FTC can't afford to fight Amazon's allegedly deceptive sign-ups after DOGE cuts

When the legal system is setup to rely so heavily on money that even the government can&#x27;t go against it, you know shit is bad, yo.<p>Also, say what you will, but the US situation right now, this matter included, is definitely &quot;novel and thought provoking&quot; so if this thread is flagged, I am not convinced the people flagging it are doing it just because of HN rules.

I&#x27;d say most people who work on this kind of zero-sum winner takes all approach to life would call that a win. The rest of us who want regulators who can regulate and believe in a mutuality? less winning.<p>If I put a certain pair of billionaire&#x27;s names in here, it just annoys people. I guess if they read and can intuit, I don&#x27;t have to resort to calling anyone &quot;Winnie the Pooh&quot; to get around the noise filters but I am interested what nominative determinism could apply. Elongated names are better. Ones with a suitably fragrant, anal scent gland, Musky kind of smell.

The oligarchs will get exactly what they paid for (seemingly even more than usual) with this admin.

A billionaire&#x27;s &quot;onerous regulations&quot; are out consumer protections

That is the point of Doge. All of the first agencies they went after were investigating Elon&#x27;s companies. Time for Bezoa to get his turn sucking on the Trump teat.

After this, the FTC reversed position saying it was &quot;fully prepared&quot; after pressure from the Trump administration.