Why not link to the story, per the Daily Mali -
Jeff Bezos' Washington Post backs out of running $115,000 front page advertisement targeting Elon Musk
The Jeff Bezos' owned Washington Post has reportedly backed out of running a $115,000 front page advertisement targeting DOGE head Elon Musk amid the Amazon founder's budding friendship with President Donald Trump.
Advocacy group Common Cause announced that it had signed the costly agreement with the newspaper to run an ad that would have covered the entire front and back page of Tuesday's paper as well as a full page advertisement inside the paper.
The group said it planned to purchase the ad in collaboration with the Southern Poverty Law Center Action Fund.
Copies of the paper with the wrap would then be sent to subscribers on Capitol Hill, at the Pentagon and at the White House, according to The Hill.
The ad's design, which is still available on the group's website, features a large photo of Musk with his head tilted back, laughing, along with a cutout image of the White House.
'Who's running this country: Donald Trump or Elon Musk?' it asked.
Further down on the page, the advertisement features smaller text that reads: 'Since day one, Elon has created chaos and confusion and put our livelihoods at risk. And he is accountable to no one but himself.
'The Constitution only allows for one president at a time,' it says. 'Call our senators and tell them it's time Donald Trump fire Elon Musk.' It also included the URL FireMusk.org.
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Common Cause President Virginia Kase Solomon told The Hill the paper's advertising sales representative was informed of the nature of the ad and seemed confident that running it over the paper wouldn't be a problem.
But on Friday, Common Cause was informed the Post would not run the wrap around advertisement.
'We submitted the artwork back on Tuesday of last week. I'm assuming it went through a legal department or other kind of review,' she recounted.
'They said, "You can have something inside the paper, but you can't do the wrap."
'We said "thanks, no thanks" because we had a lot of questions.
'Is it because we're critical of what's happening with Elon Musk? Is it only OK to run things in The Post now that won't anger the president or won't have him calling Jeff Bezos asking why this was allowed?'
The decision came after Bezos was featured prominently at the 47th president's swearing-in ceremony, after he announced his plans too donate $1 million to the incoming president's inaugural fund.
Bezos and his fiancee Lauren Sanchez had earlier traveled to Mar-a-Lago for dinner with the then president-elect.
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[links in original] If this keeps up, Elon with a clear mandate might become a Trump liability to where The Apprentice in Trump comes out, just like the days on TV.
The launch contracts, and protection from IG actions likely would remain, as would the money come election time, but the DOGE puppies might take a hit but then the Heritage Top Dog Catholic Project 2025 putsch would feel slighted, etc.
Elon and his black Great Again cap and carrying his son like a Totem Pole around the Oval Office for pressers might, unlike Buddy Holly's love, fade away.