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Hey, James, I was going to start off talking about the fraudulent budget passed by the House of Representatives the other night,

but I think something more serious actually is occurring.

The Washington Post went and they basically fired, or their editorial page editor, David Shipley,

an honest journalist who ran that opinion page,

well, quit because Jeff Bezos, the owner, has said,

I only want editorials about personal liberties and free markets that reflect this point of view

and any other point of view on those are unacceptable.

That's an extraordinary thing for an owner to say,

but what the real story is, I want to please Donald Trump. That's what the Washington Post,

one of the greatest newspapers in American history, is doing right now. I thought Bezos was a

savior when he bought the paper 10 years ago. I now think he is one of the great villains of the day.

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