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Howard County police release surveillance video in effort to identify suspect in gas station shooting: wbaltv.com/article/columb…

Amazon just got caught running a secret price manipulation operation with Levi's, Home Depot, Walmart, and many more. Every time you "comparison shopped" online, you were looking at prices that were already rigged. Here's what happened: Amazon would monitor prices on Walmart, Target, Best Buy, Home Depot, and Chewy in real time. The second a competitor listed a product cheaper than Amazon, they'd contact the brand directly and tell them to "fix it." And the exact emails are now PUBLIC. Amazon sent Levi's links to two Walmart listings with the subject line "styles of concern." They basically said the prices on Walmart are too low and we have a problem. The next day, Levi's responded: "I talked to Walmart and they have partnered with us to take Easy Khaki Classic fit back up to ladder SPP price, $29.99 immediately." Levi's literally called Walmart and told them to raise the price. Because Amazon told Levi's to make the call. Walmart complied. Then Amazon matched the HIGHER price. Both retailers ended up charging more. The customer paid extra. Nobody competed. Same playbook with Hanes: Amazon sent them links showing Target and Walmart prices were lower. Hanes confirmed they "reached out to Target and Walmart to have the prices increased." Target increased the prices. Walmart increased the prices. Amazon kept their margins. But it gets even worse... Amazon told Allergan (the company that makes eye drops) that their product was "suppressed" on Amazon because it was cheaper on another site. Allergan responded: "Walmart got their price back up to $16.99." Amazon then unsuppressed the listing. They did this with pet treats on Chewy. Furniture on Home Depot. Products across dozens of categories spanning YEARS. The mechanism is simple but terrifying: If you're a brand and you sell cheaper on Walmart than on Amazon, Amazon suppresses your product, removes you from the Buy Box, buries you in search results, and effectively makes you invisible to 300 million customers. Brands can't afford that. So they call Walmart and Target and say "raise your prices or we'll lose our Amazon listings." Walmart and Target comply because they need the brand's products. Amazon captures 40 cents of every dollar spent online in America. That gives them the leverage to set prices across THE ENTIRE internet. Not just their own platform. So turns out, you were never comparison shopping. You were looking at a coordinated price floor set by Amazon through backroom phone calls between brands and their competitors. "Amazon is working to make your life more unaffordable." 3 separate antitrust trials are now scheduled for 2027. The FTC has its own case. 18 states plus the DOJ are piling on. This is literally happening during the WORST affordability crisis in a generation. Groceries up 25% since 2020. Housing unaffordable. Wages flat. And the largest ecommerce company on Earth has been secretly coordinating with brands to make sure you can't find a cheaper price ANYWHERE. "Competition" in retail is just a fantasy.

To conserve power, engineers at @NASAJPL have turned off an instrument on Voyager 1 – but the science continues! Voyager 1 has two remaining science instruments – one that listens to plasma waves and one that measures magnetic fields. Learn more: science.nasa.gov/blogs/voyager/

🚨 Voyager 1 now only has two instruments still operating • One that listens to plasma waves and one that measures magnetic fields — the rest have been turned off to conserve power • It's been flying through space for almost 49 years • It's expected to reach a full light-day away around November 2026 — roughly 16B miles away

discovery ought to be a blast on this

it's a big con game... guess who the losers are

I’m posting the video of what Virginia Beach is actually doing under this so-called “emergency” curfew. Meet my new client. Sgt. Michael Barker—a disabled combat veteran of the Global War on Terror who served with the 3rd Infantry Division in Iraq. After his service, he continued serving his community as a harm reduction instructor and started a small independent journalism page to help people understand their rights. He went to the Oceanfront to document the City’s response to these curfew laws, identified himself as a journalist, and was told he needed “credentials” that don’t exist in the ordinance. When he refused to produce ID on demand, he was arrested. He is now facing a class 1 misdemeanor punishable up to 1 year in jail and a $2500 fine. He spent the evening in jail in handcuffs. You don’t have to have “papers” to be press. Not under the law and certainly not under the illegal ordinance passed by VB City Council. If CNN was there - the police would have been a-ok. Sgt Barker is there - he gets cuffed and stuffed. What happens next? I beat his curfew charge (pro bono). Then a civil action against the city for this nonsense curfew. FAFO.

@WinterFangs @X @elonmusk Its insane!

@sgeb0 @X @elonmusk Same here!

fucking x wiped out my data so i now this update is like starting all over again with a new account? bullshit. fixit @X @elonmusk or i'm outta here

x update today sucks big time. @elonmusk @X

@docMJP Russiagate is perfect content for X posts, cable news segments, and congressional hearings. Pure political theater and zero accountability.

This is an actual photo from today of @MassieforKY shaking Ed Gallrein’s hand at a local library event before their debate. Massie took dozens of questions for 90 minutes. I'm disappointed that Ed didn't show up and that imaginary Ed didn't even stand up to shake Massie’s hand. Is Ed ever going to debate Massie?

Blue Origin New Glenn launch is on hold. Seems like Blue Origin got a little bit ahead of today's launch hold... @NASA @blueorigin @SpaceflightNow

@poet808 @megynkelly @SECGov U.S. regulators including the CFTC are already examining similar well-timed oil futures trades from March and April 2026 that generated potential profits when prices fell post-announcement.

@megynkelly @SECGov Did you verify that this is true before reposting? Or do you just take what is said on CNN as gospel?

This must be investigated @SECGov

Weird... boxes of liquor on the plane, whiskey bar constructed with government funds in his office, being woken up by security because he was missing meetings... All reported by FBI agents concerned about the behavior in July last year.

@FitzMofor9A @DNC It's kind of hard to have a surplus when they steal more than they have.

@realtimsharp It can happen quickly once legal and political guardrails stop being enforced. perhaps in months or a few years. hell, we might already be there.

If the government doesn’t need a warrant to spy on you, how long before they don’t need a valid reason to arrest you?

How do you qualify 7,252 applicants in 13 hours? Who — or what — is doing the vetting?

@SecDuffy wow @SecDuffy 7,252 “qualified” in 13 hours? That’s either the fastest vetting process in history or “qualified” means something very different than it used to. Which is it?

🚨 TRUMP ADMIN BREAKS U.S. RECORD FOR HIRING EFFORT FOR AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS 🚨 In just 13 HOURS: 8,004 Americans applied to join our controller ranks — that’s over 10 applications EVERY MINUTE! EVEN BETTER, 7,252 applicants are qualified! This is now the FASTEST application pace in AMERICAN HISTORY for Air Traffic Controllers ✈️ Did you know… the @FAANews has been recruiting controllers since 1958 —  67 YEARS AGO? Today interest in joining has never been HIGHER We’re just getting started! Applications are still open — apply here: usajobs.gov/job/859211100

@MDGOP what was the fraud? posting a link to a paywalled article is lazy

A huge part of your electric bills are fees from the state that go to the EmPOWER Program. Republicans pushed hard to cut these fees and lower your bills, but Democrats blocked the efforts. Now, it turns out there was major fraud in this failed program: baltimoresun.com/2026/04/15/mil…