📧 “smooth things” from Reidy

Dear Mr. Isaac,

Thank you for your note. It is not our policy to remove published pieces from the record once they have been accepted and published.  

Sincerely,

Tim Reidy

Deputy Editor in Chief

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@ 1236 to Reidy, Sullivan

Should I wait for your PR team to decide how to respond to the rest of my email? Here’s a reminder:

Roberts’ double standard heightens the appearance of something of value, $250 to be exact, benefiting one party’s campaign over another. That is explicitly prohibited for nonprofits under tax law; 

https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/charitable-organizations/restriction-of-political-campaign-intervention-by-section-501c3-tax-exempt-organizations

If you can’t/won’t explain it, and you won’t unclip the leash you have me by, then 

I have no choice but disassociating as publicly as possible. You have heard it said “Don’t bite the hand that feeds you.” But I say unto you “If you hadn’t slipped glass shards in with the kibble, then maybe I wouldn't.”

I won’t be your lap dog, and I won’t be made a party to campaign finance violations.