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duckworth969

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17. Washington Post is a rag

Reply to vanessa_ca (Original post)

Sat Nov 8, 2025, 03:43 PM

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NY Times is a rag.

Why does anyone consume media sources owned and controlled by billionaires?

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The billionaire class and its lackeys be mad lol. Washington Post throwing a fit [View all] vanessa_ca Saturday OP

What a biased article CanonRay Saturday #1

They only call it "class warfare" when the oppressed fight back...nt Wounded Bear Saturday #2

We're supposed to just "lie back and enjoy it" durablend Saturday #21

The reader comments are excellent. Nt spooky3 Saturday #3

Some of them are priceless vanessa_ca Saturday #6

This one sums up my thoughts vanessa_ca Saturday #9

Mayor Mandami is going to be a resounding success and become very popular. This terrifys them. Good! n/t SheilaAnn Saturday #4

Endless growth is for cancer cells SamuelTheThird Saturday #5

Mamdani doesn't divide people into two groups, oppressed and oppressors; reality does. RockRaven Saturday #7

Headline: Campaigning different than Governing... lame54 Saturday #8

says the newspaper owned by the guy lapfog_1 Saturday #10

Who is it that's really "seething with resentment"? Ocelot II Saturday #11

Bezos' op ed writers obey his will. sinkingfeeling Saturday #12

Bezos and co. having a hissy fit at being identified as oppressors. ananda Saturday #13

Rule of thumb: B.See Saturday #14

*Boo-hoo!* Won't someone please think of the billionaires!? -misanthroptimist Saturday #15

President Franklin Roosevelt: sop Saturday #16

FDR was elected as a reaction against Wall Street and bankers Deminpenn Saturday #33

Washington Post is a rag duckworth969 Saturday #17

LA Times - owned by right wing billionaire. Initech Saturday #26

The transformation of the Wa Post is complete fujiyamasan Saturday #18

WaPo is to a real newspaper what Bezo's wife's implants are to real breasts. SunSeeker Saturday #19

Good point fujiyamasan Saturday #20

It's now the Bezos Billionaire Bullshit rag. nt hvn_nbr_2 Saturday #31

Does anyone have a way for a nonsubscriber to read the article & comments? TY irisblue Saturday #22

You can register for free without subscribing to read them vanessa_ca Saturday #25

You can use this to get past paywalls Pompoy Saturday #30

BTW: "increasing wealth" means "making the rich richer." Iggo Saturday #23

Class warfare? Coming from a newspaper owned by a guy who could bankrupt entire continents? Initech Saturday #24

just perusing their "Opinion" page. SleeplessinSoCal Saturday #27

So... Move to Hungary. BurnDoubt Saturday #28

I read the whole thing rpannier Saturday #29

They should have seen this coming with all of the No Kings turnouts ChicagoTeamster Saturday #32

Whoa, hard to believe that is The Washington Post PatSeg Saturday #34

Just finished Sorkin's new book "1929" about the stock market crash and aftermath Deminpenn Saturday #35

class war Cirsium Saturday #36

Bezos seems damn weird to me... Joinfortmill Sunday #37