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Ryan, why did you just force me to learn that Unsworth's attorney was Lin Wood. I was completely fine not questioning or caring about this story for the last 7 years until I learned this 🤦‍♂️

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I don't think they're arguing against the concept but that the unintended consequence may be that this could reinforce the support for tariffs from [polarized ideological/team support] to actual support of harmful policy. I like the idea but it feels exposed to propaganda via regulatory capture 🤷‍♂️

26.11.2024 12:15 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

No one cares about the Washington Post’s presidential endorsement. It will not move a single vote. The only people who care about newspaper editorial page endorsements are newspaper editorial writers. No one really cares all that much about the future of the Washington Post, either. I mean, I care about it, because I care about journalism and I respect the institution. But this isn’t a journalism story. It’s a business story. Following Trump’s 2016 victory, the Post leaned hard into its role as a guardian of democracy. This meant criticizing, and reporting aggressively on, Trump, who responded by threatening Bezos’s various business interests. And that’s what this story is about: It’s about the most consequential American entrepreneur of his generation signaling his submission to Trump—and the message that sends to every other corporation and business leader in the country. In the world. Killing this editorial says, If Jeff Bezos has to be nice to Trump, then so do you. Keep your nose clean, bub.

I think this point by @jvl.bsky.social is the key. I was trying to think of a way to say this in my writeup and didn't get there.

www.thebulwark.com/p/bezos-kill...

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