JonThe humor columnist has more backbone than Bezos.
Gift link: https://wapo.st/3UqHWRM
Marty Fouts@jonpainterphoto The idea that Bezos did this out of a lack of courage baffles me. He did it for the same reason he bought the paper in the first place: to further an agenda he is fully invested in b
@MartyFouts I don't think he was that involved until recently. In any case, this move is specifically to protect the interests of Blue Origin.
Eh?!?@jonpainterphoto @MartyFouts
What about anti-union legislation?
Weakening FTC action?
There's a lot of vested interests that billionaires share with the TFG/Project2025 agenda.
What about anti-union legislation?
Weakening FTC action?
There's a lot of vested interests that billionaires share with the TFG/Project2025 agenda.
Professor_StevensThat seems like the best explanation yet.
Stybba3019@jonpainterphoto Have to say, Alexandra Petri really nails the key reason for voting for Harris - elections are good & electing her ensures we keep having them.
#HarrisWalz #AlexandraPetri #WaPo #WashingtonPost #EditorialCowardice
Julie Hughes@jonpainterphoto It isn't fear that quashed the editorial, it is corruption. He wants Trump to do things for him if elected...it was a down-payment on future influence and govt subsidies for his space exploration vanity project
Jason the Big@jonpainterphoto Petri’s the best. Truly one of the bright spots on the darkening landscape of that paper
VolbardReally the main reason I had a subscription
Pete@jonpainterphoto @fortboise
charvaka@jonpainterphoto To be fair to the #oligarch #Bezos, the humor columnist doesn't have to take the chance that her tax bill goes up a lot if a fellow oligarch doesn't win the election. He has more money and power at stake, and he is greedier and more devoid of conscience than most people. In our emerging #oligarchy it's the worst assholes who accumulate the most wealth and power.
Jay 🇺🇦Hats off to Alexandra Petri.
xs4me2Especially that last sentence…
50 years ago we did not have Amazon, and we should have kept it that way.
Have a nice day!
Bellison22@jonpainterphoto I actually thought the point was to Not share the link. 🤔
Graeme 🏴@Bellison22 @jonpainterphoto I don't know, reminding people that you can bypass the paywall is good. People who might still want to read it, for contributors like Alexandra, can do so while depriving Bezos of their $ too...
@pa27 @jonpainterphoto here's the thing, at least for me, I can't bypass the paywall when it says gift.
It asks for an email address to read it, then it finds I was formerly a subscriber and it asks me to sign in, resubscribe.
It has happened to me repeatedly, so it has always been a fail.
Good journalists, dedicated journalists will find a way past these medias.
Also, many have had to "follow guidelines" compromising their own compasses....and I don't want to have to rely on "gifts" for news.
It asks for an email address to read it, then it finds I was formerly a subscriber and it asks me to sign in, resubscribe.
It has happened to me repeatedly, so it has always been a fail.
Good journalists, dedicated journalists will find a way past these medias.
Also, many have had to "follow guidelines" compromising their own compasses....and I don't want to have to rely on "gifts" for news.
@Bellison22 @jonpainterphoto The link posted by @SuperSpceFan used archive.ph, which usually works:
https://archive.ph/LFjFt
https://archive.ph/LFjFt
@pa27 @jonpainterphoto I guess you're missing my point.
So we'll just call it good.
I am not reading, sharing or tagging them.
So we'll just call it good.
I am not reading, sharing or tagging them.
Jay@Bellison22 @pa27 @jonpainterphoto https://10minutemail.com/
Worked for me.
Aral Balkan@jonpainterphoto @afuerstenau It’s not lack of backbone, it’s calculated malice.
Seth is Pissed@jonpainterphoto Love this. @jeffjarvis you see this?
BrambleBearGrrraulingRoots ARE important, like the roots of rebellion. Roots of resistance. Roots of all the trees and plants that will not survive a dump presidency.
I sincerely hope and wish this columnist and all like-minded journalists, artists, related staff at WaPo find a way to start their own cooperative newspaper their way, without the bozo. We need our 4th Estate. We need journalists to be Journalists!
Oregon Wine Woman@jonpainterphoto
Thanks. I had heard about this, but hadn't read til this. Again, thx.
Thanks. I had heard about this, but hadn't read til this. Again, thx.