“While Susan Collins’ campaign is backed by billionaire donors, our campaign is built on a movement funded by the people, with an average donation of $26,” said Graham Platner’s campaign manager.
A new analysis of campaign finance data shows that nearly 100 billionaires and their spouses have contributed to Republican Sen. Susan Collins’ reelection bid so far, funneling nearly $10 million to the incumbent’s campaign committee and PACs supporting her effort to fend off progressive challenger Graham Platner.
The Maine Monitor on Thursday published a list of billionaires who have donated to Collins and Platner, who has called his Republican opponent a “corrupt” protector and beneficiary of an oligarchic political system.
The outlet noted that Collins’ billionaire donation total “stands in stark contrast with the fundraising of her opponent… whose campaign has mostly attracted smaller amounts of funds but from many more people.”
The algorithm is simple. Watch who the billionaires back, then vote for the other option.
Doesn’t always work, Kamala had more billionaires backing her than trump .
Unless you want to advocate voting for Stein, which is fine, you’ll just have to deal with a large chunk of people here caling you a Russian bot.
Stein literally ran at the behest of Russia as a Dem spoiler. This was pretty out in the open. Do not vote for Russian assets/agents.
A better rule of thumb is “who are the Zionist and Billionaires funding”. Personally, I really dislike Platner. But when I see literally every Zionist group funding attack campaigns it really doesn’t matter anymore. It’s a single election. If I was in Maine, I’d go vote against what the Zionist clearly want.
Does the chud betray us and turn into a Fetterman? Maybe. Maybe he has a stroke too. But I want Israel to stop getting bombs. I don’t have to like Platner. But I am excited that a candidate that says he wants to stop weapons shipments to Israel is actually popular in a purple state like main. That is amazing. And no amount of virtue signaling will take that away from me.
I’ve been fighting Zionism since I was in college in 2015. Platner winning would be good for the entire movement of the left. Even if he doesn’t follow through. People don’t want “it’s complicated centrist”. You don’t have to compromise. You can win elections while being against the genocidal apartheid state. That is absolutely a win.
Yea this is the kind of thing people should be saying. Instead of attacking anyone with an opinion of a previous Nazi tattoo. I’m not in Maine, i don’t trust this guy. But Fuck Susan Collins.
Careful with that nuance. People here don’t like measured criticism of Platner
My concerns are that he’s either lying about knowing it was a totenkopf or if he isn’t that he’s pretty stupid because a totenkopf isn’t subtle, it’s like the third or fourth most recognizable nazi symbol, and any tattoo shop that’ll do a totenkopf is gonna have other nazi imagery around because that’s a nazi shop, so he would have had to miss that too. So yeah he was either nazi adjacent or really dumb. Neither are good, but he likely can’t be worse than Collins so he gets a benefit of the doubt. But I’m sorry if you get a totenkopf tattoo without somehow recognizing a prominent and exclusively nazi symbol then you’re pretty goddamn stupid. It’s not an obscure symbol, it’s the goddamn death’s head. You shouldn’t even need history class, popular media should be enough.
Exactly. And the people here that are willing to say whatever they need to in order to deflect any criticism, regardless of how valid…
Stop trying to fucking gaslight people into thinking this isn’t a blatant Nazi symbol.
I was literally told on here that I’m lying about knowing the symbol prior to the controversy. In their mind it’s simply not possible for someone to be aware of the totenkopf. Unreal.
Not all people here. Some of us want to get closer to the truth, no matter how pretty, or ugly, it is. Overall though, I agree.
this is good to know. billionaires can play both sides and all candidates are susceptible to being a turncoat. ultimately it’s maine choice and he has more to bring to the table.
No, West.
Sort of…
There are many unaccounted for, could just be those who are backing dems are OK with that being public vs through a PAC.
It’s definitely not fine to vote for an Ableist like Stein who thinks you can cure autism with crystals
Edit: apparently I have her mixed up with someone else
Source?
She graduated from harvard medical school and practiced medicine for 25 years before she entered politics, I sincerely doubt she believes either autism is a disease that can be cured or that crystals have anything to do with it.
Meanwhile her platform on disability rights is leagues ahead of Kamala and the Dems
You can hate Stein for being a spoiler, but there’s no need to spread lies about her.
I hate her for working for Putin.
I can’t find anything. I might be mixing her up with another green party candidate. Mb.
At most I can find that she used to be anti-vax but has changed her position on that.
As long as the electoral college exists Jill Stein can be a literal angel, Halo and wing span… and it won’t matter.
Anyone who thinks voting third party will do anything is either a secret Republican or is hopelessly naive.
Maybe Maryanne what’s her face?
Trump, an actual Russian asset and known pedophile with deep ties to a fascist tech oligarchs
Harris, an empty suit who took the nomination sans primary and immediately handed her campaign to the Cheney family
Jill Stein, a perennial fail candidate with no meaningful ties to anyone who mostly just campaigns on climate change and anti-war issues
I mean, if you want the Harm Reduction Candidate, it’s obviously Stein.
But if you’re heavily invested in partisan politics, you just vote straight ticket
Jill Stein has run multiple Presidential campaigns, each one funded by the fucking Russians.
IDK what the hell you’re going on about, but you’ve completely missed the plot with that traitorous bitch.
she was investigated by the senate, and they found that she wasn’t taking funding from russians. this is misinformation
Bullshit. They proved she was a Russian asset.
Here’s a story of her campaigning in 2024 with Russian assets.
https://democrats.org/news/icymi-jill-stein-to-campaign-today-with-alleged-russian-assets/
Here’s one from 2018 showing the Russians running a social media blitz on behalf of Jill Stein for President.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/russians-launched-pro-jill-stein-social-media-blitz-help-trump-n951166
SORRY BUT YOU’RE JUST WRONG, DUDE. SHE’S A FUCKING RUSSIAN PLANT AND ALWAYS HAS BEEN.
this is all insinuation and innuendo. what I said is the truth.
this isn’t proof she takes money or orders from russia
What you said is technically treason. She’s a traitor and by extension, so are her supporters.
if this were true she would have been hanged under the Democrats or Republicans who took office when she didn’t beat them.
It doesn’t matter. They have a picture of her sitting at a dinner table that one time in 2015. So now she’s basically FSB Western Hemisphere Commanding Officer for life.
Facts simply do not influence their feelings.
Why was she there? Why exactly was an unelected political candidate meeting with a hostile foreign government during an election campaign? Why could that be?
Voting for Stein was basically voting for Trump
Is this like how voting for Gary Johnson is voting for Hilary?
Anything but voting for Hillary was voting for Trump
How the Hillary Clinton campaign deliberately “elevated” Donald Trump with its “pied piper” strategy
That’s all well and good but it’s known that non and third party voters get republicans elected and arguing with numpties who ignore that reality isn’t worth it.
When Trump was threatened by a JRK Jr third party run, he stretched out his hand and incorporated Kennedy into his administration - instantly capturing a 10% share of indie voters.
When Hillary was threatened by an upstart primary challenger in 2008 and again in 2016, she responded by going scorched earth with smears and slanders.
It seems that Republicans know how to integrate with independent voters, while Democrats only know how to scream and cry and blame them for their defeat.
that’s just not true
voting for stein was voting against trump.
Lol no, not how the electoral college works
this is a nonsequitur
Just a complete lack of understanding of US elections.
Edit: never mind, I just saw the user name. No benefit of the doubt here, this is misinformation. You know exactly what you’re saying.
What’s the end goal here? Accelerationism I guess? How’s that working out for you