Now do Bezos

I've been living with cancer since 2023 and there have been moments where I've felt down when I experienced setbacks and bad news. Nonetheless, I try my best to remain positive and I'm extremely lucky to be supported by a circle of great friends who've buoyed me during difficult moments. ❤️ 🤗

“Some have suggested that his many ventures will one day be amalgamated under a single Musk Corp, which Musk can oversee with the imperiousness, resource shuffling, and ad hoc financial engineering that can be generously termed his management style.” www.thenation.com/article/econ...

“[Bezos’] true priorities became clear amid the Post’s death watch when he stirred out of his state of public hibernation long enough to host Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth… at his space start-up Blue Origin, which holds billions of dollars in defense contracts.” www.thenation.com/article/soci...

Greg Grandin said he'd reevaluate his position if new info became available, and it has. Thoughtful update here www.thenation.com/article/soci...

“The best housing program right now would be an increase in the minimum wage. You get people up to $20 an hour and suddenly life gets better — we can’t build our way out of this problem.” www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

in my inbox today

“the era of Western expansion is over. It’s 2026, not 1922.” www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/o...

“I don’t think the layoffs have much to do with saving money. Amazon, after all, just spent $75M buying and promoting a documentary about Melania… [While Bezos] spent $500M on the most expensive superyacht in the world — twice what he paid for The Post.” glennkessler.substack.com/p/a-billiona...

“The affected employees include Caroline O’Donovan, who primarily covers Amazon, the company founded by Post owner Jeff Bezos.“ www.theguardian.com/media/2026/f...

The Only Thing Jack Evans Should Say to Phil Mendelson is 'Thank You' The latest Pete's Pod petetucker.substack.com/p/petes-pod-...

From my latest petetucker.substack.com/p/jack-evans...

“Musk said the move was needed to launch data centres into space, build factories on the moon and colonise Mars.”

Interesting read on the new US ambassador to Jordan responsiblestatecraft.org/james-holtsn...

Wapo caption: “An Iranian drone carrier loiters in the Strait of Hormuz.”

“Elegant” earrings on a pig

Jack Evans is, among other things, a bad friend. My latest...

“Meanwhile, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth is reportedly traveling to Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Sunday to visit Bezos’ Blue Origin, which announced last week that it would pause space tourism to focus on contracts with NASA for upcoming moon missions.” www.cnn.com/2026/02/01/b...

“White pieces of shit like leftist Ryan Grim…” and then Hasan Piker catches a stray. Anyway, one day Fuentes will learn that the enemy of normal working people is not to be found in any particular ethnicity or religion, but in the barons who control the world’s wealth and use age-old resentments...

“Most shareholder-owned utilities in this country earn profits for their shareholders based on how much infrastructure that they build and how expensive that infrastructure is… There’s a natural mismatch of incentives.”

Trump has also claimed he's deeply concerned with the fate of protesters in Iran (as opposed to Minneapolis)

that Trump can’t even settle on why he wants to strike Iran is an indication something else is going on… like providing a distraction from the Epstein files?

“One of the ironies of this story is that the leak took place in Trump’s first term, so ostensibly, as president, he is responsible for the harm for which he is suing the government. No matter, this is Donald Trump’s America,” writes @deanbaker13.bsky.social deanbaker22.substack.com/p/trump-laws...

The US has declared Cuba an "unusual and extraordinary threat", authorising new sanctions and tightening its illegal blockade. Trump is trying to starve Cuba into submission — and millions of people will suffer. This is economic warfare, plain and simple. Hands off Cuba!

David Petraeus is proof that in America nothing succeeds quite like failure www.dropsitenews.com/p/petraeus-g...

"If Jeff Bezos no longer supports that mission, then the Post and its readers deserve a steward who does." — The Post Guild www.npr.org/2026/01/30/n...

David Sirota: How Democrats Can End Qualified Immunity for ICE Agents jacobin.com/2026/01/demo...

The Washington Post is so worried about the deficit that it wants to increase the Pentagon budget by half fair.org/home/wapo-so...

the crypto bros are "one of the best funded political forces in the US." God help us

This graph says it all. In personally killing the Post's endorsement of Kamala Harris, and then remaking his paper in Trump’s image, Jeff Bezos has had a devastating effect on Post readership

“The Post rebuilt its brand from subscribers who wanted unflinching coverage of Trump, and then it pulled the rug out… And now it’s paying the price for that.” www.natesilver.net/p/the-sad-an...

“Amazon paid Ms. Trump’s production company $40 million for the rights to ‘Melania,’ about $26 million more than the next closest bidder, Disney… The $35 million for marketing is 10 times higher than some other high-profile documentaries have received.” www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/b...

My sister's latest beccatucker.substack.com/p/you-are-ho...

“Gaza is at least as newsworthy as it was before the ceasefire deal was signed. The general US media decision to back off covering an ongoing genocide, apparently because Donald Trump declared the conflict over, is both cowardly and complicit," writes @jhollar.bsky.social fair.org/home/after-t...

Last war, next war. How the response from Democrats and the media to Trump's kidnapping of Maduro makes the next war more likely petetucker.substack.com/p/talking-ab...

a refresher on former DC councilman Jack Evans’ extraordinary corruption www.pete-tucker.com/blog/2021/12...

“This is going to sound so politician-ish, but it’s true… I’m out all the time, and no matter where I go in the city, people come up to me and say, ‘We wish you were back on the council. We really need your expertise.’” — Jack Evans www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

really interesting interview here www.democracynow.org/2026/1/27/al...

"Stephen Miller, a top aide to Mr. Trump who oversees the administration’s immigration strategy, was not part of the meeting." www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/u...

Funny Kristi Noem’s jets weren't bottlenecked

“The timing of the move raised some eyebrows among advocates, who noted that the PSC under Hoover recently made several consequential decisions that went against gas and electric companies.” marylandmatters.org/2026/01/26/m...

Minneapolis has three of four ingredients for a turning point, writes Lee Drutman leedrutman.substack.com/p/minneapoli...

“He was a calm presence amid hospital chaos. A mentor who taught kindness and patience to younger friends and colleagues. A singer with a knack for dancing. A bicyclist who treasured the beauty of Minnesota.” www.nytimes.com/2026/01/25/u...

“As I often say, I truly appreciate the settlers for their candor.” www.infinitejaz.com/p/the-end-of...

some background on the race for Norton’s seat www.truthdig.com/articles/the...

The subhead says it all

The core of the outlook from New York Times ownership, as this illuminating @fairmediawatch.bsky.social article shows:

Minnesota, Hennepin County and Minneapolis need to start issuing arrest warrants--for John Does if need be. The murders will continue until local authorities stand up to the thugs.

Do yourself a favor: stop scrolling and go check out Mouin Rabbani petetucker.substack.com/p/a-fingerna...

“It’s Virginia sewage that’s coming in. But the pipe broke in Maryland and unfortunately, it’s all flowing into D.C. water… It just seems like everybody’s pointing the finger and somebody else to deal with this problem.” www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...