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Search results for "75 million Amount Amazon spent to acquire promote Melania"

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Donald Trump stated on July 24, 2017 in Twitter:
Amazon has a "no-tax monopoly."
By John Kruzel• July 26, 2017
Andrew Cuomo stated on November 19, 2018 in a radio interview:
"There is nothing that we have done on Amazon that we have not done with hundreds of other projects."
By Jill Terreri Ramos• December 7, 2018
Social Media stated on February 01, 2017 in tweets :
Says Melania Trump’s security detail at Trump Tower costs more than the annual budget for the National Endowment for the Arts.
By Linda Qiu• February 8, 2017
Michael Skindell stated on September 07, 2011 in a news conference:
Says that  in the recent year homeowners across Ohio have signed mineral rights agreements "and I understand that over a billion dollars worth of leases have been signed to date."
By Henry J. Gomez• September 20, 2011
AFL-CIO stated on April 13, 2020 in a Facebook post:
"The Postal Service is not losing money because of Amazon. It’s losing money because in 2006, the Republican-led Congress passed a law forcing it to prepay its pensions for 75 years, which no other corporation does ... Without this law, the Postal Service would be turning a profit.”
By Bill McCarthy• April 15, 2020
Social Media stated on January 12, 2025 in social media posts:
Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft, Apple and Uber haven’t donated anything toward LA fire relief, but Taylor Swift donated $10 million.
By Sofia Ahmed• January 16, 2025
Really American stated on August 12, 2020 in a tweeted video:
Postmaster General Louis DeJoy “gave $400,000 to Republicans just this year” and has “between $30 and $75 million in assets of direct competitors to the United States Postal Service.”
By Daniel Funke• August 18, 2020
Mark Brodeur stated on December 02, 2010 in a Providence Journal story:
Rhode Island spends less than 10 percent of what the average state spends promoting tourism.
By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• December 12, 2010
Facebook posts stated on August 08, 2020 in a Facebook post:
"In 3 months, Melania took 21 trips to NY, to get her hair done, at taxpayer cost of $675,000 or $32,143/trip."
By Noah Y. Kim• August 24, 2020
Facebook posts stated on August 15, 2022 in a Facebook post:
Amazon is “running a promotion and giving away random packages for just $1!”
By Gabrielle Settles• August 18, 2022
John Delaney stated on August 27, 2019 in an interview:
The Amazon rainforest fires are "directly related to trade" tensions between the United States and China. 
By John Kruzel• September 6, 2019
Bernie Sanders stated on April 30, 2018 in a tweet:
"You know what Amazon paid in federal income taxes last year? Zero."
By Manuela Tobias• May 3, 2018
Center for American Progress Action Fund stated on April 16, 2017 in the website IsTrumpAtMarALago.org:
"A trip to Mar-a-Lago costs taxpayers approximately $3.6 million, according to a Government Accountability Office report."
By Lauren Carroll• April 18, 2017
Joshua Feuerstein stated on October 07, 2018 in a Facebook post:
Says #MeToo movement sign suggested assaulting First Lady Melania Trump.
By Kyra Haas• October 11, 2018
Threads posts stated on November 01, 2024 in a Threads post:
“Melania Trump quietly endorses Kamala Harris for president.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• November 6, 2024
Threads posts stated on September 18, 2024 in a Threads post:
Melania Trump “was an escort.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• September 27, 2024
X posts stated on March 13, 2023 in a tweet:
“No one got (a) dime” from the $70 million raised for the Florida Disaster Fund.
By Loreben Tuquero• March 24, 2023
Bloggers stated on February 09, 2020 in a story:
Says Melania Trump lied under oath in 2013 about graduating from college with a bachelor’s degree in architecture.
By Samantha Putterman• February 20, 2020
Donald Trump stated on March 29, 2016 in an interview on CNN:
Says Ted Cruz distributed the ad showing a nude Melania Trump on a rug.  
By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• March 31, 2016
Occupy Democrats stated on June 11, 2025 in Facebook post:
"Undocumented immigrants paid more taxes last year than Amazon, GM, IBM & Netflix combined."
By Ella Moore• June 27, 2025

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