How the Platner Campaign Imploded, and New Questions About Trump’s Qatari-Donated Jet
7/9/202610 min
Plus, what Meta’s new A.I. push means for your Instagram pictures.
Here’s what we’re covering:
‘A Slow-Rolling Disaster’: Inside the Implosion of the Platner Campaign, by Lisa Lerer, Katie Glueck and Michael Kruse
Security Precaution Led Trump to Use Old Air Force One in Leaving Turkey, by Tyler Pager, Julian E. Barnes, Eric Schmitt and Eric Lipton
Family of Man Fatally Shot by ICE Agent Calls for Independent Inquiry, by Edgar Sandoval
Horror Becomes Routine as More Bodies Emerge After Venezuela Quakes, by Emma Bubola
How to Prevent Meta From Using Your Instagram Images in A.I., by Eli Tan
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Tracy Mumford· Host0:29
[instrumental music] From The New York Times, it's the headlines. I'm Tracy Mumford. Today is Thursday, July 9th. Here's what we're covering.
Bram Platner· Soundbite0:38
We built a campaign. We engaged in electoral politics. We motivated people. We did it the way that we were told we are supposed to make change, and now they are not going to let us have it. Not if it's me. And so we're suspending campaign operations.
Tracy Mumford· Host1:03
Bram Platner, the Democratic nominee for Senate in Maine, has bowed out of the race after facing intense pressure from his party following an accusation of rape. The Marine veteran and oysterman, who came out of nowhere in the last year to become a star of the progressive movement, has vehemently denied the allegation, but said yesterday that there was no way his campaign could continue under that cloud.
Bram Platner· Soundbite1:27
Those in power who have the ability