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BREAKING: Trump abruptly canceled a planned attack just hours after declaring the U.S. would strike Iran “VERY HARD TONIGHT."
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NEW: Dems aren’t done debating Graham Platner.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren says Dems “need to coalesce.”
But several of her colleagues, asked whether they’d endorse Platner, didn’t commit.
Platner’s “got things to explain,” Sen. Mark Kelly said.
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New: Democrats aren’t done debating Graham Platner.
A small yet notable faction of Capitol Hill Democrats still has qualms about the oysterman's past, and several senators stopped short of outright endorsing when asked by @POLITICO.
A big team effort: politico.com/news/2026/06/10…
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New Platner TV ad borrows Khanna/Ossoff’s “Epstein class” attack phrase, which continues to be popular among Dems
No mention of Collins:
The only thing the DC establishment can agree on is a love of Jeffrey Epstein — and a hatred of me.
Together, we will take back our government from the Epstein class.
WATCH: Our new TV ad
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Scoop in @playbookdc: How the @NRSC views Maine: The “linchpin.”
And it’s “a fatal mistake to assume Platner is too damaged to win,” the memo reads.”
The memo: politico.com/f/?id=0000019e-…
Playbook: politico.com/newsletters/pla…
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New: Bernie Sanders is on a hot streak, and Graham Platner's blowout win hands progressives fresh ammo as they argue Dems need more outsiders who can separate themselves from the national party brand.
w/ @wsteaks @lisakashinsky
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Neptune thinks it is too late to work on computers any longer. I don’t know if she’s cut out for election nights.
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The Democratic establishment begrudgingly moves to embrace Graham Platner dlvr.it/TSyf2K
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an extremely tight race in #ME02 - definitely headed to a ranked-choice runoff
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Schumer/Gillibrand DSCC statement on Platner damns with faintest of praise (though at least they mentioned his name unlike NRSC with Paxton):
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Graham Platner is officially Democrats’ nominee to take on Susan Collins dlvr.it/TSyZF6
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First Maine town to report is Frenchboro! It’s an island in Hancock County, not far from where Platner is from. 5 votes for him, 1 for David Costello.
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lots of talk about what Platner's benchmark should be tonight.
In the 2020 Maine Dem Senate primary, Sara Gideon got 71.5% of the vote. Both her opponents were still in the race, but were always considered longshots.
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New: Why progressives are refusing to drop Graham Platner
“The days of weak apologetic Dems are over. Our tea party is here,” @KyleKulinski tells me
More on the insurgent left's fierce defense of Platner ahead of tonight's primary: politico.com/news/2026/06/09…
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Where to set the bar for Platner in tonight's Maine Dem primary?
A late May UNH poll -- taken after Mills dropped out and before the new round of controversies -- gave him a 76-21% advantage over the others on the ballot (and a write-in candidate).
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Ro Khanna has aligned himself with Graham Platner, who has faced a series of scandals in the lead-up to today’s primary.
Khanna has attached himself to risky political causes before, but few carry as much political consequence as the Maine Senate race.
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Never miss a @jsscppr dispatch from Maine ––>
Jun 9
unloading my notebook from a weekend of talking w/ Maine voters about the Senate race:
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New: Lindsey Graham is all but certain to win reelection this year, but he’s spending serious cash to trounce an “America First” primary challenge and prevent a runoff first
Latest on his race as polls close later today in South Carolina:
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unloading my notebook from a weekend of talking w/ Maine voters about the Senate race:
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