Tag: Amazon

Marco Rubio Endorses Amazon Workers Unionization, Tells Business Community to Stop Taking Republicans for Granted

Republican Florida Sen. Marco Rubio threw his weight of support behind the Amazon workers attempting to unionize at a Bessemer, Alabama warehouse. Rubio endorsed the Bessemer warehouse workers’ effort to unionize in a USA Today editorial Friday morning, in which he sharply criticized Amazon. Rubio said the retail giant, which has fought hard against the…


GOP Reps Demand Amazon Answers to Allegations of Censorship Against Conservative Viewpoints

Two Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee are asking Amazon to answer to allegations of “systemic viewpoint-based discrimination” against conservative viewpoints. In a letter to current Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, Reps. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) and Ken Buck (R-Colo.) requested that the prominent cloud services provider turn over documents and information on its alleged censorship activities. “Big Tech,…


House Judiciary GOP Leaders Demand Amazon Answers to Allegations of Censorship Against Conservative Viewpoints

Two Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee are asking Amazon to answer to allegations of “systemic viewpoint-based discrimination” against conservative viewpoints. In a letter to current Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, Reps. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) and Ken Buck (R-Colo.) requested that the prominent cloud services provider turn over documents and information on its alleged censorship activities. “Big Tech,…


Communist Tactics to Force Self-Censorship Sweeping America

News Analysis While many Americans worry about ever-increasing censorship, those responsible for it have managed to amplify its effect by creating a climate of self-censorship. Due to the psychological mechanisms of self-censorship, a single account blocked, a single video deleted, or a book banned can result in a broad chilling of speech. Important policy debates…


Parler Files New Lawsuit Against Amazon, Says Tech Giant Tried to ‘Destroy’ App

Social media company Parler filed a new lawsuit against Amazon Web Services on Tuesday and accused the Seattle-based tech giant of attempting to destroy its business after the Capitol riots on Jan. 6. Parler accused Amazon of a breach of contract, defamation, and anticompetitive behavior. Amazon Web Services (AWS) terminated Parler’s hosting contract and alleged…


Parler Drops Lawsuit Against Amazon for Pushing It Offline Following Capitol Riots

Alternative social media website Parler dropped its lawsuit against Amazon for pushing it offline following the Jan. 6 Capitol riots and former President Donald Trump’s Twitter ban. Parler was offline for more than a month before the website came back in February. According to court documents filed on Tuesday, Parler dropped its case that alleged…


NTD Business Full Broadcast (Mar. 1)

President Biden posts a video supporting workers trying to unionize. Is he talking to Amazon employees? Digital payments rise above in-store cash payments for the first time ever. Are we entering a cashless future? The World Economic Forum makes another public relations blunder. It had to take down its latest Great Reset video because of…


Amazon Quietly Bans Books Containing Undefined ‘Hate Speech’

Amazon has adopted a rule against books that contain anything the company labels as “hate speech.” It appears there was no announcement of the new rule. It was only noticed by media after the online retailer recently banned a book that criticizes transgender ideology. It’s not clear what Amazon means by “hate speech” or even…


 Amazon Fresh Store Opens in Fullerton 

A new Amazon Fresh grocery store opened in Fullerton Feb. 25, marking the tenth Fresh store in the nation, and the second in Orange County. The high-tech grocery store moved into 1100 S. Harbor Boulevard, the previous site of a Toys R Us store. It is across the street from the city’s Costco and a block away from Spout’s Farmers Market….


Opinion: An Amazon Book Burning

Commentary Book burning has always been a crucial ingredient of totalitarianism. In the 1930s the German Student Union infamously made bonfires from books considered antithetical to National Socialism. Similarly, the zealots who executed Mao Zedong’s Cultural Revolution destroyed books opposed to the diktats of Chinese Communism. The United States hasn’t been immune to suppressing ideas…