"has giving your lunch money to the playground bully ever been the end of it? of course not. "
Right on...thousands have cancelled their subscriptions to the useless Washington Post. And over 32,000 comments on the piece by the editor in chief who was trying to explain why they didnt do any endorsements. It's coming to light how many OTHER news outlets there are to get information that isnt biased and full of BS.
There are more of us than there are of them.
Let's vote for people who support us, not billionaires.
I canceled my subscription with 9 months to run yet. I don’t care. I will not read their content. If Jennifer Rubin, Karen Tumulty, Eugene Robinson and a few others start substacks,I’m will subscribe immediately.I also canceled Amazon Prime.
Me too. I think Walmart Delivery would be a good replacement. I use Amazon almost every day but I have used Walmart too. They're pretty fast and sometimes same day. They do have a delivery plan to join like Prime Delivery where you don't pay individual delivery charges, just an annual fee. I read an article today that said canceling Prime is the way to hurt bezos most. It would have to be on a massive scale. I think it'd be worth it. Plus I have Chewy and Kroger Delivery. I'm not incapable of going out and getting my stuff myself, I'm just very lazy.
Bezos hired the Murdoch UK tabloid crook, Will Lewis, to boost subscriptions the more people that cancel, it makes a direct line to his error in hiring a Murdoch scum dude. He has stepped down as head of Amazon so he just blames that on his CEO, it doesn't send the direct message that cancelling the source does.
I'm not so sure about that. By now, Bezos makes most of his money through investments, not Amazon - Amazon didn't turn a profit for years. Boycotting Amazon, if it goes widespread, will just put a lot of low-wage employees out of work, and probably not hurt Bezos a bit.
We must keep in mind that many people such as the disabled ,and seniors have to use community services for transportation and that transportation many times only goes to the area Walmart which has monopolized their area , they have no choice! Many seniors have little or no access to computers and must rely upon those community services for access to shopping on line they are not skilled in surfing around for alternatives to Amazon without assistance every time they need different items! It’s a tough life for many as well as confusing having to use new technology( for them) that they didn’t grow up with !
I canceled my subscription minutes after seeing the news. As far as Amazon, I use it as a search engine, read reviews, and then buy what I want from the actual company.
Yes! Many times amazon shit is fake, counterfeit or just plain old, broken, expired, nasty! I too find if I want to be sure it's genuine and fresh get it directly from the maker!
Wow good for you. Need to cancel Amazon and take my business elsewhere. Will be hard but the thought of Bezos being such money hungry coward must do it. 💙💙
WaPo won't give a refund for a yearly subscription paid in full. I've tried... They just send you a nice little message: "Enjoy your subscription until March of 2025"...
Remember the Marion County Record story about police raiding the newspaper? The police tried to shut them down. The editor of this little Kansas newspaper refused to kowtow. Freedom of the Press is alive, in Kansas at least.
Donald bullies the free Press and threatens to shut down any news media that criticizes him. When the Washington Post was faced with the same threat as the little Kansas paper, Bezos flinched.
On topic, notice how the Wall Street Journal is pushing hard for Trump now. Remember that Murdoch owns the Wall Street Journal, Fox News and other media platforms that shill for the Trump money scam. Until now, Murdoch allowed WSJ to be more neutral than his blatant pro-Putin platforms. Watch WSJ closely. It's about to look a lot more like Fox News and Russia Today TV. Another mouthpiece of Autocrat, Inc.
I canceled my WaPo subscription when Bezos hired Will Lewis to be CEO. Lewis was the former editor of the WSJ. Had I wanted to read the WSJ, I would have.
I miss WaPo and almost wish I still had my sub, so that I could cancel it all over again.
I read someplace that the sub cancellations are up to 60,000. But that seems very high.
That's because Rupert despised trump, he tolerated him because he made them money. But the son Lachlan is now running everything and he is said to be a "true believer".
What doesn’t make sense to me is why Bezos is doing this. Amazon is absolutely killing it. Why would he alienate everyone that hates tRump…the true majority of Americans? His fish wrap (WaPo) doesn’t make a fraction of the money Amazon does. By supporting tRump he risks the majority of his customers quitting Amazon, doesn’t he?
I think some individuals simply religiously worship outer space stuff. And it would seem that Bezos is one of these. I have never understood it myself but the lure is all powerful for many. It would seem he is willing to take a financial hit to protect and nurture his big rocket dream.
So, you’re telling me flying into space on a giant penis that nobody else can afford wasn’t his motivation? There is nothing billionaires enjoy more than flaunting their wealth in front of us little people.
The flying penis is a small part of his entire rocket program. As with all things aerospace, original schedules tend to be wild ass guesses. New Glenn is 4 years late and a full up test article is on the pad, to be launched in November. New Glenn is also re-usable and if it goes like Elmo’s Falcon 9s, Bezos will destroy a bunch until it hits all of it goals. To wit: Space (as in getting there) is hard. Very hard.
I’m so happy for him and his dreams ! I guess that it’s safe to assume that the other 335 ,000,000 of us have no say because we just don’t have any aspirations hopes or what am I searching for? Oh ! Yeah dreams of our own that might be just as important but a bit less expensive than a billionaires and his astronomical wealth that allows him to buy anyone and anything ! The Post probably accounts for .01 % percent of his wealth.. jeez that’s gonna really hurt but at least his dreams safe ! Only venting sorry !
Every day, Hannah…rise and shine…time to see what tremendous crud the Republicons will be force feeding their constituents today.
There is one thing consistent about their messaging, besides the fact that it is false. It gets worse, each subsequent day, more derogatory, more crass, more threatening.
They are drumming up their base, preparing them for post-election civil war.
It was a no win situation in the first place Shitmouth is still going to get even for all of Bozos criticism in the past ,he could have showed some balls ,by Endorsing Kamala and helped her beat the shit dribbling asshole ! Same consequences as not supporting her and over half the country won’t think of him as a yellow prick ! Fuck him !🤬
Thanks Susan. Love your post. I’ve been saying the same thing about there being more of us than of them! I cancelled my WAPO subscription immediately! Just read a blogger’s
post and now I will add bloggers to my Women and young people who will save our election making Kamala Harris our President!! 💙💙
I chatgpt’d “alternatives to Amazon” asking mostly about personal care items, casual clothing, etc. And free returns. They answered with the list posted here at the bottom. Zappos is on it—Bezos owned. (Damn. I like Z!)
And Walmart is on it, owned by Walton Family. I’ve lost my Billionaire Biographies file. Is Walton one of the good guys?
And don’t forget: ChatGPT is far from perfect so do your own search. Anyway. It’s a starting place.
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For alternatives to Amazon that offer a broad range of products and free returns, here are some options:
1. Target: Offers a wide variety of personal care products, over-the-counter meds, and clothing, including shoes. Target has a robust online shopping platform with frequent free shipping deals for members of their loyalty program (Target Circle) or those using their RedCard. Free returns are standard, both in-store and by mail.
2. Walmart: Another comprehensive option with a similar range of products. Walmart has a good selection of personal care items, casual clothing, and lifestyle products. Their shipping is often free for orders over a certain amount, and they also offer free returns for most items.
3. Ulta Beauty: Specializes in makeup, skincare, and personal care products. They offer free shipping for orders over a certain threshold, and their return policy allows for free returns within 60 days.
4. Nordstrom: Known for clothing, shoes, and personal care products, Nordstrom offers free returns and free shipping. They have an excellent customer service reputation and a wide selection of casual and lifestyle clothing.
5. Sephora: If makeup and skincare are a primary focus, Sephora offers free returns and a wide variety of personal care products. They also provide free shipping for orders over a certain amount or with their Beauty Insider program.
6. Costco: If you’re a member, Costco offers personal care items and over-the-counter medications at competitive prices, as well as free returns on most products. While their clothing selection is more limited, it’s a great option for household goods and essentials.
7. Zappos: Specializes in shoes and clothing, offering free returns and free shipping. They have a strong customer service focus and a wide variety of casual and lifestyle wear.
Each of these options provides some version of free returns, which could meet your needs while offering the broad product scope you’re used to with Amazon.
Marie, Walmart owners pay wages so low that they keep food pantries for their employees. Yes, their employees. They are famous for it. I won't shop with them. Just saying, a bargain isn't always a good thing.
I have refused to shop there for at least 25 years, if not longer.
Plus, they pay their 'associates' so badly that new hires in CA (at least) are given instructions on how to apply for food stamps and Medi-Cal in their new employee packets.
Yes. Let us vote for Kamala, and then let her take over these companies from Bezos and Musk, and appropriate them for our government as a matter of national security because our country is not safe if either of them have military contracts. Same with Starlink, that should be taken over too.
The WaPo announcement might be an appropriate decision to make in mid-year FOLLOWING a presidential election. But the paper’s timing shows us what they really mean: they’re in the pocket of Donald Trump.
Fuck bezos. Fuck musk. Fuck murdoch. Fascistic moron narcissists. Nothing between the legs, so to say. This is the way too much money turn people definitely rotten and dangerous. They are totally disconnected from realities and more over do not give a shit about the lives of tens of millions hard working souls. Witch hunt incoming. Brace brace…
Yes! Ask Springfield, OH how Thiel's meddling has worked out. Thiel plowed $10 million into Vantz's senate campaign, with now Senator Vantz making up ridiculous pet-eating bullshit, causing Springfield have bomb threats and other MAGA-inspired shit to deal with. (Vantz is a better spelling for his name. It is a Yiddish word meaning bedbug or pest)
So not wingnut anymore, vantz... good, hopefully he'll be sent packing on Nov 5th. Would he still be a senator? Good God, let's get all of them out of government please.
Peter Peter does J.D. eat ya⁉️ What a mouth piece to Smooth you out …on your way to owning the next President of the Fascist States of America! 🇷🇺 Have a nice wet dream for a few more days freakboy ! Then when it’s all over ….. why don’t you and the wannabe get the fuck out of the country! I hear there’s no Laws against your type of freaky behavior in Some of Vlads make believe countries!
The 3 immigrants I’d most like to see deported are Murdoch, Musk and Thiel… these 3 bear more responsibility for our shattered democracy than any coming across our southern border!
Mr. Thiel has an American passport as well as a New Zealand passport. I cannot find whether he is an American citizen or not. He was born in Germany. Unfortunately, both Musk and Murdoch are naturalized American citizens. I'd purely love to see them all deported...but apparently that is not a possibility.
Fascinating that all these men are foreign born Americans. Two are from British Empire cultures and the other from a German family with historical affinities with the far right. They all share a comfortable upbringing, parents who supported them and a colonial patriarchal mindset. None of them seem capable of understanding either America’s history or it’s complex Enlightenment Experiment philosophy, only it’s capitalism.
At least two of them come from intensely racist backgrounds. Murdoch's father was a well-known racist...Musk's family lived in apartheid era South Africa and as for Thiel...well, who knows what may be in his upbringing? He sure dislikes women, that much is clear from things that he has said.
Their structural familial racism should be called out in the corporate press much more often. However, they now own so much of it. I understand that the gradualist approach to dissolving socially embedded racism employed by successful politicians like Obama and Harris allows for inclusivity without creating conflictual counter racism, but the white supremacism that runs through every page of MAGA’s Project 2025 is a disgusting retrogressive danger to us all.
Sadly TL they all were once immigrants, but have multiple citizenship… they’re but a small part of the ultra-wealthy cabal who seemingly control everything, including our puppet democracy!
Have you seen that Musk was an illegal alien at one time? He had a student visa, but dropped out of Stanford, thereby invalidating his visa. I don't know how he wormed his way back into ICE's good graces. However, just like Dumpy and Heritage wanted to do to Prince Harry, Musk could be kicked out for lying on his immigration paperwork about never having illegal status, if President Harris wanted to pursue it.
Is it not possible that musk is in violation of the oath of citizenship with all the election subversive activity? Kamala has broad immunity when she's president for official acts and maybe she can remove these fuckers from American soil just as easily as trump plans to remove central Americans.
Yea but are they Just Epstein visa .. like Melanias . Not fair the rich but their way in to take advantage of the poor . Because the poor can't buy their way in to take advantage of the rich ...but we can quit using their money grabbing products and try and get them by their pocketbooks . It's all we got . Nov 5 ...until Dec 5 ...none of their products . It's a try
They seem to be this century’s Carpetbaggers ! International carpetbaggers without the knowledge of what the American experience really is ! Their enormous wealth has numbed them as to how most people born here or immigrants naturalized over time have had to live the life or walk the walk if you will ..to appreciate the experience of
America .🇺🇸 🧐🤔. Or not ! Just fertile ground to exploit to the limits!
Just read that the infamous disgusting trump family (daughter and jared) are planning to built super luxurious resorts in Albania and Serbia. Worth around a billion dollars! Money from MBS? Bribing incoming, thanks to bitcoin! Some of these villas, hotel etc will be located in protected natural reserves. They do not respect anything (remember drill baby drill and frack baby frack?). That is the same gangsters asking maga morons to pay millions for the insane legal fees of the wannabe orange dictator, as they do not realise that they are just stupid smiling sheeps led to the slaugher house. LOL! But, so sad indeed.
That is awful but predictable. All these late capitalists are capable of is destroying unspoilt wilderness and environments, driving innocent lives into exile or early deaths to keep their coffers filling up with unearned gold.
That he does and go figure Bezo's CEO of his dick-resembling rocket company's last name is Limp. There's a common denominator between him and the revolting mushroom man. You wouldn't think there would much of a future with a Limp dick rocket or the shit for brains idiot who still believes he should be president just to stay out of prison.
It will if ConOLD gets elected. At some point a slip-up will occur and Dick-Head Bezoz will get thrown out of a fifth story window. Without a parachute of course.
Saw an interview with Robert Kagan, WaPo Editor at Large who quit in protest. He pointed out that the vast, vast majority of Bezos's wealth is Amazon. WaPo is small potatoes, so if they have a lot of cancellations, it may not matter much
I know this. Still, I have to vote with my dollars. And I am now taking a hard look at my activity on Amazon. I have grown complacent since the start of the pandemic. Too easy to order something on Amazon. What I can source locally or from other mail order businesses I will. Also Whole Foods is now at the bottom of the list. We have reasonable alternatives where I live.
Drop in the ocean of Bezos’ obscene wealth I know. But it is what I can do, so I am doing it.
If he made his wealth one household at a time we can vote him off the island one household at a time. It's the tiny 3 cents of every transaction that allows visa to control the money transferring networks. He's responding to the antitrust lawsuits that are making their way through the courts and stuff that's been teed up by recent decisions against the corporations. His leash is shortening with Bidens FTC/DOJ antitrust actions and he knows the Dems are coming to dismantle their shit and put a stop to some of it.
Temu and Shein and Wish were created to avoid US duties, inspections, health and safety regulations, and tax by essentially make the recipient an importer, and keeping shipments under $800. They exploit the "Grandma sent me a gift" loophole
I dropped my Amazon Prime membership, and vow to not shop at Amazon. Enough of putting my hard earned Canadian dollar behind a guy’s company whose business is more important than the potential loss of 🇺🇸 democracy. And WAPO has been cancelled as well.
Trump tried to go after Amazon during his reign of terror. Amazon delivery service of....don't remember what. While he was simultaneously insulting and threatening the major papers over how they covered him, he was also begging them for "one good story, just one," especially the NY Times and WaPo.
Exactly why he must not win. What a chickeshit move by WaPo and LA Times owners. Contrast that with the courage shown by former Reps. Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger, who have endorsed Harris and were both on the J6 Committee. If he wins, he will absolutely try to retaliate against them, as well as against Generals Milley, McChrystal, Kelly, Mattis, et. al, and the former members of his admin like Sarah Matthews, Cassidy Hutchinson, Olivia Troye, etc. These people have a lot to lose if he wins but they are not being cowards and sucking up to him. For billionaires like Bezos and Soon-Shiong to quake and kowtow is just so fucking pathetic.
Susan, IIRC, turd went after Amazon for using our tax payer funded roads, bridges, infrastructure without paying taxes. I could be wrong. Maybe turd is jealous of Bezos' wealth & WAPO coverage in turd's first four years.
He didn't like that Amazon got a good deal with the USPS because they were responsible for such a large percentage of USPS business. Bezos responded by creating his own delivery fleet and making deal with retailers to take their returns.
Did you also see the interview with Marty Barron? He stressed not to cancel subscriptions as that is how the newsroom pays Rubin, Petri, Tumulty, Leonig…
I've kind of soured on Bob Woodward because while he is gathering game-changing info through interviews, he's also sitting on it until he has a book to publish.
And Australia just pulled the visa of American, Black woman, MAGA and Nazi sympathizer Candice Owens… They don’t want her BS in their country…who can blame them?
The Aussies do not confuse free speech with hate filled bullshit, like so many here do. Notice how right wing liars scream "cancel culture" and "censorship" when their lying is curtailed?
It was that way for most of My life …..simple reasoning is getting way too complicated! Let’s not over analyze what common sense has taught us as children! Let’s just keep it simple stupid!
These black, Hispanic, gay, and non-white Christian malecollaborators don't get that as soon as they've served their purposes, they'll be discarded the same way they're cheering on for others.
I don’t believe many black or Hispanic men, faced with the real consequences of voting for the Orange Menace, will vote Republican. It’s WHITE men who may get him elected
Same. A post-registeration said "first come, first served" in spite of our tics. Have rec'd 2-3 emails with maps to MSG, Secret Service prohibited items. Doors open 12 pm, event begins 2:30pm EST, turd word salad begins 5 pm EST. Steven Colbert "praises turd for battleground event in Madison, WI".
THANK YOU, DAVE! I just ordered two. Have sent emails to 50 of my closest friends (well, actually everybody I know), asking them to do the same. It was only 15 minutes ago, so I don't expect any responses right away. (Although my niece in KY said that she was getting ready to do so! Not all Kentuckians are red. I'm related to 7 who aren't. Maybe not enough to swing the state. But it's a start.)
I ordered two tickets thru Dave’s link. I’m here in NJ. The Maga brigade has been queuing up since dawn…I have 0 intention of attending. Fuck the fascists!
I just ordered two. Have sent emails to 50 of my closest friends, asking them to do the same. It was only 15 minutes ago, so I don't expect any responses right away. (Although my niece in KY said that she was getting ready to do so! Not all Kentuckians are red. I'm related to 7 who aren't. Maybe not enough to swing the state. But it's a start.)
I tweeted yesterday that I will be surprised if the crowd doesn't literally give the Nazi seig-heil salute, whether initiated by Trump or by some zealot in the crowd. If the latter, we'll see if Trump responds.
What I did find encouraging in all this is Bezos did indeed issue the edict there would be no endorsement for either candidate, but the staff of the paper has universally denounced the decision and one of their longtime senior editors resigned within 24 hours of the announcement. You know things have gone awry when the actual journalists on the paper are publicly calling bulls**t on the owner's decision.
A truly gutless and revealing move on Bezos' part. Our actual democracy is on the line and he can't be bothered to back the clearly superior candidate? That's weak, man. Really, really weak.
Jonathan Capehart of WAPO in his weekend show on MSNBC spoke out vehemently about WAPO non-decisition, but didn't announce his resignation as I hoped he would.
Robert Kagan graciously did not opine about whether anyone else would resign as he did in his interview with Erin Burnett. He stated that for him, he was in a personal situation where he could resign but others may not be.
Then why are they spouting disinformation? This is a struggle for POWER. Bezos is in tRump’s pocket and I don’t know why. If you’re richer than everyone else, why do you need the Orange baboon? Bezos is risking his Amazon customer base by being a domestic terrorist. It doesn’t make sense to me.
Potential trump-administration government contracts for the rocket company. He knows a Democratic president wouldn't personally interfere in a future NASA contract negotiation, but trump would if he won. So he's covering his odds.
Gates and ex-wife Melinda have given tens of $billions all over the world to help disadvantaged. Compare that with these selfish technobros that we’re talking about
It's the old guard billionaires, the new billionaires that don't even know to keep their food alive, the evangelists, & the militants & racists, coming together in war on the people. There's a lot of confusion over who the enemy is, but these rat bastards turn on each other, there is that. We MUST win!
There really oughta be a rule that you can’t own a press/media company AND have government contracts. Both Elmo and Bozos should need to choose which one they really want.
There ought to be a rule against a public office holder from maintaining a business they can use to receive bribes for taxpayer paid government favors. See the Trump Organization.
They know it is and they did it anyway. Fuck Bezos and publisher WIlliam Lewis. Take your fascism loving ass back to England, Lewis. We don't need or want it here.
Bezos hedges his bets to protect his government contracts in case Orange Hitler wins. How much more money ya need, World's Richest Invertebrate? Better change your WaPo motto to "Fascism Flourishes in Fearfulness"
Between the election, this god damn mess, and climate change, this morning I feel like we are bent over a barrel of really bad outcomes. We woke this morning to yet another day socked in with fog dense enough to rival London. Quarter of a mile from beach in SoCal. 24 years here, and we don’t remember this ever happening. Climate change or local weather?
Yes. That’s true. My birthday is mid-June so I’ve always been tuned in: another gloomy birthday. But this is different. June gloom in SoCal has meant gray skies that burn off mid day. This is big soupy fog on the ground. Like a wall. White pushing up again the windows fog. It burns off by noon, but the skies beyond are filled with huge puffy whites, another new phenom here in SoCal.
One thing that works for me is to do something. I’m writing out postcards to voters & offering rides to friends to get to the polls. Have turned off the “news”, including MSNBC. I listen to a few podcasts, like Meidas Touch & Legal AF, & of course, read Jeff every morning
"has giving your lunch money to the playground bully ever been the end of it? of course not. "
Right on...thousands have cancelled their subscriptions to the useless Washington Post. And over 32,000 comments on the piece by the editor in chief who was trying to explain why they didnt do any endorsements. It's coming to light how many OTHER news outlets there are to get information that isnt biased and full of BS.
There are more of us than there are of them.
Let's vote for people who support us, not billionaires.
I canceled my subscription with 9 months to run yet. I don’t care. I will not read their content. If Jennifer Rubin, Karen Tumulty, Eugene Robinson and a few others start substacks,I’m will subscribe immediately.I also canceled Amazon Prime.
I’m thinking about closing my Amazon account as well…🤬
Me too. I think Walmart Delivery would be a good replacement. I use Amazon almost every day but I have used Walmart too. They're pretty fast and sometimes same day. They do have a delivery plan to join like Prime Delivery where you don't pay individual delivery charges, just an annual fee. I read an article today that said canceling Prime is the way to hurt bezos most. It would have to be on a massive scale. I think it'd be worth it. Plus I have Chewy and Kroger Delivery. I'm not incapable of going out and getting my stuff myself, I'm just very lazy.
Bezos hired the Murdoch UK tabloid crook, Will Lewis, to boost subscriptions the more people that cancel, it makes a direct line to his error in hiring a Murdoch scum dude. He has stepped down as head of Amazon so he just blames that on his CEO, it doesn't send the direct message that cancelling the source does.
I'm not so sure about that. By now, Bezos makes most of his money through investments, not Amazon - Amazon didn't turn a profit for years. Boycotting Amazon, if it goes widespread, will just put a lot of low-wage employees out of work, and probably not hurt Bezos a bit.
Who trusts Walmart?
We must keep in mind that many people such as the disabled ,and seniors have to use community services for transportation and that transportation many times only goes to the area Walmart which has monopolized their area , they have no choice! Many seniors have little or no access to computers and must rely upon those community services for access to shopping on line they are not skilled in surfing around for alternatives to Amazon without assistance every time they need different items! It’s a tough life for many as well as confusing having to use new technology( for them) that they didn’t grow up with !
I canceled my subscription minutes after seeing the news. As far as Amazon, I use it as a search engine, read reviews, and then buy what I want from the actual company.
Yes! Many times amazon shit is fake, counterfeit or just plain old, broken, expired, nasty! I too find if I want to be sure it's genuine and fresh get it directly from the maker!
It definitely is full of cheap Chinese knock-offs of products.
Wow good for you. Need to cancel Amazon and take my business elsewhere. Will be hard but the thought of Bezos being such money hungry coward must do it. 💙💙
See if you can get your remaining subscription pro-rated
WaPo won't give a refund for a yearly subscription paid in full. I've tried... They just send you a nice little message: "Enjoy your subscription until March of 2025"...
Tell them to enjoy a duffel bag of dicks until 2525
I got lucky - my renewal date was yesterday! Felt so good to press CANCEL. There wasn’t the option to say why.
I will gladly subscribe to a substack which features some of the best columnists from WaPo if they leave the Post.
WaPo won't let me cancel! I don't care about the money. I just want to cancel -- but I can't!
Jen Rubin has a podcast, called "Jen Rubin's Green Room." She brings on very interesting guests.
WaPo is owned by another ignoble poltroon Susan, his fear of retaliation is exactly what one would expect of a coward!
Yes. And … thank you for a new word. I’d never knew about poltroon.
Oh yes...it IS a good word!! Thanks!!
Remember the Marion County Record story about police raiding the newspaper? The police tried to shut them down. The editor of this little Kansas newspaper refused to kowtow. Freedom of the Press is alive, in Kansas at least.
https://www.npr.org/2024/08/13/nx-s1-5073947/kansas-marion-county-record-newspaper-raid-police-chief-charged
https://marionrecord.com/
Donald bullies the free Press and threatens to shut down any news media that criticizes him. When the Washington Post was faced with the same threat as the little Kansas paper, Bezos flinched.
Burke, I do remember…and those assholes that raided the newspaper are now getting their just desserts.
As in jail time. Another right wing extremist, albeit with a badge, that FAFO’d. I have no idea how he thought he could get away with it.
Lies have consequences. It’s a beautiful thing.
They should have been charged in that old girls death ,the bastards!
On topic, notice how the Wall Street Journal is pushing hard for Trump now. Remember that Murdoch owns the Wall Street Journal, Fox News and other media platforms that shill for the Trump money scam. Until now, Murdoch allowed WSJ to be more neutral than his blatant pro-Putin platforms. Watch WSJ closely. It's about to look a lot more like Fox News and Russia Today TV. Another mouthpiece of Autocrat, Inc.
I canceled my WaPo subscription when Bezos hired Will Lewis to be CEO. Lewis was the former editor of the WSJ. Had I wanted to read the WSJ, I would have.
I miss WaPo and almost wish I still had my sub, so that I could cancel it all over again.
I read someplace that the sub cancellations are up to 60,000. But that seems very high.
200,000, at last count.
That's because Rupert despised trump, he tolerated him because he made them money. But the son Lachlan is now running everything and he is said to be a "true believer".
TPTB influence everything we read, think or believe we know Burke!
They gave his mother a heart attack, she died a few days later.
I'm one of those thousands who've canceled their subscription. I couldn't handle the normalization of TRump by their editorial staff. Nope.
As am I. And I’ve subscribed to the Post for more than 50 years.
What doesn’t make sense to me is why Bezos is doing this. Amazon is absolutely killing it. Why would he alienate everyone that hates tRump…the true majority of Americans? His fish wrap (WaPo) doesn’t make a fraction of the money Amazon does. By supporting tRump he risks the majority of his customers quitting Amazon, doesn’t he?
I think some individuals simply religiously worship outer space stuff. And it would seem that Bezos is one of these. I have never understood it myself but the lure is all powerful for many. It would seem he is willing to take a financial hit to protect and nurture his big rocket dream.
So, you’re telling me flying into space on a giant penis that nobody else can afford wasn’t his motivation? There is nothing billionaires enjoy more than flaunting their wealth in front of us little people.
The flying penis is a small part of his entire rocket program. As with all things aerospace, original schedules tend to be wild ass guesses. New Glenn is 4 years late and a full up test article is on the pad, to be launched in November. New Glenn is also re-usable and if it goes like Elmo’s Falcon 9s, Bezos will destroy a bunch until it hits all of it goals. To wit: Space (as in getting there) is hard. Very hard.
I’m so happy for him and his dreams ! I guess that it’s safe to assume that the other 335 ,000,000 of us have no say because we just don’t have any aspirations hopes or what am I searching for? Oh ! Yeah dreams of our own that might be just as important but a bit less expensive than a billionaires and his astronomical wealth that allows him to buy anyone and anything ! The Post probably accounts for .01 % percent of his wealth.. jeez that’s gonna really hurt but at least his dreams safe ! Only venting sorry !
It’s a phallic addiction Monnina!
I'm so tired of these guys being in our faces, so to speak. It's really gross 🤢
Every day, Hannah…rise and shine…time to see what tremendous crud the Republicons will be force feeding their constituents today.
There is one thing consistent about their messaging, besides the fact that it is false. It gets worse, each subsequent day, more derogatory, more crass, more threatening.
They are drumming up their base, preparing them for post-election civil war.
Indeed Walter, it’s a real head-scratcher!
It was a no win situation in the first place Shitmouth is still going to get even for all of Bozos criticism in the past ,he could have showed some balls ,by Endorsing Kamala and helped her beat the shit dribbling asshole ! Same consequences as not supporting her and over half the country won’t think of him as a yellow prick ! Fuck him !🤬
Government contracts with trump in office, and big tax-cuts.
Thanks Susan. Love your post. I’ve been saying the same thing about there being more of us than of them! I cancelled my WAPO subscription immediately! Just read a blogger’s
post and now I will add bloggers to my Women and young people who will save our election making Kamala Harris our President!! 💙💙
👍👍
I chatgpt’d “alternatives to Amazon” asking mostly about personal care items, casual clothing, etc. And free returns. They answered with the list posted here at the bottom. Zappos is on it—Bezos owned. (Damn. I like Z!)
And Walmart is on it, owned by Walton Family. I’ve lost my Billionaire Biographies file. Is Walton one of the good guys?
And don’t forget: ChatGPT is far from perfect so do your own search. Anyway. It’s a starting place.
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For alternatives to Amazon that offer a broad range of products and free returns, here are some options:
1. Target: Offers a wide variety of personal care products, over-the-counter meds, and clothing, including shoes. Target has a robust online shopping platform with frequent free shipping deals for members of their loyalty program (Target Circle) or those using their RedCard. Free returns are standard, both in-store and by mail.
2. Walmart: Another comprehensive option with a similar range of products. Walmart has a good selection of personal care items, casual clothing, and lifestyle products. Their shipping is often free for orders over a certain amount, and they also offer free returns for most items.
3. Ulta Beauty: Specializes in makeup, skincare, and personal care products. They offer free shipping for orders over a certain threshold, and their return policy allows for free returns within 60 days.
4. Nordstrom: Known for clothing, shoes, and personal care products, Nordstrom offers free returns and free shipping. They have an excellent customer service reputation and a wide selection of casual and lifestyle clothing.
5. Sephora: If makeup and skincare are a primary focus, Sephora offers free returns and a wide variety of personal care products. They also provide free shipping for orders over a certain amount or with their Beauty Insider program.
6. Costco: If you’re a member, Costco offers personal care items and over-the-counter medications at competitive prices, as well as free returns on most products. While their clothing selection is more limited, it’s a great option for household goods and essentials.
7. Zappos: Specializes in shoes and clothing, offering free returns and free shipping. They have a strong customer service focus and a wide variety of casual and lifestyle wear.
Each of these options provides some version of free returns, which could meet your needs while offering the broad product scope you’re used to with Amazon.
Marie, Walmart owners pay wages so low that they keep food pantries for their employees. Yes, their employees. They are famous for it. I won't shop with them. Just saying, a bargain isn't always a good thing.
Walmart is a killer of small towns.
I have refused to shop there for at least 25 years, if not longer.
Plus, they pay their 'associates' so badly that new hires in CA (at least) are given instructions on how to apply for food stamps and Medi-Cal in their new employee packets.
Thanks for doing this. I thought about Target as well. The impulsive nature of Amazon is intentionally addictive. And Costco is a great choice!
I cancelled them and the NYT and LA Times feeling that they did not have the gravitas to cover the most important election of my boomer lifetime.
Besos and Musk should lose their government contracts, and the government should appropriate their space companies.
Fkn A NASA could use a boost or two !🚀🤣🤪
Well said, Susan!
Yes. Let us vote for Kamala, and then let her take over these companies from Bezos and Musk, and appropriate them for our government as a matter of national security because our country is not safe if either of them have military contracts. Same with Starlink, that should be taken over too.
The WaPo announcement might be an appropriate decision to make in mid-year FOLLOWING a presidential election. But the paper’s timing shows us what they really mean: they’re in the pocket of Donald Trump.
True dat, or at the very least fear him Marsha!!
Fuck bezos. Fuck musk. Fuck murdoch. Fascistic moron narcissists. Nothing between the legs, so to say. This is the way too much money turn people definitely rotten and dangerous. They are totally disconnected from realities and more over do not give a shit about the lives of tens of millions hard working souls. Witch hunt incoming. Brace brace…
And and extra hale and hearty FUCK YOU to PETER THIEL.
Yes! Ask Springfield, OH how Thiel's meddling has worked out. Thiel plowed $10 million into Vantz's senate campaign, with now Senator Vantz making up ridiculous pet-eating bullshit, causing Springfield have bomb threats and other MAGA-inspired shit to deal with. (Vantz is a better spelling for his name. It is a Yiddish word meaning bedbug or pest)
I agree! Vantz, is definitely a pest, with eyeliner. Btw, where’s his wife been?
Where's Vantz been?!
So not wingnut anymore, vantz... good, hopefully he'll be sent packing on Nov 5th. Would he still be a senator? Good God, let's get all of them out of government please.
Unfortunately, he still has four years to go in his senate term, so if/when they lose, he is still a senator. Nice job, Ohio!
A LOSER SENATOR! 🤪
😂😂
Oh! I wondered why you did that. Very good! I continue to go with Justa Dick.
Peter Peter does J.D. eat ya⁉️ What a mouth piece to Smooth you out …on your way to owning the next President of the Fascist States of America! 🇷🇺 Have a nice wet dream for a few more days freakboy ! Then when it’s all over ….. why don’t you and the wannabe get the fuck out of the country! I hear there’s no Laws against your type of freaky behavior in Some of Vlads make believe countries!
The 3 immigrants I’d most like to see deported are Murdoch, Musk and Thiel… these 3 bear more responsibility for our shattered democracy than any coming across our southern border!
Mr. Thiel has an American passport as well as a New Zealand passport. I cannot find whether he is an American citizen or not. He was born in Germany. Unfortunately, both Musk and Murdoch are naturalized American citizens. I'd purely love to see them all deported...but apparently that is not a possibility.
Fascinating that all these men are foreign born Americans. Two are from British Empire cultures and the other from a German family with historical affinities with the far right. They all share a comfortable upbringing, parents who supported them and a colonial patriarchal mindset. None of them seem capable of understanding either America’s history or it’s complex Enlightenment Experiment philosophy, only it’s capitalism.
At least two of them come from intensely racist backgrounds. Murdoch's father was a well-known racist...Musk's family lived in apartheid era South Africa and as for Thiel...well, who knows what may be in his upbringing? He sure dislikes women, that much is clear from things that he has said.
Their structural familial racism should be called out in the corporate press much more often. However, they now own so much of it. I understand that the gradualist approach to dissolving socially embedded racism employed by successful politicians like Obama and Harris allows for inclusivity without creating conflictual counter racism, but the white supremacism that runs through every page of MAGA’s Project 2025 is a disgusting retrogressive danger to us all.
Sadly TL they all were once immigrants, but have multiple citizenship… they’re but a small part of the ultra-wealthy cabal who seemingly control everything, including our puppet democracy!
Have you seen that Musk was an illegal alien at one time? He had a student visa, but dropped out of Stanford, thereby invalidating his visa. I don't know how he wormed his way back into ICE's good graces. However, just like Dumpy and Heritage wanted to do to Prince Harry, Musk could be kicked out for lying on his immigration paperwork about never having illegal status, if President Harris wanted to pursue it.
Both Thiel and Musk came here with their families as kids so they are both naturalized citizens
Is it not possible that musk is in violation of the oath of citizenship with all the election subversive activity? Kamala has broad immunity when she's president for official acts and maybe she can remove these fuckers from American soil just as easily as trump plans to remove central Americans.
Yea but are they Just Epstein visa .. like Melanias . Not fair the rich but their way in to take advantage of the poor . Because the poor can't buy their way in to take advantage of the rich ...but we can quit using their money grabbing products and try and get them by their pocketbooks . It's all we got . Nov 5 ...until Dec 5 ...none of their products . It's a try
Don't forget Gannett and Sinclair. Been going on for a long time.
Hacks who work for Gannett are internally referred to as "Gannettalia"
Exactly Chris our media is a pant load of execrable wastrels!
Not all but many.
Thank you Chris.
They seem to be this century’s Carpetbaggers ! International carpetbaggers without the knowledge of what the American experience really is ! Their enormous wealth has numbed them as to how most people born here or immigrants naturalized over time have had to live the life or walk the walk if you will ..to appreciate the experience of
America .🇺🇸 🧐🤔. Or not ! Just fertile ground to exploit to the limits!
Just read that the infamous disgusting trump family (daughter and jared) are planning to built super luxurious resorts in Albania and Serbia. Worth around a billion dollars! Money from MBS? Bribing incoming, thanks to bitcoin! Some of these villas, hotel etc will be located in protected natural reserves. They do not respect anything (remember drill baby drill and frack baby frack?). That is the same gangsters asking maga morons to pay millions for the insane legal fees of the wannabe orange dictator, as they do not realise that they are just stupid smiling sheeps led to the slaugher house. LOL! But, so sad indeed.
That is awful but predictable. All these late capitalists are capable of is destroying unspoilt wilderness and environments, driving innocent lives into exile or early deaths to keep their coffers filling up with unearned gold.
Albania & Serbia both have extradition treaties with America. Just was wondering...
Jack, I saw pictures of the area that the Kushner 's want to develop. It's beautiful and they are getting no effective pushback.
It’s absolutely beautiful, fuck them and the tsuris that execrable family has caused this country Hannah!
Get out and vote blue everyone!
"Democracy dies in darkness" and I hope their fucking paper does too
And it's now clear that Jeff Bezos owns a ton of that darkness.
That he does and go figure Bezo's CEO of his dick-resembling rocket company's last name is Limp. There's a common denominator between him and the revolting mushroom man. You wouldn't think there would much of a future with a Limp dick rocket or the shit for brains idiot who still believes he should be president just to stay out of prison.
I thought that was funny too Rick 🤣
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😂😂good one!
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Well said Rick!
Thanks Patrick.
It will if ConOLD gets elected. At some point a slip-up will occur and Dick-Head Bezoz will get thrown out of a fifth story window. Without a parachute of course.
I think we’ve transitioned away from “in the darkness”. We are all watching this in a bath of very bright lights.
Truer words Alison!!
There was a report of 60,000 subscription cancelations within the first 8 hours.
If you're not going to use your money and power for good, you shouldn't have it.
That's the whole deal on the media going soft on Trump; they fear his retribution. Journalism is not for cowards.
Saw an interview with Robert Kagan, WaPo Editor at Large who quit in protest. He pointed out that the vast, vast majority of Bezos's wealth is Amazon. WaPo is small potatoes, so if they have a lot of cancellations, it may not matter much
I know this. Still, I have to vote with my dollars. And I am now taking a hard look at my activity on Amazon. I have grown complacent since the start of the pandemic. Too easy to order something on Amazon. What I can source locally or from other mail order businesses I will. Also Whole Foods is now at the bottom of the list. We have reasonable alternatives where I live.
Drop in the ocean of Bezos’ obscene wealth I know. But it is what I can do, so I am doing it.
Yeah, we gotta do what we can. At least the symbolism and stand for principles mean something.
Excellent Sky!!
I have never used Amazon. It mostly sells crap
A movement is made up of individuals. Refusing to do business with Bezos is a good thing.
If he made his wealth one household at a time we can vote him off the island one household at a time. It's the tiny 3 cents of every transaction that allows visa to control the money transferring networks. He's responding to the antitrust lawsuits that are making their way through the courts and stuff that's been teed up by recent decisions against the corporations. His leash is shortening with Bidens FTC/DOJ antitrust actions and he knows the Dems are coming to dismantle their shit and put a stop to some of it.
Rolling Stone published an article on alternative shopping companies if you’re interested in not supporting Amazon anymore.
Link?
Going to check it out.
I'm looking into that, thank you
Was that a recent issue of RStone, Vickie?
https://www.rollingstone.com/product-recommendations/lifestyle/best-amazon-alternatives-1136987/
Published yesterday and not behind a paywall.
Thank you.
RStone has a paywall. Do u know when that info was published? Read for free with h Amazon's Kindle Unlimited to get ducks aligned B4 cancelling Amz.
https://www.rollingstone.com/product-recommendations/lifestyle/best-amazon-alternatives-1136987/
This article is not behind a paywall.
R Stone might be available at ur local library.
Temu ( Chinese , of course) is closest to
Amazon as far as cheap crap and/or low prices.
Temu and Shein and Wish were created to avoid US duties, inspections, health and safety regulations, and tax by essentially make the recipient an importer, and keeping shipments under $800. They exploit the "Grandma sent me a gift" loophole
I dropped my Amazon Prime membership, and vow to not shop at Amazon. Enough of putting my hard earned Canadian dollar behind a guy’s company whose business is more important than the potential loss of 🇺🇸 democracy. And WAPO has been cancelled as well.
Trump tried to go after Amazon during his reign of terror. Amazon delivery service of....don't remember what. While he was simultaneously insulting and threatening the major papers over how they covered him, he was also begging them for "one good story, just one," especially the NY Times and WaPo.
Exactly why he must not win. What a chickeshit move by WaPo and LA Times owners. Contrast that with the courage shown by former Reps. Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger, who have endorsed Harris and were both on the J6 Committee. If he wins, he will absolutely try to retaliate against them, as well as against Generals Milley, McChrystal, Kelly, Mattis, et. al, and the former members of his admin like Sarah Matthews, Cassidy Hutchinson, Olivia Troye, etc. These people have a lot to lose if he wins but they are not being cowards and sucking up to him. For billionaires like Bezos and Soon-Shiong to quake and kowtow is just so fucking pathetic.
Susan, IIRC, turd went after Amazon for using our tax payer funded roads, bridges, infrastructure without paying taxes. I could be wrong. Maybe turd is jealous of Bezos' wealth & WAPO coverage in turd's first four years.
That, too. The Post DID go after him, and he was pissed.
He didn't like that Amazon got a good deal with the USPS because they were responsible for such a large percentage of USPS business. Bezos responded by creating his own delivery fleet and making deal with retailers to take their returns.
There. Thank you.
If every single “leftie” in the world stopped using Amazon, would that make a dent?
At least a dent. Maybe big enough for him to notice.
Did you also see the interview with Marty Barron? He stressed not to cancel subscriptions as that is how the newsroom pays Rubin, Petri, Tumulty, Leonig…
I've kind of soured on Bob Woodward because while he is gathering game-changing info through interviews, he's also sitting on it until he has a book to publish.
And Australia just pulled the visa of American, Black woman, MAGA and Nazi sympathizer Candice Owens… They don’t want her BS in their country…who can blame them?
They don’t allow Faux Noise on their air waves either
Bravo! More like this. turd will be desk bound if elected. He can't even to to England.
Wish we had pulled Murdoch’s Visa back in the day.
He got citizenship just so he could own TV stations
The Aussies are more American than U.S. ⁉️😵💫
The Aussies do not confuse free speech with hate filled bullshit, like so many here do. Notice how right wing liars scream "cancel culture" and "censorship" when their lying is curtailed?
It was that way for most of My life …..simple reasoning is getting way too complicated! Let’s not over analyze what common sense has taught us as children! Let’s just keep it simple stupid!
Except the right wing courts & the corrupt Supreme Court make that impossible with their twisted decisions
These black, Hispanic, gay, and non-white Christian malecollaborators don't get that as soon as they've served their purposes, they'll be discarded the same way they're cheering on for others.
I don’t believe many black or Hispanic men, faced with the real consequences of voting for the Orange Menace, will vote Republican. It’s WHITE men who may get him elected
"He gave me a check. I'm voting for him." Seriously, CNN reporters have talked to men who said that.
Really hoping donald goes full-adolph at MSG today. Leave no doubt that people who vote for him are dooming their children to a fascist dictatorship.
there will be at least two empty seats at MSG. I was one of the many people who reserved a pair with no intention of showing up
I just registered for two more empty seats.
🛑🛑 RED ALERT! David (Dave) Jaspers here at 8:59 am Sunday snagged two tux's to MSG tonight!! TY Dave #DoSomething
Bravo!
You Rock Jeff 👈💯👍
FOTF!!!
Same. A post-registeration said "first come, first served" in spite of our tics. Have rec'd 2-3 emails with maps to MSG, Secret Service prohibited items. Doors open 12 pm, event begins 2:30pm EST, turd word salad begins 5 pm EST. Steven Colbert "praises turd for battleground event in Madison, WI".
Boom.
Here's the link:
https://event.donaldjtrump.com/events/president-donald-j-trump-to-hold-a-rally-in-new-york-new-york
THANK YOU, DAVE! I just ordered two. Have sent emails to 50 of my closest friends (well, actually everybody I know), asking them to do the same. It was only 15 minutes ago, so I don't expect any responses right away. (Although my niece in KY said that she was getting ready to do so! Not all Kentuckians are red. I'm related to 7 who aren't. Maybe not enough to swing the state. But it's a start.)
I ordered two tickets thru Dave’s link. I’m here in NJ. The Maga brigade has been queuing up since dawn…I have 0 intention of attending. Fuck the fascists!
I also!
Me too. I signed up for 2, also.
This is fun.
I just ordered two. Have sent emails to 50 of my closest friends, asking them to do the same. It was only 15 minutes ago, so I don't expect any responses right away. (Although my niece in KY said that she was getting ready to do so! Not all Kentuckians are red. I'm related to 7 who aren't. Maybe not enough to swing the state. But it's a start.)
👍👍
Good on you Jeff, wish I could afford to buy out all the seats… however, reality. Thanks Jeff!!
THEY'RE FREE!!!!! Don't wait, Patrick! Order NOW! Only 2/person -- so get everyone you know to order.
Still fun to play this.
I've gotten at least a dozen people to order 24 (free) tickets. Gotta start somewhere. :-)
Empty seats speak loudly.
I hope he's on full-tilt whackadoodle today. Sanewash that shit.
My feeling? a) he will, b) they won't
(Although he did a shitty job of it in his recent interview with Jake Tapper!)
I tweeted yesterday that I will be surprised if the crowd doesn't literally give the Nazi seig-heil salute, whether initiated by Trump or by some zealot in the crowd. If the latter, we'll see if Trump responds.
On 2/10/1939 the German-American Bund held a Nazi rally at MSG…what will the mango moron do today???!!!
Everybody, keep your eyes on Trump's pants at the rally at MSG. The adoration will be so "stimulating."
Sorry, too miniscule to notice from ten paces.
jd will be on hand to be his jizz-mopper
JD will be wishing it was only jizz. What a soulless idiot JD is.
What I did find encouraging in all this is Bezos did indeed issue the edict there would be no endorsement for either candidate, but the staff of the paper has universally denounced the decision and one of their longtime senior editors resigned within 24 hours of the announcement. You know things have gone awry when the actual journalists on the paper are publicly calling bulls**t on the owner's decision.
A truly gutless and revealing move on Bezos' part. Our actual democracy is on the line and he can't be bothered to back the clearly superior candidate? That's weak, man. Really, really weak.
Jonathan Capehart of WAPO in his weekend show on MSNBC spoke out vehemently about WAPO non-decisition, but didn't announce his resignation as I hoped he would.
Robert Kagan graciously did not opine about whether anyone else would resign as he did in his interview with Erin Burnett. He stated that for him, he was in a personal situation where he could resign but others may not be.
Meaning, he can afford to quit, but others can’t?
That’s how I took it.
Katherine Graham must be rolling over in her grave.
Like Jeff said, WaPo is just a line-item on Bezos’ balance sheet. It means nothing to him if they simply vanish.
Then why are they spouting disinformation? This is a struggle for POWER. Bezos is in tRump’s pocket and I don’t know why. If you’re richer than everyone else, why do you need the Orange baboon? Bezos is risking his Amazon customer base by being a domestic terrorist. It doesn’t make sense to me.
Potential trump-administration government contracts for the rocket company. He knows a Democratic president wouldn't personally interfere in a future NASA contract negotiation, but trump would if he won. So he's covering his odds.
And also, that sweet lower tax bracket for billionaires that will disappear in a Harris administration.
Just a write off and depreciation.
It's the racists and billionaires against the rest of us. We MUST win!
Not all the billionaires. Bill Gates discreetly aimed $50M at Kamala.
I think Mark Cuban sent some $$$ Kamala’s way as well…
Gates and ex-wife Melinda have given tens of $billions all over the world to help disadvantaged. Compare that with these selfish technobros that we’re talking about
Oh, Gates, Buffet, Cuban, Soros, Bloomberg and many others are liberal supporters of democracy
In the case of musk, thiel, bezos, and soon-shiong, they are both
It's the old guard billionaires, the new billionaires that don't even know to keep their food alive, the evangelists, & the militants & racists, coming together in war on the people. There's a lot of confusion over who the enemy is, but these rat bastards turn on each other, there is that. We MUST win!
There really oughta be a rule that you can’t own a press/media company AND have government contracts. Both Elmo and Bozos should need to choose which one they really want.
There ought to be a rule against a public office holder from maintaining a business they can use to receive bribes for taxpayer paid government favors. See the Trump Organization.
When I quit the Post yesterday, I told them their non-endorsement of Harris was a tacit endorsement for Trump.
They know it is and they did it anyway. Fuck Bezos and publisher WIlliam Lewis. Take your fascism loving ass back to England, Lewis. We don't need or want it here.
The day they announced Lewis, I canceled my subscription. I knew the paper bit the dust. The Murdoch effect wins. Democracy died.
Respect to Editor at Large Robert Kagan for quitting WaPo over this disgusting sellout
What took him so long?
I’m sure my $3 mo. WP subscription means nothing to Bezos, but I had to unsubscribe in protest and hope all other anti-fascist# do the same.
They should pay you to take their shitty paper.That is some cheap toilet paper!
Bezos hedges his bets to protect his government contracts in case Orange Hitler wins. How much more money ya need, World's Richest Invertebrate? Better change your WaPo motto to "Fascism Flourishes in Fearfulness"
Please! Make all this stop!😫
https://x.com/AdamParkhomenko/status/1850557228249501880
Watch Michelle Obama cut right through the lies and bullshit. She is the light that keeps democracy alive.
I agree. Magnificent is the word. It's been a long time since I saw magnificent. Just now I realize she reminds me of Barbara Jordan.
Between the election, this god damn mess, and climate change, this morning I feel like we are bent over a barrel of really bad outcomes. We woke this morning to yet another day socked in with fog dense enough to rival London. Quarter of a mile from beach in SoCal. 24 years here, and we don’t remember this ever happening. Climate change or local weather?
I believe it is documented that June gloom now lasts over several months. I read it somewhere. Global weather changes are the reason.
Yes. That’s true. My birthday is mid-June so I’ve always been tuned in: another gloomy birthday. But this is different. June gloom in SoCal has meant gray skies that burn off mid day. This is big soupy fog on the ground. Like a wall. White pushing up again the windows fog. It burns off by noon, but the skies beyond are filled with huge puffy whites, another new phenom here in SoCal.
Aliens??;)
I'm with you David
Indeed:
@prchovanec
I want a US President who I can entirely forget about for days at a time.
I thought that would happen with the election of President Biden, but the media still gave full coverage to the orange screech monkey
“They” are wearing us out. Husband and I have “how to stay emotionally strong if he wins” strategy meetings. 😀
We can’t let them wear us out. Wearing down Will is an important chapter in the fascist playbook.
How to stay engaged but not unhinged.
Please could you share any coping strategies with us here once you have worked them up for yourselves ?
🙏🐈⬛💙
One thing that works for me is to do something. I’m writing out postcards to voters & offering rides to friends to get to the polls. Have turned off the “news”, including MSNBC. I listen to a few podcasts, like Meidas Touch & Legal AF, & of course, read Jeff every morning
UPDATE: 🇺🇸
https://x.com/What46HasDone/status/1850696980122542315