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Media layoffs and a continuing stream of disclosures reveal an unprecedented collapse of the American political consensus


Narrated by Jared Moore

Art by Daniel Medina

Text published 07/28/25:

The End of an Era: Conventional Wisdom is Dead

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Jul 28
The End of an Era: Conventional Wisdom is Dead

Over the weekend it was announced that a gaggle of well-known Washington Post opinion-makers, from Philip Bump to Jonathan Capehart to Catherine Rampe to Karen Attiah, were taking buyout offers from Jeff Bezos and the Post, amid news of a 250,000 plunge in subscriptions. This comes on the heels of the recent

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