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Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner was reportedly aware of the Nazi-affiliation of his skull and crossbones chest tattoo, despite recent claims that he had never faced negative accusations regarding it until he ran for office, according to Jewish Insider. “He said, ‘Oh, this is my Totenkopf,’” an acquaintance recalls Platner telling him at Tune Inn, a Capitol Hill Bar where Platner worked, in 2012. “He said it in a cutesy little way,” the individual said. Platner said at the time that he was aware of what the symbol meant when he got the tattoo, though he has denied knowing the meaning at other times, Jewish Insider reported. Platner has since gotten a new tattoo to cover the symbol, the Associated Press reported Wednesday. Graham Platner shows off cover-up tattoo of Nazi symbol in interview with local Maine news outlet: https://t.co/MMPvw57zzz pic.twitter.com/JaUYLjuM41 — Politics & Poll Tracker ? (@PollTracker2024) October 22, 2025 The report came after Platner attempted to explain the tattoo on “Pod Save America” on Monday. “I am not a secret Nazi,” Platner said on the podcast. “Actually, if you read through my Reddit comments I think you can pretty much figure out where I stand on Nazism and antisemitism and racism in general. I would say, lifelong opponent.” Platner, who has been endorsed by Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT), further added that he was “very inebriated” on leave in Croatia while on a deployment for the Marines in 2007, and “we chose a terrifying-looking skull and crossbones off the wall” while at the tattoo shop. “We got those and then we all moved on with our lives,” he said. Join us now during our exclusive Deal of the Decade. Get everything for $7 a month. Not as fans. As fighters. Go to DailyWire.com/Subscribe to join now. “At no point in this entire experience of my life not once did anybody say ‘Hey, you’re a Nazi.’ It never came up, until we got wind that in the opposition research somebody was shopping the idea that I was secret Nazi with a hidden Nazi tattoo. And I can honestly say that if I was trying to hide it, I have not been doing a very good job for the past 18 years,” Platner continued. Platner has been under fire since a number of his Reddit posts were revealed, including one where he referred to cops as “bastards” and described himself as a “communist.” Axios reported that in a 2020 Reddit post Platner said he had the term “antifa super soldier” on “armor” he owned. His former political director, Genevieve McDonald, who quit just days ago, called him out in a Facebook post in light of the tattoo scandal. “Graham has an antisemitic tattoo on his chest. He’s not an idiot, he’s a military history buff. Maybe he didn’t know it when he got it, but he got it years ago and he should have had it covered up because he knows damn well what it means,” McDonald wrote, The Maine Wire reported. Platner is currently facing Democrat Governor Janet Mills in a primary, the winner of which will face incumbent Sen. Susan Collins, a Republican, in a closely watched 2026 race.

A watchdog organization on Wednesday warned parents across the country about the significant dangers of allowing kids unfiltered access to popular online platforms that could expose them to sexual predators or even foreign terrorist groups.  The American Parents Coalition issued a “Lookout” to parents, encouraging them to be vigilant about what their children have access to. The Lookout, which is texted to parents across the country, comes ahead of a House Oversight Committee hearing where executives from platforms like Discord and Twitch have been called to testify about the “radicalization of online forum users.” “Today’s children are growing up in a digital age where online companionship and community are replacing human interaction at children’s expense,” the Lookout said. “Parents may not be aware that seemingly benign and popular gaming platforms like Discord, Steam, Twitch, and Reddit can expose vulnerable children to radicalized views and extreme content with no guardrails.” American Parents Coalition Executive Director Alleigh Marré told The Daily Wire that it was becoming increasingly important for parents to monitor their kids’ online activity.  “It has been consistently flagged to parents that we need to be really mindful of our child’s online presence, where they’re spending their time, who they’re engaging with,” she said. “And we’ve continued to see the stakes of not doing that grow more and more concerning.” The Lookout highlighted how Discord has come under scrutiny in recent weeks after it was reported that the man suspected of assassinating Charlie Kirk discussed the killing in messages on the platform. It was also revealed that the man who planned to kill Justice Brett Kavanaugh mused about whether “removing” justices from the Supreme Court would “help women.”  Other reports have said that young people have been exposed to materials from foreign terrorist organizations while on Discord. There are also concerns about children being targeted by sexual predators via the platform or encouraged to embrace transgender ideology behind their parents’ backs.  In a statement to The Daily Wire, Discord said that it requires all users to be at least 13 years of age to use the platform.  “We use a combination of advanced technology and trained safety teams to proactively find and remove content that violates our policies,” a spokesman said. “We maintain strong systems to prevent the spread of sexual exploitation and grooming on our platform and also work with other technology companies and safety organizations to improve online safety across the internet.”  The Lookout also pointed to the dangers of kids being exposed to calls for political violence, particularly against conservatives. It highlighted a Reddit thread that was later removed, where users appeared to call for violence against employees of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). The thread referred to the DOGE employees as “Muskrat’s DOGE Henchmen.”  The comments were removed by Reddit’s safety teams within one day of being posted, a Reddit spokesman noted. Over 90% of Reddit users are reportedly over the age of 18, according to external market research.  Another platform flagged by the American Parents Coalition was Roblox, an online game platform with tens of millions of users under the age of 13. In the aftermath of the Kirk assassination, the platform removed dozens of game “experiences” after “seeing violative content around Charlie Kirk,” the company said. There have also been concerns about predators targeting children on the platform.  Twitch, a streaming platform, was also noted as a place where children could be exposed to violent political rhetoric and sexual predators. Leftist streamer Hasan Piker was suspended by the platform after comments about killing Florida Republican Senator Rick Scott.  A Twitch spokesman said that the site monitors its channels 24/7 for any youth-safety violations on its platform.  “We continue to increase our investments in youth safety on Twitch, and have developed a number of product interventions that let viewers customize and build the Twitch experience that is right for them – this includes limiting the visibility of content that may not be appropriate for all audiences,” the spokesman said.  The Lookout included a list of general practices parents should take to protect their kids online. Marré said she thinks these tech companies should have a parental board to advise them on best practices.  “These are very powerful technologies with extreme reach and they’re available to anyone,” she said. “There aren’t a lot of barriers to entry. And so when you have a technology like that, it’s all the more important to make sure that the people who are most vulnerable are protected, and I don’t really think anybody does that well.”