Evaluating The Interview With Jenny Racicot, Graham Platner’s Ex

Another person who has questions about the reporting and evaluating what was said in in those reports.   Suris is trying very hard to be even handed and fair to all involved.  He does point out some of the issues many people have with the entire affair.  Again this is a serious accusation that is not only at this point.   Again no one is under oath and some of the things reported have been found incorrect.  Such as her telling her ex at the time it happened, but that is not true.  Now she is not under any obligation to tell anyone.  Every person who has been abused deals with it and opens up about it in their own time when they feel they can do so.  Some never do.   But if you are using the fact that you told someone and it turns out you did not, that is important information to know.   I want to add two things.  Suris is not a misogynist and is very openly pro-female and pro-LGBTQ+.  He is really trying to just understand the facts and evaluate them without making a moral snap judgment or purity testing either party.  But he has no advanced training in sexual abuse nor in court procedures of interrogation.  He simply is listening and giving his best reasoning on it.   Hugs


 

What’s Next In Maine’s Senate Race? | Ryan Grim | TMR

As Emma says in the intro what reporters including herself decide to include, leave out, or highlight can influence how a story is received and the reaction to it.  I know my last post had raised some concern.  I will be addressing all of that after I get tomorrow’s cartoon / meme / news post scheduled and the Sunday morning semi news shows watched.  If you listen to this please note that neither one of the reporters is excusing what Platner might have done; they are discussing the omitting of details that could color the story in different ways and should reporters be concerned with that shading effect.  The fact is in my opinion there are a lot of unknowns and unanswered question.  This is not a court of law that a person’s life is being examined under; no one is under oath in any of this.  It is being tried in the media of public perception.  So in that case I want to be sure of the facts before I condemn a person and ruin  their life. 

I also believe strongly in redemption.  We all have made mistakes and we all were young.  I am not perfect.  I have always had the idea of being a better Scottie today than I was yesterday.  I had a temper in my 20s and have struggled most of my life to not just control it but to remove it and the triggers that ignite it.   Should 20 year old me ready to battle and fight at the least provocation be the down fall of 40, 50, 60 year old Scottie now?  Is there no redemption, compassion, or empathy for the experiences that lead to mistakes and wrong choices?  But that is not what this post is about, it is about what facts should be included or omitted in reporting.   Hugs


 

Political cartoons / memes / and news I want to share. 7-12-2026

 

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Political cartoons / memes / and news I want to share. 7-11-2026

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Trump's planned 250-ft arch just cleared a key hurdle, getting preliminary OK from a federal panel.The panel heard nearly 3 hrs of public opposition from architects, veterans and others before voting to advance the project.“I think it’s long overdue," said Paul Ingrassia, a Trump appointee.

Dan Diamond (@ddiamond.bsky.social) 2026-07-09T21:11:54.240Z

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Palm Beach International is being renamed for Trump in a 4-3 county vote. His family company controls the merchandise, picks the vendors, keeps the profits, and the county has no way out.share.newsbreak.com/idhsqyjx?s=i16

Anti-Trumpism (@forabettertomorrow.bsky.social) 2026-05-09T10:14:24.595Z

 

Mike Smith for 7/7/2026

Jimmy Margulies for 7/10/2026

 

 

 

The Trump administration plans to erect new fences on the ends of Pennsylvania Avenue NW outside the White House, the latest effort to boost presidential security, according to people who spoke on the condition of anonymity.

The Washington Post (@washingtonpost.com) 2026-07-10T15:30:10.523927421Z

 

 

Al Goodwyn for 7/11/2026

 

 

 

 

 

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The White House spent months looking for ways to bypass a federal election agency and use emergency powers to force changes to voting machines, before President Donald Trump ousted its leaders on Thursday, four people familiar with the matter said.

Reuters Legal (@legal.reuters.com) 2026-07-11T01:01:10Z

 

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The September gathering in Dallas will choose neither a candidate nor a platform, but state parties are charging thousands for the privilege of a floor seat.

HuffPost (@huffpost.com) 2026-07-09T22:37:28.681Z

 

John Branch for 7/7/2026

 

 

 

James Talarico can win, and Texas Republicans know it.

Texas Democratic Party (@texasdemocrats.bsky.social) 2026-07-09T19:30:08.293729214Z

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The progressive comic about the Trump economy.

 

 

 

 

 

#white people twitter from White People Twitter

 

 

 

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Increase hunger by gutting food stamps then get rid of any way of measuring hunger. This is downright evil. http://www.reuters.com/legal/litiga…

The Editorial Board (@editorialboard.bsky.social) 2026-07-09T21:55:40.598Z

 

 

 

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Judge blocks Trump anti-DEI conditions on California, Oregon grants

Politico (@politico.com) 2026-07-10T17:31:18Z

 

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Wow. I just heard back from ICE on this. Here's their statement. No comment at all on the claim that the three witnesses in the van with the deceased man are being pressured to self-deport, and ICE refers further questions to the FBI:

Greg Sargent (@gregsargent.bsky.social) 2026-07-09T19:42:40.983Z

DOJ sues Maryland, alleges state policies interfere with immigration crackdown reut.rs/4w5VXFd

Reuters (@reuters.com) 2026-07-10T02:01:06.764Z

 

 

Mexico plans to file criminal complaints in the United States over the deaths of Mexican nationals in ICE custody, Mexico's Foreign Minister Roberto Velasco Álvarez said Thursday.www.axios.com/2026/07/09/m…

Lauren Ashley Davis (@laurenmeidasa.bsky.social) 2026-07-09T20:04:50.539Z

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trump tells The Post he's 'left instructions' should Iran succeed in assassinating him: 'Number 1' target

New York Post (@nypost.com) 2026-07-10T14:27:01.416633Z

 

 

 

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Gary Varvel for 7/10/2026

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Lisa Benson 7/10/2026

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Habitat loss is the #1 reason species go extinct. But the Trump admin has finalized a rule under the Endangered Species Act that would allow the widespread destruction of endangered species' habitats. Earthjustice has protected endangered species for decades. We’ll see the Trump admin in court.

Earthjustice (@earthjustice.org) 2026-07-10T18:31:51.715Z

 

The Trump administration has moved to allow drilling, mining, and construction in all endangered species' habitats.

FactPost (@factpostnews.bsky.social) 2026-07-10T19:25:04.521614045Z

 

 

 

 

These are thugs. They are not trained police. They are white supremacist who think no rules apply to them.

Please notice the brutality towards the ones they detail and those bystanders.  They assault the people recording them and they threaten them with more violence and arrests.   To the ICE no one has rights.   How long will we tolerate this lawless militia  type behavior towards the people?  No law enforcement would get away with this.  They do it because they are masked and Stephen Miller will do anything to protect the ICE thugs doing his dream of a country of only white people who follow every order of the authoritarian government.   Warning it is a hard video to watch.   But we must.  Hugs


 

DHS Caught Lying About ICE’s Latest Kill

ICE Kills Again

 

Political cartoons / memes / and news I want to share. 7-10-2026

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

#bisexuality from Robyn Ochs

 

 

 

 

 

One of the boxes in the truck maybe had catnip 🤣

ContempraInn 🌹 (@contemprainn.bsky.social) 2026-07-09T18:15:41.325Z

 

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#politics from Cartoon Politics

 

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James Talarico raises over $30 million in second quarter, campaign says, more than triple Ken Paxton’s sum

Texas Tribune (@texastribune.org) 2026-07-09T02:03:46.941Z

 

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The progressive comic about Graham Platner and the surprise rape allegations.

 

 

Only one student has registered for courses at West Virginia University’s new Washington Center, an academic program mandated by Republican lawmakers for the campus, reports @amelianews.bsky.social. Lawmakers have allocated around $3 million to the Washington Center in the last two years.

West Virginia Watch (@westvirginiawatch.com) 2026-07-08T16:42:11.598Z

 

 

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#anarchism from Anarcho-Communism & Anti-Capitalism

 

#anarchism from Anarchists United

 

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David Horsey for 7/8/2026

 

 

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Dave Granlund PoliticalCartoons.com

 

 

David Horsey for 7/10/2026

 

 

 

 

 

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The U.S. used to send refugee officers around the world. Now, they're only going to South Africa, where the Trump administration has singularly focused U.S. refugee resettlement efforts on the country’s white population.www.notus.org/immigration/…

Natalie Alms (@almsnatalie.bsky.social) 2026-07-09T13:34:17.431Z

 

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Political/Editorial Cartoon by Pat Bagley, Salt Lake Tribune on SCOTUS Anoints Trump King

 

 

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Political/Editorial Cartoon by Adam Zyglis, The Buffalo News on SCOTUS Anoints Trump King

 

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“I’m here to ruin your summer.”

 

 

 

NOTE: Politico’s response to Breaking Points and Drop Site News on the gaps in reporting follows: “This story is based on extensive reporting and interviews and reflects our editorial standards. In interviews with us and in accounts she gave to other outlets, Jenny Racicot said that she told Graham Platner not to come to her home and that he nevertheless showed up there uninvited. POLITICO gave Platner and his campaign ample opportunity to respond to our reporting and to provide any information or documentation they believed contradicted it. If presented with information that materially challenges our reporting, we will report it.” Ryan and Saagar discuss exclusive reporting on key details missing from the Graham Platner story.

Again more information is coming out.  Details that give credit to Platner’s side of the story.  The news doesn’t excuse him, but it sets up why he was at her house and why he was touching her.  Again the media has a bias and it is being reported with that bias totally one sided.  This report says he was wasted out of his mind black out drunk but again no proof of that.  Was the woman here drinking also like the first woman was?  I think Saagar is trying too hard to brand Platner,  again we need more facts.  As he said the woman is accusing Platner of a serious felony and now we need to see if this is going to be a trial in the media which is a slander hit job or a trial in court.  The question I have is more going to come out.  I like that on morning Joe the host asks for colaberating evedince.  She asks what do you have to show him raping the victim?  Again if he did it he needs to pay for his crime, I just don’t like how it is coming out, being played up in media, and the timing.  Again the reporter admits he can’t produce any evidence.  The therapist did not verify that it happened, yet that was reported.   The very account I had heard about the exchange between the therapist and the victim has been proven out, it was not about the assault or at the time or the assault.  The therapist said she did not recall the victim’s account of the assault but said she vaguely supports women who say they are assaulted.  Therrapest keep notes, mine always have so why did she blank on the case details.   This is looking a media hit job to drive a progressive candidate out of politics.    Hugs


 

NOTE: Politico’s response to Breaking Points and Drop Site News on the gaps in reporting follows: “This story is based on extensive reporting and interviews and reflects our editorial standards. In interviews with us and in accounts she gave to other outlets, Jenny Racicot said that she told Graham Platner not to come to her home and that he nevertheless showed up there uninvited. POLITICO gave Platner and his campaign ample opportunity to respond to our reporting and to provide any information or documentation they believed contradicted it. If presented with information that materially challenges our reporting, we will report it.” Ryan and Saagar discuss exclusive reporting on key details missing from the Graham Platner story.

Political cartoons / memes / and news I want to share. 7-9-2026

I really don’t get it. Can you explain it again, but slower?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rod Joseph, a Florida Republican congressional candidate, asserts that everyone is “born straight” and people become LGBTQ by choice.“You cannot be born gay. That’s impossible biologically."He's running in FL20, a district with large #LGBTQ population.#Florida #politicsgift link …

Anthony Man (@browardpolitics.bsky.social) 2026-07-08T12:06:10.788Z

 

 

 

U.S. gave Tehran details on Iranian asylum seekers, lawsuit alleges

Freedom Writers Collaborative (@fwcollaborative.bsky.social) 2026-07-07T13:34:36Z

 

 

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#republican assholes from Republicans Are Domestic Terrorists

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

America’s small businesses are giving up on health insurance. Employers and workers confront unaffordable premium hikes, with no relief in sight. http://www.statnews.com/2026/07/07/s… via @statnews.com

Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics (@bermaninstitute.bsky.social) 2026-07-07T12:51:15.052Z

 

 

Dozens of insurers in 16 states and D.C. have proposed increasing next year’s premiums by a median of 14%, according to a review of initial rate filings by KFF, a nonpartisan health policy organization.

NOTUS (@notus.com) 2026-07-08T14:20:04.181466627Z

 

 

 

Justice Department Threatens Top Election Officials Over Noncitizen Voting

Freedom Writers Collaborative (@fwcollaborative.bsky.social) 2026-07-07T21:35:19Z

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Johnson eyes vote on bill to end ‘birth tourism' to satisfy right flank

Politico (@politico.com) 2026-07-08T12:42:38Z

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

David Horsey for 7/2/2026

JUST IN: Iran resumes attacks in Strait of Hormuz, U.S. says

Axios (@axios.com) 2026-07-07T01:05:49.817Z

 

 

Breaking news: The US military has launched what it called 'a series of powerful strikes' against Iran in response to the Islamic republic’s attacks on commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz. ft.trib.al/mbpDos5

Financial Times (@financialtimes.com) 2026-07-07T21:35:19.462656Z

 

Breaking: The U.S. revoked a waiver that allowed the sale of Iranian oil after attacks on commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz on.wsj.com/4wvN9sa

The Wall Street Journal (@wsj.com) 2026-07-07T19:59:49.848258Z

 

 

 

1. The Pentagon has refused to provide an accurate accounting of the costs of the Iran War, so Popular Information crunched the numbers. The DIRECT COSTS are at least $103 BILLION in the first 120 days. This is $73 billion more than the latest official estimate.

Judd Legum (@juddlegum.bsky.social) 2026-07-08T14:14:52.106Z

 

2. Last week, OMB Director Russell Vought said the US had spent $30 billion on the Iran War. This makes little sense since Vought has already requested $72 billion to cover Iran War costs.

Judd Legum (@juddlegum.bsky.social) 2026-07-08T14:14:53.284Z

3. The $103 billion that the US has already spent exceeds the TOTAL ANNUAL MILITARY BUDGET of all but three countries.

Judd Legum (@juddlegum.bsky.social) 2026-07-08T14:14:54.503Z

4. This does not include the indirect costs — higher gas prices, inflation, veterans care, interest on the debt — that some experts believe will push the total costs above $1 trillion.

Judd Legum (@juddlegum.bsky.social) 2026-07-08T14:14:55.065Z

 

 

 

 

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#planet of the apes from Spooky Stoner

 

 

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