{"id":359,"date":"2026-06-10T18:40:54","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T18:40:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pioneerrelocationnews.com\/?p=359"},"modified":"2026-06-10T18:40:54","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T18:40:54","slug":"graham-platner-wins-backrooms-and-church-and-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pioneerrelocationnews.com\/?p=359","title":{"rendered":"Graham Platner Wins, Backrooms, and Church and State"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><audio>https:\/\/dts.podtrac.com\/redirect.mp3\/d2h6a3ly6ooodw.cloudfront.net\/FreedUp30.mp3<\/audio><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<select><option>1x<\/option><option>1.1x<\/option><option>1.25x<\/option><option>1.5x<\/option><option>2x<\/option><option>3x<\/option><\/select>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>:15 <\/span><br \/>\n<span> :15<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<p>Download  <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h4>Graham Platner Wins, <em>Backrooms<\/em>, and Church and State<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"\" data-yt-id=\"fNDXCWYb1q4\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"281\" id=\"yt-player-fNDXCWYb1q4\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fNDXCWYb1q4?enablejsapi=1\" title=\"Featured YouTube video\" width=\"500\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>HD Video Download<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Robby Soave and Christian Britschgi start this episode of\u00a0<em>Freed Up\u00a0<\/em>with how Democrats plan to stand by Graham Platner in Maine no matter what. The conversation then moves from politics and mail-in ballots to cultural complaints, consciousness, internet horror, and generational grumbling. It then turns to movies and franchises, including <em>Sorcerer<\/em>, Star Wars, and the new <em>Wuthering Heights<\/em>. Later, they discuss Mormons vs. the Department of War and the inequalities we all face.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/pioneerrelocationnews.com\/?p=353\">Mitch McConnell\u2019s Hemp Ban Betrays the Industry He Helped Create<\/a><\/p>\n<p>0:00\u2014Democrats don&#8217;t care that Graham Platner may be a bad person<\/p>\n<p>12:30\u2014Mailing ballots to everyone is a dumb idea<\/p>\n<p>18:07\u2014Why do people talk like that?<\/p>\n<p>21:42\u2014Can we define consciousness?<\/p>\n<p>23:26\u2014 <em>Backrooms<\/em> was great<\/p>\n<p>27:20\u2014Kids these days<\/p>\n<p>31:38\u2014The <em>Sorcerer<\/em><\/p>\n<p>33:54\u2014They ruined Star Wars<\/p>\n<p>41:15\u2014The Department of War starts a war with the Mormons<\/p>\n<p>50:15\u2014The inequality of religious rights<\/p>\n<p>58:57\u2014The new <em>Wuthering Heights<\/em> movie is not good<\/p>\n<p>1:06:30\u2014Robby is going to Ukraine!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Robby Soave and Christian Britschgi discuss how Democrats plan to stand by Graham Platner in Maine no matter what.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":358,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[94],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-359","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-maine"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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