KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEF: Amazon’s Merry Christmas Bad News for Sanders, Warren, and Proggieland. “The most important takeaway from Amazon’s big Christmas is that this economy is still humming along. Every American over the age of ten knows that the economy is a Mt. Rushmore-sized Achilles heel. They spent most of last year hoping for a recession, and now they know that’s not happening. The best they can hope for is a tepid economy.”