Tag: Jeff Bezos
Amazon walks back tariff transparency plan after Trump calls Bezos
After reports surfaced that Amazon might show consumers how much tariffs contribute to product prices, Trump intervened personally—and the plan was scrapped within hours.
Looming fascism and the question of hope
Let’s make the most of it, no matter how much hope we have. What we need most of all is not optimism, but determination.
Bezos and Musk vs. workers
These corporations win this fight only if the public doesn’t know what’s happening.
New era of inequality: Billionaires pay less in taxes than the...
Economist Gabriel Zucman's analysis reveals that for the first time, U.S. billionaires have a lower effective tax rate than working-class Americans, sparking a renewed debate on wealth tax.
Bezos’ billionaire bunker move: A tax-saving masterstroke
This relocation to an area known as the "Billionaire Bunker" for its exclusivity and high-profile residents marks a strategic shift in Bezos' personal and financial domicile.
Jeff Bezos’ housing hypocrisy: Millions to fight homelessness, more to fuel...
While Jeff Bezos donates to fight homelessness, his investment in single-family homes raises alarms about exacerbating the housing crisis.
Bezos praises Manchin for blocking Biden’s corporate tax hike
"Biden's plan was to make billionaires and corporations pay their fair share in taxes, and use that money to help families," said one critic. "Of course a billionaire owner of a $1.1 trillion corporation doesn't like that."
Jeff ‘Space Cowboy’ Bezos
Space flights used to achieve scientific purpose. Now they're a rich man's carnival ride.
Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, and you. Which one pays taxes?
Leaked IRS data shows just how little billionaires pay in taxes.
Musk’s and Bezos’s great escape
It’s understandable that the super wealthy might wish to escape the gravitational pull of the rest of us. But there’s really no escape.
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Losing face, losing the base, losing the midterm race—a tidal trifecta
Though daring MAGA lies seem tidal,/ Denying outcomes suicidal.
UN inquiry says Israel deliberately targeted Palestinian children in Gaza
A new UN Commission report details more than 20,000 children killed, tens of thousands injured, attacks on hospitals and schools, and evidence that Palestinian children were treated not as collateral damage, but as targets.
Why Biden’s debate disaster two years ago matters for the future
Looking ahead, a great need will be to overcome the ongoing culture of conformity that so badly damaged the Democratic Party in 2024 and helped Trump get back into the White House.
Addicted to war?
War Fever, Trump-Style.
Bipartisan bill introduced in House to ban use of pesticide paraquat in US agriculture
The bill would "direct the Environmental Protection Agency to cancel all existing paraquat registrations, revoke any tolerances permitting paraquat residue in food, and ban the sale and use of existing stocks upon enactment."