Ben Popken

Ben Popken @bpopken

Now families are driving around to multiple stores whose websites and staff say they have stock only to find them bare. “It shouldn’t be on everyday people to figure this out,” said one father. He feels lucky, he predicted this, and got a few rapid test boxes after Halloween. — PolitiTweet.org

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“If instead of making companies take risk and risk capital and go step-wise, if the government had made funds to labs like ourselves for expansion, it could have gone faster,” said Bob Terbrueggen, CEO of DxTerity, which makes an at-home Covid collection test kit. — PolitiTweet.org

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An SEC filing from Quidel warned that “inventory levels may fluctuate due to supply chain variability in conjunction with larger and more frequent customer orders” and of “delays” of “raw materials and components.” — PolitiTweet.org

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So how did we get here? Trump administration decided to leave these tests to free market and companies had to forecast demand. This summer employers and states snapped up supply for screening and surveillance. Now a holiday covid resurge and consumer scramble is emptying shelves. — PolitiTweet.org

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BinaxNow maker Abbot announcing it will run lines “24/7” and invest in automation to ramp up rapid test supply — PolitiTweet.org

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Companies produce 'tens of millions' more rapid Covid tests to meet surge  "We're sending them out as fast as we can make them," said one executive. https://t.co/37cezf8leZ — PolitiTweet.org

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Consumers in multiple states fuming as they discover rapid covid tests aren’t exempt from sales tax because they’re not defined as medically necessary. — PolitiTweet.org

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Smart companies are shifting to a list of conditions for workers to come in, rather than erode employee trust by continually pushing back "firm" deadlines, said Gartner's Brian Kropp. — PolitiTweet.org

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Anyone seeing any evidence of covid rapid tests being resold at a high markup? — PolitiTweet.org

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Hunting for a last-minute covid rapid test? On/Go has stock and will ship FedEx overnight. https://t.co/wreF9MndBQ — PolitiTweet.org

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Nearly half of companies have pushed back or altered their reopening plans because of the omicron variant https://t.co/CRyE91W4Dr — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @SenWarren: Giant grocery store chains force high food prices onto American families while rewarding executives & investors with lavish… — PolitiTweet.org

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@cfarivar insert gif of darth vader's meditation chamber re-closing — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @cfarivar: @bpopken Judge Davila reads: “The jury has the following question: can the jury take jury instructions home to review them at… — PolitiTweet.org

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It's not the verdict. — PolitiTweet.org

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@aseitzwald Welcome to Maine! Long underwear and hot cider is your friend up here. — PolitiTweet.org

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Need a covid rapid test by Christmas? Pixel by LabCorp ships FedEx priority overnight and is free with insurance for patients with qualifying symptoms: https://t.co/TR9ibUxolW — PolitiTweet.org

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In April, a professor of medicine told me that for rapid covid tests, "a network should be established and held in a warm readiness state." https://t.co/rjyZ9T8NJj — PolitiTweet.org

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@rachelerman @cfarivar or flame a fleeting ship — PolitiTweet.org

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@cfarivar @dailycal @skbaer Cheers to you, my friend! Putting in true yeoman’s work on the sidewalk and keyboard these past few weeks. Many thanks. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @cfarivar: But these dudes are not done, apparently. They’re on 1st St right outside the courthouse. I’m getting a beer. -30- https:/… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @cfarivar: Holmes didn't 'flee a sinking ship,' defense says in closing arguments (by @bpopken and @cfarivar) https://t.co/onuXrWap5C — PolitiTweet.org

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Closing arguments in epic Holmes trial end with comparisons to sinking ships and Coca-Cola, by @bpopken and @cfarivar https://t.co/veZSo63IGG — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @MilesGCohen: "I want to clarify one thing that I said to you with respect to the standards of proof," he says, and pulls up the stairca… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @cfarivar: AUSA John Bostic, with the zinger: "Theranos though was no Coca-Cola. If Theranos were a soda company it would be a company… — PolitiTweet.org

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The letter is part of an escalating antitrust crackdown as policymakers target what they see as excessive concentration in food and other supply chains responsible for exploiting pandemic inflation. — PolitiTweet.org

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“Your companies had a choice: They could have retained lower prices for consumers and properly protected and compensated their workers, or granted massive payouts to top executives and investors... It is disappointing that you chose not to put your customers and workers first." — PolitiTweet.org

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“Your company, and the other major grocers who reaped the benefits of a turbulent 2020, appear to be passing costs on to consumers to preserve your pandemic gains, and even taking advantage of inflation to add greater burdens,” Warren wrote in the letter shared with NBC News. — PolitiTweet.org

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In a new letter, Senator Elizabeth Warren blasts Kroger and large grocers for profiting off food price inflation, accusing them of padding the bill to boost buybacks and bonuses. https://t.co/Ygvsp9EXYd — PolitiTweet.org