#Punk #Subhumans #Susan #Poignant #Music #Poetry

https://subhumans.bandcamp.com/album/time-flies-but-aeroplanes-crash-rats

Every few years, Democrats try to convince themselves they’ve found the one
– a candidate who can finally speak fluent rural,
who looks and sounds like the voters they’ve lost.

In 2024, that hope was pinned on #Tim #Walz, the flannel-wearing, “Midwestern nice” governor whose small-town roots were supposed to unlock the rural Midwest for a Harris–Walz victory.
It did not.
Now those expectations have migrated to New England, onto #Graham #Platner
– the tattooed veteran and oyster farmer from Maine
who swears from the stump,
wears sweatshirts instead of suits,
and,
some believe,
could be the party’s blue-collar savior against Sen. #Susan #Collins, the Republican incumbent running her sixth campaign for U.S. Senate.

I study rural politics and live in rural Maine.

I’m skeptical whether Platner can reach the independents and rural moderates Democrats need.

But I also see why people think he might: He’s speaking to grievances that are real, measurable and decades in the making.

Platner represents Democrats’ anxieties about class and geography
– a projection of the authenticity they hope might reconcile their national brand with rural America.

On paper, he’s the kind of figure they imagine can bridge the divide: a plainspoken Mainer.

But his story cuts both ways.

He’s the grandson of a celebrated Manhattan architect,
his father is a lawyer and his mother is a restaurateur whose business caters to summer tourists.
He attended the elite Hotchkiss School.

⭐️It’s a life of silver spoons and salt air.

-- That tension mirrors the Democratic party itself -- led and funded by urban professionals who are increasingly aware of just how far they strayed from their working-class roots.

If Platner is to prevail, he must assemble a coalition that expands beyond what the party has become
– concentrated in urban and coastal enclaves, financed nationally and culturally distant from much of rural America.

Yet Platner’s immediate hurdle isn’t rural Maine at all.

It is the Democratic primary, and those voters do not live where his campaign imagery is set
https://theconversation.com/why-rural-maine-may-back-democrat-graham-platners-populism-in-the-senate-campaign-but-not-his-party-269466

Borrowers get refunds in $15m student loan error

“Student loan interest calculations are complex, and some of the underlying causes relate to before the system upgrades…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #15m #borrowers #edmunds #error #get #in #loan #NewZealand #NZ #refunds #student #susan
https://www.newsbeep.com/304215/

KiwiSaver 12% plan risks backfiring without total pay ban, provider warns

“If we’re serious about building the future, and I am, it’s time to aim higher.” Simplicity managing director…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #12 #backfiring #ban #edmunds #kiwisaver #NewZealand #NZ #pay #plan #provider #risks #susan #total #warns #without
https://www.newsbeep.com/269323/

The KiwiSaver members wiping out their balances

The average withdrawal was about $10,000. Wrightson said it could have a lasting effect on a person’s retirement…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #balances #edmunds #kiwisaver #members #NewZealand #NZ #out #susan #the #their #wiping
https://www.newsbeep.com/257060/

𝗦𝘂𝘀𝗮𝗻 𝗵𝗮𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲 𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻 𝗲𝗻 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝘁 𝗵𝘂𝗻 𝗺𝗼𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗱𝗼𝗼𝗱: 𝗡𝗲𝘁𝗳𝗹𝗶𝘅-𝗱𝗼𝗰𝘂 𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵𝘂𝗹𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝗮𝗿𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗱 𝗮𝗰𝗵𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗿𝘂𝘇𝗶𝗲

Wat begon met een buurvrouw die klaagt over spelende kinderen, mondde uit in een tragedie die Amerika in zijn greep hield. De bekroonde documentaire 'The Perfect Neighbor', die op 17 oktober op Netflix verschijnt,...

https://www.rtl.nl/boulevard/entertainment/artikel/5530195/perfect-nieghbor-op-netflix-fatale-burenruzie-en-beruchte

#Susan #kinderen #burenruzie