Wednesday, February 4, 2026

First Amendment Bloodbath '26!

The opening salvo of many attacks on the press, &, once no one's left to report it, on all the loser chumps who, if they like eating, have to get up & go to work every day, five days a wk. (How'd you get trapped like that, suckers?)
Good idea in an election yr., rich Nazi idjits.

The chickenshit weenie press reacts. Little close to home there? Now will they start telling enough of the truth about the billionaires to get Americans building guillotines?
New York Times:
Washington Post Lays Off More Than 300 Journalists … The Washington Post carried out a widespread round of layoffs on Wednesday that decimated the organization's sports, local news and international coverage.  —  The company laid off about 30 percent of all its employees, according to two people with knowledge of the decision.
Discussion:
Ruth Marcus / New Yorker:
How Jeff Bezos Brought Down the Washington Post  —  The Amazon founder bought the paper to save it.  Instead, with a mass layoff, he's forced it into severe decline.  —  On September 4, 2013, the Amazon founder Jeff Bezos held his first meeting with the staff of the Washington Post …
David Bauder / Associated Press:
Washington Post says one-third of its staff across all departments is being laid off  —  The Washington Post is laying off one-third of its staff in the newsroom and other departments, a brutal blow at one of journalism's most legendary brands.  —  The troubled Post began implementing large-scale cutbacks …
Discussion:
Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
The Washington Post Dies in Daylight  —  1. You Guys  —  We're going to get to the Washington Post in just a moment, but first: Boy, people did NOT like yesterday's church-y newsletter.  —  And that's okay.  —  Over the last two days I wrote about guns and God.  Big, complicated, divisive, important subjects.
CNN:
Jeff Bezos-owned Washington Post conducts widespread layoffs, gutting a third of its staff
Discussion:
The entire Sports section? How will Bezos pimp all the sporting events Amazon has taken from free or already paid for telebision? Another reason J.B. must go. Between this s.o.b. & Gates Seattle has a lot of esplainin' to do.

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