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I’d prefer to say “hell no” to *Amazon* than to abandon WaPo in its moment of greatest need, but it looks like the writing is on the wall. I don’t need to subscribe to a newspaper whose new mission is apparently to be a more “riveting” version of USA Today. 🙄
www.thedailybeast.com/wapo-plans-n...
www.thedailybeast.com/wapo-plans-n...
Bezos’ Washington Post Rips Up Mission Statement Amid Staff Rebellion
The new internal mission statement after the paper rested its laurels on “democracy dies in darkness.”
www.thedailybeast.com
January 17, 2025 at 7:27 AM
I’d prefer to say “hell no” to *Amazon* than to abandon WaPo in its moment of greatest need, but it looks like the writing is on the wall. I don’t need to subscribe to a newspaper whose new mission is apparently to be a more “riveting” version of USA Today. 🙄
www.thedailybeast.com/wapo-plans-n...
www.thedailybeast.com/wapo-plans-n...
Are we so different? Sure hope do, but we’re about to find out. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
How Hitler Dismantled a Democracy in 53 Days
He used the constitution to shatter the constitution.
www.theatlantic.com
January 12, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Are we so different? Sure hope do, but we’re about to find out. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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Another step towards unreality. I discuss this in chapters two and four of "On Freedom."
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
Meta ends fact-checking, drawing praise from Trump
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg ended fact-checking on Facebook and Instagram in favor of community notes, calling the recent election a “cultural tipping point” on free speech.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 9, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Another step towards unreality. I discuss this in chapters two and four of "On Freedom."
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
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Valuable reasoning here. Worth adding: when Musk and Trump make government fail, they will then try to blame and punish chosen enemies.
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/31/o...
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/31/o...
Opinion | Trump Is Dismantling the Systems That Keep Us Safe. All Americans Will Suffer.
Eviscerating modern state institutions almost always clears a path for a different political order, built on loyalties and connections to the ruler.
www.nytimes.com
January 9, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Valuable reasoning here. Worth adding: when Musk and Trump make government fail, they will then try to blame and punish chosen enemies.
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/31/o...
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/31/o...