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Jul 8 • 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.

popular.info/p/prime-day-is…
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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Oct 14
1. In 2022, Jeff Bezos promised to give away the majority of his wealth during his lifetime.

It is not going well.

Since making the pledge, his net worth has almost doubled to $240 billion.

Meanwhile, he has given less than $5 billion to charity.
2. Most of Bezos' charitable giving has gone to the Bezos Earth Fund. But the org has a reputation less as a vehicle for the corporate infiltration of the climate groups.

oligarchwatch.substack.com/p/jeff-bezos-c…
3. The Bezos Earth Fund reportedly pressured a leading environmental standards group, the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), to relax its rules around letting corporations use offsets to meet carbon goals.
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Oct 8
1. On Monday, Trump delivered a $70 million windfall to his billionaire buddy, John Paulson.

Paulson hosted the biggest fundraiser of Trump's 2024 campaign, raising over $50 million.

This week, Trump returned the favor.

Follow along for details.
2. Trump announced that he was approving a 211-mile road through the Alaskan wilderness that will allow for the mining of copper and other minerals.

The project was rejected under Biden due to its environmental impact

popular.info/p/trump-approv…
3. Two companies will operate the mine: South32 Limited, an Australian company, and Trilogy Metals, based in Canada.

Paulson owns 14,326,996 shares of Trilogy Metals, about 8.7% of the company.
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Oct 7
1. CBS, once one of America's most trusted sources for news, has hired anti-woke crusader Bari Weiss as its Editor-in-Chief

With Weiss, CBS is embracing someone who talks a lot about honesty but has a history of distorting the truth to conform to her right-wing ideological agenda.

Let's review.
2. The Free Press, Weiss' publication, published an article accusing UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer of "complicity" in a "cover-up of a serial rape scandal." They credit Elon Musk for exposing the scandal. But the story is BS.

popular.info/p/the-devoluti…
3. Far from participating in a cover-up, Starmer successfully prosecuted crimes related to the "grooming gang" scandal. His work on this issue was praised in a 2013 parliamentary report produced by the conservative government. Image
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Oct 6
1. Federal agents from ICE and other agencies are wrongly detaining U.S. citizens, sometimes detaining them for days, on suspicion that they are undocumented immigrants.

The raids are done without search warrants or other procedures designed to protect civil liberties.
2. Last week in Chicago, hundreds of federal agents descended on an apartment complex.

67-year-old Roderick Johnson, a citizen, “said agents broke through his door and dragged him out in zip ties.”

popular.info/p/how-federal-…
3. On July 10, George Retes, a 25-year-old Army veteran, was detained by federal agents “while on his way to work as a security guard at a Southern California cannabis farm.”

Retes was violently arrested and then “[h]eld in a jail cell for three days and nights.” Image
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Oct 2
1. UPDATE: Billionaire Rob Citrone, whose hedge fund bet heavily on Argentina, pressed Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, his longtime friend and former colleague, to rescue the country, according to Argentine media.

Shortly thereafter, Bessent announced a $20 billion taxpayer-funded bailout.
2. CE Noticias Financieras, a wire service in Latin America, reported that after the bailout faced resistance w/lower-level Trump officials, “Citrone managed to connect with Bessent to get him to intervene directly.”

popular.info/p/update-hedge…
3. Ariel Maciel, Political Economy Editor at Perfil, a large Argentine media outlet, said on an Argentine broadcast, “Citrone is really the one who intervenes. He basically tells Bessent, ‘Hey, we need to help in Argentina,.”
Read 6 tweets
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Sep 30
1. Yesterday Jared Kushner partnered with the Saudis on the $55 billion purchase of Electronic Arts AND attended the White House meeting between Bibi and Trump as a foreign policy advisor

It's an insane conflict of interest
2. Why did the Saudis bring in Kushner to the EA deal? Most of the money he has to invest comes from the Saudis!

ANSWER: Since the deal will result in foreign ownership of EA, it needs Trump admin approval. Kushner locks it in

popular.info/p/jared-kushne…
3. Kushner's private equity firm is functioning as a way for Kushner to monetize his influence with the Trump administration. You have someone in the Oval Office discussing Middle East policies who is getting tens of millions in fees annually from the Saudis.
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