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Tree Lady

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35. The right is much better at smearing

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Fri Jun 5, 2026, 03:34 PM

7 hrs ago

And being evil than anyone in our party and we have had a few bad ones.

They are just going to get louder and louder and bring in more and more women even if they are lying, not sure what the voters will do.

Our side needs to be just as loud with all the things Collins has voted for that have hurt the state of Maine and our country.

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Lyndsey Fifield ( Platner) [View all] Passages 15 hrs ago OP

Additional: She made all her social media accounts private but here she is blatantly lying about why Rumeysa Ozturk was Passages 14 hrs ago #1

From what I've read elsewhere buzzycrumbhunger 12 hrs ago #27

None of that is related to the question of his treatment of women EdmondDantes_ 14 hrs ago #2

It's incredibly relevant. It sounds like a hit job. The NYT didn't miss it. Ray Bruns 14 hrs ago #4

Did you miss that this applies to one woman? EdmondDantes_ 14 hrs ago #14

I guess the only mystery left is why you've been spending so much time hanging out in his closet? Emile 14 hrs ago #5

Nobody is hanging out in his closet. LisaL 14 hrs ago #7

"You can stop yelling into the void now, I got the message the first three times." Emile 14 hrs ago #16

Piece work pays by the "piece " questionseverything 12 hrs ago #25

LOL Emile 4 hrs ago #36

She's a liar and a republican operative so we would be stupid to let her influence us questionseverything 12 hrs ago #24

Anyone remember Tara Reade, the former staff assistant in Biden's Senate office, who accused him of sexual assault? sop 14 hrs ago #3

How is that even remotely similar? LisaL 14 hrs ago #6

I find these stories about Platner suspiciously timed. sop 14 hrs ago #8

It's not like he is running for office or anything. LisaL 14 hrs ago #9

We can put you down as a "no" vote on Platner. sop 14 hrs ago #18

I can't vote for him even if I wanted to. LisaL 11 hrs ago #31

His other past girlfriends said he was a gentle giant and made them feel safe mainer 14 hrs ago #10

There is more than one who say he was a lousy boyfriend. LisaL 14 hrs ago #11

"Lousy boyfriend" doesn't disqualify him mainer 14 hrs ago #15

If we are judging him by Trump, then nothing disqualifies him. LisaL 14 hrs ago #17

Republicans are excellent at exacerbating any issue for character assassination. Lonestarblue 14 hrs ago #12

And there are a lot of issues that can be exacerbated here. LisaL 14 hrs ago #13

Maybe they just consider that character-building, kind of like surviving a Maine winter. Emile 13 hrs ago #19

Yay. LisaL 11 hrs ago #30

"True, but I hear he's got a great platform. Emile 9 hrs ago #33

I just saw him speak in a 2-month old clip, saying he doesn't Nixie 11 hrs ago #29

now she's claiming NYT set her up eShirl 13 hrs ago #20

Be careful. I posted about her background Nanjeanne 13 hrs ago #21

Thanks for the heads up. Passages 7 hrs ago #34

K & R Just_Vote_Dem 13 hrs ago #22

Shades of David Pecker's set-up of Gary Hart on the dock with the "Monkey Business" in the background. rubbersole 12 hrs ago #23

I early voted. Bumbles 12 hrs ago #26

Find the link between Lyndsey Fifield and Roger Stone! Chasstev365 12 hrs ago #28

Im disgusted just by the link to Moms for Liberty and their calling the SPLC a terrorist organization Nanjeanne 10 hrs ago #32

The right is much better at smearing Tree Lady 7 hrs ago #35