editors said it was too much, they explained.
The Times also failed to include any mention that I DID confide in multiple friends through the years that Graham had been abusive -- long before he was running for office. Those friends confirm they told the Times so.
It dawned on me that this really was a set up all along. The journalists I trusted who convinced me to share a story I never wanted to tell methodically delayed and twisted this into a gift to the Platner campaign. Violating the trust of his victims. Shattering the trust I placed in them with the most vulnerable story of my life.
And at the end of my call with them I reluctantly accepted their insistence that this was still a powerful story and that I had done a brave thing. And I thanked them for all the hard work they had put into it.
Still fawning after all these years.

NEW from @dailycaller on the NYT's catch and kill operation:

- A source tells @wupton that the NYT had two women prepared to make sexual assault allegations against Platner.
- Those details were revealed to Fifield, presumably to make her feel more comfortable coming forward… pic.twitter.com/buC8wN5u0i
— Amber Duke (@ambermarieduke) June 4, 2026

It is rather obvious that NYT story was more of a cover up for Platner than an attempt to reveal the truth.

They essentially made the women in the story targets by intentionally withholding so much. I hope other women seriously take note to never trust the reporters or editors… https://t.co/Xxc9uiNqFY
— AG (@AGHamilton29) June 5, 2026

Happy Friday!

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 12:12 PM

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1 Firstest

Posted by: NALNAMSAM at June 05, 2026 12:12 PM (VkY89)

2 Going to grab the others..

Posted by: NALNAMSAM at June 05, 2026 12:12 PM (VkY89)

3 Nooded.

Posted by: Nazdar at June 05, 2026 12:12 PM (NcvvS)

4 Arms wide open, I stand alone.
I'm no hero,
And I'm not made of stone.
Right or wrong, I can hardly tell.
I'm on the wrong side of Heaven,
And the righteous side of Hell.

And in FIRST!

Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 05, 2026 12:12 PM (iFTx/)

5 Already done. Congrats on the FIRST!

Posted by: Nazdar at June 05, 2026 12:12 PM (NcvvS)

6 "I bucked all advice from my friends (and resisted my conservative bias) and decided to fully trust the Times journalists."

You fucked up! You trusted us!
- NYTimes

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL! at June 05, 2026 12:14 PM (Kdi1r)

7 He'd be a creepy guy without the Nazi tattoo. Nazi tattoo puts him over the top.

Posted by: huerfano at June 05, 2026 12:14 PM (VJX5o)

8 So the Dems in Maine will swap him out?

I wish Republicans would wait until the ink dries when we have an opportunity like this

Posted by: Maroon at June 05, 2026 12:14 PM (NjpIr)

9 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 05, 2026 12:14 PM (p/Ri7)

10 Catch and kill.
Hmmmm...a term used by the media.
Does this apply TO the media? And if so, is there a limit?
Asking for a friend.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 05, 2026 12:14 PM (2WIwB)

11 Well, when you're lock, stock and barrel in the Democrat promotion camp.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 05, 2026 12:15 PM (p/Ri7)

12 The idea that this story was what Mark Halperin's guest was saying was so bad that Platner would have to leave Maine is, of course, nonsense.

This is establishment Democrats trying to get ahead of what they may or may not know about (though they do know there's something) to either blunt the impact against Platner or convince him to drop out on his own. I strongly suspect they know he's not going to drop out no matter what.

All of this so far has been Democrats trying to derail him or push him out. Collins hasn't started sniping yet.

Mid-July should be fun.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 12:15 PM (KbEzc)

13 Good afternoon Ace and everyone
TGIF

Posted by: Skip at June 05, 2026 12:16 PM (XGfg7)

14 shoving her into a room, and locking her in there overnight

That's assault and kidnapping, which makes Platner a felon.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 05, 2026 12:16 PM (1ET9J)

15 "The Nazi tattoo guy grabbed some republican bitch's arm hard once? What's the problem?"
-the people not bothered by his tattoo who were giving him clear majority support before

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 12:16 PM (KbEzc)

16 Believe all women.

I hate the modern world.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 05, 2026 12:16 PM (bss/y)

17 The NYT didn't think the story would get out anyway? That they'd do this and then it would be, in Col. Schlichter's words, springtime for Platner?

Posted by: Ian S. at June 05, 2026 12:17 PM (QZThv)

18 It is rather obvious that NYT story was more of a cover up for Platner than an attempt to reveal the truth.

They essentially made the women in the story targets by intentionally withholding so much. I hope other women seriously take note to never trust the reporters or editors involved again. But it doesn’t really matter because the rest will eventually come out.

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#MeToo

Posted by: ShainS at June 05, 2026 12:17 PM (+mTA5)

19 My main fear is the the U.S. National Popcorn Reserves will be depleted before November.

Posted by: zombie at June 05, 2026 12:18 PM (Av6i5)

20 I hope to never hear another thing about platner after the primary.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 05, 2026 12:18 PM (5P5DO)

21 @RichardGrenell - 49m

. @katieglueck - these [there?] are some serious charges against you.

Did you lie to entice a victim to come forward?

Who edited your piece? And did they know what you were promising the victim?

This is very troubling.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 05, 2026 12:18 PM (f3Fjc)

22 Afternoon Ace.
Michelle Fields will soon chime in about people grabbing arms

Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 05, 2026 12:18 PM (JQmtK)

23 It's the NY Times. All they fucking do is lie.

Posted by: Reforger at June 05, 2026 12:18 PM (ZxzYs)

24 20 I hope to never hear another thing about platner after the primary.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 05, 2026 12:18 PM (5P5DO)

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He's going to win the primary easily.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 12:18 PM (KbEzc)

25 20 I hope to never hear another thing about platner after the primary.
Posted by: Ben Had
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That he's going to jail would be OK.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 05, 2026 12:19 PM (f3Fjc)

26 Susan Collins really should buy a lottery ticket right now…. Her luck would get her a winner

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 05, 2026 12:19 PM (laP4O)

27 17 The NYT didn't think the story would get out anyway? That they'd do this and then it would be, in Col. Schlichter's words, springtime for Platner?
Posted by: Ian S. at June 05, 2026 12:17 PM (QZThv)

It would not get out from then. All the other media outlets then would follow their lead and any actual reporting of it could then be attacked by the times and those same outlets as 'unsubstantiated Reich wing talking points.' They poisoned the well.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 05, 2026 12:19 PM (bss/y)

28 TJM, after November then.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 05, 2026 12:19 PM (5P5DO)

29 Get the journalists names out there. Name names. They deserve to be doxed. They should be called out to answer why they killed this story. If they were under pressure from a PR firm -- names please.

Sunshine is such a great disinfectant. Use liberally, and against liberals.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at June 05, 2026 12:19 PM (N39Ws)

30 I heard there was some sadness and tumors in the comments. Here's something that might cheer some people up (scroll down):

https://dogsvswolves.com/pictures/

Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 05, 2026 12:19 PM (iFTx/)

31 Platner didn't lock those women in a spare room overnight, he just resettled them to the east.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 05, 2026 12:19 PM (1ET9J)

32 "The Nazi tattoo guy grabbed some republican bitch's arm hard once? What's the problem?"

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Will we never be rid of Michelle Fields memes?

/rhetorical

Posted by: ShainS at June 05, 2026 12:20 PM (+mTA5)

33 20 I hope to never hear another thing about platner after the primary.
Posted by: Ben Had at June 05, 2026 12:18 PM (5P5DO)

I hope we hear EVERYTHING about him for the next few months. Best way to keep squishy female D voters home all over the country...he's our best asset, now even better than Jay Jones (who only had texts and violent thoughts - this guy has everything)...

Posted by: Nova Local at June 05, 2026 12:20 PM (tOcjL)

34 I also think it's hysterical that the DNC booted David Hogg for suggesting common-sense ways of connecting with normal (ish) men and instead they've decided that the ways to do that are a vegan twink and an actual Nazi with serious misogyny issues.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 05, 2026 12:21 PM (QZThv)

35 ..he's our best asset, now even better than Jay Jones (who only had texts and violent thoughts - this guy has everything)...
Posted by: Nova Local at June 05, 2026 12:20 PM (tOcjL)

And Jones got elected

Posted by: It's me donna at June 05, 2026 12:21 PM (FtULh)

36
>>WE will help you.

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Next to the government, the New York Times is the worst party to hear this from.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 05, 2026 12:21 PM (n7rxJ)

37 Thumbs up NYT!

Posted by: walter duranty at June 05, 2026 12:21 PM (rJ48h)

38 34 I also think it's hysterical that the DNC booted David Hogg for suggesting common-sense ways of connecting with normal (ish) men and instead they've decided that the ways to do that are a vegan twink and an actual Nazi with serious misogyny issues.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 05, 2026 12:21 PM (QZThv)

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They booted him because he used the party's voter list for his own personal fundraising. And because he was rabblerousing against insiders in the DNC.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 12:21 PM (KbEzc)

39 I wonder how many journos will commit hari Kari when the GOP keeps the house and senate this fall? They keep wishcasting about Trumps unpopularity etc etc it’s gonna be delicious to see their faces when republicans still control congress after the midterms

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 05, 2026 12:22 PM (laP4O)

40 >>That's assault and kidnapping, which makes Platner a felon.

No chance that she would press charges.

Posted by: Nazdar at June 05, 2026 12:22 PM (NcvvS)

41 35 ..he's our best asset, now even better than Jay Jones (who only had texts and violent thoughts - this guy has everything)...
Posted by: Nova Local at June 05, 2026 12:20 PM (tOcjL)

And Jones got elected
Posted by: It's me donna at June 05, 2026 12:21 PM (FtULh)

Yes, he did...b/c he had someone who could drag him to the finish in a race that it would have taken Hitler himself to lose, and probably not even then...

Maine isn't gonna be like that, with Collins there...

Posted by: Nova Local at June 05, 2026 12:22 PM (tOcjL)

42 40 >>That's assault and kidnapping, which makes Platner a felon.

No chance that she would press charges.

Posted by: Nazdar at June 05, 2026 12:22 PM (NcvvS)

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It was also something like 15 years ago.

Dude's scum, but this story really doesn't do much other than convince the left-most parts of the party that Platner is being unfairly targeted for youthful indiscretions.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 12:23 PM (KbEzc)

43 "Journalism"

Posted by: Fake ... Everything at June 05, 2026 12:23 PM (qUkBO)

44 Journalists, by and large, seem to be absolute scum.

They like to wave their press credentials around and demand that the public has a right to know.

But they are just looking to boost their own egos and don't give a shit about any of the harm their biased reporting causes.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 05, 2026 12:23 PM (gnNyN)

45 Why hasn't Platner used basements yet?

Posted by: torabora at June 05, 2026 12:23 PM (ddl1m)

46 I don't think catch-and-kill works any more in this modern media-saturated environment where anyone and everyone has their own bully pulpit.

Look at how CaK failed here: the NYT's attempt to kill the real story didn't last 24 hours.

And the fallout will be worse than if the NYSlimes just published the truth from the jump.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 05, 2026 12:24 PM (iFTx/)

47 "We had no idea the SS symbol worn by concentration camp guards was in any way tied to Nazis! "

Posted by: runner at June 05, 2026 12:24 PM (GD0B3)

48 It was also something like 15 years ago.

Dude's scum, but this story really doesn't do much other than convince the left-most parts of the party that Platner is being unfairly targeted for youthful indiscretions.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 12:23 PM (KbEzc)

Ahem....

Posted by: It's me donna at June 05, 2026 12:24 PM (FtULh)

49 The left: You can't vote for Trump he's a NAZI rapist!

Also the left: So what if Platner is a NAZI rapist, we can't expect perfection in our candidates!

Posted by: 18-1 at June 05, 2026 12:24 PM (sKqQm)

50 It's the NY Times. All they fucking do is lie.

Posted by: Reforger at June 05, 2026 12:18 PM (ZxzYs)

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The Old Gray Shady.

"All The Lies That's Fit To Print."

/Democracy Dies in Dungness ...

Posted by: ShainS at June 05, 2026 12:24 PM (+mTA5)

51 "What are nazis anyway ??"

Posted by: runner at June 05, 2026 12:24 PM (GD0B3)

52 >>Dude's scum, but this story really doesn't do much other than convince the left-most parts of the party that Platner is being unfairly targeted for youthful indiscretions.

Cf. Bret Kavanaugh's treatment.

Posted by: Nazdar at June 05, 2026 12:24 PM (NcvvS)

53 Obviously this news was not fit to print.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at June 05, 2026 12:24 PM (ndZc7)

54 45 Why hasn't Platner used basements yet?
Posted by: torabora

Because he keeps running out of lotion.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 05, 2026 12:24 PM (1ET9J)

55 That dude gives off intense douche-bag vibes. Why any woman would give that creep the time of day is beyond me.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at June 05, 2026 12:24 PM (xAP/Y)

56 most parts of the party that Platner is being unfairly targeted for youthful indiscretions.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 12:23 PM (KbEzc)

Ahem....
Posted by: It's me donna at June 05, 2026 12:24 PM (FtULh

Supposed to have Kavanaugh..

Posted by: It's me donna at June 05, 2026 12:25 PM (FtULh)

57 Once again, we simply do not hate the media enough.

Posted by: NR Pax at June 05, 2026 12:25 PM (+4yJ5)

58 >>I insisted to each of them that I trusted the NYT journalists

Sweet summer child...

Posted by: one hour sober at June 05, 2026 12:25 PM (J4Dwc)

59 Leftists rarely go after each other unless they want a position they hold or to get them out of the club.

Posted by: Skip at June 05, 2026 12:25 PM (XGfg7)

60 Current NYT “journalists” following in the grand tradition of Walter Duranty….

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 05, 2026 12:25 PM (nawZ0)

61 Journalists, by and large, seem to be absolute scum.

They like to wave their press credentials around and demand that the public has a right to know.

But they are just looking to boost their own egos and don't give a shit about any of the harm their biased reporting causes.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 05, 2026 12:23 PM (gnNyN)
_________

Remember the worst of the creeps, faggots, weirdos, fuglies, nose-pickers, fart-sniffers, and kids everyone shunned back in school? They grew up to be "journalists."

Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 05, 2026 12:26 PM (iFTx/)

62 Posted by: It's me donna at June 05, 2026 12:25 PM (FtULh)

Horde mind, ma'am.

Posted by: Nazdar at June 05, 2026 12:26 PM (NcvvS)

63 Why hasn't Platner used basements yet?

Posted by: torabora at June 05, 2026 12:23 PM (ddl1m)

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He shoulda become friends much earlier with Adam Schitt and BFF Ed Buck.

Posted by: ShainS at June 05, 2026 12:27 PM (+mTA5)

64 59 Leftists rarely go after each other unless they want a position they hold or to get them out of the club.
Posted by: Skip at June 05, 2026 12:25 PM (XGfg7)

They still haven't figured out if they have to Swalwell Platner or cover for him...they have started with the covering this entire campaign season, but it's like a frog in a pot, they didn't realize how hot it might get as they keep finding more and more...

Posted by: Nova Local at June 05, 2026 12:27 PM (tOcjL)

65
The NYT didn't think the story would get out anyway? That they'd do this and then it would be, in Col. Schlichter's words, springtime for Platner?
Posted by: Ian S. at June 05, 2026 12:17 PM (QZThv)

It would not get out from then. All the other media outlets then would follow their lead and any actual reporting of it could then be attacked by the times and those same outlets as 'unsubstantiated Reich wing talking points.' They poisoned the well.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

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Or people would see a headline, "New Allegations Against Platner" and skip it. "I've already read that story."

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 05, 2026 12:27 PM (n7rxJ)

66 " I wore a white hood and white sheets to a Halloween party, and my relatives, many of whom are black, said nothing! NOTHING! *to may face anyway, because I am a psycho and they know it!!"

--Planerkopf

Posted by: runner at June 05, 2026 12:28 PM (GD0B3)

67 66 " I wore a white hood and white sheets to a Halloween party, and my relatives, many of whom are black, said nothing! NOTHING! *to may face anyway, because I am a psycho and they know it!!"

--Planerkopf

Posted by: runner at June 05, 2026 12:28 PM (GD0B3)

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"I did the okay symbol with my hands in college."
-rando normie

"DESTROY!"
-media

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 12:28 PM (KbEzc)

68 Remember the worst of the creeps, faggots, weirdos, fuglies, nose-pickers, fart-sniffers, and kids everyone shunned back in school? They grew up to be "journalists."

Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 05, 2026 12:26 PM (iFTx/)

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You left out "Methodists."

/obligatory "Blazing Saddles"

Posted by: ShainS at June 05, 2026 12:28 PM (+mTA5)

69 Isn't there motto -

"All the news that we choose."

Posted by: Tonypete at June 05, 2026 12:29 PM (jnTpz)

70 Dem Senators: Mr. Platner, are any more stories going to come out about you regarding potentially troubling relationships you had with women?

P-Hustle: No, those bitches are dead.

Posted by: Down East Floaters at June 05, 2026 12:29 PM (qUkBO)

71
Where is Gloria Allred to represent all these women?

Posted by: Frank Barone at June 05, 2026 12:29 PM (OkYzo)

72 Scott Pelley > NYT??

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 05, 2026 12:29 PM (CUP/i)

73 "I did the okay symbol with my hands in college."
-rando normie

"DESTROY!"
-media
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 12:28 PM (KbEzc)

OK, ok, tell us about that tattoo, we will forgive you ...*it's not the tramp stamp is it ??!!

Posted by: runner at June 05, 2026 12:29 PM (GD0B3)

74 Our sacred journalistic integrity and standards are on the line!

*turns to the side and guffaws. Knee slap, even.*

Posted by: NYT Journalists at June 05, 2026 12:30 PM (wVcYX)

75
The party of Me Too! Believe Her! & Nazis! Nazis! is going to back Graham Platner.

Posted by: Frank Barone at June 05, 2026 12:30 PM (OkYzo)

76 Obviously, these chicks didn't have the credibility of E. Jean Caroll.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at June 05, 2026 12:30 PM (ndZc7)

77 If only the Founders could have anticipated that freedom of the press also included the willfull suppression of information.

Posted by: Halfhand at June 05, 2026 12:30 PM (LbUS+)

78 Where is Gloria Allred to represent all these women?
Posted by: Frank Barone at June 05, 2026 12:29 PM (OkYzo)

She’s so old now hasn’t she passed on the bidness to her daughter, Lisa Bloom?

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 05, 2026 12:31 PM (CUP/i)

79 It's not nazi nazi rape

Posted by: Whoopie Goldberg at June 05, 2026 12:32 PM (n5tGW)

80 77 If only the Founders could have anticipated that freedom of the press also included the willfull suppression of information.

Posted by: Halfhand at June 05, 2026 12:30 PM (LbUS+)

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I suggest you read about the press in the late 18th century.

The "objective" press is a creation of the 1930s or so, related to broadcast licensing with the federal government, and little more than a myth and historical anomaly.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 12:32 PM (KbEzc)

81 Columbia Journalism School estimates that its 9.5 months Masters program costs approximately $127,000. What is the ROI?

Posted by: mr tmz at June 05, 2026 12:32 PM (rJ48h)

82 Say, Didn't they try to prosecute the editor/owner of the Enquirer over so-called catch-and-kill wrt Trump?

My mind may be hazy from all of the pain of my leg injury, help a brother out.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 05, 2026 12:32 PM (XV/Pl)

83 That's right. Hogg just disappeared. Thanks DNC!

Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 05, 2026 12:32 PM (bss/y)

84 76 Obviously, these chicks didn't have the credibility of E. Jean Caroll.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at June 05, 2026 12:30 PM (ndZc7)

Who provided Diary entries and other documentation...
errr..

Posted by: Reforger at June 05, 2026 12:32 PM (ZxzYs)

85 Columbia Journalism School estimates that its 9.5 months Masters program costs approximately $127,000. What is the ROI?

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Good ROI, trust us!

--Qatar

Posted by: runner at June 05, 2026 12:33 PM (GD0B3)

86

They did the same thing to Juanita and Tara Reade.

I'm noticing a pattern.

Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at June 05, 2026 12:34 PM (och2J)

87 "What are nazis anyway ??"
Posted by: runner at June 05, 2026 12:24 PM (GD0B3)

What does "nazi" even mean? ha HAAA!

Posted by: Tucker Carlson at June 05, 2026 12:34 PM (3uBP9)

88 Or people would see a headline, "New Allegations Against Platner" and skip it. "I've already read that story."
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 05, 2026 12:27 PM (n7rxJ)

Right. It allows the appearance that they heard the allegations made by the victims and dismissed them and went with the far more likely and substantiated claims.

It really is evil. They consciously did this.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 05, 2026 12:34 PM (bss/y)

89 I also think it's hysterical that the DNC booted David Hogg for suggesting common-sense ways of connecting with normal (ish) men and instead they've decided that the ways to do that are a vegan twink and an actual Nazi with serious misogyny issues.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 05, 2026 12:21 PM (QZThv)

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They booted him because he used the party's voter list for his own personal fundraising. And because he was rabblerousing against insiders in the DNC.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 12:21 PM (KbEzc)
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If you're gonna shoot the bear, you better make damn sure you kill the bear. Hogg did not kill the bear.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 05, 2026 12:35 PM (iFTx/)

90 Remember the worst of the creeps, faggots, weirdos, fuglies, nose-pickers, fart-sniffers, and kids everyone shunned back in school? They grew up to be "journalists."

Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 05, 2026 12:26 PM (iFTx/)

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You left out "Methodists."

/obligatory "Blazing Saddles"
Posted by: ShainS at June 05, 2026 12:28 PM (+mTA5)

Not to mention the geeks, sluts, bloods, wastoids, dweebies and dickheads.

Posted by: Principal's Secretary Grace at June 05, 2026 12:35 PM (+IsEU)

91 [E Jean Carroll] provided Diary entries and other documentation...
errr..
Posted by: Reforger at June 05, 2026 12:32 PM (ZxzYs)

Your Honor, this "diary" is a slimy old copy of Fifty Shades of Gray that smells like bad herring.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 05, 2026 12:35 PM (1ET9J)

92 "Old news, move on."
- the NYT (and the entire Left) in July, probably

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at June 05, 2026 12:35 PM (j+aD2)

93 I'm waiting for the underage stuff to drop. You know that's going to happen eventually.

Posted by: Josephistan at June 05, 2026 12:36 PM (y9ksN)

94 I am always flummoxed how abusive assholes like Planter manage to attract and keep women, especially when he is not rich or successful either. You would think at the first sign of abuse they would flee.

Posted by: Ripley at June 05, 2026 12:36 PM (GUOwU)

95 I suggest you read about the press in the late 18th century.

The "objective" press is a creation of the 1930s or so, related to broadcast licensing with the federal government, and little more than a myth and historical anomaly.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 12:32 PM (KbEzc)

The first amendment is based on this. It's also where The Press gets it wrong vs "the press". The press was a thing. The press, which was the internet of the time. Not a collection of people.

Posted by: Reforger at June 05, 2026 12:37 PM (ZxzYs)

96 >>> Not to mention the geeks, sluts, bloods, wastoids, dweebies and dickheads.
Posted by: Principal's Secretary Grace at June 05, 2026 12:35 PM (+IsEU)

Well they know a righteous dude when they see one

Posted by: banana Dream - pulling another pencil out of his non existent hair at June 05, 2026 12:37 PM (3uBP9)

97 Obviously, these chicks didn't have the credibility of E. Jean Caroll.
Don't forget Christine Blasey Ford and her hippocampus.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at June 05, 2026 12:37 PM (/jglT)

98 No such thing as a leftwing journalist, they're all just paid propogandists.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 05, 2026 12:37 PM (n5tGW)

99 I'm waiting for the underage stuff to drop. You know that's going to happen eventually.

That's literally the only reason someone his age would have a Kik account, so it has to be coming.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 05, 2026 12:37 PM (QZThv)

100 ah Ripley

you missed the Wisdom of Heartiste a few years back, eh?

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at June 05, 2026 12:37 PM (j+aD2)

101
It's the NY Times. All they fucking do is lie.

Posted by: Reforger

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I'm just amazed that a person who confesses to a "conservative bias" trusted them.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 05, 2026 12:37 PM (n7rxJ)

102 Women understand women and they hate each other.

Posted by: Attributed to Al Bundy at June 05, 2026 12:38 PM (W5mpo)

103 I bucked all advice from my friends (and resisted my conservative bias) and decided to fully trust the Times journalists.

A particular Ron White quote is coming to mind here.

Posted by: Oddbob at June 05, 2026 12:38 PM (vTZFs)

104 I'm just curious how fucked up -- or desperate -- a woman has to be to date an obvious sociopathic creepozoid like Maine Kampf.

It's like an episode of that NF show "Worst Ex Ever." The exes are indeed very worsty. But the ladies are themselves batshit crazy and comically needy and desperate. And they lie a lot, too.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 05, 2026 12:38 PM (iFTx/)

105
99 I'm waiting for the underage stuff to drop. You know that's going to happen eventually.

That's literally the only reason someone his age would have a Kik account, so it has to be coming.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 05, 2026 12:37 PM (QZThv)

======

I'm not ruling out either a sex tape of him Sieg Heiling while he pounds someone, or a murder of a civilian related to his time with Blackwater.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 12:39 PM (KbEzc)

106 81 Columbia Journalism School estimates that its 9.5 months Masters program costs approximately $127,000. What is the ROI?

Posted by: mr tmz at June 05, 2026 12:32 PM (rJ48h)

Depends who your parents are, or if members of your fraternity or sorority are doing the hiring and are your early bosses.

Posted by: Gref at June 05, 2026 12:39 PM (5rh/l)

107 Weren't there 1400 women who bravely came forward to testify against Kavanaugh?

Posted by: at least admire his stamina at June 05, 2026 12:39 PM (1ET9J)

108 I am always flummoxed how abusive assholes like Planter manage to attract and keep women, especially when he is not rich or successful either. You would think at the first sign of abuse they would flee.
Posted by: Ripley at June 05, 2026 12:36 PM (GUOwU)
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Psychopaths can be quite charming.

They use this to their advantage, of course.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 05, 2026 12:39 PM (gnNyN)

109
OUT: "All the News that's fit to print."
IN: "All the News that fits the Narrative."

Posted by: Tex Lovera at June 05, 2026 12:39 PM (wtvvX)

110
Journalists, by and large, seem to be absolute scum.

They like to wave their press credentials around and demand that the public has a right to know.

But they are just looking to boost their own egos and don't give a shit about any of the harm their biased reporting causes.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 05, 2026 12:23 PM (gnNyN)

Luckily, I've never been interviewed by a journalist for a story. But from what I understand, even if you watch them write down what you say and check it for accuracy, it'll almost certainly end up being published wrong. It's as if journalists are specifically taught by Colombia School of Journalism to get all the facts wrong in a story.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 05, 2026 12:40 PM (FkdoK)

111 It will all come out. Doesn't matter.

There are screenshots of his texts and Kik messages and there are lots of dick pics about to come out.

The Marines he served with will be the coup de grace for him.

Posted by: MJ at June 05, 2026 12:41 PM (XOmY9)

112 End Wokeness
@EndWokeness
[From NBC News (of all entities)] "For whatever reason, the late mail-in votes in key races tend to pull Dems ahead"

Hmm, I wonder why

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It's a head scratcher.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at June 05, 2026 12:41 PM (ndZc7)

113 "I also think it's hysterical that the DNC booted David Hogg for suggesting common-sense ways of connecting with normal (ish) men and instead they've decided that the ways to do that are a vegan twink and an actual Nazi with serious misogyny issues.
Posted by: Ian S"

Demonizing young men that like to go the gym is a brilliant strategy.

Posted by: Ripley at June 05, 2026 12:41 PM (GUOwU)

114 I am always flummoxed how abusive assholes like Planter manage to attract and keep women, especially when he is not rich or successful either. You would think at the first sign of abuse they would flee.
Posted by: Ripley at June 05, 2026 12:36 PM (GUOwU)
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Psychopaths can be quite charming.

They use this to their advantage, of course.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 05, 2026 12:39 PM (gnNyN)
_________

See my comment above. It's exactly like that show "Worst Ex Ever." And it's sad to say, but some women actually like dangerous, toxic relationships. I don't get it.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 05, 2026 12:42 PM (iFTx/)

115 I'm not ruling out either a sex tape of him Sieg Heiling while he pounds someone, or a murder of a civilian related to his time with Blackwater.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 12:39 PM (KbEzc)

That's hot!

Posted by: Ilse, She Wolf of the SS at June 05, 2026 12:42 PM (wVcYX)

116
Why are all of you obsessed by this? It happened a long time ago. Christians are so unforgiving!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 05, 2026 12:42 PM (O0L8i)

117 >>> I am always flummoxed how abusive assholes like Planter manage to attract and keep women, especially when he is not rich or successful either. You would think at the first sign of abuse they would flee.
Posted by: Ripley at June 05, 2026 12:36 PM (GUOwU)

Men are from mars and.... said another way, chicks are attracted to physical displays of aggression as it could be applied towards defense of her and family. This easily turns into creamy drawers over violent assholes. Not always. But it can. Same way dudes are attracted to physical displays of affection as it could be applied towards nurturing and love of him and family. This easily turns into stretched drawers over slutty bitches. Not always. But it can.

Posted by: banana Dream at June 05, 2026 12:42 PM (3uBP9)

118 Luckily, I've never been interviewed by a journalist for a story. But from what I understand, even if you watch them write down what you say and check it for accuracy, it'll almost certainly end up being published wrong. It's as if journalists are specifically taught by Colombia School of Journalism to get all the facts wrong in a story.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 05, 2026 12:40 PM (FkdoK)

Columbia House >>> Columbia U.

Posted by: Tex Lovera at June 05, 2026 12:43 PM (wtvvX)

119
116
Why are all of you obsessed by this? It happened a long time ago. Christians are so unforgiving!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 05, 2026 12:42 PM (O0L8i)

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"Paxton being cleared of corruption charges in his trial don't matter. He's obviously guilty because charges were brought."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 12:43 PM (KbEzc)

120 I marvel at how stupid some people insist on being. You don't talk to a cop without a lawyer. And you never talk to CNN or the New York Times.

Posted by: Howdy at June 05, 2026 12:43 PM (EFkNq)

121 I looked up the NYT circulation a while back. I think online and print it was about 12 million.

You know most of that are pundits, bloggers, other journalists, academics and people that want to appear smart because they read the freaking NEW YORK TIMES!!

And people that want the puzzle.

I'm enjoying watching Dem standards for candidates strapping on the rocket jetpack, starting up and propelling them down the baby-oiled slippery slope.

The parapalegic, black tranny may still be the 2028 Presidential nominee.

2036 - face tattoed, neo-Nazi, Satanist tranny gay muslim communist, bestial necrophiliac whose into Broadway musicals.

Wait for it....

Scariest thing...it's hard to argue against me on this point. Look how far down the Dems have gone.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 05, 2026 12:43 PM (Sco7b)

122
Maine Kampf.

You still got it, Ace.

Posted by: Auspex at June 05, 2026 12:44 PM (Y8DZL)

123 OysterTote was going to lose to Collins anyway.

I really didn't see why any rational person thought he'd win, even without the unsavory stuff.

Posted by: MJ at June 05, 2026 12:44 PM (XOmY9)

124
Journalists, by and large, seem to be absolute scum.

________

*puts on fedora with "Press" card stuck in band*

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 05, 2026 12:44 PM (O0L8i)

125 All he did was rape. And get a Nazi tattoo. And jack off over a pot of random dudes' shit. He's the Democrat nominee; that's all automatically forgiven.

I don't think it counts to talk about his extramarital trysts. That's been fine since Clinton.

If his wife tweeted photos of Mr. Graham fucking the family dog, they'd brush it right off. Democrat.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 05, 2026 12:45 PM (BI5O2)

126 It's a head scratcher.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at June 05, 2026 12:41 PM (ndZc7)

Where is the postal inspector in all of this?

Posted by: Reforger at June 05, 2026 12:45 PM (ZxzYs)

127 Journalists, by and large, seem to be absolute scum.

________

*puts on fedora with "Press" card stuck in band*
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

All the press buttons were taken so I got stuck with this "Pull" button.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 05, 2026 12:45 PM (lwhHh)

128 Luckily, I've never been interviewed by a journalist for a story. But from what I understand, even if you watch them write down what you say and check it for accuracy, it'll almost certainly end up being published wrong.

I have a cousin who has been a journalist for several years. She's family and a nice woman. But if I ever had to deal with her in a professional capacity, I would not have any trust. There would be at least two recording devices running and the entire audio file would be uploaded five minutes after the interview was done.

Posted by: NR Pax at June 05, 2026 12:45 PM (+4yJ5)

129 Little bird, big mouth. (Big beak?)

https://tinyurl.com/3vkcsywx

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at June 05, 2026 12:46 PM (ndZc7)

130 123 OysterTote was going to lose to Collins anyway.

I really didn't see why any rational person thought he'd win, even without the unsavory stuff.

Posted by: MJ at June 05, 2026 12:44 PM (XOmY9)

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In 2020, the moment the RNC just said, "Do anything, Daddy, anything to get rid of that Trump," to the DNC.

Collins won by 8.

Sure, it was down from the 30 or so she won in 2014, but she was a Republican running in a purple state while Trump was on the same ticket and COVID was raging. And she won comfortably.

2026, midterm again, and there's no covid like narrative?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 12:46 PM (KbEzc)

131 This Platner dude seems like a good fella.

Posted by: BruceWayne at June 05, 2026 12:46 PM (AtxGK)

132 Maine Kampf.

Damn, why couldn't I come up with that?!!!!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 05, 2026 12:46 PM (x0n13)

133 2036 - face tattoed, neo-Nazi, Satanist tranny gay muslim communist, bestial necrophiliac whose into Broadway musicals.

------------

But enough about Ketanji Jumanji "Affirmative-Action" Jackson Brown.

Posted by: ShainS at June 05, 2026 12:47 PM (+mTA5)

134
I was once interviewed by the reporter for Plastics News.

*preens*

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 05, 2026 12:47 PM (O0L8i)

135 @104 -- Exactly.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at June 05, 2026 12:48 PM (xAP/Y)

136 I am always flummoxed how abusive assholes like Planter manage to attract and keep women, especially when he is not rich or successful either. You would think at the first sign of abuse they would flee.
Posted by: Ripley at June 05, 2026 12:36 PM (GUOwU)

Narcissists are especially adept at convincing you how sorry they are, how upset they are this happened, and then rewriting history where it didn’t happen the way you thought it did, are you crazy? And before you know it, it becomes much safer to stay than it is to leave. They charm the pants off everyone around you so if you start to leave, they have gotten their flying monkeys in order to support them, and demonize you. Plus they threaten to end you if you do leave them, and they have proven already they are capable of it. It has nothing to do with loving a toxic relationship, no one loves that.

Posted by: Piper at June 05, 2026 12:48 PM (hftzA)

137 Ignore the NY Times. Be more concerned about how the local media is set up in Maine. Twenty-two of the new outlets in Maine are owned by the same company. And, this is Maine which has a population over a bit over 1 Million people. So, 22 news outlets is most of them.

Media outlets in Maine are owned by the non-profit, NATIONAL TRUST FOR LOCAL NEWS. You can pull up their website and see their staff. But, I can tell you already which way they lean. And, I can tell you that their reporting staff is limited, which requires them to refer to other news organizations to suplement their original reporting.

Guess who they refer to more than not.....it's not hard to figure out. Here's a byline from the Portland Herald: "Platner’s ex tells New York Times about Nazi tattoo, ‘toxic’ relationship".

See what they do? They, basically, paraphrase the NY Times, and this is their most recent story on Platner.

Posted by: Orson at June 05, 2026 12:48 PM (dIske)

138 They're inoculating Democrat voters from the pandemic of scandals that are ready to come out about Platner in the general election. Give them just enough of the scandal so their leftist media lymph nodes can create rhetorical antibodies that will protect Dem voters from having to think about any of the more dangerous stuff that comes out. Any future scandals will simply be dismissed as coming from "that Republican woman."

Democrats love being inoculated.

Posted by: 29Victor at June 05, 2026 12:49 PM (0MjtC)

139 137 See what they do? They, basically, paraphrase the NY Times, and this is their most recent story on Platner.

Posted by: Orson at June 05, 2026 12:48 PM (dIske)

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Collins hasn't spent anything on the race yet, by the way.

She won't start until July.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 12:49 PM (KbEzc)

140
Right. It allows the appearance that they heard the allegations made by the victims and dismissed them and went with the far more likely and substantiated claims.

It really is evil. They consciously did this.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

================

It also discredits the others who were talking to the NY Times all along. "Oh, here come the attention whores who want to jump in on the action and get a few clicks."

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 05, 2026 12:49 PM (n7rxJ)

141 Collins won by 8.

Sure, it was down from the 30 or so she won in 2014, but she was a Republican running in a purple state while Trump was on the same ticket and COVID was raging. And she won comfortably.

2026, midterm again, and there's no covid like narrative?
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I never got it. We must vote for this nazi to get rid of Susan Collins?

Normies don't think like that.

Posted by: MJ at June 05, 2026 12:49 PM (XOmY9)

142 Columbia Journalism School estimates that its 9.5 months Masters program costs approximately $127,000. What is the ROI?
Posted by: mr tmz at June 05, 2026 12:32 PM (rJ48h)

Conservatives need not apply.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 05, 2026 12:50 PM (2WIwB)

143 Hey Piper we been off the board pretty much all week for vacay what's the you being dead thing?

Posted by: BruceWayne at June 05, 2026 12:50 PM (AtxGK)

144
He is better than saying he'd piss on his opponent's kids graves, though.

Posted by: Auspex at June 05, 2026 12:50 PM (Y8DZL)

145 Democrats love being inoculated.
Posted by: 29Victor at June 05, 2026 12:49 PM (0MjtC)

I'm on Covid booster shot 69!!!

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 05, 2026 12:50 PM (Sco7b)

146 she actually reminds me of Britta on Community who was basically deeply in love with a CARNY

because he was brain damaged so he literally did not give two sh*ts about anything or anyone. he wasn't capable of it after the traumatic brain injury lol.

HAWT

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at June 05, 2026 12:50 PM (j+aD2)

147 138 They're inoculating Democrat voters from the pandemic of scandals that are ready to come out about Platner in the general election. Give them just enough of the scandal so their leftist media lymph nodes can create rhetorical antibodies that will protect Dem voters from having to think about any of the more dangerous stuff that comes out. Any future scandals will simply be dismissed as coming from "that Republican woman."

Democrats love being inoculated.

Posted by: 29Victor at June 05, 2026 12:49 PM (0MjtC)

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Partisans vote like partisans. There's no changing that at a macro level outside of, like, cancelling elections. They vote four out of every four elections. No news story will persuade them not to vote for Democrats or sit out.

The point of highlighting stuff like this is to reach the 2/4 voters. The ones who align with Democrats but can be convinced to not vote because voting is an irregular habit.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 12:51 PM (KbEzc)

148 And despite all that, they kept fucking the Nazi coprophiliac gay rape fantasist.

Posted by: Tell me again how they just want a nice guy at June 05, 2026 12:51 PM (TbWk/)

149 The "objective" press is a creation of the 1930s or so, related to broadcast licensing with the federal government, and little more than a myth and historical anomaly.

One of my favorite subjects. When and why did Americans go from "everybody can use the printing press - we couldn't be any worse than these muck rakers" to "well, if Walter says it, it must be so" ?

I suspect multiple reasons. The rush to conformity that started post Great Depression. And something about radio and certainly video that just imprints stronger on certain mental types.

Posted by: Howdy at June 05, 2026 12:51 PM (EFkNq)

150 Hey Piper we been off the board pretty much all week for vacay what's the you being dead thing?
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 05, 2026 12:50 PM (AtxGK)
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You had to be there...It's a Festivus miracle!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 05, 2026 12:52 PM (gnNyN)

151 Bastards!

Krystal Ball
@krystalball
NYT published uncorroborated accusations against @grahamformaine of “unsettling” and “toxic” behavior that came from a Heritage staffer who previously worked for a conservative org that backs Collins.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at June 05, 2026 12:52 PM (ndZc7)

152 I never got it. We must vote for this nazi to get rid of Susan Collins?

Normies don't think like that.
Posted by: MJ at June 05, 2026 12:49 PM (XOmY9)

Democrats paint their opponents as so dangerously evil that a whole lot their voters don't even think about who they're voting for, just that they're protecting the world from Hitler Part 2. Even if it means voting for a Nazi to do so.

Posted by: 29Victor at June 05, 2026 12:52 PM (0MjtC)

153 That one woman got murdered by the Deadpool Killer after he lured her into his vehicle under pretense of needing directions.

Chicks are way more retarded about the honeypot. It's crazy.

If an average man sees an otherwise hot, but completely insane chick with her body tatted all the way from the tits to the jawline pull up in some car and say "hop in, I need you to take a ride to some random location with me," that would not work.

But some variation of this scenario worked for this maniac at least three times, that authorities know about.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 05, 2026 12:52 PM (BI5O2)

154
Maine Kampf.

Damn, why couldn't I come up with that?!!!!
Posted by: J.J. Sefton

===============

The Ewok Wit is fastest, bestest, funniest!

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 05, 2026 12:52 PM (n7rxJ)

155 141 I never got it. We must vote for this nazi to get rid of Susan Collins?

Normies don't think like that.

Posted by: MJ at June 05, 2026 12:49 PM (XOmY9)

=======

Collins is like Lindsay Graham.

She knows how to deal with the electorate back home. Constituent outreach and services combined with bacon. Throw in some show votes, and she's golden as an independent senator who does the best for her state.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 12:52 PM (KbEzc)

156 "Maine Kampf" has been all over X for around 2 months now. It started when a CNN bint, I think Kaitln Collins, said we should go easy on Platner because he's had "his struggles".

Posted by: Ian S. at June 05, 2026 12:53 PM (xlvhb)

157 This Platner dude seems like a good fella.

Posted by: BruceWayne at June 05, 2026 12:46 PM (AtxGK)

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Some Concentration Camp is missing a Nazi.

/"Why didn't I just get a Moose Tattoo?"

Posted by: ShainS at June 05, 2026 12:53 PM (+mTA5)

158 149 I suspect multiple reasons. The rush to conformity that started post Great Depression. And something about radio and certainly video that just imprints stronger on certain mental types.

Posted by: Howdy at June 05, 2026 12:51 PM (EFkNq)

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The combination of the Great Depression and WWII created a massive, massive trust of centralized institutions in the Greatest Generation which filtered down for decades.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 12:54 PM (KbEzc)

159 Maine Kampf" has been all over X for around 2 months now. It started when a CNN bint, I think Kaitln Collins, said we should go easy on Platner because he's had "his struggles".

====

HAHAHAHAH!!!

Posted by: runner at June 05, 2026 12:54 PM (GD0B3)

160 Hey Piper we been off the board pretty much all week for vacay what's the you being dead thing?
Posted by: BruceWayne
----
You had to be there...It's a Festivus miracle!
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

No! I don't like being on the outside of an inside joke.

*stamps tiny feet*

Posted by: She Hobbit (frolicking in Rivendell) at June 05, 2026 12:54 PM (XEBIX)

161 "Lyndsey Fifield
@lyndseyfifield
I bucked all advice from my friends (and resisted my conservative bias) and decided to fully trust the Times journalists."

Then you're an idiot. Seriously, if you trusted the NYT to tell your story straight and not run defense for Maine Kampf, you are an idiot.

Posted by: Not covering herself in glory here at June 05, 2026 12:54 PM (TbWk/)

162 She knows how to deal with the electorate back home. Constituent outreach and services combined with bacon. Throw in some show votes, and she's golden as an independent senator who does the best for her state.
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Exactly. She actually represents her state pretty well. She's not Doug Jones in Alabama.

Posted by: MJ at June 05, 2026 12:55 PM (XOmY9)

163
That one woman got murdered by the Deadpool Killer after he lured her into his vehicle under pretense of needing directions.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

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Pretty much what happened to Platner's ex at the hands of the charming New York Times journalists.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 05, 2026 12:55 PM (n7rxJ)

164 "Maine Kampf" has been all over X for around 2 months now. It started when a CNN bint, I think Kaitln Collins, said we should go easy on Platner because he's had "his struggles".

Posted by: Ian S. at June 05, 2026 12:53 PM (xlvhb)

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New Hotness: PTSD (Post-Traumatic Schutzstaffel Disorder).

Posted by: ShainS at June 05, 2026 12:55 PM (+mTA5)

165 >>> Little bird, big mouth. (Big beak?)

https://tinyurl.com/3vkcsywx
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at June 05, 2026 12:46 PM (ndZc7)

Hello Birb Talk? I believe my birb is malfunctioning.

Birb Talk Guys, Chirp and Caw: Can you describe to the listening audience what your birb sounds like when it's running? Yeah, do you best impression.

Well it's like this:
( frightening alien sounds commence )

Posted by: banana Dream at June 05, 2026 12:55 PM (3uBP9)

166 And if you want to understand just how insidious it is with abusers, I have been divorced since 2019. When I went to lunch with my dad and stepmother last weekend, they ask me about my ex and expressed such dismay over his continued lack of communication with our children. Then they said something that brought it all back- they thought he was just blindsided by me wanting to leave him and making it ugly. Me. Not him. Me. I can’t even begin to tell you how awful it is, and I pray no one ever has to go through it.

Posted by: Piper at June 05, 2026 12:55 PM (hftzA)

167 20 I hope to never hear another thing about platner after the primary.
Posted by: Ben Had at June 05, 2026 12:18 PM (5P5DO)

I've been beating the libtards silly with -

Cesar Chavez - 50+ years they bashed us over the head with his Marxist bullflop- and all the while it was known he was a serial statutory rapist. I've an old photo of him with his hand out saluting Hitlero. He was their political Woodstock.

Eric Swalwell - known sexual abuser/rapist. The screenshot of him leaning over a woman juxtaposed with The Alien dripping saliva out its toothy maw.

Platner - Nazi rapist and control freak. SS tatoo

Posted by: 13times at June 05, 2026 12:55 PM (nkkV6)

168 162 She knows how to deal with the electorate back home. Constituent outreach and services combined with bacon. Throw in some show votes, and she's golden as an independent senator who does the best for her state.
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Exactly. She actually represents her state pretty well. She's not Doug Jones in Alabama.

Posted by: MJ at June 05, 2026 12:55 PM (XOmY9)

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But Nazi nepo-baby with totally not gay rape fetishes of other men is going to beat her because white progressives on the internet want it so bad.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 12:56 PM (KbEzc)

169 If we put an end to rapists, there won't be any justification to keep abortion legal. Therefore we need to vote for Platner.

Maine Democrats

Posted by: Darth Randall at June 05, 2026 12:56 PM (vHMT8)

170 The combination of the Great Depression and WWII created a massive, massive trust of centralized institutions in the Greatest Generation which filtered down for decades.

Certainly part of it - probably most of it - but I don't think we can completely discount the audio and video mediums. For the most impressionable ? I think audio and video allows those consumers to create a fictional bond with the product that simple print doesn't provide.

Posted by: Howdy at June 05, 2026 12:57 PM (EFkNq)

171 "Lyndsey Fifield
@lyndseyfifield
I bucked all advice from my friends (and resisted my conservative bias) and decided to fully trust the Times journalists."

Then you're an idiot. Seriously, if you trusted the NYT to tell your story straight and not run defense for Maine Kampf, you are an idiot.

Posted by: Not covering herself in glory here at June 05, 2026 12:54 PM (TbWk/)

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This is like Trump sitting down for in interview with "60 Minutes."

Wait, nevermind ...

Posted by: ShainS at June 05, 2026 12:57 PM (+mTA5)

172
they're protecting the world from Hitler Part 2. Even if it means voting for a Nazi to do so.
Posted by: 29Victor

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lol. Vote for a Nazi in order to block Hitler.

I was going to say something about voting for a Nazi in order to block the Fascists, but I think your irony is deeper.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 05, 2026 12:58 PM (n7rxJ)

173 60 Hey Piper we been off the board pretty much all week for vacay what's the you being dead thing?
Posted by: BruceWayne
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You had to be there...It's a Festivus miracle!
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

No! I don't like being on the outside of an inside joke.

*stamps tiny feet*
Posted by: She Hobbit (frolicking in Rivendell) at June 05

I had a typo- tumor for rumor. Next thing you know, I was dead from a tumor.

Posted by: Piper at June 05, 2026 12:58 PM (p4NUW)

174 Well, whoever came up with "Maine Kampf" is very clever. Given the state of education today, though probably many young people would not know what the phrase means, or how it relates to Platner and Nazis .

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 05, 2026 12:58 PM (lQ+/f)

175 But Nazi nepo-baby with totally not gay rape fetishes of other men is going to beat her because white progressives on the internet want it so bad.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

I mean, they do want it REALLY bad. Have they activated the political action covens?

Posted by: She Hobbit (frolicking in Rivendell) at June 05, 2026 12:58 PM (XEBIX)

176 This is like Trump sitting down for in interview with "60 Minutes."

Trump wasn't there to get his story out, he was there to humiliate 60 Minutes. And it worked.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 05, 2026 12:58 PM (xlvhb)

177 If an average man sees an otherwise hot, but completely insane chick with her body tatted all the way from the tits to the jawline pull up in some car and say "hop in, I need you to take a ride to some random location with me," that would not work.

Like how hot are we talking?

Posted by: 18-1 at June 05, 2026 12:59 PM (sKqQm)

178 The old time show leather reporters would laugh at Columbia Journalism School grads. Or throw up on them after a night's drinking to get a story

Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 05, 2026 12:59 PM (JQmtK)

179 170 Certainly part of it - probably most of it - but I don't think we can completely discount the audio and video mediums. For the most impressionable ? I think audio and video allows those consumers to create a fictional bond with the product that simple print doesn't provide.

Posted by: Howdy at June 05, 2026 12:57 PM (EFkNq)

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It's a known thing in movies that if you see something happen on screen, people assume it's true within the context of the film. This can be manipulated by filmmakers by showing things that aren't true within the context of the film like that and then pulling the rug out later.

So, yeah, the visual medium aspect is probably a big part of latching onto talking heads and assuming they're true. Cronkite said so. I know Cronkite. He's a nice man. I invite him into my living room every evening, and he always tells me the truth.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 12:59 PM (KbEzc)

180
This is like Trump sitting down for in interview with "60 Minutes."

Wait, nevermind ...
Posted by: ShainS

==============

At least Trump sees it as the hostile encounter it is and lands a few punches. This Lyndsey was meek to the end and thanked the Times after she called to confront them!

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 05, 2026 12:59 PM (n7rxJ)

181 had a typo- tumor for rumor. Next thing you know, I was dead from a tumor.
Posted by: Piper at June

*snort*

Posted by: BruceWayne at June 05, 2026 12:59 PM (AtxGK)

182
Lyndsey Fifield
@lyndseyfifield
I bucked all advice from my friends (and resisted my conservative bias) and decided to fully trust the Times journalists.

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Maybe she's not intrinsically stupid. But if her account is accurate, she absolutely achieved stupidity.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at June 05, 2026 01:00 PM (ienUH)

183 Knives out for Morris Katz in New York magazine, the 27 year old who's advising Platner and Mamdani:

https://tinyurl.com/yw9wvtmn

Posted by: beckster at June 05, 2026 01:00 PM (kX27y)

184 153 That one woman got murdered by the Deadpool Killer after he lured her into his vehicle under pretense of needing directions.

Chicks are way more retarded about the honeypot. It's crazy.

If an average man sees an otherwise hot, but completely insane chick with her body tatted all the way from the tits to the jawline pull up in some car and say "hop in, I need you to take a ride to some random location with me," that would not work.

But some variation of this scenario worked for this maniac at least three times, that authorities know about.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 05, 2026 12:52 PM (BI5O2)

Ted Bundy. Tall, good looking, possessed of the glib, shallow charisma that everyone seems to love. Used a similar tactic to lure women to their deaths.

Posted by: "He's dreamy" beats good sense at June 05, 2026 01:00 PM (TbWk/)

185
Next thing you know, I was dead from a tumor.
Posted by: Piper

__________

So, how was it?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 05, 2026 01:02 PM (O0L8i)

186 182
Lyndsey Fifield
@lyndseyfifield
I bucked all advice from my friends (and resisted my conservative bias) and decided to fully trust the Times journalists.

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Maybe she's not intrinsically stupid. But if her account is accurate, she absolutely achieved stupidity.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at June 05, 2026 01:00 PM (ienUH)

Everyone wants their 15 minutes of fame.

Posted by: Gref at June 05, 2026 01:02 PM (5rh/l)

187 I had a typo- tumor for rumor. Next thing you know, I was dead from a tumor.
Posted by: Piper

Ah, yes, I see, I see. On some cases being afflicted by a rumor can be as bad as being afflicted by a tumor.

*Arnold voice* It's not a tumor!

Posted by: She Hobbit (frolicking in Rivendell) at June 05, 2026 01:02 PM (XEBIX)

188 lol

I have "Spiderman - Noir" on here in the background while I'm working. Of course it's New York.

One guy "I'm a reporter!"

lol.

That line really doesn't have the serious, gravitas Hollywood thinks it does. Even Lois Lane.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 05, 2026 01:02 PM (Sco7b)

189 175 But Nazi nepo-baby with totally not gay rape fetishes of other men is going to beat her because white progressives on the internet want it so bad.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

I mean, they do want it REALLY bad. Have they activated the political action covens?

Posted by: She Hobbit (frolicking in Rivendell) at June 05, 2026 12:58 PM (XEBIX)

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The story of Platner is just another entry in the "Democrat elites have lost control of their party."

They've been trying to push Platner out for months. That's why Schumer recruited Mills, sitting governor, to run. Her status as governor was supposed to just easily launch her over Platner and make Platner a non-issue.

But Mills is boring and a million years old and had to stop campaigning because she ran out of money.

We are in the final stage of denial from the Democrat establishment regarding Platner. We'll get to acceptance after Tuesday when he easily wins. We'll get some "he might drop out" here and there which will finally die out in mid-July, but the effort against him institutionally will be completely dead.

Then it's just outright defense and attack on Collins, mostly an excuse to fundraise, though.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 01:02 PM (KbEzc)

190 I had a typo- tumor for rumor. Next thing you know, I was dead from a tumor.
Posted by: Piper at June 05, 2026 12:58 PM (p4NUW)
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Rumor of a tumor may have been exaggerated.

Posted by: Darth Randall at June 05, 2026 01:02 PM (vHMT8)

191 Telegraph: Hunter Biden hints at 2028 presidential run

Posted by: #tigerblood at June 05, 2026 01:02 PM (1ET9J)

192 Ted Bundy. Tall, good looking, possessed of the glib, shallow charisma that everyone seems to love. Used a similar tactic to lure women to their deaths.

speaking of which, looks like Hunt is laying on the charm on X!

talk of him as a D Presidential candidate, and why not?

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at June 05, 2026 01:03 PM (j+aD2)

193 lol jinx tiger blood

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at June 05, 2026 01:03 PM (j+aD2)

194 *stamps tiny feet*
Posted by: She Hobbit (frolicking in Rivendell) at June 05

I had a typo- tumor for rumor. Next thing you know, I was dead from a tumor.
Posted by: Piper at June 05, 2026 12:58 PM (p4NUW)

It was so sudden. Even now, it seems like she's still here commenting.

Posted by: Kale is carcinogenic, people! at June 05, 2026 01:04 PM (TbWk/)

195 Posted by: beckster at June 05, 2026 01:00 PM (kX27y

I'm getting a "blacklisted" message for that tinyurl. Maybe it's just my funky phone.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 05, 2026 01:04 PM (lQ+/f)

196 Telegraph: Hunter Biden hints at 2028 presidential run
Posted by: #tigerblood

He'll say "I was already president for 4 years. I was the one in charge"

Posted by: BruceWayne at June 05, 2026 01:04 PM (AtxGK)

197 US crude oil futures are below $79 for the first time since early May, by the way.

It's been below $80 twice since the start of the war, but both were very quick dips.

Will this be a third quick dip? Really doesn't look like it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 01:04 PM (KbEzc)

198 191 Telegraph: Hunter Biden hints at 2028 presidential run

Posted by: #tigerblood at June 05, 2026 01:02 PM (1ET9J)

He needs another money-laundering gig.

Posted by: Gref at June 05, 2026 01:04 PM (5rh/l)

199 Tumor Rumor - discarded Fleetwood Mac Album title.

Posted by: tubal at June 05, 2026 01:05 PM (Gqar8)

200 Please Lord, let Hunter run for Preezy.

Posted by: tubal at June 05, 2026 01:05 PM (Gqar8)

201 Hey Piper we been off the board pretty much all week for vacay what's the you being dead thing?
Posted by: BruceWayne
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You had to be there...It's a Festivus miracle!
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

No! I don't like being on the outside of an inside joke.

*stamps tiny feet*
Posted by: She Hobbit

Someone mentioned Piper's dog's name was soup.
I made the old joke that, no, that's what her tattoo in Chinese characters say.

Piper tried to quash any rumor that she had a tattoo and in that instant, the typo gods changed rumor to tumor.

From then on, it was Katie bar the door. The horde was off like a greyhound who had slipped its leash.

Poor Piper and her tumor.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 05, 2026 01:05 PM (lwhHh)

202 191 Telegraph: Hunter Biden hints at 2028 presidential run

Posted by: #tigerblood at June 05, 2026 01:02 PM (1ET9J)

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He could be a bit of a spoiler.

I wouldn't put money on it, but the combination of his name and his propensity for shitting on people within his own party could give him some cache.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 01:06 PM (KbEzc)

203 US crude oil futures are below $79 for the first time since early May, by the way.

It's been below $80 twice since the start of the war, but both were very quick dips.

Will this be a third quick dip? Really doesn't look like it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 01:04 PM (KbEzc)
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All I know is that gas is about $0.20 lower per gallon than it was a week or so ago.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 05, 2026 01:06 PM (gnNyN)

204 Telegraph: Hunter Biden hints at 2028 presidential run

Posted by: #tigerblood at June 05, 2026 01:02 PM (1ET9J)

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He could be a bit of a spoiler.

I wouldn't put money on it, but the combination of his name and his propensity for shitting on people within his own party could give him some cache.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 01:06 PM (KbEzc)
_______

Biden-Hogg 2028!

Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 05, 2026 01:07 PM (iFTx/)

205
4. And in FIRST!
Posted by: Elric The Blade

Thank you for your response last thread. 👍

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 05, 2026 01:07 PM (NFX2v)

206 >>> If an average man sees an otherwise hot, but completely insane chick with her body tatted all the way from the tits to the jawline pull up in some car and say "hop in, I need you to take a ride to some random location with me," that would not work.

Like how hot are we talking?
Posted by: 18-1 at June 05, 2026 12:59 PM (sKqQm)

And hot or not they make it sound like an adventure. Almost have me right there. Like, is time travel involved? Is their a weapon loadout montage. Are we fighting against impossible odds? It could be some weird grimy dude and I might be all,

Me: I'm in!

Weird grimy dude: and we can still do sexy stuff if you..

Me: Stop, don't make it weird man.

Posted by: banana Dream at June 05, 2026 01:07 PM (3uBP9)

207 185
Next thing you know, I was dead from a tumor.
Posted by: Piper

__________

So, how was it?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June

It didn’t feel any different, honestly.

Posted by: Piper at June 05, 2026 01:07 PM (p4NUW)

208 He'll say "I was already president for 4 years. I was the one in charge"
Posted by: BruceWayne

Hunter Biden 2028 - The Experienced Choice

Posted by: She Hobbit (frolicking in Rivendell) at June 05, 2026 01:07 PM (XEBIX)

209 174 Well, whoever came up with "Maine Kampf" is very clever. Given the state of education today, though probably many young people would not know what the phrase means, or how it relates to Platner and Nazis .
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Or, considering that 54% of Americans under the age of 25 openly state that they support Hamas (for real: https://harvardharrispoll.com/wp-content/uploads/ 2026/06/HHP_May2026_KeyResults.pdf), they'll know what it means, and think it's hip and cool, and support him even more.

Posted by: zombie at June 05, 2026 01:07 PM (Av6i5)

210 I thought this was evidence the Party had turned on Platner but it was evidence they had not.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 05, 2026 01:07 PM (RIvkX)

211 203 All I know is that gas is about $0.20 lower per gallon than it was a week or so ago.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 05, 2026 01:06 PM (gnNyN)

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Elevator up.

Stairs down.

RBOB, gas futures, have been hovering just over $3 for about a week.

Oil supply is overtaking demand (lots o' destruction in Africa and China), with refining being the only major chokepoint. All while new news of pipelines to bypass the strait keep popping up.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 01:08 PM (KbEzc)

212 I was thinking catch and kill was when a violent crazy was arrested, released, and then immediately kills an innocent human being. Silly me.

Posted by: Cray Cray at June 05, 2026 01:08 PM (yInIL)

213 Explain to people, like they were children, the connection between Iranian oil and our US gas prices.

Posted by: tubal at June 05, 2026 01:08 PM (Gqar8)

214
Knives out for Morris Katz in New York magazine, the 27 year old who's advising Platner and Mamdani:

https://tinyurl.com/yw9wvtmn
Posted by: beckster

================

So he's the next David Plouffe.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 05, 2026 01:08 PM (n7rxJ)

215 Whoa!!

Remember Trump (might be the hue and cry).

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 05, 2026 01:08 PM (NFX2v)

216 I wouldn't put money on it, but the combination of his name and his propensity for shitting on people within his own party could give him some cache.

in HS I liked him just fine; Beau was the asshole.

he can be funny and charming.

he's funny on X right now!

man honestly you never know. I used to laugh at the idea of his dad as President and UGH it actually happened. he'd be better than that, it's a low bar tho.

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

217 Rumor of a tumor may have been exaggerated.
Posted by: Darth Randall at June 05, 2026 01:02 PM (vHMT

The chalice from the palace has the pellet with the chemo

Posted by: The flagon with the dragon...not so much at June 05, 2026 01:09 PM (TbWk/)

218 Posted by: zombie at June 05, 2026 01:07 PM (Av6i5

Probably . Uggh!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 05, 2026 01:09 PM (lQ+/f)

219 Poor Piper and her tumor.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 05, 2026 01:05 PM (lwhHh)

Then she had classes to teach and wasn't on for a while so it grew and grew.
I for one apologize. At least Piper knows she will make the sidebar.

Posted by: Reforger at June 05, 2026 01:10 PM (ZxzYs)

220
202 191 Telegraph: Hunter Biden hints at 2028 presidential run

Posted by: #tigerblood at June 05, 2026 01:02 PM (1ET9J)

=======

He could be a bit of a spoiler.

I wouldn't put money on it, but the combination of his name and his propensity for shitting on people within his own party could give him some cache.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 01:06 PM

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Maybe the play is, in the past Hunter was paid for access to his father. Now he'll be paid to go away. Maybe he'll put out a bland unreadable book that inexplicably sells 500,000 copies.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at June 05, 2026 01:10 PM (ienUH)

221 [Hunter]'s funny on X right now!
man honestly you never know. I used to laugh at the idea of his dad as President and UGH it actually happened. he'd be better than that, it's a low bar tho.
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2)

Yeah someone called shens that the bag of marching powder in the WH wasn't his. His response was something like "no way I would have lost a bag of coke".

Posted by: gKWVE at June 05, 2026 01:10 PM (1ET9J)

222 >>>Here's the post where she reveals that she provided the names of people who would confirm her account -- but the New York Times lied and claimed there was no one to confirm her account

Sounds like easy defamation.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 05, 2026 01:10 PM (dK+Kv)

223 It didn’t feel any different, honestly.
Posted by: Piper

And the utmost respect to you.

You could have gotten offended by it but you rolled with it like a champ. Thank you.

There was no ill intent.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 05, 2026 01:11 PM (lwhHh)

224 Then she had classes to teach and wasn't on for a while so it grew and grew.
I for one apologize. At least Piper knows she will make the sidebar.
Posted by: Reforger

Shouldn't her nic now be "Dearly Departed Piper" ?

Posted by: BruceWayne at June 05, 2026 01:11 PM (AtxGK)

225 Did we get to the Prayers Up stage for the Piper Tumor frenzy?

Posted by: tubal at June 05, 2026 01:11 PM (Gqar8)

226 Maybe the play is, in the past Hunter was paid for access to his father. Now he'll be paid to go away. Maybe he'll put out a bland unreadable book that inexplicably sells 500,000 copies.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at June 05

Didn’t he do this already?

Posted by: Piper at June 05, 2026 01:11 PM (hftzA)

227
He'll say "I was already president for 4 years. I was the one in charge"
Posted by: BruceWayne

Hunter Biden 2028 - The Experienced Choice
Posted by: She Hobbit

===============

Hunter Biden 2028 - DAD Was The Nepo Baby!

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 05, 2026 01:11 PM (n7rxJ)

228 Honestly the men/women thing with charismatic strangers isn't really the same.

Women are used to men striking up conversations with them and therefore don't think of it as odd.

As a guy if a hot woman out of the blue starts talking to me I know she probably wants something other then whatever she starts talking about.*

*Though I find this doesn't hold true when I'm in the south.

Posted by: 18-1 at June 05, 2026 01:12 PM (sKqQm)

229 224 Then she had classes to teach and wasn't on for a while so it grew and grew.
I for one apologize. At least Piper knows she will make the sidebar.
Posted by: Reforger

Shouldn't her nic now be "Dearly Departed Piper" ?
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 05, 2026

I was pipers ghost for a bit.

Posted by: Piper at June 05, 2026 01:12 PM (hftzA)

230 Did we get to the Prayers Up stage for the Piper Tumor frenzy?
Posted by: tubal

She had three statues dedicated in her memory.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 05, 2026 01:12 PM (lwhHh)

231 omg the Bears are leaving Chicago

for Indiana

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at June 05, 2026 01:12 PM (j+aD2)

232 Next thing you know, I was dead from a tumor.
Posted by: Piper

__________

So, how was it?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June

It didn’t feel any different, honestly.

So you work in corporate America?

Posted by: 18-1 at June 05, 2026 01:12 PM (sKqQm)

233
The left is so liberated they can throw anything out there without shame.

Openly counting fake votes in California and saying it may take a month till they get 'em.

Posted by: Auspex at June 05, 2026 01:13 PM (Y8DZL)

234 Maybe Hunter could write a comic book. Call it "Snow Man". When he bumps a hit he has fuckin' SUPERPOWERS. He and his sexy mom (in a leotard) fly around DC fighting fascism.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 05, 2026 01:13 PM (1ET9J)

235 "Journalists" once again proving their profession is lower than slime.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 05, 2026 01:14 PM (RIvkX)

236 Openly counting fake votes in California and saying it may take a month till they get 'em.

I ran the stats on the outcome they are getting and it is less likely then your neighbor's turkey showing up on your table on thanksgiving day fully cooked and steaming due to quantum effects.

Posted by: 18-1 at June 05, 2026 01:14 PM (sKqQm)

237 And the utmost respect to you.

You could have gotten offended by it but you rolled with it like a champ. Thank you.

There was no ill intent.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 05, 2026 01

I never once thought it was anything other than funny. In fact, there was going to be a grand finale, but more important things with Doof intervened. Who knows, the way I keep being of the spirit world, there may be another bite at that apple!

Posted by: Piper at June 05, 2026 01:14 PM (hftzA)

238 There was no ill intent.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 05, 2026 01:11 PM (lwhHh)

No one ever intends to get ill. But sometimes illness strikes from the shadows and takes us unawares.

Like our poor dearly departed kale-besotted fitness maven.

Posted by: Life moves pretty fast, like quinoa through the GU tract at June 05, 2026 01:15 PM (TbWk/)

239 166.
Posted by: Piper

And so, they're not overjoyed with J now?

But, yes, I get it. Marriage annulled by Catholic Church long time ago and a Jersey divorce & then my mother was furious I had had a kid and was apparently 'never properly married' to it's father in her eyes. 🤷🏼‍♀️

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 05, 2026 01:15 PM (NFX2v)

240 GI tract, dammit

Posted by: Corrections Department at June 05, 2026 01:15 PM (TbWk/)

241 All the NYT did was make sure the story drags out longer. I am sure their intention was to bury it. But the days when that technique would work are long, long gone.

Now their perfidy becomes part of the oxygen that is stoking the flames of interest.

Posted by: Thatch at June 05, 2026 01:15 PM (i0077)

242 I thought this was evidence the Party had turned on Platner but it was evidence they had not.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 05, 2026 01:07 PM (RIvkX)
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I think the party did turn on this vile creep and tried to get him out. That's why Schumer recruited the old maid governor to run for senate. Schumer is many vile and reprehensible things, but stupid he is not.

That's also why all the big-name Democrap pols have been at best non-comital about him.

The problem is the Dumocrap "party" has almost completely lost control of its base. The party does not want a shit-loving public dick-spanker with fantasies of raping men's assholes and a long list of abused "girlfriends." But the base? That seems to be exactly what they want. Or at least the vocal, activist base that actually votes in primaries.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 05, 2026 01:15 PM (iFTx/)

243
Maybe Hunter could write a comic book. Call it "Snow Man". When he bumps a hit he has fuckin' SUPERPOWERS. He and his sexy mom (in a leotard) fly around DC fighting fascism.
Posted by: gKWVE

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Speaking of which, I'm not sure what Jill's attitude towards him really is. I guess they're co-conspirators in hiding Joe's decline and the grand attempt to keep him in office, but now that it's over, do they give each other the time of day? Did they ever like each other the way ValJar and the Obamas seem to?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 05, 2026 01:16 PM (n7rxJ)

244
226 Maybe the play is, in the past Hunter was paid for access to his father. Now he'll be paid to go away. Maybe he'll put out a bland unreadable book that inexplicably sells 500,000 copies.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at June 05

Didn’t he do this already?
Posted by: Piper at June 05, 2026 01:11 PM

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He can do it again. The purpose of the phony book sales is to launder bribes. One question is, would anything he has left still be damaging enough to warrant a payoff?

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at June 05, 2026 01:17 PM (VWtfl)

245 All the NYT did was make sure the story drags out longer. I am sure their intention was to bury it. But the days when that technique would work are long, long gone.

Yes and no. Reading lefty forums they claim the charges against Platner are unvetted because they haven't formally appeared in a FNM news source

Posted by: 18-1 at June 05, 2026 01:17 PM (sKqQm)

246 242
The problem is the Dumocrap "party" has almost completely lost control of its base. The party does not want a shit-loving public dick-spanker with fantasies of raping men's assholes and a long list of abused "girlfriends." But the base? That seems to be exactly what they want. Or at least the vocal, activist base that actually votes in primaries.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 05, 2026 01:15 PM (iFTx/)

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And 40% of Maine's electorate are registered independents.

2020 has given the Democrat Party brain rot.

They got within 10 of taking out Collins in the least honest election in American history. So, they can run anybody and she'll lose.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 01:18 PM (KbEzc)

247 234 Maybe Hunter could write a comic book. Call it "Snow Man". When he bumps a hit he has fuckin' SUPERPOWERS. He and his sexy mom (in a leotard) fly around DC fighting fascism.
Posted by: gKWVE at June 05, 2026 01:13 PM (1ET9J)

There was a DC comics supervillain in the 80s called Snow Flame who was powered by snorting enormous amounts of cocaine.

Posted by: No really, there was. at June 05, 2026 01:19 PM (TbWk/)

248 It's unfair to besmirch these candidates unless there was marching and saluting involved.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 05, 2026 01:19 PM (D1E+2)

249 Its hard to believe the NYT would do something like this. They are such a trusted source.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at June 05, 2026 01:20 PM (Vh9CX)

250 I said it before but the choice of Platner was just odd.

The general playbook they run in the Northeast is running vanilla Karens like Mills. Yes she too is a leftwing lunatic, but she comes across as "normal"-ish. With a little bit of fraud it works consistently.

But Platner? He's going to get people to go vote for Collins. And the rest of the R slate of candidates running

Posted by: 18-1 at June 05, 2026 01:20 PM (sKqQm)

251 250 I said it before but the choice of Platner was just odd.

The general playbook they run in the Northeast is running vanilla Karens like Mills. Yes she too is a leftwing lunatic, but she comes across as "normal"-ish. With a little bit of fraud it works consistently.

But Platner? He's going to get people to go vote for Collins. And the rest of the R slate of candidates running

Posted by: 18-1 at June 05, 2026 01:20 PM (sKqQm)

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Hence, why Schumer recruited Mills in the first place, to tell the base to sit down and shut up and try to do Northeast elections right.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 05, 2026 01:22 PM (KbEzc)

252 He can do it again. The purpose of the phony book sales is to launder bribes. One question is, would anything he has left still be damaging enough to warrant a payoff?
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug

Only thing he has at this point is names. And it's easier to make him wind up dead with a needle in his arm than pay him.

And no one would blink an eye if he turned up as an OD.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 05, 2026 01:25 PM (lwhHh)

253 Regarding being in relationships with abusive narcissists, as a male who was in such a marital relationship, it's not the physical threat (though there was some, but mostly emotional violence) as much as reputation destruction, use of flying monkeys, and dismantling or isolating you from your support structure. My ex-wife deliberately and systematically over time manipulated people and situations such that I ended up cut off and isolated from family, church, and people who I thought were my friends. Then she pulled the divorce trigger, then she went immediately to work gaslighting the kids and trying to alienate them from me. These sorts of people are insidious and evil.

Posted by: Guard yourselves at all times at June 05, 2026 01:26 PM (TbWk/)

254 If the intent of this limited hangout was to keep Platner's election chances alive rather than kill his hopes before the primary, it's a retarded strategy.

There's obviously much more that will come out about this guy. He's a serial douchebag.

Posted by: Jose at June 05, 2026 01:26 PM (V6W16)

255 while (votePratt > voteRaman )
countTheVotes();

def countTheVotes()
voteRaman++;
votePratt--;

Posted by: banana Dream at June 05, 2026 01:27 PM (3uBP9)

256 Maybe Zelenskyy will stake Hunter's campaign. He owes Joe and the progressives & he could also help bring back USAID.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 05, 2026 01:27 PM (NFX2v)

257 247 234 Maybe Hunter could write a comic book. Call it "Snow Man". When he bumps a hit he has fuckin' SUPERPOWERS. He and his sexy mom (in a leotard) fly around DC fighting fascism.
Posted by: gKWVE

Sexy step-mom DOCTOR FISHNETS! Her role is to tell Snow Man how awesome he is.

Posted by: Auspex at June 05, 2026 01:28 PM (Y8DZL)

258 The international coffee commercial guy Anthony Head passed away. I think he was in tv and movies too.

Posted by: banana Dream at June 05, 2026 01:33 PM (3uBP9)

259 nood

Pride Pox

Posted by: banana Dream at June 05, 2026 01:34 PM (3uBP9)

260 Having seen this exact playbook with Jian Ghomeshi, I don't think Platner is anything more than a douchebag and a dudebro. Not one of these women has made a credible accusation; the worst so far is "after an argument, he twisted my arm behind my back and forced me into a bedroom and held the door, telling me to stay there until I was 'calm'. I fell asleep and left the next morning."

If you can't parse that as "I got drunk, hysterical and possibly violent and he shut me in a bedroom to sleep it off" you're too eager to go along with the psyop.

The guy is laughably unfit for office, but this is an obvious smear job.

Posted by: Daniel Ream at June 05, 2026 03:33 PM (LgYtf)

261 He is a sociopath. Not a narcissist. That why so many Dems can relate to him.

Posted by: epador at June 05, 2026 08:23 PM (2r+LN)

262 Hey, Guard yourselves at all times.

Be thankful she wasn’t Borderline P D.

I got the same treatment you did plus survived a few attempted homicides no one would believe.

Posted by: epador at June 05, 2026 08:26 PM (2r+LN)

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