Alana Goodman

Graham Platner has made his status as a fully disabled veteran a central part of his insurgent campaign against Maine senator Susan Collins (R.). At the same time, he has refused to disclose whether the Veterans Affairs (V.A.) benefits that make up the vast majority of his income come with work restrictions—a critical distinction that could have legal implications for his campaign.

Michigan's left-wing Democratic Senate candidate, Abdul El-Sayed, called for reparations for Native Americans in a since-deleted social media post that criticized the holiday of Thanksgiving and said the United States "was built on the systematic annihilation of Indigenous Peoples," an archived copy of the post reviewed by the

Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner disparaged Army soldiers in since-deleted Reddit posts, calling the Army an "awful" organization "full of fat, lazy trash who would rather not be in uniform."

The newly elected vice president of Massachusetts's top teachers' union is a longtime left-wing activist who has denounced the United States as a "fascist oligarchy," objected to national borders as a "construct of colonizers," and pushed resolutions condemning Israel as "genocidal."

Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Mallory McMorrow said she is "open" to reparations for black Americans, including "debt forgiveness" and "home ownership forgiveness."

Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner often touts his role as harbormaster of Sullivan, Maine, as proof of his "working class" bona fides, saying on his campaign website that he "serves the town of Sullivan as Harbormaster" and claiming during a February podcast interview that he's "been the harbormaster for the last two years." He actually held the role for roughly 18 months before quitting to launch his Senate campaign—and it was largely a "clerical" one, according to local records and people familiar with the position.

On the campaign trail, Michigan's left-wing Democratic Senate candidate, Abdul El-Sayed, has boasted that he "rebuilt" the troubled Wayne County Juvenile Detention Facility "from the studs" while serving as the Detroit-area county's health chief. Court filings, whistleblower reports, and state health records reviewed by the

In the wake of the U.S. strike that took out longtime Iranian terror chief Qassem Soleimani, a Reddit user posting under the handle "RevolutionaryCommie" denounced America's "ghoulish" and "disgusting" response to Soleimani's death, writing, "They are a disgraceful country." The comment earned an endorsement from left-wing Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner, who responded, "I can't disagree."

Left-wing Texas Senate candidate James Talarico says he opposes defunding the police and has a "proven track record" of supporting law enforcement. Perhaps that is true now, but in 2022, he called to slash police and prison budgets and redirect the money to social programs, a move he argued would "make prisons obsolete," video footage shows.

A cadre of left-wing strategists and Hollywood insiders with experience bringing celebrities and influencers to back Democrats quietly launched a new organization, Stage Left, dedicated to "content creation and issue amplification," corporate filings reviewed by the Washington Free Beacon show. The group's founding directors include Kamala Harris's "celebrity whisperer," Greg Propper, the man who led the Harris campaign's controversial strategy to shell out millions on celebrity appearances. His involvement indicates that Stage Left may serve as an entity through which Democrats can pay celebrities and influencers for political advocacy.