Coronavirus
– Once upon a virus…
– Oregon county creates race-specific ‘grounding space’ to escape ‘whiteness’ during pandemic
– Coronavirus: The Hammer and the Dance
– FDA authorizes remdesivir for emergency use as coronavirus treatment
– Saudi Officials Say Whopping 70% Of Mecca’s Population Likely Infected With COVID-19
– Data Shows World Rejecting Governments’ Shelter-In-Place Tyranny
– Security guard shot and killed after telling customer to use face mask
– China ‘finds new coronavirus strain that lasts for 49 days’ in infected patient
– Scientist Whose Doomsday Models Sparked Global Lockdown Resigns After Breaking Quarantine To Bang Married Lover
– White House Plans To “Wind Down” Coronavirus Task Force In Coming Weeks
– Trump Says Coronavirus Task Force to Shift Focus to Safety and Reopening Economy
– 3 Hospital Workers Gave Out Masks. Weeks Later, They All Were Dead.
Business/Economics
– What You Need to Know About Govt. Grants, Loans, and Forbearance to Survive the Pandemic Economy
– Berkshire Sells Entire Stakes in US Airlines
– More than 700 lawsuits have been filed across the US against fitness clubs, SXSW, airlines and prisons as Americans get fed up with coronavirus practices from businesses
– Here’s what you didn’t see inside Warren Buffett’s annual meeting
– U.S. Public Debt Increases More In April Than During Entire 2019
– From Houston to New York, America’s Muni Finances Are in Tatters
– Treasury’s $4 Trillion Funding Task Signals Record Auction Slate
– US Manufacturers New Orders Crash BY Most Ever (And April Will Be Worse)
– Elon Musk Puts Two Homes On The Market After Tweeting He Would Sell Most Of His “Physical Possessions”
– J. Crew Files For Bankruptcy As Covid Chaos Crushes Retailers
– Muscle’d Out: Gold’s Gym Files For Chapter 11 Due To Government Lockdowns
– The U.S. Treasury plans to borrow a record $3 trillion in the second quarter for coronavirus relief — more than twice what it borrowed in all of fiscal 2019
– Top Amazon executive quits over the firings of warehouse workers and climate activists
– Renters Now Have 12 Months To Repay Unpaid Rent In Santa Monica
– For Disney, a Stricken Empire
– Cancel Rent
– The Great Disconnect: Stocks and Just About Everything Else
– WeWork co-founder Adam Neumann sues SoftBank over collapse of $3 billion deal
– Service side of the U.S. economy crashes in April to recession levels, ISM shows
– The Choice For These Workers: Return To Their Jobs Amid A Pandemic Or Lose Them
– Airbnb To Lay Off 1,900 Employees As Tourism Industry Collapses
– Frontier Airlines Will Guarantee Empty Middle Seat For $39
– 18 Signs That We Are Facing A Record Breaking Economic Implosion In 2020
– Yields Surge After Treasury Announces Record $96BN In Treasury Refunding, Launches 20-Year Coupon Bond
– “Unprecedented” – Companies Slashed Over 20 Million Jobs In April, ADP
– Lord & Taylor to liquidate its stores as soon as they reopen, sources say
– Lufthansa to pay no dividend for 2019 as airline seeks bailout
– Double Black Swan Hitting Texas Drags Down the Rest of the U.S.
– “Biblical” Wave Of Bankruptcies Is About To Flood The US
– Economic expert with perfect record calling recessions is betting this one will be over by the end of 2020
– Why Wednesday’s historic jobs data was ‘not really news’
– 3.2 Million Filed for Unemployment Benefits
– It Begins: For The First Time Ever, Futures Price “Fatal” Negative US Rates Starting Dec 2020
– Neiman Marcus Files For ‘Prepack’ Bankruptcy, Joining J Crew
– US Consumer Credit Unexpectedly Crashes As Americans Repay A Record Amount Of Credit Card Debt
– Worst Jobs Report In History: 20.5 Million Jobs Lost As Unemployment Rate Hits Record 14.7%
– The Nasdaq Is Now Bigger Than The Rest Of The World’s Stock Market
– Something Odd Is Going On In Parking Lots Around The US
– A Tragic Record: For The First Time Ever, More Than Half Of The US Population Is Not Working
Politics
– White House blocking Fauci from testifying before Congress about coronavirus response
– California First To Be Approved For Up To $10 Billion Bailout From Feds To Pay Unemployment Benefits
– Knock, Knock. We’re From The Government & We Want Your Family’s Blood
World
– ‘Kim’s condition has been upgraded to ‘alive!’: Internet reacts with hilarious memes to claims Kim Jong-un is alive after photos of dictator are released for the first time in 20 days following rumours he had died
– Rights groups call for probe into Venezuela prison riot that left 46 dead
– Spain Seeks Another Bailout as Deficit Skyrockets
– Locusts, pandemics, floods: East Africa can’t catch a break
– First Quarter Declines in Asia’s Luxury Home Values Foretell Price Falls Elsewhere
– ‘Economic Fallout Accelerated’ – Hong Kong Records Worst Contraction In History
– Greece sees economy tanking this year on coronavirus impact: stability programme
– Italy begins to reopen
– Three Russian doctors fall from hospital windows, raising questions amid coronavirus pandemic
– Quarter of all UK workers paid to stay home on government scheme
– India’s Jobless Rate Jumps to 27.1%, Survey Says
– Zimbabwe Begs For Aid To Avoid “Collapse”
– BoE Warns Of Worst Economic Slump In 300 Years
– Venezuela charges Americans with terrorism, conspiracy
Local
– Blue Angels, Thunderbirds fly over Atlanta in salute to first responders
– Georgia’s Reopening Has Been ‘A Disaster’ For Some Retailers Desperate For Revenue
– Atlanta mayor reacts to packed streets on Cinco de Mayo
– White father, son charged with murder in Ahmaud Arbery case
Lockdown/Reopening
– Cops in tense stand-off with thousands of protesters demanding California beaches are reopened after Gov. Gavin Newsom’s shut them down to contain coronavirus
– Protests mark growing unrest with California stay-home order
– Dallas salon owner jailed for reopening in violation of court order
– Thousands Donate To GoFundMe For Jailed Salon Owner Who Stood Up To Judge In Viral Video
Real estate
– Commercial Real Estate Already Gets Hit in Europe: Prices for Retail Properties Plunge, Office Prices Sink
– Kentucky REALTORS report sellers aren’t yet reducing prices as buyers stop looking
– Massive Drop in Homebuyer Interest
Oil
– Bone-Chilling WTF Charts of the Collapse in US Demand for Gasoline, Jet Fuel, and Diesel
Food
– U.S. beef output is down way more than shutdowns suggest
– Meat Shortages Leave Wendy’s Diners Asking, ‘Where’s the Beef?’
– Costco is limiting how much meat customers can buy
– Beef Prices Explode To Record High As More Stores Limit Meat Purchases
– The American meat shortage is pushing prices to unprecedented heights — here’s how it could affect your grocery bill
Military
– Coronavirus survivors banned from joining the military
Prepping
– We Should All Be Preppers
Media
– Newspaper’s Top Editor Is Now a ‘Homeless’ Blogger
– NBC News Chairman Andy Lack Stepping Down
Weather
– Record heat returns to the West and record cold plunges into the East
Animals
– Tracking the ‘Murder Hornet’: A Deadly Pest Has Reached North America
Photos
– Some States Slowly Reopen for Business: Pictures
Op-ed
– We Are Living in a Failed State
– To save the economy, the Federal Reserve should drop interest rates to less than zero
– A radical idea to rescue U.S. households now—without adding to the national debt
