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So let me get this straight: Elon Musk is willing to subject his factory workers to COVID, but won’t subject himself to criticism on Twitter?
So Elon continues to respond, even though I’m still blocked.

Here’s actual footage of a billionaire’s ego when you call him out for breaking public health orders and jeopardizing the safety of workers.
But, more importantly, Musk and Tesla have a long history of worker safety issues, including efforts to downplay occupational injuries at their factories.
revealnews.org/blog/a-users-g…
The company has also repeatedly squashed efforts by workers to unionize. They have even threatened to fire employees who organize for their rights. theguardian.com/technology/201…
Last year, a judge found that Tesla broke labor laws by intimidating workers, interrogating union organizers, banning union buttons, and firing one employee.
washingtonpost.com/technology/201…
We don’t need callous billionaires with little regard for workers telling us what to do right now. Don’t let them put their own profit over people’s lives during a pandemic.

forbes.com/sites/alanohns…
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In 1968, I thought America had hit bottom. MLK and RFK had been assassinated and our cities were burning. Johnson was waging an immoral war in Vietnam, sending tens of thousands of troops there to kill and be killed. Then, Nixon was elected.

I was defeated and exhausted.
Now, decades later, I wish I could say America was far better. We certainly have tried to be. But racism is as virulent. Our foreign policy is as dangerous. We are totally unprepared for a deadly pandemic. Unemployment has skyrocketed. And there’s a racist in the White House.
But I'm not ready to give up on America. Millions have spent our lives trying to make it better. The stakes are too high. If we give up now, the forces of racism, fear, and hate will win it all. We owe it to future generations to keep fighting for social justice, forever.
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The $2 trillion coronavirus relief package made the rich richer and left working people with crumbs.

Instead of another handout for corporations and the wealthy, here's what needs to be in the next package to actually help working Americans.

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An essential workers bill of rights:

—Health and safety protections
—Hazard pay
—Collective bargaining protections
—Universal paid sick leave
—Whistleblower protections
—An end to worker misclassification of independent contractors
—Child care support
—Full health care coverage
Economic relief for all people impacted for the duration of this crisis:

—Paycheck Guarantee Act to keep people on payrolls

—Cancel rent & mortgage payments

—Emergency housing assistance & a moratorium on utility shut-offs

—$2,000 monthly payments

—Student debt cancellation
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Dear Bernie,

I'm sorry you will not be president, but the country is far better off because of your unrelenting courage and commitment to the progressive change we so desperately need in a country riddled with inequality and division.

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Four years ago, in the 2016 Democratic primaries, you made it respectable to talk about Medicare for All, tuition-free college and taxing the rich. You alerted America to the vast and growing gap in income, wealth and political power—and its dangers for our economy and democracy.
This time, you've not only made it respectable to talk about these and other urgent issues, such as a Green New Deal, but you've persuaded a majority of Americans that these problems can and must be addressed.
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