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Title: ThinkProgress, a Top Progressive News Site, Has Shut Down
Post by: jmyrlefuller on September 06, 2019, 09:37:12 pm: https://www.thedailybeast.com/thinkprogress-a-top-progressive-news-site-is-shutting-down (https://www.thedailybeast.com/thinkprogress-a-top-progressive-news-site-is-shutting-down)

ThinkProgress, the influential news site that rose to prominence in the shadow of the Bush administration and helped define progressivism during the Obama years, is shutting down.

The outlet, which served as an editorially independent project of the Democratic Party think tank Center for American Progress (CAP), will stop current operations on Friday...

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Title: Re: ThinkProgress, a Top Progressive News Site, Has Shut Down
Post by: Sanguine on September 06, 2019, 09:37:54 pm: :yowsa:
Title: Re: ThinkProgress, a Top Progressive News Site, Has Shut Down
Post by: PeteS in CA on September 06, 2019, 09:46:32 pm: OMG! A dozen jobs killed by Trump!!! :silly: TP is gone, so somebody has to post crazy claims blaming Trump.

More seriously, good riddance.
Title: Re: ThinkProgress, a Top Progressive News Site, Has Shut Down
Post by: Cyber Liberty on September 06, 2019, 10:36:45 pm: Oh Boo Hoo. Am I bad if I think they deserve to collapse under their own weight? :yowsa:
Title: Re: ThinkProgress, a Top Progressive News Site, Has Shut Down
Post by: Wingnut on September 06, 2019, 10:38:41 pm: ofthecross is in mourning.
Title: Re: ThinkProgress, a Top Progressive News Site, Has Shut Down
Post by: EdJames on September 06, 2019, 10:51:37 pm: I wouldnâ€™t be so sanguine about it..... theyâ€™ll pop up elsewhere...... they certainly arenâ€™t retreating from the field of play mid-game.....
Title: Re: ThinkProgress, a Top Progressive News Site, Has Shut Down
Post by: PeteS in CA on September 06, 2019, 11:21:37 pm: Quote from: Cyber Liberty on September 06, 2019, 10:36:45 pm
Oh Boo Hoo. Am I bad if I think they deserve to collapse under their own weight? :yowsa:

Here's hoping Media Matters for America or Move On is next, soon.
Title: Re: ThinkProgress, a Top Progressive News Site, Has Shut Down
Post by: Bigun on September 06, 2019, 11:27:04 pm: Quote from: EdJames on September 06, 2019, 10:51:37 pm
I wouldnâ€™t be so sanguine about it..... theyâ€™ll pop up elsewhere...... they certainly arenâ€™t retreating from the field of play mid-game.....

Yep! It's like whack a mole.
Title: Re: ThinkProgress, a Top Progressive News Site, Has Shut Down
Post by: Cyber Liberty on September 06, 2019, 11:43:24 pm: Quote from: The Ghost on September 06, 2019, 10:38:41 pm
ofthecross is in mourning.

I would not worry too much. There will always be a few sites to distribute the talking points.
Title: Re: ThinkProgress, a Top Progressive News Site, Has Shut Down
Post by: Cyber Liberty on September 06, 2019, 11:44:04 pm: Quote from: EdJames on September 06, 2019, 10:51:37 pm
I wouldnâ€™t be so sanguine about it..... theyâ€™ll pop up elsewhere...... they certainly arenâ€™t retreating from the field of play mid-game.....

Of course. Not even my 10th Rodeo...lol. Circus?
Title: Re: ThinkProgress, a Top Progressive News Site, Has Shut Down
Post by: jmyrlefuller on September 07, 2019, 03:36:30 am: Even Soros couldn't save them.
Title: Re: ThinkProgress, a Top Progressive News Site, Has Shut Down
Post by: Cyber Liberty on September 07, 2019, 03:41:27 am: Quote from: jmyrlefuller on September 07, 2019, 03:36:30 am
Even Soros couldn't save them.

Sad.
Title: Re: ThinkProgress, a Top Progressive News Site, Has Shut Down
Post by: Sanguine on September 07, 2019, 03:42:12 am: Quote from: Cyber Liberty on September 07, 2019, 03:41:27 am
Sad.

I'm tearing up just thinking about it.
Title: Re: ThinkProgress, a Top Progressive News Site, Has Shut Down
Post by: PeteS in CA on September 07, 2019, 05:09:16 pm: Quote from: jmyrlefuller on September 07, 2019, 03:36:30 am
Even Soros couldn't save them.

Wouldn't seems more likely, as in, "You didn't keep Trump from becoming President, and the Republicans gained Senate seats in 2018, so why should I fund you?!"
Title: Re: ThinkProgress, a Top Progressive News Site, Has Shut Down
Post by: EdJames on September 07, 2019, 05:16:54 pm: Quote from: Cyber Liberty on September 06, 2019, 11:44:04 pm
Of course. Not even my 10th Rodeo...lol. Circus?

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