The sound and fury in Washington, New York, and Los Angeles are little compared to the violence, fear, and threats to which we waking up, making America (and the world) feel very much on the wrong track:
Live WISH TV coverage here.
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In several fateful seconds, video appears to show 13-year-old Adam Toledo toss gun, turn with empty hands raised before Chicago cop fires fatal shot (warning: graphic content) (Chicago Tribune)
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The glimmer of the right track:
The American economic recovery is gathering steam, renewing confidence that a vibrant revival awaits as the pandemic recedes.
After months of false starts, evidence is mounting that the economy has definitively turned a corner, with more growth on the horizon. Job gains last month were the strongest since August. There are signs that the snarled global supply chain may be untangling.
And in dual reports on Thursday, the government reported more good news: Retail sales in March blew past expectations, rising nearly 10 percent, and jobless claims last week fell to their lowest level of the pandemic.
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It’s a morning moving too fast to analyze.
(I’ve looked at a lot of news out of the Beltway, Gotham City, L.A., China, Russia, the Middle East, North Korea, and beyond. I’m not saying you can skip the rest of the news, but you can pretty much skip the rest of the news.)
See you here tomorrow for that.
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