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Democrats Nominate Nazi to Battle Imaginary Republican Nazis

By Timothy H. Lee
Thursday, June 11 2026

Political irony in the year 2026 just became almost too rich to parody. This week, Democrats in Maine nominated a man named Graham Platner as their candidate for the United States Senate against incumbent Republican Susan Collins. What makes that remarkable is that Platner's candidacy commenced under an immediate cloud of embarrassment when images surfaced of a giant Nazi SS tattoo on his chest. As if to deliberately amplify the absurdity, Platner immediately claimed that he – a military veteran familiar with such symbolism – somehow missed the trademark…

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