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Platner floats jailing billionaires in fiery pre-primary speech pushing far-left agenda

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Scandal-plagued Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner used a fiery pre-primary address to pitch universal health care, wealth taxes, a Green New Deal and other far-left agenda items, like floating an idea that billionaires should be jailed for looking at political ads «the wrong way» in remarks about campaign finance reform.
The comment about jailing billionaires earned the candidate backlash from his Republican critics, who pointed out some of Platner’s biggest endorsers are funded by billionaires, highlighted the «Marxist dystopian» nature of the remarks, and joked that Platner must have some sort of affinity for locking people up against their will, referring to recent allegations from an ex-girlfriend.
«We need to get money out of politics. We need to get rid of Citizens United. And, if I had my way, elections would last two months, they will be publicly funded and if a billionaire looked at a TV ad the wrong way, we’d put ‘em in jail,» Platner told a crowd of constituents Sunday night in Maine, earning applause. The comments came as Platner was laying out his far-left agenda and railing against conservatives, including calling President Donald Trump «dumb.»
«That’s one way to thank some of his own supporters for their generosity!» quipped veteran Republican strategist Colin Reed, who pointed to Platner’s prominent endorsers, like Sens. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., who received several contributions last month from billionaires like George Soros, Pat Stryker, Jon Stryker and Jennifer Pritzker, according to campaign finance watchdog OpenSecrets.
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Graham Platner, Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, speaks to an overflow crowd outside a campaign event Sunday, June 7, 2026, in Portland, Maine. (Robert F. Bukaty/AP Photo)
«Why worry about slowly slipping into a Marxist dystopia? With Graham Platner, you can sprint toward it!» Jason Savage, Executive Director of the Maine GOP, said in response to Platner’s stump speech remarks about jailing billionaires.
«Dude is big on locking people in rooms against their will, apparently,» joked CNN senior political commentator Scott Jennings, an apparent reference to recent reporting on Platner’s past romantic relationships, including one ex-girlfriend’s allegation that he once twisted her arm behind her back, pushed her into a bedroom and held the door shut from the other side. Platner has denied the allegations.
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Platner’s campaign has been dogged by controversies since he emerged as a progressive challenger in Maine’s closely watched Senate race against incumbent Republican Sen. Susan Collins, including recent complaints from multiple ex-girlfriends about his behavior during their relationships. The reports included accusations from one of Platner’s ex-girlfriends, Lyndsey Fifield, who told The New York Times about being trapped in a room by Platner during their relationship more than a decade ago.
«The Platner campaign has already spent more than $14 million and we aren’t even past the primary,» Shawn Roderick, a spokesperson for the Collins campaign told Fox News Digital. «Does Graham Platner really think that American taxpayers should be paying his high-priced political consultants and the tech billionaires who own the platforms where he does his advertising? He is floating this idea to distract from the many disturbing problems his campaign has faced over the past two weeks.»
Platner has also been facing backlash for exchanging sexually explicit messages with multiple women early in his marriage on the platform Kik. Following those reports, Platner was found to still have an active profile on Kik, an anonymous messaging app that has faced criticism from child-safety groups and law enforcement officials. The profile reportedly featured a shirtless mirror selfie of Platner with a towel around his waist, which Republican staffers later appeared to mock outside the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee by showing up in towels.
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Republican staffers, including National Republican Senatorial Committee staffers, protest outside the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee headquarters in Washington, D.C., wearing towels to mock Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner’s reported Kik profile photo. (Nicholas Ballasy/Fox News Digital)
Platner’s wife, Amy Gertner, reportedly disclosed the messages to campaign officials during an internal vetting process, and the campaign has acknowledged the messages existed while arguing the matter was addressed privately between Platner and his wife.
Meanwhile, Platner has argued that the allegations from former girlfriends are politically motivated, while his campaign has accused critics and national media outlets of focusing on private matters and personal attacks rather than the issues affecting Maine voters.
By the time those controversies hit the news, Platner had already faced scrutiny over a tattoo that critics identified as a Nazi-linked symbol, which he later covered up and said he was not aware of its meaning when he got it. One of Platner’s former staffers, Genevieve McDonald, alleged that even though Platner has said he was unaware of the symbol’s association with Nazis when he got the tattoo years ago, he has been aware of its meaning for some time.
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Platner also apologized after his old Reddit posts resurfaced in which he made a series of inflammatory comments about rape, race, political violence, police, rural Americans and military veterans. Platner has said his views have changed and that some of his past comments reflected a darker period in his life after military service.

Graham Platner, a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Maine, points to a covered tattoo that had previously been an image recognized as a Nazi symbol, during an interview on Wednesday in Portland, Me. (WGME via AP)
Fox News Digital reached out to the Platner campaign and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) for comment but did not hear back in time for publication.
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Guatemala: Las lluvias e inundaciones mantienen evacuaciones en Alta Verapaz que incluyen el Hospital

Las lluvias, las inundaciones y las evacuaciones marcaron este 11 de julio en Alta Verapaz, donde más de 7 mil personas resultaron afectadas y las autoridades mantienen la respuesta ante una emergencia que puede extenderse porque se pronostica que las precipitaciones continúen en el territorio nacional.
La Coordinadora Nacional para la Reducción de Desastres registró ese impacto en varios municipios del departamento. Los sectores más afectados son Chahal, Fray Bartolomé de las Casas y San Cristóbal Verapaz, donde el agua ingresó a viviendas y obligó a movilizar a familias enteras.
En Fray Bartolomé de las Casas, los Bomberos Municipales Departamentales continúan con las evacuaciones en barrios y comunidades anegadas. Entre las zonas señaladas por los socorristas figuran Los Laureles, La Vilmita, Santa Rosa, la comunidad Chinacobejá y el sector María del Carmen.
El traslado de los afectados se realiza hacia casas de familiares, al salón comunal del barrio La Vilmita y a la Casa de la Cultura de Fray Bartolomé de Las Casas. Las unidades de emergencia siguen desplegadas en las áreas inundadas para asistir a la población.
El Ejército de Guatemala informó que personal de la Sexta Brigada de Infantería “CAJDI” presta ayuda humanitaria dentro del Hospital Nacional de Fray Bartolomé de las Casas, en Alta Verapaz, como parte de las labores de atención derivadas de las inundaciones causadas por las lluvias intensas.
La institución indicó que estas acciones forman parte del trabajo coordinado para apoyar a la población durante la emergencia. El apoyo militar se concentra en el interior del centro asistencial, en paralelo con las tareas de rescate y evacuación que desarrollan los cuerpos de socorro en el municipio.
La emergencia también afecta la movilidad terrestre. La acumulación de lluvia dejó varios kilómetros de carretera bajo el agua en el tramo entre Chahal y Cadenas, lo que complica el paso en ese sector.
Ese cuadro responde de forma directa a la pregunta central de la emergencia: quiénes están afectados y qué está ocurriendo. En Alta Verapaz, miles de personas sufren inundaciones en sus residencias, mientras bomberos, autoridades de protección civil y personal militar sostienen evacuaciones, asistencia y atención en infraestructura pública.
Este video presenta la cobertura de una inundación. Un hombre con gorra y chaleco documenta las calles de una localidad afectadas por agua marrón y lodosa. Se observa una casa parcialmente sumergida y árboles. En las imágenes se lee «Marina #4662-227O». El hombre también viste una camiseta con la palabra ‘SUMMER’. Se aprecian objetos flotando en el agua, sugiriendo elementos de seguridad o rescate. El metraje ofrece una perspectiva directa de los efectos del desastre en la comunidad. Crédito Tono Escobar
Fuera de Alta Verapaz, el riesgo inmediato también se concentra en Izabal. Según el Instituto Nacional de Sismología, Vulcanología, Meteorología e Hidrología, los municipios de Livingston y El Estor presentan una saturación del suelo igual o superior al 90% en la capa superior, hasta 30 centímetros de profundidad.
De acuerdo con el Insivumeh, esa condición favorece que la lluvia se deslice directamente hacia ríos, riachuelos, quebradas y zanjones. El resultado es un aumento en la posibilidad de crecidas, inundaciones en distintas áreas e inestabilidad del terreno con riesgo de deslizamientos.
El organismo científico advirtió además que en esa zona del Caribe del país podrían registrarse lluvias continuas durante seis horas, un volumen que eleva de forma considerable la cantidad de agua acumulada. Por eso recomendó mantener la alerta ante crecidas e inundaciones repentinas.

El monitoreo también identifica otras áreas vulnerables, en especial la Franja Transversal del Norte y el área del río Polochic. Aun así, el mayor nivel de riesgo se ubica en los municipios caribeños mencionados por el Insivumeh.
La mañana de este sábado se informaba que la temporada de lluvias en Guatemala dejó desde el 19 de abril hasta este 11 de julio un saldo de 23.944 personas afectadas, nueve muertes y 796 emergencias atendidas, un impacto que se concentra con fuerza en Alta Verapaz y que también alcanza carreteras, puentes, escuelas y redes eléctricas, según la actualización de la Coordinadora Nacional para la Reducción de Desastres.
El informe oficial añade que 236 carreteras y 12 puentes presentan daños, junto con 18 escuelas, tres edificios públicos y nueve redes de energía eléctrica afectadas. La infraestructura golpeada acompaña un balance humano que incluye 11.589 evacuados y 616 personas albergadas.
La CONRED reportó además 5,448 familias afectadas y 4,875 damnificadas. El organismo registró tres personas heridas, siete hospitalizadas y cuatro desaparecidas en incidentes asociados a las condiciones climáticas.

Las viviendas figuran entre los daños más extendidos de la época lluviosa. De 5.056 casas con algún nivel de afectación, 4.533 sufrieron daño moderado, 232 daño leve y 110 daño grave, mientras 181 permanecen en riesgo y hasta el corte del reporte no se consignaban viviendas destruidas.
La Municipalidad de Fray Bartolomé de las Casas, Alta Verapaz, informó que se mantiene la Alerta Roja Municipal debido a las intensas lluvias registradas en la región. Como parte de las acciones de prevención y respuesta, se prepara la movilización de ayuda humanitaria destinada a las familias afectadas.
Los equipos municipales continúan desplegados en las áreas urbana y rural, coordinando esfuerzos con instituciones de respuesta para atender las emergencias y dar seguimiento a las necesidades de la población.
Las autoridades recomiendan a la población informarse únicamente a través de los canales oficiales, evitar cruzar ríos o zonas inundadas y seguir las indicaciones emitidas por las entidades responsables.
Para reportar emergencias o solicitar asistencia, se encuentran habilitados los siguientes números:
- 1554 – Línea gratuita
- 3859-4861 – Atención y reporte de emergencias
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Gunfire shatters Toronto Latin street festival, leaving at least 2 dead and multiple wounded

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The Toronto Police Service is investigating after gunfire broke out Saturday night at a large Latin street festival in Midtown Toronto, leaving at least two people dead and four others wounded.
Police said they received reports of a shooting at St. Clair Avenue West and Arlington Avenue at 8:12 p.m. local time and discovered an active shooter situation.
First responders found six people suffering from gunshot wounds, officials said. Two of the victims were pronounced dead at the scene.
Police responded to a fatal shooting Saturday night in Toronto.
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It is unclear what led to the shooting, and authorities said suspect(s) are still «outstanding.»
Following the shooting, the Toronto Transit Commission suspended train stops at the nearby St. Clair West station on Line 1 Yonge-University due to what officials described as a «security incident.»
Regular transit service has since resumed.

It is unclear what led to the shooting, as of 9:30 p.m. local time. (Getty Images)
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Authorities urged the public to avoid the area and follow all directives from police at the scene.
The TD Salsa on St. Clair Festival, Toronto’s biggest Latin culture celebration, was celebrating its 22nd annual event in Toronto’s Hillcrest Village.

Toronto Police are investigating the shooting, though no arrests have been announced. (Andrew Francis Wallace / Contributor)
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