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Bezos Goes Gilded Age

By Robert Farley

On February 26, 2025

At 1:00 pm

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I’m sure y’all have already seen this:

For those who haven't followed this closely, the Post opinion section had already moved to the right under Shipley, which meant getting rid of a number of liberal columnists (including yours truly). But that apparently wasn't enough for Bezos.— Paul Waldman (@paulwaldman.bsky.social) 2025-02-26T15:51:17.278Z

Local billionaire discovers merits of capitalism, and decides to use wealth to benefit self! Also dog bites man!

I cancelled my WaPo subscription not in October (when the endorsement stuff played out) but rather in mid-December when I noticed I hadn’t actually looked at the WaPo tab on my browser since August. As such I feel like I’m accidentally part of the boycott, which I guess is fine.