“While Susan Collins’ campaign is backed by billionaire donors, our campaign is built on a movement funded by the people, with an average donation of $26,” said Graham Platner’s campaign manager.
A new analysis of campaign finance data shows that nearly 100 billionaires and their spouses have contributed to Republican Sen. Susan Collins’ reelection bid so far, funneling nearly $10 million to the incumbent’s campaign committee and PACs supporting her effort to fend off progressive challenger Graham Platner.
The Maine Monitor on Thursday published a list of billionaires who have donated to Collins and Platner, who has called his Republican opponent a “corrupt” protector and beneficiary of an oligarchic political system.
The outlet noted that Collins’ billionaire donation total “stands in stark contrast with the fundraising of her opponent… whose campaign has mostly attracted smaller amounts of funds but from many more people.”
Cash wasted on liars and traitors. Are the Maine voters dumb enough to keep her in office?
The cost of election campaigns in the US is just ridiculous. How/why does it cost millions/billions of dollars to run for public office?
The cost comes from running ad campaigns on all media types, which are unfortunately shown effective, and PAC groups can unfortunately spend unlimited money attacking the opposition.
Kill the rich, save the poor. Taxation, is not enough for the current era. There must be justice for the crimes committed. Once they are dead, then we can figure out how to run the world without capitalism. Untill then, the elimination of the ultra-rich by any means should be the goal. Everything else is noise.
Seems like a short sighted plan. Not much changed after what happened to the CEO of UHC insurance.
It directly resulted in thousands of claims being granted that would otherwise have been denied, literally saving thousands of lives. It got my dad’s heart surgery approved.
Maybe not long term, but there was a noticeable uptick in claims being approved from what I recall. Whether you think Luigi was right or wrong, it’s hard to deny people are alive today because of him.
It’ll hit different when it’s all of them. 1 ceo death is not enough for change. Now go take your noise somewhere else.
It’s cute you think the problem can be solved by wiping them out. You’re either naive or ignorant to the way things work. Either way I don’t want to be a part of this conversation anymore so I’ll just stop completely with my noise.
a solution without wiping them out won’t solve the problem.
I call it the house cleaning fallacy. “Cleaning the house doesn’t solve the problem of things getting dirty”
Exactly. I feel like a lot of the people who are not in agreement with me on this issue are being short sited and impractical.
It would be nice to have a post-conflict plan TBH. But yeah, whatever the plan, that would be step 1
post conflict plan is socialist reconstruction & infrastructure but most liberals aren’t ready to accept that yet, they’d rather have oligarchy because it means they won’t have to give up their gentrified apartment
No, you see, when I’m in charge, everything will be peachy! It’s the other oligarchs that are the problem.
It’s socialism or barbarism but they got you thinking they are the same things
Honestly, I think the 2nd biggest reason for the opposition to socialism, is change. People don’t like breaking habit, even if it is extremely bad for them. Better the demon you know, than a angel you don’t.
We need term limits in Congress.
No. 40 years ago we needed term limits in congress. An ounce of prevention on time is worth a shipping container of 7.68 when the problem has gotten stupid.
The best time to plant a tree, and all that…
7.62 ?
I could swear that’s what I typed. Or I’ve been playing a video game with different numbers? Who’s to say.
You need a lot more than that, American
The election won’t change anything. Republicans will remain in power, the Tr*mp family will establish a ruling dynasty, and Democrats will express moderate concern.
BUT these Billionaires CARE about Us! THATS why they’re FORCING us to Invest ALL OUR RETIREMENT into Their Companies so they can be Trillionaires!
But you can’t shop lift! Think about the employees and small business people who will suffer!
Hey, now. Susan Collins is very concerned about all the billionaire money in politics. Very concerned. Almost very, very concerned. Right on the edge.
She’s not happy about it, but in the end, after wrestling with her conscience, she will take their money, but she’s not happy about it, and she’ll do whatever they tell her to do, but she’s not happy about it.
She must be a very unhappy woman.
Those pearls don’t clutch themselves.
Does Stephen King’s recommendation carry any weight? Has he made a statement regarding this? Maybe he’s smart to stay out of it.
He appears to have endorsed Platner:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_United_States_Senate_election_in_Maine#Endorsements_2
The Epstein Island pedophile Stephen King who wrote CSEM multiple times?
Not that one. The one who is a bestselling author. That one.
Right, the one who insisted the Epstein files weren’t real, and also wrote about child sex.
& none of “em wanna see her nekkid.
Let them waste their money. Mainers are not stupid. Can’t be said for my home state of CA unfortunately…
She must be just as much of the people as pelosi, right?
/s
WTF?
Let’s interview everyone that has a grudge with Susan Collins.
No? We can only interview every ex girlfriend, guy that’s willing to say something negative, and Republican friend of a friend that knows the grassroots guy. Huh, I wonder why.
billionaires who made their money in alternative investments, including hedge funds and private equity."
Wut. Since when are hedge funds alternative investments?
They’re alternative to any investments we’re allowed to make. All we can do is stick our money in the bank for .5% interest with inflation over 4%, or toss our money into the stock market whirlpool for the wealthy to swallow.
ETFs, mutual funds, forex, precious metals, cryptocurrency…
Planter was the only candidate whose website had the word “genocide” so he got my vote
I thought she dropped out?
That was Janet Mills, the current Governor. She was also running in the race to unseat Collins’ run for a seventh term as Senator.
