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eringer

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2. I Pulled the Plug on the WaPo in June 2025

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Tue Aug 5, 2025, 05:07 AM

Aug 5

Even at 99 cents a month, I could not justify supporting the newspaper that purports that America Dies in Darkness when its owner is the one who flipped the light switch off. And I was a fifty plus year subscriber!

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Washington Post veteran says he left after 18 years over Bezos 'unapologetically patriotic' content mandate [View all] BumRushDaShow Aug 5 OP

American billionaires lining up to support Trump, a psychopath destroying the US. Irish_Dem Aug 5 #1

I Pulled the Plug on the WaPo in June 2025 eringer Aug 5 #2

99 cents a month? When I was a delivery boy for the Post in the 1950s, it was $1.75 a month dedl67 Aug 5 #7

Same here PatSeg Aug 5 #8

Another long-time Post writer, Dan Balz, recently announced his retirement. Lonestarblue Aug 5 #3

And Carol Leonnig. demmiblue Aug 5 #4

She had been on MSNBC a lot BumRushDaShow Aug 5 #5

So how many billions of dollars has uber-patriot Jeff Bezos donated to reduce the national debt? tanyev Aug 5 #6

Patriotic and honest are mutually exclusive these days. Sorry Jeff. hay rick Aug 5 #9