@pirspecktive.bsky.social
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No struggling newspaper ever saved itself by becoming a worse and less essential product. But what's happening today at the @washingtonpost.com is not just the latest devastating contraction of the news industry; it's the gutting of an American institution vital for a healthy society
February 4, 2026 at 2:19 PM
No struggling newspaper ever saved itself by becoming a worse and less essential product. But what's happening today at the @washingtonpost.com is not just the latest devastating contraction of the news industry; it's the gutting of an American institution vital for a healthy society
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Everything Bezos does is in service to Trump. Closing these bureau's and cutting the middle east reporting team helps limit news coverage of Trump's self dealing in GAZA and his failure to fight Putin in Ukraine.
But Bezos had $75 million to spend on Melania’s vanity project.
February 4, 2026 at 5:37 PM
Everything Bezos does is in service to Trump. Closing these bureau's and cutting the middle east reporting team helps limit news coverage of Trump's self dealing in GAZA and his failure to fight Putin in Ukraine.
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Utah Republicans like to say they are against court packing and yet are about to do it right now. Not enough people are talking about this. Sound the alarm now. www.sltrib.com/news/politic...
Objections overruled — Utah to expand its Supreme Court, with approval from Legislature, Cox
Gov. Cox quickly signed a bill adding two justices to the Utah Supreme Court. The GOP-led Legislature has derided the current justices as "activists."
www.sltrib.com
February 4, 2026 at 5:40 PM
Utah Republicans like to say they are against court packing and yet are about to do it right now. Not enough people are talking about this. Sound the alarm now. www.sltrib.com/news/politic...
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@samsteindc.bsky.social on Mike Johnson sowing distrust in our elections:
“It's hard to imagine a more irresponsible statement from the Speaker of the House than that…Openly saying, I don't have evidence for what I'm suggesting, but I'm going to suggest it anyway.”
“It's hard to imagine a more irresponsible statement from the Speaker of the House than that…Openly saying, I don't have evidence for what I'm suggesting, but I'm going to suggest it anyway.”
February 4, 2026 at 5:07 PM
@samsteindc.bsky.social on Mike Johnson sowing distrust in our elections:
“It's hard to imagine a more irresponsible statement from the Speaker of the House than that…Openly saying, I don't have evidence for what I'm suggesting, but I'm going to suggest it anyway.”
“It's hard to imagine a more irresponsible statement from the Speaker of the House than that…Openly saying, I don't have evidence for what I'm suggesting, but I'm going to suggest it anyway.”
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Update: In the past week we've learned ICE has secured property to build human warehouses in Merrimack, NH and Williamsport, MD *as well as* Surprise, AZ; Upper Bern, PA; and Tremont, PA.
Facts that bear repeating.
Facts that bear repeating.
In the past week we've learned ICE has secured property to build human warehouses in Merrimack, NH and Williamsport, MD. Just some facts I think bear repeating.
February 4, 2026 at 5:35 PM
Update: In the past week we've learned ICE has secured property to build human warehouses in Merrimack, NH and Williamsport, MD *as well as* Surprise, AZ; Upper Bern, PA; and Tremont, PA.
Facts that bear repeating.
Facts that bear repeating.
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INBOX: Washington Post Ukraine Correspondent Lizzie Johnson announces that she has been laid off in the middle of a below-freezing war zone without power, heat, or running water.
February 4, 2026 at 5:11 PM
INBOX: Washington Post Ukraine Correspondent Lizzie Johnson announces that she has been laid off in the middle of a below-freezing war zone without power, heat, or running water.
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The hallmark (the “brand”) of the Washington Post has been accountability journalism. Thus, today’s staff decimation is Bezos’s greatest gift to Trump, so much more valuable than the Melania movie, inauguration money, etc. This disaster began, for real, with the Harris endorsement he killed.
February 4, 2026 at 4:57 PM
The hallmark (the “brand”) of the Washington Post has been accountability journalism. Thus, today’s staff decimation is Bezos’s greatest gift to Trump, so much more valuable than the Melania movie, inauguration money, etc. This disaster began, for real, with the Harris endorsement he killed.
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Jeff Bezos, journalistic supervillain: my latest for @thenation.com thenation.com/article/society/washington-post-layoffs-analysis-jeff-bezos/?nc=1
Jeff Bezos’s Destruction of “The Washington Post” Is a Disgraceful Plutocratic Crime
It turns out that democracy doesn’t die in darkness at all—it succumbs to repeated group muggings at the hands of the monied power elite.
thenation.com
February 4, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Jeff Bezos, journalistic supervillain: my latest for @thenation.com thenation.com/article/society/washington-post-layoffs-analysis-jeff-bezos/?nc=1
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Thinking today of this statement Bezos made in 2019, when the National Enquirer tried to blackmail him with compromising photos. See the highlighted portion below, about his "unswerving" support of The Post's mission.
medium.com/@jeffreypbez...
medium.com/@jeffreypbez...
February 4, 2026 at 5:05 PM
Thinking today of this statement Bezos made in 2019, when the National Enquirer tried to blackmail him with compromising photos. See the highlighted portion below, about his "unswerving" support of The Post's mission.
medium.com/@jeffreypbez...
medium.com/@jeffreypbez...
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FOSTER: You agree it's a historic fact that during Republican presidencies without exception manufacturing employment dropped and the dollar got weaker?
BESSENT: I haven't seen the data
FOSTER: I presented it to you in a graph
BESSENT: I can't snap my fingers and create factories
BESSENT: I haven't seen the data
FOSTER: I presented it to you in a graph
BESSENT: I can't snap my fingers and create factories
February 4, 2026 at 5:05 PM
FOSTER: You agree it's a historic fact that during Republican presidencies without exception manufacturing employment dropped and the dollar got weaker?
BESSENT: I haven't seen the data
FOSTER: I presented it to you in a graph
BESSENT: I can't snap my fingers and create factories
BESSENT: I haven't seen the data
FOSTER: I presented it to you in a graph
BESSENT: I can't snap my fingers and create factories
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In a sane world, the decision by Rufo, Vance, & co. to slander and slap a target on the traumatized, hardworking immigrants who revitalized a rust belt city -- and who *were invited* to that city -- would be a stain on their careers that they never live down.
They should be reminded of it. Often.
They should be reminded of it. Often.
MAGA is a movement of America haters who despise this country and are conspiring to destroy it
February 4, 2026 at 5:04 PM
In a sane world, the decision by Rufo, Vance, & co. to slander and slap a target on the traumatized, hardworking immigrants who revitalized a rust belt city -- and who *were invited* to that city -- would be a stain on their careers that they never live down.
They should be reminded of it. Often.
They should be reminded of it. Often.
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Govt attorney who was representing the Justice Department in court is no longer detailed to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Minnesota after telling a judge her job “sucks” and asking to be held in contempt so she “could get 24 hours of sleep.” www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
Government attorney who told judge in ICE case, 'This job sucks,' removed from detail
Julie Le made the remark while she was representing the U.S. attorney’s office in Minnesota, where federal officers are conducting a massive immigration crackdown.
www.nbcnews.com
February 4, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Govt attorney who was representing the Justice Department in court is no longer detailed to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Minnesota after telling a judge her job “sucks” and asking to be held in contempt so she “could get 24 hours of sleep.” www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
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HIMES: You said there were 'bad actors' among credit card companies. Who are they?
BESSENT: I'm not going to name them
HIMES: So you'll tell us they exist but you won't tell us who they are so we can undertake oversight?
BESSENT: I think you have very large investigative committees
BESSENT: I'm not going to name them
HIMES: So you'll tell us they exist but you won't tell us who they are so we can undertake oversight?
BESSENT: I think you have very large investigative committees
February 4, 2026 at 5:08 PM
HIMES: You said there were 'bad actors' among credit card companies. Who are they?
BESSENT: I'm not going to name them
HIMES: So you'll tell us they exist but you won't tell us who they are so we can undertake oversight?
BESSENT: I think you have very large investigative committees
BESSENT: I'm not going to name them
HIMES: So you'll tell us they exist but you won't tell us who they are so we can undertake oversight?
BESSENT: I think you have very large investigative committees
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The Washington Post dies in broad daylight.
February 4, 2026 at 4:40 PM
The Washington Post dies in broad daylight.
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The cycle from Amazon killing bookstores to Bezos axing the books section of the Post is something
February 4, 2026 at 2:35 PM
The cycle from Amazon killing bookstores to Bezos axing the books section of the Post is something
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A publisher who lays off a reporter whose pen is freezing because she's covering a frigid war zone while dodging missiles is not an editor you want to work for, in a more perfect world
February 4, 2026 at 5:07 PM
A publisher who lays off a reporter whose pen is freezing because she's covering a frigid war zone while dodging missiles is not an editor you want to work for, in a more perfect world
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The decimation of the Washington Post is another moment in U.S. journalism when one of our alleged "good billionaires" could build a muscular publication that protects democracy with all necessary resources. That we're not seeing that happen makes me question the existence of good billionaires.
February 4, 2026 at 5:11 PM
The decimation of the Washington Post is another moment in U.S. journalism when one of our alleged "good billionaires" could build a muscular publication that protects democracy with all necessary resources. That we're not seeing that happen makes me question the existence of good billionaires.
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Scenes from a personalist regime: the president speaks directly with the security agents expected to generate a justification for his taking control over elections
Holy shit. Not only was Tulsi Gabbard present for the raid on Georgia's election center, she called Trump and put him on speaker phone to the FBI agents conducting the raid! (Gift link)
Trump Had Unusual Call With F.B.I. Agents After Election Center Search
www.nytimes.com
February 4, 2026 at 12:09 PM
Scenes from a personalist regime: the president speaks directly with the security agents expected to generate a justification for his taking control over elections
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the bloodshed? came after:
“it’s okay, i’m not mad at you”
&
“are you okay?”
“it’s okay, i’m not mad at you”
&
“are you okay?”
Homan: "I said back in March of this year [sic] that if the hateful rhetoric didn't stop I was afraid there would be bloodshed. And there has been."
February 4, 2026 at 2:24 PM
the bloodshed? came after:
“it’s okay, i’m not mad at you”
&
“are you okay?”
“it’s okay, i’m not mad at you”
&
“are you okay?”
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January 6 was the worst day of my life. But the threat of Donald Trump didn’t end when the mob left the Capitol.
That’s why I’m running for Congress: to defend this country, with the full constitutional authority of Congress.
I’m Harry Dunn. And I’m ready to finish the job.
That’s why I’m running for Congress: to defend this country, with the full constitutional authority of Congress.
I’m Harry Dunn. And I’m ready to finish the job.
Done Waiting
YouTube video by Harry Dunn
www.youtube.com
February 4, 2026 at 12:48 PM
January 6 was the worst day of my life. But the threat of Donald Trump didn’t end when the mob left the Capitol.
That’s why I’m running for Congress: to defend this country, with the full constitutional authority of Congress.
I’m Harry Dunn. And I’m ready to finish the job.
That’s why I’m running for Congress: to defend this country, with the full constitutional authority of Congress.
I’m Harry Dunn. And I’m ready to finish the job.
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*SPOILERS IN VIDEO*
This is probably the highlight of my television career to date.
This is probably the highlight of my television career to date.
February 4, 2026 at 5:16 PM
*SPOILERS IN VIDEO*
This is probably the highlight of my television career to date.
This is probably the highlight of my television career to date.
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please watch:
Highlighting the speaker who stood in front of the Surprise mayor and told him to consider what the Mayor of Ohrdruf must’ve thought before he died by suicide: “He might have thought ‘how is this my fault I had no jurisdiction over this’ maybe he said ‘this site was not subject to local zoning.’”
February 4, 2026 at 5:17 PM
please watch:
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Bring back honor. If you are in charge of an organization and send an email detailing this many failures in its strategic vision, you need to resign at the end of it.
Matt Murray's full email to staff about today's cuts at the Washington Post
February 4, 2026 at 5:18 PM
Bring back honor. If you are in charge of an organization and send an email detailing this many failures in its strategic vision, you need to resign at the end of it.