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“Democracy Dies in Darkness” is the motto plastered across The Washington Post’s pages. But with Jeff Bezos’s announcement of the paper’s ideological revamp, darkness has finally arrived in Washington and democracy is gasping its last breath.

Let’s not mince words. This isn’t just a shakeup of the paper — it’s a hostile takeover. What was once a bastion of rigorous debate and journalistic integrity was just gutted to make way for a monolithic echo chamber where “personal liberties and free markets” aren’t just the focus, they’re the mandate.

David Shipley, the opinion editor who resigned in pursuit of equitable editorial principles after declining Bezos’ offer to stay on, saw the writing on the wall before most.

His departure marks the final unmooring of a........

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