Amazon has already devastated Main Streets and destroyed mom and pop businesses by the thousands, but that’s no reason for it to stop. For its next assault on small retailers, the corporate titan will call in reinforcements: the Democratic Congress and the Biden White House.

“It’s about time America raised the federal minimum wage,” Amazon is declaring in advertisements aimed at Washington’s ruling class. Amazon has placed these ads in Axios PM, Punchbowl PM, and probably other newsletters and publications. The latest ad in Punchbowl PM reads, “At Amazon, we raised our starting wage to at least $15 an hour in 2018 because it’s good for workers, good for business, and good for communities. It’s why we support raising the federal minimum wage.”