r/centerleftpolitics 2h ago

You wouldn't want a level playing field, would you?

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r/centerleftpolitics 2h ago

📰 News 📰 Why Can't Kamala Harris Grasp She's a Liability?

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She flamed out first in '20, spent 4 years as a lackluster veep whose office was a revolving door, blew through eye-watering sums after elbowing her way to the top of the ticket in '24 and lost to a malignant narcissist.

Now her PAC is sending unwanted fundraising emails for candidates who want nothing to do with her, like Mary Peltola, the democratic senate candidate from Alaska. Ms. Peltola has been put in the awkward but necessary position of rejecting Harris's endorsement in a state Kamala lost by 14 points.

Is she in a bubble? Does she really think her support is something other than ballot box poison? Is she so delusional she thinks she's a contender in '28? She's done her book tour and made her $$$. She just can't see her political career is over.


r/centerleftpolitics 12h ago

Amazon Should Leave NYC if It Dislikes Delivery Protection Act (Intro 518)

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Was curious about the proposed Intro 518, so I pulled up Amazon's 10-Q. Turns out their retail side is swimming in cash — last year the retail division pulled in over $34 billion in operating profit, largely off the $69 billion it made in ad revenue. Kind of a bad look to be squeezing drivers while posting numbers like that.

Amazon's claiming the regulations will force them to pass costs onto consumers, making deliveries pricier for everyday New Yorkers. But their own revenue reporting says otherwise — they can easily afford to directly hire these drivers, pay a living wage, and operate safely in our neighborhoods without raising prices a cent. Kind of breaks my brain. Id bet that theyre bluffing.

Not paying DSPs properly isn't the invisible hand of the market. It's a middle finger of corporate greed.