Editor’s Note: This newsletter was published before Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos published an op-ed explaining his decision to prevent the Post’s editorial board from issuing an endorsement in the 2024 presidential election. He denied allegations of a quid pro quo involving his business interests and Donald Trump, and claimed the timing of his decision was the result of “inadequate planning, and not some intentional strategy.”

Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon, poses with a book in an Amazon warehouse in Seattle, Washington, on January 1, 1997. (Photo By Paul Souders/Getty Images)



