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Here's my letter. It's over the preferred 400 by 50 words. Decided it was close enough.
As Margaret Sullivan's editorial in The Guardian pointed out, editorial page editor David Shipley may "own" the decision, but clearly it is coming from above. Whether the primary architect of this dereliction of duty is owner Jeff Bezos, CEO Sir William Lewis, or executive editor Matt Murray doesn't matter. Whoever the architect is, they have destroyed the reputation of the Washington Post.
Not since the clarion call to America to rally against fascism and rising authoritarianism that FDR issued in his 1941 State of the Union address has this nation and its allies faced such danger.
As Simon Rosenberg recently reminded us, FDR's four freedoms -- Freedom from Want, Freedom from Fear, Freedom of Religion, and Freedom of the Press -- became the basis of the Atlantic Charter that brought the US and UK together in an alliance that won World War II. The four freedoms became the basis of the United Nations Charter in 1945, which laid out a global system where one nation could not have dominion over another. And then in 1948, negotiated in part by Eleanor Roosevelt, there was the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which was the first time in international law individual people had human rights. We have enjoyed a Pax Americana over the last 80 years that created a golden age in human history.
Donald Trump threatens to destroy the bulwark against authoritarianism we built. He threatens our hard-won freedoms. He threatens our critical alliances. He threatens the global economy.
When individuals, public institutions, and private enterprises of good conscience and integrity were called to defeat fascism here and around the world in 1941, they answered the call.
Today, the call is just as urgent. The danger couldn't be clearer. I am appalled that you, the Washington Post, whose slogan is "Democracy Dies in Darkness" have chosen to "stay out of it."
I have cancelled my subscription. I don't care if you offer me a subscription at $1 a year. Unless you change course and do your duty as a fixture of the American press, I will not be returning. And I know I am not alone.
With or without you, the people, institutions, and enterprises that love this country and recognize that the force for good we represent must be defended, will be giving our all to defeat Donald Trump.
You still have time to join us.
If you choose not to, you will be forever counted among those who conspired in the attempted murder of the American democratic experiment.
Yours in hope that you see the light,
Patty Keeshan
Seattle, WA
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I probably need to collect my thoughts overnight. I am pretty pissed and not feeling as thoughtful as I would like. 
A. Lower taxes for billionaires along with mob rule and government militarized against dissidents and nonconformists.
B. Paying a fair share and business as usual.
Lower taxes win.
They have chosen poorly.
But Putin is happy with their choice.
