ABC News

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday compelling the nation’s meat packing plants, many of which have closed because of COVID-19 outbreaks among workers, to stay open as part of “critical infrastructure” in the United States, administration officials tell ABC News. Continue reading “Trump signs executive order to keep meat processing plants open under Defense Production Act”

The Blaze – by Dave Urbanski

Hospitals and doctors get paid more for Medicare patients diagnosed with COVID-19 — or if it’s presumed they’ve contracted the virus save for laboratory-confirmed tests — and then the payout triples if those patients are placed on ventilators, a USA Today fact check confirms.  Continue reading “Hospitals get more money for COVID-19 Medicare patients — then payout skyrockets if they go on ventilators, fact check confirms”

The Blaze – by Dave Urbanski

The owner of a Maryland riverside restaurant could face steep fines and a year behind bars after 15 police officers allegedly showed up at his business — Lee’s Landing Dock Bar in Port Deposit — over too many customers, which violates COVID-19 social distancing orders, the Cecil Whig reported. Continue reading “15 cops ‘raid’ restaurant allegedly over too many customers — a COVID-19 violation — and owner may get year in jail, $5,000 fine”

Daily Wire – by Amanda Prestigiacomo

A 37-year-old California man who died of a drug overdose has been added to the novel coronavirus death toll.

Though the death of the unidentified man was caused by a drug overdose, he also tested positive for the novel coronavirus, which was coded as a “significant continuing condition,” according to Ventura County spokeswoman Ashley Bautista, VA Star reported Thursday. Continue reading “Drug Overdose, Head Trauma Deaths Added To Coronavirus Death Toll”

Gateway Pundit – by Casandra Fairbanks

A video of law enforcement officers telling a 93-year-old couple that they can’t sit in chairs on a beach in Oxnard, California, is currently going viral on social media. Continue reading “California Cops Heckled As They Tell 93-Year-Old Couple They Can’t Sit in Chairs on the Beach”

Kunstler – by James Howard

Don’t it always seem to go, that you don’t know what you’ve got ‘til it’s gone, Joni trilled half a century ago. Another song, by CSN, went, it’s been a long time coming, it’s gonna be a long time gone. Boomers. Back in the day – before they invented the hedge fund, glyphosate, and political correctness ­– they had a way with the deep vision thing. And now, here we are! Just like they saw it.  Continue reading “The Great Conundrum”

AP

Nearly 70 residents sickened with the coronavirus have died at a Massachusetts home for aging veterans, as state and federal officials try to figure out what went wrong in the deadliest known outbreak at a long-term care facility in the U.S. Continue reading “Nearly 70 dead in ‘horrific’ outbreak at veterans home”

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New York Post – by Melissa Klein and Susan Edelman

Maybe the mayor needs to check out these images.

The subway has become a filthy, deadly homeless shelter on rails, according to disgusted transit workers who have taken to recording and photographing the horrid conditions.  Continue reading “Passed-out passengers, trash, urine fill subway cars amid coronavirus crisis”

Fortune

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said all loans of more than $2 million or more in a government relief program for small businesses will be audited to ensure they were justified after large public companies and big chains sparked outrage by taking funds.  Continue reading “Small business loans above $2 million will be audited, Mnuchin says”

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EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (KMOV.com) — Law enforcement responded to a call of an active shooter at the Menasha Packaging Plant in Edwardsville Tuesday morning that turned out to be false, Pontoon Beach police said.  Continue reading “False call of active shooter leads to evacuation of Metro East packaging plant”

Mint Press News – by Alan Macleod

A new report from the Institute for Policy Studies found that, while tens of millions of Americans have lost their jobs during the coronavirus pandemic, America’s ultra-wealthy elite have seen their net worth surge by $282 billion in just 23 days. This is despite the fact that the economy is expected to contract by 40 percent this quarter. The report also noted that between 1980 and 2020 the tax obligations of America’s billionaires, measured as a percentage of their wealth, decreased by 79 percent. Continue reading “America’s Super-Rich See Their Wealth Rise by $282 Billion in Three Weeks of Pandemic”

Yahoo Sports

(Bloomberg Opinion) — In the pre-coronavirus days, the Los Angeles Lakers was one of the most valuable and profitable sports franchises on the planet. Forbes estimated last year that the team earned $147 million in 2018 and would fetch about $3.7 billion in a sale. A trust controlled by the children of the late Jerry Buss, a wealthy investor, owns a majority stake in the team. Other co-owners include Philip Anschutz, a billionaire with a broad portfolio of holdings in energy, real estate, media, entertainment and other industries; Edward Roski Jr., a successful commercial real estate developer; and Patrick Soon-Shiong, who owns the Los Angeles Times. Continue reading “The Lakers Got Federal Aid and Your Corner Shop Didn’t”

Breitbart – by Hannah Bleau

“MAGA May Day” freedom rallies are slated to pop up across America Friday, May 1, aimed to send a message to “local and state government tyrants” that it is time to safely and responsibly reopen the country. Continue reading “‘MAGA May Day’ Freedom Rallies Planned Across America to Protest Lockdowns”

Western Journal – by Ben Marquis

After weeks of government-imposed lockdowns in response to the coronavirus pandemic, Americans across the country are growing increasingly restless, ready get back to work and business as usual. Continue reading “To Save His Town, Mayor Defies Shutdown Order, Dares New Mexico Governor To Send in State Police”

Free Thought Project – by Jack Burns

Two Texas police officers went undercover in an elaborate sting operation to catch citizens giving salon services for money in their own home. The cops posed as regular citizens needing to get a manicure. Tipsters (also known in some neighborhoods as “rats” or “snitches”) pointed police to a woman who was advertising manicure services on social media — the horror. Continue reading “Cops Wage Elaborate Undercover Scheme to Arrest Woman for Giving a Manicure Out of Her Home”