“The Messenger, a digital media company that launched less than a year ago, has shut down following multiple reports that it was set to do so.” — The Hill
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Our new digital media platform is changing the way people consume content. We’re a one-stop-shop location for breaking news, long-form journalism, and in-depth art criticism. We’re also currently shutting down without any notice whatsoever.
We’re giving audiences a combination of bite-sized listicles and long-form interviews, all presented on a blank white screen that says “Page Not Found.”
We’re led by a dynamic team, including our editor-in-chief, who is bold and decisive and is currently hiding from federal agents in Belarus.
All your favorite journalists and commentators are hard at work in our Midtown Manhattan offices, getting to the bottom of hot-button issues like “Why don’t our keycards work?” and “What do you mean we’re not getting severance?”
By Bruce Wilder
Sometimes a comment is better than the post which inspired. This is one of those cases . — Ian
The New Deal created a balanced system of countervailing power on variations of the theory that the political power of citizens working together could oppose and balance the power of the wealthy and business corporations. Labor unions. Public utility regulation. Savings & Loans and credit unions and local banks to oppose the money center giants. Farmers’ cooperatives. A complex system of agricultural supports to limit the power of food processors. Antitrust. Securities and financial markets regulation.
Yes, the rich kept fighting their corner.