Platner’s Rise and Fall Revives Old Questions About ‘Bernie Bros’ and Women

The collapse of Graham Platner’s Senate bid in Maine after a rape allegation renewed attention to a movement built by Senator Bernie Sanders that some say is too forgiving of male misconduct.

By Patricia Mazzei and Kellen Browning

As Democrats pick up the pieces after Graham Platner, many wonder: how did this happen?

The former US Senate candidate’s spectacular fall has upended the Maine Senate race and left voters fuming at the party Almost exactly one year ago, Graham Platner, who has no political experience, was cherry-picked by out-of-state political activists. According to a person familiar with the campaign, Daniel Moraff and Leanne Fan, who have made a name for themselves by recruiting populist candidates across the country, traveled to Maine and rented a house near Platner’s home in Sullivan to co...

By Shrai Popat

Inside the slapdash Platner vetting job that ignored warnings before bid blew up: source

A source says Dan Moraff and Morris Katz repeatedly ignored their vetting firm's warnings that the Maine Senate candidate needed deeper investigation.

The Graham Platner Affair

A post mortem of the successful effort to end Graham Platner's Senate bid and any future in politics.

By Yves Smith