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There is a throughline between Texas A&M's embarrassing response to a student's complaint and a certain newspaper's "who's to say who signed it" article. www.pbump.net/o/the-climat...

pbump.netThe climate of fear is self-imposedI am not generally in the habit of criticizing the editorial decisions of The Washington Post, my employer for 11 years and an institution that continues to good, important work in covering the unwind...

TheCatMan

@bigbrohem.bsky.social

10 Sept 2025

"...it is offering grace to bad-faith actors because institutions have internalized the idea that bad-faith actors must, particularly in this moment, be granted that grace." No! They must STOP normalizing, sane washing, 2 sides-ing it all. Esp. WaPo, NY Times. & Morning f'n Joe. SMH, ugh.

Philip Bump

@pbump.com

yeah, man. do you think i wrote that with approval?

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TheCatMan

@bigbrohem.bsky.social

10 Sept 2025

Of course not. Sincerely hope it doesn't harm your employment status! Feels too late now. Sounds defeatist, but I suppose it's never too late to start doing the right thing. The takeover of MSM and legacies like WaPo, CBS and the NYTimes is almost complete. We are truly "on our own." Fascism.

Gregory Hays

@aristofontes.bsky.social

10 Sept 2025

Increasingly I feel like we need two distinct buttons. Click here to reply to the post. Click here to reply AT the post.