Also in today’s newsletter, president-elect faced ‘sufficient’ evidence for conviction in election case, special counsel report says

The NYTFT has gone all in on “a new era of conservatism” with this article.

First, they directly compare tech bro billionaires flocking to bend the knee to Trump to the “surge in support for social justice causes” after the killing of George Floyd by police. Nothing problematic about that comparison, right?

CW:Offensive pejoratives published unredacted by the NYTFT

Later, they quote a “top banker” as saying, “We can say ‘r*tard’ and ‘p*ssy’ without fear of getting cancelled … it’s a new dawn.”

I know the NYTFT has always been conservative, but this together with the way the Washington Post has been cosying up to Trump, says a lot about where the US is headed.

Edit: wrong acronym

  • Eugene V. Debs' GhostEnglish
    9•14 hours ago

    “New” era. I don’t think we’ve had a progressive candidate in office since the 1970s. We’ve been slipping towards fascism, minor stop gaps and small caveats/wins before full speed ahead into enacting Hitler’s dream.