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Minneapolis is Burning || EP 257
<p>MasterMyTrades.com</p> <p>Patreon.com/GoodMorningLiberty</p> <p><strong>Trump targets social media companies with executive order after Twitter fact-checks his tweets</strong></p> <p>CNBC</p> <p>President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order cracking down on “censorship” by social media sites, a move widely seen by critics as retaliation against Twitter’s decision to slap fact-checking labels on the president’s tweets.</p> <p><strong>Trump executive order says social media companies 'censoring' speech</strong></p> <p><a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/trump-executive-order-says-social-media-companies-censoring-speech-in-us"><u><strong>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/trump-executive-order-says-social-media-companies-censoring-speech-in-us</strong></u></a></p> <p>President Trump is expected to order a review of the federal law that protects social media companies from content posted by their users days after Twitter labeled two of his tweets "potentially misleading."</p> <p>Trump is scheduled to sign the executive order on Thursday.</p> <p>A draft of the executive order seeks to limit the legal protections shielding internet companies and websites such as Twitter and Facebook from lawsuits, making it easier for federal agencies to hold the companies liable.</p> <p><strong>George Floyd protest turns deadly; Minneapolis mayor requests National Guard</strong></p> <p><strong>NBC</strong></p> <p>The mayor of Minneapolis asked the Minnesota National Guard to move in after protests in the city over the death of George Floyd in the custody of police escalated Wednesday night with a fatal shooting near the site of the demonstrations, widespread looting, fires and the deployment of tear gas.</p> <p>"I cannot risk the safety of innocent people and so that is what I've been sworn to uphold and that is what I am dedicated to do," Mayor Jacob Frey told NBC affiliate KARE. "We can have both things. We can have peaceful demonstrations, but I also have to ensure the safety of everyone in the city."</p> --- Support this podcast: <a href="https://anchor.fm/goodmorningliberty/support" rel="payment">https://anchor.fm/goodmorningliberty/support</a>
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Politicians Are Not the Answer. Our Interview w...
<p>Chris Spangle from "We Are Libertarians" joins us to talk news, politics, and the future of the LP. Check out the "We Are Libertarians" podcast on your favorite podcast app!&nbsp;</p> <p><a href="Wearelibertarians.com">Wearelibertarians.com</a></p> <p><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id509309981">Subscribe on Apple Podcasts</a></p> <p><a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/7fl5qRntLuZGAe9llfm5jb">Subscribe on Spotify</a></p> <p><a href="https://link.chtbl.com/we-are-libertarians">Subscribe on other, less cool podcast apps</a></p> --- Support this podcast: <a href="https://anchor.fm/goodmorningliberty/support" rel="payment">https://anchor.fm/goodmorningliberty/support</a>
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When is Enough, Enough? || EP255
<p><a href="https://anchor.fm/dashboard/episode/eejdfj/metadata/patreon.com/goodmorningliberty">patreon.com/goodmorningliberty</a></p> <p>Get in on the contest!</p> <p>1. Secret Code from the Podcast</p> <p>2. Enter it on the <a href="https://anchor.fm/dashboard/episode/eejdfj/metadata/goodmorningliberty.us/stimulus">website</a></p> <p>3. See if you win!</p> <p><a href="Mastermytrades.com">Mastermytrades.com</a></p> <p><strong>Use-Of-Force Experts Say Police Restrained George Floyd For Too Long</strong></p> <p><a href="https://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2020/05/26/i-cant-even-describe-it-use-of-force-experts-say-police-restrained-george-floyd-for-too-long/"><u><strong>https://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2020/05/26/i-cant-even-describe-it-use-of-force-experts-say-police-restrained-george-floyd-for-too-long/</strong></u></a></p> <p><strong>Unemployed South Florida Man Tells Police He Robbed Store To Feed Family</strong></p> <p><a href="https://miami.cbslocal.com/2020/05/26/south-florida-man-tells-police-he-robbed-to-feed-family/"><u><strong>https://miami.cbslocal.com/2020/05/26/south-florida-man-tells-police-he-robbed-to-feed-family/</strong></u></a></p> <p><strong>The Freedom to Move—or Stay Still</strong></p> <p><a href="https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/05/covid-mobility-movement-privilege.html"><u><strong>https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/05/covid-mobility-movement-privilege.html</strong></u></a></p> <p><strong>U.S. Supreme Court asked to intervene in California’s ‘biased’ shutdown of churches</strong></p> <p><a href="https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/u.s-supreme-court-asked-to-intervene-in-californias-biased-shutdown-of-churches"><u><strong>https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/u.s-supreme-court-asked-to-intervene-in-californias-biased-shutdown-of-churches</strong></u></a></p> <p><strong>Trump announces that houses of worship are ‘essential,’ calls on governors to open them up</strong></p> <p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-announces-that-houses-of-worship-are-essential-calls-on-governors-to-open-them-up"><u><strong>https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-announces-that-houses-of-worship-are-essential-calls-on-governors-to-open-them-up</strong></u></a></p> --- Support this podcast: <a href="https://anchor.fm/goodmorningliberty/support" rel="payment">https://anchor.fm/goodmorningliberty/support</a>
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Patreon Only LIVE Q&A || EP 254
<p>Hear the answers to all the questions you been wanting to ask!</p> <p><a href="patreon.com/goodmorningliberty">patreon.com/goodmorningliberty</a></p> <p>Get in on the contest!</p> <p>1. Secret Code from the Podcast</p> <p>2. Enter it on the <a href="goodmorningliberty.us/stimulus">website</a></p> <p>3. See if you win!&nbsp;</p> --- Support this podcast: <a href="https://anchor.fm/goodmorningliberty/support" rel="payment">https://anchor.fm/goodmorningliberty/support</a>
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#DumbBleep of the Week! Warren VS Yang VS Berni...
Contest details: Leave a rating/review on iTunes Go to our website goodmorningliberty.us/stimulus and enter the secret code word from the podcast! Patreon.com/goodmorningliberty Mastermytrades.com American billionaires got $434 billion richer during the pandemic https://www.cnbc.com/2020/05/21/american-billionaires-got-434-billion-richer-during-the-pandemic.html Church That Refused To Close During Lockdown Gets Burned Down, Investigated As Arson https://www.dailywire.com/news/bet-you-stay-home-now-hypokrits-church-that-refused-to-close-during-lockdown-gets-burned-down-investigated-as-arson Four Democratic U.S. senators warn against Uber buying Grubhub https://www.reuters.com/article/us-grubhub-m-a-uber-senators-idUSKBN22W30F --- Support this podcast: <a href="https://anchor.fm/goodmorningliberty/support" rel="payment">https://anchor.fm/goodmorningliberty/support</a>
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Doctors Warn Trump of the Lockdown's Unintended...
<p>MasterMyTrades.com</p> <p>Patreon.com/GoodMorningLiberty</p> <p>GoodMorningLiberty.us/Stimulus</p> <p><strong>U.S. to fly aid into Russia where coronavirus cases are climbing</strong></p> <p><a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-cases-idUSKBN22X0QL"><u>https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-cases-idUSKBN22X0QL</u></a></p> <p>MOSCOW (Reuters) - A U.S. military transport aircraft was expected to deliver a first batch of medical aid to Russia on Thursday, including 50 ventilators, to help Moscow cope with a rising number of novel coronavirus cases and deaths.</p> <p>Russia’s case tally, the world’s second highest, rose to 317,554 on Thursday after 8,849 new infections were reported, while the death toll climbed past the 3,000 mark after 127 people died in the last 24 hours.</p> <p><strong>Doctors raise alarm about health effects of continued coronavirus shutdown: 'Mass casualty incident'</strong></p> <p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/doctors-raise-alarm-about-health-effects-of-continued-coronavirus-shutdown"><u><strong>https://www.foxnews.com/politics/doctors-raise-alarm-about-health-effects-of-continued-coronavirus-shutdown</strong></u></a></p> <p><strong>More than 600 doctors signed onto a letter sent to President Trump Tuesday pushing him to end the "national shutdown" aimed at slowing the spread of the coronavirus, calling the widespread state orders keeping businesses closed and kids home from school a "mass casualty incident" with "exponentially growing health consequences."</strong></p> <p><strong>The letter outlines a variety of consequences that the doctors have observed resulting from the coronavirus shutdowns, including patients missing routine checkups that could detect things like heart problems or cancer, increases in substance and alcohol abuse, and increases in financial instability that could lead to "[p]overty and financial uncertainty," which "is closely linked to poor health."</strong></p> <p><strong>100 ‘unprecedented’ student lawsuits suing colleges amid coronavirus outbreak</strong></p> <p><a href="https://www.marketwatch.com/story/unprecedented-lawsuits-from-students-suing-colleges-amid-the-coronavirus-outbreak-raise-3-thorny-questions-for-higher-education-2020-05-21"><u><strong>https://www.marketwatch.com/story/unprecedented-lawsuits-from-students-suing-colleges-amid-the-coronavirus-outbreak-raise-3-thorny-questions-for-higher-education-2020-05-21</strong></u></a></p> <p>In a growing number of lawsuits across America, college students suddenly stuck in Zoom ZM, +1.03% classes want some of their tuition money back because, they say, this kind of academic experience isn’t what they bargained for.</p> <p>It’s been approximately two months since colleges started cancelling on-site schooling in the face of the coronavirus pandemic.</p> --- Support this podcast: <a href="https://anchor.fm/goodmorningliberty/support" rel="payment">https://anchor.fm/goodmorningliberty/support</a>
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Government Wants a Back Door into Your iPhone |...
<p>MasterMyTrades.com</p> <p>We're giving away $500!!! Sign up at GoodMorningLiberty.us/Stimulus</p> <p>Patreon.com/GoodMorningLiberty</p> <p><strong>Kroger CEO gets a big pay hike</strong></p> <p><a href="https://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2019/05/08/kroger-ceo-gets-a-big-pay-hike.html"><u><strong>https://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2019/05/08/kroger-ceo-gets-a-big-pay-hike.html</strong></u></a></p> <p><strong>Kroger Co. gave CEO Rodney McMullen a 19% pay hike last year, pushing his compensation near $12 million and making him one of Greater Cincinnati’s top-paid CEOs.</strong></p> <p><strong>Cincinnati-based Kroger (NYSE: KR), the nation’s largest operator of traditional supermarkets, boosted McMullen’s pay to $11.8 million last year, according to Securities and Exchange Commission filings. That’s up from $9.9 million in 2017. McMullen’s pay excludes changes in the actuarial present value of his pension benefit, a calculation the SEC requires but the Courier excludes from calculations of total compensation.</strong></p> <p><strong>Kroger to Pay $130 Million in One-Time Employee Bonuses</strong></p> <p><a href="https://www.fool.com/investing/2020/05/18/kroger-to-pay-130-million-in-one-time-employee-bon.aspx"><u><strong>https://www.fool.com/investing/2020/05/18/kroger-to-pay-130-million-in-one-time-employee-bon.aspx</strong></u></a></p> <p><strong>Major U.S. grocery and drugstore chain Kroger (NYSE:KR) says it will pay $130 million more in bonuses to its workers, both part-time and full-time, in two parts. Like other bonuses and extra pay the company has dished out during the past several months, this bonus is to "recognize and thank our associates for their incredible work during this historic time" of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to CEO Rodney McMullen.</strong></p> <p><strong>Pensacola Terrorist’s Phone Showed Connections To Al Qaeda. DOJ, FBI, Slam Apple For Refusing To Help Unlock It</strong></p> <p><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/pensacola-terrorists-phone-showed-connections-to-al-qaeda-doj-fbi-slam-apple-for-refusing-to-help-unlock-it?al_applink_data=%7B%22target_url%22%3A%22http%3A%5C%2F%5C%2Fdlvr.it%5C%2FRWzrpp%22%2C%22extras%22%3A%5B%5D%2C%22referer_app_link%22%3A%7B%22url%22%3A%22fb%3A%5C%2F%5C%2F%5C%2F%22%2C%22app_name%22%3A%22Facebook%22%7D%7D"><u><strong>https://www.dailywire.com/news/pensacola-terrorists-phone-showed-connections-to-al-qaeda-doj-fbi-slam-apple-for-refusing-to-help-unlock-it?al_applink_data=%7B%22target_url%22%3A%22http%3A%5C%2F%5C%2Fdlvr.it%5C%2FRWzrpp%22%2C%22extras%22%3A%5B%5D%2C%22referer_app_link%22%3A%7B%22url%22%3A%22fb%3A%5C%2F%5C%2F%5C%2F%22%2C%22app_name%22%3A%22Facebook%22%7D%7D</strong></u></a></p> <p><strong>Attorney General Bill Barr and FBI Director Chris Wray slammed Apple for refusing to help them unlock the iPhones of the terrorist who launched a deadly terror attack at a Florida naval base last December. The two men announced that after they finally unlocked the phones, cellphone evidence showed the terrorist who launched the attack had been in contact with al Qaeda operatives for years.</strong></p> --- Support this podcast: <a href="https://anchor.fm/goodmorningliberty/support" rel="payment">https://anchor.fm/goodmorningliberty/support</a>
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Apparently, You Don’t Have the Constitutional R...
<p>MasterMyTrades.com</p> <p>Patreon.com/GoodMorningLiberty</p> <p><strong>Alan Dershowitz says the state has every right to ‘plunge a needle into your arm’ and forcibly vaccinate its citizens</strong></p> <p><a href="https://www.theblaze.com/news/alan-dershowitz-says-the-state-has-every-right-to-plunge-a-needle-into-your-arm-and-forcibly-vaccinate-its-citizens"><u><strong>https://www.theblaze.com/news/alan-dershowitz-says-the-state-has-every-right-to-plunge-a-needle-into-your-arm-and-forcibly-vaccinate-its-citizens</strong></u></a></p> <p><strong>Alan Dershowitz, liberal Democratic lawyer, civil liberties advocate, and Harvard Law School emeritus professor, says that the state has a "right" to "plunge a needle into your arm" in a forced vaccination scenario if necessary.</strong></p> <p><strong>During a recent discussion with Jason Goodman, Dershowitz — who defended President Donald Trump during his Senate impeachment trial — said that the U.S. Constitution permits the government to forcibly vaccinate its citizens in an effort to stop the spread of contagion.</strong></p> <p><strong>Trump announces executive order aiming to make hundreds of deregulations amid coronavirus permanent</strong></p> <p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-executive-order-to-identify-regulations-that-can-be-suspended-for-coronavirus-recovery"><u><strong>https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-executive-order-to-identify-regulations-that-can-be-suspended-for-coronavirus-recovery</strong></u></a></p> <p><strong>President Trump announced an executive order Tuesday that aims to make hundreds of deregulations in the age of coronavirus permanent, something that would amount to a massive overhaul of regulatory policy.</strong></p> <p><strong>"We've done far more regulation cutting than any president in history," Trump said at a Cabinet meeting ahead of signing the order.</strong></p> <p><strong>Democratic Socialists of America's membership surges amid coronavirus, report says</strong></p> <p><a href="https://apple.news/A_A19FB6fQj2EQroxuw5oUw"><u><strong>https://apple.news/A_A19FB6fQj2EQroxuw5oUw</strong></u></a></p> <p><strong>Even as virtually every country's economy has struggled in recent months amid state-imposed lockdowns intended to combat the coronavirus pandemic, some disaffected progressives are convinced that the problem is capitalism -- reportedly sending membership in the Democratic Socialists of America [DSA] surging by 10,000 since March, for a still-paltry total of 66,000 members overall.</strong></p> --- Support this podcast: <a href="https://anchor.fm/goodmorningliberty/support" rel="payment">https://anchor.fm/goodmorningliberty/support</a>
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The Innocent Shouldn't Be Murdered by Governmen...
<p>MasterMyTrades.com</p> <p>Patreon.com/GoodMorningLiberty</p> <p><strong>Why Illinois Is In Trouble – 109,881 Public Employees With $100,000+ Paychecks Cost Taxpayers $14B</strong></p> <p><a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/adamandrzejewski/2020/04/27/why-illinois-is-in-trouble--109881-public-employees-with-100000-paychecks-cost-taxpayers-14b/#68c73e2e7ee9"><u><strong>https://www.forbes.com/sites/adamandrzejewski/2020/04/27/why-illinois-is-in-trouble--109881-public-employees-with-100000-paychecks-cost-taxpayers-14b/#68c73e2e7ee9</strong></u></a></p> <p><strong>Illinois could soon be the first state in history to have its bonds rated as “junk.” Last month, both Moody’s MCO and Standard &amp; Poor’s downgraded Illinois debt to just one notch above junk status.</strong></p> <p><strong>Last week, the Illinois State Senate President Don Harmon (D-Chicago) wrote a letter to Congress requesting a $41.6 billion bailout. Critics balked.</strong></p> <p><strong>Police Shot and Killed a 26-Year-Old EMT in Her Apartment While Looking for Someone Else Entirely</strong></p> <p><a href="https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/qj44wv/what-we-know-about-breonna-taylor-lousiville-kentucky-emt-police-shooting-death"><u><strong>https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/qj44wv/what-we-know-about-breonna-taylor-lousiville-kentucky-emt-police-shooting-death</strong></u></a></p> <p><strong>Breonna Taylor’s mom knew something was wrong when she got a call after midnight on March 13 from Taylor’s boyfriend. He said that he believed their home was being broken into.</strong></p> <p><strong>“I think they shot Breonna,” her boyfriend told Taylor’s mother over the phone.</strong></p> <p><strong>Taylor, a 26-year-old EMT, was killed in her Kentucky apartment by cops who were executing a search warrant as part of a narcotics investigation. The police say Taylor’s boyfriend shot a cop, and they responded with a volley of bullets, at least eight of which struck Taylor.</strong></p> --- Support this podcast: <a href="https://anchor.fm/goodmorningliberty/support" rel="payment">https://anchor.fm/goodmorningliberty/support</a>
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When Republicans and Democrats Agree, Liberty D...
<p>MasterMyTrades.com</p> <p>Patreon.com/GoodMorningLiberty</p> <h1><strong>Senate votes to renew federal surveillance</strong></h1> <p><a href="http://www.mohavedailynews.com/news/senate-votes-to-renew-federal-surveillance/article_27608902-9674-11ea-92c9-d3e1862b737d.html"><u><strong>http://www.mohavedailynews.com/news/senate-votes-to-renew-federal-surveillance/article_27608902-9674-11ea-92c9-d3e1862b737d.html</strong></u></a></p> <p><strong>WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has passed legislation that would extend a set of expired federal surveillance tools designed to help law enforcement officials track suspected terrorists and spies, moving one step closer to reviving them.</strong></p> <p><strong>The legislation passed the Senate 80-16 on Thursday. The bill is a bipartisan compromise that has the support of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. The Justice Department, which had been part of the negotiations, said it appreciated that the expired authorities had been reauthorized but expressed disappointment with the tweaked version of the bill that ultimately passed.</strong></p> <p><strong>‘The Onion can’t keep up with CNN’: Network’s coronavirus town hall to feature… expert Greta Thunberg</strong></p> <p><a href="https://www.rt.com/usa/488565-cnn-greta-thunberg-coronavirus/"><u><strong>https://www.rt.com/usa/488565-cnn-greta-thunberg-coronavirus/</strong></u></a></p> <p><strong>CNN’s latest installment of its ‘Facts and Fears’ town hall on the coronavirus pandemic will feature teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg as one of its experts. What expertise Thunberg can offer on the virus is a mystery.</strong></p> <p><strong>The town hall, due to broadcast on Thursday, will feature former acting Centers for Disease Control and Prevention head Richard Besser, former Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, and Swedish climate change activist Greta Thunberg.</strong></p> <p><strong>Near-term U.S. economic outlook darkens, slow recovery to follow: Reuters poll</strong></p> <p><a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-economy-poll-idUSKBN22R063"><u><strong>https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-economy-poll-idUSKBN22R063</strong></u></a></p> <p><strong>(Reuters) - An already-dismal near-term U.S. economic outlook has darkened further in the latest Reuters poll of economists, and while a recovery is still forecast for the second half, the economy won’t come close to regaining the ground it lost this year.</strong></p> <p><strong>Laying bare both the human and economic tragedy brought by the coronavirus pandemic, almost 4.4 million people have been infected globally and the U.S. unemployment rate surged to 14.7% last month, far higher than its post-World War Two record of 10.8% in November 1982.</strong></p> --- Support this podcast: <a href="https://anchor.fm/goodmorningliberty/support" rel="payment">https://anchor.fm/goodmorningliberty/support</a>
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Should You Be Wearing a Mask? || EP 247
<p><a href="patreon.com/goodmorningliberty">patreon.com/goodmorningliberty</a></p> <p><a href="Mastermytrades.com">Mastermytrades.com</a></p> <p><strong>Stop Forcing People to Wear Masks Over COVID-19 Fears</strong></p> <p><a href="https://fee.org/articles/stop-forcing-people-to-wear-masks-over-covid-19-fears/"><u>https://fee.org/articles/stop-forcing-people-to-wear-masks-over-covid-19-fears/</u></a></p> <p><br></p> <p><em><strong>Senate rejects measure that would block FISA Court from approving searches of U.S. citizens</strong></em></p> <p><a href="https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/may/14/senate-rejects-measure-would-block-fisa-court-appr/"><u><em><strong>https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/may/14/senate-rejects-measure-would-block-fisa-court-appr/</strong></em></u></a></p> <p><br></p> <p><em><strong>Michigan barber defying Gov. Whitmer’s coronavirus shutdown has license stripped</strong></em></p> <p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/michigan-barber-defying-gov-whitmers-coronavirus-shutdown-has-license-stripped"><u><em><strong>https://www.foxnews.com/us/michigan-barber-defying-gov-whitmers-coronavirus-shutdown-has-license-stripped</strong></em></u></a></p> <p><br></p> <p><em><strong>Tesla’s Elon Musk Defies Government Orders in an Act of Economic Civil Disobedience</strong></em></p> <p><a href="https://fee.org/articles/tesla-s-elon-musk-defies-government-orders-in-an-act-of-economic-civil-disobedience/"><u><em><strong>https://fee.org/articles/tesla-s-elon-musk-defies-government-orders-in-an-act-of-economic-civil-disobedience/</strong></em></u></a></p> --- Support this podcast: <a href="https://anchor.fm/goodmorningliberty/support" rel="payment">https://anchor.fm/goodmorningliberty/support</a>
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Democrats Propose $3T Legislation || EP 246
MasterMyTrades.com Patreon.com/GoodMorningLiberty FBI Accidentally Releases Name Of Saudi Official Suspected Of Directing Support For 9/11 Attack https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-fbi-accidentally-releases-name-of-saudi-official-suspected-of-directing-support-for-9-11-attack?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=benshapiro The FBI accidentally revealed the identity of a Saudi government official who officials had suspected of helping direct support to two of the Al-Qaeda hijackers that carried out the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks that resulted in the deaths of nearly 3,000 Americans. Yahoo News reported late on Tuesday that the revelation was contained in court documents filed late last week, which have since been withdrawn, in response to a lawsuit from families of the 9/11 victims against the Saudi government. House Democrats unveil new $3T relief bill with aid to states, direct payments to Americans https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/house-democrats-unveil-3t-relief-bill-aid-states/story?id=70642730 House Democrats on Tuesday unveiled a massive $3 trillion coronavirus relief package – which includes another round of direct payments to Americans – designed to ease the pandemic’s effects on the health care system and the economy. Democratic leaders announced the House will vote on the gargantuan measure this Friday, leaving members with less than three days to pore over the nearly 2,000 page bill. Bill Gates’s Coronavirus Vaccine Could Be Ready in 12 Months https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-26/billionaire-gates-s-foundation-to-focus-solely-on-virus-ft-says Billionaire Bill Gates’s foundation will focus all of its resources on fighting the coronavirus, according to the Financial Times. The philanthropist and founder of Microsoft Corp. said that the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, with an endowment exceeding $40 billion, will give “total attention” to the pandemic that has killed more than 200,000 and is roiling economies around the world, he said in an interview with the newspaper. --- Support this podcast: <a href="https://anchor.fm/goodmorningliberty/support" rel="payment">https://anchor.fm/goodmorningliberty/support</a>
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Bernie Doesn't Want Denmark || EP 245
<p>Patreon.com/GoodMorningLiberty</p> <p><em><strong>There's a rebellion brewing and Trump is egging it on</strong></em></p> <p><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/11/politics/what-matters-may-11/index.html"><u><em><strong>https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/11/politics/what-matters-may-11/index.html</strong></em></u></a></p> <p><em>(CNN)There's a Covid-19 rebellion brewing in Pennsylvania, where counties led by Republicans and some businesses have said they'll defy Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf's restrictive orders.</em></p> <p><em><strong>Wolf has said he'll withhold stimulus funding from those counties if they ignore his orders. He's taken a tiered strategy to reopening the state and moved scores of counties to a new, more open "yellow" phase. Some of those still on "red" don't want to wait for the state anymore.</strong></em></p> <p><em><strong>McDonald’s Workers in Denmark Pity Us</strong></em></p> <p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/08/opinion/sunday/us-denmark-economy.html"><u><em><strong>https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/08/opinion/sunday/us-denmark-economy.html</strong></em></u></a></p> <p><em><strong>...Grab a Danish, and we’ll chat about how a progressive country performs under stress. The pandemic interrupted my reporting, but I’d be safer if I still were in Denmark: It has had almost twice as much testing per capita as the United States and fewer than half as many deaths per capita.</strong></em></p> <p><em><strong>Put it this way: More than 35,000 Americans have already died in part because the United States could not manage the pandemic as deftly as Denmark.</strong></em></p> --- Support this podcast: <a href="https://anchor.fm/goodmorningliberty/support" rel="payment">https://anchor.fm/goodmorningliberty/support</a>
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Is Justin Amash a Real Libertarian? + When the ...
<p>Patreon.com/GoodMorningLiberty</p> <p><em><strong>‘The Final Straw’: Elon Musk Says He’ll Move Tesla Headquarters Out Of California, File Lawsuit Over Restrictions</strong></em></p> <p><a href="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&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=benshapiro"><u><em><strong>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&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=benshapiro</strong></em></u></a></p> <p><em><strong>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.</strong></em></p> <p><em><strong>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.”</strong></em></p> <p><em><strong>Coronavirus pandemic may lead to 75,000 "deaths of despair" from suicide, drug and alcohol abuse, study says</strong></em></p> <p><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/coronavirus-deaths-suicides-drugs-alcohol-pandemic-75000/"><u><em><strong>https://www.cbsnews.com/news/coronavirus-deaths-suicides-drugs-alcohol-pandemic-75000/</strong></em></u></a></p> <p><em><strong>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.</strong></em></p> <p><em><strong>Deaths from these causes are known as "deaths of despair." And the COVID-19 pandemic may be accelerating conditions that lead to such deaths.</strong></em></p> <p><em><strong>Take the Shutdown Skeptics Seriously</strong></em></p> <p><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/05/take-shutdown-skeptics-seriously/611419/"><u><em><strong>https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/05/take-shutdown-skeptics-seriously/611419/</strong></em></u></a></p> <p><em>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.</em></p> <p><em>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?”</em></p> --- Support this podcast: <a href="https://anchor.fm/goodmorningliberty/support" rel="payment">https://anchor.fm/goodmorningliberty/support</a>
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Our Greatest Fear Should Be White Supremacy? + ...
<p>Patreon.com/GoodMorningLiberty</p> <p><em><strong>Bernie Sanders, Kamala Harris and Ed Markey team up to propose monthly payments of $2K during pandemic</strong></em></p> <p><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/08/politics/bernie-sanders-covid-payments-kamala-harris/index.html"><u><em><strong>https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/08/politics/bernie-sanders-covid-payments-kamala-harris/index.html</strong></em></u></a></p> <p><em><strong>(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.</strong></em></p> <p><em><strong>Experts Knew a Pandemic Was Coming. Here’s What They’re Worried About Next.</strong></em></p> <p><a href="https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/05/07/experts-knew-pandemic-was-coming-what-they-fear-next-238686?cid=apn"><u><em><strong>https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/05/07/experts-knew-pandemic-was-coming-what-they-fear-next-238686?cid=apn</strong></em></u></a></p> <p><em><strong>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.</strong></em></p> --- Support this podcast: <a href="https://anchor.fm/goodmorningliberty/support" rel="payment">https://anchor.fm/goodmorningliberty/support</a>
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Censorship is Never a Good Idea | Supreme Court...
<p>MasterMyTrades.com</p> <p>Patreon.com/GoodMorningLiberty</p> <p><em><strong>Grimes explains meaning of unique name of son with Elon Musk</strong></em></p> <p><a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2020/05/06/e"><u><em><strong>https://edition.cnn.com/2020/05/06/e</strong></em></u></a></p> <p><em><strong>Singer Grimes has revealed the meaning behind the unique name of her newborn son with Tesla and SpaceX CEO, Elon Musk.</strong></em></p> <p><em><strong>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.</strong></em></p> <p><em><strong>Memes around the choice of moniker came thick and fast with many members of the online community wondering how it was pronounced.</strong></em></p> <p><em><strong>Grimes has since broken down each character of their son's name in a Twitter post.</strong></em></p> <p><em><strong>Supreme Court Bans Non-Unanimous Jury Verdicts for Serious Crimes</strong></em></p> <p><em><strong>The badly fractured decision, affecting defendants in two states, continued a debate among the justices over the power of precedent.</strong></em></p> <p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/20/us/politics/supreme-court-unanimous-verdicts.html"><u><em><strong>https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/20/us/politics/supreme-court-unanimous-verdicts.html</strong></em></u></a></p> <p><em><strong>WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled on Monday that the </strong></em><a href="https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/19pdf/18-5924_n6io.pdf"><u><em><strong>Constitution banned non-unanimous jury verdicts</strong></em></u></a><em><strong> 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.</strong></em></p> <p><em><strong>The decision was badly fractured, with the justices sharply debating whether to adhere to an earlier decision.</strong></em></p> <p><em><strong>YouTube’s Censorship of Dissenting Doctors Will Backfire</strong></em></p> <p><a href="https://fee.org/articles/youtube-s-censorship-of-dissenting-doctors-will-backfire/"><u><em><strong>https://fee.org/articles/youtube-s-censorship-of-dissenting-doctors-will-backfire/</strong></em></u></a></p> <p><em><strong>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.</strong></em></p> --- Support this podcast: <a href="https://anchor.fm/goodmorningliberty/support" rel="payment">https://anchor.fm/goodmorningliberty/support</a>
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Is It Time for Libertarianism? || EP 239
<p>MasterMyTrades.com</p> <p>Patreon.com/GoodMorningLiberty</p> <p><em><strong>SHUTDOWN UNREST: From CA To NY, Thousands Across Nation Turn Out For Lockdown Protests</strong></em></p> <p><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/shutdown-unrest-from-ca-to-ny-thousands-across-nation-turn-out-for-lockdown-protests?utm_source=facebook&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=benshapiro"><u><em><strong>https://www.dailywire.com/news/shutdown-unrest-from-ca-to-ny-thousands-across-nation-turn-out-for-lockdown-protests?utm_source=facebook&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=benshapiro</strong></em></u></a></p> <p><em><strong>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.</strong></em></p> <p><em><strong>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.</strong></em></p> --- Support this podcast: <a href="https://anchor.fm/goodmorningliberty/support" rel="payment">https://anchor.fm/goodmorningliberty/support</a>
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The Healthcare Pandemic || EP 237
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The Dumbest (and best) Stuff of the Week || 238
<p>MasterMyTrades.com</p> <p>Patreon.com/GoodMorningLiberty</p> <p><em><strong>Walmart pays hourly staff nearly $180M in bonuses with 'more to come'</strong></em></p> <p><em><strong>Federal Judge Blocks California Law Requiring Background Checks For Ammunition Purchases</strong></em></p> <p><a href="https://www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyle/walmart-pays-hourly-staff-180m-bonuses"><u><em>https://www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyle/walmart-pays-hourly-staff-180m-bonuses</em></u></a></p> <p><em>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.</em></p> <p><em>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.</em></p> <p><em>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.</em></p> <h1><em><strong>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</strong></em></h1> <p><a href="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"><u>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</u></a></p> <p>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.</p> <p>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.</p> <h1><em><strong>FDA authorizes remdesivir for emergency use as coronavirus treatment</strong></em></h1> <p><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fda-authorizes-remdesivir-for-emergency-use-as-coronavirus-treatment/"><u>https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fda-authorizes-remdesivir-for-emergency-use-as-coronavirus-treatment/</u></a></p> <p>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.</p> <p><br></p> --- Support this podcast: <a href="https://anchor.fm/goodmorningliberty/support" rel="payment">https://anchor.fm/goodmorningliberty/support</a>
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Firearms | COVID Mortality | & Unemployment || ...
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: <a href="https://anchor.fm/goodmorningliberty/support" rel="payment">https://anchor.fm/goodmorningliberty/support</a>
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A Test Is NOT a Cure || EP 235
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: <a href="https://anchor.fm/goodmorningliberty/support" rel="payment">https://anchor.fm/goodmorningliberty/support</a>
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The War on Wealth || EP 234
<p>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</p> <p>https://www.businessinsider.com/us-billionaire-wealth-increased-since-trump-became-president-2020-4</p> <p><br></p> <p>Fact check: Hospitals get paid more if patients listed as COVID-19, on ventilators</p> <p>https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2020/04/24/fact-check-medicare-hospitals-paid-more-covid-19-patients-coronavirus/3000638001/</p> <p><br></p> <p><a href="Mastermytrades.com">Mastermytrades.com</a></p> <p><a href="patreon.com/goodmorningliberty">patreon.com/goodmorningliberty</a></p> <p><br></p> <p><br></p> <p><br></p> <p><br></p> <p><br></p> --- Support this podcast: <a href="https://anchor.fm/goodmorningliberty/support" rel="payment">https://anchor.fm/goodmorningliberty/support</a>
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Dumbest Tyrants of the Week | AOC | Gov. Whitme...
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: <a href="https://anchor.fm/goodmorningliberty/support" rel="payment">https://anchor.fm/goodmorningliberty/support</a>
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Bernie Says "Economic Rights Are Human Rights" ...
Sweden’s Top Epidemiologist: COVID-19 Infections Flattening Under Policy of Individual Responsibility https://fee.org/articles/sweden-s-top-epidemiologist-covid-19-infections-flattening-under-policy-of-individual-responsibility/ He traveled to a hospital to set up its new computer system. Three weeks later, he died there. - NBC https://apple.news/AAT4ElK12R9-vsiiQ-g1VlQ MasterMyTrades.com Patreon.com/goodmorningliberty --- Support this podcast: <a href="https://anchor.fm/goodmorningliberty/support" rel="payment">https://anchor.fm/goodmorningliberty/support</a>
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It's Time to PANIC || EP 231
2 cats in NY become first US pets to test positive for virus Two pet cats in New York state have tested positive for the coronavirus, marking the first confirmed cases in companion animals in the United States Read in ABC News: https://apple.news/AUj-y6owlTiqNeTHfXWbSGw Mastermytrades.com --- Support this podcast: <a href="https://anchor.fm/goodmorningliberty/support" rel="payment">https://anchor.fm/goodmorningliberty/support</a>
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