Welcome to Thursday’s edition of Washington Secrets. We take a detour to Maine today, in case you want to read even more about Graham Platner. We reckon there is probably good news for the crew that guided his campaign. Democrats are in such a heaving mess that Team Platner will still find takers for their brand of blue-collar-outsider-as-savior and don’t-worry-about-the-vetting model of politics. Plus, why the new Air Force One is not as safe as the old versions …

If you believe Graham Platner’s origin story, he was a regular Joe plucked from obscurity to keep the socialist flame burning in Maine.