Good morning, Patriots! Democrats are eating their own. Shocking, right? Meanwhile, Republicans are favored to retake the House, and new projections show Republican-leaning states could gain as many as 10 congressional seats after the 2030 Census. If those trends hold, the political map could look very different over the next decade. The future is looking bright.

Jenny Racicot told Politico that Graham Platner entered her rural Maine home uninvited one night in 2021, heavily intoxicated, and forced himself on her while she repeatedly told him to stop. "I remember the specific moment where I thought to myself, like, 'This is no longer my choice,'" the 41-year-old said. Platner called the allegations "categorically false" in a video posted to X, but the denial landed in a party that had already started running.

Rep. Ro Khanna, who said in June that he'd have "zero support" for Platner if evidence of sexual assault emerged, withdrew his endorsement within hours of the Politico report dropping. Sen. Ruben Gallego rescinded his the same day. The Maine Democratic Party followed, calling on Platner to withdraw as the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate. Former DNC chair Donna Brazile set a specific deadline: step aside by July 13, the last date under Maine law that allows Democrats to name a replacement. That's the date everyone in the party is now watching.

The collapse was fast, but the warning signs weren't. The New York Times reported in June on "intimidating and disturbing" behavior with ex-girlfriends, including Lyndsey Fifield, who said Platner twisted her arm, shoved her into a bedroom, and held the door shut. Racicot spoke to the Times then too, describing his behavior as "reckless" and "unsettling," but held back the more serious allegation she gave to Politico this week. Khanna defended Platner through all of it. So did left-wing streamer Hasan Piker, who dismissed the Fifield allegation and called her a "Republican operative." After reading the Racicot account live to more than 32,000 viewers Monday, Piker called it "as airtight as it's gonna get" and "indisputable."

A poll released the same day showed Platner trailing incumbent Sen. Susan Collins 50 to 46 percent. The same survey found that 75 percent of respondents said they'd want him to drop out if another negative story about his personal life emerged. That story arrived on schedule. Platner said he's "taking the time to reflect on the best path forward," canceled multiple town hall events over the weekend, and has not released his Q2 fundraising totals, which a Washington Reporter source described as a sign he underperformed expectations.

Neera Tanden, a senior figure in Democratic political operations, posted on X: "Maybe taking a chance on someone who has never won any primary or any general election is unwise." Democrats had a Nazi tattoo, a physical abuse allegation, and a polling deficit before this week. They nominated him anyway. July 13 is the deadline. After that, Collins runs against whoever's still standing.

Sources: Politico · The Daily Caller · The Hill · RedState · Breitbart

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For the first time in American history, the opening bell rang from the Oval Office. President Trump did it Monday at 9:30 a.m., flanked by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Sen. Ted Cruz, NYSE president Lynn Martin, and Michael and Susan Dell, officially launching Trump Accounts for American children.

The accounts, created under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, are free investment savings accounts available to any child who doesn't turn 18 before the end of the calendar year their parents open one. Parents can sign up at TrumpAccounts.gov. Trump noted donors are already pouring "millions and millions of dollars" into accounts for low-income children, with the Dells alone having pledged $6.25 billion in December to seed the program. "The parents can't even believe it's happening," Trump said.

Bessent framed it simply: "The American dream belongs to every child, and today we are equipping the next generation with the right to claim their rightful share of it." That's the kind of line that sounds like a press release until you notice a tech billionaire just wrote a nine-figure check to back it up.

Trump didn't stop at children. He told reporters Monday that he's working with Congress on a version of Trump Accounts for adults, a move that would push wealth-building tools toward ordinary Americans and away from the Social Security model that has defined retirement policy for 90 years. Details are thin, but the direction is clear.

Sources: The Hill · Washington Examiner

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