Tomorrow's The Day! After the National Guard has Quashed tRump's 2nd attempt at a coup d’etat - insurrection, Hopefully He will be finally and completely SHUT UP and fade into the darkness of America's History. Else, America Is Completely and Finally Screwed! Parden My French. Vote Blue. Save America!
Bezos’ excuses are completely disingenuous and one of the few ways subscribers can make their voices heard quickly and in sufficient numbers to be meaningful is by unsubscribing. However, we can both make our voices heard and support the staff of the WaPo by resubscribing once that vote has been cast.
" Bezos’s refusal to allow The Washington Post to endorse Harris and Musk’s weaponizing X for Trump can be seen as moves in a proxy war for dominance in government contracting of spaceflight"
"On November 5 we will find out just how strong we are. We will each choose on which side of the historical ledger to record our names. On the one hand, we can stand with those throughout our history who maintained that some people were better than others and had the right to rule; on the other, we can list our names on the side of those from our past who defended democracy and, by doing so, guarantee that American democracy reaches into the future".
Hopefully, it has been determined WHO IS PRESIDENT Before January 2025!!
If tRump loses by "the Numbers", will his "Supreme Court" abide by the result of the voters OR Will "They" concede to Donald's Law Suits and Declare HIM TO BE PRESIDENT?
Since there appears to be No Law Any More, with regards to tRump, How Long will this BS drag out? If tRump actually Does Legally WIN, then We Know that We All Are FUCKED, without any further Adu... Best Regards.
May America Survive this most recent attempt to Destroy Her!
I'm relieved to see, Dan, that I'm not the only one replying to your column about WaPo and Jeff Bezos clearly having gotten it wrong. You were eloquent--as usual, and then some! Thank you a million times over for your experienced and knowledgeable POV.
While 250,000 subscribers now gone is nothing to sneeze at, I agree the columnists and reporters at WaPo cannot be sacrificed because Jeff Bezos is a spineless coward who apparently wasn't strong enough to tell facts instead of fiction. The world is full of brainless twits who can't tell the truth lest those they fear will crush them. If money was the whole reason, Bezos still wouldn't have that as an excuse: As I recall, he's wealthier than Musk or Zuckerberg or any other wannabe despot, *including* Blimpo who obviously caused this mess. Jeff Bezos has stooped low before. He's reached the lowest of those depths now.
Sunday 11/2024: In going along with some of the other comments, I feel like "They" must have felt at the "Trinity Test Site", just before the, ultimately successful detonation of the First Atomic Bomb!
We will learn much in 2 days.
"IT" could Just Blow Up the Whole Atmosphere, In America?!!
May Our "Grand Old Flag" Continue To Always Wave In Freedom & Democracy.
Thanks, Dan, well said. The behavior of Bezos is wrong but sadly not shocking. It is yet another incidence of money and power destroying moral compass.
I voted early for Kamala Harris. Her work ethics and qualifications prepared her for the job of president. Unfortunately many of our citizens do not seem truly prepared and/or committed to uphold their agency to defend our country from an insurrectionist and other corrupt congressional fascist leaning politicians. I am hoping and praying that madam vice-president will become president on November 5th. I believe it would be the begining of pulling up back from the edge of the cliff.
And Yet, Unbelievably, people still support this Traitorous Monster and will vote for him and his Criminal Regime. Yes, The Women that he subverts and belittles, the Black People and Hispanics and all the others that he, along with his tRump-publican sick supporters and EVEN Members of Our Military! Past and Present. go along with. Many Americans are Very Mentally Sick Today. You Can't Fix Stupid, BUT You CAN Vote For It, and then pay the surprising and unacceptable price for doing so. We Will Soon Know.
Might have had some sympathy for restarting my subscription. but today I read George Will' column in which he claims there is not a dimes (make that pennys} worth of difference between the two candidates. Since there is little mystery about Trump's myriad of serious faults, he focused his rhetorical force on bringing Harris down to Trump's level of multi sphere plans to put the USA in harms way. I hope Bezos reads the column. Harris surely has some flaws, but for Trump, flaws are his DNA? `
I wrote a letter to the WAPO editor stating that I would not be cancelling my subscription for the very reasons you stated. I was concerned about the survival of the staff of reporters, editors, printers etc. Plus I recognized their brave stand against Nixon in 1972, "The Post" is one of my favorite movies especially as a two-part evening of entertainment starting with "All the President's Men." That was my first election and I was very disciplined about following the stories in the Post via NEWSEEK and the KC Star. These events and this reporting shaped me as a citizen. I am and always will be a democrat. This period we are living in parallels what is in my experience but is now a part of history, possibly not well known. Nixon won his election at that time but shortly after was forced to resign. WAPO took down a president. They had the opportunity to stop the progress of a former despotic president but didn't act. The owner did not honor his paper's legacy. The employees have, and I trust will continue to in the remaining days of the election and it's aftermath.
"When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on."
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
Tomorrow's The Day! After the National Guard has Quashed tRump's 2nd attempt at a coup d’etat - insurrection, Hopefully He will be finally and completely SHUT UP and fade into the darkness of America's History. Else, America Is Completely and Finally Screwed! Parden My French. Vote Blue. Save America!
"Freedom of the press is not just important to democracy, it is democracy."
- Walter Cronkite
Bezos’ excuses are completely disingenuous and one of the few ways subscribers can make their voices heard quickly and in sufficient numbers to be meaningful is by unsubscribing. However, we can both make our voices heard and support the staff of the WaPo by resubscribing once that vote has been cast.
Interesting side by side of Bezos & Musk.
For a start, the race to space is littered with Govt contracts
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/what-bezos-and-musk-want-from-trump?r=1vl0sj&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email&triedRedirect=true
" Bezos’s refusal to allow The Washington Post to endorse Harris and Musk’s weaponizing X for Trump can be seen as moves in a proxy war for dominance in government contracting of spaceflight"
November 3, 2024
Heather Cox Richardson
"On November 5 we will find out just how strong we are. We will each choose on which side of the historical ledger to record our names. On the one hand, we can stand with those throughout our history who maintained that some people were better than others and had the right to rule; on the other, we can list our names on the side of those from our past who defended democracy and, by doing so, guarantee that American democracy reaches into the future".
Good Day. Surprise Me!
Hopefully, it has been determined WHO IS PRESIDENT Before January 2025!!
If tRump loses by "the Numbers", will his "Supreme Court" abide by the result of the voters OR Will "They" concede to Donald's Law Suits and Declare HIM TO BE PRESIDENT?
Since there appears to be No Law Any More, with regards to tRump, How Long will this BS drag out? If tRump actually Does Legally WIN, then We Know that We All Are FUCKED, without any further Adu... Best Regards.
May America Survive this most recent attempt to Destroy Her!
T-rump has to threaten people to get their support! I can’t wait to see him go to prison!
I'm relieved to see, Dan, that I'm not the only one replying to your column about WaPo and Jeff Bezos clearly having gotten it wrong. You were eloquent--as usual, and then some! Thank you a million times over for your experienced and knowledgeable POV.
While 250,000 subscribers now gone is nothing to sneeze at, I agree the columnists and reporters at WaPo cannot be sacrificed because Jeff Bezos is a spineless coward who apparently wasn't strong enough to tell facts instead of fiction. The world is full of brainless twits who can't tell the truth lest those they fear will crush them. If money was the whole reason, Bezos still wouldn't have that as an excuse: As I recall, he's wealthier than Musk or Zuckerberg or any other wannabe despot, *including* Blimpo who obviously caused this mess. Jeff Bezos has stooped low before. He's reached the lowest of those depths now.
Thanks again, Dan.
Sunday 11/2024: In going along with some of the other comments, I feel like "They" must have felt at the "Trinity Test Site", just before the, ultimately successful detonation of the First Atomic Bomb!
We will learn much in 2 days.
"IT" could Just Blow Up the Whole Atmosphere, In America?!!
May Our "Grand Old Flag" Continue To Always Wave In Freedom & Democracy.
Thanks, Dan, well said. The behavior of Bezos is wrong but sadly not shocking. It is yet another incidence of money and power destroying moral compass.
I voted early for Kamala Harris. Her work ethics and qualifications prepared her for the job of president. Unfortunately many of our citizens do not seem truly prepared and/or committed to uphold their agency to defend our country from an insurrectionist and other corrupt congressional fascist leaning politicians. I am hoping and praying that madam vice-president will become president on November 5th. I believe it would be the begining of pulling up back from the edge of the cliff.
And Yet, Unbelievably, people still support this Traitorous Monster and will vote for him and his Criminal Regime. Yes, The Women that he subverts and belittles, the Black People and Hispanics and all the others that he, along with his tRump-publican sick supporters and EVEN Members of Our Military! Past and Present. go along with. Many Americans are Very Mentally Sick Today. You Can't Fix Stupid, BUT You CAN Vote For It, and then pay the surprising and unacceptable price for doing so. We Will Soon Know.
I am being charged for Steady Substack by Dan Rather but I am no longer receiving it!
Might have had some sympathy for restarting my subscription. but today I read George Will' column in which he claims there is not a dimes (make that pennys} worth of difference between the two candidates. Since there is little mystery about Trump's myriad of serious faults, he focused his rhetorical force on bringing Harris down to Trump's level of multi sphere plans to put the USA in harms way. I hope Bezos reads the column. Harris surely has some flaws, but for Trump, flaws are his DNA? `
I wrote a letter to the WAPO editor stating that I would not be cancelling my subscription for the very reasons you stated. I was concerned about the survival of the staff of reporters, editors, printers etc. Plus I recognized their brave stand against Nixon in 1972, "The Post" is one of my favorite movies especially as a two-part evening of entertainment starting with "All the President's Men." That was my first election and I was very disciplined about following the stories in the Post via NEWSEEK and the KC Star. These events and this reporting shaped me as a citizen. I am and always will be a democrat. This period we are living in parallels what is in my experience but is now a part of history, possibly not well known. Nixon won his election at that time but shortly after was forced to resign. WAPO took down a president. They had the opportunity to stop the progress of a former despotic president but didn't act. The owner did not honor his paper's legacy. The employees have, and I trust will continue to in the remaining days of the election and it's aftermath.