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22. Congrats, Ann! I subscribed to the Boston Globe

Fri Jan 3, 2025, 10:27 PM

Jan 2025

when I ended my Wash Post subscription (I used to live/work in Wash DC - I subscribed for decades).

But the Globe had a really cheap 6-month subscriber intro rate, and they endorsed both Kamala Harris and of course Elizabeth Warren. I read many stories from it daily now and really enjoy it! Maybe you could send them a story or two??

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Ann Telnaes: Why I'm quitting the Washington Post [View all] Dennis Donovan Jan 2025 OP

Good for her. sinkingfeeling Jan 2025 #1

Brava, Ann Telnaes! FakeNoose Jan 2025 #2

A lady snowybirdie Jan 2025 #3

I so wish they would all band together and make a new, actually decent, newspaper. Scrivener7 Jan 2025 #4

A number of former WaPo reporters got jobs with the Atlantic. Ocelot II Jan 2025 #14

Oh, dear, this is a big loss. mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2025 #5

Yeah - that'll happen............... MyOwnPeace Jan 2025 #10

I'd bet on no. "First you have to admit you have a problem." calimary Jan 2025 #26

Nah. Bezos hasn't the manhood to regret anything RVN VET71 Jan 2025 #38

I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream JanMichael Jan 2025 #49

Danke! I will check it out RVN VET71 Jan 2025 #58

It's not quite what I would have expected. JanMichael Jan 2025 #59

Please... He's laughing all the way to the bank with Donnie Blue_Tires Jan 2025 #57

Great cartoon. Baitball Blogger Jan 2025 #6

This is very sad. She's a great editorial cartoonist. I admire her principles but very sorry spooky3 Jan 2025 #7

Thank you Ms. Telnaes JustAnotherGen Jan 2025 #8

Brava! SheltieLover Jan 2025 #9

Good for her MustLoveBeagles Jan 2025 #11

I'm trying the sign up for free option to her newsletter, but so far it hasn't shown up Hekate Jan 2025 #12

Just confirms I did the right thing when I canceled my subscription ribrepin Jan 2025 #13

Ditto. Pinback Jan 2025 #24

The WAPO needs to change it's motto tonekat Jan 2025 #48

Wow. I'm impressed that she's doing this but horrified that she has to. Kablooie Jan 2025 #15

tell us more! NJCher Jan 2025 #16

We were both working on "The Brave Little Toaster" in Taiwan. Kablooie Jan 2025 #35

Cool! calimary Jan 2025 #36

Wow. BumRushDaShow Jan 2025 #17

I have no doubt she'll get hired somewhere quickly Blue_Tires Jan 2025 #56

Way to go Ann! 😁 boonecreek Jan 2025 #18

That bald-headed fuck is going to rue the day he bent his fucking knee to Motherfucker Aviation Pro Jan 2025 #19

I so so hope you're right about that, AP! BComplex Jan 2025 #44

We need more people . . . AverageOldGuy Jan 2025 #20

Yes, the pitchforks will be coming out. eom Exp Jan 2025 #21

Congrats, Ann! I subscribed to the Boston Globe TBF Jan 2025 #22

The Washington Post is dead to me. dalton99a Jan 2025 #23

I canceled when Bezos denied the editorial board their endorsement Pris Jan 2025 #25

A wonderful person that has what we DU's love.....INTEGRITY chouchou Jan 2025 #27

Gonna report on this Stephanopoulos? nt miyazaki Jan 2025 #28

One more reason she's one of my favorite political cartoonists. GoCubsGo Jan 2025 #29

She speaks truth Pas-de-Calais Jan 2025 #30

Democracy Dies In Darkness on a Friday night. COL Mustard Jan 2025 #31

Thank you, Ann Telnaes. Jeff Bezos must sell WaPo to someone who actually wants it to be a newspaper. SunSeeker Jan 2025 #32

Well, if I hadn't already cancelled my subscription, this would have done it JHB Jan 2025 #33

Woah, I Thought that Name looked Familiar! Good Luck & TY, AnnTelnaes! electric_blue68 Jan 2025 #34

Outstanding. I've read that a number of WaPo writers are Mike 03 Jan 2025 #37

If you've canceled your Washington Post subscription jayschool2013 Jan 2025 #39

I've enjoyed her work for years. She's one of the very best. Paladin Jan 2025 #40

Ann Telnaes is possibly the best editorial cartoonist. Her resignation is just one more reason to cancel WaPo. Lonestarblue Jan 2025 #41

As a fellow cartoonist... GiqueCee Jan 2025 #42

I cancelled my subscription to the Washington Post after Bezo blocked the WP endorsement of VP Harris. At the very JohnSJ Jan 2025 #43

At least some are still sounding the alarm. yellow dahlia Jan 2025 #53

Thank goodness for professionals like Ann. Passages Jan 2025 #45

Truth is what keeps a Democracy. Kid Berwyn Jan 2025 #46

I guess Mickey Mouse is dead? Killed by DeSantis? CaptainTruth Jan 2025 #47

The Borowitz Report - Democracy Dies in Bezos LetMyPeopleVote Jan 2025 #50

One can't be owned and free at the same time Uncle Joe Jan 2025 #51

I hope the WP goes bankrupt in 2025 never to be seen or heard from again Blue Owl Jan 2025 #52

She's always had integrity. Her work is brilliant. mountain grammy Jan 2025 #54

The Streisand effect in full display. Kablooie Jan 2025 #55