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Aral Balkan

While it’s difficult to avoid the asshats* (and “there’s no ethical consumption under capitalism” notwithstanding), given Amazon Ireland has launched this week, just remember that every euro you pay them goes toward fucking billionaire Jeff Bezos who is helping Trump dismantle democracy in the US and elsewhere. So please do your best to shop locally – or with smaller EU shops – and avoid Amazon as much as you can.

* I really need to get the media for my Mastodon server off of AWS. Another bloody hassle I don’t need right now. *smdh*

#Amazon#JeffBezos#Trump
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jackhutton 🇺🇸

[The New Yorker]: Why I Left the Washington Post.

Owner Jeff Bezos wants to transform the Opinions section of the paper, where I worked for forty years. After the publisher killed my column disagreeing with that move—it appears here in full—I decided to quit. By Ruth Marcus, Wednesday, March 12, 2025

newyorker.com/news/essay/why-r

The New Yorker · Why Ruth Marcus Left the Washington PostBy Ruth Marcus
#washingtonpost#freedomofthepress#ruthmarcus
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nieebel

"#Boycott and resist institutions/companies that have continually aligned with the interests of #Trump:

- Get off #Twitter/X and find different EV cars. If you want an electric car, buy something else. Elon #Musk is wreaking havoc.
- Don’t buy from #Amazon and unsubscribe from The #WashingtonPost. #JeffBezos owns both The Washington Post and much of Amazon. He dictates WAPO editorial content in favor of the oligarchy and funds Trump interests.
- Boycott #AirBnB! #JoeGebbia, co-founder of Air B&B, has joined #DOGE.
- Unsubscribe from the #LATimes! #PatrickSoon-Shiong owns the LA Times, and dictates editorial decisions that support the slide to fascism.
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Dmitry Borodaenko

In a thorough confirmation of #TimothySnyder's argument that #WashingtonPost's new "personal liberties & free market" editorial policy is fundamentally dehumanizing because of how it subjugates humans to fictional notions, #WaPo calls the Trump stock market crash "sustained heavy losses" — words usually used to describe casualties of #war. On behalf of everyone who was killed by #Russia in #Ukraine, fuck you #JeffBezos.

snyder.substack.com/p/unfreedo

Washington Post news alert: "Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq sustain heavy losses"
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joe•iuculano :mastodon:

Via #DailyKos, 4:30pm ET, Mar 10, 2025

#Amazon announced on Monday that it will begin streaming old episodes of “The Apprentice,” the reality competition show that helped President Donald #Trump sell himself as a national figure before becoming a #politician.

This move is the latest in a series of pro-Trump decisions by Amazon owner #JeffBezos, who has recently pivoted his companies and personal wealth to benefit Trump and the #RepublicanParty.

dailykos.com/stories/2025/3/10

Daily KosJeff Bezos takes another pathetic step in his march toward MAGAAmazon announced on Monday that it will begin streaming old episodes of “The Apprentice,” the reality competition show that helped President Donald Trump sell himself as a national figure before ...
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William Lindsey :toad:

Gene Weingarten notes that Ruth Marcus was also an Associate Editor of Washington Post, "and was so well thought of that when Opinions editor Fred Hiatt died suddenly in December 2021, she was appointed interim editor, along with Karen Tumulty."

#WashingtonPost #RuthMarcus #FreeSpeech #media #JeffBezos #billionaires #EconomicElites #Trump #authoritarianism
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geneweingarten.substack.com/p/

The Gene Pool · Sigh, Vol. IXBy Gene Weingarten
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William Lindsey :toad:

"I am taking this step, after more than 40 years at The Post, following Will's decision to spike a column that I wrote expressing a concern about the newly announced direction for the section and declined to discuss the decision with me."

Molloy says,

"This is what happens when newspapers are run like authoritarian fiefdoms instead of journalistic institutions."

#WashingtonPost #RuthMarcus #FreeSpeech #media #JeffBezos #billionaires #EconomicElites #Trump #authoritarianism
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William Lindsey :toad:

As Parker Molloy reports, highly regarded Washingon Post columnist Ruth Marcus resigned today, stating,

"With immense sadness I am writing to let you know that I have resigned from The Washington Post, in an email sent this morning to Jeff Bezos and Will Lewis and pasted below."

#WashingtonPost #RuthMarcus #FreeSpeech #media #JeffBezos #billionaires #EconomicElites #Trump #authoritarianism
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readtpa.com/p/another-dark-day

The Present Age · Another Dark Day at the Bezos Post: Ruth Marcus Resigns After CensorshipBy Parker Molloy
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