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Maybe not a popular take but I am calling for this guy to be pardoned. Unless the DOJ plans on going after all the crooks in congress currently insider trading, this is simply skewed justice. There is no “justice” when guys like this get the book thrown at him yet members are illegally profiting every day. I don’t agree with what he did and he should be required to disgorge all the profits however, unless the DOJ plans on doing Congress next, this is not justice.

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.

Claude Design makes me want to get the higher limit plan very badly but for what ? 5 more prompts 🤣I ran out of usage limit after ONE prompt creating my brand’s design language

my woke take is the convo around them would be much different if they were black

@TheDunkCentral Awards being based only on the regular season makes no sense for a lot of reasons

Bill Simmons admits that the play-in games impacted his awards voting. “The play-in did change my 6MOY vote. I had Jaquez over Keldon Johnson, but then Miami lost on Wednesday, and I was just like, ‘I’m going to have the 6MOY on a team that couldn’t get to the last round of the play-in?’ I switched it. That’s the league’s fault. They should’ve made us vote before the play-in game.” (h/t @HeatCulture13 )

Not a single American outlet has bothered to touch this very obvious story. It’s clear there are things they are not allowed to cover and the mainstream media and press dutifully obeys.

I just paid 30 dollars to see my 13 year old play basketball. Youth sports are broken

I don’t get how the season 1 finale isn’t the unanimous best episode in the series, nothing else has come close to the emotional weight of that episode

The mind creates your reality and the placebo effect is one of the largest pieces of evidence

I need to buy a stainless steel pan and make a skirt steak with eggs and a smoothie every morning. The simplest and healthiest breakfast there is.

If we don’t let athletes bet on games they can influence, why in the hell do we let Congress invest in the companies they regulate?

$760M short on oil. Placed 20 minutes before the Hormuz announcement. This is the 3rd time. March 23: $500M short — 15 minutes before Trump delayed Iran strikes. Oil dropped 15%. April 7: $950M short — hours before the US-Iran ceasefire. April 17: $760M short — 20 minutes before Hormuz declared open. The CFTC is investigating. The ‘peace trade’ was sold to retail. Someone else got out first. Who knew?

Absolute banging advice from Claude

@Luke524229 @larrybird16900 @Pound4our4Pound @boxingscene Guys always try to disqualify someone’s opinions based on what they assume to be true about someone. Isn’t Ring Magazine in collaboration with Dana White reducing down to just 8 weight classes? 3 lbs means nothing to the fight, only to the weight cutting.

@thats_roy @larrybird16900 @Pound4our4Pound @boxingscene Lmao a 12-20 pound range, I see you don’t fight

🚨Breaking News Jesse "Bam" Rodriguez has Confirmed that he will face Antonio Vargas for the WBA 118lb title on June 13 in the Greater Phoenix area‼️ Per: @boxingscene #Boxing

@Luke524229 @larrybird16900 @Pound4our4Pound @boxingscene Eh at the end of the day, 3 lbs is still 3 lbs. Weight classes need to be lessened in boxing, and that would lessen the dramatic effects of minor weight differences. If every weight class had a 12-20 lb range, 3 lbs wouldn’t mean anything.

@thats_roy @larrybird16900 @Pound4our4Pound @boxingscene If you knew how much that weight meant to those guys you wouldn’t be saying that

@Luke524229 @larrybird16900 @Pound4our4Pound @boxingscene Why tf is there a weight class for 115 and 118? What is going on with boxing? 3 lbs??? Very stupid in my opinion.

@larrybird16900 @Pound4our4Pound @boxingscene Been fighting at 115 for for the last 2 and a half years

@BambinoShopify How? Dynamic checkout on my theme only adds one button, depending on the device (i.e Apple Pay for Apple devices, shop pay for those with Shop accounts, etc.)

To reach even more customers, you can add multiple buttons, it's possible 👌

The average person isn’t physically active enough to be eating full 3 meals a day

The New Rolex DateJust ombré

A new report from the University of California shows that the state's decision to raise the minimum wage for fast food workers to $20/hr didn’t hurt jobs, or raise prices much. Data from over 2,000 restaurants shows that the $20/hr minimum wage didn’t reduce employment. And prices only increased 1.5%. So a $4 burger would now be $4.06. At the same time, hundreds of thousands of workers got substantial raises, with the average raise registering at more than 10%. capitalandmain.com/despite-apocal…