The Maine Senate race between Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) and Democratic challenger Graham Platner is on, with Platner winning his primary with more than 70% of the vote despite numerous scandals. Platner’s supporters have stuck by him after sexually explicit texts, reports of physically and emotionally abusive behavior toward ex-girlfriends, a since-covered Nazi tattoo, and […]
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One of the three accusers against Graham Platner had a role in helping Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh survive his confirmation fight, according to a former GOP operative.In the latest episode of his podcast, "Against All Enemies," former GOP operative Rick Wilson detailed the history of Lyndsey Fifield, the ex-girlfriend featured in the New York Times article about Platner's past relationships."She's a CPAC person. She's a conservative activist person," Wilson explained. "She ran a group, of course, called Ladies for Kavanaugh, which might have been a giveaway if you thought it through."Fifield's "most recent gig" is working at the Independent Women's Forum, which Wilson described as "a right-wing group." He added that "this attack coming from this particular person makes a lot of sense." Wilson played a clip of who he identified as the chair of the IWF publicly boasting how her group wrote a memo "about supporting Kavanaugh without alienating the Me Too movement." Kavanaugh faced a tough confirmation hearing after allegations of sexual assault against him surfaced."We wrote a memo. It was used by a lot of members of the Senate and the House and Fox News and elsewhere," the speaker said in the clip. "But most important is Susan Collins told me that without that memo, she could not have seen how to support him, and if you look at her speech that she gave on the Senate floor, it is entirely the playing out and architecture of how we structured the argument."Platner is running to beat Sen. Collins (R-ME) and win a seat that will be critical to helping Democrats take back control of the Senate.Wilson ties the connections together, saying Fifield is "the woman who ran Ladies for Kavanaugh, who works for Independent Women's Forum that provided Susan Collins with all of her talking points about Brett Kavanaugh and how she could support Brett."He added that the attack against Platner resembles the kind of political hit he would have carried out."That's precisely the kind of thing I was extremely good at doing when I was a Republican," Wilson said. "That is precisely the kind of thing I would engineer and stage and find somebody who would go out and be the face of it."MAGA Hit Jobs and How To Beat Them by Rick WilsonBreaking down last night's resultsRead on Substack
The U.S. launched what it called “self-defense strikes” after an American helicopter was shot down by an Iranian drone over the Strait of Hormuz, as President Trump vowed Iran would “pay the price.” NBC News’ Gabe Gutierrez reports.
The president is expected to press the leaders to find ways to swiftly increase production of weaponry for the Pentagon, sources told NBC News.
The House will vote Thursday morning on a short-term reauthorization of a key government spy program ahead of a Friday deadline, taking control of the surveillance authority’s future as talks in the Senate stall. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) announced Wednesday that the House will vote on a short-term extension of Section 702 of the […]
Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.) on Wednesday condemned Bill Gates’s connection to Jeffrey Epstein, which began after the disgraced financier pleaded guilty to sex crimes in 2008. The billionaire testified before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on Wednesday about his ties to Epstein. As the committee’s ranking member, Garcia noted that Gates was…
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson was quick to defend President Donald Trump’s widely reported remarks following Wednesday’s sharp spike in inflation, which is now at a three-year high.“I knew somebody was going to ask me that,” Johnson told CNN’s Manu Raju as he stepped into range of Raju's microphone. “It was totally out of context, you know what he was talking about.”When pressed whether Trump’s remarks were what voters want to hear right now, Johnson insisted that the president “is laser-focused on the domestic economic situation.” “He is working to bring down prices, he is going to get the Strait of Hormuz reopened,” Johnson insisted. “We have passed legislation, he has used executive orders to get the cost of living down. Everybody got their highest tax refunds they’ve had in their whole lives, they’re getting great paychecks, there’s all sorts of great economic indicators, but there’s still challenges — gas prices among them.”“So, what he was saying is, it’s going to be great having that number and compare it to what comes next when we get these situations resolved — that’ll be a fun thing to consider and compare — that was the context,” said the Speaker.Speaking about the inflation report, as CNBC reported, Trump had told reporters: “No, I love it, the numbers were great.”“You know what I really love? I love the inflation. You know why?”“Because as soon as this war is over, you know I can say it now … you know we’ve been taking out millions of barrels of oil.”“Nobody knows it. You know who doesn’t know about it? Iran, until right now,” Trump said.CNBC noted that Trump, “speaking with reporters in the Oval Office, also predicted that inflation is ‘going to come down like a rock’ after the United States’ war against Iran is over.”Critics blasted Speaker Johnson online.Trump: "I don't care about you, I just want your vote!" MAGA: "Taken out of context." Trump: "I don't think about Americans' financial situation." MAGA: "Taken out of context." Trump: "I love the inflation." MAGA: "Taken out of context," spat one heckler on X.“Trump meant what he said and if people are taking things outta context maybe Trump should speak English,” said one social media user.Others called Johnson a “Trump apologist.”"No, no they were NOT taken out of context and Mike Johnson is a little b—— !" howled one critic.Another remarked, “Aaaand, right on cue, here’s Mike Johnson, denying Trump said and meant what we all heard him say.”