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flying_wahini

(8,157 posts) Fri Jul 25, 2025, 05:42 PM Friday

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Robert Reich on The Silencing Scathing article by/from Porter on the Washington Post and its complicity

Friends,
The latest casualty of Trump’s efforts to silence media criticism is Eduardo Porter, one of the most thoughtful and intelligent critics of this heinous regime.
On Tuesday, Porter wrote his last column for The Washington Post. In it, he criticized Trump’s attempt to dismantle the global trading system.
Porter didn’t stop there. He also explained why he was leaving the Post:

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https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-silencing
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Robert Reich on The Silencing Scathing article by/from Porter on the Washington Post and its complicity (Original Post) flying_wahini Friday OP

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I didn't realize that the markodochartaigh Friday #2

flying_wahini

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1. This line stood out for me in the article -

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Fri Jul 25, 2025, 05:53 PM

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Trump says CBS also agreed to run $20 million worth of public service announcements consistent with his ideological beliefs.

markodochartaigh

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2. I didn't realize that the

Reply to flying_wahini (Original post)

Fri Jul 25, 2025, 06:00 PM

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Washington Post was still around. I just assumed that it had been sold for scrap.

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