Despite an embarrassing scandal, Troy Jackson may be a stronger Democratic nominee. The post Platner is Gone—The Threat to Collins Isn’t appeared first on The American Conservative .
Politics Platner is Gone—The Threat to Collins Isn’t Despite an embarrassing scandal, Troy Jackson may be a stronger Democratic nominee. When Graham Platner, the Democratic Senate nominee for Maine in this year’s midterm election, announced on July 8 that he was suspending his campaign and then formally withdrew two days later, many Republicans celebrated. A cascade of controversies, from his Nazi-linked tattoo to a sexual assault allegation he still denies, had shattered the campaign of the tough-talking, lumberjack-looking oyster farmer who’d pitched himself as a political outsider with deep Maine roots. Even Sen. Bernie…Open
AI:After Graham Platner abruptly withdrew from the Maine Senate race following a series of personal scandals and sexual assault allegations, Democrats have pivoted to Troy Jackson, a former logger and progressive state senator, as their new nominee. While Republicans expected Platner's exit to provide an opening for incumbent Senator Susan Collins, Jackson’s populist platform—which includes Medicare for All and increased taxes on the wealthy—has actually seen him leading in several recent polls and prediction markets. Despite facing personal scrutiny regarding reports that he has fathered children with a second cousin, Jackson maintains strong support from Democratic leadership and appears to be successfully mobilizing rural voters and…Open
Progressives may be less forthcoming, but they haven’t changed their beliefs since the mass lunacy of 2020. The post ‘Woke 1’ Never Really Went Away appeared first on The American Conservative .
Politics ‘Woke 1’ Never Really Went Away Progressives may be less forthcoming, but they haven’t changed their beliefs since the mass lunacy of 2020. Photo by: John Senter/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) has popularized a new way for lefty Democrats to excuse their ideological excesses of the recent past. “Woke 1 was crazy,” she told ABC News on Sunday. The possible 2028 contender made the comment to excuse previous extreme positions taken by the Wisconsin socialist politician Francesca Hong, dismissing them as all part of some youthful indiscretion. Hong and the…Open
AI:The progressive establishment is executing a calculated rebranding of their radical ideology by attempting to distance themselves from the "mass lunacy" of 2020 through the strategic use of terms like "Woke 1." Despite claims from figures like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez that previous extremist positions were merely youthful indiscretions, the underlying destructive agenda remains unchanged. From Wisconsin Democratic candidates like Francesca Hong and David Crowley to New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, leftist politicians are simply utilizing more palatable language to mask their continued support for abolishing ICE, defunding police, enforcing DEI mandates, and pursuing reparations. This tactical retreat is a cynical ploy designed to…Open
MS Now's Antonia Hylton reports on Trump's latest big renovation idea for the White House campus, which led expert and former GSA public buildings commissioner Dorothy Robyn to spell out exactly why it could end in a Reflecting Pool-level disaster.
The note was part of the department's emergency appeal to the Supreme Court to allow the White House to construct a new ballroom amid an ongoing legal battle.
Law enforcement say five people have been killed and a suspect is dead in a series of killings that took place at two homes and a wooded area in Michigan
New footage shows the moment local authorities encountered a pilot who had ejected from a fighter jet before it crashed into a mountainside earlier this summer.
On this episode of "Cuomo Crime Time: Weekend Edition," Chris Cuomo discusses the case against 21-year-old musician D4vd, legal name David Burke, charged in the killing of a 14-year-old girl whose remains were found in the ‘frunk’ of his car. Reporter Lauren Conlin, who sat through the five-day preliminary hearing, and defense attorney Joe Tacopina, who won an acquittal for musician A$AP Rocky, break down the chain of evidence, what a probable-cause finding does and doesn't mean, plus more. Then, host of the ‘Criminal Appeal’ podcast Casey Jordan joins Chris for a look back at some of the most disturbing cases either has covered, from the Yoselyn Ortega and Petit family killings to Lori Vallow and Bryan Kohberger. Guests: Lauren…
Indiana flood victim Frank Toole and Chief Scott Jones, Connersville, Indiana, Fire Department join "On Balance" to discuss the devastation facing multiple communities in Indiana amid historic flooding. "On Balance with Leland Vittert" takes a critical look at some of the day's hottest subjects.
Harvard is the single largest recipient of foreign money in American higher education, and if the disclosure law meant to track that money can be bypassed by routing it through a separate nonprofit, then nobody — not Congress, not the Education Department, not the public — actually knows who is funding research at the country's most influential university.
