I’m so pleased to see someone who wishes to share the importance of news based on fact . Truth has become disowned by these billionaire media owners. Who clearly have lost all integrity , assuming they had some before they joined the Liars club.
This is definitely a hopeful , uplifting move, and I thank all who’ve joined this group who wish to use their expertise to a positive end. Bless this endeavor .
The column you read about bringing a baby into today’s world is beautiful and touching. But it’s quite different from Alexandra Petri’s usual fare which is biting and satirical and very funny.
I saw that they endorsed Bondi. That should be enough for anyone with a brain in their head to cancel their subscription if they still have one. I canceled mine when they refused to endorse Harris, and my amazon prime subscription followed right after.
Biden / Harris administration vocalizes that no one is above the law, but do not walk the talk. Bondy has clearly represented and defended the rule of law.
Sure buddy. Whatever gets you through the night. Bondi isn’t his worst pick, but she is associated with him via money. All it took was $25,000 from DJT to get her to stop investigating him. But tell me more about her history of law & order. I’ll wait.
Because the maggot kkkult already has fox, oannon, Sinclair, all the podcasts and I can't keep track of what else... but please, more fair and balanced. 🤬
Anyone who doesn’t espouse proper leftist ideology is obviously always a lying maggot, while what one reads/hears from those who do conform to leftist orthodoxy by extension must always be the truth.
The MSM today is only publishing pro-Trump stories. All anti-Trump stories have been eliminated.
When Biden and Obama were in charge, by contrast, they almost never published pro-Administration stories, but rather primarily stories that were critical of those administrations.
The problem is that WaPo and the rest of the MSM are now insufficiently anti-Trump.
He already has! I hate to see the end of newspapers, though, especially because I was a Bezos defender due to the fact that he kept a “hands off” approach to the WP. 😖
Margaret Sullivan always said that Bezos never interfered when she was at the WaPo but clearly that changed recently. What shocked and disturbed me is that Bezos hired Will Lewis from Murdoch land even though it was clear that Lewis had obstructed justice in the UK phone hacking case. The court had ordered all emails to be preserved but Lewis had millions of them destroyed anyway — then bizarrely tried to blame ex PM Gordon Brown:
“ First, Murdoch papers targeted me. Now there is evidence they falsely implicated me in a cover-up
After he was hired Lewis tried to bribe NPR’s David Folkenflik with an interview in exchange for killing an article Folkenflik was planning to publish. He later pressured Executive Editor Sally Buzbee to kill similar stories in the WaPo’s. She refused and was soon gone from the WaPo.
That Bezos not only hired Lewis with that scandal in his background, but kept him on after his unethical attempts at covering up his own wrongdoing was a sign that the WaPo was doomed. Even though most of the media has chosen to ignore this shocking story, Lewis’s law breaking is likely to become a big story soon as Prince Harry’s lawsuit against Murdoch’s organization goes to court.
It's important to keep in mind that a lot of the Post's integrity was due to the stewardship of former executive editor Marty Baron -- whom Bezos inherited from the Grahams.
Ironically, I have never been a big fan of Telnaes - cool art, but rarely a truly incisive cartoon of the kind I think the world needs. Then she creates one of the greatest editorial cartoons I've ever seen, and they refuse it.
What the heck did they do to the comments section there?? Don't know if you've seen it if you've canceled your subscription, but it seems to have become some kind of maze. I hate to leave her behind, but Jen Rubin was one of the few reasons I was going to wait until my already-paid-for subscription ran out. Maybe I should go ahead and cancel, as they also ticked me off by running an "Inauguration Sale" special price in my Facebook feed. That takes some nerve. Just how many knees do they have left to bend?! $29, btw...
The comments section was too freewheeling for Bezos. So he tightened the controls to discourage in any real discourse with readers. They should just add “so let’s finish turning of the lights to get our oligarchy rolling,” to their motto.
You can cancel now but keep reading until your subscription is up. I just did. Now I am getting offers for resubscribe at a lower price. Not happening until something changes starting with Will Lewis getting the ax.
That had been my plan, but I think I'll cancel now so I can say, "you wouldn't endorse a presidential candidate, but now you're saying Trump's cabinet picks are worth your push."
Also, the re-upped me automatically this past year at a really low price. Given the current circumstances, they may do that again.
I'm sorry, I checked my link and then did a search, and it looks like she is no longer syndicated! (Yet another stupid decision by the Post, IMHO.)
It would be nice if she too was somewhere else, and a place where the Nutterati can reconnect. I guess for now we will have to find each other like this, among the sane folk at Substack.
You suggested a WaPo cartoonist & if you steped out your bubble, you would find a cartoonist, Darrin Bell, was just arrested for possession of child Pornography. He was a darling of NeverTrumper crowd. Funny how he always accused maga of being "groomers" yet he was projecting this whole time. There's alot of projection on the left. Whether its corruption, oligarchs, Censorship, etc.
But you go ahead & accuse me of lying. It makes it much sweeter when I point out how foolish you were in the future.
Steve Bell, who was fired by the Guardian in 2023, is one of the best. His GW Bush chimp and trump toilet lid were brilliant. Don't know what he's doing now.
Yes you should hire the WaPo cartoonist recently arrested for possession of child Pornography. Odd how those freaks end up being fans of Ms Rubin or leftwing ideology.
Jennifer Rubin's voice was one of the main reasons I subscribed to the Post in the first place. I cancelled my subscription as soon as I read that Mr. Bezos had refused to publish the endorsement of Kamala Harris. As a trial lawyer, nothing is more important to me than the law and the facts. Both have been under siege for the last 8 years and I trust this new endeavor to support them.
Same. It's sad to see the Post lose some of its best talent, but Bezos should have been able to read the room. Guess his fat government contracts for his other businesses made him buckle to Trump's whims.
"The GOP, as usual, was better at muddying the truth with a barrage of lies."
During Biden's term in office:
It wasn't the GOP that said Joe Biden was "sharp as a tack."
It wasn't the GOP that said inflation wasn't going to happen or that it was transitory.
It wasn't the GOP that said Hunter Biden's laptop was Russian disinformation.
It wasn't the GOP that said the border was secure.
"They have demonized moderates and the left with such success dor more than half a century that it's difficult to get through the murkiest of swamps."
And the Democrats have been paragons of virtue and truth? Oh, please, spare me. It's been a non-stop assault on Trump since 2015, with plenty of help from a very complicit media. I'm still waiting for Adam Schiff's "ample evidence" proving Russian collusion from the 2016 election.
Wholeheartedly agree! I subscribed also mainly to read Mrs. Rubin’s brilliant commentaries, and cancelled when Bezos refused to endorse Mrs. Harris. Really looking forward to this new venture!
It’s been a nightmare 8+ years for this immigrant…Good luck to the USA and all of us…
My subscription to WaPo ends in February. I’m delighted that so many powerful voices are siding with our Democracy. It takes courage to resign under the present circumstances, and I’m proud of every single voice bent on preserving our Free Press!
That is also when I unsubscribed to the Post, it was Jeff Beezos interfering and denying the paper the endorsement of any presidential candidate. This time it was Kamala, next time who knows.
The richies can't just come in and buy a newspaper and then bend it to their personal and business avantage. The Press is our FOURTH Estate and must be managed that way.
Agreed. Also disturbing the way the richies are buying the country.
"Oligarchy" and "kleptocracy" are no longer words I only use when I'm annoyed at the government. That IS what the government has become. At least half of it, at least.
"That is also when I unsubscribed to the Post, it was Jeff Beezos interfering and denying the paper the endorsement of any presidential candidate."
It's his paper, and he decides if it will or will not endorse anyone for any office. It is irrelevant as to the reason(s). And Bezos has to live with the results of his decisions, just like the rest of us.
Likewise - Ms. Rubin was a reason I hadn't cancelled, even with the Harris endorsement debacle. The Telnaes episode was the last straw, and I'm so glad I won't lose Jennifer Rubin columns by cancelling the Post. (But hey, could you guys hire Evan Birnholz so I can still do his crosswords? :)
I don't think you need a subscription to take advantage of the puzzles. I've been playing the "wordle" and the news quiz longer than I've been a subscriber.
Wordle is NYT, not the Post, and the person who created it required that it be kept free as a condition of sale to the Times. So yeah, a must-do every morning! (I'm 637 days into my streak :) (Having blown a 231 day streak b/c I thought that Borax was a proper noun. Owel). Anyway, dunno if Birnholz is free or not. I will try to find a non-subscriber to check. The daily jigsaw is free, so maybe even the Post-exclusive puzzles are, also.
I think it would be great if enough of us cancel our WaPo subscriptions that it goes belly up. That’s a strong message to deliver to Bezos and the other media oligarchs.
I also cancelled my subscription following the non-publication of the Harris endorsement. Unfortunately, I was on the annual plan, so it won't be until April before it stops. However, I will not be donating any more of my money to the likes of JB.
Exactly! WaPo is insufficiently leftist doctrinaire!
All good leftists should voluntarily reduce their standard of living by canceling Amazon, and making sure not to go to any website that runs on AWS, to ensure Bezos doesn’t get their money, and MAKE. A. STATEMENT.
The free press cannot actually be free, unless it is anti-GOP!!
I was once a journalist. My career transitioned to higher education public relations and then into strategic communications for leaders and executives. I had faith in the power of journalism, funded a scholarship in new media at my alma mater, and steadfastly defended the media my entire adult life. And now I don’t.
I cancelled WaPo when I got a breaking news alert that it would not endorse a presidential candidate. Negligence in its Fourth Estate duty is unacceptable. After the election, I cleaned up my feed, withdrew from news sources, and waited until I could land in a place the would emerge from the rubble.
The moment Ms. Ruben announced her new startup, I rejoined Substack and selectively subscribe to my curated list of journalists, columnists, analysts, and authentic contributors to discourse on preserving and defending democracy.
Have subscribed to the free level and will upgrade to paid after I have a little experience with the Contrarian. Can you also enlist any of the other journalists who have left the WAPO? Maybe get some of Ann Telnaes’s work? Anyway, thank you for standing up for your principles!
Jennifer Rubin will post daily and look at the list of star talent from the get go. I don't see a risk for a paid subscription, especially since you can subscribe month by month for all of $7.
I have subscribed because I feel like supporting these new startup outlets is one way I can help our long resistance. And the list so far of contributors here is impressive. For Jennifer R., I applaud your courage, it cannot have been an easy decision.
I agree with you. This is the way to go. Especially when it comes to converting subscribers from free to paid.
If my experience is typical, it’s easy to sign up for individual writers’ free content “a la carte” but unmanageable to pay a multitude of authors as individuals in this way. Instead, a collective or a team is a much better experience for the subscriber and the writers.
The Bulwark is doing this, and though I haven't subscribed to them, I've flirted with it, and may yet. Pay 3-4 other Substackers, too, but Contrarian gets my first “newspaper”-level $$! That said, highly recommend @Simon Rosenberg and @thecycle.
I signed up for the monthly subscription with the assumption I would move to annual. However, that was when I knew absolutely nothing thing about the other contributors. I heard Heather Cox Richardson mention Jennifer Rubin and went directly to the subscriber page. They are two of my favorite Big Guns. I think we are going to need an army.
Jennifer! I was ecstatic to see your post this morning, as it was your column that I was most reluctant to give up when quitting the Post. I am thrilled to see these other voices join you, and hope for many more with whom we are all familiar.
Bezos and the other billionaires clearly have zero interest in saving democracy, and couldn't care less about the American people, and it's voices like yours that we really need to stand up in these moments.
Following Jen Rubin's political evolution over the past decade, from a commentator who (as I judged it) too often spouted conventional conservative nostrums, to a sharp critic and insightful voice on the durable threat of authoritarian governance, oligarchy, and kleptocracy, has been a source of insight and reflection for me. All of us need to be able to grow intellectually, to perceive new threats and to understand when old schemata of interpretation have run their course, and no one illustrates this better than Ms Rubin. I'm looking forward to see how this project grows.
Welcome to Substack from a former WP contributing columnist, broomed in 2023. Feel free to reach out if I can help you navigate here (I have two Substacks, CulinaryWoman for my food writing, and Intersection, about transportation). Wishing you the best!
I canceled my Post subscription after Telnaes resigned, thinking, "It'll be Jennifer Rubin next." I was right! I'm overjoyed to support this courageous effort to keep the Fourth Estate from crumbling.
Jennifer Rubin: Before I cancelled my subscription to WAPO you were always, always the very first piece I read above all others. I so value your courage, and integrity inherent in your work. Looking forward to The Contrarian as one of the first posts I read (I really like Cox Richardson, Meidas+, Obeidallah, Parnas, Rashid, Tiedrich, Mary Trump, Joyce Vance....jeez, I'll just stop here, too many fantastic journalists here to list them all). All the best to you!
What's unfortunate is that Bezos can afford to keep a money-losing Post operating indefinitely as his personal Washington mouthpiece, staffed by Murdoch retreads and third-tier hacks. Our capital city deserves better.
I am one of the many who cancelled my WaPo subscription 2 months ago, when Bezos kowtowed to Trump. There were a few columnists I knew I would miss (no, not Thiessen or Will or Hewitt).Ms. Rubin is at the top of that list. I just subscribed here, happily, to support Ms. Rubin. How about adding Alexandra Petri?
Jennifer is a conservative I respect. She is about facts and reality. I can't wait to see what this becomes. Hopefully more content will be free tor each as many Americans capable of critical thinking as possible.
I love that liberals, yes she's a liberal, are pushing themselves into a corner, without the sane world having to do it. The narratives of Rubin, Twitter, Facebook, Newsom, progressives are crashing down. No one is buying the lies anymore, nor are they willing to allow you to control who gets to speak.
You made Jennifer Rubin into a liberal -- if by liberal you mean rational human being who opposes trump.
If Twitter is crashing, you voted for the guy who's crashing it. If Facebook is crashing, it's because they stifle liberal content more than conservatives whack jobbery.
Your policies are failures and your states are dependent on the productivity of blue states to keep your lights on and your schools open.
Enjoy this moment. A week from today your shit show begins.
And you are not a "concerned citizen" unless you are a citizen of another other country - Russia comes to mind.
No "concerned citizen" backs an adjudicated rapist and convict.
No "concerned citizen" backs and defends the actions of those who defy all this country stands for for the love of ill gotten gains, racism, misogyny, and the destruction of all this country has believed in since its inception.
Progressive Liberalism is filled with everything you claim to be against. You claim to be a "feminist", yet stand for men who pretend to be women as they steal the hard work, dreams & "firsts" (glass ceiling moments) from women/girls from sports to jobs. You claim not to be racist, yet giving anyone a job, segregated spaces (i.e. separate graduations), irrelevant of your intentions is the very definition of racism. You claim to protect children, but support the mutilation in barbaric surgeries by calling it "gender affirmation". You claim to be pro-choice, yet have not issue forcing a vaccine on those who don't/need it. You support fulll term abortion up to & including Infanticide, don't believe me? Read the full text of what the bills in "blue states" & Kamala's bill allows for....they go far past the original RvW. You think the court system is corrupt against black/brown communities, yet stay quiet on those parents, prolife, maga being jailed for ridiculous jail sentences, being debanked, deplatformed or losing their jobs. When BLM burned cities & looted you said nothing, yet when it happened to progressives in Los Angeles, everyone is suddenly upset....as they should be. On the same LA fires, you give cover to the progressive policies incompetence of California democrats by calling it "climate change".
Oh you think you don't support any of this, whole or in part? Not so fast. Name one Democrat who is vocally against any of it that you'll vote for.
The Democratic Party is the party of contradiction. Racism. Misogyny. Destruction.
You people are truly tiresome. Programed bots, with the same exact lines between each & every one of you.
You're so wrapped up in the regional threat of Putin/Russia, that you fail to see the global threat of China. BTW, back in the 1980s, Yuri Bezmenov warned of Communist subversion into college campuses & Democrat Liberalism. Sadly, you are part of this. You've been fed a steady diet of Communist propaganda, you don't even realize that you are exactly what you accuse me of. You are controlled by lies, fear & emotions. There are no rational thoughts within you.
However, you'll roll your eyes. Act as if you know better, unwilling to admit you've been duped. Maybe one day you will realize it, or you may very well enjoy keeping your head in the sand, making the conscious decision to live in your bubble, believing the lies.
Not even close. Now, if you're done, I'm watching President Trump getting ready to send Biden & his trash family into the dustbin of obscurity.
As for "projection", next time you hear a mom talk about how she brought her 5yr old to a man cosplaying as a woman, or a girl who was told to stay quiet because someone hides their Autogynephilia behind transgenderism & you applaud it....you're the one that seems okay with child abuse.
Name me one Democrat who's on the record speaking out against men who pretend to be women. Or against a parent who gives their child drugs, or removing their genitals because they "believe" to be a gender they'll never be. Against a man in women's sports. Stopping rapists from calling themselves "women" to be put in female prisons, to rape more women. Anyone against a grown man who beats women? Not in Olympics, a dude won gold...didn't he?
You & your fake conservative, Ms Rubin, her ped0phile cartoonist friend will find plenty of people, like you, who hate women & their political opponents so much, they'll look the other way as atrocities happen right in front of you.
No, Putin does not pay me. That said, the other sheeple above you asked a similar question, (you people lack originality). What I said to the other lemming, applies to you as well.
Stalin, Mao, Hitler & every tyrant in history has used fear, intimidation, crisis' & other means to control it's population. Other means have been healthcare, uncontrollable crime, poor public education system, lawfare, Censorship, debanking, etc.
All tactics used & forced upon social media companies & MSM by progressive Democrats. Useful idiots, like yourself, believe that this is perfectly acceptable.
Scratch a Liberal, find a Facist. BTW, the above mentioned tyrants used violent mobs to "persuade" political opponents & "undesirables".
Hitler had the Hitler Youth. Progressives have BLM & Antifa. Stalin had the Stasi. Democrats have the FBI.
I've been reading your comments. You really are locked within an echo chamber of a single focus of complete mind control. The masters of persuasion have really snowed you and it's not completely your fault. You and I were taught that journalists were supposed to be the ones always striving to uncover the truth and presenting that truth to the population... and that used to be the case... right up until they killed JFK. Then everything changed to using journalists and daily media propaganda to sell lies to a public who they knew were trained to believe it. They have worked tirelessly to subvert the truth and keep your mind a slave to their propaganda. This cabal consists of multi-national corporations & the the super multi generational wealthy. They stay in power and prosper off of all of our hard work coercing us into buying what they sell us. They set policy in the USA since JFK was killed and we have been their military apparatus used to hit anywhere across the globe that doesn't play by their rules. Many people are waking up. I hope you do. It is a hard awakening and it will cause you some difficulty accepting it. But truly you have been have been lied to. And yes Jennifer Rubin is one of them. She is "leaving" to retain her flock and continue the mind control... nothing else. If she is not part of the cabal or paid by them, she makes a living doing their bidding in some capacity either knowingly or ignorantly - neither of which is good. Regardless, please try to open your mind - just a little and think openly and critically of all the things you believe.
If you do awaken, do not feel like you were a fool, this propaganda and how it was delivered to all of us was all thoroughly tested and designed to gain control over even the smartest of people. Have a nice day!
Trump is a populist. Not a conservative. Basic common sense is what won over disenfranchised moderate Democrats, independents & Republicans. The democrats far left swing of open borders, trans ideology, warmongers, tax & spending, along with constant gaslighting, is what lost it for you.
That and Kamala Harris was/is the worst candidate you could've picked, besides Tim Walz. That guy is just plain creepy.
I'm glad you refuse to accept reality. It makes it easier to win as your party & voters make bigger fools of themselves.
@Concerned Citizen If being conservative means pledging fealty to Trump, rejecting facts and entertaining conspiracies, then yes, she’s a fake conservative.
You obviously have a misunderstanding of "fealty". I challenge you to go to any progressive Liberal gathering, tell them there are only two genders. Men cannot have babies. Climate change is a hoax & masks don't work. Tell them you are prolife. The 2A must be protected at all costs & cops aren't hunting young, unarmed black men.
See how long before they kick you out of the cult. Because progressive Liberalism is a cult
Not much for originality, are you? Sovereign citizens are usually law breakers, & many, like Antifa/BLM, are cop killers & tax evaders...I pay my taxes. Those that die from sepsis, are usually from complications from the abortion pills & nothing to do with being "forced" to carry a dead fetus, I urge you to do your homework & read that family's lawsuit.
Reality is not living in a bubble. A bubble that you clearly live in, but still refuse to see. The science is & was very clear on masking. If you're foolish enough to actually believe they worked, & actually believe no harm to the development of toddlers/children. Distracted children in school. What kind of sad & pathetic person is so terrified that you push your fears on young healthy children & adults....scratch a liberal, find a facist. You felt a little power & it went to your head.
Or even took the time to talk to Gen Z, you would've realized how the obsession with covid masking, the years of schooling stolen, proms, homecomings, friends, isolation mostly by progressive nannys, octogenarians & childless hippies, you would've seen how angry the 18- 30yr olds are. Moderates & independents.
It's because of unhinged snobs like you. Know it alls, who live in an elitist bubble & believe Ms Rubin "speaks truth", thou your too ignorant to understand you're seeking out those to confirm your bias'.
But your world is getting smaller. People are tired of the incessant whining. Petulant child of the 60s or their offspring that can't handle someone who doesn't agree with them. That's when the insults, cliches & tiresome accusations come out.
You really are locked within an echo chamber of a single focus of complete mind control. The masters of persuasion have really snowed you and it's not completely your fault. You and I were taught that journalists were supposed to be the ones always striving to uncover the truth and presenting that truth to the population... and that used to be the case... right up until they killed JFK. Then everything changed to using journalists and daily media propaganda to sell lies to a public who they knew were trained to believe it. They have worked tirelessly to subvert the truth and keep your mind a slave to their propaganda. This cabal consists of multi-national corporations & the the super multi generational wealthy. They stay in power and prosper off of all of our hard work coercing us into buying what they sell us. They set policy in the USA since JFK was killed and we have been their military apparatus used to hit anywhere across the globe that doesn't play by their rules. Many people are waking up. I hope you do. It is a hard awakening and it will cause you some difficulty accepting it. But truly you have been sold a bridge Bridget.
Yes, that's true. I read both you and Carrol-Ann's posts and I though I could try to help you both, just as a friend helped me years ago. He told me that three buildings in New York City had been attacked on 911 not 2. That 3 buildings were destroyed not 2. He told me that Bush and Cheyney were fully aware of it in advance of it happening. He told me that Building 7 housed all the sensitive financial information involving the US, and the global elites. So they dropped it in a pre-arranged controlled demolition on 911 after the planes hit the twin towers. Look it up - enlighten yourself. Read all about building 7 - never hit by a plane and the first steel constructed building in history to ever come down in a fire. There are eye-witnesses who were in building 7 when they heard the charges / explosives go off - some managed to get out before it dropped. Watch the videos of them telling what they saw & heard. I was a full Bush Cheyney supporter. But the more I learned, the more I woke up, realizing I was duped. The multinational corporations and world elites needed to go into the Middle East because Sandam Husain was not playing by the rules and was organizing to persuade other countries to control and limit the World Elite's oil markets. That's why Saddam initially went into Kuwait and Bush Sr. went in and stopped it. That only postponed the war. Saddam wasn't going to stop. 911 was needed to sell to the American public to allow America's military to be used to take out Saddam - who had no weapons of mass destruction but we were all sold the idea that he did. Bin Laden was a Patsy trained by the CIA and used to pull off the 911 disaster. They took him out too - evidence expunged.
It was a hard pill for me to swallow - I was a die hard republican bush supporter. After thoroughly diving into everything I could find, and realizing that both parties are absolutely controlled and managed by the multinationals and global elites, I switched to independent. Please wake up. Please try to think critically again. The mainstream news on network TV and major print news organizations are all owned or controlled financially or through other means by the global cabal. The people you think you can trust - you can't. They need numbers - eyeballs to perpetuate their persuasion and keep the game going in their favor. Ms. Rubin is too. Many people are waking up right now. Of course you are free to believe whatever you want - this is America, but know that in the grand scheme of things America is expendable to the multinationals - they can live anywhere they want. You and I - we can't and I love my country and want it back - back to freedom and constitutional rule.
There you have it - I'm no sock puppet - no bot. Just an Independent American who loves his country.
I happily subscribed. Now you guys need an editorial cartoonist. I think you might know of one...
Also, if you ask a certain well known satirist to join, I can then cancel my subscription to that non-newspaper. Let it die in darkness.
"Let it die in darkness." Great line!
I’m so pleased to see someone who wishes to share the importance of news based on fact . Truth has become disowned by these billionaire media owners. Who clearly have lost all integrity , assuming they had some before they joined the Liars club.
This is definitely a hopeful , uplifting move, and I thank all who’ve joined this group who wish to use their expertise to a positive end. Bless this endeavor .
Thank you .
Hypocrisy dies in darkness™️. 😜
Sadly, it thrives in darkness.
No, it survives in darkness and withers in the light.
We can only hope. Living amongst idiots is exhausting..
Well put - it is exhausting !
Your comment indicates you are unwilling to accept the realities standing in front of year. Maybe these "idiots" you refer to are going to MAGA!!!
We’d like to think so…
Yes, “a certain well-known satirist”who’s on maternity leave.
I’d never read her until just now. Wow, she’s awesome. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/01/13/petri-baby-column-pregnant-leave-generations/
The column you read about bringing a baby into today’s world is beautiful and touching. But it’s quite different from Alexandra Petri’s usual fare which is biting and satirical and very funny.
Cancel now, holding out until Alexandra Petri resigns is only helping Bezos.
I just did. Their endorsement of most of Trump's cabinet was the final straw.
Have they actually published endorsements of those dip💩s?
I saw that they endorsed Bondi. That should be enough for anyone with a brain in their head to cancel their subscription if they still have one. I canceled mine when they refused to endorse Harris, and my amazon prime subscription followed right after.
Your comment sort of implies that you do not believe that much in the rule of law. Am I correct??
Please explain why you would conclude that? I'll wait.
Biden / Harris administration vocalizes that no one is above the law, but do not walk the talk. Bondy has clearly represented and defended the rule of law.
Sure buddy. Whatever gets you through the night. Bondi isn’t his worst pick, but she is associated with him via money. All it took was $25,000 from DJT to get her to stop investigating him. But tell me more about her history of law & order. I’ll wait.
Do you ? And prove it !
Exactly! WaPo is insufficiently leftist doctrinaire!
The free press cannot actually be free, unless it is anti-GOP!!
Because the maggot kkkult already has fox, oannon, Sinclair, all the podcasts and I can't keep track of what else... but please, more fair and balanced. 🤬
Glad we agree.
Anyone who doesn’t espouse proper leftist ideology is obviously always a lying maggot, while what one reads/hears from those who do conform to leftist orthodoxy by extension must always be the truth.
Exactly! WaPo is insufficiently leftist doctrinaire!
The free press cannot actually be free, unless it is anti-GOP!!
Exactly! WaPo is insufficiently leftist doctrinaire!
The free press cannot actually be free, unless it is anti-GOP!!
Apparently we have a free press if media oligarchs get to publish whatever they're told is the price for the power they gained.
Quite right.
The MSM today is only publishing pro-Trump stories. All anti-Trump stories have been eliminated.
When Biden and Obama were in charge, by contrast, they almost never published pro-Administration stories, but rather primarily stories that were critical of those administrations.
The problem is that WaPo and the rest of the MSM are now insufficiently anti-Trump.
great train of thought . . . thank you
He already has! I hate to see the end of newspapers, though, especially because I was a Bezos defender due to the fact that he kept a “hands off” approach to the WP. 😖
Margaret Sullivan always said that Bezos never interfered when she was at the WaPo but clearly that changed recently. What shocked and disturbed me is that Bezos hired Will Lewis from Murdoch land even though it was clear that Lewis had obstructed justice in the UK phone hacking case. The court had ordered all emails to be preserved but Lewis had millions of them destroyed anyway — then bizarrely tried to blame ex PM Gordon Brown:
“ First, Murdoch papers targeted me. Now there is evidence they falsely implicated me in a cover-up
Gordon Brown”
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/jul/31/gordon-brown-tom-watson-news-international-william-lewis-rupert-murdoch
After he was hired Lewis tried to bribe NPR’s David Folkenflik with an interview in exchange for killing an article Folkenflik was planning to publish. He later pressured Executive Editor Sally Buzbee to kill similar stories in the WaPo’s. She refused and was soon gone from the WaPo.
That Bezos not only hired Lewis with that scandal in his background, but kept him on after his unethical attempts at covering up his own wrongdoing was a sign that the WaPo was doomed. Even though most of the media has chosen to ignore this shocking story, Lewis’s law breaking is likely to become a big story soon as Prince Harry’s lawsuit against Murdoch’s organization goes to court.
It's important to keep in mind that a lot of the Post's integrity was due to the stewardship of former executive editor Marty Baron -- whom Bezos inherited from the Grahams.
That’s when I cancelled as well.
Exactly! WaPo is insufficiently leftist doctrinaire!
The free press cannot actually be free, unless it is anti-GOP!!
How many times are you going to post this?
Be kind.
It's easy for the mentally ill to get stuck in a loop.
Andy can't help himself.
"You really are a bot, aren't you?"
Yes. I am bot. Bot I am.
Incapable of independent thought.
Which is why it is so awful that WaPo is now insufficiently leftist doctrinaire.
Isn't it wonderful that people can throw around labels to denigrate the comments of those they disagree with, rather than address the substance?
How many folks robotically posted here that they canceled their WaPo subscriptions because that newspaper is now not leftist enough?
I'm guessing you refer to A.P. who is on leave. I LOVE that column!
I'd been waiting for a writer to quit and say something like this before canceling. Now I have.
Exactly! WaPo is insufficiently leftist doctrinaire!
The free press cannot actually be free, unless it is anti-GOP!!
Alexandra Petri would be a great addition, as would Michael de Adder, the excellent political cartoonist.
I'll miss her too.
They turned out the lights on Democracy.
Exactly! WaPo is insufficiently leftist doctrinaire!
The free press cannot actually be free, unless it is anti-GOP!!
Borowitz is on Substack…and Contrarian
It already has...
Ironically, I have never been a big fan of Telnaes - cool art, but rarely a truly incisive cartoon of the kind I think the world needs. Then she creates one of the greatest editorial cartoons I've ever seen, and they refuse it.
How about Alexandra Petri?
Never found her funny. Will miss Carolyn Hax, though.
The ONLY thing I miss after cancelling my subscription is Carolyn Hax.
What the heck did they do to the comments section there?? Don't know if you've seen it if you've canceled your subscription, but it seems to have become some kind of maze. I hate to leave her behind, but Jen Rubin was one of the few reasons I was going to wait until my already-paid-for subscription ran out. Maybe I should go ahead and cancel, as they also ticked me off by running an "Inauguration Sale" special price in my Facebook feed. That takes some nerve. Just how many knees do they have left to bend?! $29, btw...
They RUINED comments, purposefully I think.
I was only subscribed anymore for Jen and Eugene.
Sorry, Eugene, but the time has come. Enough is enough. I've unsubscribed.
Also, who the heck dreamed up the nightmarish software system for the comments??
The comments section was too freewheeling for Bezos. So he tightened the controls to discourage in any real discourse with readers. They should just add “so let’s finish turning of the lights to get our oligarchy rolling,” to their motto.
Gloria, I adored the WAPO comments section when the paper still stood for democracy. I found the NYTimes comment section way too restrictive.
I don’t miss either paper now.
Exactly! WaPo and NYT are insufficiently leftist doctrinaire!
The free press cannot actually be free, unless it is anti-GOP!!
1000%
The comments were usually the best part.
Exactly! WaPo is insufficiently leftist doctrinaire!
The free press cannot actually be free, unless it is anti-GOP!!
You really are a bot, aren't you?
You can cancel now but keep reading until your subscription is up. I just did. Now I am getting offers for resubscribe at a lower price. Not happening until something changes starting with Will Lewis getting the ax.
That had been my plan, but I think I'll cancel now so I can say, "you wouldn't endorse a presidential candidate, but now you're saying Trump's cabinet picks are worth your push."
Also, the re-upped me automatically this past year at a really low price. Given the current circumstances, they may do that again.
Exactly! WaPo is insufficiently leftist doctrinaire!
The free press cannot actually be free, unless it is anti-GOP!!
Exactly! WaPo is now insufficiently leftist doctrinaire!
The free press cannot actually be free, unless it is anti-GOP!!
Here's a nail to seal the coffin: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/interactive/2025/trump-nominees-confirmation-hearings-editorial-board/
UGH. You are so right. I can't believe this. Is someone there saying to readers, "but you wanted our opinion'!" Thanks for pointing that out to us.
Email wall to read 😒. Won’t happen.
Short story.. Pam Bondi is apparently acceptable.
One of the most vocal election deniers.
Apparently sexual assault and trafficking are the low bar now.
Actually no, sexual assault is fine. I guess only sex trafficking is the bar... for now. Won't be surprised when even that is acceptable.
I don't know how we recover from this, I truly don't.
Here is a gifted copy of the article: https://wapo.st/409FjG0
I cancelled my subscription several months ago but it was annual and hasn't run out yet. So I occasionally visit and share articles.
Exactly! WaPo is insufficiently leftist doctrinaire!
The free press cannot actually be free, unless it is anti-GOP!!
Thanks, the comment section was the best part of the article!
I had a yearly digital subscription to WaPo that doesn't run out until March. I cancelled anyway after Bezos interfered with the endorsement.
FYI, they don't actually cut your access off. If you get a physical copy of the newspaper you might be cut off immediately.
Exactly! WaPo is insufficiently leftist doctrinaire!
The free press cannot actually be free, unless it is anti-GOP!!
Exactly! WaPo is insufficiently leftist doctrinaire!
The free press cannot actually be free, unless it is anti-GOP!!
These three women are why I go to the Post.
Exactly! WaPo is insufficiently leftist doctrinaire!
The free press cannot actually be free, unless it is anti-GOP!!
Huh? Petri is brilliant.
People have differing opinions, and they didn't say she isn't brilliant.
I will miss CH too. She is syndicated, but I was also quite fond of her "commentariat" at WaPo, too. Sigh.
Where else can I find her? And are any of the peanut gallery there, too?
I'm sorry, I checked my link and then did a search, and it looks like she is no longer syndicated! (Yet another stupid decision by the Post, IMHO.)
It would be nice if she too was somewhere else, and a place where the Nutterati can reconnect. I guess for now we will have to find each other like this, among the sane folk at Substack.
A quick look tells me that she is on Facebook, but it appears that she whatever she posts there, you have to go to WaPo to see her replies. Stupid.
She was one of the few reasons I used to subscribe. Wish I still did so I could unsubscribe again!
Exactly! WaPo is insufficiently leftist doctrinaire!
The free press cannot actually be free, unless it is anti-GOP!!
Same here
Yes, I hope she joins.
She's on maternity leave at present.
same here! and agreed on a cartoonist!
Agree, bring in Telnaes
Yes, I believe they do! Maybe? Let’s hope so!
Maybe two… + Michael De Adder 😊
Yes him too
Luckovich. Actually, see if Toles has anything he wants to say without a deadline.
I can think of at least two!
Ann and Rob Rogers!
Lets get Tom Tomorrow and This Modern World!
You suggested a WaPo cartoonist & if you steped out your bubble, you would find a cartoonist, Darrin Bell, was just arrested for possession of child Pornography. He was a darling of NeverTrumper crowd. Funny how he always accused maga of being "groomers" yet he was projecting this whole time. There's alot of projection on the left. Whether its corruption, oligarchs, Censorship, etc.
But you go ahead & accuse me of lying. It makes it much sweeter when I point out how foolish you were in the future.
Please consider the Pulitzer Prize winner Jack Ohman https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Ohman outstanding writer as well.
Steve Bell, who was fired by the Guardian in 2023, is one of the best. His GW Bush chimp and trump toilet lid were brilliant. Don't know what he's doing now.
IF ONLY GEORGE BOOTH WAS STILL AROUND!!!
And I happily cancelled.
Exactly! WaPo is insufficiently leftist doctrinaire!
The free press cannot actually be free, unless it is anti-GOP!!
Yes you should hire the WaPo cartoonist recently arrested for possession of child Pornography. Odd how those freaks end up being fans of Ms Rubin or leftwing ideology.
Disgusting humans the progressive left is.
This is a lie and should not be allowed here.
Remind me who is disgusting?
Could you please elaborate?
Exactly what is it that John wrote that is a lie?
I was thinking the same thought!
Jennifer Rubin's voice was one of the main reasons I subscribed to the Post in the first place. I cancelled my subscription as soon as I read that Mr. Bezos had refused to publish the endorsement of Kamala Harris. As a trial lawyer, nothing is more important to me than the law and the facts. Both have been under siege for the last 8 years and I trust this new endeavor to support them.
Same. It's sad to see the Post lose some of its best talent, but Bezos should have been able to read the room. Guess his fat government contracts for his other businesses made him buckle to Trump's whims.
"Same. It's sad to see the Post lose some of its best talent, but Bezos should have been able to read the room."
Democrats failed to read the room and lost the election.
You will continue to fail as a “newspaper” if you are only a mouthpiece for the Democrats.
The GOP, as usual, was better at muddying the truth with a barrage of lies
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They have demonized moderates and the left with such success dor more than half a century that it's difficult to get through the murkiest of swamps.
"The GOP, as usual, was better at muddying the truth with a barrage of lies."
During Biden's term in office:
It wasn't the GOP that said Joe Biden was "sharp as a tack."
It wasn't the GOP that said inflation wasn't going to happen or that it was transitory.
It wasn't the GOP that said Hunter Biden's laptop was Russian disinformation.
It wasn't the GOP that said the border was secure.
"They have demonized moderates and the left with such success dor more than half a century that it's difficult to get through the murkiest of swamps."
And the Democrats have been paragons of virtue and truth? Oh, please, spare me. It's been a non-stop assault on Trump since 2015, with plenty of help from a very complicit media. I'm still waiting for Adam Schiff's "ample evidence" proving Russian collusion from the 2016 election.
Wholeheartedly agree! I subscribed also mainly to read Mrs. Rubin’s brilliant commentaries, and cancelled when Bezos refused to endorse Mrs. Harris. Really looking forward to this new venture!
It’s been a nightmare 8+ years for this immigrant…Good luck to the USA and all of us…
Likewise!
Exactly! WaPo is insufficiently leftist doctrinaire!
The free press cannot actually be free, unless it is anti-GOP!!
I did the same. So glad Jen Rubin has left that publication now.
Exactly! WaPo is insufficiently leftist doctrinaire!
The free press cannot actually be free, unless it is anti-GOP!!
agreed! I'm happy that my Post subscription officially ends in April, never to be renewed. Bezos and his billionaire cronies can suck it.
My subscription to WaPo ends in February. I’m delighted that so many powerful voices are siding with our Democracy. It takes courage to resign under the present circumstances, and I’m proud of every single voice bent on preserving our Free Press!
Exactly! WaPo is insufficiently leftist doctrinaire!
The free press cannot actually be free, unless it is anti-GOP!!
Exactly! WaPo is insufficiently leftist doctrinaire!
The free press cannot actually be free, unless it is anti-GOP!!
That is also when I unsubscribed to the Post, it was Jeff Beezos interfering and denying the paper the endorsement of any presidential candidate. This time it was Kamala, next time who knows.
The richies can't just come in and buy a newspaper and then bend it to their personal and business avantage. The Press is our FOURTH Estate and must be managed that way.
Agreed. Also disturbing the way the richies are buying the country.
"Oligarchy" and "kleptocracy" are no longer words I only use when I'm annoyed at the government. That IS what the government has become. At least half of it, at least.
Soros wasn’t an oligarch, but Musk is.
Got it.
He wouldn't endorse KH based on some mealymouthed nonsense but has no trouble with "deference" to Trump and his fascist nominees: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/interactive/2025/trump-nominees-confirmation-hearings-editorial-board/
Exactly! WaPo is insufficiently leftist doctrinaire!
The free press cannot actually be free, unless it is anti-GOP!!
Imbecile blocked.
Of course, that's just what they're hoping to do with our country/government.
"That is also when I unsubscribed to the Post, it was Jeff Beezos interfering and denying the paper the endorsement of any presidential candidate."
It's his paper, and he decides if it will or will not endorse anyone for any office. It is irrelevant as to the reason(s). And Bezos has to live with the results of his decisions, just like the rest of us.
Exactly! WaPo is insufficiently leftist doctrinaire!
The free press cannot actually be free, unless it is anti-GOP!!
Likewise - Ms. Rubin was a reason I hadn't cancelled, even with the Harris endorsement debacle. The Telnaes episode was the last straw, and I'm so glad I won't lose Jennifer Rubin columns by cancelling the Post. (But hey, could you guys hire Evan Birnholz so I can still do his crosswords? :)
I don't think you need a subscription to take advantage of the puzzles. I've been playing the "wordle" and the news quiz longer than I've been a subscriber.
Wordle is NYT, not the Post, and the person who created it required that it be kept free as a condition of sale to the Times. So yeah, a must-do every morning! (I'm 637 days into my streak :) (Having blown a 231 day streak b/c I thought that Borax was a proper noun. Owel). Anyway, dunno if Birnholz is free or not. I will try to find a non-subscriber to check. The daily jigsaw is free, so maybe even the Post-exclusive puzzles are, also.
Exactly! WaPo is insufficiently leftist doctrinaire!
The free press cannot actually be free, unless it is anti-GOP!!
I cancelled when I realized the only thing I was reading was jen. 😉
Same here!
Exactly! WaPo is insufficiently leftist doctrinaire!
The free press cannot actually be free, unless it is anti-GOP!!
I think it would be great if enough of us cancel our WaPo subscriptions that it goes belly up. That’s a strong message to deliver to Bezos and the other media oligarchs.
That's fantasy thinking. And Bezos wouldn't be fazed ... he has vast wealth and it's growing by the second.
Exactly! WaPo is insufficiently leftist doctrinaire!
The free press cannot actually be free, unless it is anti-GOP!!
I cancelled that same day, too, and I wrote directly to Jennifer Rubin to let her know I would dearly miss her thoughts, so this news is exhilarating!
Exactly! WaPo is insufficiently leftist doctrinaire!
The free press cannot actually be free, unless it is anti-GOP!!
Not just didn’t endorse Kamala Harris, but didn’t have the balls to endorse that other POS
And then they go and endorse most of Trump’s cabinet clown car. Go figure. Destruction of the Post is now complete.
Exactly! WaPo is insufficiently leftist doctrinaire!
The free press cannot actually be free, unless it is anti-GOP!!
Me, too! This is so exciting! I think we are witnessing history being made and are part of it!
The history being made is horrific.
G-d willing!!!
I also cancelled my subscription following the non-publication of the Harris endorsement. Unfortunately, I was on the annual plan, so it won't be until April before it stops. However, I will not be donating any more of my money to the likes of JB.
My subscription ends in ten days but I won't be there to see it happen.
Exactly! WaPo is insufficiently leftist doctrinaire!
The free press cannot actually be free, unless it is anti-GOP!!
Exactly! WaPo is insufficiently leftist doctrinaire!
All good leftists should voluntarily reduce their standard of living by canceling Amazon, and making sure not to go to any website that runs on AWS, to ensure Bezos doesn’t get their money, and MAKE. A. STATEMENT.
The free press cannot actually be free, unless it is anti-GOP!!
Same, except I'm not a lawyer.
Ditto! Well said!
I was once a journalist. My career transitioned to higher education public relations and then into strategic communications for leaders and executives. I had faith in the power of journalism, funded a scholarship in new media at my alma mater, and steadfastly defended the media my entire adult life. And now I don’t.
I cancelled WaPo when I got a breaking news alert that it would not endorse a presidential candidate. Negligence in its Fourth Estate duty is unacceptable. After the election, I cleaned up my feed, withdrew from news sources, and waited until I could land in a place the would emerge from the rubble.
The moment Ms. Ruben announced her new startup, I rejoined Substack and selectively subscribe to my curated list of journalists, columnists, analysts, and authentic contributors to discourse on preserving and defending democracy.
Exactly! WaPo is insufficiently leftist doctrinaire!
The free press cannot actually be free, unless it is anti-GOP!!
Same!!
Have subscribed to the free level and will upgrade to paid after I have a little experience with the Contrarian. Can you also enlist any of the other journalists who have left the WAPO? Maybe get some of Ann Telnaes’s work? Anyway, thank you for standing up for your principles!
Jennifer Rubin will post daily and look at the list of star talent from the get go. I don't see a risk for a paid subscription, especially since you can subscribe month by month for all of $7.
Ann is also on Substack, as is Michael De Adder.
I have subscribed because I feel like supporting these new startup outlets is one way I can help our long resistance. And the list so far of contributors here is impressive. For Jennifer R., I applaud your courage, it cannot have been an easy decision.
Let’s go, let’s do this!
I agree with you. This is the way to go. Especially when it comes to converting subscribers from free to paid.
If my experience is typical, it’s easy to sign up for individual writers’ free content “a la carte” but unmanageable to pay a multitude of authors as individuals in this way. Instead, a collective or a team is a much better experience for the subscriber and the writers.
💯
The Bulwark is doing this, and though I haven't subscribed to them, I've flirted with it, and may yet. Pay 3-4 other Substackers, too, but Contrarian gets my first “newspaper”-level $$! That said, highly recommend @Simon Rosenberg and @thecycle.
Absolutely!
100%!
I signed up for the monthly subscription with the assumption I would move to annual. However, that was when I knew absolutely nothing thing about the other contributors. I heard Heather Cox Richardson mention Jennifer Rubin and went directly to the subscriber page. They are two of my favorite Big Guns. I think we are going to need an army.
Robert Hubbell mentioned her too.
I’ll have to check him out.
Exactly! WaPo is now insufficiently leftist doctrinaire, so we need to MoveOn.org from it to something that is.
The free press cannot actually be free, unless it is anti-GOP!!
Accurate doesn’t mean anti.
Right again. Anything accurate is anti-GOP, and so anything anti-GOP is accurate.
Jennifer! I was ecstatic to see your post this morning, as it was your column that I was most reluctant to give up when quitting the Post. I am thrilled to see these other voices join you, and hope for many more with whom we are all familiar.
Bezos and the other billionaires clearly have zero interest in saving democracy, and couldn't care less about the American people, and it's voices like yours that we really need to stand up in these moments.
Thank you, and I look forward to reading!
Bezos think he's patriotic by fighting regulations.
Which demonstrates just how ignorant and antisocial his behavior IS.
Exactly! WaPo is insufficiently leftist doctrinaire!
The free press cannot actually be free, unless it is anti-GOP!!
Good to see George joining you. I always appreciate his commentary. Now grab Ann's arm and bring her over, too!!
Wherever Jennifer goes, I follow. Cancelled my subscription to the Post but was ambivalent about not reading Ms Ruben. Problem solved.
Agree. Jennifer Rubin was my favorite journalist at the Post. Glad to join her here.
Exactly! WaPo is insufficiently leftist doctrinaire!
The free press cannot actually be free, unless it is anti-GOP!!
Thank you for launching The Contrarian. You are a bright light in dark times.
Proud of you resigning. I cancelled my membership when Bezos refused to endorse Kamala. We are the face of the future!!
Exactly! WaPo is insufficiently leftist doctrinaire!
The free press cannot actually be free, unless it is anti-GOP!!
Following Jen Rubin's political evolution over the past decade, from a commentator who (as I judged it) too often spouted conventional conservative nostrums, to a sharp critic and insightful voice on the durable threat of authoritarian governance, oligarchy, and kleptocracy, has been a source of insight and reflection for me. All of us need to be able to grow intellectually, to perceive new threats and to understand when old schemata of interpretation have run their course, and no one illustrates this better than Ms Rubin. I'm looking forward to see how this project grows.
Welcome to Substack from a former WP contributing columnist, broomed in 2023. Feel free to reach out if I can help you navigate here (I have two Substacks, CulinaryWoman for my food writing, and Intersection, about transportation). Wishing you the best!
Just subscribed to your Culinary Substack because of this comment
Thank you!
I canceled my Post subscription after Telnaes resigned, thinking, "It'll be Jennifer Rubin next." I was right! I'm overjoyed to support this courageous effort to keep the Fourth Estate from crumbling.
Exactly! WaPo is now insufficiently leftist doctrinaire!
The free press cannot actually be free, unless it is anti-GOP!!
Jennifer Rubin: Before I cancelled my subscription to WAPO you were always, always the very first piece I read above all others. I so value your courage, and integrity inherent in your work. Looking forward to The Contrarian as one of the first posts I read (I really like Cox Richardson, Meidas+, Obeidallah, Parnas, Rashid, Tiedrich, Mary Trump, Joyce Vance....jeez, I'll just stop here, too many fantastic journalists here to list them all). All the best to you!
Exactly! WaPo is insufficiently leftist doctrinaire!
The free press cannot actually be free, unless it is anti-GOP!!
What's unfortunate is that Bezos can afford to keep a money-losing Post operating indefinitely as his personal Washington mouthpiece, staffed by Murdoch retreads and third-tier hacks. Our capital city deserves better.
Exactly! WaPo is now insufficiently leftist doctrinaire!
The free press cannot actually be free, unless it is anti-GOP!!
I am one of the many who cancelled my WaPo subscription 2 months ago, when Bezos kowtowed to Trump. There were a few columnists I knew I would miss (no, not Thiessen or Will or Hewitt).Ms. Rubin is at the top of that list. I just subscribed here, happily, to support Ms. Rubin. How about adding Alexandra Petri?
Exactly! WaPo is insufficiently leftist doctrinaire!
The free press cannot actually be free, unless it is anti-GOP!!
Everybody's ignoring you and just stepping around your droppings. "The Jews will not replace us!" Right? (Or did you Nazi that?)
Jennifer is a conservative I respect. She is about facts and reality. I can't wait to see what this becomes. Hopefully more content will be free tor each as many Americans capable of critical thinking as possible.
She's a fake conservative.
You being mad that she doesn't support a huge threat to our nation doesn't make her a fake conservative, it just means she has morals.
And a brain.
I love that liberals, yes she's a liberal, are pushing themselves into a corner, without the sane world having to do it. The narratives of Rubin, Twitter, Facebook, Newsom, progressives are crashing down. No one is buying the lies anymore, nor are they willing to allow you to control who gets to speak.
You made Jennifer Rubin into a liberal -- if by liberal you mean rational human being who opposes trump.
If Twitter is crashing, you voted for the guy who's crashing it. If Facebook is crashing, it's because they stifle liberal content more than conservatives whack jobbery.
Your policies are failures and your states are dependent on the productivity of blue states to keep your lights on and your schools open.
Enjoy this moment. A week from today your shit show begins.
She's not a liberal. She's a leftist.
What's your point, John?
Sounds like fox got in his henhouse.
Mostly but not entirely correct with your claim that “No one is buying the lies anymore”.
In fact more than half of all leftists still do. A lot more.
As is demonstrated by the comments here.
Which bodes well for the country in terms of future elections.
No, she's a true imposter and a fraud. She is not right wing.
I see you get triggered easily. Doesn't that make you a snowflake?
A "true imposter". What an effing joke.
And you are not a "concerned citizen" unless you are a citizen of another other country - Russia comes to mind.
No "concerned citizen" backs an adjudicated rapist and convict.
No "concerned citizen" backs and defends the actions of those who defy all this country stands for for the love of ill gotten gains, racism, misogyny, and the destruction of all this country has believed in since its inception.
Disgraceful.
Progressive Liberalism is filled with everything you claim to be against. You claim to be a "feminist", yet stand for men who pretend to be women as they steal the hard work, dreams & "firsts" (glass ceiling moments) from women/girls from sports to jobs. You claim not to be racist, yet giving anyone a job, segregated spaces (i.e. separate graduations), irrelevant of your intentions is the very definition of racism. You claim to protect children, but support the mutilation in barbaric surgeries by calling it "gender affirmation". You claim to be pro-choice, yet have not issue forcing a vaccine on those who don't/need it. You support fulll term abortion up to & including Infanticide, don't believe me? Read the full text of what the bills in "blue states" & Kamala's bill allows for....they go far past the original RvW. You think the court system is corrupt against black/brown communities, yet stay quiet on those parents, prolife, maga being jailed for ridiculous jail sentences, being debanked, deplatformed or losing their jobs. When BLM burned cities & looted you said nothing, yet when it happened to progressives in Los Angeles, everyone is suddenly upset....as they should be. On the same LA fires, you give cover to the progressive policies incompetence of California democrats by calling it "climate change".
Oh you think you don't support any of this, whole or in part? Not so fast. Name one Democrat who is vocally against any of it that you'll vote for.
The Democratic Party is the party of contradiction. Racism. Misogyny. Destruction.
Straight up Russian propaganda
You people are truly tiresome. Programed bots, with the same exact lines between each & every one of you.
You're so wrapped up in the regional threat of Putin/Russia, that you fail to see the global threat of China. BTW, back in the 1980s, Yuri Bezmenov warned of Communist subversion into college campuses & Democrat Liberalism. Sadly, you are part of this. You've been fed a steady diet of Communist propaganda, you don't even realize that you are exactly what you accuse me of. You are controlled by lies, fear & emotions. There are no rational thoughts within you.
However, you'll roll your eyes. Act as if you know better, unwilling to admit you've been duped. Maybe one day you will realize it, or you may very well enjoy keeping your head in the sand, making the conscious decision to live in your bubble, believing the lies.
I actually pity you
Project much there buddy? Methinks so. 🙄😎
Not even close. Now, if you're done, I'm watching President Trump getting ready to send Biden & his trash family into the dustbin of obscurity.
As for "projection", next time you hear a mom talk about how she brought her 5yr old to a man cosplaying as a woman, or a girl who was told to stay quiet because someone hides their Autogynephilia behind transgenderism & you applaud it....you're the one that seems okay with child abuse.
Name me one Democrat who's on the record speaking out against men who pretend to be women. Or against a parent who gives their child drugs, or removing their genitals because they "believe" to be a gender they'll never be. Against a man in women's sports. Stopping rapists from calling themselves "women" to be put in female prisons, to rape more women. Anyone against a grown man who beats women? Not in Olympics, a dude won gold...didn't he?
You & your fake conservative, Ms Rubin, her ped0phile cartoonist friend will find plenty of people, like you, who hate women & their political opponents so much, they'll look the other way as atrocities happen right in front of you.
Enjoy the next 4yrs
Does Putin pay you by the word?
No, Putin does not pay me. That said, the other sheeple above you asked a similar question, (you people lack originality). What I said to the other lemming, applies to you as well.
I pity you too.
May God awaken you to your ignorance
May God forgive YOU for misusing His Name to spread hate and ignorance.
I'd be happier if I thought you were paid by the Russians. It's sad to think your ignorance and bigotry is home grown.
That makes you a willing idiot. Hope you have lots of insurance.
Stalin, Mao, Hitler & every tyrant in history has used fear, intimidation, crisis' & other means to control it's population. Other means have been healthcare, uncontrollable crime, poor public education system, lawfare, Censorship, debanking, etc.
All tactics used & forced upon social media companies & MSM by progressive Democrats. Useful idiots, like yourself, believe that this is perfectly acceptable.
Scratch a Liberal, find a Facist. BTW, the above mentioned tyrants used violent mobs to "persuade" political opponents & "undesirables".
Hitler had the Hitler Youth. Progressives have BLM & Antifa. Stalin had the Stasi. Democrats have the FBI.
Insurance? Are you threatening me?
Again, you are a pathetic soul.
And the orange shitbird has the fascist Proud Boy goons.
“ adjudicated rapist”
You have just committed libel similar to the slander by Stefanopolis that cost ABC millions.
But don’t let the truth get in the way of a good narrative, right?
Carol-Ann,
I've been reading your comments. You really are locked within an echo chamber of a single focus of complete mind control. The masters of persuasion have really snowed you and it's not completely your fault. You and I were taught that journalists were supposed to be the ones always striving to uncover the truth and presenting that truth to the population... and that used to be the case... right up until they killed JFK. Then everything changed to using journalists and daily media propaganda to sell lies to a public who they knew were trained to believe it. They have worked tirelessly to subvert the truth and keep your mind a slave to their propaganda. This cabal consists of multi-national corporations & the the super multi generational wealthy. They stay in power and prosper off of all of our hard work coercing us into buying what they sell us. They set policy in the USA since JFK was killed and we have been their military apparatus used to hit anywhere across the globe that doesn't play by their rules. Many people are waking up. I hope you do. It is a hard awakening and it will cause you some difficulty accepting it. But truly you have been have been lied to. And yes Jennifer Rubin is one of them. She is "leaving" to retain her flock and continue the mind control... nothing else. If she is not part of the cabal or paid by them, she makes a living doing their bidding in some capacity either knowingly or ignorantly - neither of which is good. Regardless, please try to open your mind - just a little and think openly and critically of all the things you believe.
If you do awaken, do not feel like you were a fool, this propaganda and how it was delivered to all of us was all thoroughly tested and designed to gain control over even the smartest of people. Have a nice day!
John, is that you?
You're a fake concerned citizen.
How?
She has been a conservative longer than Donald Trump.
Trump has never been a "conservative." He's always been just a sociopathic narcissist.
Trump is a populist. Not a conservative. Basic common sense is what won over disenfranchised moderate Democrats, independents & Republicans. The democrats far left swing of open borders, trans ideology, warmongers, tax & spending, along with constant gaslighting, is what lost it for you.
That and Kamala Harris was/is the worst candidate you could've picked, besides Tim Walz. That guy is just plain creepy.
I'm glad you refuse to accept reality. It makes it easier to win as your party & voters make bigger fools of themselves.
Trump and MAGA will go down in a fireball in the next mid-terms. His fascist brand of billionaire populism will be as a turd in the punchbowl.
Watch and learn, or are you too blinded by dogma?
Maybe you should learn what fascism actually is.
I know what it is. Do you?
Watch and learn, bitch. Watch and learn.
@Concerned Citizen If being conservative means pledging fealty to Trump, rejecting facts and entertaining conspiracies, then yes, she’s a fake conservative.
You obviously have a misunderstanding of "fealty". I challenge you to go to any progressive Liberal gathering, tell them there are only two genders. Men cannot have babies. Climate change is a hoax & masks don't work. Tell them you are prolife. The 2A must be protected at all costs & cops aren't hunting young, unarmed black men.
See how long before they kick you out of the cult. Because progressive Liberalism is a cult
Well, there you may be right.
I don't usually hang around delusional people who don't believe in climate change and think that masks don't work.
I no longer associate with people who claim to be "pro-life" but don't care about school shootings or women dying from sepsis.
I also don't associate with flat earthers or people who think they can buy a certificate and become a "sovereign citizen."
You obviously can't recognize reality so good luck to you.
I'm guessing your reintroduction to reality is going to be painful. Hope you don't lose everything to mango baby.
Not much for originality, are you? Sovereign citizens are usually law breakers, & many, like Antifa/BLM, are cop killers & tax evaders...I pay my taxes. Those that die from sepsis, are usually from complications from the abortion pills & nothing to do with being "forced" to carry a dead fetus, I urge you to do your homework & read that family's lawsuit.
Reality is not living in a bubble. A bubble that you clearly live in, but still refuse to see. The science is & was very clear on masking. If you're foolish enough to actually believe they worked, & actually believe no harm to the development of toddlers/children. Distracted children in school. What kind of sad & pathetic person is so terrified that you push your fears on young healthy children & adults....scratch a liberal, find a facist. You felt a little power & it went to your head.
Or even took the time to talk to Gen Z, you would've realized how the obsession with covid masking, the years of schooling stolen, proms, homecomings, friends, isolation mostly by progressive nannys, octogenarians & childless hippies, you would've seen how angry the 18- 30yr olds are. Moderates & independents.
It's because of unhinged snobs like you. Know it alls, who live in an elitist bubble & believe Ms Rubin "speaks truth", thou your too ignorant to understand you're seeking out those to confirm your bias'.
But your world is getting smaller. People are tired of the incessant whining. Petulant child of the 60s or their offspring that can't handle someone who doesn't agree with them. That's when the insults, cliches & tiresome accusations come out.
It's going to be a very long 4yrs for you.
Methinks the lady rants too much.
It's hard to know where to start.
Ooh, let's start with your lies about maternal mortality.
https://www.texastribune.org/2024/10/30/texas-abortion-ban-josseli-barnica-death-miscarriage/
https://www.texastribune.org/2024/11/27/texas-abortion-death-porsha-ngumezi/
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/investigation-links-georgias-abortion-ban-to-preventable-deaths-of-2-women
https://www.azfamily.com/2024/05/04/phoenix-area-woman-says-life-was-put-risk-due-states-current-abortion-law/
And those are the ones we know about.
ONE OF THESE is about the death of Amber Thurman -- who could have been saved if doctors had done a d&c immediately.
But men like you who couldn't name the parts of a woman's body without a cheat sheet decided you know more than doctors.
As for masking, please make sure to tell your surgeon the surgical team doesn't need masks or gloves because you know for a fact they don't work.
The only good thing about your idiocy is that if you actually follow through you're taking yourself out of the population.
I am amused that you start by complaining I'm not original enough and end with repeating the same nonsense every other trumper spews out.
Childless hippies?
🙄
Do you have kids? Do any of them speak to you?
The good news is you put the idiot back in charge and we have bird flu. So let's see how many Americans he kills this time.
Let's see how many school shootings you ignore.
Gen Z is about to get a crash course on why you must always vote and never vote for Republicans.
Enjoy this moment, John. It's not going to end well for you.
Wow Bridge(t) for sale,
I've been reading your comments.
You really are locked within an echo chamber of a single focus of complete mind control. The masters of persuasion have really snowed you and it's not completely your fault. You and I were taught that journalists were supposed to be the ones always striving to uncover the truth and presenting that truth to the population... and that used to be the case... right up until they killed JFK. Then everything changed to using journalists and daily media propaganda to sell lies to a public who they knew were trained to believe it. They have worked tirelessly to subvert the truth and keep your mind a slave to their propaganda. This cabal consists of multi-national corporations & the the super multi generational wealthy. They stay in power and prosper off of all of our hard work coercing us into buying what they sell us. They set policy in the USA since JFK was killed and we have been their military apparatus used to hit anywhere across the globe that doesn't play by their rules. Many people are waking up. I hope you do. It is a hard awakening and it will cause you some difficulty accepting it. But truly you have been sold a bridge Bridget.
So. . . exact same comment to two of us who disagreed with John. Newly created account. No other reads.
Ladies and gentlemen, I think we have a sock puppet!
Yes, that's true. I read both you and Carrol-Ann's posts and I though I could try to help you both, just as a friend helped me years ago. He told me that three buildings in New York City had been attacked on 911 not 2. That 3 buildings were destroyed not 2. He told me that Bush and Cheyney were fully aware of it in advance of it happening. He told me that Building 7 housed all the sensitive financial information involving the US, and the global elites. So they dropped it in a pre-arranged controlled demolition on 911 after the planes hit the twin towers. Look it up - enlighten yourself. Read all about building 7 - never hit by a plane and the first steel constructed building in history to ever come down in a fire. There are eye-witnesses who were in building 7 when they heard the charges / explosives go off - some managed to get out before it dropped. Watch the videos of them telling what they saw & heard. I was a full Bush Cheyney supporter. But the more I learned, the more I woke up, realizing I was duped. The multinational corporations and world elites needed to go into the Middle East because Sandam Husain was not playing by the rules and was organizing to persuade other countries to control and limit the World Elite's oil markets. That's why Saddam initially went into Kuwait and Bush Sr. went in and stopped it. That only postponed the war. Saddam wasn't going to stop. 911 was needed to sell to the American public to allow America's military to be used to take out Saddam - who had no weapons of mass destruction but we were all sold the idea that he did. Bin Laden was a Patsy trained by the CIA and used to pull off the 911 disaster. They took him out too - evidence expunged.
It was a hard pill for me to swallow - I was a die hard republican bush supporter. After thoroughly diving into everything I could find, and realizing that both parties are absolutely controlled and managed by the multinationals and global elites, I switched to independent. Please wake up. Please try to think critically again. The mainstream news on network TV and major print news organizations are all owned or controlled financially or through other means by the global cabal. The people you think you can trust - you can't. They need numbers - eyeballs to perpetuate their persuasion and keep the game going in their favor. Ms. Rubin is too. Many people are waking up right now. Of course you are free to believe whatever you want - this is America, but know that in the grand scheme of things America is expendable to the multinationals - they can live anywhere they want. You and I - we can't and I love my country and want it back - back to freedom and constitutional rule.
There you have it - I'm no sock puppet - no bot. Just an Independent American who loves his country.
So you're jingleburp?
Looking at what you like... I am convinced that so-called "conservatism" is another word for "nasty" (or worse). Why?
She is a reminder that conservatives weren’t always insane.
If she was ever actually a conservative prior to 2016, TDS has clearly changed that.
Instant subscription, Jen -- I was only waiting for when you would take this step.
Me too. My subscription to the Post has only 4 days left....
Exactly! WaPo is insufficiently leftist doctrinaire!
The free press cannot actually be free, unless it is anti-GOP!!