Andy O'Brien
@aobrien2024.bsky.social
Columnist, cartoon maker & labor propagandist from Maine.
The same “Graham Platner is a misogynist” op-ed by Lily Macone that ran in the Bangor Daily News on Monday is in Press Herald & Kennebec Jornal today. As someone who submits a lot of op-eds, editors don’t let you run them in both rival papers. Guess they're making an exception. 🤔
November 19, 2025 at 4:03 PM
The same “Graham Platner is a misogynist” op-ed by Lily Macone that ran in the Bangor Daily News on Monday is in Press Herald & Kennebec Jornal today. As someone who submits a lot of op-eds, editors don’t let you run them in both rival papers. Guess they're making an exception. 🤔
US Senate candidate Graham Platner & Maine gubernatorial candidate Troy Jackson have been up in Houlton supporting striking nurses!
November 18, 2025 at 4:22 PM
US Senate candidate Graham Platner & Maine gubernatorial candidate Troy Jackson have been up in Houlton supporting striking nurses!
Gubernatorial candidate Angus King the Third promises us 10% of what we want in this earthshaking op-ed. This must get the crowds stomping their feet & hanging from the rafters at Chamber of Commerce breakfasts.
November 13, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Gubernatorial candidate Angus King the Third promises us 10% of what we want in this earthshaking op-ed. This must get the crowds stomping their feet & hanging from the rafters at Chamber of Commerce breakfasts.
Maine Policy Institute CEO Matt Gagnon is getting dragged by right-wingers for his libertarian "open borders" vision, but the real story is how he cynically oversees the most racist, anti-immigrant news outlet since the Maine Klansman in the 1920s. Such a hack.
November 12, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Maine Policy Institute CEO Matt Gagnon is getting dragged by right-wingers for his libertarian "open borders" vision, but the real story is how he cynically oversees the most racist, anti-immigrant news outlet since the Maine Klansman in the 1920s. Such a hack.
Troy isn't running but do these issues concern you? Mills also worked with Republicans to try eliminate collective bargaining rights for public defenders and engaged in union busting at the Maine School for Science & Mathematics in Limestone?
November 3, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Troy isn't running but do these issues concern you? Mills also worked with Republicans to try eliminate collective bargaining rights for public defenders and engaged in union busting at the Maine School for Science & Mathematics in Limestone?
I feel like if out of state Bluesky liberals could vote in our primary Gov. Janet Mills would be a shoe in for the Democratic Senate nomination, but of course none of these people know what her actual positions are & why she is so unpopular here.
November 3, 2025 at 8:34 PM
I feel like if out of state Bluesky liberals could vote in our primary Gov. Janet Mills would be a shoe in for the Democratic Senate nomination, but of course none of these people know what her actual positions are & why she is so unpopular here.
Yep and all these people are literally Nazis.
November 3, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Yep and all these people are literally Nazis.
Oh yeah, we've got a real Nazi here!
November 3, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Oh yeah, we've got a real Nazi here!
He responding to this guy.
November 3, 2025 at 3:06 PM
He responding to this guy.
You're not a Mainer.
November 3, 2025 at 2:50 PM
You're not a Mainer.
You may be a Schumer fan, but you are in the deep minority.
November 2, 2025 at 7:34 PM
You may be a Schumer fan, but you are in the deep minority.
I think that Bluesky is actually more toxic than X. For the past week I have received hundreds of comments like these in my mentions. These are just a few responding to my recent substack piece this morning. None of the accounts are in Maine)
November 1, 2025 at 12:48 PM
I think that Bluesky is actually more toxic than X. For the past week I have received hundreds of comments like these in my mentions. These are just a few responding to my recent substack piece this morning. None of the accounts are in Maine)
You can find lots of these types of posts from Graham going back to the beginning of his Reddit archive.
October 31, 2025 at 4:56 PM
You can find lots of these types of posts from Graham going back to the beginning of his Reddit archive.
Shay, a well-respected Black female anti-racism educator & Maine writer, hasn't even endorsed in this race, but they're calling her a Nazi sympathizer just because she's writing a series about Platner. This is not coming from Maine.
October 29, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Shay, a well-respected Black female anti-racism educator & Maine writer, hasn't even endorsed in this race, but they're calling her a Nazi sympathizer just because she's writing a series about Platner. This is not coming from Maine.
There appears to be another coordinated effort to spread misinformation in an effort to get Graham Platner's former political director to react. In nowhere in this interview did Graham call her a liar. More DSCC dirty tricks. www.msnbc.com/the-briefing...
October 29, 2025 at 11:09 AM
There appears to be another coordinated effort to spread misinformation in an effort to get Graham Platner's former political director to react. In nowhere in this interview did Graham call her a liar. More DSCC dirty tricks. www.msnbc.com/the-briefing...
Curious how you explain this?
October 25, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Curious how you explain this?
An Antifa Super Soldier!
October 25, 2025 at 6:02 PM
An Antifa Super Soldier!
Might be time to make a new Temp Tales cartoon.
October 25, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Might be time to make a new Temp Tales cartoon.
It matters because he clearly didn’t know of that association. Contacts matter?
October 22, 2025 at 11:00 PM
It matters because he clearly didn’t know of that association. Contacts matter?
Poll every senator and ask them what this symbolizes and throw them all out if they don’t know.
October 22, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Poll every senator and ask them what this symbolizes and throw them all out if they don’t know.
Nazis. But do you think most people see this and associate it with Nazis?
October 22, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Nazis. But do you think most people see this and associate it with Nazis?
Let’s do a poll of Mainers and find out how many people associate this tattoo with Nazis.
October 22, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Let’s do a poll of Mainers and find out how many people associate this tattoo with Nazis.