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'The Oligarchy Is the Enemy': Maine Oyster Farmer Launches Senate Bid to Oust Susan Collins | Common Dreams (www.commondreams.org)

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Julia Conley
Aug 19, 2025

Launching a US Senate run to unseat five-term Maine Republican Sen. Susan Collins, oyster farmer Graham Platner on Tuesday made clear in his inaugural ad that beating the "fake" moderate also means taking on the power-hungry billionaire class that has helped keep her in power all these years.

The enemy that the vast majority of Americans and Mainers have in common, said Platner, "is the oligarchy."

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[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Because the DNC is manifestly incapable of enacting meaningful change, and often simply acts as captive opposition. Mamdani’s campaign is running on largely the same point.

[–] dreadbeef@lemmy.dbzer0.com -2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

mamdani isn't pretending to be a legislator either. He's actually doing something to benefit others with an actual plan. Becoming a legislator isn't a plan. This oyster farmers plan is to become a legislator to enact what new legislation? Who is his team of legal code experts to do his job for him? "I have legislation ready to help maine, for example I will introduce a new bill to do x y and z for mainers and can be achieved in a bipartisan manner because of my experience in a b and c" that is what a leader in legislation does. Oyster farmers just say "its time to end corruption by voting for me!"

[–] M1ch431@slrpnk.net 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Did you put Fetterman on the grill like this? Or did you blindly listen to establishment voices telling you how progressive he is, while ignoring his actions as mayor?