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Jen Balderama

@jenduende

Senior editor @TheAtlantic. Formerly @PostOpinions, @nytimesbooks,
@niemanfdn. Find me on Bluesky: jenduende.bsky.social.

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linkhttps://www.theatlantic.com/ calendar_today04-03-2011 17:49:28

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“A troll reserves the right, always, to be kidding—even about matters of life and death,” Megan Garber writes The Atlantic. “That attitude, once it takes hold of the body politic, spreads rapidly”—to the detriment of all. theatlantic.com/culture/archiv…

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Dear readers, sources, leaders and friends who have reached out in droves today asking me to quit the The Washington Post : 1/ I too worry about the timing and odd explanation for The Post's change in endorsement policy. 2/ My fear is that this signals a tip-toeing deference to a

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This is the text of the Post columnists' statement, for those hitting the paywall: The Washington Post’s decision not to make an endorsement in the presidential campaign is a terrible mistake. It represents an abandonment of the fundamental editorial convictions of the newspaper

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"For those who see what’s happening, silence is complicity." Strong dispatch on what's happening at the Post, with reporting from inside Opinions by my friend and former colleague.

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To everyone canceling their Washington Post subscriptions—please think twice and consider this excellent argument from Ellen Cushing The Atlantic: theatlantic.com/culture/archiv…

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I would like to see a Venn Diagram of the number of people proudly canceling their Post subscriptions who also drive Teslas or use Amazon Prime.

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“Trump is attacking the messenger here because he can’t really attack the message,” David A. Graham writes on Trump's The Atlantic fixation. Voters “should have no illusions about the fact that if he wins, Trump will try to make the press less free.” theatlantic.com/politics/archi…

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No one should feel duty-bound or guilt-tripped into subscribing to a particular newspaper. But if you've canceled a national newspaper in the past week, please take the money and subscribe to a local journalism outlet. They are essential to the health of our democracy.

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200,000 x $139 for an annual Amazon Prime membership = about $28,000,000. Reitering Ellen Cushing's strong argument: #CancelAmazonPrime, not The Washington Post. theatlantic.com/culture/archiv…

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Kamala Harris could make history on Tuesday—yet excitement at this prospect feels muted compared with 2016, Megan Garber writes, as Trump has made it necessary to emphasize “the future she wants to prevent more than the history she herself wants to make.” theatlantic.com/culture/archiv…

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The Onion-Infowars news perfectly captures the real-or-not world we’re living in, my colleague Megan Garber writes The Atlantic. “The lulz-to-life pipeline has never been shorter”: theatlantic.com/culture/archiv…