I mean, yeah I can understand it’s confusing when what “250” would represent is totally different to what the Trump admin wants out of the event (250 million people giving their attention to the loser-in-chief).

Not very surprising to me.

Kenny…? Kenny!? KENNYYYYYYYY!

I don’t want to sound like a broken record, I’m sincerely stating that your stance, while different than (but not opposite to) mine, is valid and good. I can clarify my stance if you so wish, otherwise I am happy to end the conversation there.

Again, I respect that. Feel free to give yourself a pat on the back for the unflawed principles upon which you stand.

You don’t need to hold that position, I can tell that you haven’t and I respect that. It is, however a position that can be held amongst many opinions. My point is that, if it was employed in one of the other cases I mentioned, it should be employed here to avoid hypocrisy.

I’m not saying every average person is a rapist, but since it’s a common enough experience (21% of women) despite underreporting: https://www.nsvrc.org/statistics/statistics-depth/, I’m saying most people could be believably accused of an incident like this happening in their lifetime. And people who have been long scrutinized in a political career or from an elite institution will tend to be able to stay clear of incidents like these.

And it’s an entirely separate issue, that unless Platner steps down, the election is currently a choice between him and an incumbent Senator that at best might say she is concerned about women’s rights being taken away but will do nothing, and at worst will support a party that plans to take even more rights away from women, including the right to vote. If one wants to hold a consistent position as to “blue no matter who”, the same applies for a potential rapist as it does a bland corporate dem, as it does a former policewoman, as it does a Muslim democratic socilaist.

Listen, as more info comes out verifying the claims from the Politico article or perhaps other revelations I think Platner may be best to step down. That’s his choice to make, but I think we should be measured when evaluating every accusation and claim of whatever nature, instead of getting in a frenzy.

Classic Trump and Republicans, taking yer jerbs.

I won’t reflexively deny the victim. Trust but request verification. Platner is definitely presumed innocent but this is one where we still need more info. And it’s not at the standard of a criminal proceeding to determine whether people would want someone representing them in the Senate or not - rather it’s more like a job interview.

Crazy thing about this is that there are just enough details that I believe it is real, but just enough missing pieces that it puts it in doubt…

• Platner was supposedly drunk af and according to Racicot and didn’t remember anything the next day, so it would be plausible Platner himself can’t recall anything about the incident.
• All the messages she sent to Platner are gone (Does he still have them? Platner never getting the messages and Platner hiding those messages are both plausible possibilities.)
• No official records of the incident, just her telling her therapist, boyfriend, and other friend, and the boyfriend repeated the story to Politico.
• Some fb message exchange with the other friend released, claims it was in 2023 but we can’t see the date.
• We don’t have the emails with dates, just Politico’s descriptions of them.
• The NYT didn’t confirm nor deny whether Racicot was one of the other accusers that spoke in more vague terms about his behaviour.

Yes, this is a piece that can make plenty of people feel vindicated about their hunches on Platner. But the way this came out and how the media jumped on this story while it has passed over oodles of testimony of Trump committing sexual assault, I can equally understand people being suspicious as well. And it is a playbook that can be trotted out whether there is a true story behind it or not, anytime there is a Democratic candidate for a position that didn’t come from a prestigious institution with everything given to them on a silver platter.

People are crying for “average” people to be part of government, this is an average person we got from Maine and now many are getting upset. People who haven’t had anything happen that could be construed as scandalous from their high school prom to now, where a story like this could credibly be denied, are shut-ins like me who aren’t interested in dating and wouldn’t seriously think to run in politics, or are well-educated with above-average wealth.

I will believe the accusations by default but if he does not drop out, Mainers still need to choose the rapist (accused, alleged or not) over the supreme-rapist enabler who will help remove the right for women to vote and have bodily autonomy, continue reckless and expensive wars, subsidizing billionaire excess, and send US taxpayer money to Israel’s genocide while starving Maine. If Platner drops out, more likely than not, a replacement like David Costello may write many words in opposition to Collins’ party, but push for little action.

I think Platner has 48 hours to research to find if AIPAC or outside groups (not including Cheyenne Hunt & Reckoning Action, Racicot reached out to them supposedly) have unduly influenced the details or timing of this. Some kind of credible evidence to put the evidence behind the allegations in doubt would be needed else this whole campaign is possibly sunk. CNN’s Tapper is happy to jump on this story asking leading questions. ETA: And many outlets that would decry HasanAbi as an anti-Semite are readily citing him speaking against Platner.

In other news, Republican Congress mandates all states to use Grok, “MechaHitler” to redraw congressional districts.

/s

Why should viewers be interested, when Netflix treats its shows like draft ideas that more often than not get scrapped after one season?

We (i.e. legislators and advoacy orgs) should go through the effort of writing bills to do all of those things too. Pieces of it could get picked up in other bills as amendments. The point is not to just give up because you think putting any one improvement together is useless until everything is already put together nicely.

This is Canadian Tire Jumpstart so it’s likely operated by a charity foundation run by a major hardware retailer. The app system seems kind of stupid, but I don’t believe at first glance the aim was to profit out of this scheme.

This event is falling apart harder than the sketchiest traveling carnival in the country. Fitting for the Grandmaster Clown’s birthday party.

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Mr. Brennan sure slammed and blasted the Trump DoJ with those words on the paper.

Jokes aside, perhaps every suit against the Trump admin should include lines on how untrustworthy the admin’s officials are now.

I wonder if it’s a sister company to Green Water Solutions…

Go for easy wins. If it’s cleaning my house, pick up one or two socks, I put it in the right spot, then find something in the area I dropped the socks off, get that organized. And just keep doing that until everything is where I feel it needs to be.

If it’s a healthy habit, daily flossing as an example, I don’t beat myself over missing a day or three, I just focus on the fact I am going to do it today, in fact as soon as I am able to. Make some kind of reminder for you to do it again, either in your calendar, or by placing floss packs in places you will notice them, or your wallet, phone etc.

Focus from induced panic is only for things I would be in trouble for not completing.

Bah! What are the Supreme Court Justices doing, relying on this pesky thing called ‘precedent’? They’re supposed to be making up justifications as they see fit, based on who invited them to their yacht or resort retreat!