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Amazon’s Pay to Play

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Jeff Bezos is serving Master Trump because Trump gives him free reign to do what he wants to his workforce. For Amazon, this “Who’s the boss?” arrangement offers a liability shield against complaints both involving workers (auto accidents) and brought by them (wage theft). It’s also made it...
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Trump and Elon take beef

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Another hearty round of congratulations to the Burger Too Exponsive voters who put Trump over the top: A devastating parasite is threatening to upend President Donald Trump’s efforts to lower beef prices ahead of November’s midterms. The New World screwworm, which often kills untreated livestock, has...
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Election of the Weekend IV: Peru

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A pretty classic and straightforward Left vs Right presidential runoff today in Peru. Less than 30% of Peruvians voted for Keiko Fujimori, daughter of former right wing president Albert Fujimori, and Roberto Sanchez, formerly a close ally of disgraced and imprisoned former left wing president Pedro...
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Off the deep end

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If you want to see what right wing populism actually looks like in its pure form, take a look at a governor's race in a state like Colorado, where the Democratic candidate is going to win the general election by fifteen or twenty points. The leading...
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