# Graham Platner’s bizarre origin story; Dems fight ICE by building a wall; Jaxson Dart and the heckler’s veto

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Podcast: [10 Minute Drill](https://stenobird.com/podcast/10-minute-drill-7228376)
Published: 2026-05-27T09:00:00+00:00
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Graham Platner positioned himself as a working-class Maine veteran ready to take on the establishment. So why did his father give him $200,000 to buy his first house? Why did GQ profile him weeks before he even filed to run? Why did the New York Times write a feature on him before he even announced? And why does the same political consultant who worked for Fetterman and is now working for Zohran Mamdani keep showing up in his orbit? We break down the full Platner operation — and why it looks a lot less like populism and a lot more like the Beto O'Rourke playbook dressed up in Carhartt. Meanwhile Democrats are running from Platner faster than he can cash his donor checks. Elizabeth Warren — silent. Chuck Schumer — silent. Hakeem Jeffries — "haven't seen those posts." Cory Booker — "not been following." Jake Auchincloss essentially endorsed Susan Collins in a safe D+11 seat. The party that built Platner is now pretending he doesn't exist. In New Jersey, anti-ICE protesters outside Delaney Hall in Newark are building an autonomous zone — digging up cement blocks to physically blockade vehicle access to the detention facility. You might even say they're building a wall. Rep. Mikie Sherrill tried to visit and was turned away. We break down what's actually happening inside and outside the facility. Iran update: U.S. forces destroyed IRGC ships attempting to lay new mines in the Strait of Hormuz over the weekend. Talks are ongoing but the IRGC is making clear why peace negotiations aren't simple. We explain what "defensive in nature" actually means in this context. This week's Waste, Fraud & Abuse Wednesday: the numbers that should make every taxpayer's blood pressure spike. And Jaxson Dart introduced President Trump at a recent event — and is now getting torched by sports me…

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