Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s viral White House photo: serendipitous or The NY Times ending her career in politics?

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Anonymous wrote:When NYT, CNN, ABC News and MSNBC all ask you tough prodding questions, publish embarrassing photos, etc., it’s because party brass is pushing you out of the 2028 field. She’s apparently too deluded to realize or she’s in denial.

All they care about is making sure any and all potential nominees are politicians who play nice with the mega-donors. It's disgusting. That being said; Whitmer seems like the type of politician who wouldn't upset the mega-donor apple cart.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:CNN sticking it to her. Hard to watch. She’s so bad at this.

Please. Who is Anna Hoffman? And CNN basically Fox Lite these days.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Even formerly sycophantic toadies in Michigan have turned against her.

lol. Even that old fart blue dog Tim Skubick is twisting the knife in.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Surprised I don’t see a thread on this. This was randomly put in an NY Times article on Friday and then predictably went hyper viral all weekend because it’s so childish and embarrassing. No other newsroom got this same shot? If so, they could have held it. Was this deliberately ending her political future (…to the benefit of Josh Shapiro and perhaps Gavin Newsom)? In journalism terms, a scalp.

The photo was not casually buried in a random story, it was very deliberately put on a Monday front page. That doesn’t happen willy-nilly, it was a scalp. Her political career is over. Sure, she can carry on the charade and grift and run in 2028, but it’s all an exercise in futility. It’s over.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Surprised I don’t see a thread on this. This was randomly put in an NY Times article on Friday and then predictably went hyper viral all weekend because it’s so childish and embarrassing. No other newsroom got this same shot? If so, they could have held it. Was this deliberately ending her political future (…to the benefit of Josh Shapiro and perhaps Gavin Newsom)? In journalism terms, a scalp.

The photo was not casually buried in a random story, it was very deliberately put on a Monday front page. That doesn’t happen willy-nilly, it was a scalp. Her political career is over. Sure, she can carry on the charade and grift and run in 2028, but it’s all an exercise in futility. It’s over.

Basically, NYT is MAGA. Constantly calling out Dems, yet softballing Trump and cronies. They were breathless about his win, with the online headline something like “defiant” and had that image of him looking powerful with that dark setting.

I cancelled it that day.