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(94,450 posts)
Wed Apr 22, 2026, 09:58 AM 18 hrs ago

Marc Elias: 'For the record: The Washington Post can go f**k itself.'



x.com/marceelias/status/2046788309515374660

Jon Cooper @joncoopertweets 2h
These two editorials by the Washington Post expose how the Republican Party and Democratic Party are held to completely different standards by the media.

Texas gerrymander: “Not a threat to democracy.”

Virginia gerrymander: “Power grab by Democrats.”





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Marc Elias: 'For the record: The Washington Post can go f**k itself.' (Original Post) bigtree 18 hrs ago OP
I'm tempted to re-subscribe just so I can cancel my subscription again. Ocelot II 18 hrs ago #1
Snort! Mme. Defarge 18 hrs ago #7
I'm tempted to resubscribe to call that fucking baldheaded fuck Aviation Pro 17 hrs ago #10
They've all got me so pissed I think I invented a 200 letter cuss word for them lol n/t Cheezoholic 13 hrs ago #35
Get a year's supply of bird-cage liner! Every squirt in honor of Bezos. erronis 17 hrs ago #11
A man complains to his friend that his feet hurt all day long JoseBalow 16 hrs ago #20
"" AllaN01Bear 16 hrs ago #25
Don't! they take your money for the year and don't give credit to you if you cancel. dem4decades 16 hrs ago #27
Oh, I won't. It's just that canceling the first time when Bezos pulled the Harris endorsement Ocelot II 16 hrs ago #29
Subscribe to Democracy Docket instead. SergeStorms 13 hrs ago #37
Fuck Jeff Bezos dalton99a 18 hrs ago #2
Up, down, and sideways! nt City Lights 18 hrs ago #6
Right wingers are such assholes Blues Heron 18 hrs ago #3
Once again MustLoveBeagles 18 hrs ago #4
i have to wonder if they don't even get the double standard MadameButterfly 3 hrs ago #51
I'm pretty sure it already has. Solly Mack 18 hrs ago #5
The gerrymandering abyss that the gqp started Clouds Passing 18 hrs ago #8
Fuck them. The people in VA VOTED for this whereas the people of TX had it THRUST upon them with no voice Cheezoholic 17 hrs ago #9
Good point! 70sEraVet 14 hrs ago #34
Fuck WaPo orangecrush 17 hrs ago #12
The WaPo's lack of shame is almost as bad as the job market ck4829 17 hrs ago #13
Not sure why anyone subscribes to it anymore that isn't a right winger fujiyamasan 17 hrs ago #14
... 2naSalit 17 hrs ago #15
Fucking Bezos themaguffin 17 hrs ago #16
Time for his Rosebud moment... progressoid 16 hrs ago #19
Kick SheltieLover 17 hrs ago #17
Bozos is now just a link in the circle jerk surrounding the toxic orange gasbag. 58Sunliner 17 hrs ago #18
I've been a dedicated Amazon shopper for the last few years. tavernier 16 hrs ago #21
I've been trying it mountain grammy 15 hrs ago #32
I'm on my second year of boycotting Amazon. llmart 8 hrs ago #45
I recently read an article about the declining malls. tavernier 8 hrs ago #46
A new low. moondust 16 hrs ago #22
Washington Post bromeando 16 hrs ago #23
The Washington Post is only good for one thing... GiqueCee 16 hrs ago #24
That'll be all Bezos and co MW67 16 hrs ago #26
We should just make this a daily headline dweller 16 hrs ago #28
WTF? Elias is right Washington Post Figarosmom 15 hrs ago #30
DU rec mountain grammy 15 hrs ago #31
Look at how far this paper has fallen... spudspud 14 hrs ago #33
It was great back in the days when I was a WP paperboy - the 1950s dedl67 12 hrs ago #38
The NY Post was liberal too IbogaProject 6 hrs ago #50
Be kind to Bezos. He and his wife are expecting a son shortly. usonian 13 hrs ago #36
Who started all this? republicans! choie 12 hrs ago #39
Once again -- the MSM is pro-GOP. We need to get that into our heads. LymphocyteLover 12 hrs ago #40
Yeah, GFY WAPO... Ya Fucking Fascist Paper Cha 11 hrs ago #41
Eat shit and die, Bezos Blue Owl 11 hrs ago #42
Fuck Bezos! Fuck WaPo! Marc Elias is great! red dog 1 11 hrs ago #43
Betty Bowers agrees LetMyPeopleVote 10 hrs ago #44
Hypocrisy and lies is all they have left. GoodRaisin 7 hrs ago #47
any mention of 2010 census shit? pansypoo53219 7 hrs ago #48
So are they endorsing a national anti-gerrymandering statute? IbogaProject 6 hrs ago #49

Aviation Pro

(15,659 posts)
10. I'm tempted to resubscribe to call that fucking baldheaded fuck
Wed Apr 22, 2026, 10:49 AM
17 hrs ago

Every vile epithet I could call him.

In a foreign language so the censor bots don't reject it and post a link to the translation.

JoseBalow

(9,614 posts)
20. A man complains to his friend that his feet hurt all day long
Wed Apr 22, 2026, 11:56 AM
16 hrs ago

When asked why, he explains that it's because his shoes are two sizes too small.
"Why don't you just wear shoes that fit you, then?" asks the friend.
He replies, "because it feels so good when I take them off."

Ocelot II

(130,872 posts)
29. Oh, I won't. It's just that canceling the first time when Bezos pulled the Harris endorsement
Wed Apr 22, 2026, 12:26 PM
16 hrs ago

was so satisfying!

SergeStorms

(20,701 posts)
37. Subscribe to Democracy Docket instead.
Wed Apr 22, 2026, 03:27 PM
13 hrs ago

They fight TrumpCo. tooth and claw and you get kickass emails every day. Just a suggestion. Don't give Bezos one penny of your money.

MustLoveBeagles

(16,887 posts)
4. Once again
Wed Apr 22, 2026, 10:07 AM
18 hrs ago

It's okay for Republicans but not Democrats, even when they're the ones that started this!

MadameButterfly

(4,115 posts)
51. i have to wonder if they don't even get the double standard
Thu Apr 23, 2026, 12:49 AM
3 hrs ago

If they did, they'd be trying to explain why this is different.
Do they really think it's only ok for them to do it, or do they not even connect the two?
Narcissists only see things from their point of view. I think the whole Republican Party have become narcissists.

Cheezoholic

(3,798 posts)
9. Fuck them. The people in VA VOTED for this whereas the people of TX had it THRUST upon them with no voice
Wed Apr 22, 2026, 10:49 AM
17 hrs ago

And most of the other redistricting attempts in Blue states were put to the people to decide i.e. Cali yet repuke redistricting in Red states so far have nearly all cut the people out of the decision (they tried it 3 times, different ways, in my state without the peoples consent and failed fortunately). How is it that CITIZENS VOTING FOR A CHANGE is a threat to Democracy but having voting districts CRAMMED DOWN THEIR THROATS is not?
I'm with Elias, FUCK THEM and BEZOS!!


FF!!!

70sEraVet

(5,539 posts)
34. Good point!
Wed Apr 22, 2026, 02:10 PM
14 hrs ago

The whole gerrymandering mess has been a stain on our democracy for a few decades, but trump really lit the mess on fire when he openly called on red states to do it in a non-census year, to protect Republican majority n Congress.

fujiyamasan

(1,904 posts)
14. Not sure why anyone subscribes to it anymore that isn't a right winger
Wed Apr 22, 2026, 11:15 AM
17 hrs ago

It was pretty obvious which way it was heading before the election.

And I reiterate what others have said. Fuck the Washington Post.

tavernier

(14,468 posts)
21. I've been a dedicated Amazon shopper for the last few years.
Wed Apr 22, 2026, 11:56 AM
16 hrs ago

Three months ago, I decided that I was done with Mr. Bezos and I haven’t made another purchase. And to my great surprise, I haven’t had a moment of withdrawal. In fact, it’s been great fun to go back to some of my old stores and actually do real shopping. Try it, you’ll like it.

llmart

(17,670 posts)
45. I'm on my second year of boycotting Amazon.
Wed Apr 22, 2026, 08:19 PM
8 hrs ago

Since I'm not much of a shopper anyway, it won't make a dent but it makes me feel better and I don't miss it at all. I can't see giving one penny to a company with a greedy prick like him running it.

tavernier

(14,468 posts)
46. I recently read an article about the declining malls.
Wed Apr 22, 2026, 08:39 PM
8 hrs ago

It seems that suddenly there is a renewed interest in actual store shopping, especially by the younger generation. It appears that the lazy way to shop takes away a lot of the pleasure of the hunt as well as the instant gratification of going home with that perfect find. Our ancestors were hunters and we still have that in our DNA. Added to that, many seek the socialization that their parents found in malls and markets.

GiqueCee

(4,486 posts)
24. The Washington Post is only good for one thing...
Wed Apr 22, 2026, 12:13 PM
16 hrs ago

... to be used as a birdcage liner. And that's only on the condition that your parakeet can't read. It would be unkind to subject a sweet little bird to the witless, partisan drivel vomited forth by the WAPO editorial board. Those malicious clowns don't even try to hide their deceitful double standard anymore.
Apparently, "integrity" is now a dirty word in the WAPO newsroom ever since "Bozo" Bezos bought the paper. When the Graham family ran it, The Washington Post was a bastion of truth in reporting, but not anymore. Now it's even lower than the bird shit a discerning parakeet drops on it. Even Kathryn Graham would defecate on it from on high, were it possible.

dweller

(28,514 posts)
28. We should just make this a daily headline
Wed Apr 22, 2026, 12:22 PM
16 hrs ago

Just substitute your name for Elias …

for example

dweller says ‘ For the record: The Washington Post can go f**k itself’


😃




✌🏻

Figarosmom

(12,568 posts)
30. WTF? Elias is right Washington Post
Wed Apr 22, 2026, 12:51 PM
15 hrs ago

Is just a propaganda rag. Did trumps media office write that crap? I can't see a real reporter being proud of that shit. Bozo really fell for the "he's better than anyone else bs" hope he enjoys his money because that's all he'll ever have to make him happy.

mountain grammy

(29,101 posts)
31. DU rec
Wed Apr 22, 2026, 12:52 PM
15 hrs ago

Marc Elias is a true blue American hero

Can’t remember a single time he’s been wrong

spudspud

(662 posts)
33. Look at how far this paper has fallen...
Wed Apr 22, 2026, 02:07 PM
14 hrs ago

I remember back in college this was a go to paper for Poli Sci students. Since Bezos took over, it's no better than TP for the bunghole, as The Great Cornholio would say.

dedl67

(234 posts)
38. It was great back in the days when I was a WP paperboy - the 1950s
Wed Apr 22, 2026, 04:22 PM
12 hrs ago

The WP was anti-McCarthy and had a great cartoonist Herblock and columnists like Art Buchwald. How far it has fallen.

choie

(6,952 posts)
39. Who started all this? republicans!
Wed Apr 22, 2026, 04:29 PM
12 hrs ago

It's terrible to be wounded by your own sword, ain't it?

LymphocyteLover

(9,979 posts)
40. Once again -- the MSM is pro-GOP. We need to get that into our heads.
Wed Apr 22, 2026, 04:36 PM
12 hrs ago

Fuck the MSM. I'm so glad I unsubscribed from the WaPo, now since 2 years ago I think. When they refused to endorse Kamala.

LetMyPeopleVote

(180,763 posts)
44. Betty Bowers agrees
Wed Apr 22, 2026, 06:34 PM
10 hrs ago

The Texas legislature rammed through a gerrymandering bill at the request of Trump.

Virginia actually voted in favor of redistricting to counterbalance what Texas and other Republican-controlled states have done.

Yet only one is considered a "power grab."

Oligarch-owned media in a nutshell.

Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social) 2026-04-22T16:31:17.823223Z

IbogaProject

(5,991 posts)
49. So are they endorsing a national anti-gerrymandering statute?
Wed Apr 22, 2026, 10:18 PM
6 hrs ago

With say requirements on congressional seat allocation to balance representating the states voter registration balance while also trying to have the districts being reasonably geographically coherant? There have been anti-gerrymandering proposals recently, which nearly all the GOP have opposed? And isn't the Electoral College a type of Gerry mandering?

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