Top News | Rallying With Sanders, Platner Condemns ‘Corrupt Politicians and the Corporations That Bought Them’
Support independent journalism Without readers like you, we wouldn’t exist. DONATE Monday, May 25, 2026 Rallying With Sanders, Platner Condemns 'Corrupt Politicians and the Corporations That Bought Them' "We will defeat the oligarchy and the political system that it maintains," said Graham Platner. "The politics of Susan Collins." US Sen. Bernie Sanders on Sunday rallied in Orono, Maine with progressive Senate candidate Graham Platner, who called for transformative political change to reclaim the wealth that has been “stolen by corrupt politicians and the corporations that bought them.” Platner, who effectively locked up the Maine’s US Senate Democratic primary after Gov. Janet Mills exited the race last month , placed five-term incumbent Republican Sen. Susan Collins among the corrupt lawmakers who have sold out workers and advanced the interests of the billionaire class, which is shelling out mi...