A tattoo artist lands in an unexpected role in Maine’s Senate race

Graham Platner, Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, and his wife, Amy Gertner, walk on the shoulder of the road while canvassing for a citizen’s initiate on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025, in ...
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How One Viking Became a Killer, Sorcerer, and Poet

He was born with a skull too thick for blades and a soul too dark for peace. His enemies feared his axe—but his words could curse them.
Washington Examiner

Maine Senate candidate Platner announces he covered up Nazi-tied skull tattoo

Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner revealed in an interview published Wednesday that he has covered up his large chest tattoo of a Nazi skull and crossbones symbol. “It’s been covered up ...
Hindustan Times

Graham Platner ‘Skull’ tattoo: What is SS Totenkopf? Nazi row hits Maine Senate hopeful after Reddit posts

Maine Senate hopeful Graham Platner faces backlash over a tattoo of skull and crossbones resembling the Nazi SS Totenkopf; he says he will remove it. Graham Platner, the Democratic Senate hopeful from ...
Vanity Fair

Graham Platner, Maine Senate Candidate, Says He’s Removed His Nazi Tattoo of Skull and Crossbones

Graham Platner—the oyster-farming former Marine from Downeast Maine who vocally supports LGBTQ+ rights and is currently running to unseat incumbent Republican senator Susan Collins—has had a hell of a ...
BBC

Maine Senate candidate apologises for tattoo that resembles Nazi symbol

Graham Platner has apologised for the tattoo and said he did not know it was associated with Nazis A Democratic candidate for the US Senate in Maine has apologised and removed a tattoo on his chest ...
Politico

Platner says he’ll remove tattoo that resembles Nazi symbol

Democratic Maine Senate hopeful Graham Platner expressed regret over getting a tattoo that appears similar to a Nazi symbol nearly two decades ago and plans to have it removed, his latest mea culpa ...
New Hampshire Public Radio

Senate hopeful Graham Platner under scrutiny for skull tattoo associated with Nazi SS

Graham Platner, a candidate vying for the Democratic nomination for the Maine U.S. Senate race, disclosed Tuesday that he has a tattoo associated with Nazis. Platner says he didn't know about the ...
Washington Examiner

Maine Senate hopeful Platner denies he’s ‘secret Nazi’ after SS skull tattoo revealed

Maine Democratic Senate hopeful Graham Platner came under fire once again after an old picture surfaced showing him with a large tattoo of one of the Nazis’ most infamous symbols. Last week, Platner ...
Portland Press Herald

Graham Platner says he will remove a Nazi-linked tattoo. Bernie is standing by him.

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Military Times

The evolution of military tattoos, from Sailor Jerry to skull logos

U.S. Army Specialist Christopher Riveria displays a tattoo on his shoulder as he passes the time, waiting to leave Kuwait and head home after exiting from Iraq on December 9, 2011. (Joe Raedle/Getty ...