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  • News Summary-Intelligence Report*Ukrainian Drone Attacks On Russia*Armed American Security In Gaza*Trump Talks To Davos Links Oil Price To Ukraine War*Fear Of Coup In Slovakia*

    01/23/2025 8:56:12 PM PST · by Nextrush · 2 replies
    Nextrush Free ^ | 1/23/2025 | Nextrush/Self
    An executive order from President Donald Trump moving federal inmates who transitioned male to female... John Ratcliffe confirmed as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency by the US Senate... A Ukrainian drone attack tonight on an oil refinery in the Russian city of Ryazan... Ukrainian drones shot down in the Moscow Region... President Donald Trump signing an executive order leading to release of classified assassination files from the 1960's... A new opioid settlement involving Purdue Pharma and the Sackler family. The 7.4-billion-dollar deal replaces a previous... A US District Judge blocking President Donald Trump's executive order on birthright citizenship... In...
  • Online knife buyers would need to show ID and record live video to prove age in major overhaul after Southport attacker bought weapon on Amazon

    01/22/2025 6:31:57 PM PST · by fluorescence · 51 replies
    Daily Mail UK ^ | January 22, 2025 | Arthur Parashar and Jason Groves
    Ministers are planning a major overhaul to how knives are bought online after Southport triple killer Axel Rudakubana purchased weapons off Amazon before carrying out a sickening rampage at a Taylor Swift-themed dance party. Rudakubana, who on Monday pleaded guilty to the murder of of Bebe King, Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, and Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine, bought the kitchen knife used in the attack from Amazon when he was 17 despite having a conviction for violence. Home Secretary Yvette Cooper told the House of Commons yesterday that it was a 'disgrace' that Rudakubana was able to buy knives on...
  • Big Retail Gets Bigger as Smaller Players Struggle: Walmart, Amazon and Costco are growing faster than the rest of retailers

    01/05/2025 7:19:22 PM PST · by SeekAndFind · 30 replies
    Big retailers already dominate Americans’ lives. Their grasp on consumers is only getting stronger. The three biggest retailers by revenue in the U.S.— Costco , Walmart and Amazon AMZN — accounted for about 11% of total retail sales back in 2014, based on their reported figures measured against national retail sales data from the Commerce Department. Their share of the market has been growing since then. In their last three reported quarters, the behemoths selling everything from groceries to appliances made up about 17% of retail sales and roughly 57% of retail sales growth over that period. Supermarkets have been...
  • First Lady Melania Trump signs Amazon movie deal as Jeff Bezos-owned Prime rides MAGA red wave

    01/05/2025 7:23:54 AM PST · by mairdie · 55 replies
    Daily Mail ^ | 5 January 2025 | Katelyn Caralle
    Amazon will release a film on the life of former and future first lady Melania Trump. Billionaire Amazon and Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos is riding the lucrative red wave cash cow this year via his Prime Video service partnering with Melania to release the film in theaters. The documentary is expected to hit the silver screen worldwide in the second half of 2025. Mrs. Trump will serve as the executive producer with Fernando Sulichin of New Element Media, and Brett Ratner of RatPac Entertainment will serve as the film's director, according to a report from Fox News. Filming began...
  • Trump Has Reeled in More Than $200 Million Since Election Day

    01/04/2025 12:30:03 PM PST · by E. Pluribus Unum · 17 replies
    The New York Times ^ | Jan. 4, 2025, 5:01 a.m. ET | Kenneth P. Vogel, Maggie Haberman and Theodore Schleifer
    Since his victory in November, President-elect Donald J. Trump’s allies have raised well over $200 million for a constellation of groups that will fund his inauguration, his political operation and eventually his presidential library, according to four people involved in the fund-raising. It is a staggering sum that underscores efforts by donors and corporate interests to curry favor with Mr. Trump ahead of a second presidential term after a number of business leaders denounced him following the violence by his supporters at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Mr. Trump has promised to gut the “deep state” and made various...
  • Jeff Bezos, the #1 provider of H-1B visas, is America’s Mr. Potter. But the people want a George Bailey America! [Fox News interview for this at URL]

    12/31/2024 2:39:06 PM PST · by Its All Over Except ... · 29 replies
    X.com ^ | 12/30/24 (7:34 PM) | Evita Duffy-Alfonso
    [Fox News host:] "It's a wonderful life is an all-American classic, it's also my favorite film. It's cherished across the country for almost eighty years now, but fans of the film are livid over Amazon's abridged version of the 1946 film on its streaming service. Amazon cut the Pottersville scene. Evita, so why did Amazon erase this scene, and I guess more important is Jeff Bezos the new Mr Potter?" [Duffy-Alfonso]: "Well let's talk about Mr Potter's version of Bedford Falls. This is a monopolistic system that's based off debt slavery and gambling, prostitution, it's completely devoid of Christian ethics....
  • Which companies have the most employees working on an H-1B visa?

    12/31/2024 2:25:59 PM PST · by cuz1961 · 60 replies
    CBS ^ | 12/3/2024 | By Kate Gibson
    ...The program is capped at 65,000 news visas each year, although an additional 20,000 can be issued...
  • Jeff Bezos saved around $1 billion in taxes by moving to a ‘billionaire bunker’ in Florida

    12/29/2024 6:41:39 PM PST · by SeekAndFind · 36 replies
    Fortune via Yahoo News ^ | 12/29/2024 | Alicia Adamczyk
    Financial experts predicted Jeff Bezos’s move to Florida would pay off handsomely—and they were right. So far, the Amazon founder’s tax savings have been astronomical, worth an estimated $1 billion this year alone. Since his move in early 2024, Bezos has sold an estimated $13.6 billion worth of Amazon stock, according to Forbes. With its lack of not only a state income tax but also a capital gains tax, Florida is much more friendly to billionaires like Bezos who are selling off their assets than his former home state of Washington, which recently enacted a 7% levy on long-term capital...
  • Amazon sparks outrage after cutting important scene from film classic, 'It's a Wonderful Life'

    12/26/2024 4:18:21 PM PST · by grundle · 40 replies
    Fox News via Yahoo ^ | December 26, 2024 | Kendall Tietz
    Fans of the Christmas classic "It’s a Wonderful Life" are livid over Amazon's abridged version of the movie on its streaming service. The 1946 hit film, which follows the life of businessman and banker George Bailey, sparked outrage after Amazon cut a pivotal portion. Amazon's abridged version doesn't include what many consider "the most important scene," known as the "Pottersville scene," in which George wishes he had never been born, prompting his guardian angel to remind him that he needs to earn "his angel wings." Outraged fans said the scene sets up the rest of the movie and, without it,...
  • Will This Be the End of Bond — James Bond?

    12/21/2024 6:18:17 PM PST · by bitt · 76 replies
    https://pjmedia.com ^ | 12/21/2024 | robert spencer
    Ultimately, the bell tolls for everyone, and it may now be tolling for the suavest man ever to hit the big screen. That’s right: we may have seen the last of Agent 007. The James Bond series is currently tangled up in red tape that woke executives have spooled out, and the dashing, unflappable, impeccably dressed, outrageously smooth special agent may finally have reached the end of the line. As we prepare to attend his wake and say some word of sympathy to Miss Moneypenny, however, the real question is this: how has he lasted this long? Fox News reported...
  • Biden Spends Waning Days Of Presidency Dishing Out $1,000,000,000 To Preserve Amazon Rainforest

    12/20/2024 2:22:44 PM PST · by Beowulf9 · 37 replies
    https://www.msn.com ^ | Dec 20 2024 | Nicole Silverio
    President Joe Biden’s administration is dedicating $1 billion to preserve the Ecuadorian Amazon as a means of addressing climate change, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre announced Friday. The president traveled to the Amazon Rainforest in mid-November to announce the United States’ pledge to increase U.S. international climate finance to over $11 billion a year by 2024, according to the U.S. Embassy & Consulates in Brazil. While areas of the U.S. are still suffering from hurricane damages, the press secretary announced that the United States International Development Finance Corporation allocated the $1 billion to “support conservation” of the Amazon, just...
  • Teamsters union launches historic nationwide strike against Amazon: 'Paying the price'

    12/19/2024 10:11:32 AM PST · by Vendome · 39 replies
    Foxnews Business ^ | December 19, 2024 | Elizabeth Pritchett
    Thousands of Amazon workers organized under the Teamsters union went on strike at 6 a.m. Thursday after the company's "repeated refusal to follow the law and bargain." Amazon Teamsters at seven facilities in Skokie, Illinois; New York City; Atlanta; San Francisco; and Southern California are participating in the "largest strike" against the trillion-dollar company in American history, the union said in a news release. Workers at other facilities are prepared to join them. Though Teamsters says it represents about 10,000 people across 10 Amazon facilities in the U.S., the company doesn't recognize workers' affiliation with the union. Amazon says the...
  • Furious customers blast to Amazon workers for throwing Christmas into chaos as they mount largest strike against online retailer during last minute shopping rush

    12/19/2024 6:43:53 AM PST · by Morgana · 41 replies
    Daily Mail UK ^ | December 19, 2024 | Natasha Anderson
    Furious shoppers have blasted Amazon workers for throwing the holidays into chaos by launching the 'largest-ever' strike against the online retailer just six days before Christmas. Workers from seven Amazon facilities across the US walked off the job today in a bid to pressure the company to come to a labor agreement during one of the busiest shopping periods of the year. The International Brotherhood of Teamsters says it represents nearly 10,000 workers at 10 Amazon facilities, though it is not clear how many people will participate in the walkout. Teamsters boss Sean O'Brien has told customers to 'blame Amazon's...
  • Amazon workers go on strike in US ahead of Christmas rush as union seeks contract talks

    12/19/2024 3:31:19 AM PST · by NautiNurse · 33 replies
    Reuters ^ | 19 December 2024 | Reuters
    (Reuters) - Amazon.com workers at seven U.S. facilities walked off the job early on Thursday during the holiday shopping rush, aiming to pressure the retailer into contract talks with their union. Warehouse workers in cities including New York, Atlanta and San Francisco are taking part in the "largest" strike against Amazon, said the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, which represents about 10,000 workers at 10 of the firm's facilities. "If your package is delayed during the holidays, you can blame Amazon's insatiable greed," Teamsters' General President Sean O'Brien said late on Wednesday. [Snip] Amazon said it does not expect any impact...
  • Prime Knee Bending: Jeff Bezos’ Amazon Plans $1 Million Donation to Trump’s Inauguration

    12/13/2024 9:31:36 AM PST · by ChicagoConservative27 · 24 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 12/13/2024 | Lucas Nolan
    Amazon is planning a $1 million donation to president-elect Donald Trump’s inaugural fund, as founder Jeff Bezos and other tech leaders shore up ties with the incoming administration. The Wall Street Journal reports that the donation is being prepared as Jeff Bezos, Amazon’s executive chairman, is slated to visit Donald Trump next week at his private Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, according to people familiar with the matter. Bezos and the company decided on the contribution earlier this week and communicated it to Trump’s team. “Bezos is donating through Amazon,” according to a person close to Bezos.
  • Amazon Announces Supercomputer, New Server Powered by Homegrown AI Chips as Alternative to Nvidia

    12/09/2024 9:05:03 AM PST · by SeekAndFind · 19 replies
    Wall Street Journal ^ | 12/07/2024 | Belle Lin
    Amazon’s cloud computing arm Amazon Web Services Tuesday announced plans for an “Ultracluster,” a massive AI supercomputer made up of hundreds of thousands of its homegrown Trainium chips, as well as a new server, the latest efforts by its AI chip design lab based in Austin, Texas. The chip cluster will be used by the AI startup Anthropic, in which the retail and cloud-computing giant recently invested an additional $4 billion. The cluster, called Project Rainier, will be located in the U.S. When ready in 2025, it will be one of the largest in the world for training AI models,...
  • Jeff Bezos goes MAGA as Amazon billionaire gushes over 'calmer, more confident' president-elect and pledges to 'help him' in second term

    12/05/2024 5:28:20 AM PST · by vespa300 · 40 replies
    Daily Mail UK ^ | 12/05/2024 | Stephen LaPore
    Jeff Bezos said he was 'optimistic' about President-elect Donald Trump's second term on Wednesday and even plans to 'help him' achieve their shared goals. The Amazon founder was often seen as antagonistic toward Trump during his first go around in the White House. However, Bezos expressed some excitement about potential regulatory cutbacks in the coming years.
  • Jeff Bezos says he wants to be Donald Trump's ally

    12/04/2024 7:56:05 PM PST · by MinorityRepublican · 43 replies
    Business Insider ^ | Dec 4, 2024 | Peter Kafka
    Some people are very worried about the coming Trump administration. Jeff Bezos is not one of them. Or, more accurately, the world's second-richest man says he's not worried about Trump 2.0, even though Trump has singled him out in the past. And Bezos says he could be a Trump ally because he wants to help the next president cut red tape. "I'm actually very optimistic this time around," he said at The New York Times's DealBook conference on Wednesday. "I'm very hopeful. He seems to have a lot of energy around reducing regulation. And my point of view [is], if...
  • I see two main issues here: 1) Amazon is committing fraud by not giving Prime customers the delivery time that they paid for. 2) The city of Washington D.C. has failed to do its job of protecting people from criminals.

    12/04/2024 9:41:15 AM PST · by grundle · 39 replies
    Wordpress ^ | December 4, 2024 | Daniel Alman (aka Dan from Squirrel Hill)
    CNBC just reported the following:https://www.cnbc.com/2024/12/04/amazon-sued-by-dc-ag-over-excluding-areas-from-prime-delivery.htmlAmazon sued by DC attorney general for allegedly excluding neighborhoods from Prime deliveryDecember 4, 2024Washington, D.C.’s attorney general sued Amazonon Wednesday, accusing the company of covertly depriving residents in certain ZIP codes in the nation’s capital from access to Prime’s high-speed delivery.The lawsuit from AG Brian Schwalb alleges that, since 2022, Amazon has “secretly excluded” two “historically underserved” D.C. ZIP codes from its expedited delivery service while charging Prime members living there the full subscription price. Amazon’s Prime membership program costs $139 a year and includes perks like two-day shipping and access to streaming content.“Amazon is...
  • What is a brushing scam? Experts are warning consumers about QR code fraud

    11/29/2024 5:03:02 PM PST · by nickcarraway · 37 replies
    NBC Los Angeles ^ | November 27, 2024 | Benjamin Gamson
    Experts urge consumers to keep an eye on packages they never orderedThe U.S. Postal Service has warned about the scam in the past, which uses unexpected gifts delivered to a doorstep to lure victims. Brushing scams are an emerging threat to unsuspecting consumers as Black Friday shopping begins. The first type of the scam begins when fraudsters gain information such as a name and home address. From there, scammers will set up an Amazon account with the victim’s information and send a package to the targeted person’s home with no return address. “Once you have signed to confirm receipt of...