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Amazon Prime Day: Making Bezos Richer, Then Calling It Charity

Saturday, June 27, 2026 at 8:50 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Prime Day cartoon

iPINIONS thinks Amazon Prime Day is just a genius business model to make Bezos richer by getting us to buy stuff we don’t need. Then we turn to Goodwill to clean up our shame. Read more.

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Filed Under: Culture Tagged With: Amazon, Amazon Prime Day, buyer’s remorse, charity donations, consumerism, Goodwill, impulse buying, iPINIONS, Jeff Bezos, online shopping, Prime Day, retail therapy, satire, self-control

Faustian Bargain Has Jeff Bezos Selling Out Democracy to Dethrone Elon Musk

Friday, January 30, 2026 at 9:23 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Amazon warehouse with images of Melania, Bezos and Telnaes cartoon of oligarchs bowing to Trump

Jeff Bezos is choosing autocracy over democracy in a naked bid for power and profit. From mass Amazon layoffs to killing the Washington Post’s Kamala endorsement and bankrolling Trumpworld vanity projects, this post argues Bezos isn’t afraid of Trump… he’s courting him. iPINIONS unpacks how billionaire greed, media capture, and MAGA capitalism are converging in… Read more.

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Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Amazon, Authoritarianism, billionaires, Elon Musk, iPINIONS, Jeff Bezos, media, oligarchs, Trump, Washington Post

Ellison, Bezos, and Other Oligarchs Turning US Media into a MAGA Propaganda Empire

Monday, October 6, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
oligarchs buying up media to help Trump

Trump’s billionaire backers (Ellison, Bezos, Musk, Zuckerberg, and Murdoch) are turning America’s news industry into a MAGA propaganda machine. They’re gutting journalism for profit and power, while pretending it’s free speech. iPINIONS sees this as a silent coup reshaping America’s media landscape. Read my full take on Substack:https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/ellison-bezos-and-other-oligarchs Read more.

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Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: CBS, CNN, Elon Musk, Fox News, iPINIONS, Jeff Bezos, Larry Ellison, MAGA, Mark Zuckerberg, media, oligarchs, Rupert Murdoch, Trump

Venetians Protesting Bezos Wedding for Cultural Vandalism Masquerading as Romance

Friday, June 27, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
image of Bezos and fiancee posing as locals protest his wedding in Venice

From cruise ships to climate floods, Venetians have had enough of outsiders ruining their city. Now here comes Bezos, staging a wedding spectacle that feels like the billionaire version of Marie Antoinette’s let-them-eat-cake moment. iPINIONS exposes why this isn’t just another celebrity event; it’s a case study in billionaire excess meeting public backlash. Read my… Read more.

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Filed Under: Culture Tagged With: Billionaire Excess, Cultural Protests, Destination Weddings, Italy, Jeff Bezos, Marie Antoinette, Overtourism, tech billionaires, UNESCO, Venice

Billionaires and MAGA Yachts: The Widening Gap Between Haves and Have-Nots

Saturday, June 7, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Jeff Bezos lording over his super yacht with inset of cartoon about the rich mocking the poor

It’s bad enough that wannabe oligarchs like Jeff Bezos are joining the MAGA cult to help Trump turn American democracy into a Russia-style autocracy. But these craven SOBs have no compunction about widening the gap between rich and poor to even more obscene extremes. That’s why they no longer measure wealth between the haves and… Read more.

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Filed Under: Economy Tagged With: autocracy, billionaires, iPINIONS, Jeff Bezos, MAGA, oligarchy, Substack, wealth inequality

James Bond: Fassbender’s Humblebrag About Craig Better Left Unsaid

Friday, March 14, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Fassbender says he recommended Craig to play Bond

Fassbender’s concession becomes a suggestion Michael Fassbender appeared on Happy Sad Confused recently. And he made a shocking revelation worthy of that podcast’s quirky name. Fassbender said that, during his audition to play James Bond, he suggested Daniel Craig would be better. You might wonder about the self-esteem or state of mind of an actor… Read more.

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Filed Under: General Tagged With: Barbara Broccoli, Bond franchise, Daniel Craig, Film Industry, Happy Sad Confused, Hollywood, James Bond, Jeff Bezos, MAGA, Michael Fassbender

When Media Moguls Like Jeff Bezos Kneel, Democracy Bends

Saturday, January 4, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
cartoon of billionaires kneeling before Trump by Ann Telnaes that Bezos spiked

Billionaires as eunuch scribes In a disheartening display of obeying in advance, media magnates are muzzling their outlets to placate the looming specter of Trump’s Second Reich. Jeff Bezos, Amazon overlord and owner of The Washington Post, quashed his editorial board’s Kamala endorsement, triggering resignations and a subscriber exodus. But he couldn’t care less. Bezos… Read more.

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Filed Under: General Tagged With: Ann Telnaes, billionaire influence, Jeff Bezos, Kamala Harris endorsement, LA Times, media censorship, Patrick Soon-Shiong, press freedom, Trump, Trump inauguration

Fear of Trump Causes Apple to Cancel Clooney, Pitt ‘Wolfs’ Sequel

Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 6:39 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
George Clooney and Brad Pitt on filming their crime caper Wolfs

Three months ago, Apple signed a deal with director Jon Watts to develop a sequel to his crime caper Wolfs, starring George Clooney and Brad Pitt. But, according to Variety, Apple has canceled those plans. Sorry, George, but this is what happens when you get so involved in presidential politics that you lose half the… Read more.

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Filed Under: General Tagged With: Apple halts Wolfs sequel, Brad Pitt, democracy, George Clooney, Jeff Bezos, Tim Cook, Trump retribution

Merger of X and Truth Social: A MAGA Propaganda Platform

Thursday, November 7, 2024 at 11:22 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Elon Musk and Donald Trump merge their social media platforms X and Truth Social

Trump’s $20 billion-plus payday: The ultimate political bribe Reports indicate that Elon Musk and President-elect Donald Trump are scheming to solidify their transactional alliance by merging X with Truth Social. Foremost, this deal would make Trump richer than even his wildest boasts. Musk, with a net worth exceeding $260 billion, recently made a staggering $25… Read more.

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Filed Under: General Tagged With: autocracy, Donald Trump, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, propaganda, X and Truth Social merger, X platform

Bezos Spikes WashPo’s Kamala Endorsement: This Is How Democracy Dies

Friday, October 25, 2024 at 8:14 PM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Bezos spikes Washington Post endorsement of Kamala Harris

Bezos: democracy is no match for billions Amazon founder Jeff Bezos owns The Washington Post. More to the point, he has more money than he could spend in ten lifetimes. Yet, only a mix of greed and fear explains his decision to spike the Post’s endorsement of Kamala. His editor-at-large Robert Kagan resigned, showing the… Read more.

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Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: autocracy, billionaire influence, democracy, Donald Trump, Jeff Bezos, Kamala endorsement, Kamala Harris, Washington Post

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