CHARMING FELLOW: Woman-hating Graham Platner made twisted rape comments and lied about Nazi tattoo, ex-girlfriends reveal.

Maine Senate hopeful Graham Platner is a woman-hater who once twisted an ex-girlfriend’s arm — and fantasized about killing people and raping intruders, according to a slew of women who’ve come forward to out his disturbing behavior.

The Democrat candidate also boasted about having a Nazi tattoo, calling it “my Totenkopf,” one ex recalled — contradicting his October claim that he thought it was merely a “terrifying skull and crossbones.”

Three of Platner’s ex-girlfriends recounted their troubling time dating the Marine veteran to the New York Times, with the women describing him as someone who “hated women,” referring to them as “hatchet wounds” in the latest scandal to dog his campaign.

Meanwhile:

The Category 5 Hurricane approaches, but let's hope it arrives in July when it's too late for the Oyster King to drop out. https://t.co/dH8EJIlhQL

— CA ET Nerd (@earlyvotedata) June 4, 2026

If that wasn’t the Cat5 news drop, I can’t imagine what else we might learn.

Or at least I’d rather not.

UPDATE (FROM GLENN):

I would like to remind everyone that there is, to this day, no piece of evidence or testimony corroborating whether Bret Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford WERE EVER IN THE SAME ROOM.

That was the number one story in America for months. The Platner story is much more robust. https://t.co/P5fwm5qQzr

— Mark Hemingway (@Heminator) June 4, 2026

THIS IS UNDOUBTEDLY A LOW ESTIMATE: The Feds Wasted $186 Billion on ‘Improper Payments’ Last Year: That total is a low-ball estimate because some federal agencies didn’t report their totals to the Government Accountability Office.

MY LATEST SUBSTACK ESSAY: Scott Pelley Is Out. So What? The demise of the news anchor as someone who matters.

TWANLOC:

The reigning ideology that controls all institutions in my country tells me that I’m supposed to believe we’re all just Americans who want the same thing.

But that is so obviously a lie that it doesn’t even merit refutation any longer. Reality itself refutes it.

There is no… https://t.co/o8PgVVavJe

— Christian Heiens 🏛 (@ChristianHeiens) June 4, 2026

“This man is not ‘my fellow American’ and we do not have any shared interests whatsoever. We occupy the same landmass. That’s it. And geography alone does not hold a nation together for long.”

Update: There’s more because of course there’s more.

One of the most shocking things I witnessed today was this woman in pink screaming “you gon end up like Metcalf, you gone be pushing up daisies”.

I caught the tail end of her saying this to Metcalf supporters in the clip below.

I also witnessed several Karmelo supporters get… pic.twitter.com/fAasP3xIws

— Savanah Hernandez (@Savsays) June 4, 2026

ICYMI: What in the Actual Hell Is a Democrat These Days?

SPREADING MISINFORMATION: New York Times Stirs Baseless Panic Over Trump, Vaccines, and Childhood Diseases.

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CHANGE: The Hormuz Squeeze Is Redrawing the Oil Map for Good.

Across the Gulf, governments are pouring billions into new oil pipelines, rail corridors and energy storage hubs to bypass the waterway in what is set to become one of the most durable outcomes of the conflict. The new energy links are part of a broader redrawing of the region’s logistics map, shifting trade toward trucking, rail and new ports.

“The legacy of the crisis will result in the construction of infrastructure to bypass the Strait of Hormuz,” said Hamad Hussain, commodities economist at London-based research firm Capital Economics. “The genie is out of the bottle given that the longstanding threat of Iran effectively closing the strait has now materialized.”

Even if Washington and Tehran reach a deal to reopen the strait and maritime exports resume, the shift toward an export network with multiple exits will endure because the conflict has proved that robust contingency plans are essential, officials and analysts say. Saudi Arabia’s ability to export oil via a previously underused fallback pipeline demonstrated the strategic value of a backup, while in recent weeks the United Arab Emirates and Iraq have launched plans to expand pipelines of their own.

The stakes extend far beyond the Gulf. Bypassing a waterway that once moved a fifth of the world’s oil will reshape how securely energy reaches all corners of the globe.

If we can’t get a Free Iran, this is the next best thing.

THE NEW SPACE RACE: James Pethokoukis: SpaceX and the economics of space: Cheaper rockets are only the beginning of the story.

THEY WANT YOU TO FEAR THAT IT IS, THOUGH: It’s Not Racist to Notice Reality. “It is an especially galling dodge to hear that from the same people who will look you in the eye and talk about how whites are inherently racist. They have no problem making sweeping generalizations about white people; they are, as you saw with Senator Antonio, speaking over the question by calling it racist.”

Related:

Black Americans should be deeply ashamed for racializing this case and demanding Karmelo Anthony’s release.

If a White boy had stabbed a Black boy in the heart at a school track meet, there would be nonstop marches in the streets, riots, viral outrage, and endless calls to ‘end… pic.twitter.com/sfLpbHYeUi

— Reverend Jordan Wells (@WellsJorda89710) June 4, 2026

THAT COULD BE A PROBLEM:

Now you can buy an anti-aircraft weapon on eBay for $7,000 — and because this Chinese kinetic interceptor drone does not use rocket propellant or explosive, you don't even need a gun licence. A potential terror threat emerges — Story below. pic.twitter.com/g5ZcJhp9Ep

— David Hambling (@David_Hambling) June 4, 2026

IF THEY JUST WANTED PEOPLE TO USE MASS TRANSIT, THEY’D MAKE IT APPEALING. IT SEEMS LIKE THEY’RE MORE AFTER MAKING IT HUMILIATING:

I love how they want to force us out of our cars and also refuse to ensure that public transportation is safe. https://t.co/DXseoKJm5K

— Kurt Schlichter (@KurtSchlichter) June 4, 2026

FROM MARY CATELLI:  Writing And Reflection Volume 2: Essays on the writing process from world-building to words (Writing And Reflections.

#CommissionEarned

Reflections on the many and far-flung fields that writing can touch upon, from original inspiration to the final work.

Wizards. Metaphysics. Good, evil, virtues, and morality meters. Fairy tales in all their varied glory. Desert, forest, and other settings. Dragons and industry. Guilds of magic, quacks, and superstitions. Love and courtship. Portals. And more.

DISPATCHES FROM THE BLUE ZONES: ‘Jews Eat Children’: Deranged Outburst or Growing Threat? “The latest example of accusations against Jews becoming even more unhinged than the blood libels of the Middle Ages occurred on Sunday when a passenger on a New York City subway assaulted a Jewish woman. According to the Combat Antisemitism Movement, a black woman wearing a military-style camouflage coat with a patch depicting the German flag choked the 23-year-old Orthodox Jewish woman, threw her to the ground, and beat her. She managed to pull a patch of hair from the victim’s head. The victim said she suffered a concussion.”

I KNOW THAT ENGLAND’S EMPIRE HAS RETURNED INTO SAND:

You are an Air Marshal. The U.S. equivalent of a 3 star general.

Your predecessors fought the Battle of Britain. Men of iron resolve and impeccable skill.

And we get…. you. https://t.co/P9Phv17kTU

— InfantryDort (@infantrydort) June 4, 2026

Along with the manhood of its leadership, which is probably no coincidence.

AND WE ALL KNOW DEMS DON’T LIKE COMPETITION:  James Talarico Compares Unborn Children to Parasites.

AS GOVERNOR SHE WOULD HAVE STAFF TO HELP LOOT THE BUDGET:  Francesca Hong Wants to Control Wisconsin’s Budget, but Can’t Seem to Manage Her Own Finances.

AFRICA:  Burial Team Attacked and 11 Infected Patients Flee Isolation Facility as Ebola Spreads in Africa.

HARDER, I’D THINK:  DEI discrimination: “trying to get it out is like trying to get soap out of a sponge”.

THE…. WHAT EVEN?  Mamdani guru reportedly working with Graham Platner wanted to put his penis in creepy ‘puberty guide’ for 10-year-olds.

GO READ:  What Is There to Be Afraid Of? A Look At the Anti-Gun Boogieman and Cold, Hard Facts.

COMPARE AND CONTRAST THE REACTIONS TO THE DEATH OF GEORGE FLOYD:  The Martyrdom of Henry Nowak. And the parallels with St George of Fentanyl.

MEANWHILE IN FORMERLY GREAT BRITAIN: The Hampshire police have bravely decided to hide their entire website for foreigners. This includes the “Race Action PLan 2024-2026” which seems to have some bearing on the Henry Nowak case.

Fortunately A FRIEND saved a copy yesterday that lost all the formatting but otherwise contains everything relevant. Click here to read the PDF and shine a light on these “brave” people.

WE KNOW. THAT HAS BEEN OBVIOUS FOR A WHILE NOW:  I’m Ohio’s state auditor — Medicaid fraud is not just a Washington problem. Audits found payments to dead people, prison inmates and residents enrolled in multiple states.

IT JUST KEEPS GETTING MORE DISTURBING:  Hundreds flee as South Africa anti-migrant mobs go door-to-door. Hundreds of foreigners fearing for their lives have taken shelter in community halls along South Africa’s coast.

I’m all for countries defending their sovereignty but “mobs” and “South Africa” are a dangerous combination. To be fair, something for the left (and illegals in the US) to consider is that if they succeed in stopping the deportations and re-opening the borders, this is how it ends. Or worse.