Damion Schubert
@zenofdesign
a longtime industry vet, I make games and lead design teams, and am looking for my next opportunity. Check out my rarely updated blog at I'm a white cis straight male (he/him), an ally albeit an occasionally imperfect one.
I'd rather Lindsey Graham's sister be a Senator for a few months than give whoever will replace him on the ticket a veneer of incumbency. (I'm assuming she won't throw her hat in THAT ring)
Just a reminder that the last polling done before the Sexual Assault allegations came out showed that Platner was 3 points behind Collins despite this. The NYTimes story is REALLY what destroyed Platner, the SA story was just the finishing blow. newrepublic.com/article/2126...
Even if the Democrats don't win Maine, they'll benefit by not having this asshole be something literally every other candidate running has to answer questions about.
People forget about this scandal but even without the rape charge and nazi tattoo, this would have been like a torpedo. It only happened 2 years ago, when he was newlywed to his wife! Texting has taken down dems before - See Anthony Weiner!
Wait, they were starting to look into bundling LAST WEEK? What were they waiting for?
Just to stress, this asshole probably cost the Democrats the Senate.
My facebook feed is, for some reason, full of flat earthers today but it also has a gold mine of responses.
In general, we should be a little more forgiving to people who were like "I didn't want to rush to judgment, who could have known". But Matt and Ken were all 'all this annoying VETTING is ruining the party, the public wants REAL MEN not NAGGING HR SMOOTHGROINS' so these two can go fuck themselves.
Sometimes, a bad tattoo *is* just a bad idea. Sometimes, an accusatory ex *is* just a vindictive liar. It happens. That's why you pay professional investigators to see if there's smoke, and if that smoke leads to fire. In short, fuck Dan Moraff in particular. www.wsj.com/politics/ele...
Michael Tracey doesn't go all antisemitic but he DOES manage to be uniquely awful and stupid in a way that only Michael Tracey can truly be.
Went back to the hellsite to find Platner takes and found this 'Springsteen doesn't understand his own songwriting' take and it's amazing.
"This is the Fault of the Centrist Democratic Establishment: Ken Klippenstein, Robert Reich, Emma Vigeland, Matt Stoller Edition"
If only there were some signs that came sooner that Platner was a non-viable candidate.