#Susan

Chuck Darwincdarwin@c.im
2025-12-29

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
theconversation.com/why-rural-

2025-12-12

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
newsbeep.com/304215/

2025-11-24

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
newsbeep.com/269323/

2025-11-18

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
newsbeep.com/257060/

RTL Nieuwsrtlnieuws
2025-09-25

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,...

rtl.nl/boulevard/entertainment

2025-08-12

#Emil Cioran, #criticism, #Susan Sontag, #Cioran Readers

In the preface to "the Temptation to Exist", Susan Sontag writes, "Cioran is perhaps the only intellectual of real power writing today." Was she write, someone else said that he was the man who honoured the French language since the death of Paul valéry. It might have been Saint-John Perse, were these statements true, any Cioran readers out there on the fediverse? I hope a reader,(at least one) might be found.

2025-08-08

Financial experts say long-term investment is a guaranteed Lotto ‘win’

Hamilton Hindin Greene investment adviser Grant Davies calculated the outcome for someone investing $25 a week over 45…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #edmunds #experts #financial #guaranteed #investment #is #longterm #lotto #NewZealand #NZ #say #susan #win
newsbeep.com/47543/

2025-07-20

Proposed Working for Families changes may leave some worse off, FinCap warns

There is almost $300 million owed in Working for Families debt. A discussion document, on which submissions were…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #changes #edmunds #families #fincap #for #leave #may #NewZealand #NZ #off #proposed #some #susan #warns #working #worse
newsbeep.com/8323/

2025-05-10

Fourteen days restraining order. Deputy Assistant Attorney General argues that the emergency is plaintiff's creation, & that the court has no jurisdiction. So we'll soon be able to add this as 3) CA federal judge: "Stop it." & they defy another court.
#SanFrancisco #federal #judge #Susan #Illston "#radically #restructure & #dismantle the #federal #government" #RIF #Notice #reduction in #force #protect the #power of the #legislative #branch #executive #TRO #restraining npr.org/2025/05/09/nx-s1-53937

Steven Saus [he/him]StevenSaus@faithcollapsing.com
2025-04-22

(21 Apr) ’Alarmed’: Lawmakers reportedly flooded with calls demanding ’marooned’ migrant’s return

rawstory.com/return-abrego-gar

Archive: ia: s.faithcollapsing.com/6yhk1

#5-calls #abrego-garcia #adam-klasfeld #all-rise-news #chris-van-hollen #susan-collins

’Alarmed’: Lawmakers reportedly flooded with calls demanding ’marooned’ migrant’s return
2025-04-01

In #Wisconsin ... they are voting
...
> Who will count the votes are ... #MAGAs

MAGAs who will do everything possible
to invalidate the greatest number of votes
that are not for their candidate #Schimel
and make him 'victorious'
(as they did for the #TRUMP elections)

It is necessary that the votes for #Susan #Crawford
are so many
as to make it difficult for #Magas justify the invalidation
of 'too many' votes.

(they will try to do it anyway)

Chuck Darwincdarwin@c.im
2025-03-29

A Wisconsin judge on Saturday declined to stop billionaire Elon Musk from handing over $1 million checks to two voters in the state at a planned rally days before the closely contested Supreme Court election.
The state attorney general, who argues that the offer violates the law, immediately appealed after the judge refused to hear the request for an emergency injunction to block the payments.
The ruling is the latest twist in Musk’s deep involvement in the race,
which has set a record for spending in a judicial election and has become a litmus test for the opening months of Donald Trump’s presidency.
Trump and Musk are backing Waukesha County Judge Brad Schimel in the race, while Democrats are behind Dane County Judge #Susan #Crawford.
Musk plans a rally Sunday where he intends to give a pair of Wisconsin voters $1 million each for signing an online petition against “activist” judges.
He is also offering $100 to anyone who signs it; he previously gave $1 million to a Green Bay man who signed.
Musk and groups he funds have poured more than $20 million into the race, while Democratic megadonors, including George Soros, back Crawford.
The race will determine ideological control of the court.
Liberals currently hold a 4-3 majority but a retirement this year puts the majority in play.
The election concludes Tuesday.
apnews.com/article/wisconsin-s

Chuck Darwincdarwin@c.im
2025-03-26

First up today - another pitch for #Susan #Crawford.

Musk has now poured $18m into this race and we have to keep up.

Our community has responded, mightily, and has now raised almost $200,000

I know many of you have been working hard on this race for weeks/months.
Our new mega-stretch goal is $225,000 by this Sunday, 31st.

Donate and volunteer for our great candidate for the #Wisconsin #Supreme #Court race today!

secure.actblue.com/donate/hopi

2025-03-25

Episode 296: For just a few shards a day…

Max gets ready for a good surprise from the Bageltron 2000.

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Trogdor / Schmogdor / Bloodwraith / Pulsatis: Willett Children
Susan: Maezie Ellis
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