WASHINGTON, DC – Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Ann Telnaes resigned from the Washington Post earlier this month, alleging her editorial independence was compromised when the newspaper killed her sketch critiquing Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and Republican President-elect Donald Trump.

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We’ll start at Open Windows, the Ann Telnaes Substack. My colleagues in print Ann reproduces Jill Abramson’s Boston Globe report on The Washington Post and “the guardians of a free press” and it includes a gallery including Ann’s rejected cartoon and a handful of supporting cartoons.

Now, as Trump returns to the White House, the tech mogul has changed his tune in a shift that could have far-reaching consequences for the businesses attached to his name: Amazon, Bezos’ rocket company Blue Origin and The Washington Post, which Bezos bought in 2013.

David Maraniss, who has spent nearly five decades at the Washington Post, took to social media and bemoaned the fact that his employer “has utterly lost its soul.”

Rucker’s departure is a high-profile loss for the Washington Post, which has faced a wave of resignations due to dissatisfaction with its leadership.

Trump has done something no president-elect has ever done. He's checked off the top three to-dos on his postelection agenda before taking the oath of office. No question that staying

The ‘Washington Post’ reportedly has a new mission statement, and it’s just one example of a broader shift compared to Trump’s first time around. Democracy no longer dies in darkness, apparently. As far as the Washington Post seems concerned,

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January 4, 2025 • Washington Post cartoonist Ann Telnaes resigned after an editor rejected her sketch satirizing tech chiefs, including the Post's owner and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.

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