The takedown of Parler by the cabal of Google, Apple, and Amazon Web Services (AWS), joined by other vendors who now are afraid to deal with Parler, is one of the most dangerous moments for internet freedom.
The claim that Parler represents some unique risk to public safety is a lie driven by politics

The takedown of Parler, currently in progress, is one of most chilling and ominous signs that this country is heading to a very bad place, a lot worse than we have seen.
Chicago Teachers Union Berated for Supporting Guillotine in Front of Bezos’s House

When a guillotine was placed in front of Amazon boss Jeff Bezos’s house, the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) approved of the display: “We are completely frightened by, completely impressed by and completely in support of wherever this is headed. #Solidarity.”
But did the union use the royal we? Some CTU members went...
Seattle Council Member Calls for Overthrow of ‘Racist, Sexist, Violent, Utterly Bankrupt System of Capitalism’

Seattle Councilwoman Ksghama Sawant, socialist, went on a crazy rant against Amazon after the council passed a payroll tax on big businesses.
Sawant is basically a female Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT). No private businesses, housing, etc.
No HBO Max? Consumers Push Gone With the Wind to the top Spot on Amazon Prime

I use my Apple TV when I work out and noticed Gone With the Wind at the top of the home menu.
A quick Google search told me what I suspected. HBO Max temporarily pulled Gone With the Wind so consumers went to Amazon and Apple.
Almost 1,000 Employees at Amazon in Seattle to Stage Walkout for Climate Change

On September 20th, almost a thousand employees at Amazon in Seattle are planning to walk off the job to protest the company’s lack of action on climate change. The event is being timed to coincide with the appearance of teen climate activist Greta Thunberg at the United Nations.
Amazon Charges College Student Over $3,000 for Overdue Rented Book

This is absurd. The student was unwise to not return it on time but $3,000? Really? At least they got a refund.
WVLT News reports:
Amazon charges college student more than $3,000 for overdue book
A Delaware college student tried to save money by renting a textbook from Amazon, but...
Congress, DOJ Launch Antitrust Investigation Into Big Tech Monopolies, Business Practices

The House Judiciary Committee announced on Monday that it would launch an antitrust investigation into big technology like Google, Amazon, Facebook, and Apple.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) also announced their own investigation into these companies.
Amazon’s Bezos Supports Trump’s Moon Mission Plans While Revealing His Plans for Lunar Lander

It looks like Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has planned to expand his firm’s delivery range.
The entrepreneur unveiled a mockup of a lunar lander built by his Blue Origin rocket company. Bezos also announced his support for the Trump administration’s renewed push to establish a lunar outpost in just five years.
The world’s...
Free Speech Coalition to Amazon: Stop Using Discredited SPLC ‘Hate Map’ Against Charitable Conservative Orgs

A coalition of free speech advocates have taken on Amazon over their use of the Southern Poverty Law Center’s “hate group” standards when deciding which organizations they will include in their Smile charitable donation program.
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Unions, Democrats Plead With Amazon in Open Letter to Return to NYC

Unions and Democrat politicians asked Amazon to come back to Long Island City, Queens, in an open letter in The New York Times. They wrote:
New Yorkers do not want to give up on the 25,000 permanent jobs, 11,000 union construction and maintenance jobs, and $28 billion in new tax revenues that...
Amazon, Others Rip Into Ocasio-Cortez After Company Flees NYC Deal, Taking 25k Jobs With It

Yesterday I blogged about Amazon skipping out on New York City, which gave Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) a victory.
Now Amazon, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, Gov. Chris Cuomo, and o...
Ocasio-Cortez Victory: Amazon Won’t Build Headquarters in New York City

Amazon announced today that it will not build a second headquarters in New York City.
This is a political victory for Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez who opposed the deal, but that victory may be short-lived. Though the campus would not have been...
24 Amazon Workers in New Jersey Hospitalized After Robot Sprays Them With Bear Repellent

Has no one seen I, Robot?!
On Wednesday, one of the robots in the Amazon warehouse in New Jersey accidentally punctured a can of bear repellent, which sent 24 people to the hospital. The spray affected 54 people total.
Amazon employees seek to deplatform Palantir – founded by Peter Thiel – from Amazon cloud

Amazon employees have circulated a letter demanding that Jeff Bezos cancel sales of facial recognition software to ICE in protest of zero tolerance policies as to illegal border crossers. Those arrests have resulted in some children being temporarily separated from their arrested parents (as happens whenever U.S. citizens are arrested...
#DearJeffBezos: We request @Amazon donate the money it took from us to struggling WaPo employees

When Amazon s***canned us from the Amazon Associates program, it made a point to tell us it was holding back and would not pay us any money we had accumulated as referral fees:
“…...
This is my *shocked* face: Amazon turns over policing of its charity program to SPLC

We got kicked out of the Amazon Associates program for reasons that remain unknown.
Amazon told us that its “criteria” used to kick us out were proprietary. Amazon would not provide evidence of our alleged Operating Agreement violations to us or to...