Predatory industries — making millions by helping billionaires squeeze pennies out of working class people — are a tragic indicator of our having reached what I call "the cancer stage of capitalism."

In union news this week, Starbucks apparently isn't happy when you go into the store and give your name as "Union Strong" so the baristas have to call that out when your order is ready. Management has apparently instructed their workers to refuse to shout out any name that has the word "union" in it.

The company's founder is worth over $3 billion, and presumably most of that money came from years of scraping a few pennies off every hour of each workers' paycheck. His employees aren't wealthy, though, and Starbucks is spending millions with union-busting firms to keep it that way.

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-Thom

Friday's Daily Stack

Article: "U.S. gains 428,000 jobs in April, and wages rise again — but labor force shrinks" by Jeffry Bartash.

Article: "The recession is coming — and CEOs feel fine" by Tom Braithwaite.

Article: "'We can't wait on the Supreme Court': In Louisiana, abortion could become a crime of murder" by Greg Hilburn.

Article: "Lebanon man accused of killing wife among winners in Indiana primary race" by Sarah Nelson.

Article: "Senate Republicans make it plain: A federal abortion ban is in the offing" by Kerry Eleveld.

Audio: "The Michael Harrison Wrap: Mothers of Contention" (with Thom).

Article: "Salem witch trials" by Wikipedia.

Site: Our Revolution

Video: Ted Kennedy on Republicans and Minimum wage. "When does the greed stop?"

Article: "Sir Matthew Hale" by Britannica.

Case: "1st draft Dobbs v. Jackson".

Article: "Oprah Winfrey" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Kamala Harris" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Elizabeth Warren" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Tom Hanks" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Dark matter" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Gerrymandering" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Republic of Venice" by Wikipedia.

Article: "World Press Freedom Day" (May 3) by Wikipedia.

Article: "RSF's 2022 World Press Freedom Index : a new era of polarisation" by RSF.

Article: "War in Ukraine – List of journalists who are victims gets longer by the day" by RSF.

Article: "Romney's Bain Capital Buys Clear Channel Communications" by LRC Blog.

Article: "iHeartMedia" (formerly Clear Channel Communications) by Wikipedia.

Site: Indivisible.

Site: Daily Kos.

Article: "Is "Democracy in the Workplace" Having a Moment?" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Super rich's wealth concentration surpasses Gilded Age levels" by Ethan Wolff-Mann.

Article: "Apple Store Employees In New York Launch Unionization Effort" by CBS San Francisco.

Tweet: "If Jeff Bezos can afford a $500 million yacht, a $177 million Beverly Hills estate, a $78 million Maui estate, a $23 million DC mansion with 25 bathrooms & a rocket ship, you know what? He can afford to recognize the Amazon Labor Union & negotiate a fair first contract." by Bernie Sanders.

Tweet: "SCOOP: Starbucks execs are instructing managers to refuse to say "union" or "workers united" out loud when announcing orders. Customer often give their name as "union strong" or "union YES" to show solidarity with @sbworkersunited" by More Perfect Union.

Book: "Screwed: The Undeclared War Against The Middle Class" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Howard Schultz: #728 - Billionaires (2022)" by Forbes.

Article: "The 3 Richest Americans Hold More Wealth Than Bottom 50% Of The Country, Study Finds" by Noah Kirsch.

Site: "Machinists Union".

Audio: "Are Unions Making a comeback?" by Sabrina Tavernise.

Article: "Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (PATCO) - August 1981 strike" by Wikipedia.

Book: "The Hidden History of the Supreme Court and the Betrayal of America" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Biden meets with Amazon Labor Union leader at White House" by Herb Scribner.

Article: "Starbucks "deeply concerned" about Biden meeting with barista union" by Aimee Picchi.

Article: "Yes, the Trump justices said Roe v. Wade was a precedent in confirmation hearings" by Warren Fiske.

Article: "LBJ and Dallas's Mink Coat Mob" by Steven L. Davis.

Article: "Justices void abortion 'buffer zone'" by Jennifer Haberkorn and Natalie Villacorta.

Article: "High fence erected outside Supreme Court as abortion-related protests continue" by Alexandra Hutzler.

Article: "Texas GOP Governor Considers Challenging 1982 Ruling Requiring Free Public Education" by Julia Conley.

Article: "Eating one-fifth less beef could halve deforestation" by Giorgia Guglielmi.

Article: "Valdez Venita Demings " by Wikipedia.

Article: "Macron vs. Le Pen: Growing Voter Discontent Shakes France's Political Foundations" (le grand déclassement) by Stacy Meichtry and Noemie Bisserbe.

Article: "Green Party of the United States" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Tim Ryan" (D-OH) by Wikipedia.

Article: "J. D. Vance" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Marianne Williamson" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Amy Klobuchar" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Pete Buttigieg" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Constitution of the United States" Article 1 section 10. "No state shall enter into any treaty, alliance, or confederation; grant letters of marque and reprisal; coin money; emit bills of credit; make anything but gold and silver coin a tender in payment of debts; pass any bill of attainder, ex post facto law, or law impairing the obligation of contracts, or grant any title of nobility."

Article: "Ex post facto law" by Wikipedia.

TV: "Undercover Boss".

Article: "Hindenburg disaster" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Infant Mortality Rate by Country 2022" by worldpopulationreview.

Article: "Once 'Unthinkable,' French Left Forms Coalition to Challenge Macron in Parliament" by Kenny Stancil.

Article: "France elections: Left forms coalition to fight Macron" by BBC.

Book: Clear and Present Danger by Tom Clancy.

Movie: "Clear and Present Danger".

Article: "Trump Refuses to Condemn Putin Despite Sean Hannity Practically Begging Him To" by Ryan Bort.

Article: "Nearly 1 million COVID-19 deaths: A look at the US numbers" by Carla K. Johnson, Nicky Forster.

Article: "Trump team failed to follow NSC's pandemic playbook" by Dan Diamond, Nahal Toosi.

Article: "Did Donald Trump fire pandemic officials, defund CDC? " by Louis Jacobson, Victoria Knight.

Article: "Did Trump Call for Obama to Resign After Ebola Doctor Returned to U.S.?" by David Mikkelson.

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Case: "Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission" (2010).

Article: "Series I Savings Bonds" by Treasury.

Law: "Sherman Antitrust Act", 1890.

Law: "Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914" by Wikipedia.

Article: "United States antitrust law" by Wikipedia.

Site: Aden Forecast

Article: "We Regret to Inform You That Tucker Carlson's New Special Does In Fact Promote 'Testicle Tanning'" by Sarah Rumpf.

Article: "Mother's Day (United States)" by Wikipedia.

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Article: "Federal Judge Strikes Down Mask Mandate for Planes and Public Transit" by Charlie Savage and Heather Murphy.

Article: "Connecticut Offers Refuge to Red State Women with a "Fugitive Woman Act" " by Thom Hartmann.

Case: "Bush v. Gore", 2000. "The individual citizen has no federal constitutional right to vote for electors for the President of the United States"

Article: "Study of Disputed Florida Ballots Finds Justices Did Not Cast the Deciding Vote" by Ford Fessenden and John M. Broder, November 12, 2001.

Article: "Brooks Brothers riot" by Wikipedia.

Article: "John Roberts" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Brett Kavanaugh" by Wikipedia.

Site: "Jamie McLeod-Skinner".

Site: Jessica Cisneros for Congress.

Article: "Jessica Cisneros" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Henry Cuellar" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Sneak Peak: NRSC Polling Proves Republicans Have the Winning Message on Abortion" by Rebecca Downs.

Article: "Biden's Numbers (First Quarterly Update)" by Eugene Kiely, Brooks Jackson, Lori Robertson, D'Angelo Gore and Robert Farley.

Article: "Trump's legacy: $8 trillion-plus in added debt in one term" by Jay Heflin.

Article: "The Fed's $4 trillion experiment is growing" by Matt Egan.

Article: "Food Lines a Mile Long in America's Second-Wealthiest State" by Tracey Tully.

Article: "COVID-19 infection may cause irreversible brain damage" by Longjam Dineshwori.

Book: Dallas 1963 by Bill Minutaglio, Steven L. Davis.

Article: "Trump suggested 'secret' missile strike on Mexico in 2020: Former Pentagon chief" by Bob Brigham.

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