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Good morning. Today is Friday, December 13th. I'm Julie Morgan. Amazon and Meta go big for Trump.

EV-Go powers up and RH shines amid a housing decline. Amazon and META are donating $1 million each to

Donald Trump's inauguration fund, according to multiple media reports. Amazon will also air the

January 20th event on Prime Video, which represents a separate in-kind donation worth another $1 million.

Meta's donation followed its CEO Mark Zuckerberg's private meeting with Trump at the Mar-a-Lago resort,

while Amazon founder Jeff Bezos will meet Trump next week.

The donations come as Trump has repeatedly pledged to end Big Tech censorship and protect free speech. Big tech companies are also

currently facing several antitrust lawsuits and regulatory scrutiny over AI deals. If you remember,

Bezos, who owns the Washington Post blocked the newspaper from endorsing any candidate during the

presidential election to avoid a perception of bias.

During his first term, Trump criticized Bezos' ownership of the newspaper and its coverage

of his administration. And at a recent event, Bezos said he's very optimistic about Trump's second

term. Zuckerberg committed to remain neutral this election cycle. This made the

president elect soften his stance on the tech leader after years of accusing META of censoring

conservative views on its social media platforms. Amazon donated about $58,000 to Trump's 2017 inaugural

fund, while META reportedly did not donate back then.

EVGO is up nearly 10% pre-market after saying it closed a $1.25 billion loan facility from the

U.S. Department of Energy to support the nationwide deployment of 7,500 high power fast-charging stalls. Evie Go said the build-out

would raise its total owned and operated network to at least 10,000 fast-charging stalls,

allowing the company to more than triple its network footprint by 2029. The loan, which was

made under the DOE's Title 17 Clean Energy Financing Program follows

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