Graham Platner: The Rape Allegation, the Six Day Deadline, and the Maine Senate Meltdown

Graham Platner: The Rape Allegation, the Six Day Deadline, and the Maine Senate Meltdown

Graham Platner was beating Susan Collins in the Maine Senate race. Then Jenny Racicot went on the record with Politico and CNN alleging he raped her in 2021, backed by therapist emails, texts, and disclosures that predate his campaign by years. Within 24 hours, Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Ro Khanna, Chuck Schumer, and the Maine Democratic Party all told him to get out. He denies everything. And he has until July 13 to decide. Robin breaks down the whole ugly thing: what Racicot alleges happened that night and why the paper trail put it over the edge for a certified skeptic. The baggage that was already there, from the Totenkopf tattoo to the Reddit posts to the Blackwater successor company nobody talks about correctly. Why smear campaigns are real AND why this isn't one. Stephen King's terrible take. Why establishment Democrats are not the heroes here, and why the progressive left, from DSA to Bernie world, has a vetting crisis it can no longer afford. Plus the six day ballot deadline, the replacement scramble (Troy Jackson, Nirav Shah, Shenna Bellows), and what has to happen for Democrats to keep this seat competitive against Susan Collins. Smears are real. So is rape. Both things can be true, and nobody in American politics seems to be able to hold two thoughts at once. Topics: Graham Platner allegations, Jenny Racicot, Maine Senate race 2026, Susan Collins, Bernie Sanders, Graham Platner drop out, Democratic primary, DSA candidates, progressive politics, candidate vetting, Politico investigation, Senate majority Support the show and keep it independent: patreon.com search "We Saw the Devil" Everything else: wesawthedevil.com Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/we-saw-the-devil-unfiltered-political-analysis--4433638/support [https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/we-saw-the-devil-unfiltered-political-analysis--4433638/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss]. Website: http://www.wesawthedevil.com [http://www.wesawthedevil.com] Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/wesawthedevil [http://www.patreon.com/wesawthedevil] Discord: https://discord.gg/X2qYXdB4 [https://discord.gg/X2qYXdB4] Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/WeSawtheDevil [http://www.twitter.com/WeSawtheDevil] Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/wesawthedevilpodcast [http://www.instagram.com/wesawthedevilpodcast]. TikTok: tiktok.com/@robin_wstd [http://www.tiktok.com/@robin_wstd]

July 4th: America's Empty Birthday and the Kamala Question

America turned 250 and the party flopped. ecord 102 degree heat, a lightning evacuation of the National Mall, and a president speaking to rows of empty chairs after 11 p.m., where he misquoted the Declaration of Independence at the document's own birthday party. Then came 850,000 fireworks, a Code Red air quality alert, briefly the worst air of any major city on Earth, and a 100+ post Truth Social meltdown featuring attacks on a federal judge, pool water, and a Home Alone 2 throwback. Meanwhile, hundreds of masked Patriot Front members marched through DC with Confederate flags, and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum declined, three times, to condemn them. But that's only 25% of the show. The main event: Kamala Harris is running for president, and the receipts say so. The private call to Zohran Mamdani. The closed-door meeting with AOC. The outreach to Uncommitted Movement co-founder Abbas Alawieh and James Zogby. The policy briefings on China, AI, and Venezuela. She hasn't announced, but nobody schedules Venezuela briefings for fun. So this episode does something radical: it talks about Kamala Harris fairly. The real prosecutor record vs. the meme (1,956 marijuana convictions, 45 state prison sentences, and the reentry program that became a national model), alongside the criticisms that deserve daylight: the truancy law, the Kevin Cooper case, the cash bail brief. The Gaza record, why the skepticism is earned, and why the meetings are the cheap part. The DNC autopsy that blamed her for a loss engineered above her head while never once printing the word Gaza. The double standards no male politician has ever been handed. And the difference between accountability and self-sabotage, because one produces a nominee and the other produces a corpse with great quote tweets. Politics is not fantasy casting. If the choice is flawed competence or the fire, pretending they weigh the same is how the house burns down. I n this episode: * The America 250 faceplant: heat, evacuations, empty seats, and the 422,000 claim * The Declaration of Independence quote that doesn't exist * 850,000 fireworks and DC's Code Red morning after * The 67-posts-in-two-hours spiral and the attacks on Judge Sparkle Sooknanan * Patriot Front marches while a cabinet secretary calls it "messy democracy" * Quick hits: Trump's FIFA phone call and Mallory McMorrow exits the Michigan Senate race * The evidence Kamala Harris is running in 2028 * The prosecutor record, the weed numbers, and what the meme leaves out * Gaza: the criticism that carries real weight, and what to watch for * The DNC autopsy and the Double Standard Olympics * Why smart matters after years of vibes-based governance * Accountability vs. purity testing, and the Michigan primary test case ANNOUNCEMENT: True crime is back, and it's on the Patreon. Sign up and every month you'll get a real, physical postcard mailed from the city where that month's case took place. At the end of the month, the full episode drops for patrons. The first case is already picked, and it's one I'll be following for months, so you'll be riding shotgun in real time. Join at patreon.com/wesawthedevil so you don't miss the first postcard. Follow the show: Twitter: @wesawthedevil | TikTok: @robin_wstd | Instagram: @wesawthedevilpodcast | Personal IG: @robin_wstd | Facebook: wesawthedevil | Everything else: wesawthedevil.com Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/we-saw-the-devil-unfiltered-political-analysis--4433638/support [https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/we-saw-the-devil-unfiltered-political-analysis--4433638/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss]. Website: http://www.wesawthedevil.com [http://www.wesawthedevil.com] Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/wesawthedevil [http://www.patreon.com/wesawthedevil] Discord: https://discord.gg/X2qYXdB4 [https://discord.gg/X2qYXdB4] Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/WeSawtheDevil [http://www.twitter.com/WeSawtheDevil] Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/wesawthedevilpodcast [http://www.instagram.com/wesawthedevilpodcast]. TikTok: tiktok.com/@robin_wstd [http://www.tiktok.com/@robin_wstd]

America's 4th of July Curse (60% of Founding Presidents Died on It)

Three presidents died on the 4th of July. Two of them on the same day, five hours apart, on the 50th anniversary of the Declaration, to the day. Tomorrow is the 250th...and the octogenarian we have in office is supposed to give a 2 hour+ speech in the 105 degree sun.  At least 2 episodes per week.  Support the show with no ads and no sponsors: patreon.com/wesawthedevil [http://www.patreon.com/wesawthedevil] Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/we-saw-the-devil-unfiltered-political-analysis--4433638/support [https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/we-saw-the-devil-unfiltered-political-analysis--4433638/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss]. Website: http://www.wesawthedevil.com [http://www.wesawthedevil.com] Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/wesawthedevil [http://www.patreon.com/wesawthedevil] Discord: https://discord.gg/X2qYXdB4 [https://discord.gg/X2qYXdB4] Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/WeSawtheDevil [http://www.twitter.com/WeSawtheDevil] Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/wesawthedevilpodcast [http://www.instagram.com/wesawthedevilpodcast]. TikTok: tiktok.com/@robin_wstd [http://www.tiktok.com/@robin_wstd]

SCOTUS Rulings Day 2: Birthright, Big Money, and Trans Athletes

The Court's last day of the term, and they emptied the clip. Birthright citizenship survives. Campaign finance gets gutted. Trans girls get banned from girls' sports. One win, one robbery, and one where I break from my own side and tell you why. I read every page so you don't have to. Real case for and against all three, then a Reality Check on what these rulings actually do to this country. Spoiler: the one nobody's talking about is the one that's going to cost you the most. Cases: Trump v. Barbara. NRSC v. FEC. The Idaho and West Virginia sports cases. Thomas cited Dred Scott thirty-one times. In 2026. We get into it. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/we-saw-the-devil-unfiltered-political-analysis--4433638/support [https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/we-saw-the-devil-unfiltered-political-analysis--4433638/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss]. Website: http://www.wesawthedevil.com [http://www.wesawthedevil.com] Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/wesawthedevil [http://www.patreon.com/wesawthedevil] Discord: https://discord.gg/X2qYXdB4 [https://discord.gg/X2qYXdB4] Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/WeSawtheDevil [http://www.twitter.com/WeSawtheDevil] Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/wesawthedevilpodcast [http://www.instagram.com/wesawthedevilpodcast]. TikTok: tiktok.com/@robin_wstd [http://www.tiktok.com/@robin_wstd]

SCOTUS Rulings Day One: Trump Didn’t Become King. SCOTUS Became His Landlord.

Today was not “Trump becomes king.” That’s too simple, too tidy, and frankly too flattering to the man currently dry-humping a football he doesn’t realize is on a leash. On this episode of We Saw the Devil, Robin breaks down the Supreme Court’s decision day and the story most of the coverage is already getting wrong: Trump did gain power, yes. But the Court gained something bigger. It kept the keys. The centerpiece is Trump v. Slaughter, where the Supreme Court torched a ninety-one-year-old rule protecting independent agency officials from being fired just because the president finds them annoying, inconvenient, or insufficiently obedient. That decision did not just weaken the FTC. It cracked open the entire independent-agency structure and dragged the unitary executive theory out of the Federalist Society basement and into the law of the land. But the real twist is this: the Court did not simply hand Trump a crown. It handed him a lease. From Trump v. Cook, where the Court blocked his attempted firing of Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook for now, to the mail-in ballot ruling, to E. Jean Carroll’s surviving verdict, to the Medicaid work requirement lawsuit, the pattern is the same. The Court is not retreating. It is positioning itself as the final landlord of the executive branch. Trump got more power. The Court kept control. This episode covers: * The Supreme Court’s decision in Trump v. Slaughter * The end of the ninety-one-year protection from Humphrey’s Executor * Why independent agencies like the FTC, FCC, SEC, and NLRB are now in danger * The unitary executive theory and how a once-fringe legal idea became majority doctrine * Why Trump v. Cook is not the clean “Trump loss” people want it to be * How the Court protected Lisa Cook while keeping the door open for future Fed fights * The mail-in ballot ruling and why the win still comes with a warning label * E. Jean Carroll’s verdict surviving Trump’s latest appeal * The new Medicaid work requirement fight and how bureaucracy becomes a weapon * Sotomayor’s dissent, “chaos will follow,” and the undefined exceptions that give the Court even more power * What is still coming tomorrow: birthright citizenship, transgender athlete bans, and campaign finance Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/we-saw-the-devil-unfiltered-political-analysis--4433638/support [https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/we-saw-the-devil-unfiltered-political-analysis--4433638/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss]. Website: http://www.wesawthedevil.com [http://www.wesawthedevil.com] Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/wesawthedevil [http://www.patreon.com/wesawthedevil] Discord: https://discord.gg/X2qYXdB4 [https://discord.gg/X2qYXdB4] Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/WeSawtheDevil [http://www.twitter.com/WeSawtheDevil] Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/wesawthedevilpodcast [http://www.instagram.com/wesawthedevilpodcast]. TikTok: tiktok.com/@robin_wstd [http://www.tiktok.com/@robin_wstd]