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Graham Platner, Maine’s Democrat candidate for the Senate, wore a Nazi tattoo for 20 years. He now has it covered, but has admitted he knows it was Nazi. Democrats promote him as a veteran and an Oysterman, but he is so much more than that. This is a speech he gave on November 15 in […] The post Meet Senate Candidate Graham Platner, This Is Who Democrats Support appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

The Sega Master System at 40(Photos Courtesy: SMS - By Evan-Amos - Own work, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=14249084 ; Light Gun - By Evan-Amos - Own work, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=17202947 ; 3D Glasses - By Evan-Amos - Own work, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=16998389)Generation X, we're getting up in years.  Yea, no doubt about it!  As I was glancing over anniversaries of 1980s topics, the Sega Master System stuck out.  Why?  This was our founder's gaming system he talked about on episode 20 of Memory Jogger which you can watch below.This gaming system competed with numerous systems to include: The NES, Atari, Commodore 64, and other like computing and entertainment consoles.  The Sega Master System (SMS) released as the Sega Mark III in Japan, was founded on the Z80 CPU found in the Amstrad, Spectrum, and TRS-80 home computer systems coupled with a Sega engineered video display processor which boasted a 64-color array, 32 sprites generation ability at a time, and 8kb of RAM.  While this may seem ancient tech compared to today's gaming consoles, the SMS was in its own class in 1985 and 1986.With the SMS came 3D glasses and a light gun, this entertainment venue was unmatched with the competition.  Aiding to the sales and distribution were Virgin Mastertronic for the European markets including the United Kingdom coupled with Sega themselves serving the USA market.Sega had their foot on the arcade traffic as there were far more Sega arcade cabinets than Nintendo, thus another edge on the nearest competitor.  Games like After Burner, Alex Kidd in Miracle World, Fantasy Zone, Golden Axe, Golvellius: Valley of Doom, OutRun, Psycho Fox, Shinobi, Space Harrier, Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap, and others were already favorites to the quarter and token customers.Jason recalled that he either was frustrated at a game or accidentally broke his 3D glasses which made one of his games virtually useless after the unfortunate wreck.While Nintendo was more dominant within the USA, the foreign markets such as Brazil, Europe, and elsewhere were where the Sega Master System was the king of consoles.Did you have a Sega Master System?  What games did you have; any favorites?

The organization that facilitates medical education in the United States promised to fight federal and state efforts to crack down on transgender ideology, leaked footage obtained by The Daily Wire shows. Top leadership at the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) promised to continue backing challenges at a town hall meeting last month, according to footage obtained by Do No Harm. In addition to administering the MCAT, the medical school admissions test, the AAMC sponsors the accrediting body for allopathic medical schools. In an October 8 virtual town hall, AAMC President David Skorton said he was “very concerned” about the federal and state crackdown on transgender ideology and that the issue was a “high priority” for his organization when asked about so-called “attacks” on the transgender community. “It’s easy to say we’re very concerned, but we are very concerned about this. Not only because of health care issues … but also other issues related to not just health care, but the psychological effect on people who will feel excluded and actually attacked,” Skorton said during the meeting. “We have a lot of work to do in this area, and it’s definitely, definitely a high priority for us.” VIDEO: Leaders of the Association of American Medical Colleges double down on their support for transgender procedures and promise to continue challenging state and federal actions to protect kids from the life-altering procedures. The video was obtained by @donoharm pic.twitter.com/l11PYI0evU — Leif Le Mahieu (@leif_lemahieu) November 18, 2025 Answering the same question, Frank Trinity, the AAMC’s chief legal officer, noted that the organization is backing a challenge to the Trump administration’s executive action cutting off funding for hospitals that perform transgender procedures on kids. “Since 2022, the AAMC has been a part of a coalition of more than 20 national medical groups, joining an amicus effort filed in many courts across the country supporting challenges to mostly state laws that would essentially prohibit gender affirming medical care,” Trinity said. Trinity added that the landmark Supreme Court case that upheld Tennessee’s right to protect kids from transgender procedures was a “setback.” “There was a setback, as you know, in the Skrmetti case coming out of Tennessee with the Supreme Court dismissing a challenge,” he said, referencing Skrmetti v. United States, which held that states can bar transgender procedures for minors. “But those cases are still going forward. There’s two different cases challenging the executive order that would effectively ban federal support for gender affirming medical care.” He noted that the AAMC had joined in a coalition with other professional medical organizations in filing an amicus brief at the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals challenging President Donald Trump’s executive order that cuts funding for entities that promote child transgender procedures. “Gender-affirming care supports an individual with gender dysphoria as they explore their gender identity in contrast with efforts to change the individual’s gender identity to match their sex assigned at birth, which are known to be ineffective and harmful,” the brief claims. “Empirical evidence indicates that [transgender procedures], including the prescription of puberty blockers and hormone therapy to carefully evaluated patients who meet diagnostic criteria, can alleviate clinically significant distress and lead to significant improvements in the mental health and overall wellbeing of adolescents with gender dysphoria.” The care advocated for by the AAMC included treatments like puberty blockers and placing young kids on cross-sex hormones, both of which can have permanent impacts on fertility, sexual health, and bone development. The AAMC has joined numerous other briefs challenging both federal and state laws protecting kids from transgender procedures. This includes an effort at the district court in Maryland to block Trump’s executive actions and state laws in Ohio, Montana, Arkansas, and many others. “We will continue to be a part of that coalition,” Trinity said after discussing the AAMC’s legal efforts. Speaking on the issue in broad terms, Malika Fair, the AAMC’s chief community, opportunity, and engagement officer, said that the organization was focused on “supporting the entire patient population as well, which is under attack.” Skorton then jumped in to say that “our colleagues in the medical profession” were also under attack. The AAMC works with 171 accredited medical schools in the United States and Canada, over 400 teaching hospitals and health systems, and 70 academic societies. Dr. Stanley Goldfarb, the chairman of Do No Harm, called the footage from the AAMC town hall troubling. “It is concerning that the AAMC, which is essentially a political activist organization, has so much influence over medical schools and future doctors,” he told The Daily Wire. “Its support for irreversible pediatric sex-change procedures demonstrates how disconnected the group is from biological reality and evidence-based practices.” In more of the footage, the AAMC leaders were questioned about their approach to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion initiatives. “I want to be plain about it. I believe as I have for decades that the data show that more diverse teams do a better job of solving problems, especially in complex situations, and there are a few things more complex than medical care,” Skorton said. “So, I believe that working for a more diverse medical workforce is an imperative, and I believe that we’re doing that, and we’ll continue to do it with all deference to the law, and, I guess that’s a straightforward answer to it.” “We’re committed to continuing to work for a more broad background in those delivering healthcare, of course, in line with the law,” he added. LEAKED VIDEO: The president of the Association of American Medical Colleges says that he remains committed to pursuing a “diverse medical workforce.” The group has rebranded its DEI efforts in recent weeks. The video was obtained by @donoharm. pic.twitter.com/DHlPKrwumI — Leif Le Mahieu (@leif_lemahieu) November 18, 2025 This commitment to diversity came after Skorton sent out an email on October 3 to AAMC announcing that it would be rebranding its affinity group on “Diversity and Inclusion” to be called the Group on Collaboration, Engagement, and Community. “This change is being made in part to align with how programming has evolved for this group and the AAMC, as well as in response to feedback from member institutions who continue to experience external pressures,” the email said “The AAMC’s mission and vision are not changing,” Skorton wrote. “We remain deeply committed to convening our community and supporting the professional development of our constituents through these affinity groups.” Reference to the group has already been scrubbed from the AAMC’s page on affinity groups, but archived pages show that the purpose of that group was to “guide the advancement of diversity, equity, and inclusion throughout medicine and biomedical sciences.” Do No Harm, which released a comprehensive 80-page report last year highlighting the AAMC’s embrace of DEI and leftist politics, was skeptical of the rebrand. “The AAMC’s rebranding of DEI doesn’t fool anyone; even the CEO said its ‘mission and vision aren’t changing.’ If we are to restore integrity to medical education, then schools need to think twice before pledging allegiance to the AAMC,” Goldfarb said. Do No Harm’s push against politics in medicine has been joined by other doctors who want to get back to focusing on scientific medicine. Dr. Charles Lockwood, the executive vice president and dean of the University of South Florida Health Morsani College of Medicine, recently published a viewpoint in the American Journal of Medicine lambasting the inclusion of politics in medicine. Lockwood told The Daily Wire that he was inspired to write the article because of the AAMC’s embrace of so-called “gender-affirming care” for kids. “It is shocking to me that this would be embraced, embraced with such passion, when, again, no evidence of benefit, no evidence to reduce the rate of suicide, no evidence of mental health improvements, no evidence that we are actually treating gender dysphoria, and many cases where there’s tremendous regret and detransitioning, which is difficult to do,” Lockwood said. He said he thought most rank-and-file doctors opposed gender procedures in schools, but that leadership at the organizations was pushing it for political reasons. “We need to move medicine out of harm’s way, and out of the political debate and back to empiricism and the embrace of scientific method of evidence based medicine back to self correction, which it clearly is departed from,” Lockwood said. “When we do that as a profession, we’ll find that we regain the public trust.”

The House is expected to approve a bill that would compel the Justice Department to release the Epstein files, new details come to light about the person who tried to kill Donald Trump, and the United States and Venezuela signal a willingness to talk as a massive warship floats into the Caribbean. It’s Tuesday, November 18, 2025, and this is the news you need to know to start your day. Today’s edition of the Morning Wire podcast can be heard below, and the video version can be seen on The Daily Wire: House To Vote On Epstein Files Topline: After weeks of intense debate and political drama, the House of Representatives is expected to hold a vote on Tuesday to release the Epstein files.  For years, voters and lawmakers from both parties have taken turns demanding the release of the Epstein files, expressing confidence that they’ll be incriminating for the other side. Despite implying on the campaign trail that he supported full transparency regarding the Epstein case, upon taking office, Trump shifted his tone and called the entire case a “Democrat Hoax,” arguing that convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein was “somebody that nobody cares about.” That response angered many on the Right, and gave more ammunition to Democrats, who’ve made the files one of their core issues lately. Republican leadership, at the behest of Trump, had been blocking that vote, saying it was unnecessary because the House Oversight Committee was already releasing Epstein emails and other evidence as part of their own investigation into the topic. But last week, a petition to force a vote reached the necessary 218 signatures, when four Republicans joined all 214 Democrats.  Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) had no real choice but to allow the vote to proceed later Tuesday afternoon.  Trump changes tune: Trump changed course and has voiced support for releasing the Epstein files in recent days. Trump’s handling of the files has provided extensive fodder for Democrats, who’ve used it to their advantage in elections nationwide. But it’s not just Democrats pushing the president on this topic. Trump’s MAGA base is deeply loyal to him on most issues, but on this one, they’ve been very frustrated. Polling shows that 75% of Republicans want the files released in their entirety, while just 40% of Republicans approve of his handling of the Epstein case — on most other issues, he’s around 90%.  GOP lawmakers are very aware of that discontent. While only four Republicans signed the petition to force this vote, there was a good chance a few dozen would have voted in support of the measure today, regardless of what Trump wanted. New Evidence in Crooks Case Leads to Coverup Allegations Topline: Demands for answers about the July 2024 assassination attempt on Donald Trump are increasing. Though 20-year-old suspect Thomas Crooks has long been painted as a lone gunman with no clear motive, new claims are prompting calls for more transparency. A number of media and political figures on the Right argue that the public is not getting the full story on Crooks, who was killed by an FBI sniper during the assassination attempt. Joe Rogan and Elon Musk ignited the news cycle a couple of weeks ago when they discussed elements of the case that they did not feel made sense. “There was never a formal report. There was never press conferences where they detailed all the information that we know currently and where the investigation stands at the moment,” Rogan said on his podcast. “There’s a lot of weird s***, the fact that they wouldn’t let people be on that roof because the Secret Service lady said it was sloped and it was dangerous. … Meanwhile, the snipers that were on the other roof was a steeper pitch.” Tucker Carlson released a video examining alleged evidence that the FBI and DOJ are suppressing key details about Crooks’ life. Then Miranda Devine, host of the Pod Force One podcast, released her own report for the New York Post detailing more claims. What’s new: The new evidence is based on a confidential source who was able to gain access to Crooks’ accounts on platforms like Gmail, YouTube, and Snapchat. Seventeen accounts altogether were uncovered. What they revealed is a shocking ideological flip: Back in 2019, when Crooks was 15, he was posting effusive praise for Trump, calling him “the literal definition of Patriotism.” But by August 2020, amid the COVID lockdowns, Crooks had turned hard against Trump, labeling him “racist” and fantasizing about “terrorism-style” attacks, including assassination. The accounts also showed him active on pornographic sites catering to “furries,” and he was using they/them pronouns. Trump Floats Peace Talks With Venezuela Topline: President Trump suggests talks could happen with Venezuela – even as the U.S. continues to pressure dictator Nicolás Maduro. Meanwhile, Maduro is calling for peace. Trump signaled on Sunday evening that talks could be in the works. “We may be having some discussions with Maduro, and we’ll see how that turns out. They would like to talk,” said Trump. Trump also referenced that Secretary of State Marco Rubio has plans to designate the cartel run by Maduro, the Cartel de los Soles, as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO). That designation allows Trump to direct military strikes against any cartel asset inside Venezuela. As U.S. authorities say Maduro is both the head of the cartel and the head of state, the line between drug cartel targets and government assets is blurry. The designation will also open up financial levers the administration can pull, likely targeting top Maduro allies. The designation will be officially made on November 24. Maduro begs for peace: Last week, Maduro held a massive rally in Caracas and called for peace. He punctuated those calls with a rendition of John Lennon’s song, “Imagine.” Strikes possible: Potential U.S. strikes against Venezuela remain very real. The U.S. has about 15,000 troops in the region, along with an armada of warships that includes the world’s largest aircraft carrier. Trump said Friday that he has “sort of made up [his] mind” about how to proceed against Venezuela, but then he appeared to backtrack again on Sunday, saying talks could happen. The plan seems to be in flux. The U.S. has put a lot of pressure on Maduro and keeps ratcheting it up every day. In the summer, the State Department increased the bounty on Maduro to $50 million – twice the bounty the U.S. put on al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden. Trump has given the green light for CIA operations against Maduro and has put in place more sanctions against Maduro and his allies. Last week, The Washington Post reported that high-level discussions were underway on whether to carry out strikes against Venezuela and what those strikes would look like. According to the report, those discussions have involved officials such as Vice President JD Vance, War Secretary Pete Hegseth, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Dan Caine, Deputy White House Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, and Secretary Rubio.

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