I don't want to continue to work for a paper that is appeasing Trump and facilitating his assault on democratic rule for craven reasons.
My resignation is a protest and visceral reaction against the conduct of the paper's owner, Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong. Those moves can't be defended as the sort of policy adjustment papers undergo from time to time.
Given the existential stakes for our democracy that I believe Trump's second term poses, and the evidence that Soon-Shiong is currying favor with the President-elect, they are repugnant and dangerous.
It's a grave insult to the independence and integrity of an editorial department for an owner to force it to withdraw a simple endorsement.
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