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It is positioning itself as a key part of the "resistance" to Donald Trump, using the US election to highlight that is a media organisation without a billionaire proprietor - while also asking its readers for donations.

The proprietor of Maria’s Express said that she had voted for the vice president and predicted the candidate’s victory: “Everybody voted for her — my customers and the neighbors.”

Along the highway east of town, you will probably encounter Coyote, a 67-year-old junkyard proprietor with a booming baritone voice and a truck that says “UFO retrieval and repairs.”

"What you want in a proprietor is somebody who is willing to invest, who is willing to have the confidence in what the journalists are doing, and also is willing to protect editorial independence. And there’s not the slightest suggestion that Paul Marshall isn’t willing to do that," he said.

The proprietor was grateful Bush understood.