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1. In late-March, when there were 25K coronavirus cases/day, some companies increased pay for frontline workers to compensate them for the risk

In May, as cases plateaued, the increases were rolled back.

Now there are 50K cases per day.

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2. On March 31, @Kroger announced a "hero pay" bonus of $2/hour.

It was eliminated on May 17.

Now, there are twice as many cases nationally as in late-March

But Kroger's CEO, Rodney McMullen, says the pay increase is not coming back

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3. @Kroger profits are through the roof.

In Q1, Kroger’s profit was $1.3 BILLION, a 147% increase over the last quarter

The company has $2.7 BILLION in cash and is increasing its dividend

It spent $442 million on stock buybacks in the last 3 months

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4. On March 21, @Starbucks announced that it would provide a $3 pay increase to all employees

At the time, there were 6,500 new COVID-19 cases each day.

The increase was rolled back May 30.

Now there are more than 50k new cases per day

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5. The pandemic has impacted @Starbucks but nearly all its stores are now open and the company is projecting a substantial profit this year.

On June 24, Starbucks announced it would pay shareholders a dividend

It is sitting on $2.6 billion in cash

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6. Particularly in states like Texas, Florida, and Arizona, these workers are indisputably at greater risk today than they were in March

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"Cancel culture" is something that does not exist but is a very popular concept among people who do terrible things and don't like being held accountable
The problem with the United States is not that there is TOO MUCH accountability but there is TOO LITTLE

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It's amazing that the self-proclaimed champions of free speech scream STOP CRITICIZING ME YOU ARE ATTACKING FREE SPEECH every time they say something pernicious and someone responds

That is the opposite of free speech

If you believe in free speech, defend your position
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1. Facebook has admitted that @benshapiro is breaking its rules.

There is an undisclosed financial relationship between Shapiro's The Daily Wire and Mad World News, a notorious outlet that exploits fear and bigotry for profit

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@benshapiro 2. 5 large pages controlled by Mad World News expanded The Daily Wire's audience by millions through the coordinated posting of dozens of links from The Daily Wire each day

This arrangement has helped The Daily Wire get massive distribution on Facebook

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3. I've been reporting The Daily Wire's underhanded tactics since LAST OCTOBER. Up until last week, Facebook has insisted that nothing @benshapiro was doing violated its policies.

They've finally conceded he's gaming the system.

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It's interesting that @neal_katyal is positioning himself as a voice for human rights while simultaneously representing @Nestle in the Supreme Court, arguing the company shouldn't be held responsible for exploiting child slave labor in the Ivory Coast to lower the cost of cocoa
@neal_katyal @Nestle In his petition for writ of certiorari @neal_katyal argues that all such suits should be prohibited because if the Supreme Court allows them to proceed it would DISCOURAGE FOREIGN INVESTMENT

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.@neal_katyal is advocating the same position as the Trump administration: "domestic corporations are not subject to suit for human rights violations" under the Alien Tort Statute

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