Democracy Died in the Light.
Breaking News: The Washington Post’s opinion editor is leaving as the newspaper's owner, Jeff Bezos, focuses the section on “personal liberties and free markets.”
Washington Post Opinion Editor Exits as Bezos Steers Pages in New Direction
Jeff Bezos, the owner of The Post, said that the newspaper’s opinion section would focus on “personal liberties and free markets.”
www.nytimes.com
February 26, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Democracy Died in the Light.
Hey, remember when major US newspapers were considered to have journalistic integrity? Anyone? Bueller?
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/17/b...
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Washington Post Cancels Ad From Groups Calling for Trump to Fire Musk
The newspaper told Common Cause, an advocacy group, that it was pulling its special ad, which would have covered the front and back pages of some Tuesday editions.
www.nytimes.com
February 18, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Hey, remember when major US newspapers were considered to have journalistic integrity? Anyone? Bueller?
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/17/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/17/b...
Wow, it’s almost as if THIS WASN’T THOUGHT OUT AT ALL
While Mission for Essential Drugs & Supplies expects to have their stop-work order lifted for HIV programming, “they are very unlikely to be able to restart work since the payment systems are down,” says an email obtained by Devex.
Scoop: USAID Kenya partner has ‘no funds' to carry out PEPFAR waiver
www.devex.com
February 13, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Wow, it’s almost as if THIS WASN’T THOUGHT OUT AT ALL
This is the timeline when Biff got ahold of the Almanac, isn’t it?
February 9, 2025 at 10:14 AM
This is the timeline when Biff got ahold of the Almanac, isn’t it?
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genuinely incredible that it's this high when the media most centrists and liberals consume is still insisting on "wow! nation amazed by the manly muscular moves of musk's team of geniuses" with "nerd scolds warn trump's moves may violate protocol" on A17
"The United States is in a constitutional crisis"
Agree: 54%
Disagree: 27%
Unsure: 19%
YouGov / Feb 6, 2025 / n=1106
Agree: 54%
Disagree: 27%
Unsure: 19%
YouGov / Feb 6, 2025 / n=1106
February 8, 2025 at 11:25 PM
genuinely incredible that it's this high when the media most centrists and liberals consume is still insisting on "wow! nation amazed by the manly muscular moves of musk's team of geniuses" with "nerd scolds warn trump's moves may violate protocol" on A17
Great piece in the Post today. It’s all a glitzy, gendered wrestling match.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/int...
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/int...
Opinion | Welcome to the era of Trump Trad
This president’s aesthetic combines classical architecture and cartoonish virility with WWE alternative reality.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 9, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Great piece in the Post today. It’s all a glitzy, gendered wrestling match.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/int...
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/int...
@theonion.com is on fire these days. Apt since democracy is, too.
Trump Claims He Can Overrule Constitution With Executive Order Because Of Little-Known ‘No One Will Stop Me’ Loophole
Trump Claims He Can Overrule Constitution With Executive Order Because Of Little-Known ‘No One Will Stop Me’ Loophole
WASHINGTON—Saying his latest executive order was legal due to an “underutilized but totally feasible workaround,” President Trump claimed Tuesday that he could overrule the U.S. Constitution by means ...
theonion.com
February 8, 2025 at 4:59 PM
@theonion.com is on fire these days. Apt since democracy is, too.
Why “privately”?!?
The chaotic blitz by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency has triggered legal objections across Washington, with officials in at least a half-dozen federal agencies and departments raising alarms about whether the billionaire’s assault on government is breaking the law.
U.S. government officials privately warn Musk’s blitz appears illegal
The billionaire’s DOGE team has launched an all-out assault on federal agencies, triggering numerous legal objections.
wapo.st
February 5, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Why “privately”?!?
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Shipping containers with lifesaving drugs are being held. Millions of pounds of American-grown soybeans bound for refugee camps are being diverted.
Trump’s mission to upend the USAID has paralyzed efforts to distribute lifesaving supplies around the world, according to experts.
nbcnews.to/411T6jp
Trump’s mission to upend the USAID has paralyzed efforts to distribute lifesaving supplies around the world, according to experts.
nbcnews.to/411T6jp
February 5, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Shipping containers with lifesaving drugs are being held. Millions of pounds of American-grown soybeans bound for refugee camps are being diverted.
Trump’s mission to upend the USAID has paralyzed efforts to distribute lifesaving supplies around the world, according to experts.
nbcnews.to/411T6jp
Trump’s mission to upend the USAID has paralyzed efforts to distribute lifesaving supplies around the world, according to experts.
nbcnews.to/411T6jp
Wonder how all the Jill Stein voters are feeling today.
President Donald Trump proposed that the United States take a “long-term ownership position” over Gaza, moving its residents to a “good, fresh, beautiful piece of land” in another country and developing the war-torn territory under U.S. control.
Trump proposes U.S. ‘take over’ Gaza, permanent displacement of residents
The idea, a first indicator of Trump’s approach to the conflict, was sure to inflame the region given the history of Palestinians’ displacement from their territory.
wapo.st
February 5, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Wonder how all the Jill Stein voters are feeling today.
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I know complaining about NYT headlines is old hat, but this is
NUTS to me – every word choice glamorizes him as an exciting provocative badass, instead of focusing on the danger and illegality of what’s happening
NUTS to me – every word choice glamorizes him as an exciting provocative badass, instead of focusing on the danger and illegality of what’s happening
February 4, 2025 at 1:49 PM
I know complaining about NYT headlines is old hat, but this is
NUTS to me – every word choice glamorizes him as an exciting provocative badass, instead of focusing on the danger and illegality of what’s happening
NUTS to me – every word choice glamorizes him as an exciting provocative badass, instead of focusing on the danger and illegality of what’s happening
This makes me so sad.
Vietnamese families preparing for the Lunar New Year traditionally buy kumquat trees as a symbol of good luck. But a typhoon and extreme heat has hurt this year’s harvest, affecting prices for the citrus trees that are a staple during the holiday.
Typhoon Yagi Scrambles Vietnam’s Lunar New Year Tradition
A typhoon and extreme heat dramatically affected prices for the kumquat trees that are ubiquitous during the holiday.
www.nytimes.com
January 29, 2025 at 4:23 PM
This makes me so sad.
Me trying to remember what life was like a week ago, pre-inauguration.
an elderly woman says it 's been 84 years ...
ALT: an elderly woman says it 's been 84 years ...
media.tenor.com
January 27, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Me trying to remember what life was like a week ago, pre-inauguration.
One of the worst things about living abroad in a time zone nine hours ahead of EST is waking up every morning to a fresh wave of dispatches from the apocalypse.
January 25, 2025 at 6:13 AM
One of the worst things about living abroad in a time zone nine hours ahead of EST is waking up every morning to a fresh wave of dispatches from the apocalypse.
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The National Zoo relaunched the Panda Cam, which will stream the lives of Bao Li and Qing Bao in their new D.C. home.
Here's what you need to know.
Here's what you need to know.
The National Zoo’s popular Panda Cam is back. Here’s what to know.
The National Zoo relaunched the Panda Cam, which will stream the lives of Bao Li and Qing Bao in their new D.C. home.
wapo.st
January 24, 2025 at 1:31 PM
The National Zoo relaunched the Panda Cam, which will stream the lives of Bao Li and Qing Bao in their new D.C. home.
Here's what you need to know.
Here's what you need to know.
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if emilia perez wins best picture i'm detransitioning
January 23, 2025 at 5:02 PM
if emilia perez wins best picture i'm detransitioning
I thought this movie was supposed to be satire. Yeesh.
Anyone else remember ‘Crash’??
Anyone else remember ‘Crash’??
January 24, 2025 at 3:30 AM
I thought this movie was supposed to be satire. Yeesh.
Anyone else remember ‘Crash’??
Anyone else remember ‘Crash’??
tap tap tap... is this thing on?
January 23, 2025 at 12:55 PM
tap tap tap... is this thing on?