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  • Amazon to add 3.5% surcharge on third-party sellers as Iran war drives up fuel prices

    04/03/2026 3:44:00 PM PDT · by Responsibility2nd · 38 replies
    ABC/AP ^ | 04/02/2026 | By ANNE D'INNOCENZIO AP retail writer
    NEW YORK -- Amazon is slapping a 3.5% fuel and logistics surcharge on third-party sellers using its platform starting later this month amid a spike in fuel prices since the war in Iran started. The temporary charge is effective April 17 for many of the sellers who use Amazon’s fulfillment services, the online behemoth confirmed to The Associated Press in an email Thursday. “Elevated costs in fuel and logistics have increased the cost of operating across the industry,” Amazon said in the emailed statement. The Seattle-based company said it has absorbed these increases so far but similar to other major...
  • Trump says it's 'not possible' for the U.S. to pay for Medicaid, Medicare and daycare: 'We’re fighting wars'

    04/02/2026 9:28:07 AM PDT · by Kleon · 79 replies
    NBC News ^ | April 2, 2026 | Eleanor Skelly, Alexandra Marquez, Tara Prindiville and Sarah Dean
    President Donald Trump on Wednesday said it's "not possible" for the federal government to fund Medicare, Medicaid and child care costs, arguing that it should be up to the states to "take care" of those programs while the federal government focuses on military spending.
  • Carville: The Only Way to Save Democracy Is to Rig the System So Much that Republicans Always Lose

    08/10/2025 12:02:27 PM PDT · by MtnClimber · 67 replies
    Hot Air ^ | 9 Aug, 2025 | David Strom
    Nothing says "saving democracy" and "preserving norms" like totally rigging the system. It's like calling sterilizing and mutilating children "care." A complete inversion of reality wrapped up in comforting words. Since at least 2016, the Democrats have focused all their attention on rigging elections, both within their own party and for the electorate as a whole. As the Democrats have seen their coalition disintegrate, they have responded by employing ever more Byzantine tactics to ensure victory. Not that victories have been ensured, yet...they have only stacked the deck in their favor...so they move on to the next step. Let's take...
  • VIDEO: Rand outraged by Tariffs on the Senate floor: "We're here today because ONE person wants to raise taxes ... "

    04/03/2025 4:30:27 AM PDT · by RandFan · 102 replies
    X ^ | April 3 | Young Americans for Liberty
    @YALiberty “One person is not allowed to raise taxes—the constitution forbids it.” @SenRandPaul slams Trump’s tariffs as unconstitutional, calling them a tax on Americans— and he’s right.