I Thought #GrahamPlatner Was Finished. What I Saw in #Maine Changed My Mind.
Oct. 31, 2025, 5:02 a.m. ET

from #NewYorkTimes #NYT
[gift article]
Michelle Goldberg

Andy O’Brien, a former Dem. state legislator..., told me that outsiders didn’t fully understand how radicalizing the second #Trump presidency has been for ordinary Dems. Even senior citizens, he said, were becoming “fire-breathing leftists. They’re just pissed off.”

These voters understood that #Platner had made mistakes, but they saw him as a fighter. “Five years ago, he would have been dead in the water...“But this is such an unprecedented time. I think a lot of people really believe that we need somebody who can effectively fight against fascism.”

Maine is an overwhelmingly white state, but it’s not just white guys who feel this way. “We’re sticking by him,” said Safiya Khalid, a Somali American activist and former member of the Lewiston City Council.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/opinion/graham-platner-democrats.html?unlocked_article_code=1.xk8.s_hu.kSggkHd6mdre&smid=url-share

#news #politics #USpol #progressive

"The leadership of The New York Times and WSJ continue to downplay and minimize mass demonstrations while editors of smaller outlets do a better job communicating the growing pro-democracy movement."

~ Media and Democracy Project

#Trump #media #fascism #NoKings #NewYorkTimes #WallStreetJournal
/1

https://mediaanddemocracyproject.substack.com/p/analysis-of-no-kings-coverage-the

How the Trump-Xi Meeting Eased a Major Trade War

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/video/world/asia/100000010489449/trump-xi-jinping-trade-war.html

Trump Elaborates On His New Threat And Snaps At Reporter Who Asks About It

In an interview with the press aboard Air Force One en route to South Korea, Trump was asked…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #AirForceOne #DonaldTrump #NationalGuard #newyorktimes #UnitedStates #Us #USA
https://www.newsbeep.com/216310/