He did not lie about which tattoo prohibited him from reenlisting in the Marines in 09. In fact he corroborated that multiple times. He also did not sign a review by 7/1/07 of a deadhead tattoo he didn't even have at the time. That tattoo was later screened and passed by multiple other branches.
He did not even have the deadhead chest tattoo when that deadline on the sleeve tattoo guidance went into effect, he got it on shore leave from his 3rd tour that deployed in July of 07. My point is that all the major points by "capitolhunters" are bullshit.
The policy that changed in 2007 was a Marine ban on sleeve and forearm tattoos, and in order to be grandfathered in, his needed to be documented and measured in his SRB by 7/1/07 by his commanding officer. His was not, so when he went to reenlist in 09, it was taken as new.
They claim that he had to have lied about knowing the meaning of a tattoo he didn’t even have at the time, based on being completely wrong about what that MarAdmin says needs to happen to grandfather in banned sleeve and forearm tattoos, like the MC emblem that wasn’t in his SRB.
One more. The crackpot claim that—because this account is wrong about the 07 MarAdmin banning sleeve tattoos—it must’ve been his chest tat that was documented and reviewed by July 1 is wrong, because his third tour didn’t even start until July, and he got the tattoo on shore leave later on.
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Because it covered his forearm, and this was a uniform regulation by the Marine Corps to ban sleeve tattoos. He needed to have it documented in his service file by 7/1/07 to grandfather it in. Policy was subsequently canceled in 2016.
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They claim that there is absolutely no record of him from 2017, and call it “missing 2017.” It took me like 3 minutes back in October to find his mom talking about visiting him down in DC and them marching together in the first Women’s March. His campaign even passed around a pic of this at a rally!
They claim that *after the tattoo story broke,* he went on @podsaveamerica.crooked.com to do damage control and “lie” about it. Even that claim isn’t true — he broke the tattoo story himself on the POD, wedding vid and all, to get ahead of it, because it was being shopped around to outlets.
Grahamforsenate.com used to be run as an anti-Lindsey Graham splash page that redirected to the Jaime Harrison campaign, back in 2020. After that cycle it became public and was parked by domains by proxy (company run GoDaddy’s founder). Fun fact, Harrison has been openly supporting Mills.
This doc linked in this thread claims three times that he registered the domain for grahamforsenate.com in 2023. This is stupid. It was parked by Godaddy’s domain registrar, and registrant roles were amended on July 29, 2025 — 2 days after he was recruited at his house in ME.
Like the Marines, the Army, National Guard, and State Department (contract security) all have similar policies prohibiting hate symbol tattoos, and in each case he was subjected to and passed their screening. The one he didn’t pass was about his marine emblem sleeve tattoo on his right arm.
The thread/doc then claims, wrongly, that as a result of MarAdmin 198-07, he would’ve had to document and sign off on his chest tattoo back in 07, because it wrongly believes that the sleeve tattoos were grandfathered as is (that MarAdmin is an amendment about sleeve tattoos!). That’s wrong.
He corroborated that account on his anonymous Reddit as far back as 12 years ago, back in 2014. He had no incentive to fudge the facts on this anonymous more than a decade ago, and that’s remarkable consistency.
This is while he was on his third deployment. In fact, he posted from his anonymous Reddit account back in 2019, corroborating that his forearm MC emblem tattoo being left off his service file is the specific reason he was denied when he tried to reenlist. In other words, it wasn’t grandfathered in.
It claims that Platner “lied” about which tattoo (forearm) barred him from reenlisting in the Marines in 09 by incorrectly asserting that the 07 MarAdmin 198-07 unconditionally grandfathered-in those sleeve tattoos. It didn’t. It required them to be documented in his service file by July 1, 2007.
This thread is Nick Shirley level analysis, but for liberals. So, it’s disappointing—but not a shocker to see it take off in this slop pit. It gets a couple of basic central facts completely wrong, and then weaves a stupid conspiracy based on this willful misunderstanding. I’ll break it down: 1/
The primary is in 3 months. He's polling ahead of both Collins and Mills, and seems to be running a remarkably good campaign –– according to pretty much everyone other than people trapped in this place.
It was not a mistake to go on that veteran podcast. It was very good, and people should actually watch it. It was a utterly insignificant campaign comms mistake to quote tweet a viral cspan SOTU clip (bipartisan applause for an Iran strike) that was reposted by a bad account.
CASE 0:26-mj-00040-LMP-DLM Doc. 22 Filed 01/23/26 Page 1 of 9 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF MINNESOTA UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, Criminal No. 26-mj-40 (DLM) ORDER NEKIMA VALDEZ LEVY-ARMSTRONG a/k/a "Nekima Valdez Levy-Pounds"; and CHAUNTYLL LOUISA ALLEN, Defendants. Robert Keenan and Orlando Sonza, United States Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Washington, D.C., for Plaintiff. Jordan S. Kushner, Law Office of Jordan S. Kushner, Minneapolis, MN, for Defendant Nekima Valdez Levy-Armstrong. Jill Anna Brisbois, The JAB Firm, Minneapolis, MN, for Defendant Chauntyll Louisa Allen. This matter comes before the Court on the United States' application and motion for emergency stay and for review and revocation of U.S. Magistrate Judge Douglas L. Micko's release orders. ECF Nos. 7, 17. Because the United States fails to meet its burden to demonstrate that a detention hearing is warranted, or that detention is otherwise appropriate, the Court denies the motion.
ORDER Based on the foregoing, and on all of the files, records, and proceedings herein, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 1. The United States' Application for Review or Reconsideration of Order Setting Conditions of Release or Detention (18 U.S.C. § 3142) and Request for Hearing (ECF No. 7) and Motion for Emergency Stay and for Review and Revocation of Release Orders (ECF No. 17) are DENIED. 2. Defendants are hereby ORDERED RELEASED under 18 U.S.C. § 3142(c). 3. Defendants are ORDERED to comply with two additional conditions of release (7)(d)* and (7)(e) in the Orders Setting Conditions of Release (ECF Nos. 12 and 15). 4. Defendants are ORDERED to certify their compliance with the additional conditions of release no later than 5:00 p.m. on January 26, 2026, by filing a declaration on CM/ECF. Dated: January 23, 2026 s/Laura M. Provinzino Laura M. Provinzino United States District Judge
Minute Entry for proceedings held before Magistrate Judge Shannon G. Elkins: Initial Appearance and Detention Hearing under 3142(f) as to William Scott Kelly held on 1/23/2026. Counsel to be appointed. Government moves for a detention hearing. Counsel argues as to the setting of a detention hearing under 18 USC 3142(f)(2). Governments motion is Denied. The Court finds a detention hearing is not authorized. Personal Recognizance Bond set with conditions, see Order Setting Conditions of Release. Government moves to STAY the order. Denied. Next appearance date is TBD before a U.S. Magistrate Judge for: Preliminary hrg. Government moves to unseal the case. Granted. Oral Rule(f) Brady notice read on the record. Consular notice read on the record. (Court Reporter Paula Richter) (LEG) (Entered: 01/23/2026) ORDER Setting Conditions of Release as to William Scott Kelly. Signed by Magistrate Judge Shannon G. Elkins on 1/23/2026. (LEG) (Entered: 01/23/2026) Personal Recognizance Bond Entered as to William Scott Kelly. Signed by Magistrate Judge Shannon G. Elkins on 1/23/2026. (LEG) (Entered: 01/23/2026)
All three people arrested by the feds in connection with the protest at the ICE pastor's church — Nekima Levy-Armstrong, Chauntyll Allen, and William Kelly — have now been ordered released.
Judge's order as to the first two: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
They weren't playing chess by teeing up another vote in a year, a few days ago, they were desperately angling to cave.
A tweet with pictures of Graham protesting in Washington, D.C.: Look who I found. Apparently, back in March - before any talk of a run, this guy got on a bus with a bunch of local organizers from Maine, and headed down to DC to try and fight against the GOP's evisceration of Medicaid and cuts to reproductive healthcare.
You got me.
It's a very smart piece. Godspeed to you for sharing it on here though. lol
didn’t realize when i posted this that kristol would actually turn into a rare brave voice for trans rights
nothing a little extra tariffs on [throws a dart at a map and spins a wheel for a rate] couldn’t solve
This is 100% certainly his sibling.
Bill Belichick finally reading the strings half a year after his zoomer girlfriend bought him this hoodie.
go figure, on the day the NYT chronicles the owner’s extensive drug problems
Why would reminding the public that they’re all a bunch of cowardly self-interested liars help “regain the trust”?
I remember getting a Tesla early on & ppl with W Bush bumper stickers would yell at me at red lights.
Then after Musk revealed himself as a Nazi I got rid of it & now right wing extremists r willing to kill for Tesla.
The names/ideologies are all just fronting for naked animal desire for power.
