"From the outset, the Epstein affair has offered a textbook example of the ability of the influential and well-connected to avoid scrutiny and intimidate those who would exert it."

"This isn’t just the broligarchy’s attack on journalism, but it’s their continued assault on American workers and unions. The endgame is to create an authoritarian regime that dominates an overworked, poor, tired, and sick population that is confused, disoriented, and no longer believes the evidence of its own eyes and ears."

#JeffBezos #Trump #WashingtonPost #TechBros #EconomicElites #fascism #journalism
/5

"The recent bloodletting at legacy institutions like the Washington Post is not a mere byproduct of a 'shifting media landscape.' It is what happens when the billionaire class acquires the very mechanisms meant to hold them accountable."

~ Danielle Moodie

#JeffBezos #Trump #WashingtonPost #TechBros #EconomicElites #fascism #journalism
/6

https://thelefthook.substack.com/p/burn-the-billionaires-democracy-ish

"This isn’t just about layoffs; it’s about a calculated erasure of the narrative. By controlling the papers of record and social media platforms, the ultra-wealthy can decide which stories are “important” and which should be buried under the guise of 'moving on.'”

#JeffBezos #Trump #WashingtonPost #TechBros #EconomicElites #fascism #journalism
/7

"These layoffs come on the heels of the release of a bribe masquerading as a propaganda piece, the so-called 'documentary' about Melania Trump, which Bezos’ Amazon reportedly funded to the tune of 75 million dollars."

~ Elliot Kirschner

#JeffBezos #Trump #WashingtonPost #TechBros #EconomicElites #fascism #journalism
/8

https://elliotkirschner.substack.com/p/darkness-at-the-washington-post

"Bezos is himself the reason for the Post’s awful economic position. If he were not so determined to make the paper worse in almost every way, it could be on much sounder financial footing. ...

It’s hard to overstate what a spectacularly imbecilic idea it was to move the Post to the right just as Donald Trump brought his version of fascism to America."

~ Paul Waldman

#JeffBezos #Trump #WashingtonPost #TechBros #EconomicElites #fascism #journalism
/9

https://paulwaldman.substack.com/p/jeff-bezos-is-killing-the-washington

"Democracy, the Post says, dies in darkness. Newspapers are murdered in broad daylight."

~ Charles Pierce

#JeffBezos #Trump #WashingtonPost #TechBros #EconomicElites #fascism #journalism
/10

https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a70249537/washington-post-layoffs/

"The Epstein Files Transparency Act was a rare, bipartisan lever into a corrupt and sick world that needs sunlight, bleach, and a flamethrower. ...

the stench is unmistakable. It is the smell of old money, new tech, and the kind of entitlement that believes the laws of God and man are merely suggestions for the 'little people.'”

#Epstein #Trump #EconomicElites #pedophiles #coverup
/5

"Jeff Bezos destroyed the Washington Post. ...

Jeff Bezos has essentially unlimited resources. He is now worth roughly a quarter of a trillion dollars—far wealthier than when he bought the paper twelve years ago.

The Washington Post could have been saved."

~ Dan Pfeiffer

#JeffBezos #Trump #WashingtonPost #TechBros #EconomicElites #fascism #journalism
/1

https://www.messageboxnews.com/p/how-a-billionaire-dismantled-one

"Democracy, the Post says, dies in darkness. Newspapers are murdered in broad daylight."

~ Charles Pierce

#JeffBezos #Trump #WashingtonPost #TechBros #EconomicElites #fascism #journalism
/10

https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a70249537/washington-post-layoffs/

"Jeff Bezos destroyed the Washington Post. ...

Jeff Bezos has essentially unlimited resources. He is now worth roughly a quarter of a trillion dollars—far wealthier than when he bought the paper twelve years ago.

The Washington Post could have been saved."

~ Dan Pfeiffer

#JeffBezos #Trump #WashingtonPost #TechBros #EconomicElites #fascism #journalism
/1

https://www.messageboxnews.com/p/how-a-billionaire-dismantled-one

"I think overall it's just this billionaire elitist cabal of people that are effectively like doing really nefarious things and then projecting those accusations onto others and then also hoarding wealth for themselves.

There's this protection racket among the rich where they protect one another, and we see that in policy."

~ Ahmed Baba

#Epstein #Trump #EconomicElites #pedophiles #coverup
/7

https://www.blueamp.co/p/amped-up-with-cliff-schecter-and-20b

@wdlindsy

Are there any reliable mainstream US news sources that those of us outside the USA can rely on anymore ?

The NYT and WP used to be my go to sources in previous years.