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Jeff Bezos accuses the National Enquirer of “extortion and blackmail.” Plus more on the Green New Deal, a way to slow mosquitoes, the man who survived 16 bullets, and more
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To get packages to your doorstep in just a day or two, Amazon has built up an enormous real-estate empire. Though the company has been around since the 1990s, its physical footprint has exploded in recent years, nearly tripling from 2014 to 2018. The numbers reveal a remarkable inflection point in the 25-year-old company’s growth. But in spite of its many warehouses, there’s one major industry that Amazon hasn’t yet conquered.

Speaking of, accompanied by revealing email exchanges, accusing the of blackmail ( on this collision of media, national politics, and the personal and public face of the world’s richest man).

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