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A huge loss for an independent media at a time of authoritarian takeover.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Senator Marty:  The Washington Post’s motto has been “Democracy Dies In Darkness.” Jeff Bezos just decided to turn out the lights. Tragic. For our democracy.<\/em> https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/washington-post-bezos-opinion-trump-market-liberty-97a7d8113d670ec6e643525fdf9f06de<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A huge loss for an independent media at a time of authoritarian takeover. Senator Marty:  The Washington Post’s motto has been “Democracy Dies In Darkness.” Jeff Bezos just decided to turn out the lights. Tragic. For our democracy. https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/washington-post-bezos-opinion-trump-market-liberty-97a7d8113d670ec6e643525fdf9f06de<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1010,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-904","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-posts"],"yoast_head":"\nSenator Marty Comments on Jeff Bezos Selling Out to President Trump by Silencing the Storied Washington Post\u2019s Editorial Page - John Marty<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Washington Post's motto has been "Democracy Dies In Darkness." Jeff Bezos just decided to turn out the lights. 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