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A quotation from Henry Commager
It is easier to say what loyalty is not than to say what it is. It is not conformity. It is not passive acquiescence in the status quo. It is not preference for everything American over everything foreign. It is not an ostrich-like ignorance of other countries and other institutions. It is not the indulgence in ceremony — a flag salute, an oath of allegiance, a fervid verbal declaration. It is not a particular creed, a particular version of history, a particular body of economic practices, a particular philosophy.
Henry Steele Commager (1902-1998) American historian, writer, activist
Essay (1947-07), “Who Is Loyal to America?” sec. 4, Harper’s Magazine, Vol. 195, No. 1168More about this quote: wist.info/commager-henry-steel…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #henrycommager #acquiescence #ceremony #conformity #flag #ignorance #loyalty #loyaltyoath #nationalism #patriotism #statusquo #xenophobia
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A quotation from Henry Commager
A nation which, in the name of loyalty or of patriotism or of a sincere and high-sounding idea, discourages criticism and dissent, and puts a premium on acquiescence and conformity, is headed for disaster.
Henry Steele Commager (1902-1998) American historian, writer, activist
Essay (1949-11-05), “What Ideas Are Safe?” Saturday ReviewMore about this quote: wist.info/commager-henry-steel…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #commager #henrycommager #acquiescence #conformity #control #dissent #freespeech #freedomofspeech #freedomofthought #heterodoxy #intolerance #loyalty #orthodoxy #patriotism #security #intellectualfreedom
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A quotation from Henry Commager
A nation which, in the name of loyalty or of patriotism or of a sincere and high-sounding idea, discourages criticism and dissent, and puts a premium on acquiescence and conformity, is headed for disaster.
Henry Steele Commager (1902-1998) American historian, writer, activist
Essay (1949-11-05), “What Ideas Are Safe?” Saturday ReviewMore about this quote: wist.info/commager-henry-steel…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #commager #henrycommager #acquiescence #conformity #control #dissent #freespeech #freedomofspeech #freedomofthought #heterodoxy #intolerance #loyalty #orthodoxy #patriotism #security #intellectualfreedom
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A quotation from Henry Commager
We do not need to fear ideas, but the censorship of ideas. We do not need to fear criticism, but the silencing of criticism. We do not need to fear excitement or agitation in the academic community, but timidity and apathy. We do not need to fear resistance to political leaders, but unquestioning acquiescence in whatever policies those leaders adopt.
Henry Steele Commager (1902-1998) American historian, writer, activist
Essay (1965-12-18), “The Problem of Dissent,” Saturday ReviewMore about this quote: wist.info/commager-henry-steel…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #commager #henrycommager #acquiescence #agitation #apathy #censorship #criticism #dissent #intellectualfreedom #resistance #silencing #timidity #academicfreedom
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A quotation from Henry Commager
We do not need to fear ideas, but the censorship of ideas. We do not need to fear criticism, but the silencing of criticism. We do not need to fear excitement or agitation in the academic community, but timidity and apathy. We do not need to fear resistance to political leaders, but unquestioning acquiescence in whatever policies those leaders adopt.
Henry Steele Commager (1902-1998) American historian, writer, activist
Essay (1965-12-18), “The Problem of Dissent,” Saturday ReviewMore about this quote: wist.info/commager-henry-steel…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #commager #henrycommager #acquiescence #agitation #apathy #censorship #criticism #dissent #intellectualfreedom #resistance #silencing #timidity #academicfreedom
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When cowardice is made respectable, its followers are without number both from among the weak and the strong; it easily becomes a fashion.
Eric Hoffer (1902-1983) American writer, philosopher, longshoreman
Passionate State of Mind, Aphorism 203 (1955)More about this quote: wist.info/hoffer-eric/81117/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #erichoffer #acceptability #acquiescence #cowardice #cowardliness #fashion #fear #respectability #socialcontract #socialill #timidity #weakness
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When cowardice is made respectable, its followers are without number both from among the weak and the strong; it easily becomes a fashion.
Eric Hoffer (1902-1983) American writer, philosopher, longshoreman
Passionate State of Mind, Aphorism 203 (1955)More about this quote: wist.info/hoffer-eric/81117/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #erichoffer #acceptability #acquiescence #cowardice #cowardliness #fashion #fear #respectability #socialcontract #socialill #timidity #weakness
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I believe that it is better even from the point of view of survival to fight and be conquered than to surrender without fighting.
George Orwell (1903-1950) English journalist, essayist, writer [pseud. of Eric Arthur Blair]
Essay (1942-08), “Looking Back on the Spanish War, ch. 6, Such, Such Were the Joys, essay 8 (1953)More about this quote: wist.info/orwell-george/81016/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #georgeorwell #orwell #spanishcivilwar #acquiescence #fighting #resistance #struggling #surrender #survival #acceptance
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I believe that it is better even from the point of view of survival to fight and be conquered than to surrender without fighting.
George Orwell (1903-1950) English journalist, essayist, writer [pseud. of Eric Arthur Blair]
Essay (1942-08), “Looking Back on the Spanish War, ch. 6, Such, Such Were the Joys, essay 8 (1953)More about this quote: wist.info/orwell-george/81016/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #georgeorwell #orwell #spanishcivilwar #acquiescence #fighting #resistance #struggling #surrender #survival #acceptance
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A quotation from Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
Liberty is often a heavy burden on a man. It involves that necessity for perpetual choice which is the kind of labor men have always dreaded. In common life we shirk it by forming habits, which take the place of self-determination. In politics party-organization saves us the pains of much thinking before deciding how to cast our vote. In religious matters there are great multitudes watching us perpetually, each propagandist ready with his bundle of finalities, which having accepted we may be at peace. The more absolute the submission demanded, the stronger the temptation becomes to those who have been long tossed among doubts and conflicts.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (1809-1894) American poet, essayist, scholar
Article (1860-09), “The Professor’s Story [Elsie Venner],” ch. 18, Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 6, No. 35More info about this quote: wist.info/holmes-sr-oliver-wen…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #acquiescence #burden #choice #decisionmaking #doubt #duty #following #freedom #habit #liberty #obedience #orthodoxy #politicalparties #selfconflict #submission #surrender #compliance
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A quotation from Eleanor Roosevelt
I know that we will be the sufferers if we let great wrongs occur without exerting ourselves to correct them.
Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962) First Lady of the US (1933-45), politician, diplomat, activist
Column (1943-08-13), “My Day”Sourcing, notes: wist.info/roosevelt-eleanor/27…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #eleanorroosevelt #bystander #disinterest #evil #injustice #karma #neutrality #passivity #standingby #uninvolvement #wrongdoing #complicity #acquiescence
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He won over the ignorant masses with shows, building projects, largesses, and banquets. His followers he bound to him by rewards, his opponents by an apparent clemency. In short, he succeeded in bringing a free country, partly because of its fear, partly because of its passivity, to an acceptance of servitude.
[Muneribus, monumentis, congiariis, epulis multitudinem imperitam delenierat; suos praemiis, adversarios clementiae specie devinxerat. Quid multa? Attulerat iam liberae civitati partim metu partim patientia consuetudinem serviendi.]Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC) Roman orator, statesman, philosopher
Philippics [Philippicae; Antonian Orations], No. 2, ch. 45 / sec. 116 (2.45/2.116) (44-10-24 BC) [tr. Berry (2006)]Sourcing, notes, other translations: wist.info/cicero-marcus-tulliu…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #cicero #juliuscaesar #acquiescence #breadandcircuses #freedom #masses #passivity #politicalpower #populace #power #rewards #servitude
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We see, by the Sketches I have given you, that all the great Kingdoms of Europe have once been free. But that they have lost their Liberties, by the Ignorance, the Weakness, the Inconstancy, and Disunion of the People. Let Us guard against these dangers, let us be firm and stable, as wise as Serpents and as harmless as Doves, but as daring and intrepid as Heroes.
John Adams (1735-1826) American lawyer, Founding Father, statesman, US President (1797-1801)
Diary (1772, Spring), “Notes for a Oration at Braintree”Sourcing, notes: wist.info/adams-john/77514/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #johnadams #acquiescence #disunity #freedom #ignorance #liberty #thepeople #tyranny #wethepeople #weakness
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The University of Pennsylvania has agreed to #ban #transgender women from its women’s sports teams to settle a #Trump lawsuit that alleged the school violated the rights of female athletes.
#acquiescence #appeasement #law #fascism
https://apnews.com/article/upenn-lia-thomas-swimmer-transgender-athletes-trump-71720ecbeb8493ddbed539dd61995076?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-07-01-Breaking+News -
The University of Pennsylvania has agreed to #ban #transgender women from its women’s sports teams to settle a #Trump lawsuit that alleged the school violated the rights of female athletes.
#acquiescence #appeasement #law #fascism
https://apnews.com/article/upenn-lia-thomas-swimmer-transgender-athletes-trump-71720ecbeb8493ddbed539dd61995076?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-07-01-Breaking+News -
Whatever you do, don’t give up. Because all you can do once you’ve given up is bitch.
Molly Ivins (1944-2007) American writer, political columnist [Mary Tyler Ivins]
Essay (1973-01), “Pitfalls of Reporting in the Lone Star State,” Houston Journalism ReviewSourcing, notes: wist.info/ivins-molly/76698/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #mollyivins #acquiescence #bitching #complain #giveup #struggle #surrender
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“…The #acquiescence of our most prominent civic leaders sends a profoundly #demoralizing message to society. It tells Americans that #democracy is not worth defending — or that resistance is futile. If America’s most privileged individuals & organizations are unwilling or unable to defend democracy, what are ordinary citizens supposed to do?”
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“…The #acquiescence of our most prominent civic leaders sends a profoundly #demoralizing message to society. It tells Americans that #democracy is not worth defending — or that resistance is futile. If America’s most privileged individuals & organizations are unwilling or unable to defend democracy, what are ordinary citizens supposed to do?”
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The U.S. Senate is really ready to be giving up all their power? Can we not rely on them to be a little greedy for their own power? Acquiescing to the President can make them just a rubber stamp, like the russian duma, and effectively powerless.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/11/gop-trump-republicans-senate-gaetz-rfk-scary.html#senate #senators #confirmations #nominees #acquiescence #surrender #political #power #politics #USpol #government #governance #polisci
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The U.S. Senate is really ready to be giving up all their power? Can we not rely on them to be a little greedy for their own power? Acquiescing to the President can make them just a rubber stamp, like the russian duma, and effectively powerless.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/11/gop-trump-republicans-senate-gaetz-rfk-scary.html#senate #senators #confirmations #nominees #acquiescence #surrender #political #power #politics #USpol #government #governance #polisci
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In a #WashingtonPost OpEd, Jeff #Bezos spins some #bullshit in an attempt to excuse his #acquiescence to #Trump’s threats to perceived enemies & a #FreePress.
#billionaire #SelfInterest #WaPo #FourthEstate #democracy #fascism #tyranny
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In a #WashingtonPost OpEd, Jeff #Bezos spins some #bullshit in an attempt to excuse his #acquiescence to #Trump’s threats to perceived enemies & a #FreePress.
#billionaire #SelfInterest #WaPo #FourthEstate #democracy #fascism #tyranny
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…The businesses #Bezos founded, including #Amazon & #BlueOrigin, his aerospace company, still compete regularly for lucrative government contracts. Blue Origin executives met w/ #Trump on Friday, & the company has a $3.4 billion #contract w/ #NASA to build a lunar lander.
#CorporateGreed #billionaire #SelfInterest #democracy #journalism #media #FourthEstate #acquiescence
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…The businesses #Bezos founded, including #Amazon & #BlueOrigin, his aerospace company, still compete regularly for lucrative government contracts. Blue Origin executives met w/ #Trump on Friday, & the company has a $3.4 billion #contract w/ #NASA to build a lunar lander.
#CorporateGreed #billionaire #SelfInterest #democracy #journalism #media #FourthEstate #acquiescence
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During their visit — which included a working lunch at #Bezos’ sprawling home on an exclusive island in Biscayne Bay & dinner at a nearby restaurant — #DavidShipley, The #WashingtonPost’s #opinion #editor, & #WillLewis, #WaPo’s chief executive & publisher, discussed plans for the future of the newspaper’s opinion section. The #election, less than 45 days away, loomed large.
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During their visit — which included a working lunch at #Bezos’ sprawling home on an exclusive island in Biscayne Bay & dinner at a nearby restaurant — #DavidShipley, The #WashingtonPost’s #opinion #editor, & #WillLewis, #WaPo’s chief executive & publisher, discussed plans for the future of the newspaper’s opinion section. The #election, less than 45 days away, loomed large.
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Inside #WaPo’s Decision to Stop Presidential Endorsements
#Bezos ended the decades-long practice, weeks after a discussion at a meeting in Miami. The move has drawn criticism in & outside the newsroom.
A tropical storm was heading toward Florida’s Gulf Coast in late Sept when snr #news & #opinion leaders of The #WashingtonPost flew into Miami for a periodic meeting w/ #JeffBezos, the newspaper’s #billionaire owner.
#democracy #journalism #media #FourthEstate #acquiescence
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/27/business/media/washington-post-president-endorsement.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare -
Inside #WaPo’s Decision to Stop Presidential Endorsements
#Bezos ended the decades-long practice, weeks after a discussion at a meeting in Miami. The move has drawn criticism in & outside the newsroom.
A tropical storm was heading toward Florida’s Gulf Coast in late Sept when snr #news & #opinion leaders of The #WashingtonPost flew into Miami for a periodic meeting w/ #JeffBezos, the newspaper’s #billionaire owner.
#democracy #journalism #media #FourthEstate #acquiescence
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/27/business/media/washington-post-president-endorsement.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare -
Ann Telnaes titled the editorial cartoon “Democracy Dies In Darkness”
#democracy #FourthEstate #journalism #media #acquiescence #WashingtonPost #WaPo
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Ann Telnaes titled the editorial cartoon “Democracy Dies In Darkness”
#democracy #FourthEstate #journalism #media #acquiescence #WashingtonPost #WaPo
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Legendary journalists #BobWoodward & #CarlBernstein slammed The #WashingtonPost Friday night in a joint statement over the newspaper’s decision not to endorse a White House candidate in 2024.
#WoodwardAndBernstein, who broke the #Watergate scandal while reporting for #WaPo issued a statement to CNN’s Brian Stelter Friday.
#democracy #FourthEstate #journalism #media #acquiescence
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Legendary journalists #BobWoodward & #CarlBernstein slammed The #WashingtonPost Friday night in a joint statement over the newspaper’s decision not to endorse a White House candidate in 2024.
#WoodwardAndBernstein, who broke the #Watergate scandal while reporting for #WaPo issued a statement to CNN’s Brian Stelter Friday.
#democracy #FourthEstate #journalism #media #acquiescence
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“Under Jeff #Bezos's ownership, the #WashingtonPost's news operation has used its abundant resources to rigorously investigate the danger & damage a second #Trump presidency could cause to the future of American #democracy & that makes this decision even more surprising & disappointing, especially this late in the electoral process."
- #BobWoodward & #CarlBernstein
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“Under Jeff #Bezos's ownership, the #WashingtonPost's news operation has used its abundant resources to rigorously investigate the danger & damage a second #Trump presidency could cause to the future of American #democracy & that makes this decision even more surprising & disappointing, especially this late in the electoral process."
- #BobWoodward & #CarlBernstein
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from #BobWoodward & #CarlBernstein:
“We respect the traditional independence of the #editorial page, but this decision 11 days out from the 2024 presidential #election ignores the #WashingtonPost's own overwhelming reportorial evidence on the threat Donald #Trump poses to #democracy.
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#Bezos #democracy #WoodwardAndBernstein #journalism #FourthEstate #acquiescence
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from #BobWoodward & #CarlBernstein:
“We respect the traditional independence of the #editorial page, but this decision 11 days out from the 2024 presidential #election ignores the #WashingtonPost's own overwhelming reportorial evidence on the threat Donald #Trump poses to #democracy.
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#Bezos #democracy #WoodwardAndBernstein #journalism #FourthEstate #acquiescence
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“One person familiar w/the figures told Semafor that the decision already seemed to be impacting subscriptions. In the 24hrs ending Friday afternoon, about 2,000 subscribers canceled their subscriptions, an unusually high number, an employee said. Another email that the #WashingtonPost sent out to subscribers on Fri also prompted a flurry of complaints from readers about the paper’s lack of an #endorsement.”
#democracy #FourthEstate #journalism #media #acquiescence #WaPo
https://www.semafor.com/article/10/25/2024/editor-resign-subscribers-cancel-as-washington-post-non-endorsement-prompts-crisis-at-bezos-paper -
“One person familiar w/the figures told Semafor that the decision already seemed to be impacting subscriptions. In the 24hrs ending Friday afternoon, about 2,000 subscribers canceled their subscriptions, an unusually high number, an employee said. Another email that the #WashingtonPost sent out to subscribers on Fri also prompted a flurry of complaints from readers about the paper’s lack of an #endorsement.”
#democracy #FourthEstate #journalism #media #acquiescence #WaPo
https://www.semafor.com/article/10/25/2024/editor-resign-subscribers-cancel-as-washington-post-non-endorsement-prompts-crisis-at-bezos-paper -
…”The most serious allegation…is that #SoonShiong & #Bezos are trying to hedge their bets out of fear that their business interests could be harmed during a 2nd #Trump presidency. Soon-Shiong, who made his fortune as a biopharmaceutical innovator, is working on new drugs that would…require #FDA approval. #Amazon faces an #antitrust lawsuit, brought last year by the #Biden admin, that will take yrs to litigate or settle.”
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…”The most serious allegation…is that #SoonShiong & #Bezos are trying to hedge their bets out of fear that their business interests could be harmed during a 2nd #Trump presidency. Soon-Shiong, who made his fortune as a biopharmaceutical innovator, is working on new drugs that would…require #FDA approval. #Amazon faces an #antitrust lawsuit, brought last year by the #Biden admin, that will take yrs to litigate or settle.”
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CJR: “Ian Bassin, a #democracy expert, calls these moves ‘anticipatory obedience’: fear by owners that if #Trump wins he could take #vengeance on companies that cross him. They noted that the leadership at CNN & the #WashingtonPost changed after the Trump administration tried to block the takeover of CNN’s parent company & tried to deny a cloud computing contract for #Amazon, #Bezos’s company.”
#democracy #FourthEstate #journalism #media #acquiescence #WaPo
https://www.cjr.org/political_press/the-washington-post-opinion-editor-approved-a-harris-endorsement-a-week-later-the-papers-publisher-killed-it.php -
CJR: “Ian Bassin, a #democracy expert, calls these moves ‘anticipatory obedience’: fear by owners that if #Trump wins he could take #vengeance on companies that cross him. They noted that the leadership at CNN & the #WashingtonPost changed after the Trump administration tried to block the takeover of CNN’s parent company & tried to deny a cloud computing contract for #Amazon, #Bezos’s company.”
#democracy #FourthEstate #journalism #media #acquiescence #WaPo
https://www.cjr.org/political_press/the-washington-post-opinion-editor-approved-a-harris-endorsement-a-week-later-the-papers-publisher-killed-it.php -
Another major editor, Marcus Brauchli – who from 2008 to 2012 preceded Baron as #WashingtonPost‘s executive editor, & edited The WSJ before that – offered his own eviscerating criticism of #Bezos’ decision in a statement to the Beast: “There are perfectly good reasons a newspaper might give for not endorsing a presidential candidate.
“The Post didn’t offer any, & its timing was awful & looks, whatever the reasoning, #gutless or #craven.“
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Another major editor, Marcus Brauchli – who from 2008 to 2012 preceded Baron as #WashingtonPost‘s executive editor, & edited The WSJ before that – offered his own eviscerating criticism of #Bezos’ decision in a statement to the Beast: “There are perfectly good reasons a newspaper might give for not endorsing a presidential candidate.
“The Post didn’t offer any, & its timing was awful & looks, whatever the reasoning, #gutless or #craven.“
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Maraniss said: “I find this contemptible. #MartyBaron is right. This is an act not of benign neutrality but of #cowardice in the face of the biggest challenge to #democracy in our post-WWII lifetimes.
“#BenBradlee, ten years dead, is mightily p---ed in his grave.”
#democracy #FourthEstate #journalism #media #acquiescence #WaPo #WashingtonPost
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Maraniss said: “I find this contemptible. #MartyBaron is right. This is an act not of benign neutrality but of #cowardice in the face of the biggest challenge to #democracy in our post-WWII lifetimes.
“#BenBradlee, ten years dead, is mightily p---ed in his grave.”
#democracy #FourthEstate #journalism #media #acquiescence #WaPo #WashingtonPost
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Maraniss, who also served as The #WashingtonPost’s lead reporter during Barack Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign, has provided an excoriating statement to the Daily Beast after #JeffBezos’ decision was confirmed by #WillLewis, the paper’s disempowered CEO.
Two sources told #WaPo’s reporters that #Bezos personally rejected an #endorsement of #KamalaHarris drafted by the paper’s editorial page staffers.
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Maraniss, who also served as The #WashingtonPost’s lead reporter during Barack Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign, has provided an excoriating statement to the Daily Beast after #JeffBezos’ decision was confirmed by #WillLewis, the paper’s disempowered CEO.
Two sources told #WaPo’s reporters that #Bezos personally rejected an #endorsement of #KamalaHarris drafted by the paper’s editorial page staffers.
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Top #Editors Eviscerate #JeffBezos’ Decision to Kill #WaPo Endorsement
David Maraniss, an associate editor at The #WashingtonPost – whose coverage of Bill Clinton at the paper won him the 1993 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting – has spoken for many in The Post’s newsroom over #Bezos’ decision to kill an #endorsement of #KamalaHarris for president.
#democracy #FourthEstate #journalism #media #acquiescence
https://www.thedailybeast.com/top-editors-eviscerate-jeff-bezos-decision-to-kill-washington-post-kamala-harris-endorsement/ -
Top #Editors Eviscerate #JeffBezos’ Decision to Kill #WaPo Endorsement
David Maraniss, an associate editor at The #WashingtonPost – whose coverage of Bill Clinton at the paper won him the 1993 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting – has spoken for many in The Post’s newsroom over #Bezos’ decision to kill an #endorsement of #KamalaHarris for president.
#democracy #FourthEstate #journalism #media #acquiescence
https://www.thedailybeast.com/top-editors-eviscerate-jeff-bezos-decision-to-kill-washington-post-kamala-harris-endorsement/ -
My #WashingtonPost #LetterToTheEditor (pic) regarding their decision to “not endorse” a presidential candidate in #Election2024.
#democracy #FourthEstate #journalism #media #acquiescence #WaPo
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My #WashingtonPost #LetterToTheEditor (pic) regarding their decision to “not endorse” a presidential candidate in #Election2024.
#democracy #FourthEstate #journalism #media #acquiescence #WaPo
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Kagan served as a speechwriter for Secy of State #GeorgeShultz during the #Reagan admin & as an advisor to Sen #JohnMcCain during his 2008 presidential campaign.
In 2016, he left the #Republican party over its nomination of #Trump as its standard bearer & endorsed #HillaryClinton. In Nov 2023, he published an expansive column in the #WashingtonPost under the headline “A Trump dictatorship is increasingly inevitable. We should stop pretending.”
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And from #Mediaite:
#WashingtonPost editor-at-large #RobertKagan resigned on Friday over the newspaper’s decision not to endorse #KamalaHarris.
While a number of staff are reportedly angry & considering exiting the paper over the decision, Kagan’s resignation is particularly notable not just because of his standing at the publication, but because of his ties to #Republican #politics.
#democracy #FourthEstate #journalism #media #acquiescence #WaPo
https://www.mediaite.com/news/washington-post-editor-at-large-robert-kagan-resigns-over-papers-decision-not-to-endorse-kamala-harris/ -
In his memoir, Collision of Power, Baron wrote that then-Publisher Fred Ryan did not want to make an #endorsement in the 2016 race pitting #Trump against former Secretary of State #HillaryClinton.
Then-#Editorial Page Editor Fred Hiatt considered resigning. #Bezos's reply at the time: "Why wouldn't we make an endorsement?"
#democracy #FourthEstate #journalism #media #acquiescence #WaPo #WashingtonPost
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Colleagues were said to be "shocked" & uniformly negative. Editor-at-large #RobertKagan, who has been highly critical of #Trump as #autocratic, told NPR he had #resigned from the #EditorialBoard as a consequence.
Fmr #WashingtonPost Executive Editor Martin Baron, who led the newsroom to acclaim during #Trump's presidency, denounced the decision starkly.
#democracy #FourthEstate #journalism #media #acquiescence #WaPo
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More on The #WashingtonPost’s #acquiescence from NPR:
Colleagues learned the news from the #editorial page editor, #DavidShipley, at a tense meeting shortly before #WillLewis' announcement. The meeting was characterized by 2 people w/direct knowledge of discussions….
Shipley had approved an #editorial #endorsement for #KamalaHarris that was being drafted earlier this month, acc/to 3 people w/direct knowledge.
#democracy #FourthEstate #journalism #media #WaPo
https://www.npr.org/2024/10/25/nx-s1-5165353/washington-post-presidential-endorsement-trump-harris -
#DELAY IS CRITICAL TO EVERY PART of the Trump strategy if Biden wins in November
—delay verifying ballots,
delay with recounts,
delay with audits.Delay sows doubt.
Piling up #lawsuits does too, even if they are later thrown out.
The RNC has filed lawsuits in Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania, Arizona, and even Mississippi.
Kari Lake filed a case with the Supreme Court claiming electronic voting machines in Maricopa County are “susceptible to hacking.”
She wants the Court to outlaw electronic voting.
No matter the outcome of the case, Lake will, no doubt, blame these machines should she
—or Trump—lose their elections in Arizona.Layered over this volatile scenario is the #threat of #violence, whether Trump explicitly encourages it at the time or not.
His torrent of #lies and the #cowardice of elected Republicans who knowingly echo his lies have created a permanent threat to election workers.
Trump supporters are primed for #battle
—metaphoric and physical.A spokeswoman for Trump recently claimed that the party will be sending “#soldiers” to monitor voting.
Last week, Judge Michael Luttig remarked about the unprecedented
threat Trump presents to our judiciary and to democracy,
following Trump’s #attacks on the daughter of the judge who will preside over his hush money case.“Never in history has any person leveled such attacks and been met with such #passivity, #acquiescence, and #submissiveness by the nation,” Luttig wrote.
The same can be said for the nation’s collective reaction to Trump’s plans to steal the 2024 election.
Rich Lowry wrote last month in a National Review column titled
“How Exactly Would Donald Trump End American Democracy?”
that “we can stipulate that if Trump loses in November 👉he won’t concede the election and, in all likelihood, will engage in the same kind of pressure campaign to change the results as he did in 2020.”What Trump has planned for November and December, if he doesn’t win, is not a “pressure campaign.” It’s another #coup.