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Former Lethargic Politico Labor Reporter Makes Shocking Revelation About Platner Vetter
Newsbusters ^ | July 9, 2026 | P.J. Gladnick

Posted on 07/09/2026 5:53:11 AM PDT by PJ-Comix

The many donors out there to the Graham Platner Senate campaign who might be upset about the incredibly poor vetting that was performed on their candidate might be interested to know about evidence of malfeasance and corruption by one of the primary vetters that has just been revealed by an interesting source.

And that source is someone familiar to longtime readers of NewsBusters. None other than Mike Elk (pictured) who earned the reputation as perhaps the most lethargic labor reporter in the world but definitely at Politico where he briefly worked about ten years ago.

However, despite his reputation for lethargy, on Wednesday Elk perhaps redeemed himself by making a shocking revelation about one the main vetters of Platner in his Payday Report publication: "Platner’s Guru Daniel Moraff Asked Me to Lie for Him (I Didn’t)."

(Excerpt) Read more at newsbusters.org ...


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KEYWORDS: corruption; danielmoraff; demagogicparty; grahamplatner; maine; mikeelk; paydayreport; politico; pollutico; susancollins

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Mike Elk had a dream job while he was the labor reporter at Politico. He only wrote a handful of stories yet whined about the hard working conditions. He is best known for the following quote: "“I can’t work the kind of hours I did when I was 24."

...At the time he made the quote, Elk was 28 years old.

1 posted on 07/09/2026 5:53:12 AM PDT by PJ-Comix
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To: Ann Archy

PING!


2 posted on 07/09/2026 5:53:40 AM PDT by PJ-Comix (Presenting Voter ID to CA Elecition Officials is Like Waving a Cross in Front of a Vampire)
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To: PJ-Comix

28 and complaining about how he’s tired? LOL

He’s in for a real shock when he hits 40, or 50. 60 might just unalive him (LMFATOLDAO).


3 posted on 07/09/2026 5:58:45 AM PDT by Don W (When blacks riot, neighborhoods and cities burn. When whites riot, nations and continents burn)
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To: Don W

If you love your job then tired is just another state incidental to any work day


4 posted on 07/09/2026 6:04:54 AM PDT by z3n (Kakistocracy)
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To: PJ-Comix
It showed me that Moraff was willing to lie to get someone elected and to ask journalists to do unethical things to help sell those lies.

He just described pretty much everyone in politics.

5 posted on 07/09/2026 6:13:56 AM PDT by Sicon ("All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." - G. Orwell)
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To: z3n

In the O&G industry, we loved Fridays.
Friday means there are just 2 more work days until Monday!


6 posted on 07/09/2026 6:38:27 AM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel (The Democrats' official policy is now, “Hate, Violence and Murder". Change my mind.)
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To: sauropod

Bkmk


7 posted on 07/09/2026 7:00:46 AM PDT by sauropod (Make sure Satan has to climb over a lot of Scripture to get to you. John MacArthur Ne supra crepidam)
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To: PJ-Comix
the incredibly poor vetting that was performed on their candidate

the democrats are in a lose-lose situation. they can 'stay true' to their stupid and illogical philosophy and lose to the republicans, or they can let the communists in, win a few elections and then get kicked out of their own party when the communists take over. they will go with the communists. thats how it always happens.
8 posted on 07/09/2026 7:20:06 AM PDT by wafflehouse ("there was a third possibility that we hadn't even counted upon" -Alice's Restaurant Massacree)
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To: z3n

I love my job and when I tire it pisses me off. I hate having to have to rest and recharge. Such a bad trade off in a very limited lifespan.


9 posted on 07/09/2026 7:26:39 AM PDT by RinaseaofDs (Imagine what we'll know tomorrow.)
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To: Don W

At 70, Glacier speed?


10 posted on 07/09/2026 7:27:55 AM PDT by Eli Kopter (B''H We are given a new day today, with new choices. Choose wisely!)
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To: PJ-Comix

That Daniel Moraff has a speaking style and voice that makes you want to jump off a bridge without the bungee cord attached.


11 posted on 07/09/2026 7:32:03 AM PDT by Codeflier (Don't worry....be happy)
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To: PJ-Comix

Folks...the key point about this story is Daniel Moraff, not the “lethargic” Mike Elk. Did people even read this?


12 posted on 07/09/2026 7:33:22 AM PDT by Codeflier (Don't worry....be happy)
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To: Codeflier

Its almost like a valley girl


13 posted on 07/09/2026 8:25:10 AM PDT by joshua c (collectivism has many names but the result is the same; the state is primary, the citizen is a slave)
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To: PJ-Comix

“This all comes after Jenny Racicot, a 41-year-old Maine resident who had an on-and-off dating relationship with Platner for two years, accused him of showing up to her house while inebriated “

“Other women he dated in the past have also accused him of inappropriate behavior. Lyndsey Fifield accused him of repeatedly removing condoms without her consent during sex. She also said he physically abused her.”

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/jeff-charles/2026/07/09/this-is-what-happened-in-the-final-hours-of-graham-platners-campaign-n2679123


14 posted on 07/09/2026 9:30:57 AM PDT by Brian Griffin
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To: PJ-Comix

“Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want and deserve to get it good and hard.”
― H.L. Mencken

https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/7805.H_L_Mencken

“All government, in its essence, is a conspiracy against the superior man: its one permanent object is to oppress him and cripple him. If it be aristocratic in organization, then it seeks to protect the man who is superior only in law against the man who is superior in fact; if it be democratic, then it seeks to protect the man who is inferior in every way against both. One of its primary functions is to regiment men by force, to make them as much alike as possible and as dependent upon one another as possible”


15 posted on 07/09/2026 9:39:09 AM PDT by Brian Griffin
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To: PJ-Comix

“Democracy is the art of running the circus from the monkey cage.”

“Every election is a sort of advance auction sale of stolen goods.”

“A man can be judged by the company he keeps.”

H.L. Mencken

https://scripturesavvy.com/h-l-mencken-quotes/


16 posted on 07/09/2026 9:45:26 AM PDT by Brian Griffin
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