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Among his many other talents, our friend David French might have the gift of clairvoyance. “Against [Ken] Paxton. Against [Graham] Platner. LFG,” he declared—on Thursday, two days before the latest scandal involving Maine’s presumptive Democratic nominee for Senate emerged.

Nick Catoggio is a staff writer at The Dispatch and is based in Texas. Prior to joining the company in 2022, he spent 16 years gradually alienating a populist readership at Hot Air. When Nick isn’t busy writing a daily newsletter on politics, he’s … probably planning the next day’s newsletter.