No, Ezra Klein, I Don't Give A Shit What You Think
Also: Bret "Neville Chamberlain" Stephens Abandons Democracy
In case you thought about re-subscribing to the New York Times, forget it. (If you still do subscribe, why not use those same dollars instead to support some great authors here on Substack?)
The latest piece of evidence: The self-important headline below that recently appeared in the Times. I’ll let you in on a little secret that we in the community of journalists have long known: A lot of entitled NYT staffers think their shit doesn't stink. Methinks their “journalism” often does, though. But then, I digest.
One thing we do know about what Ezra Klein thinks, though, is that resistance is futile. Resistance to Trump, that is. And I didn't have to spend $20 per month on a Times subscription to learn that. I learned it free from the impeccable Fox News:
Oh, I neglected to mention—compliments of Fox News again—that Klein also has no qualms about normalizing the sociopathic rapist and his cult of thugs, weirdos, Putinistas, and polio advocates. Aren’t you relieved? Me neither.
Lest you think this sort of thinking is the exception over there at 620 Eighth Avenue, try this obeyance in advance by NYT columnist Bret Stephens, compliments—yet again—of Fox News:
Stop comparing Trump to Putin, Orban, or Hitler, Stephens urges us. So Trump kissed Putin's ass as a show of labial strength? And invited Orban to Mar-a-Lago just to play an invigorating game of Trump's favorite hobby—chess?
And the Hitler speeches at Trump's bedside… Those were accidentally left there by his German chambermaid? No worries. Clearly this man has no intention of becoming a dictator.
As for panicking about the end of democracy? kein Problem, Stephens assures us. Besides, if I'm wrong, you can always come join me and my family at our second home in Hamburg, Germany.
Ach du lieber! With columnists like these, who needs Kash Patel?
Clearly it's time for Fox News to change its tag line to:
“We read the NY Times so you don't have to.”
Just got my last “Genius” NTY spelling bee, I guess. You have actually convinced me to cancel my subscription once and for all. Thank you. 🙏
You have got it right, thank you. I have stopped subscribing to the NYT and WaPo, in favor of substack subscriptions. They have capitulated to Trump's form of fascism as manipulated by his handlers.