MISSED IT BY THAT MUCH: “Starbucks CEO says he’s gravely concerned about American politics,” the left-leaning Business Insider.com noted in February:

Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz says the US presidential election has turned into a “circus” and he has “grave concern” about the country’s future.

“I think it’s turned into something none of us has ever seen before, which I would label as almost a circus of yelling bombastic attacks, of a lack of respect, of a lack of dignity,” Schultz told employees at a forum last week in Nevada, Fortune’s Phil Wahba reports.

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“I worry if we just continue on this track and don’t speak up,” he said. “I’m asking myself what can we do, given our scale… to effect change, to elevate the discourse, and to demonstrate that this is not the way the country should be run.”

Perhaps the first step would be insisting that your own customers and fellow leftists switch to decaf and dial it back a notch or ten: “Gov. Rick Scott heckled at Starbucks: ‘You’re an a**hole!’”

“Ah, the beauty of progressive call-out culture. It gives anyone on the left a license to be rude and intentionally unpleasant and still feel good about themselves afterwards. According to the Palm Beach Post, this is the same Cara Jennings who during the 2012 election heckled Marco Rubio during a speech to Florida delegates.” Why does she hate Starbucks’ CEO so?