

I’m not so well versed in American media to answer your question which left leaning media would be acceptable for lemmings.
BUT the Washington post is really a bad example. Just a few days ago the billionaire owner himself published his decision to focus on defense of ‘free market’ and ‘personal liberty’ in the opinion section. And let’s not kid ourselves that he isn’t deciding the direction of the rest of the news paper, that’s the only reason why you buy one.
In 2024, the year of your article, the WP didn’t endorse any presidential candidate. So you seriously want to argue that a left leaning media would NOT endorse Harris over Trump?
So it might be many things, but left leaning, under the current ownership, it is not.
Left leaning history doesn’t mean anything if the current persons there aren’t the same who worked during that left leaning period.
No idea about your specific legal situation, as it heavily depends on where on earth you are.
But what sprang immediately to my mind is that it sounds highly illegal if the manager is indeed right. They knowingly let you do things, which apparently they know you are not allowed to do. In a health care environment, which normally have some kind of control instances.
So regarding the “benefiting you”: have a talk with your old manager about somebody telling the control instances of your profession. Orrrr maybe they could help making the transition easier for you… For example by paying the training for you.