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    Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner says nobody ever told him the large SS-Totenkopf tattoo he's had on his chest for the last 18 years is a Nazi symbol

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  • Jfc, are you serious? I’m a puritan because I take issue with someone having a literal nazi tattoo. The election is a year away, find a better candidate to get behind before then, it’s that simple. Do you also believe that Elon Musk was just reaching for his heart and waving during Trump’s inauguration? Do you think that Pete Hegseth got a Deus Vult tattoo because it looks cool?

    Platner was a mercenary who served four tours in the middle east, has a tier-list of wars he would fight in, is into military history. Zero fucking chance he doesn’t know what that symbol is at this age.

    It is ok that you supported him. He said a lot of things that are worth getting behind. There is now more than enough information out there to realize that he is, at best, a political liability.

    Having a nazi tattoo is a non-starter for a political candidate. If you can’t see that, then I don’t know what to tell you. Just because you are able to look past that, which you absolutely should not, you need to realize that he is unelectable to the general public. There is no amount of rehab to his image that can be done for this.

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    Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner says nobody ever told him the large SS-Totenkopf tattoo he's had on his chest for the last 18 years is a Nazi symbol

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  • He has a nazi tattoo on his chest. Not, he got a nazi tattoo when he was young and drunk and didn’t know and as soon as he found out he got that shit covered up. He, to this day, has a Totenkopf tattoo. For the people in the back:

    ANY CANDIDATE WITH A NAZI TATTOO IS A NON-STARTER.

    Edit: Robert Evans sums it up well on Bluesky

    i liked how Platner was campaigning and I am prepared to believe a young marine could make literally any stupid mistake. but I don't believe a guy could spend twenty years maturing politically the way he has and not know what a death's head means

    if his attitude from the jump has been "I did this as a kid and have been ashamed of it since, it was a terrible mistake" I don't think I'd mind. but he's just not being honest here and that's suspicious as hell.

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    Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner says nobody ever told him the large SS-Totenkopf tattoo he's had on his chest for the last 18 years is a Nazi symbol

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  • But according to a person who socialized with Platner when he was living in Washington, D.C., more than a decade ago, Platner had specifically acknowledged that the tattoo was a Totenkopf, the "death's head" symbol adopted by an infamous Nazi SS unit that guarded concentration camps in World War II.

    "He said, 'Oh, this is my Totenkopf," the former acquaintance told Jewish Insider recently, speaking on the condition of anonymity to address a sensitive issue. "He said it in a cutesy little way."

    The exchange occurred in 2012 at Tune Inn, a popular dive on Capitol Hill where Platner later worked as a bartender and was a frequent patron while he attended The George Washington University on the G.I. bill, according to the former acquaintance. He would often take his shirt off drinking with friends late at night at the bar, and on at least one occasion had stated he knew what the tattoo represented, the former acquaintance recalled.

    Platner gave varying accounts of the image during this time, saying at one point he was aware it was a Totenkopf when he had first gotten the tattoo several years prior and at another time claiming he had not known, according to the former acquaintance.

    The mixed accounts indicate that Platner has at least long been aware of the symbols's connection to Nazism, even as he said in the podcast interview he was not familiar with any such association when he chose to get the tattoo.

    The source for this is Jewish Insider, which I’m sure people will say whatever they are going to say about that, but at some point this guys multiple red flags need to be taken as a pattern.

    Dude has a very clear pattern of making questionable choices in the most favorable reading of circumstances. His former campaign manager said this when resigning over Grahams past comments:

    “The words we choose to use online reflect who we are and what we stand for. While I am empathetic to Graham’s experiences and respect his personal journey and growth, I cannot overlook the volume and nature of his past comments, many of which were made as an adult, not as a young man.” McDonald said in her resignation letter.

    Y’all need to stop apologizing for this guy and start looking for a better candidate to get behind so it isn’t Janet Mills in the general.

  • As Microsoft Forces Users to Ditch Windows 10, It Announces That It’s Also Turning Windows 11 into an AI-Controlled Monstrosity

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  • I had dual boot with win10 for a while, but when they had that ‘bug’ that was wiping peoples linux partition I dropped Windows completely. As dar as I’m concerned Linux and other FOSS in general has reached a point where it meets the majority of my needs. Same goes for local storage vs needing anything through the cloud or streeaming.

  • White House’s East Wing partially demolished as work begins on Trump’s $250m ballroom

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  • Saw someone mention that this work would require govt contractors, who would be required to shut down due to the shutdown. So add it to the pile of illegality, in addition to archive and historical laws which are surely also being broken.

  • Democrats Have Let Republicans Become the “Peace” Party

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  • Lies and the lying liars who tell them.

  • 'Not going to forget': Trump's gang gets ominous warning that immunity won't last forever

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  • After Nixon- healing/pardon, after Reagan-healing/pardon, Bush 1- healing, Bush 2-healing, Trump 1- healing/oops we waited too long. Seems pretty on brand.

  • Republican congressman calls flag with swastika displayed in his office 'vile' and says it's under investigation

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  • Every one of the republican congressmen you can just see the booze leaking out of their pores through the photographs.

  • North Carolina Republicans will redraw congressional maps to add seat for their party

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  • Good stuff. This is another example of the republicans trying to show strength, but actually highlighting their weakness. Hopefully the democrats can capitalize on it.

  • North Carolina Republicans will redraw congressional maps to add seat for their party

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  • Surprised they can squeeze another seat out of the map. NC was one of the early REDMAP successes.

  • Looking more like insider trading scam than AI bubble: Open AI raises commitments/partnerships to 36GW with new 10gw Broadcom deal

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  • Only tangible thing it produces.

  • Judge blocks national guard deployment to Oregon after legal action by Newsom

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  • And as soon as a judge sides with California I’m sure Louisiana or Texas will volunteer their own Guard to go to Portland. Which will somehow find the right judge and be able to proceed.

  • Tony Blair, Tapped by Trump for Gaza Plan, Brings Peace Expertise and Baggage

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  • Peace expertise? He got involved in a twenty year war and was out of office before it ended.

  • ‘No, You Cannot!’ Kristi Noem Denied Bathroom Access at Illinois Government Building

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  • There’s like 4 different cameramen walking with her. State sanctioned reality show.

  • Supreme Court says Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook can stay — for now

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  • While obviously great news, can the SC please pick a lane and stick to it with the precedence that they themselves create? For all the various (obvious illegal but who knows) firings there seems to be a completely different decision. No he can’t fire you so you’re safe (for now), no he can’t fire you but we’re gonna allow it anyways (for now), no he can’t fire you but it happened so oopsie poopsie. I know Thomas said they don’t care about precedent any more, but at least be a little consistent with your day to day rulings. It’s utter chaos and I can’t believe how stressful this must be for the lower court judges that are trying to actually maintain law in this country.

  • Countering Domestic Terrorism and Organized Political Violence

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  • Speaking of that, am I the only one that finds it odd that the shooter had a ‘trans roommate/lover’ and that person has not been completely doxxed by the right? It seems to me that they would have plastered that persons info absolutely everywhere. Not saying I want that person doxxed, I just think it is super weird that they have a convenient scapegoat and all they’ll say is a small snippet of a text exchange. It’s been something that has bothered me more and more as time goes on as being fully made up without further information.

  • Trump admin may have already broken the law in Comey indictment: national security expert

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  • Or shit in his diapers at a minimum, at least he’s got that coming to him.

  • Progressives Fear Schumer Will 'Cave' Again in Budget Fight

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  • He said his main goal is bipartisanship, so he’ll vote for it and say, see it’s bipartisan! (Checkmate lefties)

  • New York Democratic Chairman Won’t Endorse Mamdani for Mayor

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  • Saw someone on bluesky put it best:

    Jay Jacobs is the most useless man in the NY Democratic party, and that is saying something.

    He’s a big part of why the Dems don’t have the House this term.