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Tesla CEO Elon Musk pushed to reopen the company's 

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Fremont California factory in violation of the state's 

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shelter in place guidelines. That's what we're talking 

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about on this episode of auto complete. We've spoken 

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before about Ellen's oft voiced opinion on the US has 

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extended shelter in place guidelines. Which is why it 

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came as no surprise when he took to his favorite 

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platform. Twitter to threaten California with moving 

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Tesla's HQ and manufacturing operations out of state. 

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He then announced that Fremont would be reopening 

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this week and that if anyone is gonna be arrested for 

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the violation of the strict shelter in place orders. It 

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should be him. Alameda County where the factory is 

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located, relented and agreed to let Fremont reopen as 

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long as it maintained minimal business operations. 

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Now, as sensational as that all seems, what does it all 

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mean in practical terms? Well, first it doesn't mean that 

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the big T is going to all of a sudden start cranking out 

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models S and X, again, nor 3 or Y and big numbers. 

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This is a partial reactivation only. Next, it means that 

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California is setting a pretty dangerous precedent. If a 

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billionaire can bully the state into changing its rules 

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now Then what's to stop someone else from doing it in 

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the future. Even with this, there's still a small chance 

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that Elan could still end up moving Tesla's operations 

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to somewhere like Texas. Would that be a huge hit to 

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California as a whole? No, but it would definitely be 

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a big loss for Alameda County and the Bay Area in 

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general. Specifically the loss of manufacturing jobs. car 

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manufacturing jobs in California don't really grow on 

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trees after all. Is this pretty frustrating? Yeah, 

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and it's worse because Tesla's workers are caught in 

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the middle. California State Assemblywoman Lorena 

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Gonzales voiced her frustrations first on Twitter. And 

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then more eloquently in an interview with CNN, in 

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which she said, we should be outraged by a billionaire 

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that has gotten so much from its partnership in 

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California, that continues to put workers in unsafe 

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conditions continues to Union bust continues to wave 

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his finger at California, as if we're supposed to allow 

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that and let him throw his temper tantrum. That's it for 

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this episode of virtuous autocomplete, I've been Kyle 

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Hiatt, you've been just fabulous. And I'd asked you to 

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not only hit the subscribe and notification buttons if you 

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did what we're doing, but chime in in the comment 

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section and let us know what you want us to cover 

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next. Until next time, stay home, stay healthy and wash 

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your damn hands.