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Jul 8, 2025 • 10 tweets • 4 min read • Read on X
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1. Happy Prime Day!

(It's a scam)

(Follow this thread for details)

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2. Amazon Prime Day is promoted as a rare opportunity to secure "deep discounts" on a variety of consumer items. In reality, Amazon deploys deceptive tactics to exaggerate its markdowns and create a false sense of urgency.

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3. Amazon says the sale price of The Shark Pet Cordless Vacuum, $149, represents a 50% discount off of the $299.99 "list price." But despite being available since 2019, the price wasn't listed at $299.99 until May 21, 2025.

(Historical data via CamelCamelCamel) Image
4. Its average price is about $200. Over the last year, the same vacuum was available for $149 in November, December, March, April and May.

The same vacuum is available right now for $149 at Best Buy, Macy's, Lowe's, and Ace Hardware. Image
5. The Ninja Air Fryer Pro XL is on sale for $119.99, which Amazon says is a 33% discount off the list price of $179.99.

But Camel Camel Camel tracking reveals that the airfrier was not listed at $179.99 until May 19, 2025. It has been available for $119.99 or less every month since last November.Image
6. Last November and December, the same air fryer was sold on Amazon for $89.99.

It is currently available for the same $119.99 price from the manufacturer, Macy's, Best Buy, Kohl's, and Wayfair. Image
7. Amazon is offering a bundle of its newest smart glasses and smart screen for $239.98, which it says is a 47% discount off of the list price of $449.98.

But the exact same bundle has been offered since the beginning of June for $299.99. The price was only raised to $449.98 on July 1, 2025.Image
8. Nevertheless, major media outlets produce a massive number of "articles" promoting Amazon Prime Day, as if it is a genuine news event. This isn't an accident. Amazon provides financial incentive for news organizations to produce this content. Image
9. Media outlets gets a percentage of the revenue generated from every customer they refer to Amazon. Around Prime Day, Amazon increases the referral fees, doubling them in some categories.

So media companies are incentivized to make it seem like there are great deals.
10. Popular Information has no corporate overlords. That is why we are free to report the unvarnished truth.

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Jun 25
1. During an August 2025 cabinet meeting, Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum shared "a lighter note" with the group.

He said that, in the course of 24-hours, Trump had been able to change the rules of engagement for Park Police who were having "so much fun"

Now, an innocent man is dead.
2. Burgum was “shocked” to learn Park Police could not pursue vehicles, except in incidents involving violent crimes. But, Burgum announced, “we got that rule changed in 24 hours because of President Trump’s leadership”

popular.info/p/trump-change…
3. According to Burgum, “the next night” the Park Police had “so much fun” chasing “bad guys.” Trump and other cabinet officials laughed.
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Jun 22
1. A network of purportedly progressive super PACs, spending millions in Democratic primaries across the country, is funded by a Republican dark money group, the American Prosperity Alliance (APA). Image
2. Newly filed FEC documents reveal that three PACs that claim to oppose GOP policies are wholly funded by Conservative Americans PAC, which received $30 million this cycle from a GOP dark money group, the APA.

popular.info/p/update-the-m…
3. The APA is a key part of the GOP financial infrastructure. It was established in 2022 and received $5.5 million in seed funding from the American Action Network, a non-profit associated with the House Republican super PAC, the Congressional Leadership Fund.
Read 8 tweets
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Jun 13
1. Progressive Champions PAC, a super PAC created last month, says on its website that its mission is to “elect bold, progressive candidates up and down the ballot.”

A Popular Information investigaiton reveals that it's a GOP front group.

Following along for receipts.

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2. Progressive Champions just booked 400K in ads attacking Cait Conley, a Dem candidate in New York’s 17th District competing in the June 23 primary. The ads claim that Conley is “not progressive" and tie her to Trump.

popular.info/p/progressive-…
3. Popular Information previously reported that Real Change PAC, another sham progressive PAC, sent a message to supporters from a email address — the domain of a GOP comms shop and top vendor of the CLF, the House Republican super PAC.cavalryllc.com
Read 8 tweets
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Jun 4
1. Don't believe the headlines.

Trump's $1.776 billion slush fund is not "dead."

The Trump administration wants to the public to believe it's dead.

But their ACTIONS tell a very different story.
2. Here is the key point: The settlement that created the $1.766 billion "anti-weaponization" fund is a WRITTEN DOCUMENT.

It says explicitly that it "may be modified only with the written agreement of the Parties.”

popular.info/p/no-trumps-17…
3. In his testimony before a House committee, however, AG Blanche said that there would be NO WRITTEN MODIFICATIONS to the settlement and that he would continue to defend it in court.
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Jun 3
1. For the SECOND TIME IN SIX MONTHS, a foreign real estate development led by Jared Kushner has been derailed by a GOVERNMENT CORRUPTION SCANDAL and mass protests.

Follow along for all the gory details.

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2. Jared and Ivanka are developing a $4 billion resort centered around an uninhabited island in Albania.

The massive project, which includes 10,000 hotel rooms, is located in one of Europe’s most environmentally sensitive areas.

popular.info/p/kushners-alb…
3. In 2024, the Albanian government changed the law to allow the area, which was previously part of a protected national park, to be developed.

Then shortly after Trump's election, Kushner, through an LLC, was granted “strategic investor“ status, clearing the way for permits.
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Jun 2
1. Real Change PAC, a super PAC that purports to be "committed to progressive values," has spent millions of dollars in Democratic primaries.

It is actually a Republican front closely tied to House Republican leadership.

An email completely exposed the dirty tricks operation. Image
2. When you registered for the Real Change PAC email list on its website, the confirmation email came from a Cavalry LLC domain. Cavalry one of DC’s premier GOP communications shops.

popular.info/p/update-email…
3. According to FEC filings analyzed by Popular Information, the CLF -- the primary super PAC of the House Republicans -- spent over $10 million in the 2024 cycle buying digital ads through Cavalry.
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