Maine Democratic Senate nominee Graham Platner raised roughly $200,000 in the days following a New York Times report highlighting abuse allegations from three of his former girlfriends, even as critics challenge key elements of the working-class biography that fueled his political rise. 
The fundraising haul came as Platner sought to reassure supporters that his campaign remains strong despite a series of damaging reports about his past.
Speaking at a recent campaign rally, Platner argued that his personal history was being “weaponized,” to the applause of his supporters.
“When hurtful things I said on the internet a decade ago came out into the public, as I shared my personal journey through PTSD and darkness, of recovery and accountability and growth, Maine had my back,” Platner said. “Now, as every single piece of that past and journey gets dug up, litigated, and weaponized, you have my back.”
Democrat politicians, such as Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA), have attempted to strike a careful balance between supporting Platner and acknowledging the seriousness of the accusations against him.
“No one should make excuses for his past relationships, some of which were toxic and volatile, and no one on our side should attack the women who came forward,” Khanna said. “You know why? Because Democrats believe in respecting the equality and the dignity of women, and we always will.”
The comments stood in contrast to Platner&#8217;s own response to the claims.
“These are the statements of someone who is politically motivated,” Platner said during an appearance on MSNOW. “I do expect the Republican party to fight as dirty as possible.”
At the rally, Platner again denied the allegations. 
“When politically motivated, serious, and false accusations are made against me, Maine, you have my back,” Platner said.
The New York Times reported that three former girlfriends alleged physical abuse during their relationships with Platner, and said the Maine Democrat knew the meaning behind his controversial Totenkopf tattoo. 
Platner has denied the accusations, saying any claims about physical abuse or knowing the tattoo&#8217;s meaning are false.
While Platner attempted damage control about his past, critics have continued to scrutinize his biography, which helped fuel his rise in Democratic politics.  
At the same rally, Platner described how healthcare gave him the freedom to &#8220;start a business&#8221; and &#8220;make a living on the sea.&#8221;
“My healthcare gave me freedom,” Platner said. “It gave me the freedom to take a risk, to start a business, and to sink my intellect and my physicality into mastering the skills necessary to make a living on the sea.”
The Washington Free Beacon has challenged that portrayal, reporting that Platner borrowed $200,000 from his father to purchase his home and relies heavily on veterans disability benefits. The outlet also reported that the primary purchaser of oysters from Platner&#8217;s oyster farm is a restaurant owned by his mother.
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Graham Platner today falsely claimed to “make a living on the sea.” That’s not true. He lives almost entirely off his VA disability payments and he bought his house with $200,000 from his dad, as we’ve reported <a href="https://x.com/FreeBeacon?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@FreeBeacon</a> <a href="https://t.co/zD7DfJE2Vl">https://t.co/zD7DfJE2Vl</a> <a href="https://t.co/v76JLON2hz">pic.twitter.com/v76JLON2hz</a>
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Platner has also frequently highlighted his experience serving as his town&#8217;s harbormaster. The Free Beacon reported that he held the position for approximately 18 months.
In addition to these current allegations, other revelations show that Platner sent sexually explicit messages to multiple women while married and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/see-it-graham-platner-has-active-profile-on-predators-paradise-messaging-app" target="_blank" rel="noopener">has an account</a> on Kik, a messaging platform flagged by child safety advocates for being associated with sexual predators.

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As California continues counting votes from this week&#8217;s primary elections, the Department of Justice has launched multiple investigations into potential election fraud and plans to audit the state&#8217;s voter rolls.  
Bill Essayli, first assistant U.S. attorney for the Central District of California, announced the investigations Friday, saying his office is working with the FBI. 
“We will follow the evidence wherever it leads and prosecute any violations of federal election law to the fullest extent,” Essayli posted on X.
Essayli also said the Justice Department intends to audit California&#8217;s voter rolls. 
“The state has stonewalled every effort to verify that only eligible U.S. citizens are registered to vote,” he wrote. “This case is now before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal.”
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Protecting the integrity of California’s elections is a top priority for my office.
California’s election system has serious structural vulnerabilities. Universal vote-by-mail with no voter ID requirements creates conditions where fraud can go undetected and unpunished, eroding…
— F.A. United States Attorney Bill Essayli (@USAttyEssayli) <a href="https://x.com/USAttyEssayli/status/2062889608787161176?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 5, 2026</a></blockquote>
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A federal prosecutor also visited the Los Angeles County ballot processing center on Friday, <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/doj-office-investigations-california-elections-trump-claims-cheating-rcna348746">according</a> to NBC News. A county spokesperson told the outlet the prosecutor participated in a walkthrough of ballot-processing operations, which are open to public observation.
The developments come as California election officials continue tabulating millions of outstanding ballots.
President Donald Trump accused California Democrats of attempting to “steal” elections multiple times this week, citing the state&#8217;s lengthy vote-counting process. Two big races remain unresolved: the gubernatorial and Los Angeles mayoral elections. 
“Look what’s happening in California, the Dumocrats, right before our very eyes, are stealing the Vote,” Trump <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116693025089379568">wrote</a> on Truth Social Thursday.
With 68% of the gubernatorial vote <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-primary-elections/california-governor-results">reported</a> as of Saturday morning, Democrat Xavier Becerra has advanced to the November runoff in the general election with 26.78% of the vote. His opponent is still unknown, but Republican Steve Hilton narrowly trails Becerra with 26.35% support. Both were ahead of Democrat billionaire Tom Steyer, who is at 21.05%. Under California&#8217;s top-two primary system, candidates from the same party can advance to the runoff if they finish in first and second in the primary.
In the Los Angeles mayoral election, incumbent Democrat Mayor Karen Bass has been projected to advance to a runoff in the general election. As of Saturday morning, Bass has received 35.0% of the vote, with 71% of the vote <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-primary-elections/los-angeles-mayor-results">counted</a>.
Republican challenger Spencer Pratt is still in second with 28.2%, ahead of far-left Democrat Nithya Raman, who has been <a href="https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/la-mayor-election-spencer-pratt-nithya-raman/3900642/">closing in</a> on Pratt in recent days. She currently has 24.9% support.
In the L.A. mayoral race, two members of the same party can advance to the general election if neither receives more than 50% of the vote. Around three million votes have yet to be counted, and the state has 35 days for counties to process ballots, verify signatures, and let voters cure defective ballots.

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Xavier Becerra, a Democrat who served as Health and Human Services Secretary during the Biden administration, has advanced to the runoff in the California gubernatorial race in November&#8217;s general election, several media outlets projected on Friday.
His opponent is still unknown, but Republican Steve Hilton narrowly trails Becerra, according to the latest tally. Becerra overtook Hilton in the vote count over the past 24 hours.
With 66% of the votes in on Friday evening, Becerra leads with 26.7% support, ahead of Hilton at 26.4%. Both were ahead of billionaire Democrat Tom Steyer, who was at 21%. Under California&#8217;s top-two primary system, candidates from the same party can advance to the general election if they finish in the top two.
On Thursday evening, with 58% of the vote reported, Hilton led Becerra by more than a point, at 27.2%. Becerra was at 25.9%, while Steyer was third with 20.1%.
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Democrat Xavier Becerra officially advances to November&#8217;s election for California Governor.
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&#8220;More than ever, California needs our voices and our values,&#8221; Becerrra posted on social media Friday evening. &#8220;To all the people and the voters of California, this is your state.&#8221;
&#8220;We will not be bought. We will not be bullied. And we are never backing down,&#8221; he added.
President Donald Trump has commented on California&#8217;s lengthy ballot tallying process and accused Democrats of election fraud.
&#8220;Look what&#8217;s happening in California, the Dumocrats, right before our very eyes, are stealing the vote,&#8221; Trump <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116693025089379568">posted</a> on Truth Social on Thursday.
In another post, Trump said, &#8220;There&#8217;s BIG cheating by the Dumocrats in California. Votes are all tied up. May not be in for weeks. Under investigation by the U.S. Attorney&#8217;s Office in Los Angeles. Why the vote counting DELAY???&#8221;
Becerra responded to Trump&#8217;s accusations, claiming the president is &#8220;trying to undermine confidence in our elections because he&#8217;s a repeat loser here.&#8221;
&#8220;Sorry Donald, the voters decide who leads California. Not you,&#8221; he added.
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Donald Trump lost the 2020 election. He lost California by millions of votes in the 2024 election, and now he&#8217;s trying to undermine confidence in our elections because he’s a repeat loser here.
Sorry Donald, the voters decide who leads California. Not you. <a href="https://t.co/juhpYvJ0LP">pic.twitter.com/juhpYvJ0LP</a>
— Xavier Becerra (@XavierBecerra) <a href="https://x.com/XavierBecerra/status/2062615628268417265?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 4, 2026</a></blockquote>
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Becerra served 12 terms in Congress and is a former California attorney general. He is considered more of an establishment, moderate Democrat than Steyer. He quickly rose in the polls after former Rep. Eric Swalwell dropped out of the gubernatorial race amid sexual assault accusations.
Delayed results are routine in California because of the state’s extensive vote-by-mail system, signature verification, and procedures for resolving ballot errors.
The final tally of California’s races could take as long as three weeks. Unlike many states that require mail ballots to arrive by Election Day, California accepts ballots that arrive up to 7 days later if postmarked on time. Then, those ballots have up to 7 days to reach a processing center. Counties must verify signatures, count provisional ballots, and allow voters to cure certain ballot defects before results are certified.
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Becerra Overtakes Hilton, Advances To Runoff

Nearly 48 hours after the polls closed in California, the results of the gubernatorial primary and the Los Angeles mayor’s race remain unresolved as President Donald Trump has accused Democrats in the state of attempting to &#8220;steal&#8221; the elections.
With just 58% of the vote reported Thursday evening, Republican Steve Hilton still leads the gubernatorial primary with 27.2% support, ahead of Democrat Xavier Becerra at 25.9%. Both were ahead of billionaire Democrat Tom Steyer, who was at 20.1%. On Wednesday evening, 55% of the vote had been counted.
Despite Hilton’s lead, millions of ballots are still uncounted, making it too early to determine the final order of finish. Under California’s top-two primary system, candidates from the same party can advance to a runoff in November’s general election if they finish in the top two.
In the Los Angeles mayoral race, just 66% of the vote had been counted by Thursday evening, up from 62% from Wednesday evening. Incumbent Democrat Mayor Karen Bass still leads with 35.1% support, followed by Republican Spencer Pratt at 29.4%. Far-left Councilmember Nithya Raman was third with 23.4%.
The top two votegetters in the mayoral primary, regardless of party, secure a place in the November runoff if neither receives more than 50% of the vote. Bass has already secured a spot in the runoff, according to projections.
Trump took to Truth Social late Wednesday night and again on Thursday to accuse Democrats of election fraud, asking, &#8220;Why the vote counting DELAY???&#8221;
&#8220;Look what&#8217;s happening in California, the Dumocrats, right before our very eyes, are stealing the vote,&#8221; Trump <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116693025089379568">posted</a> on Thursday.
Mayor Bass responded on X Thursday evening.
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Trump only says this when MAGA candidates, like Spencer Pratt, start losing.
LA will count every vote. <a href="https://t.co/gNi5m13uq7">pic.twitter.com/gNi5m13uq7</a>
— Karen Bass (@KarenBassLA) <a href="https://x.com/KarenBassLA/status/2062644938710581401?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 4, 2026</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Trump only says this when MAGA candidates, like Spencer Pratt, start losing,&#8221; she posted. &#8220;LA will count every vote.&#8221;
Delayed results are routine in California because of the state’s extensive vote-by-mail system, signature verification, and procedures for resolving ballot errors.
The final tally of California’s races could take as long as three weeks. Unlike many states that require mail ballots to arrive by Election Day, California accepts ballots that arrive up to 7 days later if postmarked on time. Then, those ballots have up to 7 days to reach a processing center. Counties must verify signatures, count provisional ballots, and allow voters to cure certain ballot defects before results are certified.

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The State of California takes longer than anywhere else count votes thanks to its prioritization of inclusivity over speed in elections. 
California has the largest population of registered voters in America, totaling around 23.2 million, and it makes it as easy as possible for them all to vote, at the expense of timely counting. 
California passed legislation in 2021 to send mail-in ballots to each registered voter in a push for making voting accessible to all Californians.
&#8220;Our priority is trying to maximize participation of actively registered voters,&#8221; <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/why-california-takes-weeks-count-votes-lorida-fasters/">said</a> Democratic Assemblymember Marc Berman, who wrote the bill. &#8220;What that means is things are a little slower. But in a society that wants immediate gratification, I think our democracy is worth taking a little time to get it right and to create a system where everyone can participate.&#8221; 
 
Mail ballots are notorious for slowing down elections, as each ballot needs to be individually opened and each requires extra validation steps.
Although California allows absentee ballots to start to be <a href="https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/upcoming-elections/vote-counting-process">processed</a> 29 days before Election Day, California law <a href="https://law.justia.com/codes/california/code-elec/division-3/chapter-1/section-3020/">accepts</a> mail-in ballots up to seven days after Election Day if they are postmarked or timestamped before or on the day of the election. It can take a whole week for the state to determine how many ballots have been cast in the first place.
California does <a href="https://voteriders.org/states/california/">require</a> ID to register to vote, but it does not require any identification when voting in-person or absentee.
Instead of using ID, California election officials <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/02/us/politics/california-election-delayed-results.html">compare</a> the ballot’s signature to one on file, which is a process that can take much longer than using an ID. Many of the ballots have errors, which can draw out the election as voters fix their mistakes. 
 
Ballot curing is the process of correcting errors in a ballot. California is one of <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Cure_period_for_absentee_and_mail-in_ballots">24 states</a> that both allow for ballot curing and allow for curing after election day. 
While most states <a href="https://www.ncsl.org/elections-and-campaigns/table-15-states-with-signature-cure-processes">require</a> that the ballot be cured within a week after election Day, California allows voters to wait until two days before election certification to fix their ballots, which could be weeks after election day.
California’s lengthy election process can be seen with the highly-contested <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/one-candidate-advances-in-heated-l-a-mayors-race-second-spot-still-up-for-grabs?row=0&amp;elementPosition=4&amp;rowType=Web+Search+Overlay">Los Angeles mayoral race</a>, with only 63% of the vote counted by the day after the election. The results of the race are not expected to be confirmed for days, if not weeks.

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Almost 24 hours after the polls closed in California, the results of the gubernatorial primary and the Los Angeles mayor&#8217;s race remain unresolved.
With just 55% of the vote reported on Wednesday evening, Republican Steve Hilton still leads the field of more than 60 candidates with 27.6% support, ahead of Democrat Xavier Becerra, who had 25.5%. Both were solidly ahead of billionaire Democrat Tom Steyer, who was at 19.7%.
Despite Hilton&#8217;s lead, millions of ballots remain uncounted, making it too early to determine the final order of finish. Under California&#8217;s top-two primary system, candidates from the same party can advance to a runoff in November&#8217;s general election if they finish in the top two.
In the Los Angeles mayoral race, 62% of the vote has been counted. Incumbent Democrat Mayor Karen Bass leads with 35% support, while Republican Spencer Pratt has received 29.9%. Far-left Councilmember Nithya Raman trailed with 22.8%. The top two votegetters in the mayoral primary, regardless of party, secure a place in the November 3 runoff if neither receives more than 50% of the vote. Bass has already secured a spot in the runoff, according to projections.
Bass would normally have a major advantage over other candidates, but discontent with her handling of the Palisades fire and the homeless crisis led Pratt to join the race, and he then resonated with many of the same sentiments felt by other Angelenos.
Delayed results are routine in California because of the state&#8217;s extensive vote-by-mail system, signature verification, and procedures for resolving ballot errors.
The final tally of California&#8217;s races could take as long as three weeks. Unlike many states that require mail ballots to arrive by Election Day, California accepts ballots that arrive up to 7 days later if postmarked on time. Then, those ballots have up to 7 days to reach a processing center. Counties must verify signatures, count provisional ballots, and allow voters to cure certain ballot defects before results are certified.
On Wednesday evening, CNN broadcast live shots from the Los Angeles County Registrar&#8217;s office, which handles 25% of the state&#8217;s votes. The large room appeared sparsely staffed at the time of the broadcast. A CNN reporter on the scene said they were on break.
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Nearly 24 Hours After The Polls Closed, California Is Still Counting Votes

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California&#8217;s notoriously slow vote count left several races unresolved late Tuesday night, but with nearly half of the votes counted in both the gubernatorial primary and the Los Angeles mayor’s race, both appear headed for runoffs that include Republicans.
Republican Steve Hilton led the field of more than 60 candidates with 26.9% support, narrowly ahead of Democrat Xavier Becerra, who had 25.8% of the vote. Both were solidly ahead of billionaire Democrat Tom Steyer, who was at 19.7%. The top two finishers will advance to a runoff in November&#8217;s general election.
The race to replace term-limited Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom was unusually wide open from the start. Some of California&#8217;s biggest Democratic names — including former Vice President Kamala Harris, Sen. Alex Padilla, and Attorney General Rob Bonta — all passed on the race, leaving a crowded field of many lesser-known candidates to battle for position.
Polls showed an unsettled electorate, a large number of undecided voters, and a cluster of candidates tightly packed near the top of the field. Political strategists described the race as one of the most volatile California gubernatorial primaries in recent memory.
With 47% of the vote counted in the L.A. mayoral race, incumbent Democratic Mayor Karen Bass led with 36.6% support, while Republican Spencer Pratt had received 29.5%. Far-left Councilmember Nithya Raman trailed with 20.8%.
The candidates appeared on the ballot without any party affiliation. The top two votegetters in the mayoral primary, regardless of party, secure a place in the November 3 runoff if neither receives more than 50% of the vote. If Bass fails to secure a majority, she will be the first incumbent L.A. mayor to advance to a runoff since 2005.
Bass would normally have a major advantage over other candidates — but discontent over her handling of the Palisades fire and the homelessness crisis led first to Pratt joining the race and then to him resonating with many of the same sentiments felt by other Angelenos.
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America was built on a simple, radical idea: work hard, build something, and no one can take it from you. The American Dream wasn&#8217;t an apology. It was an invitation.
But today? Dream a little too big, climb a little too high, and become … dare we say it … a successful CEO or, worse, a billionaire? The modern Democratic Party will revoke that invitation and send you to the electric chair.
Pennsylvania State Representative Chris Rabb just won the Democratic primary for Pennsylvania&#8217;s 3rd Congressional District, the bluest House seat in the country. He will almost certainly be heading to Congress in January, and he’s insane.
In a 2005 blog <a href="https://www.dmiblog.com/archives/2005/12/why_gang_leaders_should_fry.html">post</a>, the Democratic darling reacted to news that 300 CEOs had earned $12 billion in pay and bonuses, declaring that corporate executives &#8220;should fry.&#8221; His exact words compared business leaders to gang members, argued their &#8220;gangs&#8221; were more destructive than the Crips or the Bloods, and announced that he was reversing his previous opposition to the death penalty so it could be used &#8220;more frequently and swiftly&#8221; against capitalist &#8220;gang leaders.&#8221;
The Democratic death penalty; never for murderers or pedophiles, but anyone who builds a company and turns a profit? Yes.
Of course, Rabb didn&#8217;t arrive at this moment alone. Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez campaigned with him. Congresswomen Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar endorsed him. Congressman Ro Khanna stood beside him. And progressive activist and streamer Hasan Piker, the man who has spent years cheerleading &#8220;eat the rich&#8221; eliminationism, 9/11, and alleged killer Luigi Mangione, held rallies with him.
Again, this isn’t fringe. This is the new norm.
The Democratic Party isn&#8217;t moderating. It isn&#8217;t &#8220;evolving.&#8221; It is steering full steam ahead into radicalism. Wish death upon conservatives, Jews, capitalists, or any CEO who dares to succeed? That&#8217;s not a deal-breaker on the modern left. That&#8217;s your one-way ticket to power.
Rabb doesn&#8217;t just fit that mold. He is the mold. He&#8217;s <a href="https://freebeacon.com/democrats/far-left-house-candidate-backed-by-aoc-and-hasan-piker-said-corporate-ceos-should-fry-called-for-frequent-and-swift-death-penalty-for-ceo-gangs/">called</a> for the release of Mumia Abu-Jamal, the convicted cop-killer who murdered Philadelphia Police Officer Daniel Faulkner in cold blood in 1981, right in the heart of the very district Rabb now wants to represent in Congress. Abolish ICE, nationalize healthcare, groceries, and housing, push reparations, defund the police, and treat Israel as the enemy? Check, check, and check. Rabb hits every box on the modern Left&#8217;s radical bingo card, and he does it with a smile.
Equally hilarious and alarming is the fact that the biggest outside money boosting Rabb came from an anti-Israel super PAC funded by, you guessed it, CEOs. American Priorities spent roughly $400,000 on ads backing him — bankrolled by $1 million from Showcase Commerce CEO Mohammad Waqas and another $1 million from Silicon Valley executive Omer Hasan.
The man who wants corporate executives to &#8220;fry&#8221; built his political career on their money.
Here is what the Left gets catastrophically wrong about CEOs and the executives they despise. The top 1% of earners in America, the entrepreneurs and executives who actually generate wealth, pay over 40% of all federal income taxes. Elon Musk flooded the market with electric vehicles, built reusable rockets that slashed space launch costs, and brought Starlink internet to some of the most impoverished corners of the world. Jeff Bezos employs 1.5 million people and has built the cloud infrastructure that powers half the internet. Tim Cook leads 164,000 Apple employees whose products have saved lives, connected families, and created entire ecosystems of developer jobs.
These are not the villains of the American story. They are the authors of it.
New businesses and the leaders who scale them create the jobs, the productivity gains, and the economic growth that lifts everyone.
We can explain that to the Left. We cannot understand it for them. They don’t care to understand; they want blood.
Ocasio-Cortez knows exactly what she is doing. She is not a fringe voice anymore. She is the operational center of the modern Democratic Party, and she is steering it with confidence, while wearing a <a href="https://x.com/AlinejadMasih/status/2060079814376341755">hijab</a>. She didn’t just endorse Chris Rabb — she campaigned with him, rallied with him, and called him exactly the kind of Democrat America needs.
Because the progressives’ brand of Marxist class warfare, anti-Israel obsession, and “fry the CEOs” rhetoric isn’t a bug in today’s Democratic Party. It’s the feature. It’s the direction they’ve deliberately chosen. Safe blue seats like PA-03 are their laboratory, and Rabb is their proof of concept.
Graham Platner cheers the deaths of fellow veterans. Obama-aligned activists post images of President Donald Trump in a grave. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-pied-piker-is-leading-all-the-anti-american-vermin">Piker</a> celebrates a man accused of murdering a healthcare executive and openly wishes for capitalist blood. Mamdani is a terror-apologist. And now a man who called for killing corporate leaders is headed to Congress with the Democrats’ full blessing.
This is not a party in transition. It is not moderating. It is not &#8220;finding its way back.&#8221; It is sprinting, deliberately and proudly, toward a politics that treats success as sin and demands blood as penance.
November will be telling. But honestly, they have already told us everything we need to know.

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A Delaware Superior Court Judge ruled earlier this week that in the small town of Fenwick Island, companies can cast votes in their local elections. 
Delaware Superior Court judge Craig A. Karsnitz cited philosopher Diogo Joao Baptista Gomes in his Tuesday ruling that under the legal definition of a person, &#8220;any adult, corporation, or institution is a person.&#8221; As of 2025, 12% of all registered voters in the small Sussex town were corporations, including over 200 &#8220;artificial entities,&#8221; according to <a href="https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/delaware-court-upholds-voting-by-companies-small-towns-election-2026-05-26/">Reuters</a>.
The ACLU of Delaware sued the town of Fenwick Island after it permitted non-resident property owners to vote in municipal elections. The <a href="https://www.aclu-de.org/press-releases/fenwick-corporate-voting/">ACLU</a>’s Andrew Bernstein said, &#8220;There are over two million artificial business entities incorporated in Delaware, and only about one million people.&#8221; 
The judge stated that the ACLU failed to demonstrate how Fenwick Island’s policy violated the &#8220;one person/entity/one vote&#8221; principle.
In the 2008 Fenwick Island charter update, the Delaware General Assembly revised the voter qualifications section of the town’s charter. This resulted in reaffirming authorization of non-resident property owners — including LLCs, corporations, and trusts — to vote in municipal elections, so long as they are registered to vote by March 1 before the subsequent election.
Delaware law declares that a corporation is a person, and Judge Karsnitz reasoned in his ruling that Fenwick Island’s voter laws do not practice discrimination or cause fraud, meaning that while he appreciates the ACLU in their fight, no violation took place. 
The judge stated in the ruling, &#8220;Visions of faceless large corporations or even HAL controlling a small town are frightening and the stuff of science fiction. However, Plaintiff has not demonstrated that this policy violates the principle of one person/entity/one vote. … And matters of policy are appropriately left to legislative bodies, not the courts.”
Some argue the door is now open for more artificial entities to influence elections at the local level, even though the practice started in 1953 at the town’s founding. The ACLU complained that in Fenwick Island’s 2024 election, non-human voters made up the entire vote margin between the winner and runner-up. 
Following the landmark Supreme Court case Citizens United v. FEC in 2010, national debate focused on whether a corporation was a singular person. Subsequently, a lawmaker in Montana in 2013 introduced a bill allowing corporations to vote in municipal elections on the condition of property ownership. The bill was tabled without being passed. In 2023, another Delaware town, Seaford, attempted to expand voting to businesses in an effort to help their local economy. The attempt was extremely brief. 
Still, Fenwick Island’s election laws remain entirely unique to the town being historically friendly to property owners and corporations. The ACLU’s challenge against the small town remains the only direct legal challenge to artificial entity voting.
The ACLU still has the opportunity to appeal the case to the Delaware Supreme Court.

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Former first lady Jill Biden said she feared President Joe Biden was &#8220;having a stroke&#8221; during his disastrous 2024 debate performance against Donald Trump.
“I was frightened,” she told CBS News. “I had never, ever seen Joe like that before or since. When I watched it, I thought, &#8216;Oh my God, he’s having a stroke.&#8217; And it scared me to death.&#8221;
CBS released a 30-second preview clip on Wednesday ahead of the full interview, which will be broadcast on Sunday.
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Former first lady <a href="https://x.com/DrBiden?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DrBiden</a> said she was “frightened” by her husband Joe Biden’s performance at the 2024 presidential debate.
“As I watched it, I thought, ‘Oh, my God, he’s having a stroke.’ And it scared me to death,” Biden told CBS News Sunday Morning’s Rita Braver in an… <a href="https://t.co/1wS5oGDYyX">pic.twitter.com/1wS5oGDYyX</a>
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Despite privately fearing something was seriously wrong, Jill Biden publicly praised the president after the debate.
“Joe, you did such a great job. You answered every question,” she told him on stage afterward. 
Biden’s performance sparked immediate concern from both Democrats and Republicans and intensified scrutiny over his mental and physical fitness for office. 
CNN anchor Jake Tapper later co-authored a book about the &#8220;cover-up&#8221; of Biden’s cognitive decline, with many Democrats viewing the debate as a turning point of the 2024 campaign.
Weeks later, Biden ended his re-election bid, leaving Vice President Kamala Harris with just 107 days to run for the highest office. 
Since leaving the White House, the Bidens have kept a relatively low public profile. Earlier this year, Joe Biden disclosed that he had been diagnosed with stage 4 prostate cancer.

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2024 Election

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A Democrat known for his State of the Union stunts will be exiting Congress after more than two decades following a crushing primary defeat on Tuesday. 
Longtime Democratic Rep. Al Green (D-TX) was crushed by Rep. Christian Menefee (D-TX) in a runoff election for Texas’ 18th Congressional District, which represents parts of Houston. Menefee earned nearly 70% of the vote to Green’s 30%. Both ended up in the same district after Texas redrew its election maps last year. 
In his concession speech, Green, 78, rambled on about how he would continue to support abortion. 
“I’d like to indicate to you that this effort has been one that was sincere. It&#8217;s something that I have done as a labor of love. I have enjoyed all of my time as a member of the Congress of the United States of America,” he <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHBKgIEsYbo">said</a>. “And I want to assure you that when I go back to Congress next week, I still plan to take up the cause of women in this country. I still will fight to make sure a woman has a right to choose. This is something that we cannot allow men to deprive women of.”
Green, who was first elected to Congress in 2004, has become <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-democrat-moves-to-impeach-trump-over-dastardly-deeds">known</a> for his opposition to President Donald Trump, introducing articles of impeachment just two weeks after Inauguration Day in 2025. 
During Trump’s State of the Union in March 2025, House Speaker Mike Johnson <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/deported-dem-rep-al-green-booted-from-trump-address-to-congress">removed</a> Green from the House chamber after he started yelling during the speech and refused to remain quiet. Green was later <a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-resolution/189/text">censured</a> by the House for his protests. 
Green was again kicked out of the State of the Union in February 2026 after he disrupted Trump’s speech while holding up a sign reading “Black People Aren’t Apes.” 
Menefee, 38, <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-election/tx-18-house-runoff-primary-election-winner-menefee-beats-green-rcna346549?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma&amp;taid=6a163d9f42698e0001d2c0f1&amp;utm_campaign=trueanthem&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter">received</a> about $5 million from Protect Progress, a pro-cryptocurrency political action committee that supports Democratic candidates. The PAC ran one pro-Menefee ad featuring failed Texas Democrat Senate candidate and outgoing Rep. Jasmine Crockett. 
“We need a new generation of fighters who are ready to throw down for what&#8217;s right,” Crockett <a href="https://host2.adimpact.com/admo/viewer/1a24214d-3fcc-4d4f-84e6-b8c617a83393/">said</a> in the ad. “My friend Christian Menefee is that fighter. Christian Menefee took on MAGA in Texas and won.”
Green has been a skeptic of crypto during his time in Congress. 
Menefee, facing off against Republican Ronald Whitfield in November, is expected to win in the heavily Democratic district.

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2026 Midterms

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Texas voters on Tuesday voted overwhelmingly to move on from longtime incumbent senator John Cornyn (R-TX), handing the longtime incumbent a devastating defeat and delivering a sharp rebuke to the Republican establishment in Washington.
The race was called for Ken Paxton, who went into election day with the backing of President Donald Trump, immediately as the polls closed in Texas. Paxton, the state&#8217;s current attorney general, was ahead by 25 percentage points.
Paxton&#8217;s landslide victory deals a major blow to the Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD), who repeatedly urged Trump to back Cornyn, a four-term senator and longtime fixture in GOP leadership. Cornyn previously chaired the National Republican Senatorial Committee and served as Senate Majority Whip. 
“Sen. Cornyn is a principled conservative. He is a very effective senator for the state of Texas, but none of us control what the president does,” Thune said of Trump’s 11th-hour endorsement. “That doesn’t change the way I feel.”
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Q: &#8220;How personally disappointed or frustrated are you with the president&#8217;s decision to endorse Ken Paxton today?&#8221;
.<a href="https://twitter.com/LeaderJohnThune?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@LeaderJohnThune</a>: &#8220;Sen. Cornyn is a principled conservative. He is a very effective senator for the state of Texas…None of us control what the president does.&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/5QglYxRp1V">pic.twitter.com/5QglYxRp1V</a>
— CSPAN (@cspan) <a href="https://twitter.com/cspan/status/2056805960895590901?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 19, 2026</a></blockquote>
Cornyn is the latest incumbent — and second senator to fall — amid Trump’s campaign to purge Republicans he views as disloyal to his agenda. In recent weeks, the Trump endorsement has led to losses by Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY), Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA), and a handful of Indiana Republicans who bucked the president’s redistricting effort.
Paxton has emerged as a fierce MAGA firebrand on a range of issues, using his office to protect <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/exclusive-texas-ag-investigating-school-officials-who-said-theyd-break-the-law?row=0&amp;elementPosition=3&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;author=Tim+Rice&amp;title=EXCLUSIVE%3A+Texas+AG+Launches+Probe+Into+Schools+Scheming+To+Get+Boys+Onto+Girl+Sports+Teams&amp;category=News">women’s sports,</a> defend Texas A&amp;M’s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/exclusive-texas-ag-to-defend-texas-am-over-decision-to-ban-campus-drag-shows?row=0&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;author=Leif+Le+Mahieu&amp;title=EXCLUSIVE%3A+Texas+AG+To+Defend+Texas+A%26M+Over+Decision+To+Ban+Campus+Drag+Shows&amp;category=News">decision</a> to ban a campus drag show, and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/texas-arrests-48-year-old-woman-for-performing-illegal-abortions-operating-fake-clinics?row=0&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;author=Leif+Le+Mahieu&amp;title=Texas+Arrests+48-Year-Old+Woman+For+Performing+Illegal+Abortions%2C+Operating+Fake+Clinics&amp;category=News">prosecute</a> a woman who performed illegal abortions.
With all eyes on Texas, Trump ended months of suspense last Tuesday and threw his political clout behind Paxton. 
“Ken is a true MAGA Warrior who has ALWAYS delivered for Texas, and will continue to do so in the United States Senate,” Trump said on <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116602192066577324">Truth Social</a>. 
“John Cornyn is a good man, and I worked well with him, but he was not supportive of me when times were tough,” he added.
On the campaign trail, Paxton seized the moment. 
“I am so honored to have President Trump’s endorsement,” Paxton said. “When he endorses, it has a tremendous impact…I think it creates a slight bit of momentum, don’t you?”
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Texas AG &amp; U.S. Senate candidate Ken Paxton (R) speaks after receiving President Trump&#8217;s endorsement: &#8220;When he endorses, it has a tremendous impact…I think it creates a slight bit of momentum, don&#8217;t you?&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/cGFSrteLV4">pic.twitter.com/cGFSrteLV4</a>
— CSPAN (@cspan) <a href="https://twitter.com/cspan/status/2056783591925842382?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 19, 2026</a></blockquote>
When neither Paxton nor Cornyn surpassed the 50% threshold in the initial vote — triggering a runoff — both campaigns stepped up an intense jockeying for Trump’s support.
Paxton raised eyebrows for <a href="https://x.com/KenPaxtonTX/status/2029607496395239546?s=20">saying</a> he would consider dropping out of the race if the Senate passed the SAVE America Act.
&#8220;John Cornyn is a coward who has refused to support abolishing the filibuster to pass this bill,&#8221; Paxton said.
<a href="https://nypost.com/2026/03/11/opinion/sen-cornyn-why-the-save-act-matters-more-than-the-filibuster/">Cornyn wrote in a op-ed</a> that he had previously backed the “60-vote threshold to protect the country,” but said that “when the reality on the ground changes, leaders must take stock and adapt.”
The Senate’s failure to pass the SAVE America Act appeared to sway Trump.
“I know Ken well, have seen him tested at the highest and most difficult levels, and he is a WINNER! Ken is a Strong Supporter of TERMINATING THE FILIBUSTER and, very importantly, THE SAVE AMERICA ACT, something which polls at 87%, including Dumocrats, and yet can’t seem to get approved,” Trump said in his endorsement. “Perhaps Ken can help move these important elements of Government forward…”
Turning Point Action backed Paxton, and the National Republican Senatorial Committee spent millions supporting Cornyn.
Some party leaders worry Paxton — who was nearly convicted on <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/texas-senate-votes-to-acquit-attorney-general-ken-paxton-of-all-charges">corruption-related impeachment charges</a> — could put a reliably Republican seat at risk. His wife filed for divorce in 2025, citing <a href="https://www.texastribune.org/2025/07/10/angela-paxton-divorce-texas-attorney-general-ken/">adultery on &#8220;biblical grounds.&#8221;</a>
In November, Paxton will face off against Democratic candidate James Talarico, whom Trump recently ripped into as “weird.”
“I’ll tell you what I do think — I think the Democrats have a weird, a weird candidate. Six genders, a real hit on Jesus,” <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-roasts-texas-democrat-over-six-genders-and-vegan-flip-flop">Trump told reporters on Air Force One.</a> “I mean, this guy is bad news with his mask from relatively recently, and he’s a vegan. He’s a vegan. All of a sudden, he’s not a vegan. He was a vegan, now all of a sudden he’s not.”
“Texas doesn’t like vegans. I do believe either one of them will easily win the race. I think the candidate the Democrats have in Texas is a very flawed, very weak, very — I think he’s a pathetic candidate, especially for Texas,” the president added.
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Further down the Texas runoff ballot, Chip Roy, another Republican incumbent opposed by Donald Trump, was also defeated in his run for attorney general. Trump allies had blasted Roy in the final days of the campaign as &#8220;one of the most anti-Trump congressmen in the country.&#8221;
The winner, Mayes Middleton, had branded himself &#8220;MAGA Mayes&#8221; on the campaign trail and ran pledging to fight for Trump&#8217;s agenda if elected.
And in a final cherry on top for Trump from Tuesday night&#8217;s results, Democrat Al Green, who notably was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/deported-dem-rep-al-green-booted-from-trump-address-to-congress">removed from the chamber</a> for shouting down Trump&#8217;s State of the Union address, also fell to a primary challenge.

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