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Thursday, January 29, 2026

The tech giant is spending $35 million to promote its film about the first lady, far more than is typical for documentaries.

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Amazon did not allow talent to opt out of working on 'Melania' for political reasons, a new report alleges.

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-- The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast.bsky.social) Jan 29, 2026 at 12:01 PM

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From the Times' comments section: "The best line I've heard so far: 'If they showed it on an airplane, viewers would still walk out.'"

#1 | Posted by qcp at 2026-01-29 09:14 AM | Reply | Funny: 4

From the Times' comments section: "The best line I've heard so far: 'If they showed it on an airplane, viewers would still walk out.'"

What do these people expect? Did they really expect a documentary on a nude model/sex worker gold digger turned First Lady with zero accomplishments other than a few plagiarism scandals to be of interest to people struggling to put food on the table and keep the roof over their heads?

She's a wholly unremarkable person given the massive opportunities she's been afforded to be something special.

#2 | Posted by jpw at 2026-01-29 09:54 AM | Reply

Bezos is a whore.
Billionaires have no right to exist

#3 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-01-29 10:40 AM | Reply

#3 Ingratitude is a Cardinal Sin

How about we start taxing the uber-wealthy who have, for the past 40 years, been able to dodge their financial responsibilities that provide them with a country that protects them and their money and their property?

Not to mention the fact that this country has given them, the uber-wealthy, a nation of publicly educated wage-earners who can afford to buy their products/services?

How about that?

Afterall, ingratitude is a Cardinal Sin.

#4 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-01-29 10:50 AM | Reply

"I really don't care. Do U?"

#5 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-01-29 12:46 PM | Reply | Funny: 1

Melanoma Film Pulled in South Africa

www.newsweek.com

BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

#6 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2026-01-29 01:30 PM | Reply

I stand around in weird outfits and flash my pedo husband dirty looks.

A Melania story.

#7 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2026-01-29 01:32 PM | Reply | Funny: 2

" Amazon's Promotion of 'Melania' Has Critics Questioning"

Only idiots are "questioning".

The rest of us know the obvious reasons why.

$melania got a $28 million bribe, er, licensing fee.

#8 | Posted by Danforth at 2026-01-29 01:44 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Two-thirds of the crew members who worked on Melania Trump's new movie do not want their names associated with the project, a new report claims.

ca.news.yahoo.com

Lol

#9 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2026-01-29 01:50 PM | Reply

I stand around in weird outfits and flash my pedo husband dirty looks.

And slaps his hand whenever he reaches for her.

Which could explain all the bruises and discoloration on his hand.

It's my theory. And I'm sticking to it!

#10 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-01-29 03:47 PM | Reply

Well, Bezos couldn't give a bribe directly to Donald Trump, at least I think that is still illegal, but with this Supreme Court who knows?

#11 | Posted by Hughmass at 2026-01-30 08:21 AM | Reply

Watch this movie from start to finish or we will deliver a flaming bag of dog excrement to your front door via Amazon drone...
--Amazon marketing pitch for "Melania", soon to be seen on OnlyFans

#12 | Posted by catdog at 2026-01-30 08:50 AM | Reply

Abraham Lincoln said watching "Melania" was the worst experience he's ever had in a theatre.

#13 | Posted by lee_the_agent at 2026-01-30 10:00 AM | Reply

Obligatory.

media.mstdn.social

#14 | Posted by Reinheitsgebot at 2026-01-30 10:15 AM | Reply

Brett Ratner, Director of "Melania":

Rabid Zionist with Israeli citizenship
Friends with genocidal psychopath Netanyahu
Accused of multiple rapes and sexual assaults of both women and men.

How fitting.

#15 | Posted by Nerfherder at 2026-01-30 03:49 PM | Reply

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