The Political Awakening of the Oyster Farmer Gunning for Susan Collins Graham Platner’s campaign launch has been a sudden sensation. But what he’s building now is rooted in the work of a lifetime.
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For crap’s sake Maine, show some concern & turf Collins once & for all!!! Your lives will only improve without that 30 year leach & Fascist enabler.
aug 29, 2025, 4:57 pm • 9 0 • view
😡😡😡
aug 30, 2025, 11:23 am • 0 0 • view
Susan Collins should be very concerned.
aug 29, 2025, 4:43 pm • 0 0 • view
We like him ❤️.
aug 30, 2025, 12:15 am • 0 0 • view
Take her OUT!!
aug 30, 2025, 2:14 am • 0 0 • view
We the People are waking to value democracy ⚖️ 🗣️ To cherish our freedoms 🗣️ To end billionaire exploitation 🗣️ To raise education everywhere 🗣️ To nurture the environment that supports our lives
aug 29, 2025, 6:19 pm • 1 1 • view
Damn I hope he shells Collins straight outta the run.
aug 30, 2025, 7:09 am • 0 0 • view
We’ve got to retire Chuck Schumer.
aug 30, 2025, 1:28 am • 0 0 • view
I'll be thrilled if Susan Collins loses
aug 29, 2025, 4:09 pm • 6 0 • view
I've never even been to Maine and I agree.
aug 30, 2025, 12:54 pm • 1 0 • view
May he win by a HUGE margin.
aug 30, 2025, 3:09 am • 0 0 • view
He can't be any worse than she is.
aug 30, 2025, 12:52 pm • 1 0 • view
Susitch McCollins transmogrification is nearly complete like her career.
aug 29, 2025, 4:09 pm • 18 3 • view
I am "concerned" about that image. Ha. Hahaha. It's perfect. Hopefully she and Mitch are retired after cycle
aug 29, 2025, 5:38 pm • 0 0 • view
lol 🤣🤣🤣
aug 29, 2025, 4:21 pm • 2 0 • view
Joni Ernst got the message, Susan Collins will be next.
aug 29, 2025, 10:24 pm • 0 0 • view
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aug 29, 2025, 11:03 pm • 1 0 • view
aug 29, 2025, 4:32 pm • 9 1 • view
I’m happy to have donated to his campaign. I’m not even a constituent of that state.
aug 29, 2025, 4:37 pm • 7 0 • view
now there's a good democrat. he wasnt raised wealthy, with a silver spoon in his mouth, hoping to scrape in as much money as possible before leaving office. he also has an actual livelihood, as did our founding fathers, who after 2 terms went back home to their "jobs", unlike our leaders now.
aug 29, 2025, 5:03 pm • 0 0 • view
what job did biden ever do besides senator & then president>? he lived off the citizens his entire life, & when he had a chance to help ALL of us, on both sides, he failed to do so, & TOLD US, during his campaign, that he would not fight for what we all need & deserve. i hate him for that.
aug 29, 2025, 5:05 pm • 0 0 • view
ooops, & i guess i should admit that most of our founding fathers were wealthy, & much of our constitution was written to benefit them & not the people living in america. but they did go home, resuming their "jobs" when their SERVICE had come to an end.
aug 29, 2025, 5:14 pm • 0 0 • view
I believe in the oyster man.
aug 29, 2025, 10:40 pm • 0 0 • view
How is this guy becoming a national sensation, not even people from this area knows who this guy is.
aug 30, 2025, 12:53 pm • 0 0 • view
Go get her!!!!
aug 30, 2025, 1:21 am • 0 0 • view
Hope he wins.
aug 30, 2025, 1:36 am • 0 0 • view
How this man is living is life deserves respect…and a vote!
aug 30, 2025, 3:09 pm • 0 0 • view
aug 30, 2025, 8:51 am • 1 1 • view
"Power, as he sees it, is the ability to ignore the referee and keep scoring." "You have to build the apparatus for change, even if no one else shows up...It’s thankless. People live their entire lives building something they may never see succeed. And you do it anyway." My kind of person.
aug 29, 2025, 4:49 pm • 3 0 • view
I wonder if Susan Collin’s is wringing her hands with “concern”
aug 29, 2025, 7:23 pm • 2 0 • view
I am going to move to Maine so I can vote for him.
aug 29, 2025, 4:40 pm • 1 0 • view
Even the oysters are rooting for him
aug 30, 2025, 12:23 am • 2 0 • view
Collins keeps getting re-elected because once you get 10 miles inland, Maine is a very red state......but why are they voting against their own self interests.... ie, Medicaid, cutting veterans benefits, etc...?
aug 29, 2025, 4:16 pm • 5 0 • view
Because they're "salt of the Earth" types and they keep believing in lies and bad faith voting language on materials from the party they inherently trust, for no good reason at all?
aug 29, 2025, 4:41 pm • 0 0 • view
She lies and they believe. People think she brings money to the state. She doesn’t. We’re end of the line for most everything. Worst infrastructure in the nation.
aug 29, 2025, 4:43 pm • 0 0 • view
Land doesn't vote. Why do you have Angus, your governor?
aug 29, 2025, 5:11 pm • 3 0 • view
He’s also a veteran, a real patriot!!!
aug 29, 2025, 10:34 pm • 0 0 • view
aug 30, 2025, 10:58 am • 2 2 • view
Glad for some hope. I fear another conservadem traitor like Golden, though. ( No specific info - I'm just sick of traitors ).
aug 30, 2025, 2:11 pm • 0 0 • view
I hope he wins!! Do you think Susan is concerned or do you think she is alarmed??🦋💙✌️😂
aug 30, 2025, 12:45 am • 3 0 • view
At this point, probably just concerned.😁
aug 30, 2025, 12:55 am • 2 0 • view
Well....I guess it's just a matter of time before she moves to alarmed...seems to be her MO...
aug 30, 2025, 12:58 am • 3 0 • view
It’s coming 😆
aug 30, 2025, 1:25 am • 3 0 • view
😂😂😂
aug 30, 2025, 1:29 am • 2 0 • view
I hope Susan is very concerned.
aug 30, 2025, 12:32 am • 0 0 • view
There’s zero evidence that Mainers are done with her.
aug 30, 2025, 4:45 am • 0 0 • view
About time
aug 29, 2025, 6:11 pm • 0 0 • view
I like em
aug 29, 2025, 6:06 pm • 0 0 • view
Yes indeed the revolution is coming, we here in Maine are done with Susan Collins and the mainstream Democrats, no more!
aug 29, 2025, 6:48 pm • 8 2 • view
I like what he has to say.
aug 29, 2025, 7:21 pm • 0 0 • view
👍
aug 29, 2025, 11:53 pm • 0 0 • view
I live in Maine and he has my vote
aug 30, 2025, 3:25 am • 0 0 • view
Hope he wins in a landslide!!
aug 29, 2025, 4:22 pm • 8 1 • view
me too
aug 29, 2025, 4:22 pm • 5 0 • view
America keeps their politicians around for way too long. They go from government to nursing homes.
aug 30, 2025, 1:27 pm • 1 0 • view
Platner is democrats future
aug 29, 2025, 9:45 pm • 0 0 • view
I saw this guy on MSNBC and was really pretty impressed. Straight talker and also no left wing extremist. Gets along with friends and neighbors on both sides. Practical.
aug 29, 2025, 4:36 pm • 6 0 • view
She needs to go, holy cow her and he false concerns have cause irreparable harm to so many
aug 29, 2025, 10:57 pm • 0 0 • view
We need more of this in every single state of this country…more just regular middle class Americans, who aren’t full-time politicians coming to DC… and making a difference. They are pissed off and ready to take on the rich. I say. It’s about damn time!!
aug 29, 2025, 11:37 pm • 2 0 • view
I don’t enjoy the fact that when he speaks Of the military he only mentions men.
aug 29, 2025, 5:06 pm • 4 0 • view
Send him a message. I'm sure that he's not aware that he's doing that.
aug 29, 2025, 10:47 pm • 2 0 • view
I mean, it’s got to stop. Men have ruined this world.
aug 30, 2025, 5:03 pm • 2 0 • view
We need to check him out making sure he is not a Repub faking a Dem. Then they change sides. You know. Check him out well. We want to get behind him but look at John Fetterman. We don’t want a repeat.
aug 30, 2025, 2:08 am • 1 0 • view
Getting rid of collins would be a bump.
aug 30, 2025, 12:57 pm • 1 1 • view
Collin’s has betrayed her constituents and this nation with her support of the orange dictator wannabe. She has consistently voted against the interests of her constituents and the people of America. Shame on her.
aug 30, 2025, 1:54 pm • 0 0 • view
Nice to read that one of "us", a working person, is fighting to bring politics back to the people. Let's all get rid of the career politician in favor of our neighbors. We need to be pro-active and support this movement. Congrats to him for doing just what this country needs.
aug 29, 2025, 8:48 pm • 2 0 • view
I like him more and more. I like that he’s a working person. I like he knows what people on the ground level are going through. He runs his own successful (unlike Trump) business. Change.
aug 29, 2025, 4:41 pm • 9 0 • view
State campaigns getting national focus , esp. in the Nation and on line, are the kiss of death. Does he have anything like a local base except maybe Indivisibles? Remember, the governor might be running.
aug 29, 2025, 5:05 pm • 0 0 • view
How can she still be running, isn't she like 80? I saw a video of her from at least 20-25 years ago saying that she only hoped to serve for a couple of terms to "give the younger generation a chance".
aug 29, 2025, 4:48 pm • 2 0 • view
Yeah. Was never strong on keeping her word unless she’d given it to Mitch.
aug 30, 2025, 10:31 am • 0 0 • view
This is a DSA campaign so pro “murder all women” #AntiChoice, anti union family voting rights so anti #DCstatehood for DC union families, anti voting rights for women & blacks so anti #DCstatehood, pro GOP+DSA malicious #TradeWar to make kids shoes cost more etc. Do NOT glorify DSA hate.
aug 29, 2025, 11:12 pm • 1 0 • view
You might use a better verb, considering the times we are in!
aug 29, 2025, 4:09 pm • 1 0 • view
This is the way. We need more guys like him
aug 29, 2025, 4:23 pm • 3 0 • view
I am not a Mainer but I am so thankful that a good candidate has finally decided to run against Collins and hopefully give her the boot. It's long overdue.
aug 29, 2025, 6:39 pm • 1 0 • view
Maine will need to get rid of its ES&S machines. The ones that Trump never mentioned that has over 70%. of US voting.
aug 29, 2025, 5:09 pm • 0 0 • view
Susan Collins is my Senator. I have no idea how she keeps getting reelected. No one her likes her.
aug 29, 2025, 4:56 pm • 5 0 • view
well done Maine
aug 30, 2025, 10:09 am • 1 0 • view
Susan history
aug 29, 2025, 6:49 pm • 0 0 • view