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Jeff Bezos to sell Amazon shares worth about $5 billion after stock hits record high
After the sale plan, Bezos would own about 912 million Amazon shares, or 8.8% of the outstanding stock. He sold shares worth roughly $8.5 billion in February, after the stock rallied 80% in 2023. Bezos is ranked the second-richest person in the world with a net worth of $214.4 billion, according to Forbes.
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New Poll Finds 1 Democrat Absolutely Trouncing Trump
Just one problem: This person doesn't seem interested in running, should the opportunity arise.
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Van Jones says Democrats are discussing ‘how’ to replace Biden, ‘not whether’
Former Obama administration official Van Jones said Wednesday that Democrats, behind closed doors, are discussing “how” to replace President Biden at the top of the ticket, “not whether.” The CNN commentator said the Democrats who defend Biden on TV have “completely different” conversations in private, amid growing concern in the party about Biden’s standing as…
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Fisker seeks judge's approval to sell Ocean EVs at $14,000 per SUV
Following the judge's nod, Fisker will be able to offload 3,321 electric vehicles to New York-based American Lease for $46.25 million, according to a court filing on Tuesday. The EV startup, which filed for bankruptcy protection last month, faced logistics issues while selling its Ocean electric SUVs and pivoted to a dealer-partner model earlier this year after burning through a large amount of cash. On May 30, two weeks before Fisker filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, American Lease
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Justice Amy Coney Barrett says presidential immunity doesn't apply to Trump's fake electors scheme
Barrett, a Trump appointee, clarified her view that immunity does not extend to the fraudulent elector plot
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Nancy Pelosi disclosed stock market trades made by her husband. He loaded up on AI plays like Nvidia and sold Tesla.
Trading activity by members of Congress has come under scrutiny in recent years, with calls to ban Congress from trading individual stocks.
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VideoBiden: "Everyone who willfully denies the impacts of climate change...is really, really dumb or has some other motive."
Unfortunately, my predecessor and the MAGA Republicans in Congress are trying to undo all this progress. They still deny climate change even exists. They deny climate change even exists. They must be living in a hole somewhere at the expense of health and safety of their own constituents. They deny it exists. Every single congressional Republican voted against the investments which created these jobs to combat climate change. Many of them are trying to repeal those climate provisions and kill th
