News broke of Graham Platner’s sexual assault allegation during my live chat with progressive commentator and organizer Jess Craven. We discussed it while talking about a bigger conversation happening within American politics, which is the rising, bipartisan rage against the broligarchy and what is deemed “the establishment.”
Spoiler alert: Jess and I believe Platner should resign in light of this credible accusation. Mainers decided to back him despite his troubling history because they wanted a political outsider who reflected their positions. Janet Mills, the establishment candidate, refused to adapt or evolve. Still, the Democratic Party and its donors doubled down on her and were opposed to Platner even before the scandals.
Why?
He represents their waning influence and power over the party. Melat Kiros just won by double digits in Colorado as a Democratic Socialist who is against ICE, forever wars, the broligarchy, and Israel’s genocide. Mamdani is an extremely popular mayor of NYC who is getting things done by flexing his power. His three picks in New York all swept, including Darializa Chevalier, who overcame a nasty and racist smear campaign days before the elections.
Maybe you can dismiss these wins as aberrations. After all, New York is a cesspool of godless, gay, Muslim, atheist, Marxist vegans.
But what about Michigan? You know, the Rust Belt? The swing state? The heartland?
That’s what Abdul El-Sayed is doing right now. He’s up against Haley Stevens, who is AIPAC’s groomed candidate. Mallory McMorrow just suspended her campaign over the weekend. Despite the polls having El-Sayed beating Republican Mike Rogers, the Democratic establishment and its acolytes still say he is “unelectable.”
The Michigan race reflects the divide within the Democratic Party and will reveal if the establishment has finally lost its reach and control.
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