Millions of Amazon settlement checks credit Trump ahead of the midterms - POLITICO

“I am not aware of any pre-Trump instance of the communication to the consumer receiving payment mentioning the name of a president,” Stephen Calkins, a law professor at Wayne State University and a former general counsel at the FTC from 1995 to 1997, told POLITICO. “Making such a claim is unseemly and unfortunate. I regret very much that this once-proud independent agency is now being used to promote the Trump brand.”…

 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/10/21/amazon-trump-midterms-settlement-01130666

 

The Hidden Cost of Amazon Prime Day

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/eZIgo1PaG1c

 

It's time Amazon played by the same rules as everyone else

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91DoiansHqk 

 

‘We were at their mercy’: inside the Amazon tactics that hiked prices across the internet

Internal emails revealed in court and interviews with ex-employees describe how Amazon’s practices drove up prices for competitors like Walmart and Target. Amazon denies price-fixing claims and says it works to lower costs for consumers…

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/jul/21/amazon-tactics-prices

 

Emails show Amazon colluding with other firms to raise prices, California authorities allege Inbox

“The evidence uncovered today is clear as day: Amazon is working to make your life more unaffordable,” Bonta said in a statement. “The company is price fixing, colluding with vendors and other retailers to raise costs for Americans beyond what the market requires – beyond what is fair.”…

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/apr/20/amazon-sellers-price-raises-california

 

Newly unsealed records reveal Amazon’s price-fixing tactics, California attorney general claims

Exclusive: A trove of previously redacted documents was filed as part of the tech giant’s anti-trust battle with the state of California. Amazon denies it engages in price-fixing…

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/apr/16/amazon-price-fixing-california-lawsuit

 

Meta AI agent’s instruction causes large sensitive data leak to employees

This breach is one of several recent high-profile incidents caused by the increasing use of AI agents within US tech companies. Last month, a report from the Financial Times said Amazon experienced at least two outages related to the deployment of its internal AI tools. 

More than half a dozen Amazon employees later spoke to the Guardian about the company's haphazard push to integrate AI into all elements of their work, leading, they said, to glaring errors, sloppy code and reduced productivity...

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/mar/20/meta-ai-agents-instruction-causes-large-sensitive-data-leak-to-employees

 

Amazon's tax bill plunges after GOP tax cuts - POLITICO

The 87 percent drop is largely due to a more generous depreciation break in the 'One Big Beautiful Bill Act.'…

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/06/amazon-emerges-a-big-winner-from-gop-tax-cuts-00768985

 

‘This is a hostile and political act’: White House slams Amazon amid tariff shakeup - POLITICO

Amazon is reportedly considering listing how much tariffs are adding to the price of items...

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/29/tariff-amazon-donald-trump-00315053 

 

What Jeff Bezos Doesn't Want You to Know

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/uivZrRppto8

Kindle has a big problem, so I'm leaving it behind.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwU5xkXj7Kw

Amazon Is Fined Nearly $6 Million Over Warehouse Work Quotas - The New York Times

"If you don't scan enough items you will get written up," said the worker, Carrie Stone. "This happened to me. I got written up for not making rate. They said I missed by one point, but I didn't even know what the target was."

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/18/business/economy/amazon-california-productivity-quota.html

Amazon, SpaceX and other companies are arguing the government agency that has protected labor rights since 1935 is actually unconstitutional

Amazon, SpaceX, Starbucks and Trader Joe's have all respondedt o allegations that they have violated labor laws with the same bold argument. The National Labor Relations Board, they assert in several ongoing legal proceedings, is unconstitutional.

https://theconversation.com/amazon-spacex-and-other-companies-are-arguing-the-government-agency-that-has-protected-labor-rights-since-1935-is-actually-unconstitutional-225611

https://theconversation.com/amazon-spacex-and-other-companies-are-arguing-the-government-agency-that-has-protected-labor-rights-since-1935-is-actually-unconstitutional-225611

The $50K Scam: F.T.C., C.I.A. and Amazon Weigh In on NY Magazine’s Charlotte Cowles - The New York Times

"Do not call numbers sent over text or email or found in online search results," Mr. Gillman added. And if someone suggests that you download or install Amazon customer service software, don't...

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/16/your-money/scam-new-york-magazine-amazon-ftc-cia.html

This Prime Video Activation Scam is Getting SCARY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eWPb4inMNQ

How Amazon Is Ripping You Off | Robert Reich

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdigPcyrQNk

Donald Trump Jr. is banking on PublicSquare, a MAGA alternative to Amazon

The company, which counts Donald Trump Jr. among its champions and investors, pitches itself as a right-wing alternative to Amazon, where conservative consumers can vote with their dollars and buy goods from businesses that claim to oppose liberal values, from diversity initiatives to supporting abortion rights...

https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/maga-amazon-alternative-publicsquare-rcna127418

Drivers for Amazon unionized, were fired and are now picketing around US

The online retail giant has terminated its contract with a California delivery contractor and denies it is the drivers' joint employer…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/nov/13/amazon-drivers-union-fired-strike

Exhausted Amazon staff fight back against retail giant at global UK summit

"These digital monopolists are not smarter than people who cornered markets before. They're not wizards or geniuses. They're the same sharp operators we've always had, operating with less constraint and more powerful tools."…

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/oct/22/exhausted-amazon-staff-fight-back-against-retail-giant-at-global-uk-summit

Revealed: Amazon linked to trafficking of workers in Saudi Arabia

Dozens of contract workers at Amazon warehouses say they were tricked into toiling and living in grueling, squalid conditions…

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/oct/10/amazon-trafficking-links-claims-saudi-arabia-workers-abuses