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Former Platner campaign aide: ‘The answer to a broken political culture is not to accept it’

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A former top aide of Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner’s campaign urged members of her party to consider voting for another contender in Maine — one day before Tuesday’s primary contest. Former state Rep. Genevieve McDonald (D), who served as Platner’s political director from August to October of last year, argued in a Monday op-ed in The Washington Post that…

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Maine voters weigh Graham Platner scandals on election day: ‘It’s not my job to judge’

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Maine voters weigh Graham Platner scandals on election day: ‘It’s not my job to judge’

Oysterman and marine veteran favored to win Democratic primary amid a string of controversiesUS politics live – latest updatesVoters are headed to the polls on Tuesday for primary elections that include a crucial Senate race involving the scandal-haunted Graham Platner.In Maine, Platner is favored to win the Democratic primary after his main opponent, former governor Janet Mills, suspended her campaign. The incumbent senator, Susan Collins, remains safely at the top of the Republican ticket – just slightly behind newcomer Platner’s lead in polling. Continue reading...

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Why Platner Shouldn't Be a Senator

I quit the campaign last fall, disturbed by what I'd learned about the Maine Democratic Senate primary candidate.

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Platner seeks Democratic nomination to take on Sen. Collins in closely watched race

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Platner seeks Democratic nomination to take on Sen. Collins in closely watched race

Maine Democrat Graham Platner is seeking to make the nomination official to take on Republican Sen. Susan Collins in November.

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Epstein Survivors Pissed After Testimony From His Former Assistant

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Epstein Survivors Pissed After Testimony From His Former Assistant

One of Jeffrey Epstein’s assistants testified before the House Oversight Committee on Tuesday and claimed to know nothing about the billionaire sex offender’s crimes. Lesley Groff told members of Congress that she believed the massage appointments she made for Epstein were for massage therapists and not the women and girls he was exploiting, CNN reports. She called Epstein a master manipulator who kept his crimes a secret from her, saying that he didn’t sexually abuse her. Both Epstein and his partner Ghislanie Maxwell allegedly told Groff not to associate with their friends and colleagues, insisting that their business wasn’t her concern. Groff has been saying this since 2021. Back then, her lawyers announced that she had “never witnessed anything improper or illegal” and was “heartbroken” for Epstein’s victims. But Epstein survivors thought Groff’s words Tuesday were a cop-out. Many of them had told the FBI that Groff was the person they’d call to reach Epstein and schedule massages. Epstein would abuse women during those massage sessions, they said. According to emails from the government’s Epstein files, Groff also booked Epstein’s domestic and international travel. She was listed as a potential co-conspirator as part of the non-prosecution deal Epstein cut in 2008 with the federal government. “One of the hardest parts for survivors is hearing the people who were closest to Epstein claim they saw nothing,” Sharlene Rochard, one of Epstein’s victims, told CNN. “That doesn’t match my experience. Survivors deserve answers, not claims of ignorance.”

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Jeffrey Epstein's former assistant Lesley Groff interviewed by House panel

Groff worked for Epstein for nearly 20 years, and her name appears more than 150,000 times in the Epstein files released by the Department of Justice.

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Pentagon accuses Alibaba, BYD of aiding Chinese military

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Pentagon accuses Alibaba, BYD of aiding Chinese military

The Pentagon has barred Chinese tech giant Alibaba, electric car maker BYD and search engine Baidu from getting U.S. defense contracts by adding them to its list of Chinese military companies operating in America. The Defense Department on Monday published an updated list of non-state-owned Chinese companies that, while not in traditional defense or security sectors, are…

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Bombshell claims by former campaign director rock Platner’s campaign hours before polls open

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Bombshell claims by former campaign director rock Platner’s campaign hours before polls open

Former campaign director says Graham Platner shouldn't be a senator, citing scandals ahead of Maine's Democratic primary against Susan Collins.

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Graham Platner’s Scandals Risk Spoiling Democrats’ Maine Bet

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Graham Platner’s Scandals Risk Spoiling Democrats’ Maine Bet

Graham Platner heads into Maine’s Democratic Senate primary on Tuesday facing a fresh bout of controversy, turning what had looked like a coronation into a test of whether he’s a viable candidate for the party’s push to secure a majority in this year’s midterms.

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