By now, I'm sure you heard that WaPo laid of about 1/3 of its staff. It got rid of the sports, book and international sections. It also further reduced its Metro staff. It's not good. Forgetting a moment about how the billionaire owner funded a multimillion-dollar piece of shit documentary. Forget that he rented Venice for his wedding. One might ask why? Here's why:

The billionaire class wants to decimate the white collar workforce. Because white collar workers are expensive. And because white collar workers—who historically sided with billionaires—are questioning that alliance. Which makes their knowledge and resources a huge threat to billionaire power.

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— Jess Calarco (@jessicacalarco.com) February 5, 2026 at 6:03 AM

No one should be a Billionaire, except maybe... maybe Taylor Swift, or the ex-wives of Bill Gates and Bezos. But for the most part, none of them have the ability to say enough is enough. Not anymore. Instead, they are wielding their financial power in politics.

This is not an accident. This is by design. And, like every other time this has happened, it has collapsed.

France going after Elon is a good start. One this side of the pond, he's going to have to sit for a deposition regarding what he did with dismantling USAID with DOGE.

it's a start, but we need more.

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Raine