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Secret Podcast Preview: We Were Right About Everything. That's Why They Hate Us.

2026-05-09 News & Politics
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The full episode is available exclusively to paid members of The Bulwark. Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/vPXh8r2kQ2c Watch on Substack: https://www.thebulwark.com/p/the-platner-variations?r=9bvpx Sarah and JVL had a big show planned for you. Lots of different subjects. Important news. Funny stories. The whole nine. And then everything derailed as they went SUPER deep on Graham Platner and the meta-debate about him. If you think Platner has electoral upside, you love Nazis. If you have concerns about Platner’s populism, you’re a closet Republican. The internet has spoken! It’s a whole thing. Also: This marks the first time in the history of the show that Sarah read JVL’s piece and JVL . . . didn’t even realize Sarah had written something? The shoe is on the other foot, my pretties! Read JVL’s Triad newsletter: https://www.thebulwark.com/s/thetriad Read Sarah’s 'The Man Behind the Tatoo': https://www.thebulwark.com/p/the-man-behind-the-tattoo-graham-platner-maine-democrat-focus-group Become a Bulwark Youtube Plus Member here - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCG4Hp1KbGw4e02N7FpPXDgQ/join ON SALE NOW: Bulwark Live is coming to San Diego on May 20 and Los Angeles on May 21. Just announced! We’re adding some chatty friends to the lineups for both shows. Grab your seats now to join Sarah, Tim and Sam for an evening of politics among friends and keep an eye on https://TheBulwark.com/Events for more announcements.

Top Comments (10)

@RatPatrol62 2026-05-09

Come on, it’s him or Susan Ciollins…..is it really that hard of a choice??

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@coloradoterroir8736 2026-05-09

I lived in Maine for a few years. Graham Platner is the state of Maine personified.

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@debrakron9049 2026-05-09

The big difference is that Plattner has owned his past and grown from it!

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@TrainingMagician 2026-05-09

It’s incredibly simple. People want to elect politicians that will operate in their interest also known as a representative government. That’s it

115 11 replies
@raysunshine830 2026-05-09

I would love a Mark Carney too, that would mean universal healthcare and folks won’t go broke paying for cancer treatments.

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@HBuck-l4e 2026-05-09

Traveling in Maine this week from NYS, I've yet to see one Susan Collins sign. Graham Platner signs all over, back roads, small towns up the coast....I hope to see signs in upstate NY for the farmer, Blake Gendebien when I return to NY. A change is coming to protect American workers, farmers, ordinary Americans.

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@daveethridge7342 2026-05-09

I like Platner. I'm friends with some war veterans. They go through rough times and say messed up things. But they get in a better place and change their opinions. I'm not voting for him, because I live in Missouri. I hate what our Republican leaders do here.

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@maryharris8050 2026-05-09

7:43 Funny story — my husband was in the Marine Corps in WWII, he was in China and thought he was pretty savvy about Chinese culture. A fellow Chinese guy gave him a ring with a Chinese word he was told was a compliment. Later, back in the states, he found out that the word meant, “loud mouth.” Perfect!

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@lewisbeshers1946 2026-05-09

One name, Strom Thurmond. Conservatism was a veil for turning the clock back before the VRA.

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@dilkry 2026-05-09

I realized in the mid 90s that the Republican party never cared about character. They cared about the spectacle. They said they cared about character when it came to Clinton but that was just so they could launch into the spectacle. If Republicans cared about character, people like Rush Limbaugh would not have gotten as popular as he did. Republicans care more about the show than about policy. Keep the show running, distract the people and pick their pockets clean.

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