The Washington Post endorses Kamala Harris. There. I said it.

I said it because it was revealed yesterday that at the beginning of the month The Post had drafted an endorsement for Harris. Therefore, an actual endorsement exists. But because the owner of the Post, Jeff Bezos, is a coward narcissist afraid of the other coward narcissist (SHITHOLE), the endorsement was nixed and was not publicly made. So The Post has said they aren’t endorsing any candidate. Which has rightfully pissed insiders at The Post off (writers, editors, etc.) to the point of resignment and has pissed consumers off to the point of unsubscribing (which surprised many to learn that anybody even still subscribed to it). Because technically, The Post is endorsing Harris. It’s mainly Bezos who isn’t endorsing anyone. But he’s probably already voted for Harris because we know how he really feels about SHITHOLE.

And of course, because of Bezos’s ties to Amazon, people are indicating they are dropping Prime or will not shop Amazon any longer. Bezos has not been the CEO of Amazon since 2021 and owns a mere nine percent of the business. Amazon is mostly made up of small businesses selling their wares. So, if you stop shopping on Amazon, which is your choice, of course, you’re not really hurting Bezos. You’re hurting small business owners. And personally, when I cannot find an item anywhere else, Amazon has always had it. I have been able to find some extremely obscure items I couldn’t find anywhere else on Amazon. They often have Amazon exclusives that you’re not going to be able to get at Walmart.

The Post is famous for their saying “Democracy Dies in Darkness”. But Democracy doesn’t just die in darkness. It dies when you don’t VOTE. You don’t need an endorsement from a newspaper, famous person, famous animal or whatever to simply make up your own fucking mind and VOTE. An “endorsement” from something or someone simply tells people that thing or person supports such-and-such candidate. It doesn’t mean everyone working for that business (The Post, Amazon, etc.) is going to vote for such-and-such candidate. It doesn’t mean everyone that listens to so-and-so’s music is going to vote for the candidate they endorse. In fact, it’s very possible the owner of the business or the famous person won’t even vote at all. It’s like the little blurbs on the back of books from other famous authors or editors: “A real page-turner” or “You won’t be able to put this book down”. They too are endorsements but also are simply opinions. I’ve read many books that I thought were terrible although they had great “blurbs” on the back.

So don’t take the fact that The Post isn’t endorsing Harris (or anyone) to heart. Because, again, since they already wrote an endorsement, which I know we will eventually see, they technically ARE endorsing Harris.