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Bluetus

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8. Who do you think is behind the smear campaign?
Thu Jun 4, 2026, 10:25 PM
Jun 4

So many possibilities. Certainly AIPAC would be at the front of the line. Republicans would rather see Mills as the opponent, so they are candidates. But Platner has also been clear about the corruption that comes from money flowing into Dem pockets too. There are obviously a lot of Dems (including many here) who wish he did not exist.

That's just for starters. Anybody in the Military Industrial Complex should be afraid of Platner's message catching on, because he is basically saying we are making up most of these wars because it is so profitable to build ultra-expensive weapon systems that might have been good ideas in 1970 but make no sense in 2026.

And so on.

Probably all of the above and more. And mostly the same people who tried to stop Mamdani.

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