Maybe I'm going overboard, but why would the Times specifically characterize the *governor* as the one making the threats, here? - ThreadSky

scriban.bsky.social • 18 hours ago

Maybe I'm going overboard, but why would the Times specifically characterize the *governor* as the one making the threats, here?

Reposted from The New York Times

Gov. Janet Mills of Maine threatened legal action after President Trump said he would withhold funding to her state unless she complied with his executive order banning transgender athletes from women’s sports.

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suzinott.bsky.social•17 hours ago

My god he's a POS fucking garbage.

sarahv.dftba.social•16 hours ago

Yeah. The governor is making threats and the president of Ukraine refuses to make a peace deal. 🙄 For some odd reason no one can figure out!

dougb1.bsky.social•17 hours ago

Yep the threat was clearly from Trump and the Governor responded to that threat. The New York Times is not fit for bird cage liner.

radicalrealism.bsky.social•17 hours ago

Yeah, singling out a person or entity & telling them to comply or be illegally denied funds is a threat. Asserting that all legal avenues will be pursued to protect against unlawful retaliation is the Governor's duty, not a threat.

hairguitar.bsky.social•17 hours ago

Touché

furtherexchange.bsky.social•17 hours ago

Because senior NYT editors are terrified of trimp

raclapper.bsky.social•17 hours ago

Chronic use of passive voice from all the "officer related" incidents. The powerful never do anything wrong in their framing.

peachdiva.bsky.social•7 hours ago

Because our worst suspicions about the Times are most likely true. And, they're counting on people not hearing the exchange.

I cannot begin to imagine how many generations it will take to live down the shame of having this man as president.

nicholasdw42.bsky.social•17 hours ago

They're Nazi collaborators.

stephenlg.bsky.social•17 hours ago

I guess they don’t want the same treatment as AP.

You’re not overreacting in the slightest btw.

thatshockratees.bsky.social•17 hours ago

IKR! “Threatened” vs “said,” and “said” is used for the one who slung the first threat.

jakelahut.writes.news•18 hours ago

specifically on the legal action part, she was the one who said see you in court. as for the first sentence of a post on a social media app, idk — not my line of expertise in this biz

scriban.bsky.social•18 hours ago

But you see my point, though—the actual dynamic, which is obvious from the exchange, is that Gov Lewis is reacting to Trump's threat. Even clearer in the story itself:

mlex.bsky.social•17 hours ago

indeed. her response was 100% appropriate to that bullying.

thatac.bsky.social•17 hours ago

https://bsky.app/profile/thatac.bsky.social/post/3lioz2wfbqk2n

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