Mr. Musk,

You may be the world's richest person, but after you sent out that scurrilous, dishonest, disgraceful tweet about Paul Pelosi, you really should do the honorable thing & apologize to Nancy & Paul Pelosi

Not to do so would be churlish & childish
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The AFL-CIO denounces ruling by Trump-appointed judge, ordering Starbucks Workers United to turn over 1,000s of documents about the union's & baristas' communications with the news media

AFL-CIO 🎃 | #Striketober says the order infringes on workers' rights & journalistic freedoms
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Important Thread—A lot of people are looking to see what happens in Starbucks' contract talks

If the union makes some important gains, that'll inspire more unionizing at Sbucks & elsewhere

If Sbucks drags out talks to prevent a contract any time soon, that will hurt unionizing

It is very bad for civil discourse, for democracy & for Twitter's investors that Musk—just 3 days after acquiring Twitter—tweeted out links to scurrilous lies about the Pelosi attack

Many people will quit if Musk turns Twitter into a cesspool
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Robert Reich

Disgraceful that Elon Musk tweeted out an article allegingMr. Pelosi was drunk & in a fight with a male prostitute

If Musk keeps up such disgraceful behavior, turning Twitter into a huge toilet, his $44 billion investment will soon be worth very little
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If you know anyone who plans to vote Republican because they're angry at Biden about inflation, they should read this:

Inflation is NOT Biden's fault. Plus, the GOP will make inflation worse--they'll let prescription drug prices rise & cut Social Security
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Labor Unions Fight Hard to Defeat Ron Johnson—Johnson is a big fan of outsourcing, dislikes unions & said he's uninterested in attracting new middle-class jobs, saying Wisconsin already has enough jobs

Mandela Barnes strongly disagrees w/ him on all this
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People who vote Republican out of anger about inflation will end up hurting themselves economically.

With GOP in power, there will be cuts in Social Security & Medicare, higher drug & healthcare prices, less aid for childcare & no student loan forgiveness
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Elon Musk: I love free speech!!

The free speech:

This federal judge is making a ridiculously onerous demand on the Starbucks union and is showing a shocking disregard for the privacy of journalists.

Memhet Oz's ads show him wearing blue jeans & shooting guns. J.D. Vance says he has “fiercely defended working-class Americans”

GOP candidates make believe they're champions of workers. They're a Trojan horse to help the rich & advance a GOP culture war
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Workers at a VITAL climbing gym in NYC are seeking to unionize

Climbers United is part of a novel moment in the labor movement as workers in traditionally unorganized industries seek workplace power through unionization, often spurred by younger employees
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Apple store workers who are unionized complain that Apple has embraced one of Starbucks' most successful union-busting tactics >> Apple, like Starbucks, now says it will give certain benefits to its non-union workers, but not to its unionized ones.
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Some advice to voters who plan to vote Republican because they're angry about inflation: Look before you leap

Republicans won't do anything to cut inflation. They'll make it worse by raising prescription drug prices. Plus they want to cut Social Security
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Trick or treat! 🎃 It’s GOP candidates in working-class costumes pretending they care about workers. (I wrote about this in today’s ⁦The New York Times⁩) nytimes.com/2022/10/29/opi…

Republicans are spending gazillions on ads that beat up Biden over inflation.

Would be great to see the Republicans join Biden's criticisms of the oil companies for unduly jacking up gas prices & earning obscene profits

But the GOP'ers don't want to offend their Big Oil buddies

Even as consumers are hit hard by high gasoline prices, big oil companies rack up obscenely high profits

Exxon's profits were $19.7 billion in the third quarter, nearly triple the year-ago period

Chevron had profits of $11.2 billion in the 3rd quarter
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