George Lichter

[Anonymous @YourAnonNews]

Imagine waking up tomorrow and every billionaire vanished.
Most people would still go to work.
Food would still be grown.
Roads would still be built.
Hospitals would still operate.
Now imagine every worker vanished.
That's the difference between wealth and value.

[George Lichter @Arienys]

@PeteLivengood Indeed. Incredibly well-put. For more and more news outlets, Freedom of the Press only seems to matter if the Press agrees with the wealthy owners.

[George Lichter @Arienys]

Yet another strike against Bezos... From Musk, I expect such anti-"Freedom of the Press" behavior for obvious reasons, but I'd hoped Bezos had at least a shred of integrity. Nope.

[Charlotte Clymer 🇺🇦 @cmclymer]

Dear Mr. Bezos:

We don't believe you. At all.

We don't think this is about encouraging news neutrality or building trust or fighting disinformation or competing against indie media.

You know why?

Because you did it 11 days before the election, after your editorial board came to a conclusion and drafted an endorsement, after your senior brass gave a green light internally.

If this were somehow about principle, you could have nixed the endorsement before the general election began.

Hell, you could have done it the day Pres. Biden stepped aside as an understandable moment for a reset.

But you didn't.

You claim major newspaper endorsements largely don't matter in a presidential election.

And honestly, I'm inclined to somewhat agree. I think their influence is overrated.

Unless it's an outlet endorsing their perceived ideological opposite (ex: NYT or WaPo for Trump, WSJ or New York Post for Harris), it doesn't matter a whole lot.

Although it's quite curious you claim to believe WaPo's presidential endorsements are too impotent to matter in elections, yet too powerful over public attitudes to be allowed to continue.

That doesn't make sense.

But it's also missing the point.

People aren't angry at you because we think Harris will somehow lose based on WaPo not endorsing her.

We're furious because you, one of the richest people in the world, bought one of the leading newspapers in our country--a storied bulwark against censorship and corrupt governing--and abused that power to kill the autonomy of the staff of that newspaper.

You have subverted the free press right before a presidential election in which one of the candidates is aggressively totalitarian in outlook, and you now pretend to be surprised at the shock and outrage.

We do not trust you.

We now find it very difficult to trust your newspaper despite the many excellent journalists who work there.

And we believe you either ultimately care only about your own greed OR you are dangerously incompetent regarding the importance of a free press.

Maybe both.

In any case, there's no way in hell I'm paying for The Washington Post while you still own it.

[Tee 'Openly Black' Gray @niknup21]

Pretty much....

[Muaaz @mws]

If you post on YouTube read this

30 viewers is a whole classroom

200 viewers is a packed cinema

500 viewers is a full auditorium

1000 viewers is an entire theater

10,000 viewers is a fkn stadium

THEYRE CHOOSING TO WATCH U TOO

YOU’RE DOING BETTER THAN YOU THINK

PROUD OF U

[George Lichter @Arienys]

@QR0WNTV Virtual hug from a virtual stranger, and a reminder that you're not weak. You are human. And a wonderful human at that.

[Sonya || Available for Work! @sonybaloneyart]

Can I get some rts on my art for my bday?

[Headquarters @HQNewsNow]

Republican Mayor of Mesa, Arizona: I am a lifelong Republican. I do not recognize my own party. The Republican Party has been taken over by extremists. I have something to say to those of us who are in the middle. You don’t owe a damn thing to that party. You don’t owe anything to a party that is out of touch and hellbent on taking us backward. You owe no displaced loyalty to a candidate who is morally and ethically bankrupt. In the spirit of the great Senator John McCain, please join me in putting country over party, stopping Donald Trump, protecting the rule of law, protecting our Constitution, and protecting democracy by voting for Kamala Harris

[Erika Kullberg @ErikaKullberg]

If you're impacted by Southwest delays/cancellations, I hope this helps

[George Lichter @Arienys]

@KrystinaArielle @wildrosemage Make sure specify sick leave options!

[George Lichter @Arienys]

@Goblinkatie So very real and applicable...

[George Lichter @Arienys]

@AshaRangappa_ @ruthbenghiat @JuliaDavisNews Ok,but what were you all eating? Gotta keep a focus on the important things. :)

[George Lichter @Arienys]

@UrsulaV Your threads bring me so much amusement and joy. Thank you and happy Turkey Day.

[George Lichter @Arienys]

@OmiNomomi @Kaziel0 I see skin-sacks... I thought you had cats? (Don't hit me...)

[George Lichter @Arienys]

Happy Halloween from our resident wizard lizard!

[George Lichter @Arienys]

@Kaziel0 Cat-lizards are all the rage nowadays!

[George Lichter @Arienys]

@Cat_Cosplay Good use for...?

[George Lichter @Arienys]

Meant this one... OmiNomomi @honeybearbee @DefiiAzrul @Kaziel0 @tirelth @Sylaurin Y'all need to come visit, so you can meet this cat in person. ;) (Well, Mel has met Frank already, but everyone needs to. )

[George Lichter @Arienys]

I take inspiration from my cats...

[George Lichter @Arienys]

@Cat_Cosplay Not your caliber, but hopefully it'll amuse you.

[George Lichter @Arienys]

And wow, replied on the wrong image. Yeesh.

[George Lichter @Arienys]

@OmiNomomi @honeybearbee @DefiiAzrul @Kaziel0 @tirelth @Sylaurin Y'all need to come visit, so you can meet this cat in person. ;) (Well, Mel has met Frank already, but everyone needs to. )