Executives of Blue Origin briefly met with Trump within hours after paper spiked endorsement of Harris

Executives of Blue Origin briefly met with Trump within hours after paper spiked endorsement of Harris

The multi-billionaire owner of the Washington Post, Jeff Bezos, continued facing criticism throughout the weekend because executives from his aerospace company met with Donald Trump on the same day the newspaper prevented its editorial team from publishing an endorsement of his opponent in the US presidential election.

Senior news and opinion leaders at the Washington Post flew to Miami in late September 2024 to meet with Bezos, who had reservations about the paper issuing an endorsement in the 5 November election, the New York Times reported.

Amazon and the space exploration company Blue Origin are among Bezos-owned business that still compete for lucrative federal government contracts.

And the Post on Friday announced it would not endorse a candidate in the 5 November election after its editorial board had already drafted its endorsement of Kamala Harris.

    • punkaccountant@lemm.ee
      141·
      28 days ago

      Keeping our Amazon prime until it’s 2025 expiration date. Spent today researching alternatives so I can placate my Amazon loving spouse. Fortunately coming armed with info and the promise that they’ll have a several month “get used to it” cooling down period, they took it pretty well. I also reminded them if they MUST get something from Amazon, they still do the free 2 day shipping if u spend over $35. But it’ll probably be easier than they think with all but the oddest of purchases.

      Been wanting to get rid of it anyways and this was the nail in the coffin.

      • teamevil@lemmy.world
        61·
        28 days ago

        I dumped them last year cuz the products never got delivered on time. I’ll never use the site again

      • Tacos_y_margaritas@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
        3·
        27 days ago

        I was able to get a lot of things through Target, and the rest through individual venders that usually have a lower price than Amazon these days.

      • RvTV95XBeo@sh.itjust.works
        31·
        28 days ago

        Grove has become my go-to storefront for general household goods - they have a solid selection of generally reasonably priced jtems, and a strong aversion to plastic. They’re by no means perfect but I feel a lot better with them getting a cut of my money than Bezos.

        They’re not going to have the billions of niche items on Amazon, but they’re pretty great for my needs.

      • teamevil@lemmy.world
        2·
        27 days ago

        Blue origin and Trump should both be in deep s*** for negotiating deals they don’t have a right to deal