Executives of Blue Origin briefly met with Trump within hours after paper spiked endorsement of Harris

Executives of Blue Origin briefly met with Trump within hours after paper spiked endorsement of Harris

The multi-billionaire owner of the Washington Post, Jeff Bezos, continued facing criticism throughout the weekend because executives from his aerospace company met with Donald Trump on the same day the newspaper prevented its editorial team from publishing an endorsement of his opponent in the US presidential election.

Senior news and opinion leaders at the Washington Post flew to Miami in late September 2024 to meet with Bezos, who had reservations about the paper issuing an endorsement in the 5 November election, the New York Times reported.

Amazon and the space exploration company Blue Origin are among Bezos-owned business that still compete for lucrative federal government contracts.

And the Post on Friday announced it would not endorse a candidate in the 5 November election after its editorial board had already drafted its endorsement of Kamala Harris.

  • Tiefling IRL@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    181·
    17 days ago

    I wish it was easier to shop local :/

    I’m not even in the middle of nowhere, I’m in a city. But it’s so hard to get anything that can’t be found at a dollar store.

    • Elextra@literature.cafe
      111·
      17 days ago

      I went without Prime for >1 year. I just online shopped directly from manufacturer if I can and paid shipping if free shipping not available. I minimized use of amazon only if I had $35 in my cart for the free shipping.

      However, I know I am privileged enough to do so.

      I honestly would encourage everyone not to have Prime though. Its like what $150+ now for a year? Save that money and wait until your cart is $35. If you cannot wait, you can pay for shipping (assuming $7) x20+ times before you make up price of that $150 for Prime.

    • ImADifferentBird@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      71·
      17 days ago

      One of the reasons I love my town is there is a great, thriving small business culture. It’s relatively easy to shop local for a lot of things.

      That said, it can be expensive, and there are certainly things it’s not easy to find locally, so sometimes I do, unfortunately, turn to Amazon. But I try to minimize it.

    • grrgyle@slrpnk.net
      4·
      17 days ago

      I haven’t used Amazon in over 5 years now. Unless you’ve got some truly critical equipment that is only available through their platform, then it’s just a matter of buying from other sources, or in most cases, not at all.

      I just think back to the 90s, where I wasn’t able to get literally anything I wanted unless I went to a big city. Somehow I survived. I was ever happy sometimes, if you can believe it :p

    • LillyPip@lemmy.ca
      2·
      17 days ago

      I am on the outskirts of nowhere and disabled. All my options are big chains. I wish they weren’t – my small town is now all hair salons, Tai Quan Do studios, pubs, florists, and yard or antique shops. No local shops here carry life supplies (food, toiletries , drinks, medicine) except the gas station (in very small quantities).