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Bumbles

(587 posts)
Fri Jun 26, 2026, 08:54 PM Friday

Corruption crackdown under the "Collins Rule" thanks to Graham Platner [View all]

"Controversial candidate outrages longtime GOP senator in 'corruption crackdown' proposal"

https://www.rawstory.com/i-didnt-say-what-susan-collins-did-is-criminal-says-platner-i-said-it-should-be/

The gloves have come off.

"In a nine-page document outlining its anti-corruption agenda, Platner’s campaign writes that “no existing law” prevents the spouse of a US senator from “being enriched through winning contracts from agencies the senator oversees.”

https://static1.squarespace.com/static/6892a4b7c6b1853d62f8fbfd/t/6a3d2f37a0a43238b6b40108/1782394700918/GrahamForMaine-CorruptionPolicy.pdf

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