The Last Firewall

Looking back at the past several years, the cascade of institutional failures leading up to this moment is nothing short of breathtaking. Remember that brief period after January 6 when nearly everyone was appalled at what had happened, and major corporations suspended their donations to House Republicans who refused to certify the 2020 election results? Now we have the Washington Post and the LA Times unable to publish endorsements for Harris because their multibillionaire owners with obvious conflicts of interest forbade their editorial pages from doing so.

After finishing this cartoon and trying to decide on a title, I Googled the phrase “It’s down to us” and found that Jamelle Bouie had written a similar opinion piece with that headline a few days ago. I guess a lot of people are thinking along the same lines. 

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