Tomorrow. Cash Only!

It’s tomorrow. February 28th, 2025. The first boycott day. And none too soon.

Did you see what Bezos did at The Washington Post? He put his foot down on the editorial page - the newspaper he purchased with a promise to stay out of how the WP covered politics and business, and said there would be no more editorials published that were against what the administration was doing. My words, not his but it’s what it is.

From Euro News

The Washington Post’s opinion section is about to include… fewer opinions.

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, who purchased the paper in 2013, announced that the opinion pages would now consult just two themes: “personal liberties and free markets”.

Making the announcement on X, the billionaire wrote: “We’ll cover other topics too of course, but viewpoints opposing those pillars will be left to be published by others.”

Bezos, who made the decision for the Post to not make a presidential endorsement for the first time days before Trump was re-elected, defended his decision to restrict opinions at the paper.

David Shipley, the Post’s opinions editor, has resigned in response to Bezos’ move, having been offered the opportunity to continue leading the section.

“I suggested to him that if the answer wasn’t “hell yes,” then it had to be “no.” After careful consideration, David decided to step away,” Bezos wrote.

The Post’s publisher and CEO William Lewis sent out a staff email to announce that the change was not about “siding with any political party”. Lewis wrote that this “is about being crystal clear about what we stand for as a newspaper”.

Bezos’ move has been read as an attempt to shift the paper away from criticism of the newly elected Donald Trump. Elon Musk, the South African billionaire owner of X and key figure within the Trump administration, asserted his approval, writing “Bravo, @JeffBezos!” on social media. Conservative commentator Charlie Kirk said: “Good! The culture is changing rapidly for the better.” -Euro News

So here we are. At this moment in time. For sure, we should never click on anything from The Washington Post again, and if you kept your subscription, it’s time to get rid of it. Now.

Which of course leads us to tomorrow.

No charge cards for anything. No purchases online. Only shop at local stores, owned by local humans from your community. It’s out there. We can do this so easily. And it will grow, and if ever there was a time to look at your cash and recognize it might be the difference between living under an oligarchy led by Donald Trump, or … well, or not, this is that moment.

And if you are looking for something to watch this weekend, how about re-visiting The Post, with Meryl Streep playing Katharine Graham and her decision to publish the Pentagon Papers at the risk of going to prison. What if millions watched it and posted about it this weekend? Wouldn’t that be something?