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COL Mustard

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31. Democracy Dies In Darkness on a Friday night.

Fri Jan 3, 2025, 10:22 PM

Jan 3

What a loss for my hometown paper. It used to be so good. I guess I will have to stick with the NYT and Times of London for most of my news now. About the only thing the Post is good for is news about the Federal Government, and I can also get that elsewhere.

Thanks, Ann, for being a part of the editorial scene and for bringing entertaining and enlightening cartoons to us. Good luck with wherever you land. They will be lucky to have you.

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Ann Telnaes: Why I'm quitting the Washington Post [View all] Dennis Donovan Jan 3 OP

Good for her. sinkingfeeling Jan 3 #1

Brava, Ann Telnaes! FakeNoose Jan 3 #2

A lady snowybirdie Jan 3 #3

I so wish they would all band together and make a new, actually decent, newspaper. Scrivener7 Jan 3 #4

A number of former WaPo reporters got jobs with the Atlantic. Ocelot II Jan 3 #14

Oh, dear, this is a big loss. mahatmakanejeeves Jan 3 #5

Yeah - that'll happen............... MyOwnPeace Jan 3 #10

I'd bet on no. "First you have to admit you have a problem." calimary Jan 3 #26

Nah. Bezos hasn't the manhood to regret anything RVN VET71 Jan 4 #38

I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream JanMichael Jan 4 #49

Danke! I will check it out RVN VET71 Jan 8 #58

It's not quite what I would have expected. JanMichael Jan 8 #59

Please... He's laughing all the way to the bank with Donnie Blue_Tires Jan 6 #57

Great cartoon. Baitball Blogger Jan 3 #6

This is very sad. She's a great editorial cartoonist. I admire her principles but very sorry spooky3 Jan 3 #7

Thank you Ms. Telnaes JustAnotherGen Jan 3 #8

Brava! SheltieLover Jan 3 #9

Good for her MustLoveBeagles Jan 3 #11

I'm trying the sign up for free option to her newsletter, but so far it hasn't shown up Hekate Jan 3 #12

Just confirms I did the right thing when I canceled my subscription ribrepin Jan 3 #13

Ditto. Pinback Jan 3 #24

The WAPO needs to change it's motto tonekat Jan 4 #48

Wow. I'm impressed that she's doing this but horrified that she has to. Kablooie Jan 3 #15

tell us more! NJCher Jan 3 #16

We were both working on "The Brave Little Toaster" in Taiwan. Kablooie Jan 3 #35

Cool! calimary Jan 4 #36

Wow. BumRushDaShow Jan 3 #17

I have no doubt she'll get hired somewhere quickly Blue_Tires Jan 6 #56

Way to go Ann! 😁 boonecreek Jan 3 #18

That bald-headed fuck is going to rue the day he bent his fucking knee to Motherfucker Aviation Pro Jan 3 #19

I so so hope you're right about that, AP! BComplex Jan 4 #44

We need more people . . . AverageOldGuy Jan 3 #20

Yes, the pitchforks will be coming out. eom Exp Jan 3 #21

Congrats, Ann! I subscribed to the Boston Globe TBF Jan 3 #22

The Washington Post is dead to me. dalton99a Jan 3 #23

I canceled when Bezos denied the editorial board their endorsement Pris Jan 3 #25

A wonderful person that has what we DU's love.....INTEGRITY chouchou Jan 3 #27

Gonna report on this Stephanopoulos? nt miyazaki Jan 3 #28

One more reason she's one of my favorite political cartoonists. GoCubsGo Jan 3 #29

She speaks truth Pas-de-Calais Jan 3 #30

Democracy Dies In Darkness on a Friday night. COL Mustard Jan 3 #31

Thank you, Ann Telnaes. Jeff Bezos must sell WaPo to someone who actually wants it to be a newspaper. SunSeeker Jan 3 #32

Well, if I hadn't already cancelled my subscription, this would have done it JHB Jan 3 #33

Woah, I Thought that Name looked Familiar! Good Luck & TY, AnnTelnaes! electric_blue68 Jan 3 #34

Outstanding. I've read that a number of WaPo writers are Mike 03 Jan 4 #37

If you've canceled your Washington Post subscription jayschool2013 Jan 4 #39

I've enjoyed her work for years. She's one of the very best. Paladin Jan 4 #40

Ann Telnaes is possibly the best editorial cartoonist. Her resignation is just one more reason to cancel WaPo. Lonestarblue Jan 4 #41

As a fellow cartoonist... GiqueCee Jan 4 #42

I cancelled my subscription to the Washington Post after Bezo blocked the WP endorsement of VP Harris. At the very JohnSJ Jan 4 #43

At least some are still sounding the alarm. yellow dahlia Jan 4 #53

Thank goodness for professionals like Ann. Passages Jan 4 #45

Truth is what keeps a Democracy. Kid Berwyn Jan 4 #46

I guess Mickey Mouse is dead? Killed by DeSantis? CaptainTruth Jan 4 #47

The Borowitz Report - Democracy Dies in Bezos LetMyPeopleVote Jan 4 #50

One can't be owned and free at the same time Uncle Joe Jan 4 #51

I hope the WP goes bankrupt in 2025 never to be seen or heard from again Blue Owl Jan 4 #52

She's always had integrity. Her work is brilliant. mountain grammy Jan 4 #54

The Streisand effect in full display. Kablooie Jan 5 #55