Coronavirus
– Coronavirus pandemic accelerating, warns WHO head
– World’s No. 1 tennis player Novak Djokovic tests positive for coronavirus after hosting tournament
– Virus Surges Across U.S., Throwing Reopenings Into Disarray
– U.S. records most daily coronavirus cases since April: ‘We are in deep trouble’
– States retreat as confirmed virus cases hit all-time high
– The CDC Lost Control Of The Coronavirus Pandemic. Then The Agency Disappeared.
Business/Economics
– I, Who Hates Shorting, Just Shorted the Entire Stock Market. Here’s Why
– There is a nationwide coin shortage
– The Latest Pandemic Shortage: Coins Are The New Toilet Paper
– Default Wave Arrives: Weekly Bankruptcy Filings Suddenly Soar Most In 11 Years
– Mortgage Delinquencies Surge To Nine-Year High
– The Second Great Depression
– The TVIX ETF Is Getting Delisted: Here Are The Three Implications For Markets
– Bayer paying up to $10.9B to settle Monsanto weedkiller case
– SoftBank Chairman Masayoshi Son Steps Down From Alibaba Board After 15 Years
– Wirecard Shares Plummet 80% After Company Files For Insolvency Proceedings
– Cash for coins: QuikTrip will take your pocket change
– Wirecard, the disgraced German payments firm backed by Softbank, files for insolvency over €1.3B in loans coming due
– Another 1.38 million new jobless claims predicted. Why aren’t they falling faster?
– Q1 GDP Unchanged At -5.0% In Final Revision As Corporate Profits Tumbled 12.3%
– Fed’s Balance Sheet Shrinks For Second Consecutive Week
– “Historic Decline” Seen In April World Trade Volumes As V-Shaped Narrative Implodes
– A Quarter Of All Personal Income In The US Now Comes From The Government
– American Airlines will book flights to full capacity
– Microsoft to permanently close all of its retail stores
– Coca-Cola pauses advertising on all social media platforms globally
– Half of U.S. homeowners struggle with mortgage due to COVID-19, consider selling home
Global
– Austria’s 100-Year Bond Sale Is 8x Oversubscribed
– Canada Loses Its AAA Rating
Politics
– Trump Campaign Cancels Plans to Address ‘Overflow Crowd’ Because Not Enough People Showed Up
– Trump back in rally form in Tulsa, but the promised crowd doesn’t show
– Trump’s campaign was trolled by TikTok users in Tulsa
Demonstrations/March
– The March on Atlanta One Race Movement
– Leader of Seattle’s ‘autonomous zone’ says many protesters are leaving
– Seattle CHOP Leaders Claim “Success”, Urge Protesters To Go Home, Continue “Struggle” Online
– Capitol Hill Occupied Protest (Official Account) Twitter account closed
Police/Crime
– Minneapolis police chief calls George Floyd’s death a murder
– Grand Jury Indicts All 3 Suspects In Ahmaud Arbery Murder
– Your barber has more training than your police force
– ‘No Hate Crime’: FBI Determines ‘Noose’ in Bubba Wallace’s Garage to Be a Rope Handle
Monuments
– All the Monuments to Racism That Have Been Torched, Occupied, or Removed
– Confederate, Columbus statues destroyed across US amid protests
– Statues of Junipero Serra, Ulysses S. Grant toppled at Golden Gate Park
– Trump threatens prison time after protesters attempt to topple Andrew Jackson statue near White House
US
– It’s not just you — there’s a sudden wave of fireworks exploding in cities across the US
Weather
– ‘Godzilla dust cloud’ from Sahara heads for US bringing ‘worst air pollution in 50 years’ after swamping the Caribbean
– Live Earth Satellite
– The Arctic is on fire: Siberian heat wave alarms scientists
Earthquake
– Powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake rocks Mexico; at least six dead
Pests
– ‘Astonishing’ huge swarm of locusts sweeps through farmland and ruins crops in Argentina