BILL WHITTLE JOINED THE SPENCER PRATT VIDEO VOLUNTEER BRIGADE:

LIGHTNING DEAL: KastKing Skidaway Polarized Sport Sunglasses for Men and Women. #CommissionEarned

CLASS ACT, HIDING BEHIND YOUR WIFE: Maine Senate Dem Graham Platner puts wife Amy on video to defend against claims he was posting on creepy hookup app.

Amy Gertner, who married Platner in 2023, said that she was “deeply hurt” about the campaign’s former political director, whom she tipped off about the sexting, confirming the messages to the press.

The randy oyster farmer is believed to have had sexting affairs with up to a dozen women, according to reports.

“It makes me really angry, disappointed, and I find it really shameful that there’s a group of media outlets and people who are willing to spread gossip, instead of talking about real issues that Graham is running on, like healthcare and education and childcare,” Gertner groused in a video addressing the scandal.

Here’s the video, but be warned that the cringe factor is high.

Related: Platner reshuffles campaign and sends out NDAs as he struggles to get ahead of controversies.

Amid fallout from Platner’s controversial years-old social media posts, his campaign began sending non-disclosure agreements to staffers last week, according to his former top political director, Genevieve McDonald, who said she declined to sign one.

“The campaign offered me $15,000 to sign a NDA,” McDonald told POLITICO in an interview. “I did not accept the offer. I certainly could have used the money. I quit my job to work on Platner’s campaign, believing it was something different than it is.”

And here’s the background on what happened with McDonald: Mamdani spin doctor accused of threatening Graham Platner’s ex-staffer before she blew whistle on sexting scandal.

EVERYTHING OLD IS NEW AGAIN:

Cavalry, trench warfare, shooting other aircraft with shotguns, and now dazzle camo? Welcome back, World War 1 https://t.co/3gKpafyMvQ pic.twitter.com/zNx57EpqJt

— kebab🇹🇷 (@kebabthesecond) May 30, 2026

STACY MCCAIN: Platner in the Führerbunker: Are Democrats trying to ‘do a Biden’ on their scandal-plagued candidate?

ON SUNDAYS I RUN A PROMO POST FOR (MOSTLY) INDIE WRITERS:  Book Promo And Vignettes By Luke, Mary Catelli and ‘Nother Mike.

This one is a double post because of my being too ill to do a belated post last week.  There’s also a fun vignette challenge.

YEAH, NO: Busted! Leftist Media Wants You to Think Talarico Is Polling Ahead of Paxton in Texas.

ICYMI: JOHN LUCAS: Is the Country Smothering Under a Blanket of Darkness? Or Is There Room for Hope and Optimism? If you want to know the answer to that, do not consult our media. Take a fresh look around you and talk to normal Americans.

Always good advice.

FASCINATING:  Chemistry Simplified – A sunken treasure of logs.

CONSERVATIVE FASCINATION WITH TONY BLAIR’S POLICIES MAY YET DOOM BRITAIN:  My TCW week in review – demographics, demographics, demographics.

DON’T MESS WITH TEXAS:  Texas Scores Major Legal Win on Deportation Enforcement.

MOST DISHONEST AUTOPSY SINCE MARY JO KOPECHNE AT CHAPPAQUIDDICK:  Bill Maher Probably Said What Was on the Minds of Most Dems Regarding the 2024 Autopsy.

THE NERVE OF THOSE RIGHT-WING MAGA RADICALS, ASKING QUESTONS WHEN THEIR ROLE IS AS CAMPAIGN PROPS!  Democrat Candidate’s Staffer Causes Physical Altercation With GOP Constituent Who Dared to Ask Questions.

OH, YEAH, BECAUSE ALL OUR CURRENT POLITICIANS ARE THEATER KIDDIES:  Do You Remember the Politicians that Johnny Carson Hosted on His Show? I Didn’t Think So…

OH, I BELIEVE IT:  Spain’s Zapatero: Another Compassionate Leftist’s Welfare Heroics Prove to Hide a World of Scamming, One of Hardly Believable Magnitude.

A METAPHOR FOR WHAT CALIFORNIA HAS BECOME:  Santa Monica on Lockdown as Mountain Lion Naps in Backyard.

WE NEED MORE LIKE THAT:  Karma Visits LA Socialist Mayoral Hopeful Nithya Raman in Form of Staged Homeless Camp.

A POSITIVE REVIEW:  Revolutionary America.

WASHINGTON GIVING MONEY TO NGOs TO HAVE FUN:  Washington State Gives “Climate Commitment Act” Funds To NGOs For “Advocacy” — With Some Then Used To Attack The State’s Farmers and Ranchers.

GOOD:  Trump tells agencies to align with study calling for narrower childhood vaccine recommendations.

THE USUAL SUSPECTS:  Antifa Thugs in Portland and Newark, Laying Siege to ICE detention facilities are PAID. Here’s who pays them.

PRETTY MUCH, YES:  One Side Will Win. Choose.

CHANGE:

Wow just wow another Latin American country where the left has mysteriously collapsed after USAID was annihilated https://t.co/3sRwmafx4T

— Matt Forney (@mattforney) May 31, 2026

Based on their current trajectories…

The Milei/Bukele model will bring sweeping prosperity to South America, while Europe declines into the third world.

— Geiger Capital (@Geiger_Capital) June 1, 2026

I may retire to Argentina. Or Cuba, which I expect will be hospitable by then.

OPEN THREAD: Ring out the weekend.

SPACE: SpaceX lands a $4 billion contract to help build Golden Dome.