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Category Archives: Billionaire Bastards
Our List Grows, Part Infinity
Eat the Rich Congrats to American billionaires, who have raked in $434 billion during the lockdown: America’s billionaires saw their fortunes soar by $434 billion during the U.S. lockdown between mid-March and mid-May, according to a new report. Amazon’s Jeff … Continue reading
Today’s Trump-Virus Eff’ery News
Tiger Beat on the Potomac (thanks Charlie!) tells us… (emphasis mine) “More than 40,000 National Guard members currently helping states test residents for the coronavirus and trace the spread of infections will face a ‘hard stop’ on their deployments on … Continue reading
The Struggle At Amazon is Real
This is good news: An Amazon VP’s resignation shows internal unrest is rising to the top An Amazon vice president has resigned over the firing of colleagues who protested working conditions inside Amazon’s warehouse network during the Covid-19 pandemic. Tim … Continue reading
#MoscowMitch: ‘Help Is On The Way, CEOs!’
It is a known fact that Republicans in Congress, given the chance, will always choose the welfare of CEOs over voters every single time. And given the craven nature of amply be-chinned #MoscowMitch McConnell, well, they are not even trying … Continue reading
Our List Grows (Part Infinity)
NYTimes: Large, Troubled Companies Got Bailout Money in Small-Business Loan Program “A company in Georgia paid $6.5 million to resolve a Justice Department investigation — and, two weeks later, received a $10 million federally backed loan to help it survive … Continue reading
Amazon, Corporate Citizen
The MIT email thingie has a listicle of some of Amazon’s greatest hits: Hundreds of Amazon workers are calling in sick to protest a lack of protections They say it’s not providing enough face masks and isn’t paying for sick … Continue reading
Our List Grows Longer (Part Infinity)
Guys, remember this morning when we learned about Shake Shack returning $10M Ameros from the Payment Protection Program that they had been awarded? And now we know why: “The federal government gave national hotel and restaurant chains millions of dollars … Continue reading
Paycheck Protection Program Updates
Tiger Beat on the Potomac (thanks Charlie!) morning email thingie leads off with some updates on PPP-3: Return of the King, er, whatever: CONGRESS THIS WEEK will likely vote on and pass a package to refresh the PAYCHECK PROTECTION PROGRAM, … Continue reading
Our List Grows By Leaps and Bounds
The Orlando Sentinel reports: Large hotel, restaurant companies getting small-business loans want to spend less of the money paying workers The Pennsylvania investment firm that owns the Ritz-Carlton Coconut Grove in Miami has applied for as many as 48 taxpayer-backed … Continue reading
I’m Starting a List
I suppose nothing should shock me any longer about the perfidy of the Republicans, but you know, I’m naive that way. “Tax change in coronavirus package overwhelmingly benefits millionaires, congressional body finds” “The provision, inserted into the legislation by Senate … Continue reading
