UNDERNEWS: Would-be dictator Trump strikes at Amazon

May 19, 2018

Would-be dictator Trump strikes at Amazon

Alternet - President Donald Trump has personally been pressuring the U.S. Postal Service to raise rates on Amazon, according to a new report from the Washington Post. While the report is not particularly surprising, given Trump's public statement on the matter, it also suggests he's engaging in high-level corruption in an attempt to punish Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, who also owns the Post.

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Anonymous said...: FDR acted illegally, under color of law, to force Fr Coughlin off the air, and would also have revoked his right to second-class postage had he not been able to get Coughlin's new bishop to shut him down.

And all because the enormously-popular Coughlin switched from being an ardent, vocal supporter to being a disenchanted political threat.

FDR treated Huey much the same way, and for the same reason. And as far as I'm aware, nobody to this day has accounted for why Dr. Wise suddenly decided to shoot and kill Huey.

How were those acts different to what Trump is trying to do?; May 20, 2018 at 6:12 AM

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