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Hope you had a fantastic Thursday.
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And the first things we're gonna talk about today
are Internet-y news quickie,
starting with the good stuff.
You know, in these weird and trying times,
we've been seeing creators left and right stepping up
to the plate, raising money for charity,
good initiatives.
You know, as we get the likes of Vinesauce,
who on his birthday announced while he was doing a stream
of Zelda Majora's Mask that he was going to raise money
for COVID-19 relief.
Set a goal of $10,000.
Crushed that.
It's currently sitting at $38,500 as of filming this.
You see a number of gaming organizations doing their part,
like F2K recently raising over $70,000 on live streams
for care and feeding America.
You also have YouTubers helping,
with people like James Charles putting out a video
on Tuesday which was pretty much the biggest get ready
with me video in YouTube's history.
That video including some of the biggest names
in the beauty community, like NikkieTutorials,
Patrick Starrr, Mykie aka Glam into Gore,
Bretman Rock, Micky the Dragon, and more.
And there, you know, we saw James Charles donating $25,000
of his own money.
Fans contributing as well.
Also, helping with donations there, you had Google
who promised to pay two dollars for every one dollar donated
And as of recording right now, that fundraiser is sitting
just shy of $5 million with a hope of raising $7.5 million.
Also, this week we saw a virtual telethon hosted
by Tina Fey to help New Yorkers who are struggling right now
raising over $115 million.
With that money going to an organization
called Robin Hood that says on its website
"100% of the donations will provide support
"for food, shelter, cash assistance,
"health and mental health, legal services,
"education and more.
"Helping fellow New Yorkers rebuild their lives
"as the city moves towards recovery and beyond."
Also, we've seen companies getting involved,
like the airline JetBlue that's now offering 100,000 free
pairs of roundtrip tickets to health care workers.
And essentially, the way it works is if
you know a healthcare worker who you think deserves a break,
you go to the link that I'll include down below
and you tell JetBlue why.
Also, notably regarding the timing of that trip,
because obviously, you know, not ideal now,
they even say on the site,
"So they can take a vacation when the time is right."
So if you know someone, maybe nominate them,
but note that you should do it now
because this ends tomorrow.
Also, you have companies like Mazda
where if you're a healthcare worker
and you need an oil change,
you can go to one of their dealers listed in the link below
and they'll change your oil for free.
And Mazda's offer also extends even further,
like whether you're a doctor or you're a janitor working
in a medical facility.
And keep in mind, there are more companies doing more things
These are just some of them I wanted to feature
since we had the chance.
Those are the good bits of quickie news
and what follows is the weird,
the interesting, the annoying,
and the infuriating.
Regarding the weird one,
I'm mainly just including this because I'm fascinated
by your opinion.
We currently have MrBeast in the news.
If you don't know him, he's a massive YouTube creator.
And a lot of his videos revolve around people
kind of winning money from him
or him just giving money to people.
He also recently raised a ton of money for charity.
But the reason we're talking about MrBeast today
is he has know become aware of a YouTube channel
called Fifty K that features 464 videos and counting.
464 days straight of a guy putting out videos
titled Eating a Picture of MrBeast Everday
Until He Donates Me 50K,
where he does exactly that.
He eats a photo of MrBeast.
And now, like I said, MrBeast became aware of it,
and so he tweeted, "Should I give the guy $50,000
"for eating a picture of my face everyday
"for the last 464 days?"
Also posting his concern, "But if I pay him,
"I might inspire tons of you to eat pictures of me
"and I genuinely don't know if that's what I want
"my legacy to become.
"Teenagers eating pictures of me."
And so with this story, I wanted to know your thoughts.
Should he?
All right, so essentially rewarding this kid
for his next level dedication,
which I will say, is somewhat MrBeast like.
All right, if you're unaware, MrBeast came up,
not only because he gave money to people,
but because he made ridiculous videos
that no one else would ever want to do
or would take the time to do like
spinning a fidget spinner for 24 hours straight
and counting to 300,000 road to a mil part one.
All right, so you have that camp,
or were you in the no camp,
because essentially it would be rewarding something
for doing a thing that is probably not healthy.
Although, Googling it which I hate this is now
in my Google history,
this article says "it's not particularly dangerous."
I still would not recommend it.
Also, wow, there's a whole eating disorder built around this
The world is a strange place but with that said,
what are your thoughts on this?
Then, in interesting Internet news,
it appears that the age of YouTube boxing is not over.
This, despite the last one being incredibly underwhelming,
though I was happy about it because I won money.
You bet with your head, not your heart.
But the reason I saw this is that KSI, who of course was
in the two previously just massive fights with Logan Paul,
he was on a podcast recently and in addition
to saying why he does not like Jake Paul,
who of course is Logan Paul's brother.
- [KSI] Just his whole demeanor,
how he is.
He's racist.
Like, my times he says the N-word.
Yeah.
Bro, he's just an arsehole.
Like even his latest video about him
just beating up that dude,
you could tell he doesn't know how to box.
Has no idea how to box
and Jake's just fucking him up for no apparent reason.
- He also said that a fight between the two needs to happen,
which we know is something Jake Paul is open to.
And so if they have interest, it's incredibly likely
that a promotion would have interest.
Especially because according to previous reports,
KSI versus Logan Paul two had sold more pay-per-views
than Anthony Joshua versus Andy Ruiz Jr.
And honestly, the same as the last two times,
I would buy and watch his pay-per-view
even though it would support one person that I do not like.
Then, we've seen a lot of TikTok in the news.
Unfortunately, for a few negative reasons.
One of those reasons being centered around a challenge
called the Autism Challenge.
And reportedly, as a part of this challenge,
users make hand gestures and facial expressions
that mock people with disabilities while dancing along
to a parody song called "Let's Get Retarded."
Though I will say, it appears many of these videos
have received massive backlash prompting many
to delete them.
Though, I will say it's unclear with all of them
if the posts were removed by TikTok
or by the creators themselves.
But it's seems like it might have been TikTok.
If you try to search the hashtag Autism Challenge,
its disappeared from the app.
Also, now when you click on the audio used
for this challenge you see that it's just been flooded
by people slamming the trend.
A number of posts of people pretending that they're
about to do the dance then lecturing people about
how to disgusting it is.
Other posts featuring parents of children with special needs
trying to show people who exactly they're mocking
when they do this.
Off platform, we saw the likes of Kate Swenson,
who's a blogger behind Finding Cooper's Voice
which is a site where she shares her journey
about raising a son with severe non-verbal autism.
Posting a video where she tries to speak directly
to one of the people who participated in this trend.
- Do you need help?
Do you need a hug?
Do you need love?
Do you need support?
Are you not getting what you need from your parents?
What is it?
Because anyone that would do that,
is so low
and so messed up,
I am flabbergasted.
- Also, specifically expressing her frustration
about the fact that parents have been filming these videos
with their kids.
- What are you teaching your children?
- So there was that but then the final bit
of Internet-y and also TikTok news involves a user
by the name of Fckjoshy, which I imagine is short
for Fuckface Joshy.
And so you know how on YouTube for years and years,
there was just a massive trend and very supported
and successful to be a prankster.
But your pranks were just you being an asshole.
And well, it appears this is an alive
and well practice on TikTok.
With that said, this specific douchebag
has the spotlight on him right now
because of this prank.
He's inside a New York City subway car.
People just trying to go about their lives.
You got the masks on so you know
this is actually very recent.
And he just deliberately dumps cereal and milk
all over the floor.
A video that pissed off a lot of people,
including the official New York Metropolitan
Transportation Authority Twitter
that featured the video saying, "A new low.
"Pulling a prank on essential workers
"in the middle of a global pandemic.
"And making essential workers clean up your mess.
"Despicable."
You know, after seeing this, I went to his profile
and I was like maybe this was just kind of a one time thing
It was a stupid decision.
But, in fact, no.
It appears that one of the working themes
of his content is, hey, I'm gonna prove
how much of an asshole I am.
And this including him walking up to
and getting into the personal space of essential workers
with a ripped open face mask.
Like that's the joke and then he's walking behind a counter
where they're actively selling and making food.
My general mindset with this guy and others like him
is they're not deserving of the platform they have.
Essentially, he's just harassing people.
And the thing is, I know when I've had to deal
with guys like this over the past 14 years on my platform.
But he's the kind of guy that if I labeled him
the Douchebag of the Day, he would wear it
as a badge of honor.
You know, the kind of thinking of,
even if people are angry, the more people that see it,
the bigger I am,
but really, all you're throwing out there is
what a sad, little, pathetic man boy you are.
Stick to the other random asinine, idiotic, content
and just let these essential workers fucking work in peace.
But hey, those are the stories.
Some of my personal takeaway.
And of course now, I pass the question off to you.
What are your thoughts on this?
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And then, let's talk about Wisconsin because yesterday
we saw the state Supreme Court actually strike down
the governor Tony Evers' stay-at-home order.
So let's talk about what this means and how we got here.
So the story actually begins last month
when the governor's administration issued an order
extending the state's stay-at-home order
from April 24th to May 26th.
Shortly after that, the state's legislature
brought forth a legal challenge
against the state's health secretary, Andrea Palm.
In that lawsuit, those lawmakers argued
that such long-term decisions on citizens' lives
should be decided by the legislature.
Not just the Evers administration.
But on the other side of this, in court,
you had the attorney for the Evers administration arguing
that state law gives the Wisconsin Health Department
the authority to quote, "do whatever is necessary
"to combat a novel, deadly, communicable disease
"like the one we're facing today."
And right away, things weren't looking good for Evers.
In hearings last week, we saw Justice Rebecca Bradley
comparing the governor's orders
to the controversial U.S. Supreme Court decision
during World War II to uphold Japanese internment camps.
And what we ultimately ended up seeing yesterday
was the Wisconsin Supreme Court deciding
with the legislature allowing the state
to reopen immediately.
Though, notably that decision was pretty narrow,
with a four to three vote.
And the majority opinion, the court justices wrote,
"In the case of a pandemic, which lasts month after month,
"the governor cannot rely on emergency powers indefinitely."
Though, here the court also noted that
it wasn't challenging the governor's power
to actually declare emergencies.
Also, notably here, all four of the justices in
that majority opinion are considered conservative justices.
In fact, only one of the court's conservative judges
break and decide with the court's too liberal judges.
And there, in their dissent, they wrote,
"This decision will undoubtedly go down as one
"of the most blatant examples of judicial activism
"in this court's history.
"And it will be Wisconsinites who pay the price."
But, to be very clear here,
this decision only affected Evers's executive order.
All right, and so what that means is
that local municipalities can still issue their own
stay-at-home orders and in fact,
that is exactly what we saw.
At least five cities and counties have now announced
they will be extending their stay-at-home orders,
most of them until May 26th.
But many other counties and cities are now
free of stay-at-home orders.
And so because of that, we started to see businesses
pretty much open immediately after
this decision was announced.
And in fact, last night, we saw a number of bars reopening.
You see people in video and pictures kind of packing
into these small spaces,
pretty much no one wearing a mask.
And regarding the general thinking of reopening right now,
we saw one bar owner in the town of Port Washington
telling a local TV station.
You know, that he respects people's decision
if they don't want to come back out yet,
but he also decided to reopen because he hadn't been able
to pay his employees for two months.
And, you know, we saw other examples of people,
essentially with that same mindset of, you know,
if you're scared, yes, stay at home.
However, as a lot of public health experts have noted,
it's not really that simple.
You know, that's because the people that are going
to these bars are also likely going to the grocery stores.
They're likely seeing family.
They can then unintentionally spread the coronavirus
to people at those places or even to those people
that are social distancing and only going out when necessary
And last night, while a lot of people were rolling out
to these newly opened bars,
we saw Evers blasting the Supreme Court decision.
- And unfortunately, this one failed swoop,
four judges who didn't really care about
what the statutes talk about,
have thrown our state into chaos.
We're the wild west, Ali.
- However, we also saw Wisconsin's speaker, Robin Vos,
and senate majority leader, Scott Fitzgerald,
saying in a statement, "Wisconsin now joins multiple states
"that don't have extensive stay-at-home orders,
"but can continue to follow good practices
"of social distancing, hand washing,
"hand sanitizer usage and telecommuting."
Saying, "This order does not promote people
"to act in a way that they believe endangers their health."
And adding, "We would urge the Evers administration
"to work with us to begin promulgating rules
"that would provide clear guidance in case COVID-19
"reoccurs in a more aggressive way."
Also, this morning, we saw President Trump
backing the court's decision, saying on Twitter
that Wisconsin "was just given another win."
The "Democrat governor was forced by the courts
"to let the state open.
"The people want to get on with their lives.
"The place is bustling."
And ultimately, that's where we are with this.
And what I will say is this is really
not the most surprising thing.
I mean, this is Wisconsin.
This is the same state where the legislature sued Evers
for trying to delay the state's primary.
All right, and there, we saw the Wisconsin's Supreme Court
siding with the legislature.
And also, regarding that legislature, they've been clashing
with Evers since he was elected in 2018.
If you don't remember, after he won, the legislature
actually voted to strip power from the governor's seat.
Although, I will say, things may change
in the state as of August 1st.
And the reason for that is one of the conservative justices,
Daniel Kelly who was actually endorsed by President Trump,
he lost recently in a special election.
So justice elect, Jill Karofsky,
takes that role August 1st.
So just in general, it's gonna be an interesting
state to watch but with this story,
I do want to pass the question off to you,
what are your thoughts on this?
What are your thoughts on this decision in Wisconsin?
What are thoughts when you see these pictures
and these videos from these bars?
Are you excited? Are you furious?
Are you somewhere in between
where you're consciously optimistic?
Where are you at right now and why?
I'd love to know.
And then actually you know what,
somewhat connected to the last story
and maybe even your opinion regarding the idea
of reopening, we should talk about unemployment.
You know, it's Thursday which in recent weeks
has become shitty news day.
The shitty news in part today is that the government
reported that nearly three million more people filed
for unemployment last week,
bringing the total number to more than 36 million.
And even though the weekly count has been decreasing
steadily since late March, the number of people
out of work is actually a lot higher than what's reflected
in those reports.
All right, I mean, just last week you
had the Labor Department saying the official unemployment
rate for April may have been close to 20%.
But, reportedly because of issues with the ways
the workers are classified, their official count clocked in
at just under 15%.
All right, and that's because the official unemployment rate
just looks at the active labor force.
All right, the number of people working compared
to the number of people looking for work
or who have been temporarily laid off
and expect to get their job back.
But, that doesn't account for people
who have exited the workforce altogether.
You know, people who stopped working
because they don't feel safe or people
who aren't actively searching for work right now
because the job market is bad.
And according to Labor Department's jobs report for April,
9.5 million people who were working in March
had exited the workforce entirely by May.
So that's 9.5 million people who aren't being counted
when you see updated unemployment numbers.
All right, so that's why it's believed
that the current, actual count is around 46 million.
But, even for the people who are still in the workforce
who are trying to get unemployment benefits,
there are still a ton of problems.
Numerous states right now have huge backlogs
of unemployment claims.
You also have people all over the country reporting
that they've been unable to even reach their state agencies
because the systems are so bogged down.
In fact, according to reports as of last week,
20 states, D.C, and Puerto Rico have not paid out
any benefits under the pandemic unemployment assistance.
Which, of course, Congress passed as part
of the stimulus bill to help freelancers,
self-employed people and other workers
who normally wouldn't be eligible
for state unemployment benefits.
And, according to a poll from the New York Times
earlier this month, more than half of the people
who applied for unemployment benefits
in recent weeks were unsuccessful.
And here's the thing, even in some states where people
have been approved for these benefits,
actually getting them has been a slow process.
For example, you had places like Florida where less
than half of all people with certified unemployment claims
have actually started receiving them.
And then unfortunately, it appears that these
are not problems that are just gonna go away
as soon as states start reopening.
Because while reopening, of course means more rehiring,
more people going back to work.
Also economists right now believe it will take years
to get the joblessness rate back to where it was
before the pandemic.
Which is also why we're seeing so many experts saying
that the government needs to do more to help people
and prop up the economy.
I mean, in fact, just yesterday the chair
of the Federal Reserve, Jerome Powell,
gave an incredibly stark warning about the state
of the economy, saying, "The scope and speed
"of this downturn are without modern precedent,
"significantly worse than any recession
"since the Second World War."
Also warning that the current downturn could create serious
and long-lasting damage to the economy if lawmakers
do not provide more financial aid to address joblessness
and prevent widespread bankruptcies.
With Powell specifically saying he's worried about
a sort of domino effect here.
All right, if more and more consumers keep losing jobs,
they spend less.
That hurts restaurants, gyms, retail stores,
other businesses, which could force them to close
thus losing even more jobs.
While Powell did applaud Congress and Trump
for passing that nearly $2 trillion stimulus bill,
he also said they have to do more.
Adding, "The recovery may take some time to gather momentum.
"Additional fiscal support could be costly,
"but worth it if it helps avoid long-term economic damage
"and leaves us with a stronger recovery."
And this, also notably comes just a few days
after House Democrats proposed a $3 trillion package.
Which, among other things includes another round
of stimulus checks, a ton of aid
to states and municipalities and more money
for the paycheck protection program.
But, regarding this on the other side of the aisle,
we saw Mitch McConnell immediately saying
it was dead on arrival.
And while senator Republicans generally do agree
that another stimulus bill will be needed,
they also think it's too soon after the last bill.
Also saying that reopening will help the economy,
so we need a week to see what those benefits are
before spending more money on relief.
And that is also something that's been echoed
by President Trump who recently said that he expects
to see dramatic economic rebound with all these reopenings.
But, as of right now, that is a belief
and it remains to be seen if it is true.
And, according to Labor Department data thus far,
even states that have rushed to reopen, like Florida
and Georgia still saw an increase in unemployment claims
from last week.
Though to note there, a huge span of time
since those changes were made has not passed.
All right, and according to reports, there have been lags
in data that make it hard to figure out how many people
have been rehired as more restrictions have been lifted.
But also, there are other issues that these reopenings
could cause when it comes to unemployment benefits.
All right, with all of this, some states are now
taking a hard line on who gets benefits.
For example, Nebraska's Labor Department posted
a notice online saying failure to return to work
"could be considered fraud."
All right, and potentially disqualifying people
from receiving benefits.
Also in South Carolina, workers are not eligible
for unemployment if they don't work
because they're isolating or have children to look after
while schools are closed.
All right, so it puts people in a situation where they're
either forced to stay home and not make money
and suffer that way or work in potentially unsafe conditions
which could affect them or lead to further spread.
Which could help undo all the progress that's been made
thus far and hurt the economy even more in the long run.
But with that said, that is also unfortunately
where we are with this story.
And that is where I'm going to end today's show.
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