Never forget that Jeff Bezos killed the Washington Post endorsement of Kamala Harris in order to enrich himself with a Trump victory that he and Elon Musk some how knew was coming weeks before the election.
Comments
Log in with your Bluesky account to leave a comment
They are all cowards. Eventually they will face themselves and realize they have been on the wrong side of history. Hopefully it will not be too late... this is not the America we feared.
Fair. I just don't believe the US will ever change course now, making those people the winners who write the history. I see no heros on the horizon like when the US brought her industrial might to WWII.
I hope you are wrong. The silver lining is that about 50% of the American population, unlike Russia and China, for example, knows what democracy is and will not be forced into the straitjacket of an autocrat.
I wish all their journalists well and I am glad they are finding new homes like The Atlantic. I cancelled my subscription the day after the annoucnement.
I hate going down rabbit holes like that, but it honestly feels like they didn't gloat about their win as much as they would have and that feels somewhat sus.
So true. After the Fairness Doctrine ended with Reagan, billionaires began buying media as a useful tool of propaganda to further their corporate interests with conservative messaging. The owners of the Corporate Media aren’t afraid of Trump; they are finally able to cash in on their investment.
The Fairness Doctrine required holders of broadcast licenses - not all media - to provide some airtime for diverse viewpoints (opinions) on matters of public importance. The diverse viewpoints did not have to be aired during the same program and did not require equal time.
No, it required allocating some time for discussion of matters of public interest from multiple viewpoints, a requirement typically met by a half-hour public affairs discussion at 6 AM Sunday morning. It required neither truth nor balance, just "contrasting views".
BTW, 20 years of Dem presidents since Reagan, and none of them tried to resurrect the FD, AFAIK. If the removal of the FD was solely of benefit to Republicans, you'd think there would have been some push to restore it. Or maybe it was never important, and has been mythologized for dubious reasons?
Since Republicans, even when they are in the minority, have blocked legislation, such as voting rights, lower cost healthcare, gun legislation—things that would generally benefit Americans, it is doubtful that they would ever vote to curtail a propaganda vehicle that benefits them the most.
I really need to drop Amazon.
Prime Video really sucks now unless you want to pay to stream, but you still have to pay for their movies.
Also, nothing gets shipped overnite anymore.
Beaver Blowjob Bezos, BBB CROOK.
Do you realize what would happen to companies like Amazon if they lost 50% of their business.
It may be the only way the general public can have an impact.
BTW, nobody needs a Tesla. Ugly looking cars. 🤮
Anyone who's amassed enough wealth to become a billionaire has already proven they are ruthless, uncaring, and immoral. You can't be that rich and be good. You have to be selfish in a way that few of us can be.
Plus they knew that laissez fair capitalists, that would have been going to run a potential Democratic government, would just forget about it and move on. There are simply no bad consequences for the filthy rich.
I Was never a fan of either of those two pissing match competitors. They are both gross excuses of manhood. Selfish and self centered, they lead the way in arrogance and appeasement of the world’s biggest grifter…Trump. It is pathetic that they control our narratives.
And as a result of it, reporters are leaving the Post and going to The Atlantic, which is opening a larger political news coverage department. Just walking down the street, as it were.
It was win win for him. If Trump wins, they get everything they want. If Harris won, he knows that Democrats are principled to a fault and wouldn't retaliate because they at least put forth the veneer of carrying about freedom of the press.
Yes, “somehow”. Musk tweeted a few months ago that “anything can be hacked”. The likes of Ted Cruz, Rick Scott and others never seemed to have any urgency leading up to the election. Same with tRump - dancing and listening to his favourite tunes at one of his final rallies?! Something stinks.
Harris's own internal polling never showed them being able to win over Trump. There was nothing fishy; it's just that a lot of propaganda worked on a lot of gullible people; racism and misogyny were a factor; and so were millions of young voters who decided to sit it out. It's a new RW media empire
No presidential candidate in history has ever swept all of the swing states. Musk joins the team, says anything can be hacked, and Trump wins all swing states, including states strongly favored for Harris? Then a red trifecta? It deserves being questioned.
Wow. Haven’t seen that before. The GOP would have been *all over* this had the Dems won. Don’t know if they just didn’t want to look like tRump by denying the results and asking for an audit but, hell, there has *never* been a more critical time to ensure results were correct.
The whole campaign by the trump team stinks to high heaven. Since he was shot at. The bystander and the sniper are just collateral damage when it comes to robber barons and their shenanigans. That photo op was planned ...just my opinion.
He made a deal with Trump for a gov't contract if he prevented the WaPo endorsement. Which I don't think would have made a big difference. Who really needs a newspaper endorsement to decide who to vote for?
I really hate to ask this...& don't accuse me of being a conspiracy theory person...BUT do you in anyway think there was hanky-panky of some sort in the voting? I mean, not that I don't trust Prez Musk (hahahaha) & VP Trump really only enjoys a win when he cheats..no fun winning honestly!
Bezos and Musk? They’re like two guys sitting in a penthouse, rubbing their hands together, saying, “How can we mess with the whole world for fun AND profit?” They probably had a whole strategy session like in a Marvel movie—except instead of saving the world, they’re just saving their wallets. SAD!
Ironically Musk will freeze out his efforts of his Blue Origin. He has fooled himself into believing he has a seat at the table. And Wash post will cover it up bc he told them too #GetWhatHeDeserves
Trump kept saying he didn’t need ppl’s votes, he already had them.
Despite that, not a peep from Dems abt:
1-Russian bomb threats
2-Huge non-votes under Prez line
3-Trump cmpgn having voting machine software and passwords
4-Musk pre-knowledge on Election Day
No help from Russia of course. If you notice Trump is in favour of everything being electronic. It's easier to manipulate. Why do you think he's also in favour of crypto? He fraudulently increased the value of his property why not the value of his currency?
Or maybe he decided that he did not want the newspaper to have such a biased outlook going forward, and that is why there wasn't any endorsed of either candidate. You say you have quit MSM, so I will assume you believe balanced reporting is good
This election stank. The math ain’t matching. Somehow in swing states you had a bunch of voters voting blue all the way down but voting for Trump. Who does that? What kind of liberal wants Democrats all the way but Trump?! Where are these mysterious people in their thousands and only in swing state?
Are you one of the right wing bots who want to ensure future electoral victories by making democrats think that they just need to stick with the plan and just make sure the next election is run fair?
Or are you a genuine believer in the stolen election conspiracy theory?
Either way, retarded.
You’re like a child told you can’t shit in the swimming pool so you shit in it twice. While you’re fishing for retroactive justification for your stupid fascist bigot language, you can go ahead and eat shit too. On behalf of all the “retards” smarter and sexier than you or your spawn will ever be.
In 2022, Wisconsin elected a democratic governor and AG and Sec of State.
….and also GOP snake Ron Johnson. It happens a lot here. The true swing voters are unpredictable. Harris didn’t hit the issues they cared about, but also they’re racist af.
Have not and will not forget. In fact I celebrate this every day by making all my purchases from local small businesses and have not purchased from Amazon and canceled Prime right when this went down.
Also, I consider people purchasing from Amazon whilst strikes continue as SCABS.
You're making this sound conspiratorial when the answer is straight forward: money. Elon and other rich Trump supporters funneled hundreds of millions to Trump, often for gross purposes such as creating a RBG PAC to run ads saying Trump and RBG agreed on abortion.
It has been downhill for the WaPo ever since Bezos shut down the editorial board's endorsement for Kamala. Take a look at their comment section, now run by AI. It's a joke.
Jeff Bezos supported trump because he wants to appoint an anti union git to the Labor Board. Tough times ahead. Support Amazon drivers and warehouse workers! Bezos has his own little China slave bastion!
So help me this election was rigged. It was clear and obvious.
We will find that out after this country has been razed to the ground and we are stuck rebuilding it with our barehands.
Conspiracy theory or not- I’m usually not one for conspiracy theories BUT no one can convince me that convicted felon didn’t steal the elections from Clinton or Harris! Why would that conman tell voters he didn’t need their votes AND, more importantly, we will probably never need to vote again!
I recall that- he was on campaign and Mike Johnson was seated next to Trump on stage and he looked over at Johnson and said something like we already got the votes we need. I remember thinking the fix is in...
I agree. Now future elections will be like Russias. Trump will get 75% of the vote. That’s if he decides to have an election. He wants loyal, “Hitler’s generals” in the military. It’s all bad.
They need to force a Constitutional Convention upon the nation in order to change the potus term limit and exclude the natural born citizen requirement.
Putin has invested too much to get this far only to have his proxy age out at 80 yrs. He needs succession, musk.
Yep that constitutional convention has been in the works for a long time. But at this point is it even necessary? The president can surely extend his own term limits by fiat?I don’t know. What I do know is we need to grow class consciousness and subvert the capitalist system.
Stinks all the way to Mars. For all the money they have stolen from society and the working class, they have provided next to nothing for the betterment and the future of humanity and the world
Comments
Prime Video really sucks now unless you want to pay to stream, but you still have to pay for their movies.
Also, nothing gets shipped overnite anymore.
Beaver Blowjob Bezos, BBB CROOK.
It may be the only way the general public can have an impact.
BTW, nobody needs a Tesla. Ugly looking cars. 🤮
It isn’t pretty..
🙂💙💙💙🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🪖🪖🪖
Cap wealth.
End Citizens United.
Tax Churches.
End Charter Schools.
End Private Prisons.
Expand SCOTUS.
Despite that, not a peep from Dems abt:
1-Russian bomb threats
2-Huge non-votes under Prez line
3-Trump cmpgn having voting machine software and passwords
4-Musk pre-knowledge on Election Day
No call for hand recount.
Shameful
Trust, but verify. Or just verify.
I wound up doing a "small biz" Christmas.
And it felt better actually.
I know a lot of folks can't get by without Amazon, but I can.
So I will.
Fuck Amazon. Fuck Bezos. Fuck Fascism.
Because the items cost a bit more, I wind up with less, but the items are often so unique, it more than makes up for it!
And of course, the added joy of knowing that I'm not contributing to Trump and his ilk.
Giving so much power to Trump right before the election could have had a Comey affect.
Citizens United is evil and wrong and must be overturned.
Or are you a genuine believer in the stolen election conspiracy theory?
Either way, retarded.
….and also GOP snake Ron Johnson. It happens a lot here. The true swing voters are unpredictable. Harris didn’t hit the issues they cared about, but also they’re racist af.
Also, I consider people purchasing from Amazon whilst strikes continue as SCABS.
Weeks before the election.
Now in Canada. “Don’t worry, Trudeau will be gone this year” Musk
Pretty friggin’ scary.
That's a thinly veiled hot new take on the "stolen" 2020 election bushwa.
Then they asked us to support their Christmas strike against Bezos/Amazon??
The same guy who gave $100 million to Trump's inauguration. 🤷♂️🤦♂️
We will find that out after this country has been razed to the ground and we are stuck rebuilding it with our barehands.
The fix was in.
That's Putin's MO
I will never accept the 2024 outcome.
They need to force a Constitutional Convention upon the nation in order to change the potus term limit and exclude the natural born citizen requirement.
Putin has invested too much to get this far only to have his proxy age out at 80 yrs. He needs succession, musk.
Edit button, please.