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Patreon.com/GoodMorningLiberty 'The Final Straw': Elon Musk Says He'll Move Tesla Headquarters Out Of California, File Lawsuit Over Restrictions https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-final-straw-elon-musk-says-hell-move-tesla-headquarters-out-of-california-file-lawsuit-over-restrictions?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=benshapiro Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who has recently drawn national attention for his strong rebukes of government authority amidst the , revealed on Saturday morning that the company's headquarters in Fremont, California, would immediately begin moving to either Texas or Nevada. The CEO's announcement, which took the form of a tweet response to someone who encouraged Tesla to file a lawsuit against Alameda County, called the local government barring the company from re-opening with reduced capacity on Friday "the final straw." Coronavirus pandemic may lead to 75,000 "deaths of despair" from suicide, drug and alcohol abuse, study says https://www.cbsnews.com/news/coronavirus-deaths-suicides-drugs-alcohol-pandemic-75000/ COVID-19 has directly claimed tens of thousands of U.S. lives, but conditions stemming from the novel coronavirus — rampant unemployment, isolation and an uncertain future — could lead to 75,000 deaths from drug or alcohol abuse and suicide, new research suggests. Deaths from these causes are known as "deaths of despair." And the COVID-19 pandemic may be accelerating conditions that lead to such deaths. Take the Shutdown Skeptics Seriously https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/05/take-shutdown-skeptics-seriously/611419/ Should states ease pandemic restrictions or extend lockdowns and shelter-in-place orders into the summer? That question confronts leaders across the United States. President Trump says that "we have to get our country open." And many governors are moving quickly in that direction. Critics are dismayed. Citing forecasts that COVID-19 deaths could rise to 3,000 per day in June, they say that reopening without better defenses against infections is reckless. That assessment may well be correct. Many insist it is immoral, too. The columnist Amy Z. Quinn says the Trump administration is "choosing money over lives." In a CNN news analysis, Daniel Burke offers this characterization of America's choice: "Should we reopen the economy to help the majority or protect the lives of the vulnerable?" --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/goodmorningliberty/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Patreon.com/GoodMorningLiberty Bernie Sanders, Kamala Harris and Ed Markey team up to propose monthly payments of $2K during pandemic https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/08/politics/bernie-sanders-covid-payments-kamala-harris/index.html (CNN)In response to the worsening economic crisis facing the country, Sens. Kamala Harris of California and Bernie Sanders of Vermont along with Ed Markey of Massachusetts will introduce a bill aimed at establishing a rebate payment program that would deliver $2,000 dollars to US residents including children until the Covid-19 pandemic has ended. Experts Knew a Pandemic Was Coming. Here's What They're Worried About Next. https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/05/07/experts-knew-pandemic-was-coming-what-they-fear-next-238686?cid=apn You might feel blindsided by the coronavirus, but warnings about a looming pandemic have been there for decades. Government briefings, science journals and even popular fiction projected the spread of a novel virus and the economic impacts it would bring, complete often with details about the specific challenges the U.S. is now facing. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/goodmorningliberty/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

MasterMyTrades.com Patreon.com/GoodMorningLiberty Grimes explains meaning of unique name of son with Elon Musk https://edition.cnn.com/2020/05/06/e Singer Grimes has revealed the meaning behind the unique name of her newborn son with Tesla and SpaceX CEO, Elon Musk. Musk announced the birth of their baby boy in a post on Twitter Tuesday, telling a fan that they had chosen to call him X Æ A-12 Musk. Memes around the choice of moniker came thick and fast with many members of the online community wondering how it was pronounced. Grimes has since broken down each character of their son's name in a Twitter post. Supreme Court Bans Non-Unanimous Jury Verdicts for Serious Crimes The badly fractured decision, affecting defendants in two states, continued a debate among the justices over the power of precedent. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/20/us/politics/supreme-court-unanimous-verdicts.html WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled on Monday that the Constitution banned non-unanimous jury verdicts in cases involving serious crimes. The decision will affect defendants and prisoners in Louisiana and Oregon, the only two states that have allowed such verdicts in recent years. The decision was badly fractured, with the justices sharply debating whether to adhere to an earlier decision. YouTube's Censorship of Dissenting Doctors Will Backfire https://fee.org/articles/youtube-s-censorship-of-dissenting-doctors-will-backfire/ YouTube has been removing videos of a press briefing in which two doctors criticize the sweeping "shelter-at-home" edicts that governments have imposed throughout the world in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. One of the videos had over 5 million views before it was taken down. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/goodmorningliberty/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

MasterMyTrades.com Patreon.com/GoodMorningLiberty SHUTDOWN UNREST: From CA To NY, Thousands Across Nation Turn Out For Lockdown Protests https://www.dailywire.com/news/shutdown-unrest-from-ca-to-ny-thousands-across-nation-turn-out-for-lockdown-protests?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=benshapiro Well over a month into coronavirus shutdown mode, unrest bubbled to the surface in states across the nation on Friday. From New York to California, thousands gathered in protest, demanding an end to draconian lockdown measures. An estimated 500-plus protesters gathered in Huntington Beach, California on Friday, rejecting Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom's coronavirus measures, including his order to close all public beaches in Orange County. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/goodmorningliberty/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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MasterMyTrades.com Patreon.com/GoodMorningLiberty Walmart pays hourly staff nearly $180M in bonuses with 'more to come' Federal Judge Blocks California Law Requiring Background Checks For Ammunition Purchases https://www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyle/walmart-pays-hourly-staff-180m-bonuses Walmart paid almost $180 million in cash bonuses to its hourly associates nationwide on Thursday and has fulfilled its goal of hiring 200,000 more employees since March in response to demand prompted by the novel coronavirus, the company announced. Donna Morris, the company's chief people officer, said in a memo posted to its website Thursday that hourly associates received the extra cash, which was actually accelerated quarterly incentive payouts, in addition to previously announced bonuses. Walmart announced in a mid-March press release it plans to pay its full-time hourly employees $300 each and it's part-time hourly workers $150 as a "special cash bonus," totaling more than $365 million. Amazon's CEO tells investors 'you may want to take a seat,' as he explains why the company will spend 'entirety' of $4 billion profit https://www.marketwatch.com/story/amazons-ceo-tells-investors-if-youre-shareowner-you-may-want-to-take-a-seat-as-he-explains-why-the-company-will-spend-entirety-of-4-billion-profit-2020-04-30 Amazon.com Inc. unsurprisingly topped expectations for quarterly sales amid the COVID-19 pandemic, but it was comments from CEO Jeff Bezos, in a written statement accompanying the retailer's earnings report, that really drew the focus on Wall Street Thursday evening. The remarks constituted arguably the lengthiest such statement from the world's richest man in a quarterly report and underscored the magnitude of the deadly disease that has left much of the world struggling to emerge from forced business shutdowns and a temporary cessation of normalcy to help limit the contagion's spread. FDA authorizes remdesivir for emergency use as coronavirus treatment https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fda-authorizes-remdesivir-for-emergency-use-as-coronavirus-treatment/ The Food and Drug Administration has authorized the antiviral drug remdesivir for emergency use in treating coronavirus cases, FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn announced in an impromptu Oval Office meeting on Friday afternoon. Daniel O'Day, the CEO of Gilead Sciences, which produces the drug, also attended the meeting with administration officials. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/goodmorningliberty/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Federal Judge Blocks California Law Requiring Background Checks For Ammunition Purchases https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2020/04/23/federal-judge-blocks-california-law-requiring-background-checks-for-ammunition-purchases/ New studies suggest huge undercount of coronavirus infections — but are they right? https://news.yahoo.com/new-studies-suggest-huge-undercount-of-coronavirus-infections-but-are-they-right-161418566.html GOP senators warn jobless benefit change will 'push unemployment higher,' as many paid more not to work https://www.foxnews.com/politics/gop-senators-warn-jobless-benefit-change-will-push-unemployment-higher-as-many-paid-more-not-to-work?fbclid=IwAR1Hgw4ICwUJAaSJg8tFlasmMB1NbNrAUvVzSxtDapaRrh2Ix8sresPg2f0 --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/goodmorningliberty/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Detroit health care worker dies after being denied coronavirus test 4 times, daughter says https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/detroit-health-care-worker-dies-after-being-denied-coronavirus-test-n1192076 Biden accuser Tara Reade calls out media, potential Dem VP picks for their 'silence' on her accusations https://www.foxnews.com/media/biden-accuser-tara-reade-media-democratic-vp-picks-silence Here's Why The Pentagon Officially Released UFO Video Footage https://www.forbes.com/sites/jackbrewster/2020/04/27/heres-why-the-pentagon-officially-released-ufo-video-footage/?fbclid=IwAR3dlOZMe5JDaff0pNcqn0_xwMthGBSpArR9Ind33LrAOCyOE15we7MfrfI#79ba23ec1a6a MASTERMYTRADES.com patreon.com/goodmorningliberty --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/goodmorningliberty/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

America's billionaires have become even richer since Donald Trump became president, and it says a lot about the country's record-high wealth gap https://www.businessinsider.com/us-billionaire-wealth-increased-since-trump-became-president-2020-4 Fact check: Hospitals get paid more if patients listed as COVID-19, on ventilators https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2020/04/24/fact-check-medicare-hospitals-paid-more-covid-19-patients-coronavirus/3000638001/ Mastermytrades.com patreon.com/goodmorningliberty --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/goodmorningliberty/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

UN warns world of humanitarian 'catastrophe' as hunger pandemic looms post-virus crisis https://www.geo.tv/latest/284235-coronavirus-pandemic-un-warns-world-of-humanitarian-catastrophe Anti-lockdown protester wields vile 'sacrifice the weak' poster at ReOpen Tennessee rally https://www.the-sun.com/news/724137/anti-lockdown-protester-tennessee-rally/ MasterMyTrades.com Patreon.com/goodmorningliberty --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/goodmorningliberty/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices