More than 200,000 people had canceled their digital subscriptions by midday Monday, according to two people at the paper with knowledge of internal matters. Not all cancellations take effect immediately. Still, the figure represents about 8% of the paper’s paid circulation of 2.5 million subscribers, which includes print as well. The number of cancellations continued to grow Monday afternoon.
The number of cancellations continued to grow Monday afternoon.
200,000 so far
I don’t see 200,000 trumptards rushing in to pick up the slack.
They’re already mortgaging their houses to buy Trump NFTs.
I’m a little surprised to be honest.
What do you predict Turnout being this year? 2020 was 65.9% of the VEP(Voting Eligable Population). The lowest in the internet era was 2012 at 58%. Average is 2004 and 2016 at 60.1 and 59.3 each, 2008 was the previous high at 61.1
That would be an interesting pool to join in.
It’s a million Venn diagrams of a million different problems. It’s hard to even guess what ones would be more significant.
You’ve got his impending jail time if he doesn’t make it in. That’s likely going to activate a bunch. You’ve got the incels and misogynists. I’d say you’d have a pretty decent percent of the most ardent Gaza supporters, and certainly some of them will go third party, But knowing that if Trump makes it in he will absolutely throw as much support as possible to netanyahu… They’re in an absolutely miserable situation but I don’t know that they would be in a hurry to make it worse.
Of course on the other side you’ve got Cheeto Jesus saying he’s going to be dictator on day one, He’s going to prosecute an imprison other people he’s threatened donors. He’s patronized Hitler’s and Hitler’s staff. He’s pretty much insulted and activated everybody on the other side to be scared to fucking death that he’s going to make it in. I have to think that all counts to activate us. I have to think that all the rambling and incoherent speech he’s giving is feeling to activate them at least a little bit on the other side.
But the poles, their poles. I was behind a fuck nut yesterday with a Trump 2024 make liberals cry again bumper sticker. I’ve never wanted to get out of my car and scratch wahhhh snowflake on some dick heads tailgate so much
It’s also good to note 2008 being second highest was hard carried by Obama, McCain was not pulling record numbers. 2020 was both parties breaking their all time records(though proportionally they both fell a bit short of 2008 Obama). Personally I smell 2008 style numbers. Post-COVID means less people free that day and a bit less wall to wall election exposure, and while Harris is more charismatic than Biden she’s not Obama(Obama wasn’t even supposed to be picked in 2008, but he came in so hard and strong they gave him a shot and he mauled Hillary. Kamala wasn’t fighting her way through a primary she was never supposed to win in a trial by fire like Obama).
Also states have shifted in one way or another. Nevada was the bluest state in 2016 and 2020, only swing state to go blue both times, only one of the modern swing states Hillary held(albeit in 2016 Virginia and New Hampshire and New Mexico were considered Swing States too). This year it’s looking to be a lot more red…hopefully…if it’s still the bluest state that’s game over already. Abortion doesn’t sell well there, state is more male, and it’s mostly older so the women there aren’t super passionate. That and they got hit by COVID and Inflation really really badly and No Tax on Tips is popular. Meanwhile Wisconsin(traditionally the reddest of the rust belt) is being reigned in by Tim Walz to a degree and has been the bluest at several points while Michigan(the bluest state Trump won in 2016) is slipping a bit due to Arab voters.
Calling it being around 2008 Levels, but not 2020 level.
Bezos is scared of Trump.
Why do you think the billionaire bought Wapo? Like Bloomberg, as long as the left doesn’t get into power, he’s going to make money hand over fist.
This is the reason. In our fucked up country, Trump, a rapist convicted felon, has a legitimate chance of winning the presidency.
Why is our country fucked up? Because you think we should be a one party system? The Left has been doing everything and anything to stop Trump from running for President. But that doesn’t matter right? I mean, isn’t that what it really comes down too? Every time I come on this site, it’s about “get rid of the Republicans!!!” For what? So we all vote ONE way and have ONE belief? Isn’t that was communism is?
Isn’t that was communism is?
No.
Every time I come on this site, it’s about “get rid of the Republicans!!!”
This is not a “both sides” thing. One side is actively trying to kill people.
If conservatives become convinced that they cannot win democratically, they will not abandon conservatism. They will reject democracy.
I don’t know about you but I’m not okay with that and I am personally okay with defending my vote, by violence if absolutely necessary.
Im not from America but even from an outside Perspective America is fucked up. Its the definition of a capitalistic hellscape. Meanwhile an old senile rapist is running for president threatening to remove the last bits of functional democracy and imprisoning everyone he doesn’t like and he has a legitimate chance of winning. Somewhere about 50% of the entire American population actually wants to see democracy being destroyed and people getting imprisoned unlawfully. Also Theres the problem of America being divided as fuck. Republican hardlibers being willing to kill family members because they voted blue(saw a post about someone describing this today), and Nazis being able to walk on the streets without having to fear anything. America is fucked up in so many different ways that I can’t even remember all of them right now and this will only become worse if Trump gets reelected.
Alternate theory: You are spending a lot of mental real estate supporting a rapist and felon.
Silly. Bezos wants the newspaper to be neutral… god forbid right?
No. Bezos would profit from a trump presidency. Always follow the money.
forgot your /s, mate. Happens all the time.
AMAZON. FLEE AMAZON!!!
i live in dc and would love to support local news but instead i bought a subscription to the onion after they endorced my candidate, joe biden.
Man, Trump is such a bad businessman that he kills other people’s companies as well.
It looks like Trump owns Bezos.
Race is on to be the worlds first Trillionaire. So many people to shit on to get that high score and only one person will help them get there.
The question is, can it grow to a point that will put a big enough dent in their profits to matter…
Ten percent in a couple days?
I’m glad this happens in a world where newspapers endorse candidates, but I also don’t get why newspapers are allowed to endorse candidates in the first place. I guess that is the least of our concerns when you look at media bias, but still…
Newspapers are allowed to endorse candidates because the first amendment protects free speech. While I may agree with you that endorsements and news media stumping for ANY candidate is problematic and reeks of propaganda, it is, for better or worse, protected by the constitution.
Indeed, it’s a shame that companies are considered people.
I mean when the choice is either facism or democracy, I’d assume being unbiased is a little hard. After all, the nazis did attack the press first to instill propaganda.
People need to cancel Amazon prime instead
I’ll be doing that soon enough…
Same just gotta do this last dog food order…
Three of the top 10 viewed stories on the Post’s website Sunday were articles written by Post staffers outraged by Bezos’ decision. The top one was humor columnist Alexandra Petri’s piece, headlined, “It has fallen to me, the humor columnist, to endorse Harris for president.”
WaPo - “Democracy dies in darkness”
Bezos - “I can deliver darkness to everyone in America in 2 days or less”
“We endorse Democrats! REJOICE!!!”
“We want to stay neutral! BURN THEM ALIVE!”
Can’t make this shit up…
WaPo editors wanted to endorse Harris.
Bezos, who is not an editor, forced them to remain neutral.
That’s a problem. People don’t subscribe to WaPo because they want to read Bezos’s thoughts.
Editors wish to use their paper to endorse a candidate, the owner of the paper does not want them to do that so their endorsement is not written. What’s the issue here?
A good newspaper has an independent editors.
Now triple it and do the same to Amazon.
