Zack Beauchamp
@zackbeauchamp.bsky.social
Senior Correspondent at Vox covering the crisis of global democracy. Author of The Reactionary Spirit, a book on that topic, and a '25-'26 distinguished visiting fellow at the University of Pennsylvania's Perry World House.
No.
Most Post cuts are in hard news, which requires local presence, full teams, and many background expenses (e.g. legal). All tremendously expensive.
Analysts like me can start a Substack. But traditional reporters need institutions; if laid off, they're screwed.
bsky.app/profile/lase...
Most Post cuts are in hard news, which requires local presence, full teams, and many background expenses (e.g. legal). All tremendously expensive.
Analysts like me can start a Substack. But traditional reporters need institutions; if laid off, they're screwed.
bsky.app/profile/lase...
February 4, 2026 at 6:51 PM
No.
Most Post cuts are in hard news, which requires local presence, full teams, and many background expenses (e.g. legal). All tremendously expensive.
Analysts like me can start a Substack. But traditional reporters need institutions; if laid off, they're screwed.
bsky.app/profile/lase...
Most Post cuts are in hard news, which requires local presence, full teams, and many background expenses (e.g. legal). All tremendously expensive.
Analysts like me can start a Substack. But traditional reporters need institutions; if laid off, they're screwed.
bsky.app/profile/lase...
This is the playbook used to hollow out media in Hungary and Poland under PiS.
The difference. however, is that Bezos wasn't forced to do this by the state. He had the resources to preserve the Post indefinitely, if he wanted. He *chose* capitulation.
The difference. however, is that Bezos wasn't forced to do this by the state. He had the resources to preserve the Post indefinitely, if he wanted. He *chose* capitulation.
February 4, 2026 at 6:35 PM
This is the playbook used to hollow out media in Hungary and Poland under PiS.
The difference. however, is that Bezos wasn't forced to do this by the state. He had the resources to preserve the Post indefinitely, if he wanted. He *chose* capitulation.
The difference. however, is that Bezos wasn't forced to do this by the state. He had the resources to preserve the Post indefinitely, if he wanted. He *chose* capitulation.
she's overplaying her hand. she got away with naked sexism — no, sorry, got rewarded for it — the feminization essay, and is now pushing to see if she can mainstream naked racism the same way.
February 3, 2026 at 8:52 PM
she's overplaying her hand. she got away with naked sexism — no, sorry, got rewarded for it — the feminization essay, and is now pushing to see if she can mainstream naked racism the same way.
congrats!!!!!!!!!
February 2, 2026 at 4:44 PM
congrats!!!!!!!!!
This is also what I immediately thought of bsky.app/profile/jame...
January 30, 2026 at 5:48 PM
This is also what I immediately thought of bsky.app/profile/jame...
one odd feature of the second trump administration is that even some transparent right-wing hacks (like whelan) care more about their credibility than the people currently in government, so it they come into conflict
January 28, 2026 at 2:56 PM
one odd feature of the second trump administration is that even some transparent right-wing hacks (like whelan) care more about their credibility than the people currently in government, so it they come into conflict
when i met with him, he spent a long time trying to persuade me that people had totally misinterpreted orbán's speech about liberal democracy as a broadside against liberalism. i distinctly remember thinking "this guy is treating me like an idiot"
January 26, 2026 at 8:17 PM
when i met with him, he spent a long time trying to persuade me that people had totally misinterpreted orbán's speech about liberal democracy as a broadside against liberalism. i distinctly remember thinking "this guy is treating me like an idiot"
me: the right today has abandoned the most basic principles of liberal democracy
center-right pundits: hysterical, trump derangement syndrome lib
katie miller: no, he's got it right
center-right pundits: hysterical, trump derangement syndrome lib
katie miller: no, he's got it right
January 26, 2026 at 8:08 PM
me: the right today has abandoned the most basic principles of liberal democracy
center-right pundits: hysterical, trump derangement syndrome lib
katie miller: no, he's got it right
center-right pundits: hysterical, trump derangement syndrome lib
katie miller: no, he's got it right
Defining this Southern authoritarian tradition is what the US chapter of my book is all about
January 25, 2026 at 10:33 PM
Defining this Southern authoritarian tradition is what the US chapter of my book is all about