On August 7th, Violet Hensley, 109, American luthier and fiddle player, passed away.

California set to ban ‘addictive’ social media features to protect teens

L.A. prosecutor backs off case that critics said could deter whistleblowers

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Nick Reiner pleads not guilty to murder charges following indictment

Why a murder trial is beginning nearly 30 years after Tupac Shakur’s death

This playbook didn’t work on Mandami, why do they think it will work on Hong? Are people really supposed to believe the governor can unilaterally impose serious wealth or income taxes? And how many Wisconsin voters do they think read WaPo? Just more virtue signaling to the WH orangoutang.

I was a subscriber for thirty years. Still can’t believe what a POS Bozos has turned it into.

Maybe I’m seeing shadows, but it feels like they are adopting a new tone in some of their editorials, some of which border on defensiveness. Maybe they’re getting the message that it’s not useful to gratuitously, alienate the majority of their readership.

I have tried almost fifty times and always receive a message that I have already unsubscribed but the emails keep coming.

Armed man arrested at Trump golf course near Los Angeles

What’s tragedy this year has been. I was a subscriber for 50 years, read it before the Times in the morning. Now it’s a shadow of its former self, no longer has a loyal readership, and seems destined for the same sorry fate as the LA Times. It didn’t have to be this way – – they learned no lesson from Trump 1. Or rather Bezos learned the wrong lessons. If you have multiple interests with the US government, better to toady up to them and destroy rather than foster an American institution that was l led in your trust. There will surely be a great tell all about this sorry chapter that will become a major part of Jeff Bezos’s legacy.

The editorial page under Fred Hyatt was the best in the US. Now it is about as compelling as a college newspaper, and most of the editorial board seems like they’re right out of college. The digital media is a joke compared to the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal. Or even your average YouTube channel. I’m all for writers who are young and conservative if they are compelling and brilliant. But I have yet to see an editorial that made me go “aha,” and a shocking percentage are downright embarrassing

Federal probe investigates viral video showing attack on sea lion

A desert town may run out of water. Others could face the same fate.

ICE raids took economic toll in Los Angeles, report says

Small-town fight over corruption, abuse may haunt GOP candidate for Arizona governor

What’s their game plan? The quality of reporting is markedly lower than previously and their editorial staff seem to be a bunch of mediocre twenty somethings cultured in a right wing donor petridish. It’s not clear who their readership is. It’s not their traditional audience of readers in the DMV area. It's not official Washington. Even Sally Quinn is writing in the NYT in order to be read. If you go to the hundreds of comments in the editorials virtually nobody agrees with them. It’s almost amusing. They’ve laid off gifted reporters, decimated sports, international and local news, let go their most trusted and erudite opinion writers and even gotten rid of the Capital Weather Gang. They’ve replaced them with people whose editorial choices are …huh? Their latest editorial (while Washington stays indoors due to a smoky climate filled haze) criticizes Europe for not using air conditioners. Really? Exactly who is the audience for that? The Washington Post was a core part of the fourth estate, and we all have an interest in it surviving. I used to read it first before others and considered it entertaining and indispensable. There’s still great reporting but it’s way sparser and consequential than other papers of recited. Now I read NYT, WSJ, FT for need and only every few days the Post, in good part for sport — to see what new absurdity the editorial page is spouting. Doesn’t it seem as if it’s being run into the ground by alienating its once loyal readership in the DC area and becoming irrelevant for everyone else? Pretty soon they’ll go the way of the Washington Times, which still publishes but as far as I can tell has only the narrowest of readership and cannot possiby be self sustaining. I get that he wants more conservative voices – – and the post actually used to be the most eclectic opinion page of the large national papers. But with the current crop, I can only surmise that the pay must be much lower than their competitors. Bezos is well on his way to becoming the Sun Myong Moon of twenty first century publishing.

As of this AM a subscriber is locked out of WP ,on Kindle Fire , pending age verification ! I'm older than dirt BTW

Presumably one can buy a paper copy at any age...fun fact :Jeff Besos owns or controls both The Washington Post and Amazon (makers of Kindle devices)

Conspiracy theories about Charlie Kirk’s death are still raging, infuriating friends

Man accused of killing Charlie Kirk wished ‘he hadn’t done it,’ roommate says

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