Ben Jealous, oo ah musharraxa Dimuqraadiga ah inuu noqdo guddoomiyaha gobolka Maryland, ayaa rajeynaya inuu ka baxo a xanaaq weyn Doorashada xilliga dhexe ee bisha Noofambar ee ka dhanka ah guddoomiyaha xisbiga Jamhuuriga ee Larry Hogan. Haddii uu guuleysto, Jealous wuxuu noqon doonaa guddoomiyihii ugu horreeyay ee Afrikaan-Mareykan ah ee gobolka, iyo kaliya guddoomiyihii saddexaad ee Afrikaan-Maraykanka ah ee loo doorto waddanka. (Musharaxiinta kale ee gudoomiyeyaasha 2018 ee leh awood isku mid ah inay jebiyaan caqabadahaas jinsiyadeed waxaa ka mid ah Andrew Gillum oo ku sugan Florida iyo Stacey Abrams ee Georgia, oo noqon doonta gudoomiyihii ugu horreeyay ee dumar madow ah haddii ay ku guulaysato.)
Kuwa aaminsan khuraafaadka "warbaahinta xorta ah" waxay u qaadan karaan in Washington Post waxay taageeri doontaa horusocodka taageera siyaasadaha sida Medicare for All, $15 mushaharka ugu yar iyo sharciyeynta marijuana. Dhab ahaantii, warqadda-warbaahinta ugu saamaynta badan ee Maryland inteeda badan-waxay u muuqataa inay haysato faas ay ku shiiddo Masayrka, waxayna taa beddelkeeda dooratay inay Hogan ku taageerto tartanka guddoomiyaha. Sida Pete Tucker at CounterPunch (8/31/18, 9/18/18, 10/8/18) ayaa sharaxay, Post wuxuu ka soo horjeeday Masayrka mar kasta.
Inta badan dhaleeceynta wargeysku waxay la xiriirtaa waxa ay ku muujinayso siyaasadda dhaqaale ee kharajka ah ee Jealous. Sannadkii hore, the Post guddiga tifaftirka (10/29/17) loogu yeero siyaasadda waxbarashada ee Jealous "wax-bixin weyn," ballanqaad "qado lacag la'aan ah" taas oo "ku dhufan doonta godka Chesapeake Bay ee miisaaniyada gobolka." Bishii Luulyo (7/19/18), waxay ku qeexday tartanka u dhexeeya Hogan iyo Masayrka inuu yahay "Farqi aad u weyn" oo u dhexeeya "dhexdhexaadiyaha ama xorta ah," iyada oo su'aal ka waydiinaysa in kan dambe ee "qoynaya taajiriinta" uu yahay "mid la fulin karo, xikmad leh ama fogaansho laba geesood ah." Siyaasadaha masayrka ee lagu taageerayo kor u qaadista mushaharka macalinka iyo horumarinta pre-K caalamiga ah waxa loogu yeedhi jiray "qiimaha," sababtoo ah waxay kordhinayaan cashuurta boqolkiiba Hal ee Degmada Montgomery, gobolka ugu wayn uguna qanisan.
Hoos-u-dhigista siyaasadda dhaqaale ee garabka bidix maaha wax ku cusub warbaahinta shirkadaha, laakiin marka Post Masayrka ku tilmaamay "hogaamiyihii afgambigaโ yaa labadaba ah "damac" iyo "taxadir la'aan", waxaad mooddaa in ay si shaqsi ah u shaydaan musharaxa. The Postboggaga wararka (8/18/18) diiday dhacdooyinka ka boodida Jealous ee xeebta bari ee-dheer ee Maryland, iyo sked isaga in lagu rido F-bam marka wariye soo noqnoqda waxa uu ugu yeedhay hantiwadaag, calaamad uu si joogto ah u diiday. Warbixinta wargaysku waxa ay u muuqatey mid looga dan leeyahay in lagu sii iftiimiyo marin habaabinta Masayrka.
Taas bedelkeeda, warqaddu waxay sii wadaa inay hoos u dhigto isku-xidhka Hogan iyo deymaha guddoomiye ahaan, oo ay ku jiraan guul-dhaqaale oo indha-indhaysa ee shirkaddiisii โโma-guurtada ahayd-wuxuu ku wareejiyay maamulka walaalkii isagoo dadaal dheer u galay sidii uu uga fogaan lahaa arrimaha is-maandhaafka ah-iyo sidoo kale soo-galootiga lidka ku ah mawqifyada iyo ka-hortagga wasakhowga siyaasadaha (inkasta oo Post ma daabacay a warqad oo ka yimid maamulaha deegaanka ee Hogan, oo si aan la yaab lahayn u amaanay rikoorka gudoomiyaha).
In kasta oo mudnaantan ay u eg yihiin kan hadda deggan Aqalka Cad, Post guddiga tifaftirka ee ku suntan Hogan a "dhexdhexaadโ sababtoo ah wuxuu iska fogeeyay Ururka Qoryaha Qaranka, kaasoo hoos u dhacay si ay u taageeraan isaga, iyo "xagjirka ah dhexe" siyaasadihiisa la moodo "ka-hortagga Trump". Waxay sii wadaan inay Hogan u qaabeeyaan ereyo dhalaalaya, iyaga oo u muujinaya sida "ilaa dhulka"Iyo dadnimo.
Sida Tucker uu iftiiminayo CounterPunch, Hogan waligiis ma helo eedaymo (ama xitaa xuso) by the Post mid kasta oo ka mid ah dhibaatooyinka Maryland, sida la'aanta qaboojiyaha dugsiyada dadweynaha xilliga kulaylka. Wargeysku wuxuu si joogto ah u diidaa inuu weydiiyo su'aalaha Hogan ee uu ka sameeyo saraakiisha kale ee dadweynaha, sida inuu isagu taageero Mushaharka shaqaalaha federaalka ee madaxweyne Trump ayaa xayiray - arrin weyn oo ka jirta gobolka metro DC - ama ra'yigiisa ku saabsan Colin Kaepernick's NFL dibad baxyo ka dhanka ah waxashnimada booliska. Tucker sidoo kale naqdiyay ka Post Ciwaannada beenta ah sida "Masayrka wuxuu isku dayaa inuu ka faa'iidaysto weerarka Trump ee soo jeedintiisa kulliyadda bilaashka ah" - qaabaynta sheekadu waa khiyaanada siyaasadeed ee Masayrka, halkii uu Trump ka soo horjeeday siyaasad caan ah. (Cinwaanku waa dambe bedelay.)
The PostTaageerada Hogan iyo jinni ka hinaasiga waxay noqon kartaa sabab weyn sababta qaar ka mid ah Dimuqraadiyad siyaasiyiin Maryland waxay ka caga jiideen inay ka dambeeyaan Masayrka. Si kastaba ha ahaatee, maadaama siyaasiyiinta Dimuqraadiga ah ee la magacaabay aysan badiba sii hayn xafiiska, Post Hogan ma u roonaado isagoo muujinaya fikradahooda - si la mid ah waxay sameeyaan marka ay ammaanaan halkii ay ka baaraandegi lahaayeen masaafada siyaasadeed ee uu u maleeyo xubnaha kale ee xisbigiisa.
Tucker ayaa sidoo kale iftiiminaya Boostada aaska of wararka Taageerada baaxadda leh ee Jealous ee cod-bixiyayaasha Afrikaan-Maraykanka ah, sheekooyinka dib loogu celiyay qaybta dambe ee Metro. Dhanka kale, Post riixay Sheeko ku saabsan hal ra'yi ururin oo laga helay Hogan oo daba socda masayrka codbixiyaasha madowga ah boqolkiiba 14 dhibco yar oo cidhiidhi ah - oo bixiya Masayrka la'aanta taageerada Dimuqraadiyiinta Afrikaanka-Maraykanka ah, sida Exiixdii hore ee Gobolka Montgomery Isiah Leggett, sharaxaad ahaan.
Halka codbixintu ay badan tahay midab darro waxayna leeyihiin had iyo jeer ahaa khaldan, waxa ay isticmaaleen Post inuu dubbe Masayr. By si joogta ah Sharaxay gudoomiyaha sida "caanka ah"(inkastoo uu siyaasaddu maaha), Wargeysku waxa uu dimuqraadiyiinta ku dhex beeraa naxariis darro, isaga oo soo jeedinaya in khasaaraha uu masayrku yahay gabagabo la sii saadaaliyey. Halka Hogan runtii leeyahay qiimaynta ogolaanshaha sare, ka PostWarbixintu waxay leedahay dareen waxsii sheeg oo rajaynaya inay is-fuliso.
Ka soo baxaya BoostadaSheegashada tartanka guddoomiyaha ayaa ah taageerada dhiirran ee Hogan ee Amazon, oo ah shirkadda weyn ee e-commerce ee uu leeyahay qofka ugu taajirsan adduunka, Jeff Bezos, kaas oo sidoo kale ku dhacaya inuu leeyahay Washington Post. Amazon, iyo xiriirka wargeyska, si dhib leh waligiis ku soo baxay maqaallo ku saabsan tartanka guddoomiyaha: Sannadkii hore, kaliya saddex maqaal oo ku saabsan Ben Jealous's tartanka guddoomiyaha ayaa lagu sheegay Amazon. Dareenka heerkan ayaa hoos u dhigaya inta uu le'eg yahay Amazon, iyo mulkiilaha, ayaa dan ku leh Maryland.
Amazon wuxuu leeyahay dano gaar ah inuu arko Maryland oo weli ah "ganacsi saaxiibtinimo," wax ah Post tixgelinayaan Hogan ahaan. Xaruntii hore ee White Flint Mall ee Degmada Montgomery, oo dhanka waqooyi ka xigta dadka hodanka ah ee DC ee xaafadda Bethesda, waa musharaxa hogaaminaya ee shirkadu waxay raadinaysaa xarun labaad. Amazon waxaa la filayaa in la dego meel dhamaadka sanadka.
Xiriirka u dhexeeya Amazon iyo gobolada leh awooda inay martigeliyaan "HQ2" way ka duwan yihiin qabanqaabada u ololaynta. Halka ganacsiyadu ay inta badan u ololeeyaan dawlad-goboleedyada kabida, cashuur-dhaafka iyo wixii la mid ah, waa dawlad-goboleedyada kuwa sida weyn u ololeeya. Amazon si ay u doortaan goboladooda. Guddoomiye Hogan ayaa ballan qaaday $ 8.5 bilyan Dhiirigelinta gobolka ee goobta Montgomery, ilaa hadda bixinta ugu sareysa ee gobol kasta (kadib marka lagu daro $2 bilyan ee hagaajinta gaadiidka).
Qorshaha dib u dejinta ee shirkadda, Hogan xusay, "HQ2 waa fursada kaliya ee horumarinta dhaqaalaha ugu weyn ee jiil, waxaanan ku bixineynaa dhammaan agabka aan haysano si aan u keeno guriga Maryland." Hogan kulmay ula Bezos qof ahaan jooga Naadiga Dhaqaalaha ee Washington bishii Sebtembar.
Laakiin xitaa haddii aysan ku soo degin Maryland, gobolku horeyba wuu u badnaa Amazonqorshayaasha; shirkaddu waxay ka shaqeysaa ama kireysataa tiro dhammaystiran oo kala-soocid ah bakhaarada gudaha gobolka, oo ay ku jiraan mid ku yaal Degmada Cecil, mid ku yaal Rockville ee Degmada Montgomery, mid ka baxsan Garoonka Diyaaradaha BWI ee Degmada Anne Arundel, iyo saddex xarumood oo ay leedahay Terminalka Marinaha ee Baltimore. Shirkadda ayaa hadda dhammaysay dhismaheeda cusub xarunta fulinta ee Sparrow's Point ee bariga Baltimore County, meel la doortay kadib gobolka iyo degmada loo diiday ka baxay $2.2 milyan oo dhiirigelin ah.
Waa loo wada sheegay, Amazon helay $ 46 million kabitaannada gobolka iyo dawladaha hoose ee Maryland ilaa 2000, in ka badan 42 gobol oo kale. ka fiirsaneysa in shirkaddu ay $10 milyan oo kaliya ku bixisay ololaynta Maryland oo ay siisay $6 milyan oo wax ku biirinta ololaha siyaasiyiinta gobolka 18kii sano ee la soo dhaafay, tani waa soo laabasho caafimaad leh oo ku saabsan maalgashiga siyaasadeed ee Amazon.
Xitaa haddii HQ2 aysan iman Maryland, waxaa jira a fursad hufan in ay ku yaalo meel u dhow, oo leh goobo kale oo suurtagal ah oo ku yaal Washington ama u dhow xarumaha xogta ee fidsan ee u dhow Garoonka Dulles ee Waqooyiga Virginia. Isku xirka aagga metro iyo xiriirka hoose ee ay la leedahay dowladda federaalka ayaa taas macnaheedu yahay Amazon Shaki kuma jiro in uu noqon doono ciyaaryahan weyn oo gobol, iyadoon loo eegin gobolka ay dhab ahaantii ku dhamaato wicitaanka guriga.
As Amazon Heshaa sii kordhaya antitrust baaritaan ka Madaxweyne Trump, sharci dejiyayaal, xakameynaya iyo dadweynaha guud ahaan, waxayna sii wadaan inay u qaybiyaan warshado kala duwan oo kala duwan sida raashinka, warbaahinta, daryeelka caafimaadka iyo gaarsiinta diyaaradaha aan duuliyaha lahayn, danaheeda ayaa u baahan mar walba sii fidaysa joogitaan ololayn. Kharashyada ololaynta ee giant e-ganacsiga ayaa leh qarxay in ka badan 400 boqolkiiba shantii sano ee la soo dhaafay, iyo 2017 waxay ahayd siddeedaadna-Lobbyist-ha shirkadda ugu weyn, iyo labaad- ugu weyn ee qaybta tignoolajiyada, ka dib Googleshirkadda waalidka alifbeetada.
Amazon sidoo kale helaa ballaaran qandaraasyada ka dawladda federaalka, oo ay ku jiraan bixinta adeegyada kombuyuutarka xisaabinta CIA-da, halka shirkadda Bezos ee duulimaadka hawada sare ee Blue Origin ay sii waddo qandaraasyo waaweyn la NASA.
Waxa intaas dheer, Bezos waxa ay iibsatay guriga ugu weyn ee DC, matxaf hore oo dhar ah, halka uu lahaanshaha ee ah Washington Post waxay kuxirantahay xiriirka uu la leeyahay magaalada uu warqadiisu u adeegto, iyo sidoo kale Maryland iyo Virginia. Badhasaabka saaxiibka ah ee Maryland, oo qayb muhiim ah ka ah gobolka metro DC, ayaa muhiim u ah AmazonJoogitaanka joogtada ah ee halkaas.
Iyadoo Hogan ay u muuqato in ay buuxisay doorkaas, Masayrka maaha mid la hubo. Haddii isaga la dooran lahaa, Masayr wuxuu sheegay inuu dooran lahaa sharaf heshiis suurtagal ah oo uu Hogan u sameeyay AmazonXarunta cusub haddii ay go'aansadaan meel Maryland bilaha soo socda gudahood. Si kastaba ha ahaatee, Jealous ayaa leh naqdiyay Dhiirigelinta ay bixiso Hogan sida "gorgortanka aasaasiga ah ee xun," oo uu leeyahay su'aalo waydiiyay Sababta loo siinayo "xirmo cashuureed deeqsinimo leh mid ka mid ah shirkadaha adduunka ugu qanisan." Hal maqaal (7/27/18Taageerada degdega ah ee masayrka laga bilaabo aasaaska Dimuqraadiyiinta waxay soo xigtay xaqiiqda ah inuu "u muuqdo mid aan ku filnayn" dadaalka lagu doonayo Amazon.
Waxaa laga yaabaa in calanka cas ugu weyn ee Post waa la jaanqaadka Masayrka iyo Bernie Sanders, oo muddo dheer ah cadaw ee Bezos. Toddobaadkii hore, Sanders wuxuu ku cadaadiyay bilyaneerka mushaar kordhin at Amazon leh soo jeedin ee Xeerka Joojinta BEZOS, kaas oo ku cashuuraya shirkadaha qadarka ay shaqaalahooda ka helaan faa'iidooyinka dadweynaha.
The Post wuxuu leeyahay dareen ku wajahan weerarrada Dimuqraadiyiinta ee aan suulin khadka shirkadda. Waxay ka baxeen jidkooda si ay isku dayaan inay sumcadda uga dhigaan Sanders marar badan (FAIR.org, 10/1/15, 3/8/16, 5/11/16, 11/17/16iwm), orod 16 sheeko xumo Sanders muddo 16-saacadood gudahooda ah inta lagu guda jiro doorashooyinka horudhaca ah ee 2016. Warqadda (7/11/18) ku tilmaamay Mark Elrich, horusocod u tartamaya fulinta degmada Montgomery, inuu yahay "bidix" oo dabeecadihiisa "ganacsiga iyo horumarka lidka ku ah" ay tahay inay "sababo walaac ku abuurto" codbixiyaasha-inkastoo ay sheegtay in Elrich hubanti ah in "isaga qaadan lahaa go'aan by Amazon si loo helo xarunteeda labaad ee shirkadda ee degmada" waxay ahayd "soo dhawayn." Sida Jealous, Elrich ayaa tan iyo markaas u xaqiijiyay Bezos inuu isagu maya isku day inaad xannibto Amazon HQ waa inay ku degtaa Degmada Montgomery.
Sida uu sameeyo Sanders iyo Elrich, the PostSoo tebinta Masayrka waxa ay isku daraysaa shakiga laga qabo fursadaha doorashada iyo burinta siyaasadiisa xagjirka ah ee loo malaynayo. Kala fogaanshaha siyaasada iyo waxtarka dhabta ah ee siyaasadaha saaxiibtinimada leh ee dadka sida daryeelka caafimaadka caalamiga ah iyo mushaharka ugu yar ee lagu noolaan karo ayaa ku jira danaha cad ee fasalka bilyaneer-iyo, kordhinta, xarumaha wararka ee bilyaneerku leeyahay sida Post.
Danaha noocan oo kale ah dhif si toos ah looma sheego. Ka warhaynta warbaahinta ee dookhyada mulkiilayaasheeda marar dhif ah waxay qaadataa qaab qoraal ah oo ka socda madaxa oo u sheegaya tifaftirayaasha inay u qoraan sheekooyin naqdiya cadawga mulkiilaha ama taageeraya saaxiibadooda. Shaqaalaha caqli-galku waxay fahmaan nooca shaqada ka dhigaysa qofka saxeexa jeegaga mushaharkooda, oo u hagaajiyo dadaalkooda si waafaqsan. Loo-shaqeeyayaasha aqoonta leh waxay yaqaaniin sida loo shaqaaleysiiyo shaqaale samayn doona waxa laga filayo iyada oo aan loo sheegin - taas oo ah sababta dhaleeceynta saxaafadda ee George Seldes. qoray:
Faanka ugu doqonnimada badan ee sooyaalka saxaafadda maanta lagu faani karo waa tii qoraaga oo leh โWeligay amar layguma dhiibin; Xor baan u ahay inaan sameeyo sidaan rabo."
The Post had iyo jeer waxay bixisaa fikrado is khilaafsan. Toddobaadkan, waxa ay daabacday masayrka taageersan op-ed, iyo sidoo kale a warqad u dir tifaftiraha taas oo diiday warqadda "ereyada raran" ee a warbixintii hore ku saabsan xidhiidhka Jealous ee Xisbiga Dimuqraadiga ee Maryland. Wargeyska ayaa sidoo kale daabacay gogo ' ka shakisan AmazonU guurista aagga metro ee DC (sababta ay tahay in ay kordhin doonto taraafikada iyo kharashaadka guryeynta, halkii ay ka soo horjeeddo qorshaha dhiirigelinta balaayiin doollar ah), iyo sidoo kale warbixinta ku saabsan dhaqdhaqaaqa ka dhanka ah suurtagalnimada in la dejiyo HQ2. Laakiin tani waxay si dhib yar u miisaamaysaa hab-dhaqanka xun ee ay u qaadday Hinaasaha, ama ammaanta ay ku qubaysatay Hogan.
Saamaynta Bezos ee Washington PostWararka siyaasiyiinta saamaynta ku yeelan doona AmazonQorshayaasha ganacsiga, si togan ama si xunba, waa adag tahay in lagu muujiyo qoriga sigaarka. Waxa cad in go'aannada tifaftirka wargeysyadu ay saameyn dhab ah ku leeyihiin ra'yiga dadweynaha, doorashooyinka, hab-nololeedka dadka, awoodda shirkadaha, xiriirka jinsiyadeed, sii jirista deegaanka iyo dhinacyo kale oo badan oo nolosha ah. Markasta oo ay bataan waraaqaha ay leeyihiin bilyaneerrada sida Bezos oo kale ah, waa sida ay suurtogal u tahay in saamaynta bilyaneerada ay sii faafto.
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