Fuck the Washington Post

Because the New York Times isn’t the only shitty national Paper of Record.

I’ve been thinking about this one for a while. This headline and article finally tipped it.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/04/22/debt-ceiling-biden/

Archive version: Biden is running out of time to avoid debt ceiling trouble - The Washington Post

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… ah yes, like it says in the Constitution

Article I, Section 7, Clause 1: All Bills for raising Revenue shall originate in Hunter Biden’s laptop; but Hillary’s emails may propose or concur with Amendments as on other Bills.

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Those darn workers, there they go again, screwing up the economy

https://archive.ph/ATG1h

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No big deal, this happens all the time. It’s a “tradition.”

https://archive.ph/oIUzT

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Exactly what I’d expect from a paper owned by the man who also owns Amazon (supercilious claims of editorial independence notwithstanding).

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Never read it.
Please tell me it’s not the same sort of crap as our (UK) Daily Fail?

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Well, after the New York Times, it’s probably the paper of record in the US. And I’d argue that for political stuff, it’s the most important paper in the US.

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Well, bugger, then…

:worried:

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The day it was purchased, I cancelled my decades-long subscription. The last issue I got was full of articles about how terrific that bald guy and his big company are. I did not need that.

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No crimes, no convictions. Yet the headline makes it sound like there’s something there.

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Normalizing war criminals.

Archive version: https://archive.ph/TWwL7

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… maybe this will make it into the new Blade movie

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I keep seeing headlines these past couple of weeks that say “Kissinger at 100” and keep being disappointed that the word dead is not included…

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henry-kissinger

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My pet theory is that Death owes Henry a favour or two.

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He’s certainly given Death a lot of business.

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A lot of people do that, yet Henry seems to have some sort of VIP or buddy status.

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